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!!!

Dear Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP

Maharaj, thank you so much for your time and wonderful guidance despite so many health problems! You dedication to serving Guru and Krsna is unfathomable 🙏!

HpS - Hmmm! 60% sincere??? AGTSP!!!!

My limited capacity, becomes enough due to your guidance 🙏. Trying to maintain decent sadhana. Chant 16 rounds 5:30am (sometimes unable due to insomnia/anxiety caused by marriage. Those days I try to chant up to 32rnds to make up for it). 1hr hearing daily, and 1hr reading (not stable yet). Aartis I haven't been able to include yet. Cleaning and cooking regularly. Trying to add nice words of praise spoken to husband daily to this list as part of my sadhana.

HpS - 🙂 We really really hope that your marriage becomes nice!!! Yet, is Kali yuga so maybe it will be a well fought failure! 😁 Even that is very satisfying and then we die! How many husbands have we had in how many lives??? Krsna is waiting for us and all those husbands and others to get back in the proper place. 🙄

Sometimes his mood is very tough to handle. He has assumed a mood of my way or highway very strongly, so when I find it deeply humiliating I take shelter of hearing. I've decided not to speak any harsh words. I understand any confrontation means I have to yield, otherwise there will be a head on collision. Most unpleasant interactions I have resolved by rerouting my methods of fulfilling my needs to not incorporating him. I experienced unforseen difficulties in above practices when we went out on weekend and shared hotel room (our sleep schedules are almost 4hrs apart) and when I got very sick recently. Some expectation for love and care appeared in my heart, but was met with invalidation. I understood to not expect anything from him even in the worst situations.

HpS - Hmm! That is real love. Love is not a sentimental reaction. It putting the welfare of others first. What was Mandodari's relation with Ravana?

I struggle to assume mood of "how can I serve". Whenever consciousness is deteriorating I hear lecture to survive this phase of marriage. Recently I heard that although Kunti Maharani herself was going through so many difficulties, when she met Krsna she was enquiring about the welfare of others 🙏.

HpS - .... and still she fell victim to the beautiful smile of Surya Deva?? 🙂 After killing Duhsasanan, Bhima addresses him say, 'Farwell cousin, we were not born to be happy."

Such exalted personalities. I'm trying my best 🙏. Some days I feel a lot of dismay, is it going to stay like this forever.

HpS - No.

Then I have to remind myself, nothing stays the same for long.

HpS - Yes! Just a fact!!! What's next???

But this narrative of don't tolerate insult, don't stay where people don't respect you, don't deserve you is so loud at times, it drowns out the be self-satisfied, compassionate, forgive, tolerate for higher principle narrative. Again at such times I try to hear 🙏 and reset consciousness.

HpS - Have some fun. Be enthusiastic to help people in their Dharma, but also have some patience and some nice time with your brother.

We have a question regarding intimacy in marriage, as an application of the 4th relative principle 🙏.

HpS - Ooops! 🙊 🙉 🙈 😎 This doesn't seem like a topic for a Sannyasi. For this you need an Ashrama guru. Nice Ghrastha lady in ISKCON. It is like the Pandavas had Dhaumya and Drona as two different types of Gurus.

We are Diksa gurus, and Siksa gurus in certain terms?

Going to be initiated soon?

Follow deleted?

xxx

I guess this letter is an account of my strugglesome, shaking practice 🙏, my lack of spiritual intelligence to fathom how to act in the situation and my many strong anarthas 😔🙏.

HpS - Interesting. That is mostly why we write the Kapi Dhvaja!

We have and continue to survive only by hearing your loving voice in our mind 🙏. Our only motivation now, to not fail you, who have invested so much in us from childhood. All other material reasons to remain in this marriage Krsna has mercifully shattered 😂.

Your aspiring servant,

Yajnaseni DD

HpS - If you have to walk out of any situation on to the street with nothing but your breath, to save your constant Hari Kirtan, do it. Then Krsna will give you a nice place to sit down and after doing more Hari Kirtan he will give you intelligence how to confront the situation, and He will also take a personal hand in the situation while you are out in the fresh air!!

Then they will add our names to the list:

Kunti.

