A pleasent surprise

2 years, 7 months ago by bhaktabigfoot in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

Hare Krishna!


Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obescances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to you!


I'm currently in Gainesville on a trip to observe the Krishna House here. To observe the mood and bring it back to Dallas Krishna House in our own unique way. It is very exciting here. 25 young people (college student aged), nearly all westerners, living together hyped up on Krishna Conciousness. It's a wonderful family atmosphere to.


To my suprise I have met a godsister here, your disciple Laxsmi Radha Mataji. She is doing LOTS of service and loves it here. Our conversation, although broke up a bit by language barriers, was wonderful. She is so nice. She really wants to come see you in Houston when you visit.


Ok Guru Maharaja thank you so much for your association.


Your disciple,

Nanda-braja das



Pictured below

- Laxsmi-Radha Mataji

- Nitai Bramachari with maha sweet

- Janardana the Tea Maker

- Kevin Bramachari playing Harmonium

- Sham (Laxsmi-Radhas husband) in the Krishna Lunch kitchen

- Guara-Nitai with Guru Prampara dieities

- Krishna Lunch

- Srila Prabhupada!


HpS - Jaya! AgtSP! Paoho. Thank you. We hope to talk with you more in the flesh about your Sankirtan when we reach Houston, but these reports are so important to us and I guess the other members of The Academy.

Hari Bolo!

Urgent! Kapi Dhvaja 22nd January 2023

2 years, 7 months ago by Patrak das in Special Category A

Hare Krishna, Dear Gurudeva!

Happy Lunar New Year!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and All glories to you.

Please accept our humble obeisances. (PAOHO)

 

As of every two weeks:

* Bulletin is now upload on Facebook (English & Spanish), it is also in Google Groups (English & Spanish) as listed at: http://www.jayarama.us/hello.htm


Hare Krishna.

Hope U are going well.


We are working on keeping 16R, 4AM, 4P. Reading SB everyday. We used to read on our mobile, but this year we are using our book, so we can take some notes or questions. Your PdP work helps a lot.

Health is ok.


Next week I will start working in the school. This year I continue with my 2 groups (2nd and 8th grade)


HPS==>See you soon?

Ptrk==> We really hope so


Your aspirant servants

EDT (Patrak das & Antuanette)


HpS - Thank you. Hope you are feeling aspirations to become personal servants of Lord Chatanya in Sridhama Mayapura!


Thank you for translation.

🙏🐒🐒🙏🙏


Please give us advice on how to improve this Sankirtan Bulletin and our Sankirtan.


Hope your Krsna consciousness is communicated very deeply to your students!


Hope Antuanette and baby and family are fully initiated into Krsna consciousness!


We are suffering some allergy reaction after arriving in Delhi yesterday!

The air contaminatin here is incredible!

We are physically depleted because of this intense Northeast India tour and so reactions to the air contamination has been intense.

No doubt that this body is near its disintegration.

Maybe we will see you in Mexico.

Maybe we can have teleconference between Kids in Mexico and Kids in Peru and they can make lifelong friendships.

Kapi Dhvaja 2023 January 22

2 years, 7 months ago by hps in Special Category A

Kapi Dhvaja

2023 January 22

Amavasya


We are sitting in Pechartala, Tripura, India.

It (the location of the Sun) is 9.06AM.

Little cold.

Simple village compoud of Vijaya-govinda Das, traveling with H. H. Haridas Swami's Sankirtan party.

Like three intense programs and up to five hours of travel on

rough, ROUGH, R o U gH roads daily, but very nice audiences.


How are you?


We are keeping the Blog up to date: www.MonkeyWarrior.Com.

Write us there.

Of course, we Tweet the Sankirtan news every hour as necessary:

www.Twitter.Com "huber_robinson".


Our health is pretty good.


Our inflamed Belly-button has cleared up a little.

Eyes and everything are good for 75-year of donkey, but vertigo, hearing loss etc are part of our daily functioning.

On the other side of material life, duality, our intelligence is maturing.


Die as soon as possible.

Let Krsna keep you here in a spiritualized body or take you back to Goloka as he desires.


HK//HR


Pablo, ArtD, HpS, Raul, Sridhama, Ananta rupa Das, finished the DTC-UT (US) like 90%. Little more work to do.


