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AGTSP!!

PAMHO!!!

Hare Krishna querido guru maharaja, espero que se encuentre muy bien de salud, le escribo para darle el reporte del Festival Jala Yatra en Monterrey México.

El festival se realizó el día domingo 3 de agosto en el cual asistieron aproximadamente 120 devotos de la comunidad de Monterrey y Saltillo más los invitados amigos de krishna, se rentaron 3 embarcaciones para realizar el paseo de Sus Señorias Sri Jagannatha Baladeva y Subadra, la procesión se realizó desde el centro de predica hasta el Paseo Santa Lucia, el recorrido en bote duro una hora, después de ahí realizamos harinam a pie alrededor de la Macroplaza, donde la lluvia se hizo presente durante todo el recorrido, la procesión finalizo en un quiosco, donde realizamos algunos cantos de bhajans, clases con S.S. Guru Prasad Maharaja, danza bharatanatyam con Radha d.d., Food for Life: 220 litros de néctar, 700 pakoras, 36 kilos de arroz, 900 platillos distribuidos, Distribución de libros, y actividades con los niños, terminamos a las 8:30 pm con un Kirtan dirigido por mi hermano Bhima Hari, una servidora se encargó de la organización y logística del programa, así como de la recaudación de los donativos para la realización del mismo.

El Periódico El Norte, hizo un reportaje del Recorrido que realizamos en las embarcaciones del Paseo Santa Lucia

Entre otras noticias tuvimos la maravillosa visita de Su Gracia Mahatma Prabhu quien nos acompañó durante 5 maravillosos días de los cuales 3 de ellos estuvimos en un Japa Retreat donde nos enseñó algunas técnicas del canto del Maha Mantra, este retiro fue realmente iluminador, entre otras maravillosas clases como la del perdón, y la vida en el grihasta ashram, yo tuve el honor de poder cocinarle durante 3 días seguidos.

Dentro de las Noticias del Centro de Predica Guru Prasad Swami creó un comité el cual está conformado así:

• Presidente: Gadadhara Gosai das
• Vice Presidente: Sankirtan das
• Tesorero: Abhay Caitanya das
• Secretaria: Draupadi devi dasi

Estamos constantes con el servicio a Sri Krishna, las rondas han mejorado mucho gracias a los consejos de Mahatma Parabhu, mi hija Jahnavi ya cumplió 2 años y le gusta mucho el kirtan, estoy un poco desconcertada en cuanto a la educación para Jahnavi, pues mi madre quiere que ella estudie en una escuela pública, sin embargo a mí me gustaría que ella tuviera una educación con asociación vaishnava y entonces quisiera que usted me pudiera aconsejar, si seguir viviendo en monterrey o vivir en un lugar donde mi hija pudiese estudiar con más devotos ¿Qué puedo hacer?

Su eterno sirviente

Lalita Madhava D.D.

HpS - AGTSP google.translate... Thank you for the report! I guess it was good that there was rain, no? I hope the festival was a lot of fun and now the city and the devotees want to expand it more!

School for children. If the devotees can do it with just a few children that is enough, but if not then Seventh Day Adventists schools are nice

And if they are not available then public school can be O.K. if you have strong program in the morning and even in the evening for the family. If you are Krsna conscious, that is the best teaching!

AGTSP

AGT Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga

Dear Guru Maharaj, please accept my obeisances

Thank you very much for all your inspiration in devotional life. and thanks a lot for tha japa joe program

i work as a teacher of economics and projects in a univertity and is good to see many students to feel more atracted to vegetarian/vegan diet and spirituality.

i want to ask permission about take siksa from Sajjan Swami, he will be with us in about two months. and we want to plan some university programs.

rounds are ok, gayatris are ok, home deity service is ok, principles are ok.

last year i realized life its a battle, no matter if you are wound or you have scars you must go on fighting, under the shelter of God.

tryng to be your servant

om kesavaya dasa

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. Sorry to answer so late. You can see that we have too much work. This Blog needs higher priority. We will do that.

Siksa from non-ISKCON Sannyasi.  Ho! Ho! Ho!        In general, we apply NOI texts 4, 5, 6 and that gives us our perspective. If it is something that is going to involve the ISKCON Institution, then we need to work with the Institution authorities. If it is personal and private then we don't need to involve them unecessarily. Of couse, the Institution authorities should be our friends in the first place and we will be talking with them about things in terms of our personal relations naturally.

For example, husband wife may talk about personal family affairs with little Temple President involvement, but if wife's brother is President then he is involved personally maybe.

Thank you for the news. Our respects to Maharaja.

Dear Guru Maharaj, AGTSP,

My reverences for you. I arrived Santiago like two month ago morelees. The second part of my travel, particularly Vrindavana was really indescriptible. Thank you very much for your blessings. I think that i will write about that soon.

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. You are very kind to write to us!

