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Aspiring to become useful to the guru

13 years, 1 month ago by aja.govinda in Personal Sadhana Reports
Dear Guru Maharaja:
 
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and your dedication to the mission of starting the ground-breaking largest online distance education of Bhakti-Shastri and Bhakti-Vaibhava in service to His Divine Grace.
 
By the power of your instruction, I am staying in Vrindavan and strictly following the four principles, going to the temple to chant japa before sringar arati, chanting 16 rounds, attending sringar-arati, Guru-puja, Gaura arati in the evening, and listening Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita classes. Yesterday morning in the ISKCON Vrindavan Krishna-Balaram temple when I saw the brahmacaris dancing for Srila Prabhupada's utsav-murti's daily procession around the temple, I thought that this ISKCON morning program (especially sringar-arati of Vrindavan and Guru-puja) never becomes old and you never feel that this is something I already did. The devotees here daily feel transcendental bliss upon attending these morning programs established by His Divine Grace.
 
Dear Maharaja, I realize the power of your tolerance that you allowed a sinner like me to accompany you on your travels. I need to learn to follow your strict example of full Krsna consciousness. I need to rectify my offensive consciousness so that I am a help to Guru and parampara rather than a useless fellow. I need to give up my arrogance and foolishness. I need to take advantage of your mercifully extending your association through the online Bhakti-Vaibhava. My education is worthless without spiritual education. I can only hope and pray that my Oxford PhD can be useful in Krsna-conscious science / academic outreach. My field has changed from heart research to DNA / RNA in connection with immunology (in particular my post-doc research is on how our immune system cells recognize the DNA of viruses). I hope to use this field in scientifically showing that life comes from life, specifically that DNA is not the sole cause of life but that DNA is a biological pattern imprinted by consciousness. I am most inspired by scientists as yourself, Sadaputa Prabhu, and HH Bhakti-svarupa Damodara Swami. When you explain sankhya, it becomes clear that mind is superior to and the origin of matter.
 
Due to my offenses unto your holiness and to the Vaishnavas, I am destined for the worst hell. Though I do not deserve it, I can only beg your mercy to allow me some service to your holiness so I may purify my existence. I gained some experience in
book editing and publication while working on HH Lokanatha Swami's Samskrta-Uccarana: A Comprehensive Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation. I pray that if you consider me worthy, and as you suggested some time back, I may assist in editing and formatting for publication the Bhakti-shastri and Bhakti-vaibhava Pada-padma manuals for the Anjana Suta Academy. I could share my screen with you over skype every weekend to take your advice on the progress once both your Holiness and I am in the USA. However, you and Paramatma know what is best for me and how to engage my skills best in Srila Prabhupada's service. I pray that I may serve you in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as it is not too far from New Orleans where I will be staying starting July. I know you are extremely busy Maharaja, but your mind and intelligence has so much knowledge on the Vedas that even your single word can give direction to me.
 
Asking for your forgiveness and opportunity for some small service unto you,
Aja Govinda Dasa
              HpS - ASA -  Jaya!!!!   AgtSP.   paoho.  Is soooo nice to be able to read and comment on your Letters to the Editor/Blog....   We discussed a little of this in separate letter to the Secret Disciple Address, but basically, any problems you have caused for us have been far, far smaller than then problems we have caused for Srila Prabhupada.  The reward for your stupid activities is that you will have stupid disciples that will cause you problems just like you caused your parents.  Haw!    Haw!!  Ha-Ray!
    'Even fleas have little fleas that bite them', William Blake.
So,   please see the news here and in the Kapi Dhvaja and then we can talk a lot when we get to USA.  We hope your therapy is going well!!!!                  There is no teacher like Vrndavana Dhama!

Dandavats Gurudev

13 years, 1 month ago by nityasevaka in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krisna, Gurudev. Please accept my humble obeisances, dandavats. PAMHO.

Thank you so much for your attention with my wife and me, reading our letters and responding us. We're very happy if we're initiated together. Only Krisna knows.

Thank you for your tips about our altar. I'd though in that before now it's a provisional altar, but i'll build an wooden altar, with curtains, etc.

Thank you too for let me chant in a Japa Joe meeting. It's a very good experience.

We have a lot of things to do. May be i can worthy of them although i'm very fallen.

Thank you again for all.

Your aspirant to serve you, Nityasevaka.

HpS - AGTSP.  So we meet in our wet-ware, rather than soft-ware soon.  This body is 75% water!   Thank you.

Dudas! :/

13 years, 1 month ago by Lalita Mdva in Hot Topics

AGTSP Hare Krishna Gurudeva mis mas humildes reverencias. Hace un par de Dias estuve leyendo el venu gita en donde mencionaban... (Capitulo 2 pag 38)... Las diferentes rasas y premas que saborea Sri Krishna con sus amigos, Madre y gopis y asi mismo menciona que Para lograr alguno de esos tipos de premas tienen que ser espontaneos "Si un devoto abriga Una devocion amorosa pura por Mi, pensando en mi como su hijo, amigo o amante, considerándose importante y tomandome como su igual o inferior, Yo quedo subordinado a el"... Entonces gurudeva como logramos ver a la suprema personalidad de dios como un hijo, amigo o cónyuge ? Como florecer ese amor tan puro por Sri Krishna? más adelante también dice "cuando los devotos sumisos escuchen acerca del amor puro de los residentes de vraja, también me adorarán en el sendero del amor espontáneo abandonando todo ritual religioso y actividad fruitiva"...-Como se llega a ser sumiso y considerar al mismo tiempo a la Suprema Personalidad de Dios como hijo, amigo,hermano, etc? Lalita Madhava Mty México

