Wish your recover from the spider bites maharaj

11 years, 6 months ago by nataraj in Personal Sadhana Reports, Other

Dear Guru maharaj

Please accept my dandavat pranams. All glories to Srila Prabhupad.

I wish you speedily recover from the spider bites maharaj. You might already know this, but I was thinking if applying coconut oil might help.

          HpS - Not sure what [AGTSP!] was the stimulous, but the more ultimate cause is that we are 70% pitta at least, and that was out of order because of too much psycho-social disorder, diet etc. When we changed that it started to reduce. Over our whole body.

I am progressivelly successfull in chanting my rounds and following all regulative principles.

Wishing you speedy recovery maharaj

your aspiring servant

Nataraj

HpS - Where are you? Dallas???     

"By bhajana-kriyā one attains freedom from the contamination of materialistic life. He no longer goes to a restaurant or hotel to taste so-called palatable dishes made with meat and onions, nor does he care to smoke or drink tea or coffee." NoI Seven.

Prabhupada makes a clear standard for us. Compared to other religions and yoga groups ISKCON, Prabhupada, Has a high standard, but we get the real result, no?

Also the regulative principles are not just something mechanical. We follow them because it makes Krsna happy.

There are three ways to do things:

The right way,

The wrong way and,

Krsna's way!    More news... your Yatra??...

Question - influence of prasadam prepared by others

11 years, 6 months ago by pnd in Hot Topics
Hare Krishna Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
 
If somebody who is not pure devotee is in the situation when he needs to take prasadam cooked by other devotees (e.g. temple, sankirtan van, festival), is there way how he can get immune to receive cook's mind or mood?
 
I found myself sometimes my mood changes or some non-standard pictures / throughts appear in my mind sometimes which seems to be connected by eating prasadam prepared by others.
 
Somebody in my country previously told: "Cook is hidden temple president."
 
One could think that when food is offered and become prasadam it will be transcendental. Is consciousness hidden in food caused by wrong attitude during offering or during eating prasadam?
 
Your servant Prahlad-nrsmha das
             HpS - ASA -- BIG topic.  We answer for you and 6,000 more people. Maybe print essay and send to Barrack Obama.
1. Hari bolo!
2. More Hari Bolo!
3.   NOI....   page 45. visayera anna khaila. If we take food cooked by a visayi, material enjoyer, our mind becomes wicked.  Look up source of citation in CC and I bet you will find very nice discussion of the subject there!
 
Yes, it is transcendental if properly offered but still some difference. Prabhupada talks about his mother's kitchen and explains that she would cook as she cleaned, so when the bhoga left for the offering there was just one, two minutes to clean up the kitchen, not that the plates, very nice and neat, would go to the altar and the kitchen would look like the dancing place of Lord Shiva at the end of the cosmic manifestation! That chaos will be in the offering, no?
He said she demanded all the pots be shining and if not, "Back to the cleaning girls", then he says that if you honor prasadam cooked in a kitchen like that immediately you feel refreshed.
 
So there is some difference.
 
Just like there are a variety of devotees in ISKCON, so we have a certain level of respect for all of them and associate with some more intimately.
 
As a Sannyasi we get invited to a lot of dinners, by different people, so we have adopted a standard that Prabhupada mentions, 'If the cooks are completely clean (strict vegetarian) then, for Sankirtan purposes, it can be offered to the deity'.
 
Maybe a vaisya on the road will eat some vegetarian cooking, offer it, in a place that cooks hamburgers. He has different Dharma from a Sannyasi.
Krsna will protect us.
Sometimes you have to associate with little bit crazy fellow in ISKCON, but we do it.
O.K?

Question - subtle principles

11 years, 6 months ago by pnd in Hot Topics

Hare Krishna Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

In your last report you mentioned:

Four principles gross AND subtle.

I would like to know what person can do to avoid subtle breaking of principles (e.g. lusty thoughts)?

Your servant Prahlad-nrsmha das

              HpS - AGTSP.  paoho.  Is so nice to get your association, Mr. Web-master. Thank you so much for this Blog. We get constant comments that people read the letters and for us it is only possible way to maintain good communication!  Thank you.

".....what person can do to avoid subtle breaking of principles (e.g. lusty thoughts)?" - In some respects NOTHING!

We heard that Kavi-chanda Swami asked Prabhupada when he was a b'cari, how can I avoid thinking about illicit sex, and Srila Prabhupada responded that because of the birth he had taken [we have taken] he [we] will not be able to stop thinking about illicit sex, but if we engage in devotional service we will be able to tolerate the agitation.

