2nd Initiation Pt. 5

3 years, 5 months ago by sugopiradha in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.


Thank you so much for mercifully awarding me second initiation last Sunday. I hope that I can sincerely maintain the standard that Brahmin initiates should maintain.



I also had a few questions, Guru Maharaja:



- In the Gayatri Mantras, one praises Kamadeva. What is the significance of worshipping Kamadeva three times a day? My parents told me that Kama actually means Krsna in the Mantra. In that case, I was wondering why Krsna is specifically being worshipped as Kama.


HpS - I do not know. I remember reading things. I think Krsna is glorified as Kamadeva because He stimulates us to serve in such an attractive way that it can be compared in some sense to the intensity that we see in the relationship between the opposite sex in this world. Of course, our attraction may be in Santa Rasa in the beginning or even eternally, but if we can become the servants of the Gopis in our Santa Rasa service by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, that is great.


- Gurudeva, the sunset timing here is 4:30 PM nowadays, which means that the Sandhya time range is generally from 4:06-4:54. On Mondays and Wednesdays I have a 4:00-5:15 PM class. Would it be okay if I did the gayatri just 10 minutes before the Sandhya time begins? Sometimes I am facing the same problem when I have 11:00-12:00 classes and noon time is at 11:36. 


HpS - I think we can chant it as soon as some other unavoidable service in finished. Eg. after the Sunday Feast Kirtan, and lecture, Trivikrama Swami would sit and chant his Gayatri. So, it seems that it is better to chant it little bit too late than too early.


I would appreciate your advice Guru Maharaja.

Your servant,

Sugopi Radha devi dasi


HpS - Do you have the book by Saccinandana Swami? I think he gives some nice details on chanting.

Reading Partners

3 years, 5 months ago by julia@ct in Personal Sadhana Reports


Hare krishna, le ofresco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias, todas las glorias a Srila prabhupada, todas las glorias a usted!


En una carta anterior me preguntó " Who do you get as associates In Your reading?


Personas que han sufrido mucho o que no tienen buena salud.


HpS - Jaya AgtSP. Maybe make little reading club of two, three etc. persons and read together or discuss what you have read.


Su Aspirante A Sirvienta

Julia cuellar torres 🙏🏻




DTC 13(we)

3 years, 5 months ago by hps in DTC

VEDABASE.IO, KRSNA book,  Search "Ramacandra"

Dedicated to Professor Harsh Pradhana, Faculty, University of Bod-gaya.


Kṛṣṇa, the supreme personality of godhead Introduction

Personality of Godhead appeared as Lord Rāmacandra, He appeared in the family descending from the sun


Introduction

Godhead appeared as Lord Rāmacandra, He appeared in the family descending from the sun god, known as the


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the swan incarnation, as King Rāmacandra, as Paraśurāma and as many other incarnations. You appeared


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incarnation, as the boar incarnation, as the swan incarnation, as King Rāmacandra, as Paraśurāma and as many


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Daśaratha, the father of Lord Rāmacandra, used to fight with his enemies, it was said that he approached


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When Mahārāja Daśaratha, the father of Lord Rāmacandra, used to fight with his enemies, it was said


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Rāmacandra’s advent, they had been Vedic scholars who desired the association of Lord Rāmacandra in conjugal love. Rāmacandra had given them the benediction that they would be present for the advent


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Lord Rāmacandra they wanted to enjoy with Him. Lord Rāmacandra gave them the benediction that their


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Rāmacandra. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who appear as Lord Vāsudeva, Lord


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worshiped by all devotees as the chief of the Raghu dynasty, Lord Rāmacandra. Let me offer my


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, Rāmacandra was carried from Laṅkā to Bhārata-varṣa on a plane of flowers, called a puṣpa-ratha. Kṛṣṇa

when Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Lord Rāmacandra they wanted to enjoy with Him. Lord Rāmacandra gave them

, Rāmacandra was carried from Laṅkā to Bhārata-varṣa on a plane of flowers, called a puṣpa-ratha


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that Kṛṣṇa was born in a kṣatriya family previous to this birth and was known as Rāmacandra. In that . So Lord Rāmacandra, as a kṣatriya, should have fought with Vāli face to face, but, instigated by His


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born in a kṣatriya family previous to this birth and was known as Rāmacandra. In that birth, instead Rāmacandra, as a kṣatriya, should have fought with Vāli face to face, but, instigated by His friend, He


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, in which Lord Rāmacandra was also born, and he happened to be the son of a great king known as

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Rāmacandra was also born, and he happened to be the son of a great king known as Māndhātā. He himself was

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“My Lord Rāmacandra wanted to construct a bridge over the ocean, and I saw personally how the ocean to give way and allow Rāmacandra to cross to the island known as Laṅkā. [This island is now said to other than my Lord Rāmacandra. No one else has such immeasurable strength; no one else could defeat me in this way.”


