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Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias Gurudev

Ahora estoy en casa después de su visita estamos reorganizando el hogar y limpiando sé que lo despedí el domingo pero quería principalmente agradecer su tiempo y sacrificio de venir a nuestro hogar e inaugurar Nueva Govardhan aun muchas mejoras pendientes pero con sus bendiciones esto puede crecer sin dudarlo disculpe nuestras negligencias y ofensas.

Quería explicar un poco sobre nuestra charla quizá no expliqué muy bien con mis palabras en español. Empecé comentando los 10 años que tengo de conocerte por que en ese preciso momento de mi vida comenzó una catarsis interna mi vida cambió en todo aspecto y en cómo e dirigido mi vida hacia el punto que e llegado ahora.

Yo e estudiado y trabajado durante este tiempo buscando mi crecimiento personal, no es fácil con la maternidad porque como ve mis hijos son completamente distintos en carácter tiene sus retos cada día, uno de mis hijos en especial cuando yo me estreso revive mi difícil relación con mi madre pero sé que tengo que trascender ese conflicto interno.

También e afrontado dificultades personales y de salud como no habría imaginado para mi fortuna me aferro lo mejor que puedo para continuar e conocido hermanas espirituales muy inspiradoras que están involucradas en servicios de ASA y me hace pensar ¿como yo puedo encontrar mi lugar en el Sankirtan? coloqué de ejemplo mi esposo: tiene el suyo como distribuidor de libros y líder. Mencioné los aspectos de crecimiento individual, espiritual, laboral y familiar por que tenía la idea que si encuentro un equilibrio puedo sentirme más plena sin frustrar me y pueda ser mejor madre, esposa, devota y profesionista... probaré que me funciona, encontraré mi lugar siempre y cuando "Get up early and sing your rounds" (hoy Rama Navami comenzamos & Bhagavatam con mi esposo)

Deseo que su visita a CDMX sea muy buena y Sri Nrsimhadev lo proteja en su viaje de regreso a su base en Tennessee ¡¡¡ Feliz Ramanavami !!! 💚🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐄💚

Tu insignificante sirvienta Anandamaya Devi Dasi

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Please accept my humble obeisances Gurudev

bNow I am home after your visit. we are reorganizing the home and cleaning. I know I stressed you on Sunday, but I wanted to mainly thank you for your time and sacrifice to come to our home, and inaugurate New Govardhan, still many improvements pending but with your blessings this can grow without hesitation excuse our negligence and offenses.

I wanted to explain a bit about our talk, maybe I didn't explain very well with my Spanish words. I began by commenting on the 10 years that I have known you because at that precise moment in my life an internal catharsis began, my life changed in every aspect and in how I have directed my life towards the point that I have reached now.

I have studied and worked during this time looking for my personal growth, it is not easy with motherhood because as you can see my children are completely different in character, they have their challenges every day, one of my children, especially when I get stressed, revives my difficult relationship with my mother but I know that I have to transcend that internal conflict.

I have also faced personal and health difficulties like I would not have imagined, for my fortune I hold on as best I can, to continue meeting very inspiring godsisters who are involved in ASA services, and it makes me wonder how can I find my place in Sankirtan ? I used my husband as an example: he has his as a book distributor and leader. I mentioned the aspects of individual, spiritual, work and family growth because I had the idea that if I find a balance I can feel more fulfilled without getting frustrated and I can be a better mother, wife, devotee and professional... I will try that it works for me, I will find my place as long as "Get up early and chant your rounds" (today we started Rama Navami & Bhagavatam with my husband)

I hope that your visit to CDMX is very good and that Sri Nrsimhadev protects you on your return trip to your base in Tennessee. Happy Ramanavami!!! 💚🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐄💚

Your insignificant servant Anandamaya Devi Dasi

HpS - ASA -- www.translate.google.com Thank you all for your association in Mexico and your years of sacrifice for Lord Caitanya's, Srila Prabhupada's, movement. We just went through a similar day. We wake up after a little bit trouble sleep from our lusty eating and hearing from the day before.

Fight to have good morning program starting at 2AM. Good results.

Then fighting to get proper food for the body.

Devotees offer so much sometimes: Quantity and variety.

Then... driving to BIG home program.

158-devotees.

158-Bhoga offerings.

HpS = Mother, wife of so many children and husbands!

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We have very serious physical distress from trying to honor the Prasadam that we were offered today.

Our efforts are challenged by the inexperience and ignorance and passion of the devotees who are making the offerings and demanding service and attention, and our own mind with exactly the same contaminations.

Yet, we take Guru-kripa, Hare Krsna, and we learn how to deal with these attacks from Maya and make eternal progress.

Hare Krsna.

The Sankirtan of everyone in Monterrey, New Govardhana, is wonderful. Try to expand it more and more so that it will do its essential work in Srila Prabhupada's global effort.

Hari bolo!!

