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paoho
Did the Kapi Dhvaja yesterday and giving lots of classes. Our internet is being improved, so we have a weak connection now, but did a few letters. Priority to those who use the Priority Code from the current day given in the FMP and each fortnight in the KDh.
Our eyes are gone.
Push them any more and it will be permanent damage.
We are actually changing the world.
Chanting all the time to see where to apply our efforts in Srila Prabhupada's army.
See you soon!!!
Hare Krsna, Guruji Maharaja, Dandavat Pranam!
All Glories to Sri Krsna, Sri Gouranga Mahaprabhu, and Goura Bhakta Brinda.
Please accept my humble obeisances unto the padmacharan of Guruji Maharajah that I am so so sorry that I could not communicate You the opinion of H.H. Bhakti Ananda Haridasa Goswami Maharaja in relation to my previous letter. He came from Gauhati yesterday only, He advise me to talk directly when He is in Manipur, Imphal so I wait and took a long time. As Guruji’s desire, I am enclosing herewith His writings as under : “ Regarding my experience about PARNALIKA SYSTEM of devotional service or Gopi Bhava seva ……… I was being an initiated devotee of the said path would like to inform you that it is not at all authentic as well as it is a disciplic succession. To serve Krsna as in the form of one of the gopis plus manjuris as entitled or selected according to one’s initial local pseudo spiritual master ……. what is not at all practical today. But a few of our fanatic Manipuri Vaisnavas appreciate this culture as sublime ……. that is all.”
In the discussion, it is also mentioned that “at the time of Sannyasa only, this matter is discussed”. It means that, Gurujis (Sanyasis) got the names of Sakhi-Manjari). If it is true, then we are unqualified, OK. No need to think about it on our stage.
Really speaking, I was influenced by Partha Sarathi Das & Nanda Gopa (Nandakishore Sharma) and came to ISKCON. They are my Shiksha Gurus. The ideas of Shakhi-Manjari are the opinion/guideline of them. They have experience with both systems and continue as ISKCON bhaktas. Now, my simple question is what is harmful to following the path observing the ISKCON rules? As I had mentioned earlier in my previous letter that I want to take the Sakhi-Manjari name as ISKCON bhakta. Guruji! Save me from the Nama Aparadhas no. 3 of the 10 (to disobey the instructions of Spiritual Master). Yes, it is fact that the Manipuri Vaisnavas are not observing the four principles.
Guruji! I am so so sorry, excuse me thousands of times because I had wasted Guruji’s valuable time, energy, and mind unnecessarily for an unqualified (kaniska) bhakta.
Yours fallen servant,
Yamunesvara Das
HpS - No, not waste of time. These are important topics to discuss. First thing is I don't know the details of the Manjari yoga system that exists in Manipur. That is why I suggested you talk with Haridasa Maharaja.
In general, we are following Rupa Goswami as authorized representative of Lordby Caitanya. We have Bhakti rasamrta sindhu which is complete science of Bhakti yoga Srila Prabhupada's summary study, Nectar of Devotion, and then other books by him and Sanatana Goswami etc. Our Sampradaya is well versed in the teachings and practice of Lord Caitanya's path.
This is summarized in Nectar of INstruction in the last paragraph of Text Eight. Also, in the verse adau sraddha... We do not have to take Sannyasa formally to realize our intimate relationship with Krsna. Even in Grhasta ashrama like Bhakti vinode Thakura we can go through:
At the level of ruci, after becoming fixed like a Swami in following four principles, Mangala arati, all the practices, we can begin to experience our Svarupa and stimulate that realization. It may be Manjari bhava or it may be as one of Krsna's flutes or garlands, or as one of his parents, uncles etc.
At that point we realize our name and service in the spiritual world, by waking up!
O.K.
Read 7 and 8 in NOI and see if it becomes clear.
Dear Guru Maharaja
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
It was wonderful to meet you and get your association in Houston. Thank you very much for giving us an opportunity to serve you.
In the Dallas Bhakti Sastri program, we just completed the Bhagavad Gita and are going to start the Nectar of Devotion module on 31-October-2021. We would be very grateful if you can give the first class of NoD module covering the Preface and Introduction. Our classes are between 2-4 pm CST. This is the last module of this Bhakti Sastri batch and the students will greatly benefit from hearing from you.
