Hare Krsna,
AGTSP paoho We traveled like 9-hours from Temple in Houston to Srivasa Pandita Prabhu's Ashrama here in San Jose. Typical delayed flights etc. The next day was San Francisco Rathayatra. Golden Gate Park was splendid. The weather was a little crisp because it is only July and San Francisco has an Indian Summer, warms up later in the year.
By Vaisesika Prabhu's expert organization and the devotees sincere application about 1.072 big small and medium books were distributed. We helped to distribute one Ultimate Yoga packet for $40 of about five big books.
There were about 1,000 devotees and congregational members and about 4,000 plates of Prasadam.
The wind blew nicely, the clouds passed nicely, but always lots os sun. The devotion in all the carts, decorations, music was obvious. As expected we were talking with one, two and even three sets of devotees from all over the place the whole time. SANKIRTAN.
Now we are here in San Jose until 31st when we move on to Boise.
Health is holding at moderate throat, mouth, tongue inflamation with one good diagnosis of Vitamin B deficiency.
Jaya! But feels like no medicine like Japa.
On Jaya Joe, Webex, http://asa-forum.webex.com at 1.30-3.30AM San Francisco time daily. All hail to Hari!
Hare Krsna Respected Guru Dev,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Guru parampara.
Guru Dev, whatever seva you will allocate me, i will do. Guru Dev, i am ready for any kind of seva,
allocated by you. i will always be happy to server you.
Guru Dev, i got your view (point) about BIG SEVA. i will surely visit Wikipedia for Constantin
Stanislavskii. i will select services based on intellectual abilities, and will do the service with
enthusiasm.
i will send to you the list of services for your validation/opinion, One i finalize for local temple.
i will inquire about Bhakti-sastri program Calendar etc at temple (Pune) and update you with
samples of Calendar as soon as possible.
Sure, Guru Dev, I will start Gayatri after bath, every day. But how many times in a day?!
HpS - Jaya Srila Prabhupada. No, Gayatri is for me, now, but after a year of regular service, after Hari-nama initiation, then we can talk with Temple Authorities about this Second Initiation for your good self, also.
Guru Dev, i am very happy to see your calendar allocated for india visit. i will be happy to be with
you in vrindavan or wherever you ask. Guru Dev, Please let me know your schedule and location in
india so that i will plan accordingly.
Thank you Guru Dev, i am not capable to be with you for Australia trip. May be by your bless, i will
be capable one day.
your servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das
HpS - ASA - Jaya! AGTSP paoho. We should have news soon of India dates.
Hare Krsna Respected Guru Dev,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Guru parampara.
Guru Dev, as you had advised, I always keep NOI with me and whenever & wherever i get time, I read.
While i am living life as per NOI I but as you advised, i will start deeply as per NOI III also.
Local temple association is as usual. Temple visit - 5 days in a week (evening time). Doing fund
collection seva under guidance of brahamachari. Devoting more time in study.
Guru Dev, Please advise me for what kind of big responsibility i should go forward or ask to the
temple authority because i am doing (now a days), small-small seve like prasadam distribution, PPT
preparation & mail drafting for on-line fund collection (for corporate people), go with bramachari
for new people cultivation program on week end, some small preaching seva and some time
counseling for new people (if requested) etc.
Please advise me so that I will ask temple authority for big responsibility.
Guru Dev, I am not doing Bhakti sastri course officially but studding BG, Isopnisad, Chatinya
Chatimarita (studing of Mahaprabhu's Parsad) and NOI. SB not started yet.
Guru Dev, Bhakti sastri is 4 years course (officially) in Pune. So if you advise i will inquire for next
registration and start studding.
Guru Dev, Please let me know your opinion and view. Please correct me wherever i am wrong.
your servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das
HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna, Gopal Das . . . It is noon. Our eyes hurt from this computer. Seems we will have to reduce as time goes on. You can answer 85% of our letters. Ho! Ho! Ho!
BIG SEVA - Super famous director in the history of theater, Constantin Stanislavskii. Youcan find him on Wikipedia. He said, "There are not small parts in the play, just small actors". Is our idea too, no? We can look for new things by strength of our intellectual abilities, but real thing is to do the service we have with more enthusiasm. utsahan. Then Krsna will reveal to us more and more the cosmic proportions of what we are doing and we can surrender to them as our courage allows us.
O.K?
The Bhakti-sastri program sounds fine. You can give us samples of their Calendar etc. so we can use them to develop our programs!
O.K. (Oll Korrect) Now bath and Gayatri. All the correspondences finished. All the projects going forward. Reducing the number of projects to more sane level. Naturally yours will expand! Any suggestions for our visit to India between mid February and End of April. About 10-weeks possible, but includes on month for Australia. Maybe you should go to.
Hare Krsna Respected Guru Dev,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Guru parampara.
Guru Dev, i am planning to go to Vrindavan in November 2012 and want to be there for 8-9 days.
Any advise for me.
your servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das
HpS - ASA - Ask again in October! Always, live in Vrndavana in your mind. Local ISKCON temple has Radha and Krsna service, bathing, drssing, cooking????