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12 years ago by Gadai in Personal Sadhana Reports

Todas las Glorias a Sri Caitanya Maha Prabhu!!!

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj, nuevamente mis reverencias, esperando que la presente lo encuentre bien de salud, queria decirle que estamos haciendo Mangal Artik a las 4 : 30 am, siguiendo los 4 principios , cantando 16 buenas rondas y algunas rondas más.

En la lectura estamos leyendo el Caitanya Caritamrta "ADI LILA" cap 11 - Las Expansiones del Señor Nityananda, tratando de entender como es que Nityananda vino con 12 pastorcillos de vaca. También estamos leyendo el Bhagavad - Gita cap 2 - Resumen del contenido del Gita.

También estamos repasando el Bhakti Sastri, pues pensamos que es importante para mejorar nuestra predica en nosotros mismos.

Bueno Guru Maharaj esperamos verlo pronto, nose si en Perú ó en Bolivia, estaremos comunicandonos sobre reportes de Sankirtan y tal ves contemos algunos pasatiempos de Sankirtan.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj.

Gadai Gauranga Das

HpS - TlgaSP- Muy bien. Si, Abhirama Thakura es un Gopa! Quien es en Krsna Lila? Esperamos sus cartas con mucho entusiasmo. Ha Ha! Canto Cuatro es nuestra estudio. Daksa Yajna. El era pensando por que estuvo occupado en el Yajna mas importante para Visnu era el persona mas importante. Cuidado no desarollar esta actitud en Sankirtana, no?!!! Somos devotos ordinario occupado en el mas excelso servicio por arregla del Senor Caitanya. El puede animar qualquiere en esta servicio.

Cartesian dualism

12 years ago by srinivasacarya in Hot Topics

Respected Guru Maharaj,

Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances at your feet. All glories to Srila Prabhpuada.

Saw a post on Cartesian Dualism and Descartes: http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/3009 I have introductory level understanding of this through course era MOOC :-)

Basically Descartes thinks Mind and Body are made of different things. He thinks body is material and mind is made of immaterial stuff that doesn't occupy space (I suspect that he may have thought that mind and soul are the same thing). He was challenged by his disciple Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia through 'the problem of causation'. Her argument is that only physical things can move physical stuff therefore only physical stuff exists. I have some hand outs and slides of this that I can send you if you like.

Your servant

Srinivasacarya das

HpS - AgtSP. paoho. Please send what you have. For us Manas and Buddhi don't occupy gross space either, no? Space is the first of the gross five elements and mind and intelligence can exist before the manifestation of gross elements. For example, chemistry is a different "body" of knowledge from physics but neither exists in gross space. Where is Microsoft word, no? It is an idea. The soul becomes entangled in bodies of material ideas.

from the blog

12 years ago by harsh_horse in Hot Topics

Hare krsna maharaj, pamho,agtsp

can you elaborate when you said "We have to train people how to have the right attitude. Once you have that, the thoughts and acts and possessions will follow." -- how to get this right attitude.

HpS - AGTSP paoho. Look at the last part of Introduction to NOI. This phrase is there. Then we have BG 10.10-11. We get the attitude especially during the Brahma-muhurta. That is the time to get good Buddhi, attitude. Then after breakfast good plans, manas.... If we contemplate the Gurvastakam duing B.Muhurta. Sing it loudly, know what the words mean, then that gives us a good attitude for chanting HK / HR kirtan. which we should try to let massage our heart.

how do you maintain your health at such advanced age & such hectic travelling schedule.

hps - Ha! Ha! Ha! (Ray) We don´t. We have to adjust. But the regular Sadhana keeps us healthy.

at this moment we think we have both problem with our subtle and gross body in unexpected way, hence we asked you the above question.

regards,flying horse

HpS - Thank you so much. Flying Horse can mean the mind! Is so nice to hear from you!! Your baby will be just like you!

Hare Krsna GuruMaharaja! :o)

12 years ago by Bhaktina Romi in Personal Sadhana Reports

All Glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

All Glories to you!
All Glories to devotees

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja!
Hope you're fine!! Thanks for reed this letter.
Four principles strictly, 16 rounds, all days but fighting to improve the quality, I start the Bhakti Sastri, only Bhagavad Gita at this time, many things are getting clear right now.. Service, fix decoration of temple dasanudasa fest, and everything I can help. In home keep worshiping SriSri NitaiGaura Nataraj, TulasiDevi and Srila Prabhupada. I have some question to do:

1- If someone leave the body, and the family decides cremate the body, but like 3 or 5 months before, if thet put a Tulasi beads, have the same power, than if they do it inmediatly?

hps - agtsp. question is not clear. he puts on tulasi 5 months before he dies?

2- When we bought something, is not prasadam, manufacturated like cookies or something like that, I only offer it with 3 Maha Mantra, because I don't think is prppertly to offer to you and Srila Prabhupada.
asa - NOI ¨visayera anna kaila, haya dusta mana", one who eats grains cooked by material enjoyers, his mind becomes wicked. only offer fruits, roots, milk and nuts. other stuff only what is cooked by devotees. cook a lot of cookies on sunday and the share them all week.

