b.Natalia

13 years, 9 months ago by b.Natalia Molina

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja
Please accept our humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Gurudeva, I was thinking about what is to take shelter of you as my Guru, to be really related to you as my Guru. Is it the best way to really be connected to take really to heart the basic and essential instruction: mangala aratik, 16 rounds, 4 regulative principles? In my following this am I really related to your guidance? And what is the situation if I follow that but not really to heart, with devotion, faith, simply doing? Then the senses are not completly engaged, connected, then not completly purified, and then they can be attracted by other things which make us feel some illusory feeling...? That is my freedom, to choose if I want to take to heart, to devote my feelings, to connect my energy to the process or not? Or the process will connect me at some point? Superficial connection seems not to be enough to cut our attraction to matter.

Gurudeva, I am following everything, but some days I am surviving because I am not very expert to manage time, and many things to do. I hope to have some kinds of rural life some day, because is crazy to be running from one thing to another. My brother is chanting, giving up terrible nonsenses, and reading, talking about Krsna, vegeterian, offering food. Sometimes devotees has the experience that people feel pushed by devotees to change everything in their lives, as if everything was wrong before. At the same time we have the function to give some advice because they are willing to accept some spiritual life. So what would be the essential things we should emphasize, that will give them some real path that will connect them? Chanting, Prasadam, 4 regulative principles... Then more details should be given according to their desires to know?

Normally I read again one or two times when I write to you, but the last time I did notice I wrote: all glories to our service... And i wanted to write All glories to YOUR service to Srila Prabhupada! An unconcious mistake, maybe you did notice but I was very ashamed!

Hare Krsna
Your servant, b Natalia

HpS - ASA ---  Jaya!   AGTSP!!!!  All glories to our service. Pamho.  Is very nice to be able to serve devotees. Read this Text and Purport and especially the next one!
http://vedabase.net/sb/4/12/32/en

SERVING MECHANICALY
It is like which comes first, the chicken or the egg??
We follow mechanically and we try to feel properly as and exercise and we try to do it from the bottom of our heart.  These rules don't come from me.   They come from Srila Prabhupada.  I didn't invent them.  Neith er he.  It is parampara.  It is mercy from Krsna. 
O.K?
Just do it as duty, because of fear of going to Hell if you don't. For peace.  For prosperous and happy life.  Because you know that if you do it even mechanically with a desire to do it spontaneously that will come.  Do it from your heart as much as you can in your present condition.

BROTHER PREACHING:
Little by little you have to learn how to understand each persons position differently, like an advanced doctor, but good example is always important.  Be a good example.  Engage others in Karma yoga.  Find things that they can do for Krsna according to their inclination.  Then later advize more the rules and regulations.    Little Karma yoga,  some rules, increase karma yoga.    Introduce them to other devotees who can give them advice!

WE ARE IN OUR OFFICE
Right now.  It is 5PM.  We had a pretty good day.  We were about 87% engaged in devotional service.  Not intense pure devotional service, but not in stupid eating and sleeping that took Prabhupada's work to keep us a float.    Abhiseka, Nitai-gaura-sundara's good son, will come by and pick us up after work and take us to the house!   We are in Lima in  about five weeks. no?   O.K.  Next letter before he comes!!!     Send us news of Miraflores!

DTC 3 May 2011

13 years, 9 months ago by hps

D I A R Y
of a
Traveling Creature

3rd of May, Tuesday Day

Capitol and careful care,
   And you'll see some profit there.
To grow all wise at Guru's feet,
   While he sits, and watches from his seat.

Day's end has come, strife's still as snow,
  That down upon the ground does go.
But hoary, hairy, funny plot,
   It is not even cold and piles a lot!

This is the Astasaki's joke,
   That Radha-Krsna's play's not broke,
But bubbles on in piles of snow,
   That's warm and thick enough to hoe.

Such a fuss we find all day. People run their cars away. Yet, little profit at such a loss:
Get up early and get your round's done.

Build a foundation then it's fun, build a bridge, build a shop, where Yasoda devi will make a stop  -- things that are everlastingly, increasing, in beauty, grandeur and harmony.

So now, brown cow,
Sleep deep, with grey sheep,
So that tommorrow upon Maya's fortress,
We may creep!

Hari!!!   Hari!   !!

Varuthini Ekadasi. Kriyasakti devi dasi from Chile.

13 years, 9 months ago by kriyasakti_dd_hps

All glories to Sri Sri Goura Nitay!!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

<img alt="smiley" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" />

Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja. I hope you are well upon receipt of this message.<img alt="yes" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_up.gif" title="yes" />
We are fine. We continue in the fight. <img alt="" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/56.gif" title="" /> I left a job as a journalist in a agency to complete either the thesis of the university and not neglect my spiritual life.
We join the Bhakti Sastri group, led by Patraka prabhu.<img alt="" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/22.gif" title="" /> We so full of enthusiasm for the NOI and Krishna consciousness in general. However, there are other devotees around me who are losing enthusiasm and inspiration. How can we help?<img alt="" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/33.gif" title="" />
Began to chant rounds at 5 am every day, and our clockbiological is almost used to (before we started to 5:30). The idea is that we chant in Mangal Aratik, but we still win the mind.<img alt="" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a24.gif" title="" />
We are constantly striving to make everything as it should be. All morning mercy beg You to never leave the right path.
My sincere reverences.