No news in the Blog from ArtD et al about 'Solaris' or their DTC-UT report.


Also, no copy of the Board of Director's meeting that we had while we were in Bombay!


WARNING:

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The Supreme Absolute Undifferentiated ASA Commando will Suspend NIOS as affiliates of ASA unless they appear in the Blog by the next Kapi Dhavja.


[HpS - These guys are tough!]


Writing this on our portable key board on our cell phone.


-0-0-


Hk///HR


CALENDAR

Tomorrow we go to Agartala and then Tuesday fly to Delhi for two nights.

Then Spain for a month.

Hope to finish DTC-UT {Spain} with Ambaris and V.Bh.N DD then.

Feb 22 - Mar 4th in Houston with Saranga, Srinivasa, Sugopis, Gopi natha...


Mar 4 - Apr 3 in Mexico (Montery and Mexico City).


After that we have no tickets but expect to stay in Nashville and Houston until maybe August.


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Looking a Monkey's paper DTC for the last two weeks (and they are getting better and more pretty).

Inn Mumbai we visited with GBC Govinda Das and Sumanta rudra in Bombay about NIOS/BRC, and also Sumanta took us to meet everyone at the Department of Philosophy of Bombay University, who are giving the Sanskrita diplomas for BRC.

Talked with Subhadra, Varun, Rama-giridhari, Gauranga-darshana and then... to Manipura.

!

Thousands of Temple programs, initiations, Sadhubhusana, Vana-maili, Sarad, Yamunesvara...!..! .. Symposium on LOB at the Temple and big Univesity.

Was on television the night after.

Many very mature contacts for practical work with NIOS.

(If we get the Minutes of the last Board Meeting).

...


Then, this whirlwind tour with Hari Das Swami.


This Bhakti yoga of Srila Prabhupada is so, so authentic.

Our body-mind could not be doing this at 75-years old only because of years of Srila Prabhupada's Yoga.


Dhruva and Subhadra are wonderful association.


16-nice rounds and Mangala arti daily.


O.K.


I guess that is the best we can do with the communication resources we have.


Maybe visit the "Sukalaya" one more time before we go down the sunlit pathway shaded by palm trees to get into the jeep to go to the picnic with disciples and visit two homes on the way.


See you in the Blog.

🦍🌴🐒 🐷 🤖


PPP - In a broad sense Tom and Buck are thinking that we have arrived at the third stage of ISKCON

  1. They will laugh at you.
  2. They will attack you.
  3. They will question you.

So, now the challege is not to duck but to stand up with real examples and real information.


Srila Prabhupada's idea is that the GBC should be Grhastas and Vanaprashtas. Let's not institutionalize the emergency management.


Then GBC should take Sannyasa and also have their duties.


Seems some devotees take Sannyasa but do not get beyond Kutichaka and remain attacked to certain Temples (as Presidents or GBC, or cooks) and the few (quality) possesions of Sannyasis.


GBC should be ultimate managing authority but Sannyasis should be the ultimate spiritual authorites.

Big challenge.

If we cannot give that example, O.K. let people know we have short comings, but we are On The Job!

🐷🐷🐷🛀

Home at Sri Radha kunda

2 years, 7 months ago by vipinaviharidasa in Other

Hare krishna, dandavat pranam to guru Maharaj and all the vaishnava and vaishnavi agtsp.

with the permission of Maharaj and all the devotees I am hereby notified that those who want to own a 12×18 sq ft room near Maharaj's ashram is under process. Interested devotees please contact me.

With great regards

your servant

Vipina vihari dasa

Sri Radha kunda

+91 9634734432


HpS - AgtSP! We had very nice association with Vipin Prabhu in Radha kunda for several months. We was also taking charge of the Ashrama mangement and devotees felt that he did a rather good job.


I hear from Sasi, NgD's brother, that land ownership and construction in India can be a problem, but with due caution I think Vipin is good person work with in these things.


Of course, it is not "our Ashrama". Is Anjana Suta Acadamy".

😎

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS

2 years, 7 months ago by servant-of-servants in Hot Topics, Other

Hare Krsna Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

 

I am Maha Anandini Radha dd, in charge of initiations and other services at Iskcon Chile until 2022, and mother of Narotam. I am writing to first of all send my humble obeisances at your Lotus feet. I miss him very much and I deeply regret not being able to see him in these upcoming dates. I have always been very grateful for your causeless mercy, I owe you my life and you are a person who always motivates me to continue with my spiritual life. My desire is always to be able to serve you.