Your servant
Srinatha Krsna dasa
HpS - We answered your Alert in Whatsapp. Let us do a general perspective that we did as part of our NoD class for Radha Desa BV College. It comes from Prof. David Haberman's Intro to his BRS translation. K. Kstra Swami and Radhika ramana Das appreciate his work.
Students find it extremely practical and inspiring reading of the NoD.
Hare Krishna, Gurudev,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,
Here we are struggling with our purification!!
HpS - Here we are doing the same!!
Thank you so much for all you are giving to human society!!
HpS - Again, the same to you and so many good people in this world, no?
We were thinking our life is tough, then we heard about Bangladesh devotees.
Our dear wife Julieta is 34 weeks pregnant, a baby girl, Margarita. We were extra busy making arrangements for new family member and we lost our Japa pace. We chanted 6 rounds for two weeks, then we Started to feel dull and we realized that nothing is worthy without 16R 4P.
HpS - Yes, again and again we realize that trying to do anything, having accepted Srila Prabhupada, Lord Caitanya, as our Acharyas, without nice rounds is like trying to increase our work by giving up eating properly. Everything will increase at the maximum possible rate if we increase our Japa vrata in intensity and purity.
We are back in track. We feel there is no better place to be in than Iskcon. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
ASA - !!!
We have the fortune to witness everyday how everybody is suffering in this external energy, dhukalayam asavatam. So even though we can remember this on a daily basis, we have no taste for Japa, we just do it to feel better, as a duty.
HpS - Yet, I suspect that the medicine is working and you are changing at the root. Tada gada mula hantri. Our Yoga, religion, may not change the superficial stuff so much, but it reaches for the root. Then the tree full of snakes on the banks of the river will just wash away in the flood of death because it has no roots.
Maybe we can go to Santa Eulalia to visit you in february. We admire how my godbrothers are serving you.
HpS - You can act as a representative of much of the population of ISKCON Argentina. We can organize a symposium on medical science and the Vedas.
We are helping to push Sri Govardhan rural project. Trying to serve devotees here!!
Family, work and health are ok.
Thank you Gurudev,
You are a lighthouse,
Your fool apprentice,
Nikunja Bihari das.
ASA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret Margarita means pearl !?
JAY SRI SRI GURU Y GAURANGA!!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada and his loyal disciples, like you, who have the attitude and determination to follow his instructions at all times and in all kinds of contexts. JAYA !!
First of all, it seems important to me to make a precision. ART das has been and is trying to serve you as efficiently as possible and although he lacks a lot to be a first class servant, even so, he is trying, but, prioritizes other things and does not give me time to express myself, which is a mistake, because if he is very busy anyway my report could be short and say "now we are super busy doing such a service and point" so I want to start this report by apologizing for this involuntary absence from in the blog. Done the precision, we started, this report, we have divided it into three parts:
PART I, FILM “DIARY OF A TRAVELING CREATURE, THE DEFINITIVE JOURNEY”. To analyze the details of the film SS HpS and the filmmaker Raúl Zevallos have had several fruitful meetings, at one point Raúl said: “Maharaja, you are very creative and you have so many ideas that, for me to take them to cinematography, I would need, not 6 months but 6 years ”.
As a result of these dialogues, we are currently in the CONSOLIDATION process which will culminate next Sunday 24 with a filming schedule based on four points:
1) AEC, daily spiritual activities, to record that part, Pablo Rivasplata (director of photography) will stay in Nueva Asoka-van for 11 days in a row.
2) SAC, academic and cultural Sankirtana through interviews with different personalities from Latin America (Ramon Mujica, Héctor Béjar and others) and from the USA (Radhika Raman, mother Subra and others) ASA - Sonu Shaymdasani et al!
3) EFE, ephemeris: Govardhana Hill (November 5), the disappearance of Srila Prabhupada (November 7). In this area there is also the International Symposium of Tribute to Srila Prabhupada for the 125 years of his Glorious Appearance, an event scheduled for the last week of November, and Maharaja's Vyasa-puja on January 3, 2022.
4) ETE, thematic axes based on the conferences that Maharaja has developed throughout his trip: 1.- World classical literature. 2.- Science and the Vedas. 3.- Bhaktivedanta Library-Books are the foundation. 4.- Interfe Dialogue and 5.- Practical Arts.
