asa[e] history; secular

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

As directed, posting few links I found online relative to Japan's peace overtures prior to the atomic bombing and Justice Radha Vinod Pal's dissenting judgement at WWII Tokyo tribunal

The Search for a Negotiated Peace: JAPANESE DIPLOMATS ATTEMPT TO SURRENDER JAPAN PRIOR TO THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI by Justin H. Libby in World Affairs journal

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20672371?

https://fair.org/home/the-japanese-were-already-defeated-and-were-seeking-peace/

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/justice-radhabinod-pal-tokyo-war-crimes-trial

https://icds.ee/en/the-dissenting-opinions-of-justice-radhabinod-pal-at-the-tokyo-war-crimes-tribunal/

Your warmonger servant,

Gopal

HpS/ASA - AgtSP! Esteemed Mongering servant. we consider ourselves your servant.

we are so inspired by your library service.

hope!!!

you are keeping an index and can share it.

we want to have a NMDhama ASA symposium on Cinema as Dharma, Caitanya Cinema Circle, including NoD, Viola Spolin's theater improv. book. main audience = b'caris looking for career path. that incudes you also, no?

The articles on Japan's surrender before Hiroshima are so interesting.

History gives us chance to live properly in the current moment!

asa[e] moon beams from a larger lunacy

... 🐵

🐷

... we are continuing this from whatsapp group. because it is a longer post about more general thoughts.

and don't want w/app to get the reputation of being anything more that moon beams from a larger lunacy, not the lunacies themselves.

blog is place for larger lunacies.

[[[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4064]]]

[[[[[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Leacock did srila prabhupada know him?]]]]]

it, position of the sun, in houston, texas, is 2.28pm

we are here now.

you are here now.

past and future are illusions of the external energy.

hare krsna.

Jaya!

past is a current perspective created by memories, which are one kind of thoughts, that we use to orient to the only thing that actually exist, the present.

looking at the past from a broad perspective, feeling that my wife in my last ashrama and in-laws and son, would be verbally, violently critical that i am a failure and have wasted my life with no result, we feel that that we should consider such fantasies, but not with detail or any direct necessity to action.

i guess that many of our readers have a collection of personalities, situations, events, that they live over as more or less, harsh, violent, attacks.

Hare Krsna!

🙂

Most of them just arise from the current condition of our bodily energy, etc.

getting up early, 12.40am, and getting our rounds done well, gives us really fundamental perspective on life, the subsequent day.

there is no one like srila prabhupada!!!

anyone who is like him, like jesus christ, socrates, shakespeare, dwight david eisenhower all say the same thing.

take initiation from a bona fide spiritual master and follow his instructions with more and more precision.

so, are we doing o.k.? taking advantage of this human life. know more than mark twain or e. a. poe?

we have chanted 16-nice rounds first thing this day, with so much help from several venerable ladies and gentlemen.

we have followed the four principles, of which the only one from which we have had any agitation is no illicit sex.

even, no illicit sex, has not been a gross agitation.

it is what appears to be, from srila prabhupada's and others comments, an automatic reaction from the Karma, Destiny, of the birth we have taken, and the reactions to earlier actitivies.

I guess, our readers, currently in Western female bodies have the same reaction but from their perspective.

kind of like one step up from being born as a dog.

yet we can navigate around the agitation, and it does not really stick, and it seems that we can come to the point, during ekadasi etc, where we can regularly come to such bhava, that we can wash it off our soul completely.

[daily bath in the sankirtan of the holy names.... ?three times or more, daily bath.]

yes,

because we are in the material world,

we will get the modes of material nature smeared on our body body from time to time, because

1. we have some subtle attachment still,
2. Krsna wants us to get into the modes for preaching.

Hare Krsna.

2.45AM

not bad, to be under the Sun 😎, no?

he is a really great dude.

yet, we have to go beyond him to go to goloka, reawaken our eternal form, and even take advantage of lord caitanya's mercy to expand our vaikuntha svarupa into a braja svarupa, no?!

murari gupta knows about rama. is 100% dedicated to Him, but he enters Gaura lila and then can integrate Gaura kripa with Rama Krpa.

Spiritual life means that we only add stuff to reality, no?

We don't eliminate anything.

[https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/2/16/]

We are still Baptized Episcopalians, no?

Just added Srila Prabhupada as my Christian Bishops would want me to do.

Bhakta Sun God

GBC Advisory Board Member!

Should call Upendra Das. He called us and we were in the meeting with Jagatguru and Parampadam Das, and H. H. Dhanvantari Swami about Chile Sankirtan.

the only project we are leading, managing, now, is constant chanting of the Holy Names.

at our age etc. that is authorized GBC, Temple President, Founder Acharya project, no?

other projects we are available for advise, and spontaneous participation.

Joe Banana: "You no write, us, we no write you!"