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the time of Lord Rāmacandra, so he did not take the valuable jewel as something he very much needed. He gave it to his young son to play with as a toy.


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understand that You are the same Supreme Personality of Godhead whom I worship as Lord Rāmacandra.


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devotee of the Lord since the time of Lord Rāmacandra, so he did not take the valuable jewel as are the same Supreme Personality of Godhead whom I worship as Lord Rāmacandra. “My Lord Rāmacandra Rāmacandra to cross to the island known as Laṅkā. [This island is now said to be Ceylon. Lord Rāmacandra. No one else has such immeasurable strength; no one else could defeat me in this way.” Lord


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visiting this place, He gradually proceeded toward Setubandha, the place where Lord Rāmacandra Kanyākumārī was also visited by Lord Rāmacandra, and therefore it is to be understood that the Rāmacandra lived while in exile. Lord Balarāma next came to the bank of the river Narmadā, the biggest


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place where Lord Rāmacandra constructed the stone bridge from India to Laṅkā (Ceylon). In this


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known there as Kanyākumārī. This temple of Kanyākumārī was also visited by Lord Rāmacandra, and


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Kṛṣṇa was his former master, Lord Rāmacandra, the husband of Sītā. Not knowing the identity of Lord fatigued, he could understand that since no one but Lord Rāmacandra could defeat him, his opponent , Lord Kṛṣṇa, must be the same Lord Rāmacandra. He thus came to his senses and immediately returned

Daṇḍakāraṇya. This is the same Daṇḍakāraṇya forest where Lord Rāmacandra lived while in exile. Lord


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former master, Lord Rāmacandra, the husband of Sītā. Not knowing the identity of Lord Kṛṣṇa, my , he could understand that since no one but Lord Rāmacandra could defeat him, his opponent, Lord Kṛṣṇa , must be the same Lord Rāmacandra. He thus came to his senses and immediately returned the


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life. It is said by Lord Rāmacandra, “I always give confidence and security to anyone who


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It is said by Lord Rāmacandra, “I always give confidence and security to anyone who surrenders unto

Lord Rāmacandra in conjugal love. Rāmacandra had given them the benediction that they would be present


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of Lord Rāmacandra. As we have explained in the First Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the king was so just as an arrow released from the Śārṅga bow of Lord Rāmacandra penetrated the army of Rāvaṇa. Su


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of his parents. Similarly, such responsibility was there during the time of Lord Rāmacandra. As we


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penetrated the darkness just as an arrow released from the Śārṅga bow of Lord Rāmacandra penetrated the


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Hare Krsna!

I was with a man named Jack Denver in the Mid-South of Peru in about 1839 in the universe of the 8-headed Brahma after our morning siesta, say about 1 or 2PM.

As often it was blow'm up a storm and one of the dogs had broken loose, first smashed into me then into Jack who grabbed it and began to give a fierce dutch rub on account of being a victim of nature, and that damed dog was try'n to take apiece out o' Jack like the size of a jack rabbit and squirm'n like a snake when Jack lost his own foot'n and began to sail across the coral until he dug both feet in and drug to a stop. well that was Oll Korrect but I suddenly got blowed into the same tussle and smashed into him about three feet airborn and we both flew across the the rest of the coral and hit the South Wall with a bang.


the dog, Pack Beamer, flew over the the fence into the canal and bounced of the wall down there and scratched behind his ear a few times, then sat up proper and howled and then began to sniff around to figure out where he was (an probably who he was).


we'll it let up a little and came back to normal and Jack and I got back to normal and began to look around for what had blowed in during the morning nap and was actually some quarter mile below the ranch when it struck us.


There was the normal hair pins and hat racks, and gauches of, "It could have been worse",

but the real funny thing was the body of a feller with a funny hair cut and the dead man's grin the size of a watermelon on his face and a book gripped so tight in his hand that read:

KRSNA The Supreme Personality of Godhead.


Well

Jack

and

me

had never heard of such and out land ish thing in ne'r to thirty five years in the Out-Down-In of Peru, so we sat right down and read from it.

It was OUTLANDISH!

Tribble snot!!!


It was as tall as a man's had stretch and had outlandish pitures with sme prim'tive grouch.

it was by A.C. Back tee vee dan tah, and he said he had heard it all from an old guy who know just whas he was say'n, who heard it from... that went back five thousand years before the present kings of Benin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin


Hare Krsna, Hare Rama.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/kb/61/#bb91977 

"Although Rukmī was a veritable enemy of Kṛṣṇa, he had great affection for his sister, Rukmiṇī, and wanted to please her in all respects. On this account, when Rukmiṇī’s grandson Aniruddha was to be married, Rukmī offered his granddaughter Rocanā to Aniruddha. Such a marriage between immediate cousins is not very much sanctioned by the Vedic culture, but in order to please Rukmiṇī, Rukmī offered his daughter and granddaughter to the son and grandson of Kṛṣṇa, respectively. In this way, when the negotiation of the marriage of Aniruddha with Rocanā was complete, a big marriage party accompanied Aniruddha and started from Dvārakā. They traveled until they reached Bhojakaṭa, which Rukmī had colonized after his sister had been kidnapped by Kṛṣṇa. This marriage party was led by the grandfather, namely Lord Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by Lord Balarāma, and it included Kṛṣṇa’s first wife, Rukmiṇī, His son Pradyumna, Jāmbavatī’s son Sāmba and . . "


Let's face facts. You take a chance on somth'n because you look the author in the eye and see if he is a straight shooter. A long look in his eye, and then you begin to follow the treasure map he gives you.

