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Hare Krsna! Querido Guru Maharaja, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

¡Todas las Glorias sean Srila Prabhupada!

 Hace tiempo que estoy pensando en escribir, pero la verdad es que la vida nos está haciendo movernos mucho y pensar poco , de mayo a diciembre habremos estado en cuatro diferentes sitios. Espero que la casa al pie de la montaña y con cinco pies de nieve me ayude a calmar la mente.

Por lo demás, cuando tenemos un momento libre, después de terminar las rondas, estamos estudiando astrología y continuando con aprendizaje de mantras para sacrificios de fuego

La finalidad es, la prédica en un principio la la próxima primavera puede ser un buen momento para empezar a dar pequeños seminarios acerca de estas otras ramas de la filosofía Vedica para poder atraer a gente interesada y llevarlos al canto de los Santos Nombres

Me gustan los seminarios que hacen unos devotos de Perú Ramanuja y Devarshi Naradha Prabhu que podría replicar aquí en inglés hay mucho trabajo ya hecho es cuestión de adaptarlo y poniéndolo a trabajar y ver si funciona si no también están las opciones de internet

No tenemos pensado parar en esta vida

 de una otra manera, siempre bajo su inspiración

Y como meta el que usted se sienta orgulloso de nuestro servicio 

Además, estamos haciendo Homeschool para Jahnavi completo y  para Sita es escuela , kindergarten,sin quitarle un ojo a nuestro pequeño Guerrero Arjuna

Así es como

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Hare Krsna! Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories be Srila Prabhupada!

 I have been thinking about writing for a long time, but the truth is that life is making us move a lot and think little, from May to December we will have been in four different places. I hope that the house at the foot of the mountain and with five feet of snow will help calm my mind.

HpS/ASA - Five, agtSP, feet!

For the rest, when we have a free moment, after finishing the rounds, we are studying astrology and continuing with learning mantras for fire sacrifices.

The purpose is, preaching, initially next spring may be a good time to start giving small seminars about these other branches of Vedic philosophy in order to attract interested people and lead them to the chanting of the Holy Names.

HpS/ASA - From what I understand H. H. Bhanu Swami does the same.

I like the seminars given by some devotees from Peru, Ramanuja and Devarshi Naradha Prabhu, which I could replicate here in English. There is a lot of work already done. It is a matter of adapting it and putting it to work and seeing if it works. If not, there are also internet options.

We do not plan to stop in this life.

In another way, always under your inspiration.

And as a goal, we hope that you feel proud of our service.

HpS/ASA - 😐

We always hope that, by His Divine Grace, we can contribute something unique to Radha and Krsna's pastimes.

In addition, we are doing Homeschool for Jahnavi completely, and for Sita it is school, kindergarten, without taking an eye off our Little Warrior, Arjuna.

HpS - Just imagine what potential you would have had if you had advantage of this philosophy as you grew up! Second generation!

Whatever happened to your two daughters in Spain???

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This is how, thanks to your blessings, we are going through this period of life in the most honorable way possible.

HpS - AgtSP!. When we drop a little rock in the still water it sends ripples out. We may be small but Radharani, Lord Nityananda, are expert at using every little screw in the BIG MACHINE, no?

His servant Murari Das,

HpS - No fotos!! Please send some fotos as you can.

Todas las Glorias a nuestro Maestro Eterno Srila Prabhupada 🙏

Por favor Gurumaharaja acepte mis sinceras y afectuosas reverencias 🙏

Debo confesar que nunca había pensado que de alguna manera inconciente yo podía tener una cuenta favorita en mi Japa 😮

Mi Japa tiene cuentas muy pequeñas (cada una mide 1 centímetro aproximadamente) pero siempre que la veo recuerdo el día que usted cantó mi Japa antes de mi iniciación en el templo de Wilson 🙏🙇🏻‍♀️ vi como usted cantaba cada cuenta con mucho cuidado de no dejar ninguna sin cantar porque son muy pequeñas...ese momento quedó grabado para siempre en mi mente y mi corazón 🧡🙏

Mi cuenta favorita es la primera porque es totalmente diferente a las demás: es más grande y por ello me indica por donde empezar a cantar la Japa, además me parece que tiene una forma peculiar como de un OJO 👁️... usted que opina Gurumaharaja?