HpS -   Jaya!   TlgaSP.   Muy bien oir de Vds!!!    Puede leer las ensenansas a Rupa Goswami comenzando con la proxima texto. Pienso hay cosas muy relevantes a su pregunta!!   Esperamos sus resultados.

http://vedabase.com/en/cc/madhya/19/162

Greeting from Egypt

13 years, 1 month ago by nadiavillar in Other

Dear Maharaj, Please, accept my reverences I write to you because I need some warm advice, to be sure that there's still some of Love for Krishna in my heart... Im living in Egypt because I'm gonna get married with an egyptian guy, his family is a quite traditional Muslim family, but they accept our relationship gladly. My boyfriend is quite open minded, he is happy about my beliefs and respect and accept them. He always is asking me about krishna, karma and reincarnation. Unfortunately, I don't have books in English to make him read. Even I'm following just one principle (vegetarian for ever) today I felt the strong desire to set up an altar in our home, with a RadhaKrishna deity that Laksmi Radha devi dasi gave to me in Santiago. Also I chanted two rounds, after months without doing it... I always remember your words and advices, May be it's a kind of sentimentalism the way I feel now, but I just would like to read some words from you, to know that this weak link between me and Krishna is not broken. Thanks a lot for your unconditional shows of love! Your most goofy and fallen servant Nadia Villar From Santiago, Chile (Living in Egypt now)

HpS -  Wow!   AgtSP!   Paoho.             Your name is very strong in our mind, but we can;t remember your form or pastimes.  Ha!     Ha!               Ha!              Of course, its nice to hear from you.                If you are goood Muslim lady and gooood Muslim husband then the four principles are also recomended.  Of course, the Koran is written for people in dificult situacion in the desert so basically it says that you may have to eat camel meat etc.     But that's not the best suggestion. So look for good Muslem ladies and you will find that KC is natural for everyone.  Try translating a little little bit into local language.  Send more news!

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Ha Radhe Ha Krsna. Pamho.

13 years, 1 month ago by PABLOPARIKRAMA in Personal Sadhana Reports, Other
Hare Krsna!
AgtSP.
Jaya Gaura Nitay!
Jaya Radha Govinda Candra!
 
Pamho Maharaja!
 
Hola Maharaja, soy Bhakta Pablo del Parikrama, de España.
Espero que se encuentre muy bien Maharaja en todos los aspectos.
 
Yo continuo con las Rondas y los 4 principios, aunque tengo muchos desafios ahora y esta siendo estos dias bastante estresante. Tengo tantos desafios constantemente que a veces me enfurezco muchisimo porque no tengo ni un segundo para respirar. 
 
Me gusta y lo odio al mismo tiempo.
 
Intento realizar que entre Krsna y los Devotos, y yo,  hay una cortina de ignorancia. Que no esta lejos ni cerca, y que tanto estres tiene que tener un sentido, porque todo esta lleno de sentido. Acaso no rompe Krsna el trabajo de las Gopis de muchas duras horas???, y me pregunto Maharaja, como tengo que enfocar mi consciencia o meditacion ante un estres constante???....
 
Gracias a Krsna se me van solucionando cosas, o eso parece.
 
Voy a ir a visitarle el dia 4 en Navalakunda, y si todo va bien, el fin de semana siguiente en Nueva Vrajamandala. No voy a poder estar con Usted mas dias, me es imposible. No me gusta nada esto, lo siento.
 
Que mas puedo yo hacer, ?.
Perdoneme por ser tan tonto.
 
Pamho.
Hare Krsna!
                    HpS -  TlgaSP.   Pfanrh.     Vamos a morir, no?  Y ya no falta mucho tiempo.  No hay mas estres que morir, es la suma total de stresssss.   Solamente podemos dejar ambos manos en el aire como Draupadi y llamar, "He Govinda!".  Eso es. Tenemos que levantar los manos y llamar y despues lo que Krsna envia es bueno.  Tiene una vida tranquila Draupadi??

Abstract - Rabindra Bh. Lecture

13 years, 2 months ago by hps in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

Abstract – Rabindra-bharati University
2013 April 26

Hanumatpresaka Swami (Professor Huber Hutchin Robinson)

Sankhya and a New Direction for Modern Science
Before the time of Sir Isaac Newton there was a battle between the Alchemists and the Mechanical Philosophers over whose discipline would be the King of the Sciences. The Mechanical Philosophers won, so Physics has become the normative science in the West. However, it also includes a Cosmology, Ontology and generates specific moral standards. For example, is abortion healthy or unhealthy?

There is an ongoing debate in Oxford between the leading scientists and theologians, and among others in the world, that peace, prosperity and fraternity in the world can only come when we improve our scientific view of life.

The speaker has had success in presenting the Sankhya of Kapila deva from the 3rd Canto of the esteemed Srimad Bhagavata Purana as an excellent way for science to go ahead. He will incidentally clarify the distinction between the Bhagavata Sankhya of Sri Caitanya’s tradition and the Sankhya of Isvara Krsna Das.

In the majority he will give a probably novel and detailed explanation of this Bhagavata Sankhya with correspondence to accepted Western scholars such as Carl G. Jung and E. T. Hall. Of course the question should arise, what is the position of Music, Dance and Drama as sciences within this context.