Now, i writing to you for the Education Simposio in South America. Due my discussions with Ambarish and Candramukhi about that, I should tell you directly that Santiago, Chile, is ready to manage the Simposio while you visit here.  I thought in some guests like Dhanvantari Swami, Param Padam and even Yadunandana Swami in skype. The second one Param Padam, says that is possible, and i wrote to Dhanvantari Swami about his itinerary but I want confirm the date with you first:

In january still is possible to have nice public programs in Santiago for different reasons, but in february everything stops in Santiago. The last part o the public goes massively to the beach due like you know are summer vacations in that time here, so I think that the suitable date for this simposio for the southamerican devotees is between friday 30th january and 1th february. We want to know what do you think about it?

HpS - AGTSP paoho. We finally booked our tickets so that we arrive Santiago 21st January and leave 4th February. Now it will be very difficult for us to change. I would say that even if this first contimental congress is not so well attended, at least the enthusiastic leaders can attend and then work to expand the next one.
Also, so many people can attend if it is done well by tele-conferencing. Are you familiar with that in Santiago?
We can even get outside participation and sponsors because Education in ISKCON is a Premier Program for Global Perspectives in Education 

I hope this post meet you very fine, like always. Thank you very much for give us spiritual activities to do

Hare Krsna.

P.D: Our spiritual life is more and more healthy. 16 rounds everyday! Support partially Harinam program every 15  days and giving my help and little experience to Festivals Department.

HpS - ASA -- Very, nice! The cookies must flow!

Waiting for your reply.

AGTSP

paoho

This is like the almost first human day we have had in six weeks! Got up at 3.12AM. Got 18-rounds done by 7AM and Mangala arati with M. Malini and Haladhara Das. 11.45AM turned the cooker on for the rice that M. Malini left.
10AM got a cool call from Koleveca Sridhara Das from India. Then there was a citation about KS in the BhVai chapter just three minutes later.
 

Did our BhVai work.
 

Did a lot of letters.
 

Honored Prasad 90% cool.

Now 5.05PM and in a few minutes we go to Santana and Gandharvika Das home for evening, BhVai, program, where they have a ten foot tall Tulasi that they grew from a seed!
Hare Krsna.
Some little Sticks and Stones too.
O.K. Some Japa, Tilak and we are off to see the Tulasi, the wonderful Tulasi of Oz.
We think about all of you often! When shall we meet? '0'

Every day just distibute book.

HpS - ASA

Hare Krsna
All Glories to SRI SRI GAURANGA NITYANANDA
All Glories to HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
All Glories to you.

Please accept my humble obeisances to Srila Prabhupada and yours lotus feet.

Dear GuruMaharaja:
        Hope this letter found you in good health.

HpS - Ha! Ha! At 66-USA years our vision, hearing, memory etc. are going. But by Guru-kripa we are dying a useful death. And your Donkey?
 

16 round ok, some days 20 paying delayed,  4 pples ok. 
I try to be more consciousness in my Japa, not work, searching offences to holy name to improve it ... 
I started to read "vaisnava compassion" of Satswarupa Das Goswami, and BG often.
Janmastami and SP app full of service, thanks of Gaura Nitai's mercy.
Keep helping in building of Gunagrahi Das Goswami place here in the temple. 
Not much association with devotees, only service arrangements...
And Vrindavana Viharini DD invite me to help in the offering to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.  What u think about that? I should go or my Consciousness is not prepared yet?

HpS - You mean cook for Them? It seems like it would be nice!!

Gurudeva I start to make arrangements with people of my University checking the University webpage I found a seminar of JUNG!!! 3 meetings in 3 weeks. I started to go there with Luis, he is who  organized the seminar with psychologists during your last visit. He is a great devotee to work, we go there hear the class, for be honestly I not understand many thing they talk about but Luis explain to me. We prepared your presentation with the Prof. who give the course, one of them are a important man here because he translated one of Jung books to Spanish, I made the first contact last week and tomorrow i will give them your presentation + cv + cd with your class in health centre. I asked to my senior godbrothers to help me. I´m really afraid to ruin it. If you want I can transcript and translate the seminar.

HpS - AGTSP - Please coordinate calendar with the Ambarisa Das. We posted our visiting days to BsAs in another letter to the Blog today.

The web page, autodidact way continue, but...........  Krsna is so so so so merciful and send Bktn Belén, she know about that web development!!!
Gurudeva please empower me to can make the arranges for yours conferences be successful. I know you will come here only to preach, please ask to Krsna make aside my foolishness and everything goes well.
HpS - ASA - We are trying to contact a B I G Web-designer here in Tennessee who is friend of NGD to help with the NIOS page. He wants to help. We can co-ordinate with him if Krsna wants. You all should go to school here for one year, MTSU, and get a diploma.  <img alt="devil" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/devil_smile.png" title="devil" width="23" />
 

 
I not qualified to make any direct service to your feet but I'm so fortunate and Krsna give me that chance. I will make my best. I confide in my Japa will help me to improve.
In my previous letter you ask me about my goals, my goal is participate in spread Srila Prabhupada knowledge everywhere i can, go somewhere and give Krishna Consciousness to people.  I know is not possible to do it alone. Because of that I adjust to Krsna arranges to show me the better way to proceed.

inutil Please apologize my offences to your feet, hope some day can be your servant. Thanks for encourage me in Sp service. 
My eternal humble obeisances to you. Sorry for my long letter.