Que el Señor Nrsimha lo proteja siempre

Intentando ser útil

Yasoda Devi Dasi 🙏

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All Glories to our Eternal Master Srila Prabhupada 🙏

Please Gurumaharaja accept my sincere and affectionate obeisances 🙏

I must confess that I had never thought that in some unconscious way I could have a favorite bead on my Japa beads 😮

My Japa has very small beads (each one measures approximately 1 centimeter) but every time I see it I remember the day you chanted my Japa before my initiation at the Wilson temple 🙏🙇🏻‍♀️ I saw how you chanted each bead very carefully of not leaving any without singing because they are very small... that moment was forever recorded in my mind and my heart 🧡🙏

My favorite bead is the first because it is totally different from the others: it is larger and that is why it tells me where to start chanting the Japa, and it also seems to me that it has a peculiar shape like an EYE 👁️... what do you think Gurumaharaja ?

May Lord Nrsimha protect you always

Trying to be useful

Yasoda Devi Dasi 🙏

HpS - AgtSP! Paoho... we can't see the details, but sometimes the "eye" is where a twig was passing through the branch.

It is mentioned in the Krsna book about chanting on beads and calling cows or remembering Gopis.

We were able to go in Braja, many years ago, where the man was making Japa beads.

He was sitting on the ground in a porch of his house and he had a simple village lathe that was made of piece of metal lie a nail, some rubber from an old inner tube, and was turned by his knee. He had pieces of Tulasi branch that was cut into about three bead sizes, and he would put them on the lathe between the 'head stock' at one end then the cutting end would start drilling into the bead as he chanted and cut in from the side with a shard knife-chisel.

The art was to cut from the side and the hole so that they reached each other at the same time. Then he would knock the bead off and start cutting the next.

Seemed he could chant one Mahamantra for each bead as he cut it.

If he did that for two hours a day he would have enough income to pay for his bodily expenses, no?

Village life.

NVM village life.

Wake up in Braja one day.

AGTSP.

Thank you!!

Such nice fotos!

Such nice beads...

What is the foto of the "King and Queen"?

We love NVM so much.

Por favor acepte mis reverencias Mahārāja, hoy por fin ví su clase de Śrīmat Bhāgavatam, estuve sin teléfono tres semanas más o menos, sentí gran alegría de escucharlo nuevamente, había estado tomando la clase del curso para iniciación con Prabhu Vanamali pero sin teléfono he faltado a dos clases, espero poder retomarlo si se me permite, no me he podido poner en contacto con Yadunandana Svāmī Mahārāja pero veo sus clases en YouTube y creo entender porque me envía a sus pies de Loto Gurvdeva, tengo un trabajo que no me ha permitido ir a Rādhā-Mādhana-Gopāla Mandira pero hago mi Mangala ārātika en casa.

Llevo 10 días tratando de no deber rondas, un día canté 34 rondas, ahora sólo debo 14 rondas y estaré al corriente con mis 16 diarias, en Ratha-yatra colecte y cocine para 500 platos de Jalaba, arroz y vegetales con néctar, Akincana Kṛṣṇa Dāsa me dió el Seva junto a Haribhakti Prabhu y el devoto Cerón, fué hermoso el festival, solo faltó usted. Anirudha Prabhu se ha quedado en mi bajan kutira algunas veces y me predica, él tiene apego por Yadunandana Svāmī Mahārāja lo que es genial porque somos doblemente hermanos, también lleve a Akinkana Kṛṣṇa a su pueblo y fueron 6 horas de Kṛṣṇa katha muy extático, su bendición llega y Kṛṣṇa me permite acercarme a él, gracias Mahārāja, Todas las Glorias !!!

Tengo Doti morado y kurtas de colores, pienso hacer un personaje de Clown predicador, pronto le enviaré fotos.

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!!

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Please accept my obeisances Mahārāja, today I finally saw your Śrīmat Bhāgavatam class, I was without a phone for three weeks or so, I felt great joy to hear you again,

I had been taking the initiation course class with Prabhu Vanamali but without a phone I have been missing to two classes, I hope to be able to resume it if I am allowed, I have not been able to contact Yadunandana Svāmī Mahārāja but I watch his classes on YouTube and I think I understand why you sends me to his Lotus feet Gurvdeva,

I have a job that has not allowed me go to Rādhā-Mādhana-Gopāla Mandira but I do my Mangala ārātika at home.

I have been trying for 10 days not to owe rounds, one day I chanted 34 rounds, now I only owe 14 rounds and I will be up to date with my daily 16,

HpS - Super!