Who hopes to serve You,

Kriyasakti d.d

HpS -  AGTSP   pamho.  you are doing really, really well.  Ooof!    It is one year since we see everybody and we cannot remember who looks like what, has what name!   Ha!   Ha!  But is O.K.   We all know each other.    Krsna knows us.                      You can enthuse others by citing for appropriate words of the scriptures and the previous acharyas.  Also, and if that doesn't work, yad yad acarati sresthas.     we set the good example for others and don't become destroyed by their bad examples.

We see you July 1st (or 2nd).   Send us news of Chile.

Bhaktin Sarahi México

13 years, 9 months ago by sarahii

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Todas las Glorias a Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Todas las Glorias a Usted..¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Querido Gurudeva por favor hacepte mis mas humildes reverencias, aqui segimos intentando llegar a mangal artic todos los dias, cuatro principios y 16 rondas, el motivo por el cual le escribo es por que ahora me encuentro en una situacion en la cual mis padres y mis ahutoridades me han sujerido que termine mis estudios ya que tengo 18 años y ellos piensan que es el mejor momento para hacerlo, esto conlleva  salir del templo un aproximado de 9 meses  <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/15.gif" title="" width="18" /> a mi me gustaria que usted me diera su opinion e instruccion ya que me preocupa un poco que es lo mas adecuado para mi vida espiritual en este momento, le contare mas detalles en su proxima visita en ratha yatra.

Se despide de usted su torpe sirvienta

Bhaktin Sarahi

Por favor perdone mis ofensas

 

HpS -  Jaya!  Hare Krsna.  Srila Prabhupada Ki Jai!   Eso es tipico, no puedo entender si los autoridades esta pidiendo que Vd sale del templo o que o que.  Mi castellano no es bueno cuando llega a esta cosas de administracion detallado.  Necesitamos ayuda de un abogado espiritual. <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/01.gif" title="" width="18" />    Pero pronto estamos en Mejico y entonces podemo hablar.  Hace tres semanas.  Basicamente habla con seis buen devotos, siguen el consejo en los libros de Prabhupada y habla con Krsna por Sus Santos nombres y estamos bien dirigidos en referente a cosas practicos.     Gracis su asociacion!!

HARE KRISHNA

13 years, 9 months ago by berniebg

MAHARAJA MIS MAS HUMILDES Y RESPETUOSAS REVERENCIAS TODAS LAS GLORIAS A SRILA PRABHUPADA!!!!

BUENO MAHARAJA LE COMENTO UN POKO : AHORA YA ME EN ENCUENTRO EN  NUEVA VRAJA MANDALA  REALIZANDO EL BHAKTI SASTRI QUE ESTA A CARGO DE YADUNANDANA SWAMI, ES UNA EXPERIENCIA MUY POSITIVA EN MI VIDA ESPIRITUAL PORQUE AHORA  SIENTO QUE ESTOY SIGUEINDO  EL `PROGRAMA  QUE DEJO ESTABLECIDO  SRILA PRABHUPADA CON UN BUEN SADHANA CON CLASES DE SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM, CON DISTRIBUCION DE LIBROS, MEJORANDO EL CANTO DE LAS RONDAS, SADHUSANGA , TENIENDO UN PEQUEÑO SERVICIO EN LA HUERTA  PARA SU SEÑORIA RADHA GOVINDA CANDRA   ME SIENTO CON MUCHA FUERZA, ESTOY TRATANDO DE ENTENDER LOS SIGNIFICADOS DE PRABHUPADA LEYENDO MUY  DETENIDAMENTE PARA PODER ENTENDER SUS INSTRUCCIONES Y APRECIANDO MUXO MAS LA CONCIENCIA DE KRISHNA. Y ESTO ES LO QUE ESTA ACONTECIENDO EN MI VIDA ESPIRITUAL SIN QUITARLE MAS SU TIEMPO ME DESPIDO  MUCHAS GRACIAS MAHARAJA SIEMPRE MEDITO EN USTED , ESPERANDO COMO SIEMPRE SU VISITA Y CON MUXAS GANAS DE SERVIRLE BHAKTA BERNIE.<img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a21.gif" title="" width="30" />HARI BOL!!!!!!!

HpS - Jaya!   TlgaSP!    Pfanrh.  Estamos tratando seguir sus pasos!   Como esta occupado en distribucion de libros?  Hay programas de NVMandala regularmente??

Bhakti Vaibhava?

13 years, 9 months ago by hps

[HpS  - Originally this letter received and answered on Yahoo.] 

Pamho
AgtSP
Radhe Radhe Shyam

Dear Gurudeva, Im quite delayed in the follow of the [Bhakti-vaibhava] course, but still in progress with the lecture of SB. I have no important questions to do, therefor I dont write you, but Im following the program, Im in the middle of the 3th chapter, reading with all my effort, but kind delayed

Sorry if I cant write you so often, we have a lot of work in my workplace and sometimes I should to be almost all day in the place. I try to read all what I can do in weekends,
I beg your forgiveness Dear Gurudeva, Im not a qualified devotee, so if you think is better that i left the program, I'll try to follow reading your posts and the steps in PdP.

I hope you can forgive my faults and can remain under the shelter of yout lotus feets, Srila Prabhupada's feets.
your humble servant
Prananath Das

Esteemed Dvija,
AgtSP Pamho. Very nice to hear from you!!! Please write even a short note every couple of months at least. The Blog address is the best, in the Bulletin. Better if you read along with us but just read like the translations and a few selected purports that we will try to post in the Boletin. The we will be able to keep association. Write to the Blog, tell us about your Job. Is is like was Arjuna's Job? <img src="http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/01.gif" />

I will post this on the Blog. Many people should read and see this. <img src="http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/01.gif" />       <img src="http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/37.gif" />  <img src="http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/01.gif" /> <img src="http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/29.gif" />