Your useless disciple. 
Rati-Manjari Devi Dasi.

pd. I attach the picture of SP chanting gayatri
pd2: In my next letter i will send u my offering to SP lotus feet.
pd3: search bottom is back! Thank u prabhu!!!
 

HpS - Just 134 more days until we arrive in BsAs. Thank you. You are very, very good servant! You will probably get eternal service in Sankirtan movement very soon!!!!!!!

Toda gloria al movimiento de Sankirtan de Sri Caitanya y Nityananda Prabhu y Sus íntimos asociados.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada, al Guru Parampara.

Todas las glorias a mi maestro espiritual, SS Hanumatpresaka Swami.

 Por favor acepte mis respetuosas y reiteradas reverencias a sus suaves pies de loto.

ASA - Pies de loco. AGTSP!

Hare Krsna querido Gurumaharaja, oro a Sri Nrsimhadeva lo proteja y le guarde su servicio devocional.

Aquí mi reporte, siguiendo los cuatro principios regulativos y tratando de cumplir nuestra promesa, 16 rondas (no tan entusiastas) diarias )= sankirtana, estamos unas semanas en el templo, frecuentemente servimos en la cocina. Gurudeva deseo aprender esa ciencia, es nuestro yajña. Vino un prabhu gurukula de mayapur y nos dió cursos de cocina védica, Wow Krsna! Nimai Nitai! Sólo uno por pura misericordia del maestro espiritual puede realizar Krsna en el Prasadam... cuando honrabamos prasadam tenía humor del Señor Gauranga, era como una lectura del Sri Caitanya Caritamrta !! :´)  ....... Néctar !!!!!!
Gracias a sus bendiciones nos unimos al equipo de ASA Kids, y estamos apoyando en la traducción de los manuales. Es un servicio que me gusta mucho, al igual que los niños, gracias a Krsna tengo afinidad con los pequeñitos. Siempre he de recordar, que cualquier cualidad que uno pueda tener, es de Usted.  == Krsna es la habilidad del hombre==
Estamos tomando clases de danza, nos presentamos en la embajada de la India y les agradó mucho, muchas personas tienen conocimiento de que "somos Hare Krsna" así que aprovechamos la oportunidad e invitamos a nuestras compañeras a que asistan en janmastami como invitadas especiales de Krsna, son súper súper favorables, oramos por ser utilizados como simples y humildes instrumentos.

Hay una buena noticia: nos aprovaron la visa americana :)) los principales tres propósitos de sacarla son practicar y aprender el inglés, visitar y prestar servicio en los yatras de EUA y sadhu sanga. Es mi deseo pedirle consejo y autorización para que esto sea posible, y si Usted está deacuerdo, indicarme por favor, a qué mandir sería bueno ir. Tengo una tía y prima en San Diego y me gustaría visitarla, mi prima después de un accidente hace 8 años había quedado en coma y su recuperación ha sido muy lenta, siento que estarían felices de que me encontrara con ellas por unos días. Las autoridades del templo me dan una carta de recomendación.

Querido Gurudeva ahora le hablaré de mi lado oscuro, cada vez me doy más cuenta que tengo mucho ego falso, que me asfixia... cómo puedo ofrecer servicio así, cómo Usted magnánimamente puede aceptarlo (!?) Dicen que el sankirtana de Sri Krsna limpia el corazón del polvo acumulado por años.....trato de pedirle humildemente que por favor yo pueda desarrollar y cultivar Fé Inquebrantable en mi Maestro Espiritual.

Bondadoso Gurudeva por favor acepte a esta tonta sirviente a sus pies de loto y nunca permita que me suelte. Disculpeme todas las ofensas que constantemente estoy cometiendo. 
La neófita aspirante a la devoción, Aindavi Devi Dasi.

yuga dharma sankirtana yajña ki jaya!
Gaura Bhakta Vrnda Ki jaya!!!

HpS - Jaya! Puede reducir el ego falso por implementar el ego real. Es una vida mucho mas agradable. Claro todo nuestra processo es para esta fin, pero un tecnico especifica es ver o preguntar de un devoto (o cualquire) como puede ayudar ellos en su servicio. Esta "forces" el mente pensar en los buen cualidades to otros.

Piense San Diego es bueno. Dayanidhi Das y sus esposa, de Argentina son tesorero etc por alla. Sus hermanos espirituales. Despues, claro, Los Angeles, Houston.