AGTSP! Paoh...o'...... We tried to do Yahoo letters but it blocked them for "suspicious activity". It happens when we try to send letters to Peru sometimes. We wait until tomorrow then try again.
Today was very intense. We got our News Post in the ground. The cement is setting and seems for sure we can put little periodical there like "All Wisdoms, Weekly" and get some customers.
O.K. We try to answer some more letters and then get ready for Ekadasi.
Hare Krsna Dear Maharaja,
All glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Today in japa joe, you made me remember about my job and your instruction about that. I'll leave this job but I wanted to travel at the end of the year. Although I'm not very fond of plans because always every things changes (Krsna controls all), I was thinking about to stay in this job until then to save money, can travel and resign at year-end. Then I would go to India for 2 or 3 months, would go to New Zealand to visit my sister and working for a few months to save money for go to Australia. Also I want to know the temples there. I had never travelled so far alone, but I think I have to do now. All this is just an idea at the moment because I would like to know what do you think about this. It came to my mind because I need to go to India some day and visit my sister too.. so I could take advantage to visit other temples too.
Maybe this is the moment... or maybe it is just my mind that makes me think that is a necessity for me... or maybe it is about to gratify my senses.. I don't know...
HpS - AGTSP. If you have to visit your sister, then you have to go. Visiting India is like visiting Europe. Is big place. We have some contacts in some places but is not a place for a lady to travel alone, is 3-times worse than going to Paris alone.
On the other hand, I'm striving to chant my japa in my job and read a little bit. And when I come back home at 5 or 6 am, sometimes I try to finish my beads and doing mangala aratik before go to sleep.
In my free days I stay in the temple to sleep, going to the program and doing service (the best days of my week, finishing very tired but happy). So Im trying to organize my schedules for the moment to do all... Anyway it is temporary...
About my refugee, still waiting Maha Hari Das's recommendation letter...
Thinking in this verse (BG 18.66) "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear."and which Prabhupada said "Anything that does not lead to the perfectional stage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness should be avoided". Surrender is so hard. I don't know how and if I will be able to do it in this life. How can we surrender unto Krsna in this era? What means exactly surrender? I feel sure about the process of Krsna conscience but while I can't control my mind, she will always make me doubt about myself, about the others, about all!
Sorry for my bad english and my long letter.
Rama Navami pictures with monkeys for you .u.
Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!
your servant,
Bhaktin Belén.
HpS - ASA -- You seem to be doing pretty well. There is a lot of progress to make. Read the Adau sraddha text in BG 4.10 purport. Same thing is paraphrased in NOI 7, no?
YOu can see the steps.
Surrender means to hear honestly from the Acharya Srila Prabhupada about what is our material situation. Jaya!
Thank you for Monkeys!
AGTSP
paoho
We have answered all the letters and especially the URGENT ones up to 6-days ago. Little slow. As soon as we catch up oin one area we fall behind in another.
Have to be more intelligent on how to follow all the principles of Sadhana Bhakti. Not stronger. More intelligent. Have to chant HK/HR more constantly.
Health is good. Work is on schedule. Tomorrow we have Skype at 6AM with Rama giridhari Das and M. Urmilla. We are daily in Japa Joe and at 5AM we get our class on NOI on English or make it up later in the day. We are doing Tweets. Friday is Ekadasi. Saturday is our Bhakti Vaibhava test. We are finishing our essays. Next is Jung!
AGTSP , HARE KRISHNA MAHARAJA! accept my respectful obeisances,
It's camilo again,thanks for answer me. I have readed that very important article.
I'm trying to chant 16 rounds every day and follow the 4 regulative principles, no excelent rounds, but well, i'll still chanting trying to improve the meditation on Krishna and trying to read Srila Prabhupada's books every day if it's possible.
I would like to attend mangala-arati, SB class,etc., but i'm really far from the temple (40 Km approx).
HpS - agtsp! You can have it in your own home!
