Hare Krsna, Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

I follow HH Vaisesaka Maharaja on facebook. He always gives thought provoking advices.

I asked Him personally one question about fear and he kindly responded. Due to His answer was so warm hearted I guess that is worthy to share it within your Blog.

HpS - ASA - Our Blog, no?

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Dear Chandramukhi, Bhadram te! Jaya Srila Prabhupada. Bhadram te! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

Fear is the normal condition of this material world, because although we are eternal spirit souls, we are inhabiting temporary, material bodies, and we don't know when our time of death will arrive. Even the demigods are fearful. This is powerfully illustrated in the following verse from the teachings of Lord Kapiladeva:

mad-bhayād vāti vāto ’yaṁ

sūryas tapati mad-bhayāt

varṣatīndro dahaty agnir

mṛtyuś carati mad-bhayāt

It is because of My supremacy that the wind blows, out of fear of Me; the sun shines out of fear of Me, and the lord of the clouds, Indra, sends forth showers out of fear of Me. Fire burns out of fear of Me, and death goes about taking its toll out of fear of Me. (SB 3.25.42)

Here Krishna is speaking as the inescapable time factor. Time is the force that destroys all created beings. However, devotees realize Krishna in His personal form, as the all-merciful and all-powerful Personality of Godhead. Devotees also cultivate faith that Krishna, as the supreme controller, is always protecting them and maintaining them. Nothing can happen without the Lord's sanction. In order to relieve His devotees from all anxiety and fear, Krishna tells Arjuna the peace formula:

bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ

sarva-loka-maheśvaram

suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ

jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati

A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries. (BG 5.29)

Devotees who realize the Lord in this way live in Vaikuntha, the realm of no anxiety, even if they are physically still present here in the material world.

By regularly absorbing your attention in the transcendental sound vibration of the holy name, Bhagavad-gita, and Srimad-Bhagavatam, gradually all fear, anger, greed and other unwelcome intruders will be forced out of your mind. After all, as we know from Srimad Bhagavatam (1.1.14), Krishna's holy name is feared even by fear personified! 

I hope some of this is helpful for you. It is true, the material world is a frightening place, and ultimately our only recourse is to become fully Krishna conscious. Then we will be fearless, knowing that, as spirit souls, we can never come to any real harm.

With affectionate blessings,

Vaisesika Dasa

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Thanks Gurudeva

Trying to be your disciple

Candramukhi dd

HpS - So the answer is 😟

Hare Krsna!

Dear Gurumaharaja,

Please accept mu humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Reply to your https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/14180/

[after sending this letter I realized that quoted text is not formatted differently, so it looks same like other text, fixed it]

We hope your part in Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan party, ISKCON [!] is growing with enthusiasm.

I am improving current sankirtana and generally considering myself as part of ISKCON, although somehow it seems there are two ISKCONs (one ideal where we all assist Srila Prabhupad and one which is mixed)

HpS - ASA --- As many ISKCONs as people who join it.

1. The insititution. Always will have porblems. Always. The devas agains the asuras, yet each fight has eternal results
2. The community of friends, learning how to work as friends to satisfy our supreme friend i ISKCON
3. Srila Prabhuapada. We must experience his direct concern for our situation and his guidance in Lord Caitanya's movement.

Any way we can help you?

YES. Please bless me, so I can always please you and parampara and follow morning program on 100%.

HpS - Hare Krsna!!!!! AgtSP. You will conquer all the obstacles. Just keep confident and making inprovements.

Srinatha Krsna Das et al were visiting for our Cultivation of the Human Spirit (CHS) symposium last weekend. Wonderful.

He commented that if LOB (and NOI) would open like a chapter in the SB on VDB.IO it would seem to give so much more access for study and teaching.

That would mean instead of opening to the untitled verse numbers, it would open to the whole booklet with each verse and their purports arranged as they are in the individual chapters of SB.

Yes, it is must have for new vedabase.io version (actually this feature is already planned and in my todo list). Sri Isopanisad has same issue.