Maharaja am I forgetting something?
HpS - That we also forget things, so some thing is certainly forgotten.
PART II ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT. For the “Rama vijayotsava” Festival, the victory of SRI RAMA and the death of Ravana, on Friday the 15th, we did our first professional broadcast from New Asoka-van. Then on Sunday 17, at the Temple of Understanding in Chosica, SS Hanumatpresaka Swami gave his first face-to-face class along with a short cultural program, that day the filmmakers went with two professional cameras to record details of the festival, it was a very intense day. JAY SRI RAMA!!
PART III SOLARIS JOURNAL No 6
At the same time, SOLARIS has organized a painting contest and the tale of 108 words. We congratulate the devotees of Spain for their enthusiastic participation (they have sent 5 drawings, a poem and a story), we hope to see soon the work of the Goswami Academy in Houston and the devotees of Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Peru. Some suggestion?
That is all I can report for now, thank you so much for your merciful understanding of my humble service.
HARE KRISHNA, JAY SRI SRI PARAMA KARUNA GAURA-NITAY!!
HpS - It is third class!!!! Congratulations! It will save the world!!! Thank Bh. M.
Hare Krsna Gurudeva
Por favor acepte mis reverencias
Todas las Glorias a nuestro muy Misericordioso Srila Prabhupada y
Todas las Glorias a Usted y su búsqueda de oportunidades para expandir el Sankirtan de Su Divino Maestro.
Gurudeva, en el Kapi Dhvaja usted preguntó: "¿ustedes lo leen? ¿Vale la pena?"
Me permito responder desde mi perspectiva:
Sí, lo leemos y creemos que vale mucho la pena. 😃
Le agradezco de corazón su esfuerzo por mantenernos informados e involucrados en sus trascendentales esfuerzos. 🙏
Debido a su pregunta, he pensado que quizá, yo también podría tomarme un tiempo para recapitular y observar ¿Qué estoy haciendo? ¿Cuáles son mis prioridades? ¿Cuáles son los planes? ¿Cuáles son nuestros recursos y quiénes son nuestros asociados?
Parece que eso podría ayudar a tener una mejor perspectiva y de ser necesario ajustar el enfoque.
Por ahora estoy trabajando sinceramente para re-construirme desde mi actual condición y aunque lo más difícil de este proceso es intentar perdonarme a mi misma, estoy trabajando sincera y pacientemente para enmendar mis errores, confiando en que nuestro Misericordioso Señor Hari se encargará del resto.
Muchas gracias por su ejemplo, inspiración y guía Guru Maharaja.
Su torpe aspirante a Sirviente
Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi
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Hare Krsna Gurudeva
Please accept my obeisances
All Glories to our most Merciful Srila Prabhupada and
All Glories to You and your search for opportunities to expand the Sankirtan of Your Divine Master.
Gurudeva, in the Kapi Dhvaja you asked, "Do you read it? Is it worth it?"
Let me answer from my perspective:
Yes, we read it and we think it is very worth it. 😃
I thank you from the bottom of your heart for your efforts to keep us informed and involved in your momentous endeavors. 🙏
Because of his question, I thought that maybe, I too could take some time to recap and observe what am I doing? What are my priorities? What are the plans? What are our resources and who are our partners?
It seems that this could help to get a better perspective and adjust the focus if necessary.
For now I am working sincerely to rebuild myself from my current condition and although the most difficult part of this process is trying to forgive myself, I am working sincerely and patiently to make amends for my mistakes, trusting that our Merciful Lord Hari will take care of the rest.
Thank you very much for your example, inspiration and guidance Guru Maharaja.
His clumsy would-be Servant
Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi
HpS - Thank you! We do not what has happened in your war against the Tiger, Maya, but one thing is for sure, the SB is full FULL F U L L of stories of the "fall-downs" of different aspiring devotees, yogis and Karmis. There are so many challenges we have to surpass but we have the association of Srila Prabhupada in his books and through our association in ISKCON!
So nice.
It is just a matter of waking up. Getting good association. Getting back to our normal condition and taking up our normal life again after this ridiculous adventure in the external energy!
Please understand who we are through all these online programs etc!!! and then give us the mercy of your association!
Jaya Radhe! Krsna, Krsna, Hare Hare!!!
