Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna, AGTSP

please accept my humble obeisances.

Narottama reporting from the principal base.

And yes, Krsna is our

•Friend

•counselor

•general

•And more or not?

HpS - To we demons He is death personified!

It's a really good idea what you propose and my daily schedule is:

wake op to 5 am then bath dressing and go to mangal arati.

Then canting one round (most of it aprox 13 every morning) then guru vandhana.

Then take the breakfast and chant the few that left, around the rest of the day.

Then study whith devaki or mitravinda (10 am to 1 pm) an then come the lunch after that we have an hour to rest an the we have work in the fields (mostly just put some water in some plants, others times the work is harder but i like it) then we take a bath and go to study (4:30 to 6 pm) an the eat for last time.

And then we rest until the next day.

HpS - Wow. AgtSP. When I hear this schedule I think of the poor black people in Africa, who have to sneak to the well to get water each day and try to avoid being raped by enemy soldiers. We are so fortunate.

Is a very good one, I hope to keep many things as they are for the rest of my life, what do you think about this?

HpS - Of course, it is great, yet don't forget that we are trying 'kirtaniya sada harih', chanting Mantra, songs, discussing Krsna with as many people as we can.

Yoga is hot Yoga until you give it away!

You will advance.

You will become great Saint like Visnupriya, Lord Caitanya, by the mercy of Lord Nityananda and the previous Acharya.

Please accept my respectful obeisances, dear Gurudeva.

I'm sorry I don't report frequently because my service is little.

HpS/ASA - Sorry we can't respond sooner! So nice to hear from you!

They say that a person's thoughts are more numerous than the waves of the sea.

I remember the explanation of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu when he was talking to the Mayavadi philosophers about the effects of chanting the holy name and he said:

"That holy name of the Lord sometimes makes me sing and dance, and therefore I sing and dance. Please don't I think I'm doing it on purpose. I'm doing it automatically". CC.Adi 7.96

Sorry for such a long introduction.

Reporting that we were fortunate to attend the first Sadhu Sanga fest in Mexico organized by H. H. Indrayumna Swami just 40 minutes from where we live in Tepoztlan.

We attended Mangal Aratik and had the opportunity to associate with many devotees from various parts of the world: Chaturatma Das, Radhikamohan Das, Amala Harinam Das.

The classes, the kirtans, the prasad and the place everything was wonderful,

I was able to distribute about:

• 5-Tava Pache Pache,
• 1-BG and
• 2-medium books at the festival.

On the other hand, in my small traveling Sankirtan of the last 3 months I distributed:

• 50 Bhagavad Gitas Big and
• 120 medium books.

The most important was the Bhagavad-gita that the president of Tepoztlan David Demesa took.

If I could count out of 1600 people interviewed: 4 mentioned: "this book is by Prabhupada, I have read Prabhupada". 20 they say: "I have already read it, it is good", but they do not mention the author, there are very few people who have read Prabhupada, seeing 4 out of 1600 is extremely dazzling!

Apparently the Mayan storm is blowing very hard and there is a lack of strong captains and ships. We will continue searching for Sita!.

I am grateful and feel very happy for your blessings.

This is my litle report.

He concluded that we would like the family from Mexico to visit Tepoztlan, it would be a great joy and happiness to receive it, and there is a lot of Mexican food here to discover.

It is the place where Quetzalcoatl was born and there are many pilgrimages of spiritual seekers.

We would have very nice programs, many monkeys are willing to work.

Always grateful and asking forgiveness for my offenses his eternal and furry servant,

Sacinandan Das.

All glories to Guru and Gauranga!

HpS - ASA -- In many ways you are Guru to all of us. How is your 'better half', esteemed wife?

Mother?

Neighbors???

We hope that people start coming to you as a result of your Sankirtan Yajna asking how to distribute books themselves?

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/7/3/

Thank you!!! Let us look at one more letter.

It, the Sun, is as 6.47PM. Sun sets here now at 6PM.

We have nice cabanya. All alone. No one in the entire city to visit or join us.

😃

Sannyasa dharma, but we have you.

Thank you.

Any more furniture construction?

Hare Krsna beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

As you may have noticed, I did not attend the FMP this week.

It has been a very intense week, I teach in 4 different places. 2 virtual, 2 in person. This year my job search was a little complicated. I am in the Saturn period and on top of that, being retrograde, everything is slower for me. I have to struggle a lot during this period.

Ulysses' recovery has been slow and stressful. Being so strong and intelligent, he managed to get the cure and ate it. It could have given him intestinal obstruction. My character is more irritable than usual. I do not have time for anything. I have to make a change for next year.