1. tonight Radha Natabar sanga at 8PM.
2. take some more water. maybe milk.
3. call upendra das
4. whatsapp mail caught up.
5. look at blog mail
6. don't check yahoo mail. only do that every few days.
7. VDM. asa[e]
8. i love lord nrsmha deva [brass divine murti]. hope we can be worthy of His association.
9. legs object to the idea of walking to the temple.
10. baked apples are good, but raw are tough.
11. hare krsna.... kkrsna kkkk rsna hare .. hare.
12. it cause us a lot suffering when people 'offer their obeisances to our divine lotus feet', have even politely asked some of them to stop, but I guess they are engaged in Karma yoga not Bhakti yoga. Srila Prabhupada has been tolerating worse from us for all eternity. 🙏
13. 3.01pm, call upendra das, look at blog, read vdm, work on asa[e]

thaanknk you all.

be like a bird with the six goswamis in braja?

what is srila prabhupada's form in gaura lila?

Hare Krsna, Dear Gurudev,

 Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - Rather, agtSP, swollen, burning, itching feet.

 All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 All glories to Guru parampara.

ASA - ❗

 Gurudev, Advanced spiritual practitioners are always in trance. They live, talk, eat, sleep but

always in trance.

HpS - Yes, we are somewhere in between advanced and neophyte. Mostly neophyte right now. You association is keep us from trying to satisfy our senses, but if we finish that, then it is a fact we would chant and dance for a while.

Then try to honor Prasada very well.... then look for some recreation. for our sense.

Actual advanced practitioners always enjoy the advancement and they just

keep continue the same. They don't have any desire left, like - dead body. 

HpS - Dead body. Non moving car, unless Krsna wants to use it. Then he enlivens the car, body, puppet and the Pure Devotee, uses it like a puppet for Sankirtan. Zooom. Zooom. Zooom!

 If they want to bring down their own nature then only they come down otherwise they

won't like to come down. 

HpS - If Krsna wants them to enter the Bahiranga Shakti.

 They realized the true nature of soul. They see material world with advance eye.

Your dependent,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - This is like NoI 6, no?

Problem with ooozing sores all over the whole body is that they generate so much noise in the nervous system. Screaming and that interrupts the chanting and dancing.

If we are engaged in dancing, cooking and dancing, singing and dancing, decorating and dancin... then we are not really in the material world, no?

Krsna has intense desires for His work in the material world. So, we can really help.

Just as same as spiritual world.

Radharani descends as Visnupriya?

It is even more intense separation than Goloka from Nimai?????

Hari Bolo!

Thank you [all]. 6.15PM.

About to die.

Will chant and dance and take some liquid.

"You are not tire, you're thirsty", can't remember who wrote the essay.

yet, monkey added, "you're not thirsty, you're suffocating!"

Take a deep breath and you may not need food, or water.

Hari Bolo!

PAMHO. AGTSP! All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!

HK Maharaj! How are you??

HpS/ASA - Aaaah! Haaaaa! The sun has gone down. the whole world in plunged in darkness. our body has about 35% of the terrible skin rash that it had yesterday. our eyes are burning and aching. the hearing aides its.

Our posture and sitting place is killing us. . . . etc.

Yet, it is so stimulating associating with devotees.

We will do two more letters, then we will be caught up to three days!!!

Well I do review my journal just once in a while, but now that your asking will review it more often.

Maharaj, I’m looking for new devotees to start a friendship, would you be so kind as to recommend me someone? I speak Portuguese, English and well, Spanish, which is my mother tongue, so I think it would be great, and if you consider of course, to have some friends from abroad with which I could practice another language as well, beside Spanish.

You had referred me to Jagad Guru from Chile, and you know I had certain issues regarding an ex girlfriend of mine who formerly dated him, so I would prefer to avoid that relationship.

HpS - Where are you camped? How would you communicate? I do physical with local community. Travel to other places [90% less now]. Tele phone, Tele graph... Try to send paper mail to local devotees, Spain... India. Hand sketched.

Could you please send me any verse from the scriptures that you consider? I certainly need some inspiration.

HpS - Look at the table of contents in the KRSNA book. Pick out a pastime that stimulates you. Read it and share your thoughts with someone else.

We do that.

Thank you very much and best regards,

HK!!!!

