Check in from San Diego

11 years, 1 month ago by Nityananda-rama dasa in Personal Sadhana Reports

Please accept my humblee obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Gurudeva, I have been chanting and reading. I still have problems getting to the temple, but I have started a Bhagavad Gita study group so that I can have some association. Luckily Lord Jagganatha threw a parade close to my house so I was able to see His smiling face recently.

This semester is drawing to an end and I am actively working on a report in one of my linguistics course to examin how Srila Prabhupada's use of English has effected the English of ISKCON and if second wave devotees are using language in the same was as Prabhupada's diciples. It is interesting to look at all of the subtle ways in which we have been touched by Srila Prabhupada. I hope to extend this project in the future to use as the basis for my master's thesis.

HpS - ASA - Aaaaaah. Such a nice study, but how can you do it without getting to the Temple to study how the devotees use English???  Seems you must be looking at both in their written format?? Is nice..

I have momentarily quite studying Japanese to focus more on my sadhana and my major and spritualizing my linguistics study.

You fallen servant,

Nityananda-rama dasa

HpS - ASA - Super!  Do you say hello to Dayanidhi and his family from time to time???

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

11 years, 1 month ago by sarad-bihari-dasi in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna Gurudeva , please accept my obeisances , all glories to Srila Prabhupada , all glories to you .

How are you Gurudeva?

      HpS - ASA -  Jaya! AGTSP Paoho......  I think I am what you will be in 15-years more of being a devotee if you continue struggle as you are.

I write you because i want to thank you for your last response  to my last letter, i do have to say  i didn't  understand completely what you saidat that moment , until the other day , i started family constellations with ekanta bhakti , the day that i started i didn't feel any change , but 4 days later i was walking and suddenly it hit me , i remember what you told me , and im trying to act according to that Gurudeva, so , first of all  : thank you sooo much! i feel very lucky to have you as a Guru.

So I'm trying to take advantage of a  bad period for me , and its starting to get better , i remember also  that when i told you i was moving here you said: you are trading headache for stomachache, now i get it .

Anyway I'm going to the altar on Wednesday, i cook for Them, Belen help me to cut the vegetables and its very nice :), also she is teaching me my first harmonium melody, I'm excited because I always wanted to sing , but I never learned any instrument, 

Thank you once again, Japa Joe its really helping me , hope i can serve you more Gurudeva  , you are my inspiration, Sarad Bihari Dasi

HpS - ASA - We are at most 7% self-made, 93% Srila Prabhupada, Krsna-Guru made. So that is where your inspiration is coming from! Now you have to pass it on to others. You have to become guru also.

What is Ideal Marriage.

11 years, 1 month ago by zareth bhaktin in Hot Topics, Other

Pamho, AgtSP! Dear Gurudeva.

Answer, what is the Marriage?

After listening and remembering what I've read, I will try to share what I understand about marriage Gurumaharaja .

Marriage is an agreement that two people make to society and families, who along with obligations and rights, with together, they can achieve progress in the spiritual process by putting Sri Krishna in the center and see completed projects that they are planned, family, work preaches and service. It is the stage at which test the tolerance, respect, honesty and loyalty, also the enthusiasm, determination and compassion for the couple.

The basis of all communication is, what one wait to the future short and long term and ensure that both have understood what the couple want, without false expectations that become disappointment. The expression of ideas and desires that everyone has and how that is displayed, it is important; spiritual growth, travel , children, work , etc. . The feeling is important but not the most important construction project, they need to admire the effort of the person in the service of Krishna to eventually develop true love

The word marriage / matris munium from two Latin words : the first " matris " , which means " mother " and the second , " munium ", " assessment or care ," coming to mean " mother care " in therefore considered that the mother was contributing more to training and parenting . Another possible derivation come from " matreum muniens " meaning the idea of ​​defense and protection of the mother , involving man's obligation to the mother of his children . Its very Interesting!

I heard a time in a course of Grihastha Ashram that to be an excellent Grihasta sometimes  first should try to be, at least, excellent Grahamedi , later, I heard the same thing in my class Bhakti Sastri and an assay of Kaunteya das , but everyone knows that the ideal is and always will be what Srila Prabhupada presents. I wonder if it is possible to know what you think on this point Gurudeva .

Plan

For now Prabhu Marco is looking to rent near temple alone or with a devotee, I still live with the devotees near the temple. The short-term plan is that I continue with my studies at university for 2 years more, and he will make service in the temple, and Sankirtan, search refuge in you Gurudeva and during this time the communication continuing in association of devotees.