So, that is one aspect. We Western dogs will have these thoughts up to the end of our life, but then there is good chance they will be washed away by the rage-ing river of death.

Another aspect is that we can certainly decrease them by Sato-vrtteh (NOI 3), following the Sadhana of the previous Acharyas. During Mangala arati is less likely to think of these things and if we condition our mind with Sattvik devotional practices...  BooP! .. It will think of other things.

The whole process, all verse of SB... are the answer to the question in one sense.

1) Tolerate and go on.  2) Keep good life to reduce.   3) Don't 'entertain' them when they come.
If we have thoughts of having sinful relations with men, women, animals, trees....  then don't entertain the thoughts. "Oh, hello, lusty thought, please sit down in this nice chair. Have a cigar and some brandy. Let me talk with you, See you, Enjoy you, Invite your relations".
Chant loudly, engage in service and the unwanted guest will go away (sooner or later).

O.K.

Guess we see you in India soon!

Your next letter >>>---->

[How long it take you to buy Audi?]

Respuesta desde chile

11 years, 6 months ago by Bhaktin Fernanda L. in Personal Sadhana Reports

AGTSP!

               ASA - Jaya!!! Sin el, no KC en Chile, EEUU ...

Hare Krsna querido Gurudev, mis reverencias sinceras ...

               ASA - Nos es igual.

Disculpe por demorar en responder, con respecto a lo que me escribió en la última carta, ....pasatiempos podria escribir algo, pero consejos para mejorar el sankirtan estoy a años luz de darle, pero usted es tan humilde y sencillo, que me dice eso a mi... en realidad lo mismo le iva a pedir yo a usted porque me esta costando jajaja...

...no me suceden cosas muuy misticas o fantásticas.....pero me llamó la atención una vez, en que nadie me paraba....y yo ya me estaba desanimando, y hasta con ganas de irme, pero me intentaba alentar pensando " acuérdate, que estos libros ya tienen dueño, sólo trata de encontrarlos..."trataba de recordar lo que he leído o escuchado de los devotos para poder predicarle a mi mente.....en eso paso un rato, y me paro al fin un joven, entonces le mostre los libros, y el me dijo que era ateo...pero que aun asi le parecian interesantes los libros...y se llevo uno pequeño....antes de irse me dijo textualmente " gracias por encontrarme"....

 tambien otro dia estaba tratando de distribuir libros, y cerca habia un almacen, afuera del almacen estaba un tipo que parecia estar medio borracho pero lo dejaban estar ahi porque ayudaba a limpiar los vidrios del local, derrepente se me acercó, y me pregunto qué estaba haciendo, entonces yo le mostré los libros, y me dijo : " yo ya conozco estos libros....en algun momento los tuve cuando fui mas joven....pero este plano terrenal es demasiado fuerte y no pude con eso...despues glorificó los libros reconociendo su importancia...y me dijo que podia dejar el carrito con libros en el local porque él mismo cuidaria que no los robaran....al final en agradecimiento le regale un librito.

- Gurudev tambien queria aprovechar la instancia de contarle que nos ofrecieron crear una ONG para el festival de sankirtan, con el fin de tener un respaldo y apoyo de parte del gobierno para continuar y mejorar....yo no se mucho acerca de eso (me tengo que informar más) pero queria saber a usted le parece una buena idea? o no ?

 disculpe que esta vez mi carta fue mas larga. 

se despide agradecida su aspirante a sirvienta Fernanda.

                HpS - ASA --- Muchas gracias sus pasatiempos!!     Si estamos desanimado en la Karma-yoga, haciendo Sankirtan por que me gusta, podemos tomar como misericordia de Krsna empujar nosotros en el nivel de Jnana-yoga. Eso es mas estable. En esta nivel estamos trabajando clarificar nuestra inteligencia, "Por que voy a ir en Sankirtan?".

Si no hay buen razon, no va!

Usualment para y leer un poco de los libros y tiene fuerza quedar en Sankirtana. Los libros distribuiron sus mismos. Y por que solo!  Siempre es bueno pastorear las vacas con Krsna y muchos mas Gopas!

Si, una ONG o otro organizacion puede ser bien. ISKCON como religion y otro como organizacion cultural. Necesita como 2-5 mas personas con la misma pasion, vision como Vd. y puede hacer. Si, necesita hablar con quien que conocen que tipo de organizacion es bueno en Chile. Hable mucho de eso con Arjuna y Rodrigo.

