Hare Krsna Readers,
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Krsna loves me not because I am great, but because he is Great.
so chanting and obeying him is just to love him back.
Hare Krishna, dear Prahlada Nrsimha prabhu, from the neighbouring country 😊
I see (could be wrong) that some of my letters have disappeared. I can see that when I go to "My Letters" and in the list I see that some are missing.
Trying to serve,
Namacarya Das
We will start reading Madhya Lila; 19.211 onwards up to verse 19.235
(Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructs Srila Rupa Goswami)
The class starts at 7:30 am ~ Houston Time
Thank you to all devotees for their dedicates service to ASA ~~ SB workshop class. H. G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu will help us with Spanish translation seva for Maharaja's class and reading notes of CC.
H.G. Mitravinda Mataji will help us with seva of back up translator; in case there are technical difficulties.
Maharaja, thank you for engaging everyone in reading systematically books of Srila Prabhupada's.
YS
[7/16, 8:04 PM] Tulasi-carana-sevita Das: Pamho
AgtSrilaPrabhupada
I just wanted to show my appreciation for your sharing in Whatsapp. Seeing how you are immersed in chanting the Holy Names exemplifies how to practice Krsna consiousness. I am taking this to heart in trying to remember our beloved Sri Krsna as much as possible day and night.
I also appreciate how your determination to render service to the community of devotees continues to this day, unwavering after so many years.
Thank you
All glories to your service in Krsna consciousness
[7/16, 8:05 PM] Tulasi-carana-sevita Das: This was the message that I tried to post on monkey Warrior.
[7/16, 8:05 PM] Tulasi-carana-sevita Das: I have a hard time accessing that website from Thailand. Usually, it says gateway error.
HpSwami 🐒 AgtSP.
What is your Sankirtan in Thailand?
Please send details of error message.
Thank you!
What happening to family?
asa[e] - yoga ladder
Hare Krishna, Maharaja 🙏
All glories to Srila Prabhupada 🙇 Please accept my humble obeisances...
I am really grateful for your inspiring association every day in the full morning programs. Really thank you for your kindness and mercy!!! 🙇
I have heard that you recommend that we should find our place in the movement of Lord Caitanya. In my understanding I think that according to our abilities, skills, our natural tendencies, we should find activities in the temple [1] and do them as an offering of love to Krishna. On the other hand, I had a conversation with a devotee, she told me I should help in any activity which is needed in the temple, even if I don't like it or don't feel comfortable doing it.
For example, I don't feel that I have good skills in the kitchen, but I should still do it. She said, 'We won't always do the seva we like, Krishna tests us! Honestly, I'm doing my best even though I don't like cooking in order to offer the best for Krishna.
On the other hand, that I really like is helping in the pujari, attending to the Deities of Goura Nitai (Iskcon Lima) on Wednesdays in the evening program.
In recent years, there haven't been any initiated devotees available to worship to the Deities, so the authorities asked for permission to ISKCON Latin America council to allow bhaktas to perform the puja to Deities. They agreed till this December.
I'm a bhaktin... Maharaj, do you think I am doing wrong by doing this seva? maybe am I committing offenses? [2] I have been trained since September 2025, and I do it with respect and love, I have a beautiful connection with the Deities of Goura Nitai. I need to know your opinion, as my Siksa Guru [3].
I also really like writing little plays about lilas and acting in those plays 😊 You watched our first play here in Chosica for the Ramanavami festival on March 26. We are a group of 5 bhaktas. We have 2 plays in our repertoire. I upload photos here.
This service fills me heart and feeds my enthusiasm, I really enjoy it, is an offering of love for Krishna!
Thank you for your guidance and patience!!
To your feet 🙏
🙇
Aspiring to be your servant
B. Albatros from Lima 🐦
Hp Swami - AgtSP. Esteemed B. Albatross thank you for the excellent questions. We have noted three topics:
1. The current age dictates Sankirtan as the proper Yoga, not Temple worship.
So we are trying to find our place in the Sankirtan movement of Lord Caitanya.