I made recently one project for Sri Vaisnavas (www.uveda.org) and already did same for them, it works nicely with new system. But vedabase.io is more complex (e.g. multilingual and smallest unit is paragraph), so takes little longer.

HpS - Great news! Great news. Sastras are our Astrasd!!!

This is a suggestion from Users with very little knowledge of how much work it would take to make the change.

I am always happy to hear suggestions from users. If they are doable and make sense (like this one) I am happy to add them.

Need help?

Yes, regarding Vedabase (online and/or offline) I need suggestions from all kinds of users for desired features, expectations, ideas, etc...

And actually I had idea make some kind of online meeting or forum/chat group to find suggestions about missing features or any desires which can improve both projects (online and upcoming offline reader).

HpS - Maybe advertise it like: Please send suggestions on challenges that you face with Vedabase.io and improvements that you like by September 15th.

Then collect them. Look at them and talk back?

I am somehow envious of Christians as they were able to make Accordance Bible software which is packed with interesting features for advanced researchers. If Krishna will want I would love to bring offline reader into same (or higher) level to make 'ultimate research tool' :)

Send some news: VDB.IO? Family? Yatra? How long it take you to buy Audi?

Will send in another letter.

Hare Krishna,

Your servant Prahlad Nrsimha das

HpS - Thank you. Thank you for this Blog!

Maintaining VedaBase.Io is bigger than "owning Audi".

Dear Hanumat Presaka Swami,

    Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of Your lotus feet.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.  

    I would first like to apologize for arriving so late to the NIOS Light of the Bhagavat Program.  We  were held back with roof and chimney repairs that were begun several hours past the scheduled time.  I am so sorry to have missed hearing Your class.

HpS - It was short. My and Abhiseka Das' presentations were more about the history of NIOS and of course the purpose and results.

It was such and important festival.

We really saw our resources for Sankirtan more clearly.

Big or small. Late or timely. We just want to know reality and then try to develop the Sankirtan from that.

The magic will be done by Krsna.

 Thank You for so kindly taking the time to speak with us after we arrived so late.  We are feeling so fortunate and happy to have gotten Your close association for a few minutes.

   In that mood I am humbly reaching out to invite You to come out to Murari Sevaka as soon and often as possible.  Sri Sri Nitai Gaurachandra and Srila Prabhupada are here and They are so beautiful and so kind and They are desiring to see You here.

We are begging for Your association.  This most holy dhama needs to be tread upon again by the lotus feet of one of Krishna’s dear devotees.  Please come.  Our accommodations are the most simple and rustic; but I am praying that You will feel our need and desire for Your presence and that You will visit us very soon and very often.

                  Your servant,

                  Mitravinda gopi devi dasi 

HpS - ASA -- We did Lokannata Swami's Braja Mandala Parikrma for over 7 years. After that any accomidations are luxury lkevel.

😃

Our donkey is old, so we have to plan our travel and movement carefully.

We would like to visit our neighbors.

Murari.

And see about future of Nashville programs.

Try to see about visiting with Kevin.

Hare Krsna!!!

Hare Krishna,

Maharaja, please accept my respectful obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Maharaja, thanks for hosting us. The mangal aarti on the porch was very beautiful. Especially with the calming waves of the ocean and the rainbows appearing during Japa time.

Thank you for your text about Krishna Life! It's a great idea! I see that it's a great program and the devotees look happy.

I'm looking forward to Rupanuga Vedic College, and the temple president is eagerly awaiting my return. I'm excited to go back! I'm really learning a lot there.

What should my five year brahmacari plan be Maharaja??

HpS - Very simple. Stay as a Brahmacari as you develop your style and community of and for Sankirtan.

First thing is Holy Names. Secondary is which Ashrama, but good at your age and situation is to shoot for permanent B'cari, Sannyasa, at this point.

Would I spend at least 3 months at RVC, and then go to other ashrams to check them out as well? Like Krishna Life?