Science is a treasure map,

don't take it as anything else!

Yet it got such a limited view that's its about as useful as that sled dog, Pack Beamer, try'n to get 'is landmarks by sniffing the ass of his nearest neighbor.

Don't get me wrong.

I got a lot of respects for folks who can do that and get things like anti beeotick sulfa drugs when you need them, but you just gotta admit that ain't a fraction of what's really happening.

Get your brains outa your butt and start putt'n two and two together as the wind is blow'n around you.

maybe you'll find another treasure, and the wind blows stuff in after the early siesta.

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Paul Pack'rd


Kd-pc : Report or monkey blabber

3 years, 5 months ago by harsh_horse in Special Category B

Hare Krsna, Maharaj, PAMHO, AGTSP


we heard your lecture on 22 nov 2021, where you said, that spiritual master gives one seed, then VAD is the fencing, HC [hearing chanting] is watering it.


we are not formally taking seed [diksa], we can water, but we are not sure of fence [eating garlic?] . we will still water it, so that it becomes strong like tree and does not need fence.


ASA/TB - Fence is four principles. Don't need fence can be like saying I am gasoline that does not react to fire. Men are like gasoline and women are like fire [sp]. so, we have to have a fence. chanting will help us 99% to eventually build a fence, but faster if we try to do it manually also.


there is one revelation, which we are making public.


we were never confident of our skills as padre or esposo. we knew we could earn. but local devotees/authorities urged that we should have a child. in 2010 oct, we with them as part of south india yatra, went to place where Dasrathji did Yagya for his sons. There were marks of Rama's feet. On subtle level we prayed at those feet, that we will beget a child, even if we are not convinced, as guru mukhya param vakya.


again before Garbhdan samskar, we bowed to Jagannath, now you take care of whatver happens.


our son was born on Kartik poornima of 2011. and it has been tremendous gift from SPOG.

it has been tremendous journey with him esp the devotional ones. we have not spoken/seen him for 18 months because esposa has overshadowed him.


Anyways, we will be glad to leave our body while thinking about his devotional activities.

all pains are sanctioned by SPOG. He is under control.


on the other hand,

we have whatsapped Pancha-Tattva ji for ASA-e.



regards,

Padre Caballo born on Indian Land



HpS/ASA - We are reading this with Panca-tattva Das. Your letters are always very enlivening to us. We answered the earlier "asa[e]" letter. we are like a 1925 Chinese infantry regiment, no? Just keep going in the right direction, half trained, half equiped but with strong desire to serve.

See you tonight.

We are sure Pariksit is thinking of you.

KD-PC: ASA-E

3 years, 5 months ago by harsh_horse in Special Category B

previous letter 12658


Hare Krsna Maharaj,

PAMHO, AGTSP


this link https://1drv.ms/w/s!Aiwe2qLAAyANg4QHi_PB58dwJPMMQw?e=EX6wIj is NOT a ggole doc.

This is microsoft word online.


please see if the format is fine.


horse


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AGTSP

paoho


Format is like 77% perfect. all you can hope for in kali yuga is 80%.

Sitting with Pancha tattva das. just reviewed everything. without his and your association would maybe never get to this. thank you. now we will look at your more recent letter and call you at 8PM/6.30AM Peru Time/IST.



URGENT! Kapi Dhvaja 18th November 2021

3 years, 5 months ago by Patrak das in Special Category A

Hare Krishna, Dear gurudeva!!!!!!!!!!!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to you.


Please accept our obeisances.

 

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!!!

Always trying to keep a good sadhana. This 2 years have been good for us, because we could follow a good sadhana in a sane schedule. We hope next year we can continue doing that.


HpS - Let us really, really, hope that we will never have to deviate ever again!!!


Still planning what to do next year. This week we have some interviews with some schools. Let see what is the best for us in order to keep in mind your advice. "How will this help me chant better rounds! ".


Health is ok. tomorrow we have our virtual appointment.


Family is fine. Thanks to virtuality, we can hear and watch some of your lectures.


Thanks a lot for this Wonderful bulletin.

EDT (Patrak das & Antuanette )


HpS - Everytime we write the Kapi Dhvaja now we are thinking of you. Sometimes we let our selves us colloquial phrases and jargon that is hard to translate, so be just as colorful in Spanish!!

A few more issues and we will be into a new system.

Soon you may be director of a school.