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HpS/ASA - AgtSP.

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Dear Gurudeva.

Please, accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I am really sorry for writing to you so infrequently but I feel that every time I write to you I tell you the same things.

HpS/ASA - AgtSP! That is like saying we have the same Janmastami Festivals again and again, no? 🙂

Also, see, it has taken us over a week to answer this nice letter.

We always wanted to do it.

I would like to be a better disciple of yours, but my mind is always busy with something. Sometimes I would like to be calmer, stop for a bit and calm down, but no. I have Pitta nature and my mind always suggests something to do to keep me busy, and I accept, of course.

I'm doing well at school, thanks to Krihsna, although there has been a change in direction and pedagogy that I don't really like, and that is making it difficult for me to work with. I want to leave early childhood education and focus only on Primary and Secondary. To do this, I am now studying to be a teacher at a public school, where I would have better timetable (finish earlier) and less pressure.

Gurudeva, I notice that age advances and the body cannot handle the same. In my class, with my students, I continue as always. chanting the Mahamantra daily, with the toy Deities of Krishna and Radharani and telling them pastimes with your puppets and another ones made by me and the students.

Kids love it but the new principal is not so happy with it, but she is not condemning it.

For the rest, we continue to perform Sata sangas every Friday evening with the devotees of the area and, on Sundays, some women devotees get together to sing, read the book of Krishna, sing a round of Japa together and do some activity: arranging kuntis, Deities dresses, necklaces, etc. The truth is that I am very fortunate to continue being able to hang out with these devotees. They are so marvelous.

Next Sunday morning, I will take some devote kids to visit an exhibition in Madrid. I think it will be about Sorolla, a Spanish painter. I will talk about his particular vision of life. From there, we will go to the Madrid Temple to celebrate the Sunday feast.

This is my situation now.

HpS - It is nice. These different great personalities: Politicians, artists, film makers, they have their admirers, followers, no? By knowing the leaders, their consciousnes (NoI 10) then we can reach out to their communities with our Sankirtan.

I keep singing the rounds. I get up at dawn and sing a few, usually 6 or 8 and the rest, during the morning, at school or in the afternoon.

I have sometimes had to recover two the next day, but I'm fine now.

Well, I hope you are in good health.

At your service,

Purnamasi devi dasi

HpS - Thank you.

Sometimes tell us about your students. You can change their names.

How are your children?

Thank you!!!

We also hear about the translation work you are doing for Waves of Devotion. We think it will help the Hispanic world greatl!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I am chanting 16 rounds and following the 4 regulative principles. Attending weekly bhakti vrikshas, Sunday program at the temple and daily reading of Srila Prabhupada's books. Trying to do FMP for Paramananda Gaura Nitai every day. So sankirtan is going nicely Guru Maharaj.

Vishaka is taking good care of Paramananda Gaura Nitai with nice dressing and prasadam every day.

We had such a wonderful time in Boise Guru Maharaj. Thank you for spending so much time with me.

We spent Bhaktivinod Thakur's appearance day at Radhika Raman Prabhu's house in Logan and had a great time with him, mataji, chaitanya and purushottam.

The verse book is coming along nicely. All the verses are ready and we are formatting it now based on your suggestions. Planning to finish it by end of November so we can do multiple rounds of edits and release it on your Vyasa Puja day.

We are buying a house here in Atlanta - https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7346-Cardigan-Cir-NE-Sandy-Springs-GA-30328/35937623_zpid/

We will close on 31st and move in there sometime between 1st and 3rd Guru Maharaj. Please bless us so that we can use the house nicely in Krishna's service. Vishaka wants to name it Srivas Angan.

We are leaving for India on the 4th of November and will be there till December 16th. We are visiting Mayapur from 23rd Nov to 27th Nov during Kartik, Guru Maharaj. I am so excited to visit Mayapur after 6 long years.

Please let me know if I can bring anything for you from Mayapur, Guru Maharaj.

We will visit Houston in January for your vyasa puja, Guru Maharaj.

Eagerly waiting for that day in January to have your association.

xxx

HpS - ASA - AgtSP. Thank you so much!

This Text and the previous are interesting. Even Funny:

https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/14/6/

All this service in Grhastha Ashrama, any Ashrama, is really like playing in a puppet theater. It is for people who cannot talk directly to each other.

Crazy people. 🙂

So, Krsna engages our attachments for purification, and as we advance then he uses our puppet work to help in the purification of others.

Jaya!

AgtSP.

For Krsna it is play, but for us it is very serious reality?

Thank you!!

Best wishes for your Tirtha Yatra also!

Your humble servant

Sri Rama Krishna Das

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[10/30/2023 10:44 AM] SriRamaAananda Das Prabhu: Hare Krishna Maharaj. Some suggestions for your stay here in Houston.

1. Do an overview of NOD Chapters 20 to 51 - every Tuesdays and Thursdays

2. Seminar on Madhurya Kadambini 5 days

3. Overview of Brhad Bhagavatamrta, Part One, on Narada searching for the best of Krishna’s devotees.

These are just suggestions and Your Holiness may decide not to use them or include another topic or topics. 

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Tom The Brown and Buck The White: Sir, it is so little! It is just a mustard seed in the belly of camel. 😂

Yet, we will consider it! !

Why don't you do a Bhasya on Vedanta Sutra the same time. 🤣🤣😇

SRD: 😂

TTB/BTW: We are 99.999999% finished with the four movie series and hope to have a Gala Release on Dipavali in NMD.

Hari Bolo!

