Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:
AGTSP
PAMHO
I hope this meets U in really good health ¡¡¡
Gurudeva we want your advice and enlightment ¡¡
We are organizing Ratha Yatra 2014 and one devotee has said that our culture program is not suitable ¡¡
We include the following:
Exhibition of yoga (Gitagovinda das)
A rock band who sings covers from the beatles
A Peruvian rocker Rafo Raez his songs are related to nature etc
Obviously that we include Bhajams etc full maha mantra
But this devotee says that SP did not want this in Ratha Yatra... I mean he says that we just to chant HK no more needs to be included ¡¡
Is that accurate ?? I was surprised because he find wrong the exhibition by GItagovinda ???
During the whole parade we will chant HK Maha mantra but when we arrive to the stage also HK MM but also culture program is that ok??
What should we do in order to please the Lord?? also Maha prasadam ... ROhini kumar das, Narayani dd (BBS) and me are working really hard alone just depending on the mercy of Krsna our Gurus and SP, no support. so please tell us what is the most correct ¡¡¡
Thank U Gurudeva for all iur inspiration
Trying to be useful
Candramukhi dd
ASA (UG) - AGTSP!!!! Paojo!! ... "In all phases of life one has to perform devotional activities under the direction of the spiritual master in order to attain perfection in bhakti-yoga. It is not that one has to confine or narrow one's activities. Kṛṣṇa is all-pervading. Therefore nothing is independent of Kṛṣṇa, as Kṛṣṇa Himself states in Bhagavad-gītā (9.4):
mayā tatam idaḿ sarvaḿ
jagad avyakta-mūrtinā-
mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni
na cāhaḿ teṣv avasthitaḥ
"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them."
Under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master, one has to make everything favorable for Kṛṣṇa's service. For example, at present we are using a dictaphone. The materialist who invented this machine intended it for businessmen or writers of mundane subject matters. He certainly never thought of using the dictaphone in God's service, but we are using this dictaphone to write Kṛṣṇa conscious literature. Of course, the manufacture of the dictaphone is wholly within the energy of Kṛṣṇa. All the parts of the instrument, including the electronic functions, are made from different combinations and interactions of the five basic types of material energy — namely, bhūmi, jala, agni, vāyu and ākāśa. The inventor used his brain to make this complicated machine, and his brain, as well as the ingredients, were supplied by Kṛṣṇa.
According to the statement of Kṛṣṇa, mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni: "Everything is depending on My energy." Thus the devotee can understand that since nothing is independent of Kṛṣṇa's energy, everything should be dovetailed in His service."
Prabhupada had Radha-Damodara BUSES in the Rathyatra Parade in NYC. He also encouraged a devotee who was playing accordion. Real thing is how they attract people to Krsna. Some general stuff, like having a Feast on Sunday in the West.
Specific stuff like, "My Sweet Lord".
Specfic, specific, stuff like Kirtan, Lecture, Kirtan, Prasad.
Stuff you are doing seems O.K. I don't know the details.
Other than that, if there is no specific instruction from Srila Prabhupada then you need to discuss it with a few good devotees and their opinion should be pretty consenual.
Have a baby stroller, kid's dress up, competition. MOre toward including whatever enthuses the devotees, friends, than being traditional. Lord Jagannatha is 75% merciful. Radha and Krsna, more traditional, strict.