HpS - AGTSP!!! Yes, we remember who you are.

It is very nice for us to hear from you.

Any good qualities we have are 99.999...% the sacrifice of Srila Prabhupada.

 

Below I am enclosing the recommendation letters for second initiation from Prabhu Parasuram Avatar Das, mother Alankriti Devi Dasi and first initiation letter from Narotam.


All three have been very sincere persons on their way to Krsna.


HpS - Thank you. Has The Narottama passed the ISKCON Disciple Course?


I don't think Alankrti Devi or Parasurama avatar Das' have done the Bhakti Sastri course, no? So, do you have some local examination for a standard of Sastric Knowledge for Second Initiation?

When might be the ceremonies?


Maharaja, I always carry you in my heart, and I long to have your association again, Krsna knows that is my wish. Always remaining like a servant under your lotus feet, again I thank you for everything, so much!

 

Bid farewell, Maha Anandini Radha dd🌺

🙇

🙏

😭

🙌

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

2 years, 7 months ago by Bhakta Loren in Personal Sadhana Reports

danvadat Pranams 🙇🏼‍♂️


please accept my humble obeisances!


All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!


thanks very much for the replies to my letters. 🔥🔥🌧️🌧️ Was worried when my name was not on the list, ill ask Chaitanya Charitamrita if he is going to send an annual report.


i meet with around 5 devotees on zoom for an artik and bhagavatam class mon-fri & this morning we read this verse


https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/6/16/


we usually read one verse every morning & alternate days leading a review/discussion of the verse. Have gotten to know the Bhagavad Gita much better by finding companion verses that mirror/echo or further explain the Bhagavatam verses we read daily.


I was supposed to travel with ISV devotees to Jagannath Puri, Kolkata & Mayapur this month, but a ladder fell from under me end of december and now recovering with broken heel. Got a 5 year visa, so hope to join this group for another trip to india this year or next. When im able to stand again will pick back up with a morning artik at my home altar.


Gurudeva, by your mercy i would like to take second initiation whenever possible. Cecilia is not chanting 16 rounds but we offer all meals to Krishna, and chant the Mahamantra & Panca Tattva mantra. She also helps take care of Tulsi. Tulsi has nice emerald green leaves since watering with a filtered water/cow manure mix.


By second initiation was hoping to take advantage of more service opportunities at the Berkeley Temple helping/sharing with cooking and altar services. Then able to help there or elsewhere with that training.


Are you connecting with disciples via gotomeeting 737859341? Wish there was a way to be notified by the app when you connect to the room. im at home 24/7 for some weeks til i can walk again. Hope to get the mercy of your association. Maybe pick up some espanol from those sessions? Reading Tava Pache Pache.


‘At the beginning of canto six Maharaja Pariksit asks how one can get free from this cycle of heaven-earth-hell-heaven-earth…y,’


‘sound familiar? Are you pushed like us to commit the same small sins again and again?’

p.18


’We try to serve, exploit, and enjoy the mind and body, which produces reactions, to which we react again, leading to more reactions.’ p.20 ♻️


Jaya Gurudeva!

Jaya Prabhupada!

thank you for your mercy!

Hari Bol!


your servant,


Loka Bandhu Rama Das


HpS - Thanks for all the news! Like a San Francisco Surf Board ride. Thanks.

Respects to Cecilia.

Great soul.


The second initiation is not so necessary.

Only thing it might add to your service is going on the altar in the Temple, and your worship at home can be just as potent.

Second initiation means all these formalities of Brahmana, Ksatriya et al.

Prabhupada says that the Mayor's wife must dress like the Mayor's wife.

I know a very nice devotee lady in Suth America. She is married to a senior admnistrator in the GBC structure and has to deal with many serving girls in organizing dinners etc.

She tells the devotees that her nature is to be a Nun praying in her little cell and working in the Nunnery garden with other simple girls but so all these formalities are a real burden.

Send us not on Whatsapp if you want to discuss details.

Thank you.


Don't go to India, go to Vrndavana!

🙂