Jaya Gurudeva !!!
Please accept my humble obeisances, and dandavas to his lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Please excuse my English, I am a donkey.
I realize how little I've communicated last year, please forgive me, and I promise you right now that this year will be different, I feel that this year will be a great year in my spiritual life.
We were in La Paz in recent months, which brought me anxiety about the work I did, and it was the first time I worked there, besides for the difficult political economic issue in the region.
I remember him fondly, and I am aware of what important are you in my life. In La Paz we were also studying the Bhakti Sastri with devotees, and attending programs in, I was able to give a lecture on Bhagavad Gita; I speaks about to the spiritual master, Tad vidhi pranipatena, pariprasnena sevaya, upadesyanti te janan, janinas tatva darsinah. We celebrated and organize the day of his apparition in Cochabamba. By the mercy of the devotees I express my Vyasa Puja offering as follows:
" nama om visnu padaya krsna presthaya bhutale
srimati bhaktivedanta swamin iti namine
namaste sarasvati deve gaura vani pracarine
nirvesesa sunyavadi pascatya desatarine
nama om visnu padaya krsna presthaya bhutale
srimati Hanumatpresaka swamin iti namine
Thanks dear devotees for the opportunity to thank my spiritual master, in this glorious day of his appearance. On a day like today we have the opportunity to glorify the spiritual master. The scriptures say that by the mercy of the spiritual master, one can make spiritual advancement, and without his mercy one can not approach Krsna. I want to thank my spiritual master, is by the mercy of their partnership now I am here among you, in a temple, worshiping Krishna, and Hare Krishna singing.
This moment is very difficult for me because I don’t know where to start talking about the qualities of maharaja, for example if we speak of his humility. The scriptures say that humility is a thermometer that measures the spiritual advancement, and he is always humble. For example he could be sitting taking a class, and eventually he can approach and maybe give to fearful forgotten person in a corner, a few words. I remember that in Chosica he always asked to live in the ashram of bramacaris, he did not want anything special. Even he always eats with everyone, and he shares with everybody that had in his plate. I love him deeply.
He is so dedicated to Krishna, I want to speak about when he came to America, he had only about a $ 5 in his pocket, and this reminds me of when Prabhupada came to the West, with a few rupees in his pocket, and told to Krishna "you brought me, I'm a puppet in your hands, now make me dance ...”
There are so many qualities in him, and that each of us has been witnessed. I do not remember any time I've seen anger in him, he is always friendly, and if him have to give me a lesson, he know say it at the right time and with the right words, to not to make me fell bad.
Sometimes we make divisions in our time, and decided give to Krishna this or that moment, however he is aware of Krisna twenty four hours a day. With his constant example teaches us sadhana bhakti.
We can talk for long about how he taught us by example, or talk about his courage. He is very brave, once on a trip to Satipo Chosica, there was an accident, in which the car the devotees were riding struck a child, and Majaraha ran to help him and achievedto save his life.
Krishna's love for us has given us maharaja; although Krishna is not physically present here, but in fact is present, because he gives us the gift of the association and the presence of the spiritual master. I can not even imagine my life would have been if he had not crossed my path, if Krishna would not have put him in my life.
All glories to His Holiness Swami Hanumatpresaka, ki! jaya! "
The Sunday when we celebrated the Vyasa puja, Prabhu Maturesh offered us call you by phone to speak all us with you, but finally, there was no place Laksmana Prabhu's phone and we could not make the call.
I genuinely regret not having sent before this offering, but always my nature to be delaying things, caught me.
Here sincerely we try to continue on the path of effort and austerity, and closer to Krishna, also I apologized for not sending you my annual report about my spiritual life but better late than never. We are in strict compliance with the regulative principles, and my body has gotten used to waking up around 3 in the morning without an alarm clock. Chant my rounds at that time. Now also learn verses for consideration of the Bhakti Sastri, and I decided to learn many more verses after the test. I am very happy with my wife, she loves very much to the deities and attend them to daily, and we will try to ask (borrow) to Maturesh Prabhu, the small Gaura Nitai’deities to worship them in our house. I feel this year is a very important year in my life. Soon we will move to another bigger house, and this year maybe we lay the groundwork for owning a home here in Cochabamba. Also along with Narayani, studied natural medicine with a naturopathic doctor, and in the future we want have a store natural medicines, which also is both a health center, and besides, this was confirmed in the astral chart of Narayani.
In my gratitude to Srila Prabhupada also like to stress that he is the hand that holds out Krishna. Krishna saw in this generation, so misguided people spiritually and felt compassion for them, people were going to hell for his bad habits and they had forgotten God, and Krishna gave a look at the world and said “ I send my son for help them. To in every town and village singing Hare Krishna”. Then Prabhupada came to us and he is still present in his books, and thanks to him is that we have to guide our spiritual master, who inspired in Srila Prabhupada, lights us to be happy and go home, back to Krishna.
In Villa Vaikunta, says Prabhu Maturesh, we have become a group of devotees who attend consistently, which can hardly be separated. I fixed my service, kitchen, preaching, Pujari, and I help the devotees all I can.
My spiritual authority is Mathuresh Prabhu, a great devotee who also Krishna has placed in our lives.
I say goodbye Gurumaharaja invoking their Lordships Gauranga andNityananda, protect you in every way; you are a hero, who gives his life in body and soul at every moment in many parts of the world, to help the fallen souls.
Please accept my dandavats to his lotus feet.
His servant
Vrisabhanu Das
HpS - Jaya! AGTSP pamho. You English is fine. Thank you for all the news of Bolivia. We want to visit but our body is getting old. Haw! Haw! Is a fact we have to reduce this travel or die. Your all activities sound wonderful. Just go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.
We will see you soon some how or other. Srila Prabhupada's mercy, ISKCON, is saving so many people!!!