Best wishes for all your kids.

Hare Krishna, Dear Gurudeva!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and All glories to you.

Please accept our humble obeisances. (PAOHO)

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Hare Krishna. I hope U are doing well

ASA - It's the Battle of Kuruksetra for you and me.

We are hit by Maya, and we stand up to fight,

And enter the again into the melee.

!! Boop! !

.. . ! Bop! ..**

BING

We are ok. Trying to survive in this material world. Thanks to Ur mercy, we can have hope we can be better each day.

ASA - NoI 3: Enthusiasm is more important than patience. Ie. Understand the purpose of struggle in this world. It is opportunity to undergo austerity to achieve divine life, which is eternal an ever increasing in harmony and happiness (for Gopal [Who is completely egoistic]).

We are following a sadhana everyday. Sometimes we enjoy it (16R, 5AM, 4P). Worshipping our deities. Then reading SB everyday. We are on Canto 1, Chapter 13: Dhrtarastra quits home. (pdp: "Etiquette for men and so much for ladies also, Gandhari, biographies."

some days we feel that we do it just to perform. Please forgive for that.

ASA - For us, it is becoming always relishable after some effort at purification from our falling into NoI-2. Forward!!! Return to the fight. Become a parama-hamsa soon. Next breath.

Things at school are ok. I was invited to represent the school for a conference on "Kids with Special abilities".

With my 8th grade group, We will begin to carry out social work in low-income schools

My family is ok. My niece (Aitana) is now 5 months old. My sister is doing very well teaching English for kids at school. My mom and my cousin take care of my niece while my sister is at work.

Thanks a lot for all your support.

Your aspirant servants

EDT (Patrak das & Antuanette)

HpS - Please give us feedback on the Kapi Dhvajas. Hari Bolo!!!!

Find newer and newer ways to implement BG, SB, CC etc into your teaching. Eg. have your students describe the taste of different waters.

Thank you all!!

See you soon...

asa(e) - Ontology, Yoga-ladder - Fall down from Vaikuntha.

PAMHO AGTSP!!

HK Maharaj!! how are you??

HpS - Many people ask us this question, no? Guess the best answer is, "Like Arjuna in the battle of Kurukstra". Shot full of arrows, not giving up returning the fight. Trying to accomplish Krsna's goals in the Sankirtan battle.

well here I'm writing you again, this time I'm having a doubt about Prabhupada statements which I would like to please ask you about.

Here are the verses which arose the questions:

So here I found this two statements.

Bhagavatam 3.16.26: "The conclusion is that no one falls from the spiritual world, or Vaikuṇṭha planet, for it is the eternal abode. But sometimes, as the Lord desires, devotees come into this material world as preachers or as atheists. In each case we must understand that there is a plan of the Lord. Lord Buddha, for example, was an incarnation, yet he preached atheism: “There is no God.” But actually there was a plan behind this, as explained in the Bhāgavatam."

Bhagavatam 7.1.35: "Therefore it is to be understood that when Jaya and Vijaya descended to this material world, they came because there was something to be done for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Otherwise it is a fact that no one falls from Vaikuṇṭha."

And here I found this other one which seems opposite:

Transcript of a Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavatam Class on verse 1.8.23

https://vedabase.io/en/library/transcripts/741003sbmay/?query=fall+spiritual#bb296536

"The... We fall down, we, because we are very small, spiritual spark, and Kṛṣṇa is the whole fire. And the fire and the spiritual..., fire, sparks from the fire, their quality---the same = they can burn. As the big fire can burn, similarly, the small spark, if it falls down on your cloth, that portion, it will immediately burn. It will become back..., black. So the quality is the same. But when it falls down, its burning quality becomes extinguished. We have got practical experience. Burning quality becomes extinguished. So when we fall down from the spiritual world---we come to the material world---our spiritual quality becomes extinguished. That we have to revive. That we have to revive."

So I've heard in a class you gave here in Argentina that when a soul resides in Goloka Vrindavan and wants to forget about Krishna might descend to a less perfect loka, and you were describing, and please correct me if I'm wrong, how a soul might descend gradually from Goloka to Vaikuntha, then to the marginal position and finally to the material world.

So could you please tell how this knowledge can be combined?

Thank you very much again and please forgive if there was any offense in my letter,

Federico

HpS - AgtSP. It is a big topic, but as I understand, the basic principle is that no one has an accidental fall down from the spiritual world. Yet we always have free will, other wise we are slaves of pain or slaves of pleasure and then there us no question of giving our love to Krsna.

We become afraid of that, BG 4.10, because it is an absolute responsibility, but it is also a fantastic gift. We can actually give Krsna our free love!

This is one of the most compelling purports that I know: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/5/8/26/

We cannot have an accidental falldown from Vaikuntha or even Bhava, but we can use our free will and be offensive, not sinful, and fall down. The question, "Why did we do it?' has no meaning. "Why" means what caused us to do it. We have free will even though small, of the same character as Krsna (frightening), so when we chose to do it. It happens.