HpS - After a couple of months in RVC you will be in better position to answer this question.

Plus I would like to go back in the Sankirtan Van again and learn from Brighupati Prabhu.

So I was hoping to go to the RVC, where I see that the disciples are preaching by example. Hopefully I could learn how to be a gentleman! And learn sastra too!

With five years ahead to please you and four different plans, I was hoping to split the time between them and kinda just do everything. Is this a good idea Maharaja?

HpS - Again, get situated in the RVC plan, as you can, then, then, then look at broader options with that persepctive.

Seeking your guidance,

Jaya Hari das

ASA - JHD commits to become member of BRC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsWQRI6VuzQ

Hare Krsna Gurudeva, AGTSP, PAMHO

We are writing this letter with the motivation-- that one should not be to far or near from guru.

I have sent second postal letter to Prof Samaresh,

following message was sent by him,

when i informed him that i have sent him a post

21-june-2023

"You should have sent talking to me.or treatment we will not be at home and if before our departure if it does not come,it may be returned to you.What does it contain? Is it the same which you sent earlier by email."

when he received second envelope :

16-july-2023

Lady attendant who takes care of our house during our absence has received an envelope sent by you. What does the envelope contain?Ve

Again I am telling you to talk to me before sending anything. Very best wishes.

harsh: maharaj has asked me to send you , fortnighty update of his activity (in print), which is available on his website

Prof Samaresh: You can send but give a call before sending so that the envelope is not returned undelivered.

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in letter 14130

Harsh :Moreover in this world we want Opulence of Fame of Krsna, but we wanted to famous as Renunciant, so that every other famous person ( beautiful, powerful, rich, knowledgeable) will bow down in front of us.

ASA - Even Arnold Schwarzenegger? 😲

answer -- Yes sir,

but we dont want saints to bow to us,

i know this stupid desire...

best desire is to be Horse to carry the monkey

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our only motivation to live/work--- is to live to faith/confidence you have put in me by giving him Hari Naam Intitation.

we are not qualified / sincere at all in any sense, ...

folded hands,

dandvats,

Harsh Pradhan trying to be Hayagriva Avatar Das

HpS - Thank you. How many efforts to develop something good and new went from small to big instantly? Ha! Ha!

Seems best is to start with partially working system and see the result.

Maybe postpone project development.

Maybe change it.

Reevaluate what is the goal of the project.

Have to do that again and again and again.

Fix the goal (for Krsna).

Find a practical step forward.

Hari Bolo!

The result no matter how small is eternal.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva, AGTSP, PAMHO

we were trying to chant mentally, as its best thing we can do in city life/commutation, when we are not speaking.

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how can we chant constantly?

what does it practically mean ?

how to chant constantly ,if hearing/ talking sense is engaged in external world activities?

how to chant constantly, if mind is involved in problem solving or palnning ?

folded hands in anticipation of mercy

harsh pradhan trying to be Hayagriva Avatar DAS

previous references: https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/13940/

HpS - By the time we answer this I think you will have finished your surgery! We want to news but realize your body will not be doing much internet.

Hare Krsna.

Hare Krsna!

Chanting, thinking of you.

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!

We all help each other grossly or subtly to chant constant.

Engage in hearing and chanting constantly.

We keep the FMS going. That is so, so, so powerful.

It draaaaags us forward.

Everyday we learn more about Gurvastakam.

The more we know, the more we are attached, motivated.

Our chanting has influence on the subtle platform.

Members of our group are attached to each other.

How to chant constantly? By seeking association of devotees, acharyas on the gross and subtle platform. Sharing what we find with others.

Do you have a picture of Prabhupada on your altar?

Do you have an altar?

If you do arati, offerings, kirtan for them, they will be present.

Another regular piece of the 24-hour day becomes eternally Kirtan.

Then we join Krsna's dynamic completely new lila which occupies outside of even 24-hour regular schedules.

Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna.

we need pictures of you!