I go there on weekends and at big festivals like Gaura Purnima,etc, and i do sankirtana on sundays. This sunday I will join to the Bhakti-Sastri course.
i'm studying English and looking for a job and a flat to rent around temple o something simlar if it's possible, at the moment i'm living with mom( i know it's no good to my spiritual life, so i'd like to leave this enviroment asap).
So I 'll wait for your answer. Thank you Maharaja!
AGTSP ,PAOHO!
Ys, Camilo.
HpS - Yes, get up early and get your rounds done! Send us more news in a few weeks.
HpS - Thank you for the following letter. I also think that Pablo is ready for Hari nama Diksa! Please send his birth date and full name. Then we can fix a date for initiation.
Hare Krisna, querido Gurudeva. Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias, dandavats. Todas las Glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada.
Ante todo espero que se encuentre bien en todos los aspectos.
El motivo de ponerme en contacto con usted es de informarle que, tras haber hablado con Bhakta Pablo, él me ha expresado su deseo de tomar refugio en usted y que así mismo se lo ha manifestado a usted también.
Le he preguntado por los requisitos para poder tomar iniciación:
Me ha manifestado que desde hace un año los sigue de manera rigurosa.
Actualmente no está realizando ningún servicio en el templo de Madrid, pero si ha pasado unos días en el mismo haciendo servicio. Durante este tiempo su comportamiento ha sido impecable y muy servicial.
Me ha manifestado su voluntad e intención de estar bajo las autoridades del Templo de Madrid.
Por mi parte le he invitado a pasar una temporada en el templo de Madrid, con el fin de que pueda tener asociación con los devotos, se una al proyecto de Madrid, en la medida de sus posibilidades y pueda hacer Sankirtan en Madrid. Va a estudiar la propuesta.
Con toda humildad y si usted no ve inconveniente, por parte de las autoridades del templo de Madrid en general y mía en particular, como presidente de ACK Madrid, no hay inconveniente alguno en que, cuando usted lo considere oportuno, de iniciación a Bhakta Pablo. Sería un honor contar con un hermano espiritual más en nuestra gran familia de ISKCON.
Muchas gracias por todo.
Su humilde servidor, Dandava Das.
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Hare Krisna, my Dear Gurudeva. Please, accept my humble obeisances, dandavats. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
First I hope you’re fine in all aspects.
I want to contact with you to inform you that I spoke with Bhakta Pablo some days ago, and He said me he was desiring to take shelter in you. He said you this some time ago.
I asked him about the principles to take shelter:
He said me He’s following strictly this points from one year ago.
Now he doesn’t any service in Madrid’s temple, but he was in Goura Purnima doing service and his behavior was impeccable and very helpful.
He said me that he wants to be under the Madrid’s Temple’s authorities.
I invited him to come in Madrid’s Temple for a season, taking devotees’ association, developing the Madrid’s project with us, if he can, and doing sankirtana in Madrid. He said me that he’ll think about the proposal.
Humbly and if You don’t see any problem, we haven’t inconvenient to You give initiation to Bhakta Pablo, when you want to do it. It would be an honor to have another spiritual brother in our GREAT ISKCON FAMILY.
Thank you very much for all.
Your humble servant, Dandava Das.
hare krsna maharaj, pamho, agtsp
in http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/4100
you asked us about our thesis work.
its actually not going well, we had change guide a year back, and now there is shift of topics every now and then.. so we have not finalized the topic yet.
we can see in intellectual work , only clear intelligence helps, which requires one to be in mode of goodness..
we intellectually agree that enthusiastic chanting , 4 rules, mangal artik, SB .. should be our first priorities.. however practically things are differenet. we seem to be faith less and insincere rascal.
but by your and mother Urmila's instruction things are becoming better.... we r starting to focus on how we respond in compaisrion to what happened to us or what people did to us....... this is a big step for us... even more imp than PhD degree.
we hope things will be fine, we would be able to give you better picture of thesis in coming time.
regards,
harsh
HpS - ASA -- Prabhupada told B. S. Damodara Swami if you just sharpen your intelligence on BG and SB then you will be able to take all the research and facts that people already have and explain them in a better way!