Que pasa con su Pareja Divino, novio, esposo.?

Su Papa?    O.K.  Mas cuentas de Sankirtan!!

Hare Krisna

11 years, 6 months ago by purnamasidevidasi in Personal Sadhana Reports, DTC, Other

Querido Gurudeva: Por favor, acepte mis humildes reverencias.

Todas las glorias para Srila Prabhupada.

Cómo está? Se encuentra mejor?

              HpS - Jaya!  AGTSP.  pfanrh.   Muchas gracias su associacion cada manana en taller de Japa! Adelantando juntos guarantizado!!!    Nuestra salud, energia esta bien. Un diente necesita u x-ray, los pies poco hinchados pero mejor de antes. Vamos a morir, pero mantener el instrumento apto para predica del manera mejor hasta la fin, no?

Mi esposo Jayanta está bien. Trabajando aunque sigue teniendo algunos dolores. Gracias a la misericordia de Krisna, cuento en esta vida con su asociación y ejemplo; un ejemplo marcado, sobre todo por su gran fe en el proceso, en Srila Prabhupada, y por su capacidad de ver a Krisna en los momentos menos apacibles. A mí no me resulta tan fácil. El fin de semana pasado estuvimos disfrutando de la asociación de Avesa rupa prabhu y Adi Rasa Prabhu. Realmente me siento muy afortunada de poder asociarme con estos dos devotos. Pasamos tres días con ellos en la casa donde están ahora, en un pueblito de Cáceres, muy cerca del Parque Natural de Monfragüe. Dos ejemplos de sankirtan y servicio, para mi muy importantes. Este domingo iremos a la fiesta del Templo, donde tambien, gracias a Krisna, puedo asociarme con más devotos. Espero que se encuentre mejor cuando reciba este mensaje. Su aspirante a humilde sirvienta, Purnamasi devi dasi

             HpS - Reverencias al Adi y el Avesa!!!!    Y como estan sus hijos?  Cuales son sus cualidades?  Programa para ninos en el templo? Trabajando en escuela Vd? Buscando otro diploma?  -[;D]

Reverencias a Jayanta Das. Pide una carta con sus comprehensiones de Sankirtan ahora!

From Madrid

11 years, 6 months ago by marcos in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare krisna!! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!

How are you? I hope everything goes well!

I returned from Israel, the trip was an amazing experience. I met very interesting people, and I visited many different places like: el santo sepulcro, monte de los olivos, Nazaret and more!

My plans changed and now im living in the temple of Madrid (this is my second month I started in October, I stayed at temple other times for some days, like three or two days but not to live) , im very happy here! Jivattatva prabhu and Jagamohan prabu thought that for me is better to stay now in Madrid and i think that they are in the correct idea, because I can share much time with different devotees.

Now we live in the temple: Jharikanda, Janardana (devotee from Cuba he is mathematics university professor), Isvara, Balaram (from Nueva Vrajamandala) and me. All are great and live with them is very good and funny.

In a few days we are going to start a course “Iniciación al Bhakti Yoga” this course has a duration of three months and we are going to learn about many different things, I think that its going a very complete program cause some of the students have initiation but they want to do the program to refresh his knowledge.

Im learning to play different instruments (Jagamohan is a great teacher), I read usually the different books of Prabhupada and I help to clean, cook and other activities of the routine.

I feel very happy and comfortable, sometimes my mind disturb me with different topics but when the Japa time at morning arrives all this problems disappear and I can feel good for all the day! I need to trust more in Krisna!!

In these months I have learned that I cant control the future time and I dont know what is going to happen, but I wish to continue here for some months (maybe half year or something more…).

4 regulations good and family and friends ok!!

Some instructions or advices to this new style of life?

Thanks to read the letter!!! HARE KRISNA!!!!

                  HpS - ASA ---  AGTSP!!!    Thank you very much for news. I can't remember you specifically??!!!  Did we talk last time I was in Spain?   Oooof!    Something we can remember, but is nice just to correspond. If you write little often, every couple weeks then we will remember you.

65-years old, Donkey brains (but also meet a LOT of people).

Yes...  we hear so much opportunity for preaching in Israel, but... is there regular morning class in Espiritu Santo!   That is Srila Prabhuapada's REQUIREMENT in ISKCON.