Perspective

2 years, 5 months ago by yajnasenidd in Personal Sadhana Reports

Dear Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP!


Thank you Maharaj. I will endeavor to avoid biting interactions.


Something amazing happened yesterday, read a very old chat with my husband. I saw how harsh my response was to his shortcomings. I was trained for 25 yrs to be with a very different kind of man. Felt like a ballerina paired with a dancer still training. I felt constant stress over his shortcomings. My shocked interactions with him were neither because he’s bad or I was bad. But it definitely took a long time to readjust my expectations (and now second shock, being thrown away so heartlessly). Today I’d never respond that way because I’ve accepted it’s reality and especially seeing how damaging it felt to him to feel inadequate. I apologized again to him yesterday. He accepted but still feels ‘he’s not right for me, can’t make me happy’. Anyhow, let’s see where Krsna leads us. As soon as I imagine him and I being together and the world falls silent, I feel this veil of insecurity or uneasiness due to his lack of commitment spiritually.


Bhrigu Naadi this year told me if my husband doesn’t return by Diwali, not to hang on. Someone new will come (they came and left also). And Agastya Naadi from 10 yrs ago told me there will be seperation, then by mercy of guru and Krsna, you will overcome, you have to change your attitude and then there will be no marital problems.


Excited to see what Krsna has in mind for us 🙏. In some ways we want new person because the relationship will feel more natural. But then we feel duty bound to our husband, in a way like can’t leave him and go enjoy a nice life.


I also have a few questions:

1) what service should I engage this life in?

2) I feel a desire to do BS, BV etc study NOD under your direction. Is this something should pursue? Are there any lecture recordings for these courses?


Thank you so much for this shelter. It’s so much more natural. So much empowerment 🙏, strength. I can’t express enough gratitude.


your servant,

Yajnaseni DD


HpS-ASA

AgtSP!!!

Paoho.

Take second initiation.

If you don't, get some nice conversations with your brother.

🙂

Kapi Dhvaja 221123

2 years, 5 months ago by hps in Special Category A

K A P I  D H V A J A

2022 November 23

keZava pUrnIma

  • Periodical of the Anjana Suta Academy (www.JayaRama.US), a pioneering branch of ISKCON, Founder Acharya Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Prabhupada.
  • GBC Secretary - His Grace Vira bahu Das.
  • Branch Head - H. H. Hanumatpresaka Swami.
  • Editors - T. Brown, B. White et al.

WANDERING MISCREANTS

AgtSP.

Paoho & bw.

Brown and White here.

🦍 🐷


The Sun is at 4.51 PM, Radha-kunda, Mathura District, India

🌻🌴 🌻

  🌻


Looking at the last WM we must say that still many exotic people are still visiting us still daily.

  1. Vira-gopal Das and Gaura-gadadhara Devi Dasi are now residing just a stone's throw from our door.
  2. Pramodini Radha Devi Dasid comes from Manipuri Mandir.
  3. Tungavidya D. D. is in the next block, and they all come for Mangala arati and Gaura-arti.
  4. Krsna-loka Das, very tall, thin, disciple of Subhaga Swami who has been living here we maybe 20-years is also coming regularly. He is a great Pandita, very humble ocean of knowledge and austerity.
  5. Ranchor, Govinda P., Gokulananda, Sri-hari, S. Sakhi, S. Mayi D. Dasi.
  6. Ashrama mate: Vipina-bhihari Das

Looking at our Diary of a Traveling Creature (2022 November 5-20) we see that there was a Solar Eclipse and we followed the local custom of fasting from six hours before it until its end, then we had LARYNGISTIS.

Yes, friends

L A R Y N G I T I S

that seems to be a symptom of the AQI.

🌴🦧

🤖 Air Quality Index!

  1. 0-50 is good air.
  2. 50-100 is O.K. air.
  3. 100-150 is bad air (Unhealty).
  4. 150- 200 is rock my sox bad air.

R. Kunda is always about 165, but it could be worse. Delhi is about 251!

All of India is at least 150!

Sri Hari Das sent an air filter.

It huffs and puffs and seems to make a little difference.

I think we are gradually damaging our eyes, throat etc, but as we hear Prabhodananda Sarasvati say every evening, "Better to rot in Vrndavana, than live the life of a sage in the pure clean air of the Himalayas".