Same idea is right there in NOI: https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/6/#bb5968

Yet the good news is that even though we put ourselves under the jurisdiction of the merciless but just judge, maya, the merciful Mother, Radha, is always looking for some way to get us out of this mess even though we don't want to.

Yet, we should help Her, no? Helps?

Hare Krishna Dear GuruMaharaja!

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to you!

All glorious glories to Srila Prabhupada!

So I just wanted to write you a quick note to say that I have started reciting the translation to Gurvastaka daily. I don't have it memorized yet, but I'm reading it a lot!

Today was my last official day for Tulasi service, so I was able to share all I know with the new people how we serve Her in the greenhouse.

They were very patient with me, I think a lot of them already knew how to do the service, one person has a Manjari tattooed on her arm.

So I think with quality people like this, who are already possibly more experienced, that Srimati Tulasi Devi will be taken care of very nicely.

When we got back to the pujari room, Mother Chandravali was engaging some of the devotees in Krishna House to polish Radha Kalachandji's paraphernalia. So we got to see Their pure silver Ekadasi crowns!!!

Plus the copy I ordered of Kamala Subramanium's Mahabharata came in the mail, and I'm very excited to read it! I heard it is so detailed and gripping! Then I can figure out how to use that book, plus NOI, LOB, and TLC to preach.

Oh plus I'm excited to see the new DTC-UT!

And after Houston, I was wondering if I could stop by the Boro to see you?

See you in Houston!

Thank you for everything!

Your aspiring servant,

Jaya Hari Das

HpS - All great news. Of course, we are meeting already in Houston, but this letter gives us such great perspective on who we are seeing through our gross conception of life. See you in Gauranga Hall in a few minutes.

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

The blog is our home for a lot of us. Some of us have been travelling a lot in the last months, far from home, but still, we use our consciousness to find our safe place, which is here.

Now, I'm coming back with my new service as Temple President of Santiago Mandir and the Head of ISKCON Chile.

I have sent to you (attached by other means that allow it) the official recommendation letters for the second initiation to Sripati das, and to the first initiation to Diana Sanchez and Estafania Colella.

We take more time to send this letter because we are just arriving at this service, and we have created now a committee dedicated exclusively to checking every one of the applications to initiation. Actually, the letters are signed also by one of the representatives of that group, Manjuali devi dasi.

Please, keep me as one of your apprentices.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja.

HpS - Thank you! We got the hard copies from Asta sakhi Devi Dasi and it was an excellent ceremony. I think Krsna is telling us, "No more Hari-nama Diksa". Time to retire as Diksa guru. We wrote about it in the current Kapi Dhvaja. Talk with you soon.

Dear Guru Maharaja, Hare Krishna.

PAMHO AGTSP

In my regular reading, i.e. I was not searching for a quote on the topic, I read this:

The executive head must always be alert to the safety of the prajās, both man and animal, and inquire whether a particular living being is harassed at any place by another living being. The harassing living being must at once be caught and put to death, as shown by Mahārāja Parīkṣit. >>> SB 1.17.10-11, from the purport

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[Not advocating death sentence here, and not against it, according to time, place and circumstances.]

Food for thought. Replace ‘executive head’ for ‘GBC’ / leader, and ‘prajas’ for ‘all devotees serving under GBC / leader’.

In my arrogant understanding, harassment is one of the easy-to-detect symptom of a materially conditioned consciousness, personally and socially.

There is harassment everywhere, however as, a hopefully progressive, bhakti yoga sadhakas, the idea is to curb it down, personally and socially.

It fascinates me how Srila Prabhupada is uncompromising, direct and strict about how to deal with a person who is harassing someone else.

Any leader who has “prajas” should carefully attend to and be aware that there is no harassment in his community, or if there is, act accordingly / firmly.

More could be said, there are different aspects.

Your servant Namacarya Das

HpS/ASA - Thank you for this comment. Sorry took us almost two weeks to answer. Kapi Dhvaja, Blog posts, ASA Carnival on Face book etc, hope give some idea of the intense programs and travel last few weeks!

Am hoping it will get lighter when we get back to Nashville, but thinking that it may not. Now we have to learn to be continually absorbed in the association of devotees.

That is Vaikuntha, no? The ground, trees, everything is Krsna's devotees.

Jaya Jaya Harinama.

I think that replacing King for GBC is stimulating. I do it, but also we must see that the protection that a Brahmana gives is different than the protection that a Ksatriya gives, no?

GBC is Ksatriya spirited Brahmanas?

Also, kind of harassment ... Kali was cutting of the legs of the bull and beating them. Emotional abuse may require a different punishment than death, no?

Punishing devotees, Brahmanas is a very fine service! Yet, it is something someone who takes the power of GBC must do.

More.. !!