Draupadi.

Mandodari.

...

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I would like to thank you, Gurumaharaja, for your response to my last letter.

Since I last wrote, things in my life have changed dramatically, so an update feels appropriate.

ASA - !!! 💨

Due to complications with my partner's job, we have relocated to Ogden, Utah, a town about 45 minutes north of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda's temple in Salt Lake City. I have been chanting at least 8 of my 16 rounds at the temple almost every day. I am attempting to meet the Devotees here so that I will be able to have some association. The temple does not open until 7:00 am, so I am still doing mangala arti alone at home, but once I am situated in our new home I am hoping I can find local devotees with whom to have a proper morning program.

HpS - We have been doing online for like ten years. Yes, live is super, but as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young said, as we remember, if you can't be with the one you love, then love the one your with. Loving online Mangala arati is a conscious process!!!

I also plan on returning to San Diego in early November so that I can celebrate Govardhana Puja with Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari and Their faithful servitors in Their holy dham.

I am chanting 16 rounds, following the four regulative principles, regularly going to the temple and actively seeking out the association of local devotees. Most of my book are in storage, but I am reading daily from Bhagavad Gita and NOI.

Your aspiring servant,

Nityananda-rama dasa

HpS - If you follow this process you will get stronger and stronger!!! More and more awake. Move as fast as you can. Make local people devotees so you can have immediate association!

Read the KRSNA book daily!!!!

Hare Krsna, beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

It was really rewarding and thought provoking been there with all of you.

HpS - The same for us! Every day in Bhakti yoga is more intense!!

Chanting rounds in contact with mother nature and my spiritual god sisters and brother, it was really gratifying for our soul. We did some gem therapy with Yugala and Mitravinda. Both were very thankful specially Mitravinda.

HpS - We've mentioned before that we have allergy so often in the Spring, but one year we had a big pearl on our Japa beads and not allergy. The one you gave us kept falling off. 

At lunch on Saturday you mentioned that it will be good if Ananga manjari dd (M Hare Krsna's daughter) may participate in the movie.

HpS - Awk! Not "will be good" but "might be good". Ourselves we don't know how the movie is going to develop. The Director says the same. This kind of documentary starts with a plan but 90% of the content and structure can change after the first serious encounter with the real situation. Eg. if the Philemon Foundation want us to come to London and do a Semester Seminar everything changes!! Yet, the participation of Rupa anuga Prabhu, Prof. Behar, Ananga... would be so important.

I talked to her mother today and both agree. Nevertheless, they want to know, if she is going to perform Sita? or maybe a Raksasi, the color of the outfit, if it should be elegant or simple maybe a little script, or maybe you want another character, what is the main idea?.

And the dates for the filming.

Regarding transportation, she has a car but is only asking that the organization pay for the gas. And prasadam facilities.

HpS - Awk!

please tell them that we are still in the planning stages but will certainly introduce them into the Directors cognizance!!!!  Thank you.

Besides Palika, me, and so forth are working on the idea of your Sri Vyasa Puja 2022. So do you have any idea about the program itself. We will present the suggestion here and start working on it.

HpS - Only idea so far is that Subra devi dasi and Caitanya caritamrta Das are buying ticket so come at that time and participate. Also Priya-sakhi and Jagannatha Carana Das may come from Chile.

It seems that some simple method of accommodation would be nice.

It also seems that we have to beat again and again and again on the fact that it is our, HpS' vyasa puja, only in the perspective of practical glorifying all the members of Vyasadeva's parampara. As much you two as us three (HpS, TB, BW).

1. What do you want to do? What should you do?
2. What do you want to, should, do with other who have answered question 1?
3. Based on 1 and 2, what is a plan, schedule, content?
4. Based on 1, 2, 3 what resources, size of cake, do we need?

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Again thanks Gurudeva thank you all so much for your association, for me was an undeserved boon to be there with Your very good self and the devotees.

Trying to be useful

CMDD

PS one of my cats Francesco is at the hospital :(

TB - Be sure he gets as much Prasadam and Hari Kirtan as possible. Is casi cierto su proxima vida va a ser ser humano!!!!!