Only 7-more weeks in Radha-kunda .... then we head to Spain breathing the surgically purified air of the aluminum weiner, airplane.

Cho Cho Cho.🚂 🚂 🚂


HOW

R

U

?


HOW

IS

UR

San

Kir

Tan?

(5.18p)


🌳🌳🌻🌳


(6.11p, one day later)

SPECIAL GUESTS and EVENTS

Every Saturday at 5.30p IST we have symposium at www.GoToMeeting.com 737-859-341 with H. G. Upendra Das on Caitanya-caritamrta, and ASA Report.


Nitai-gaurasundara Das visited India (Vrndavana (Radha-kunda)). We went to see him at the new 50+ room ISKCON Govardhana Retreat Center in southern tip of Govardhana, and then he came here with Sashi, his younger brother, Supreme Court Advocate (with three police men with machine guns). It was interesting experience going to Radha Kunda with them.


*** Every thing here is becoming incomprehensible. We are forced to have simple tasks and focus on managing our little world, next step, next breath***


GOVARDHANA

MAHA-VIDYALAYA

⛰️

Very great, young Indian scholars, Houston friends, Saturday and Sunday 8-9.30a.

NoI/TPP.

We learned such new things about NoI.

(We are printing 1000-TPP, Amazon quality for Rupees 116,000)


With effort (one pint of blood/minute) the DTC-UT editing is progressing.

Lets finish:

  1. USA for V-puja (24th December).
  2. Spain while we are there (January/February)
  3. India while in Mexico (March)

NIOS-BRC

Is also progressing with more blood (shared with the mosquitos).

Starting meetings with Sumanta, Abhiseka, Srinivasa, Miguel, Abhirama .... next week.


Every day, twice a day, we circumamblulate

Sri Sri Radha-kunda / Shyama-kunda. Seems little by little, every visit, develops our position in Gokula, Goloka in the material atmosphere.

Little by little, by little, punja punya krti.

🐷   🦘 🦘 🦘  🐄🦆


PLANS

Kirtanya sada harih.

November

27-30th is work with Sumanta Rudra, and NIOS//BRC meetings.

Join us?

29th is Odana Sasti, Vyasapuja of H. H. B. S. Damodara Swami! and anniversary of HpS Sannyasa and Diksa for Sriman G. Gunamani Sharma of Manipura.


DECEMBER

3rd is Ekadasi, advent of Bh. Gita!

4th is the Ekadasi fast.

8th is Keshava purnima, next Kapi Dhvaja.

12th diappearance, Sri, Sri Bh. Siddhanta Sarasvati.

24th appearance of of Locana Das Thakura and H.p. Swami's Vyasapuja celebration for the Parampara including all past present and future.

Morning until midday will be in the Balarama hall in Vrndavana temple, then evening in Radha kunda.

7-8am Lima/Mexico City time on line.


LONG TERM

9th January to Delhi, GEV, Manipura, Agartala, Silchar, Delhi. 26th (Note flight rescheduled one day later) to Madrid. 22nd Feb Madrid to Houston. March 4th to Monterrey, Mexico, 29th to Mexico City. April 3rd to USA. After that maybe Houston and Nashville. 2024 Odana sasthi leave body.


Look for breaking news from the party of Vanaras to the south at "huber_robinson" at Twitter.com, and daily reports on Sankirtan, Calendar Development, and these fortnightly Kapi Dhvajas at our ASA Blog at www.MonkeyWarrior.com


PIGGY'S PARTING PEARLS

Well I guess, that's about enough hot air for one volume. So good bye, good preaching.


Subra Devi Dasi and CCDas and RRD and SNKD and Girivaradhari gopal Das and Sridhara are coming for V-puja etc.


!!! Everyone whom we have initiated on behalf of Srila Prabhupada and his ISKCON must file there Annual Report at the Blog by 24th December !!!


🦍🐒 🐷 🤖


Vienna Mission

2 years, 5 months ago by jhd in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

Hare Krishna Guru-Maharāj,


PAMHO. AGTSP!


I refer to your last instruction regarding the preaching centre in Vienna, Austria.


