Back in Atlanta after 6 weeks in India

2 years, 10 months ago by sriram in Personal Sadhana Reports

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


I am chanting 16 rounds and following the 4 regulative principles. We are trying to serve Paramananda Gaura Nitai to the best of our abilities.


We are back in Atlanta after 6 weeks in India. It was a good trip, Guru Maharaj.


Me and my parents went to Mayapur for 5 days. We stayed in the Conch building, which was so convenient, especially for my parents.


We started reading Srimad Bhagavatam - just the verse and translation - and we read two or three chapters every day. We are in Canto 3 chapter 31 now. Our plan is to finish reading the entire Bhagavatam, Chaitanya Charitamrta, Prabhupada Lilamrta and Bhagavad Gita within next six months.


HPS/ASA - 🐵 Wow!


Praying for success in this endeavor Guru Maharaj.


Mayapur during Kartik was a wonderful experience. Mangala Arti in Mayapur is my most favorite experience Guru Maharaj. H. H. Jayapatak Maharaj was also there during our visit and he gave SB class on a couple of days.


Damodarashtakam and arti during the evenings were intense. We also got a tour of TOVP and its majestic to behold. Visiting Mayapur after 6 years was so fulfilling Guru Maharaj. It was a spiritual boost.


I will be in Houston for the Vyasa Puja Guru Maharaj. I am eagerly waiting for Jan 13th Guru Maharaj.


The first draft of the verse book is also ready Guru Maharaj. I have sent you the details on Whatsapp. Please let me know how we can proceed on that. It would be wonderful to release it on Vyasa Puja day Guru Maharaj.


HpS - What we saw on WhatsApp was too advanced for us to review, so I think I asked for a Word file. We haven't heard back from you. Did you send it??

I think the print layout and then verse organization would need work to get the idea of what we were hoping for.


It is like just putting the arms where the legs are but what you have done seems 90% fine.


Did you go for any solitary walks in Mayapura??


Your Humble Servant

Sri Rama Krishna Das



Remembering Krishna

2 years, 10 months ago by mittalga in Special Category A

Dear Maharaja,

Namaste! Sadar Pranams! Hare bol!


What is your understanding of remembering Krishna all the time? I wrote an article in remembering Krishna all the time. Hopefully, you like it.


Regards,

Gaurav Mittal


Remembering Krishna: Beyond Mental Focus


Within the Bhakti tradition, particularly in Iskcon, one of the most cherished instructions is to "always remember Krishna." But what does this truly mean? Many associate it with the dedicated chanting of Haridas Thakur, who devoted over 20 hours a day to this practice. While his dedication inspires awe, is such constant mental focus feasible for everyone?

Instead of solely focusing on the mind, I propose ...


HpS - Hare Krsna. AgtSP. Paoho. We understand as it is described in https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/8/

is pretty detailed and precise,no??

🐵


Who is Tom Brown?

2 years, 10 months ago by hps in Special Category B

asa[e] tom brown

AgtSP

Tom brown is Monkey, from Journey to the West, as incarnate in the ASA.

He is Secretary for ASA.

Buck White, Piggy is Treasurer.


Monkey has a Bachelor's Diploma and is a candidate for PhD (Doctor of Phalocracia) under the Mentorship of Uncle Gismo. Science Officer for NIOS.

Joining Twitter

2 years, 10 months ago by hps in Special Category A, Special Category B

Hare Krsna Gurudev 

Dandavat pranam at your lotus feet.


Gurudev kindly accept my request in your Twitter account.

As ur Twitter seems to be protected .


I lost access to my old account, so I have sent through a new account.


I hope to follow ur tweets.


Hare krishna.

Agtsp



HpS/ASA - Thank, agtSP, you! We don't get any notification when someone applies. We blocked it because we were afraid that someone was hacking the links.

We looked and found abount five applications.

We approved you and Lalita Gopi [?] and Lalita madhava and disapproved, Satan [no joke] and on Sunil who we didn't recognize. Hope tells us who he is and trys again.

dtc su[24]

2 years, 10 months ago by hps in DTC

🌴.. 🐒🌴🌴

🐽


agtSP.


Here, Champaka room in Nila-madhava Dhama, ISKCON Houston, with the sun at 4.42 post-meridian. brother ass 🏇 is feeling in a maelstrom of vertigo, distorted eye-sight, congested breathing, borderline heart functioning, and general infinitesimal consciousness available to the jivatma.

Yet... 💥 Hare Krsna! 💥 The Holy Names can put all of this in pure goodness at any moment!


Now 33-rounds to complete to be up to our 16/day because we fell behind during this flu attack.


About 77% normal in health now. 😃


Our little Sankirtan 99% on schedule with help of:

  • nanda
  • g. Bh. dd and Sarva.
  • vijaya,
  • srinivasa, mataji, jhd.
  • n. gopal.
  • nayanamrta.
  • ngd.
  • abhiseka
  • radha natabara sanga.
  • 1,000 nmd devotees.
  • saranga,
  • shyamasundara,
  • darshana desai mataji

...

....

... and, we erased three of the most important names so that we could communicate that we are just overwhelmed by the mercy of the devotees!. . . !!.


Kapi Dhvaja goes like Tuesday.


Will work on the Calendar.


Now we roughly push Brother Ass into his bath, pack and go to the Temple for Sunday festival.

See you there.

Mayapura.tv, channel houston.


...

We checked the Blog and think we got the Urgent stuff.

Tom Brown, Secretary ASA!

🐵 👍