My Sadhana has been affected. I lead the FMP 3-Sundays in a row and my brother Parasurama Das, the last Sunday of the month, I would like to leave a request on the Blog. Is there any devotee who would like to take a Sunday to lead the morning program? Directing 3-Sundays in a row for me is a lot because I also teach classes on Sundays. I work from Monday to Sunday.

I feel ashamed for not being able to do more for my spiritual life right now.

I missed the all days when I just work four hours because my father supported me. Ja Ja Ja!

I had a photo of that.

Gurudeva this week I will join the FMP, I promise

So, see you tomorrow

Thanks for all your support and inspiration

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS/ASA - Thank you. AgtSP.

I cannot give advice to the Pandavas, "Oh, just chant 'Hare Krsna', and be happy". 😐

Yet, I always remember that Srila Prabhupada said, 'Engage full time in hearing and chanting, Srimad Bhagavatam, Sri Isopanisad, Brahma-samhita. We will supply the Prasada, but ... you can't do it. So engage in hearing and chanting as much as you can, then do whatever you can do for Krsna. Not dog hard, nicely'.

So, try to catch hold of Captain Krsna's direction and move into cooler professional work?

Specifically, Mitravinda Devi Dasi has been organizing the Kirtan Leader list, so we hope she see this and can help.

You do it once a month?

Respects to your Sister and your Dog!!

😎

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Thank you!

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"It was of course very difficult to reach the palaces of the kings of the Yadu dynasty, but brāhmaṇas were allowed to visit. When the brāhmaṇa friend of Lord Kṛṣṇa went there, he, along with other brāhmaṇas, had to pass through three military encampments. In each camp there were very big gates, and he also had to pass through them. After the gates and the camps, there were sixteen thousand big palaces, the residential quarters of the sixteen thousand queens of Lord Kṛṣṇa. The brāhmaṇa entered one palace which was very gorgeously decorated. When he entered this beautiful palace, he felt that he was swimming in the ocean of transcendental pleasure. He felt himself constantly diving and surfacing in that transcendental ocean", https://vedabase.io/en/library/kb/80/#bb92328.

ASA

• Difficult, but even ordinary people could see the King, Queen, Ministers when the King sat in 'darbha', no?
• '...swimming in the ocean of transcendental pleasure...' means that there, agtSP, he was experiencing the opportunity for so many kinds of service, no?

[10/19/2023 8:23 PM] Trivikrama Das:

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I was not able to attend Tuesday’s NoI session. I had to help our neighbor’s daughter with her college essays. I will watch the recording.

I have throat pain since Monday. It is not getting better. I am hoping it’ll be better in the next few days. Everyone here near the temple has been going through the same symptoms.

HH Hrdayananda Maharaja was here in Dallas. We met him and gave him a copy of TPP. He very fondly remembered you as his old friend 😲

[10/20/2023 10:38 AM] ASA-TB/BW:

Ayurvedic doctor said: Throat pain means acceptance ie. There is something that you can't swallow??? 🤔

Thank you so much for passing the TPP to him. We hope it finds its place in ISKCON Education.

Thank you for the news!

[10/20/2023 10:43 AM] TVKDas: I have never thought of it that way.. We are not sure what we are not able to swallow.. I am usually able to get over things.

[10/20/2023 10:46 AM] ASA-Ape/Pig: Now is time to "get over this material existence"? 🙂

TVKDas: Yes Guru Maharaja 🙂 I am at a point where I can clearly realize the Dhukalayam and Asasvatam aspects that Krishna mentions. But we are still no where close to sustained spontaneous devotional service. At times I am spontaneous about my service but most of the time, I have to force my mind to do things. Especially in situations like now, where the body is weak and only wants to rest... I have to force myself to chant!

ASA-M/P: Yes, but the little man, the homunculous, under all the garments likes to chant. Disease is an opportunity to chant from the soul. NoI 7 in the beginning, but quickly becomes NoI 8! Don't miss this opportunity! Disease doesn't come everyday!

"Hola, Maestro!! Alejandro mentioned that you've found the appropriate land for your community. Congratulations!! Are you considering a space for a Content Creation Department? It should include editorial printing, audio podcast, photography/film/video production."

HpS - ASA: No, no, n o! There is only little interest in the project here. 😕 Some preliminary investigation was done, but no one thinks it too important yet. We keep adding what we can to the equation. Will pass your comment along! I agree, but I don't have a family to feed etc. 🙂