I just spoke on the phone at length with Vrajajana dās Adhikary in Vienna (Temple President), regarding my offer to perform service there indefinitely.


He explained that presently they are doing the minimum programme consisting of Sunday Feast, Wednesday BG class and Harinam. It sounds as though the location and amenities are adequate for me to stay there full-time and that there is scope for more regular programmes.


My offer was to help whichever way I can to support the existing programmes and expand it where possible.


To this end, we have agreed that I shall stay there for at least a couple of weeks as of Monday, 28 November 2022 and then discuss more permanent preaching plans thereafter.


I await your blessings to the foregoing proposal, so that I may pursue it with full enthusiasm.


Your servant,


Janārdan-hari dās.


HpS/ASA - From half the planet away and thus very little knowledge, we think that it seems fine.

Why not start one evening program a week like Wednesday of Thursday.

Then, later if things get hot, add a full Saturday morning program for intermediate level devotees.

Focus on how people can get a taste od chanting Maha-mantra and teaching SB.

🌴🌴🦆🌴

Iniciaciones en Ciudad de México

2 years, 5 months ago by Asta Sakhi Devi Dasi in Calendar Development


Querido Gurumaharaja

Por favor acepte mis reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Muchas gracias por la inspiración en el servicio al gran capitán de este gran barco llamado ISKCON. 

Recordamos haber leído de parte de Usted una inspiración de Prabodhananda Sarasvati con palabras de aprecio y amor dirigidos a ISKCON, nos llevó a la inspiración de seguir trabajando en un movimiento que despierta la conciencia dormida por el hechizo de maya pero quizá administrativamente va despacio, a entender un poco su propia lucha y nos motivó el deseo de ser el neófito que desea avanzar en el proceso trascendental que Śrīla Prabhupāda describe en sus libros, mediante su guía y la asociación de los vaisnavas. Muchas gracias por inspirarnos cada día, somos muy afortunados!. 


Respecto, a la visita a Mexico, Marzo - Abril del 2023 

Cuando se incluyó algunos días para Ciudad de México algunos devotos de Chile se comunicaron, posteriormente he platicado con Priya Sakhi dd, sucede que a un grupo de vaisnavas se les facilita llegar a Ciudad de México para poder recibir la iniciación en el Templo de Sus Señorías Radha Madana Gopal, pregunté a las autoridades la posibilidad de una ceremonia de fuego en el festival de Ramanavami, informan que si usted está de acuerdo el Templo no tiene inconveniente. 


Candidatos de Chile 

Primera iniciación: 

•Diana Sánchez

•Estefanía Colella

Segunda Iniciación:

•Sripati Das

•Mandara Sakha Das


Candidato para segunda iniciación de Ciudad de México

•Laghubhagavatamrta das

Las autoridades han conversado y depositan su confianza en prabhu porque ha permanecido fijo en sus servicios en el templo desde que tomó la primera iniciación, en el 2009. 


Respecto a la predica externa en Ciudad de México, estamos platicando con algunos devotos interesados para poder presentar la propuesta en días posteriores. 


Vyasa-puja 2022

México 

24 de Diciembre (Aparición de Lochana Das Ṭhākura) en India?

En México es el día 23

Falta un poco más de un mes, de igual manera nos gustaría externar nuestro deseo de participar en algún evento online programado alrededor de estas fechas por favor. 


Muchas gracias por su misericordiosa atención.


Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd 


-=-=-=-


Dear Gurumaharaja

Please accept my obeisances.


All glories to Srila Prabhupada!


Thank you very much for the inspiration in serving the great captain of this great ship called ISKCON.


We remember having read from you an inspiration from Prabodhananda Sarasvati with words of appreciation and love addressed to ISKCON, it led us to the inspiration to continue working in a movement that awakens the consciousness asleep by the spell of maya but perhaps administratively it is going slowly, to understand a little about his own struggle and we were motivated by the desire to be the neophyte who wants to advance in the transcendental process that Śrīla Prabhupāda describes in his books, through his guidance and the association of the Vaisnavas. Thank you very much for inspiring us every day, we are very lucky!