Federico

Todas las gloria a Goura Nitay

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Querido Gurudev aqui esta mi reporte le comento que en estas últimas semanas todo está muy movido con la operación de Lad, restableciendo las actividades y organizandolas. debo hacer mi sadhana ademas de cocinar, limpiar, lavar y trabajar, antes nos repartimos las labores no es imposible pero requiere organización. estoy un poco cansada pero bien. deje por un tiempo mi servicio de lectura pero lo retomaré con entusiasmo, en la carta anterior preguntó por mi suegra ella está muy bien, lúcida se hace la mayoría de sus cosas sola la visitó a diario, ella tiene 87 años le damos prasadam (las bolitas dulces que hacemos). mis sobrinos y cuñada bien. cada vez que hay una fiesta les combinamos lo que preparamos. Sigo trabajando con los chicos estoy muy feliz por su progresos me propusieron trabajo con una de ellas para el próximo año desde marzo en adelante, estoy muy bien de salud mi epilepsia controlada, le comento que este domingo voy a Chile a ver a mis padres y familia además de ir a votar ya que es obligatorio la multa es altisima, krishna hizo el arreglo para qué Lad se operará antes de irme. El esta muy bien su herida completamente cicatrizada, caminando y haciendo fisioterapia. tengo todo arreglado un devoto le dejara el prasadam todos los días y también le lavaran su ropa en un mes más lo autorizaron a bajar escaleras y una vez al mes debe ir al hospital donde lo operaron. de aquí a cuatro meses le darían de alta. Nunca tuvo dolor, querido Gurudev sin la inspiración de Srila prabhupada y usted esto no es posible con sus consejos y bendiciones he podido sobrepasar cada obstáculo que se ha presentado muchas gracias se despide su humilde sirviente Raman Reti Devi Dasi

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All glory to Goura Nitay

All glory to Srila Prabhupada

Dear Gurudev, here is my report.

I wanted to let you know that these past few weeks have been very busy with Lad's surgery, getting back up and running, and organizing everything. I have to do my sadhana in addition to cooking, cleaning, washing, and working.

Before, we divided up the chores; it's not impossible, but it requires organization.

I'm a little tired,

HpS/ASA - Unless you are Wonder Woman you must be exhausted!!!

...but I'm doing well. I put my reading service on hold for a while, but I'll resume it with enthusiasm.

In your previous letter, you asked about my mother-in-law. She's doing very well, lucid, and does most of her own things. I visit her daily. She's 87 years old, and we give her prasadam (the sweet little balls we make).

My nephews and sister-in-law are also doing well.

Whenever there's a party, we share what we've prepared.

I'm still working with the kids and I'm very happy with their progress. They offered me a job with one of them starting in March. I'm in very good health; my epilepsy is under control. I wanted to let you know that this Sunday I'm going to Chile to see my parents and family,

and also to vote,

. . . since it's mandatory and the fine is very high.

Krishna arranged for Lad to have surgery before I leave. He's doing very well; his wound is completely healed, he's walking, and he's doing physical therapy.

I have everything arranged; a devotee will leave him prasadam every day and will also do his laundry.

In a month, he'll be allowed to go downstairs, and once a month he has to go to the hospital where he had the surgery. He should be discharged in four months

.....He never had any pain.

...........Dear Gurudev, without the inspiration of Srila Prabhupada and you, this wouldn't be possible.

HpS - The biggest devotees in ISKCON. Very tough B'caris and Sankirtan men, everyone, when we ask, "Did you cry when you read Lilamrta?" They all answer yes. Srila Prabhupada gave his life, and ease for us, no. For you!

With your advice and blessings, I've been able to overcome every obstacle that has come my way. Thank you very much. Your humble servant, Raman Reti Devi Dasi, bids you farewell.

HpS - Yes, is by Guru Krpa. AgtSP. We are bad tools he is using!

I think many people look at you and your challenges and think, "Oh, my God, if this lady and survive, be super productive, and be happy, what do I have to complain about".

Onward. Will you be Queen Kunti in your next life? Her servant?

All respects to your family.

asa[e] - Science and the Veda; Preaching and making devotees from a scientific/academic community

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

HpS - AgtSP. Paoho.... I started putting obeisances to Prabhupada first, because I thought that I cannot even actually offer obeisances to devotees without his mercy!!!

I vaguely remember that you once mentioned a statement—perhaps by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Ṭhākura or possibly by Tamāla Kṛṣṇa Goswami—regarding preaching to the scientific or academic community.

The idea was that preaching to such persons requires great effort and energy, but if one of them becomes a devotee, he or she becomes a very valuable devotee.

Could you kindly elaborate on this?

HpS - I remember that it was one of the many letters and comments by Srila Prabhupada to H. H. B. S. Damodara Swami that I saw while I was working with the Bhaktivedanta Institute.

Srila Prabhupada told him that every scientist that you made a devotee was worth a thousand ordinary people.

I think SP made similar comments about high court judges et al. I think he said, preaching to these "sresthas", social leaders, was like shifting the preaching into second gear. Whereas preaching to common people was like 1st gear.

Yet, our experience has been that it takes about 1,000 times more effort to make one scientist a devotee, so whether you want preach, PREACH, P R E A C H,.... to one scientist for 1,000 days or you rather go out on the street and preach to a thousand different people, is a matter of choice.

Need Officers. Need Foot soldiers. No small parts in the drama, just small actors.

O. K.

Find your style of preaching, develop it and go out!!

Thank you very much for your time and kindness. I am aware that I have written several letters with questions recently, and I am grateful for your patience.

Your servant,

Namacarya Dās