SRD: Of course we have University trips. And other engagements by Guru Bhakti M

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TB/BW: 🛺🐷. .🐷.🐷.., .🦚. .. .🦆 . .

Really, this movement is so much fun that it seems insane that everybody does not join.

Listening to class from Hawaii now.

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What you think?

[[Wut u theek?]]

Like above ideas?

Into your heart they sink?

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gawt uther eye d uz?

[[ got other ideas?]]

for classes. clashes. mashes?

👹 Uncle Gismo Workshops 🔧

Journalism - Parades & Festivals - ASA Encyclopedia - Sannyasa for Boys [and Girls (w/ Daddys!)]

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Then... .... ... what should we PACK to take with us?

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-Personal item = three day bivouac.

-Carry on = fortnight tight.

-Suitcases [up to four 😨

] = Quarter Year stay here.

BookS?

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ASA library?

...... you want be librarian?

..........take charge of collection?

▪ old dtc???

▪ lob [spanish/english], noi [spanish/english], tlc?

▪ Photos from many years?

Or just sort them and stack and put them to bed, here in The Boro. and don't look ahead?

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hare krsna!

agtsp!

paoho.bw

brown and white here.

it, sun's position, is 6.35pm now.

read the previous posts from today?

we, brother ass, have incipient chest pains. rather strained eyes, no head aches. little congested respiration.

same for you???

yet, KRSNA can put us in the mode of pure goodness at any moment. only one requirement, no material desires!

beyond that He can surcharge our body with non-material spiritual energy if we become Bhava Bhaktas!

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We stop now and drive over to Good Will store. It is second-hand stuff. Very old stores. Good.

We are looking for second-hand suitcases to pack stuff for visit to Nila Madhava Dhama.

Has been raining so we take umbrella.

Is good.

Has been dry for a few days.

Washes car.

Also, chance to see 💥HUMAN BODYS💥!

Alone in the Boro for about a week now.

Abhi. Das and Sriman Abhaya dropped of some stuff but did not get a chance to see them

Trying to catch Abhi.Das when he gets home from work so that we can get Darsana of Radha Natabara and little association with him. Talk about Krsna/NIOS.

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The packing is going well.

We keep making little adjustments: Arranging luggage, sorting stuff into groups. It is sorting out our life as well as things. What stuff will we leave behind for NIOS? Arrange and label it.

What stuff will we take to NMD as gifts, tools?

What will we take with us when we leave for our next body. . . Do you want to take your Japa Beads back to Goloka?

Enough for one day.

Don't want to burden you all with too much details.

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Krsna Krsna // Hare Hare

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!

Gurudev, espero que se encuentre muy bien.

En esta carta solo quiero comentarle algunas cosas.

Salí del "comité de educación" y "comité de festivales" debido a que quiero concentrar mi energía en un proyecto más grande. Sin embargo, continúo impartiendo Bhakti Sastri a los devotos y devotas del Yatra. El próximo año terminamos con el último grupo.

También estoy dando un curso "introductorio de Bhakti Yoga" a una devota nueva, no como curso oficial de ISKCON Chile. Ella me pidió ayudarla a entender más la filosofía y la estoy ayudando. Me inspira mucho preparar material del curso introductorio, porque hace mucho tiempo no lo hago.

Continuamos con el estudio del SB (BvB) con Param Padam Prabhu. Vamos en 4to canto capítulo 3. Muchas lindas e importantes reflexiones.

Seguimos con nuestro sadhana en casa y servicio. Veo que Sukadeva e Indira están creciendo, y están interiorizando más la conciencia de Krsna. Es muy lindo ver como ellos se inspiran en la vida espiritual, preguntan sobre las prácticas de la CK, y lo hacen parte de sus vidas.

Está de visita SS Bhakti Sundar Goswami, y hemos escuchado sus clases y bhajans.

Nos hace percibir Vrndavan y recordarlo a Usted.

Muchas gracias GM por Su tiempo.

Su aspirante a sirviente

Priyasakhi dd

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Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Gurudev, I hope you are well.

HpS/ASA - It, agtSP, the Sun is at 6.15PM. Sunset was at 5.52PM. 😟 Let us stop for our Gayatri!!!

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6.23PM

Chanted with the stop-watch in front of us. Four seconds for the longer Mantras and one second for the short ones.

Lot of room for improvement.

We have Reformed Hippy Mind.

In this letter I just want to tell you a few things.

ASA 🐵 🐷 🗿..... 👍

I left the "education committee" and "festival committee" because I want to focus my energy on a bigger project. However, I continue to impart Bhakti Sastri to the Yatra devotees. Next year we finish with the last group.

ASA: 👍

I am also giving an "introductory Bhakti Yoga" course to a new devotee, not as an official ISKCON Chile course. She asked me to help her understand the philosophy more and I am helping her. She inspires me a lot to prepare introductory course material, because I haven't done it in a long time.

We continue the study of SB (BvB) with Param Padam Prabhu. We go to the 4th Canto, chapter 3. Many beautiful and important reflections.

ASA - Krsna's legs!

We continue with our sadhana at home and service. I see that Sukadeva and Indira are growing, and are becoming more internalized in Krsna consciousness. It is very nice to see how they are inspired by the spiritual life, ask about the CK practices, and make it part of their lives.

HH Bhakti Sundar Goswami is visiting, and we have listened to his classes and bhajans.

HpS - He is a very close friend. The Arab and the Austrian?

He makes us perceive Vrndavan and remember You.

Thank you very much GM for your time.

Your would-be servant

Priyasakhi dd

HpS/ASA - Other family? Partners in the Yatra?

Feminism.

Rural Development?

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