In Ratha-yatra I collect and cook for 500 dishes of Jalaba, rice and vegetables with nectar, Akincana Kṛṣṇa Dāsa gave me the Seva together with Haribhakti Prabhu and the devotee Cerón, the festival was beautiful, the only thing missing was you.

Anirudha Prabhu has stayed in my Bajan kutira sometimes and preaches to me, he is attached to Yadunandana Svāmī Mahārāja which is great because we are doubly brothers,

I also took Akinkana Kṛṣṇa to his village and it was 6 hours of very ecstatic Kṛṣṇa katha, his blessing comes and Kṛṣṇa allows me to approach him, thank you Mahārāja, All Glories!!!

I have purple Doti and colorful kurtas, I plan to make a preacher Clown character, I will send you photos soon.

Jaya Srila Prabhupada!!

HpS - Very interesting!!! We wait for the pictures!!!! Very informative news for all of us here.

You have nice relation with the Temple authorities?

Dear Maharaj, PAMHO AGTSP! We are going to Chennai to visit Subhadra-mayi Devi Dasi. Maharaj what is your plan after Vyasa Puja in Houston? When are you going to Boro? YS SHD

HpS/ASA

AgtSP!

Paoho...

So nice to talk with you this morning.

Is SMDD in contact with Sugopi-radha Devi Dasi here in Texas?

What are your plans? Career? Retiring? NIOS?

We erred in not putting Distant Plans in the Kapi Dhvaja (www.jayarama.us/news.htm). Here they are:

Krta-karma Das told us that he had just heard a tape where SP said, "So, you can make plans for serving Krsna, but better to just chant HK".

NoI 1 mentions "However, if one always thinks of Kṛṣṇa and how to serve Kṛṣṇa best, one’s mind will naturally be controlled". This seems to imply making plans: Daily schedules, calendars etc.

Of course, best if we let our our Hari-kirtan, Sadhu-sanga, develop these, no?

We can use plans as perspectives on how to live in the present moment.

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This world is duḥkhalayam aśāśvatam (BG 8.15), unpredictable, especially in old-age, no?

Our immediate and long range plan is to be always chanting Holy Names from the core of our heart, at the lotus feet of SP.

However, we guess that we will be Camped here in Houston at the address mentioned in the Kapi Dhvaja, until late February, Nitya ananda trayodasi.

Then head back to the Boro for at least a month.

What will be the condition of your body and mind by then?

Daily our body, heart, hearing, are disintegrating.

Are we generating our next body?

"Is there any man who can say, 'This is not my last breath'", WRSPS

We think that if we have a NIOS Campus under practical development, regular Mangala-arati, Full Morning Service (with Radha Natabara?), then we could just stay there until our current body fails and the ashes can go back to Braja in a jar?

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On the other hand (I think we all have four of them, no?) we could see staying for a month in the Boro, and then going to Spain with everyone for a some time and then ??? on to Braja. That would be like after Gaura-purnima.

Real key thing for our stability and NIOS's development is a community Mangala-arati, Kirtan, reading SB etc.

We should plan on living in the country and visiting the city, no?

O.K.?

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oink. oin. whoop. whoop

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AgtSP!!

Brother Ass has a head ache!! Three hours catching up on political and family conflicts in ISKCON.

Very satisfying.

Now is dark.... outside. we will go to the Temple, only ten minute walk. Try to see Nila Madhava and Radharani and how we can serve Them.

Gave class this morning. Didn't know we were supposed to.

Mangala arati is always intense here. Vijaya Das and Radha-krsna Das are here!!

Like being in Vrndavana during Kartika.

Honored prasadam 70% properly.

Got 15-rounds done.

With help of Lord Nrsmhadeva hope to be of use to Srila Prabhupada!

Four pages of DTC/Composition Book written.

Just read the Kapi Dhvaja! It's pretty complete!!!

Letters up to one week old in the Blog! One from Govaradhana Das and Asta sakhi Devi Dasi, look pretty hot, but no one wrote URGENT so we will schedule them for tomorrow. Leave for arati now. Nine degrees Celsius outside.

Try to call Sri Hari Das after arati and join Sri Sri Radha Natabara Sanga tonight. Then read the KRSNA book and rest for a few hours!

Thank you!!

Hari Bolo!

Parque Pogo, Ki Jai!!