Temple worship is a part of that depending on part on what level of the Yoga ladder we are on.
For example, you may join a Bhakta vrksa program that does not have any local affiliation with a Temple.
Maybe you live in Antarctica.
Yet, there is Sankirtan, Gita study, amongst members, and projected into the local community.
When the Sankirtan is a little mature, then naturally Deity worship develops as a parallel line of the railway track.
If we have a little glimpse that the ultimate goal is Bhakti, then we may be linking up by our Karma in the beginning, Karma Mishra (mixed with) Bhakti Yoga.
My Karma, maybe hate or love it, is to cook, or Puja or administration, so I do that for Krsna.
That will develop my understanding, Jnana, of Krsna consciousness, so then I can things because I understand it is necessary, even if it is not my nature.
This goes to Dhyana Mishra Bhakti Yoga.
I do with understanding and meditation, then pure Bhakti.
Is o.k.?
Is big topic. You will see Prabhupada explaining again and again.
What we are doing in this Blog post is Jñana misra, no?
Understanding.
Of course, we understand that acting according to our Karma in KC is great even if we are Gopis in Vraja.
We use our nature more and more intensely.
ASA [e] Kevalastakam
(1)
madhuraḿ madhurebhyo ‘pi
mańgalebhyo ‘pi mańgalam
pāvanaḿ pāvanebhyo ‘pi
harer nāmaiva kevalam
1) More sweet than all other sweet things; more auspicious than all other auspicious things; the greatest purifier of all purifying things. The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything. [11]
(2)
ābrahmā-stamba-paryantaḿ
sarvaḿ māyā-mayaḿ jagat
satyaḿ satyaḿ punaḥ satyaḿ
harer nāmaiva kevalam
2) The entire universe, from exalted Brahma down to the lowly clump of grass, is a product of the illusory energy of the supreme Lord. The only thing that is reality, reality, again I say reality. The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything. [39]
(3)
sa guruḥ sa pitā cāpi
sā mātā bandhavo ‘pi saḥ
śikṣayec cet sadā smartuḿ
harer nāmaiva kevalam
3) That person is a true preceptor, or a true father, a true mother, and a true friend also only if they teach one to always remember. The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything. [50]
(4)
niḥśvāse nāhi viśvāsaḥ
kadā ruddho bhaviṣyati
kīrtanīya mato bālyād
harer nāmaiva kevalam
4) There is no certainty when the last breath will come and put an abrupt halt to all one’s material plans; therefore, it is wise to always practice chanting from very childhood. The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything. [57]
(5)
hariḥ sadā vaset tatra
yatra bhāgavatā janāḥ
gāyanti bhakti-bhāvena
harer nāmaiva kevalam
5) Lord Hari eternally dwells in that place where truly exalted, spiritually advanced souls sing in the mood of pure devotion. The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything. [62]
(6)
aho duḥkhaḿ mahā-duḥkhaḿ
duḥkhād duḥkhataraḿ yataḥ
kācārthaḿ vismṛtam ratna-
harer nāmaiva kevalam
6) Aho! What a sorrow, what a great sorrow! More painful than any other misery in the world! Mistaking it as a mere piece of glass, the people have forgotten this jewel. The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything. [77]
(7)
dīyatāḿ dīyatāḿ karṇo
nīyatāḿ nīyatāḿ vacaḥ
gīyatāḿ gīyatāḿ nityaḿ
harer nāmaiva kevalam
7) It should be heard again and again with one’s ears; It should be uttered over and over with one’s voice; It should be perpetually sung and sung anew. The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything. [89]
(8)
tṛṇī-kṛtya jagat sarvaḿ
rājate sakalopari
cid-ānanda-mayaḿ śuddhaḿ
harer-nāmaiva kevalam
8) It makes the entire universe seem insignificant as a blade of grass; it reigns supreme over all in a splendorous manner; it is full of eternally conscious divine ecstasy; it is supremely pure. The holy name of Sri Hari alone is everything. [99]
HpSwami/ASA - Thank you so much. AgtSP.
What is the history of this poem, the author?