Regarding the visit to Mexico, March - April 2023

When a few days for Mexico City were included, some devotees from Chile communicated, later I have talked with Priya Sakhi dd, it happens that a group of Vaisnavas find it easier to reach Mexico City to receive initiation in the Temple of Their Lordships Radha Madana Gopal, I asked the authorities about the possibility of a fire ceremony on the Ramanavami festival, they inform that if you agree the Temple has no objection.


HpS - Thank you for your association. Thanks to the M. Ranjana Das et al.


Seems good to us.


Chilean Candidates

First initiation:

•Diana Sanchez

• Stephanie Colella


Second Initiation:

•Sripati Das

•Mandara Sakha Das


Candidate for second initiation from Mexico City

•Laghubhagavatamrta das


The authorities have spoken and place their trust in prabhu because he has remained fixed in his services in the temple since he took the first empowerment, in 2009.


ASA - Seems nice. but we need formal letters from ISKCON authorities.


Regarding the external preaching in Mexico City, we are talking with some interested devotees to be able to present the proposal in later days.


HpS - O.K. We can even work on it from Houston and Monterey when we are there.




Vyasa-puja 2022

Mexico

December 24 (Appearance of Lochana Das Ṭhākura) in India?


In Mexico it is the 23rd

HpS/ASA - We will base on India date. Guess Mexico is 10.30-hours earlier, so lot of 23rd December there will be 24th December in India.


There is a little more than a month to go, in the same way we would like to express our desire to participate in an online event scheduled around these dates please.


HpS/ASA - Yes, I guess we can do live programs in the Krsna Balarama temple in the morning and afternoon, and then online programs in the evening from home.

7AM Mexico should be 5.30PM in India.

Good plan?

Can make some recordings.


Thank you very much for your merciful attention.

Your eternal would-be servant

asta sakhi dd


ASA - Same from us, Tom Brown and Buck White!

Dhruva Das Correction

2 years, 5 months ago by hps in Calendar Development

"Hare Krishna maharaj,

Regarding Mumbai to Govardhan Eco Village January 10th, I arrive in Mumbai 9th evening and will be waiting for you at airport, 11:35am on 10th Jan. sorry I made rushed mistake in blog post. I have correct dates here. Thank you."


ASA- Thank you! So important to double check ✔ this stuff, no?

Dhruva Das

2 years, 5 months ago by Dhruvānanda DAS in Calendar Development

Dear maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to your service. 

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

This post is to share my current travel plans and projects over the coming months.

 

1.      HDG Bhaktisvaurpa Damodara Swami Maharaja vyasapuja and possible education symposium, Radha Kunda November 29th 2022. 

I have booked travel tickets and accommodation to arrive in Radha Kund evening of 26th November and return to Mayapur 1st December 2022.

The assignment you gave me for this symposium was put forward some ideas on how the NIOS and the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC) along with other affiliates can expand the kirtan of Sri Krishna Caitanya. I interviewd HG Hari Suari prabhu and learnt the amazing history of the BRC. I have some ideas, most of which others are probably also having. Maybe hearing them from me, this wild, youthful outsider, might kickstart something.

If symposium is no longer viable, I will cancel/postpone the above plans. 


ASA -- HK//HHR. Always welcome, but if you can save some money then maybe cancel this trip because S. Rudra broke leg and cannot come.

Also, if do come think you could stay with us.

We can talk on phone.

 

2.      My family and I will travel to Vrindavan for your Vyasapuja 19th – 27th December. 

 

3.      January 2023, my tickets are booked. I will meet you at Mumbai airport morning of the 11th after which we spend the next few days at Govardhan Eco Village until we fly together to Imphal, Manipur. Programs in Manipur and Assam until the 24thwhen we return to Delhi. 


ASA - Awwwk. We checked with Vistara, and our flight is Tuesday 10th, not 11th! Flight 927 (?) arrives 11.35am Mumbai.

I hope we didn't publish this incorrectly. We make mistakes, so best to confirm general info specifically with us.


4.      26th January 2023, we fly to Madrid, Spain together. I am developing some ideas to contribute and research with HH Yadhunandan Swami.

 

ASA - Yes, flight for both of us was changed from 25th to 26th January.

There are more plans for February-March, but I will leave it at this for the blog for now. 

 

Your servant

Dhruvaananda Das


HpS/ASA - Many thanks!