Like any plan sounds good, but both know that always a beautiful rainbow appears, after big clouds , wind storms and cover the sun , so we hope tribulations but be firm and determined to fight to rescue Mother Sita in team . Guru Maharaj I ask for your blessings and I hope always life after life to follow the instructions of Srila Prabhupada following in their footsteps they are so merciful.

Her servant Satyabhama dd.

                 HpS - ASA --- Jaya. AGTSP. Paoho. Very nice description. Very heroic effor to write in English. I think you have some ability to write poetry in Spanish. You should develop it.

With Marco you can read the story of the marriage of Kardama and Devahuti in 3rd Canto. Like three chapters. They are example of Grhastha ashrama.

No, "ideal Grhamedhi" IS Grhastha. The result of feeding the fire oil is bigger fire. You are more and more addicted to lusty acts and finally separate in great hate, pain and frustration with NO benefit.

TPP-CB

11 years, 1 month ago by sriradhedd in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

Hare Krishna Maharaja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope you are fine.

Unfortunately i still haven't received your TPP-CB :(
I hope the Royal Mail didn't find it as a national security risk and i will receive it next week.
Thanks for your shipping i hope i can pay it back sometime.

All the best!
Your servant,
Sri Radhe dd

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP.   paoho. Thank you so much for asking. We are doing these without much reaction so far except for your good self. We have been having mild war with the photo copy machine. Here is like 10-cents each for copies in market so that is $10 just to copy each one. NGD machine in office is free but we must use it when office is closed and it had malfunction(!). Also, to go from 9-1/2 to 11 inches and loss in quality by reproduction has slowed us. Now we are making simple copies of the first five Composition Books and planning to distribute the actual originals.
We can only do that when we get back to Murfreesboro. Now we are in Texas for the Temple Opening and are not sure what where we will be when we return to Tennessee. We have your address and three more. After the fifth we were thinking to change to an 11-inch format for easy and quality copying.
They seem to have good value.

  • TPP-CB
  • NOI 5AM Lectures
  • BhVai - Seems to all have good utility.

DTC Fr(16)

11 years, 1 month ago by hps in DTC

AGTSP

Paoho.....  Here we are in Texas, Houston, Nila-madhava Dhama. The BIG Temple Inauguration is starting in a few moments. There are booths, popcorn, games, teachers, acrobats, and the big Big   BIG   B I G    new Temple. It looks the Glory of God or something! Radha and Nila Madhava are beautiful. There are 22,000 flowers and garlands. Flower elephants the size of a Volkswagon Beetle!

We will give a Keynote Address (LOB 21).

Daily NOI classes at Start Meeting. Then we Twit the link. Join us at twitter.com, follow: huber_robinson.
 

We have like one-week - 4-days of letters to answer. We are too greedy for good drink and good food, and to lazy to work really hard enough!!!!   We push!
 

O.K. Some more Japa and go to Festival!

M/P et al! Thank you for your association.

Urgent mercy

11 years, 1 month ago by candra108_mukhi in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP
PAMHO

I hope this meets U in good health ¡¡¡

           HpS - ASA -- Pretty good. Our problem is being lazy and greedy for good food and good drink! Just starting a headache, so finish letters for today and go to Temple for first night of Festival! Thank you..

Gurudeva I am writing in order to ask for iur mercy. More than one year has passed since I do not do pujari in chosica. The authorities had already invited me to do service again in chosica but I told them that I first have to ask You.  So I am asking .. In the past  I used to do seva all Fridays from noon to the evening but now I have to be honest many things changed in a year I have other activities and not too much time in order to spend a whole day in chosica, but once a month I can go and try to help with some seva. Moreover during all this year I was helping with some laskmi for RMB every month.

Gurudeva is my desire to worship the deities again in chosica just once a month but I really need Their association so I am humbly asking U this request.

           HpS - As far as I know They are waiting for you: "Where have you been, you embecile (Smile)! Don't get tricked again, We really, really miss you so much!!!!"

Also I want to inform U that I do not have internet at home for Krsna arrangement my other cellphone had free internet so I was using it as a modem but now I do not have internet I am connecting to Japa Joe through my cellphone and U know that is really hard and stressing but I am doing it I do not have to much megas so if sometimes I go early it is because I want to save some megas for BV and so forth so please excuse me things are not the same since my dad is not with us but we continue with enthusiasm.

                HpS - He is waiting for you!

The last festival for Narasimha Caturdasi was a great success ¡¡¡ thank U for the blessings

I will do what U told me thank U Gurudeva

Always trying to be ur disciple

Candramukhi dd

              HpS - ASA -- You can start your own line of designer clothes, "Candra Monkey". You and your sister can become rich.
(Better not to have too much money and leave this world quickly!)