2b- Why when the devotees take prasadam, sometimes say about we eat the Conciousness of chef? Suppouse that the cook is angry. For offer the food to Krsna, Why the food would be impregnated of the cook conciusness?

asa - if we touch something the virus on our hands can mix with it. the world is made of thoughts and consciousness as well as matter. so the consciousness of the cook, he who lights the fire, goes into the cooking. of course, when it is offered to Prabhupada he adjusts it. but still the basic ideas of the cook can be there. there are different kinds of Prasadam even. but if Prabhupada offers it then it is basically Prasadam.

3- I hear some devotees who chant the holy names in japa and when a new round commence, say more things than the PancaTattva Mantra or say it 3 times. Is it ok? is not a desviation? Why Srila Prabupada only give us the Panca Tattva Mantra, to commence a new round?

asa- actually I never heard Prabhupada do or say that we should chant the pancha tattva mantra befor each. round. before chanting hare krsna, yes. so some devotees chant "nama om.." some mix Japa with siksastakam verses.

I wont write a long letter, but my bad english push me, many words to explain my idea. I'm sorry. Hope you're fine Gurudeva, I learning every day of you mercy and your dedication.

Trying to serve in Krsna Conciousness.
Rati Manjari Devi Dasi

HpS - ASA - Trying and doing. How is your Varna ashrama effort going? You introduced us to your prospective Grhastha ashrama partner. How are things developing? Nice pictures!!

Gaura Narayana Visnupriya and Laksmipriya

12 years ago by Ambarisa Maharaja Das in Other

Hare Krsna!

Agtsp

all glories to you guru dev.

Pamho______ò__

i share this photos from the main altar in the Yoga pitha in Mayapur, because i could not share the other day in japa joe. here they are.

Lord Caitanya as Gaura Narayana with his two wives, Visnupriya and Laksmipriya, along with a small four armed deity of adhoksaja Visnu. This Deity was discovered in 1934 by Srila Bhaktisidhanta Saravasti Thakur during the excavation for the temple in the yoga pitha (birth place of lord Caitanya). and this is the archeological evidence of the true place of birth of Lord Caitanya. this Adhoksaja Visnu was the worshipable deity of Jagannatha misra (the father of lord Caitanya), and he sits in front of the deity of Gaura Narayana. He is black in color and about 18 cm tall with four arms holding the symbols of lord Visnu: disc, club, conchshell and lotus. and with laksmi devi and bhu devi.

this is good to explain and do parallels with the sri sampradaya in south india. that Gaura and Narayana are not diferent.

that also why BSST started intalling Gauranga beside Radha Krsna.

the strategy was that the pujari can explain who is that person with Radha Krsna.

Sankirtan yajna ki jay!!

thank you guru dev and vaisnavas

your servant Ambarisa m Das

HpS - Jaya! Thank you. AGTSP... Please advance more and more! We all need your association.... We also noticed in our Temples in the West that Indians will come and give a donation of a few dollars in the Donation box. Then we had some nice small book, Upadesamrta, and little Maha-prasad ready and we would give them to them. If they would say, "Oh, I already have your nice ISKCON books", then we would tell them to read a little and then give it to some Western or Indian friend. They would agree. Opportunity for even a dog to preach!

Humble obeisances from Mar del Plata

12 years ago by Panca tattva das in Personal Sadhana Reports

AGTSP.PAMHO.

HARE KRSNA OUR BELOVED GURUDEV.

It had past a long time from the last letter I wrote you, sorry....I keep a way from computers... We are OK!!! but still in this Burro!! and in the same material world.We are working very hard at the loft and the proyect of the farm at Sierra de los Padres.We are about to to move into the farm and start with the construction of the Bramacaris ashram and the temple...Last weekend we did the ceremony of grownd breaking and install Ananta Sesa,today I'm performing a Pumsavana ceremony for a couple of devoties of the yatra...I am very busy and is the only way I can be in Krishna Conciences....or at least try to..

I'm a bit scared because I'm going to the farm and there is no prgram and any deities,so I have to make my one sadhana. Every Sunday I take care of the deities at the Loft so that is would be my stronger program.....

We are very enthusiastic with your future visit to Mar del Plata Yatra...

And we read every day your blog....

What else we can do?????

Your servant Panca tattva das

asa - hps - jaya. tlgasp. paoho. you seem to be doing very well. we all start life from a little bit wet-wood perspective. the first steps don't produce much fire. rather they just make the wood dry. then the wood can burn. we can be in ecstatic mood all the time. of course like that we can warm and ignite others. seems we can take it that Krsna is putting you on the farm so that you can get in touch with Him personally, get ready for Sannyasa. Keep a record of your Sadhana and report each weak, one line even to us or others.
What books are you studying? We are studying SB 4.7 this weeks.
We have been physically exhausted yesterday and today. Don't know why? Initiations? Hare Krsna.
Big struggle to get to this internet connection ie. using temple computer, but now is working fast and we have a key to the office. Sooo try to work with what you can. Share your results, successes and problems with others, use your intelligence to see the help Krsna is sending. How does Mar work fit into Lord Caitanya's mission? How is Nicassio? Still in USA? When ever we see Lord Nrsmha Deva and His beautiful painting we think of the devotee in Mar who did it. What is his name? How is he??

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