Personal Sadhana Report

4 years, 11 months ago by Yamuneswar Das in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna, Guruji Maharaja, Dandavat Pranam!


HpS - !!! How wonderful. Association with Manipuri Vaisnavas!!!

 

All Glories to Sri Sri Jagadbandhu, Balabhadra and Subhadra, Ki Jay,

Sri Krsna, Sri Gouranga Mahaprabhu and Goura Bhakta Brinda.

 

Please accept my humble obeisances unto the Padmacharan of Guruji Maharajah...


HpS - ASA - All glories to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada!


... that some of the ISKCON bhaktas suggested to me that the Vol. 10 of Bhagavatam should not be touch, it is not for general bhaktas.


HpS - Srila Prabhupada gave us the KRSNA book very early in our development of ISKCON. With Srila Prabhupada's and later Hrdayananda Maaharaja and Gopi parana Dhana Das' commentaries it seems safe to try to read it for nice ISKCON devotees like you and me. If Chapters 29-34 are too agitating, then we will know that and will make proper decisions what parts to read.


And in the beginning, it is mentioned that the Bhagavatam should be read vol. 1 to 12 one after another, but in the introduction of Vol. 6, it is mentioned that any volume has equal value so we can take up any volume according to our requirements.


HpS - Yes. BG 10.11. Tells us Krsna directs the reading a proper initiated devotee. He talks with friends naturally about what to read.


Now I am reading Vol. 10 as revise. It is strongly suggested that without the knowledge of Ras Panchadhya of Vol. 10, no one can understand the real story (Prema ras) of Radha & Krsna.

On the other hand, I am also reading some selected books translated in Manipur such as Ras Panchadhyai of Bhagavatam, Bhajan tattva Chintamani, Sadhan Bhakti Amrita Lahari. It is recommended by Manipuri beisnavas for increasing spiritual sadhana and bhakti seva. These books narrated the asta kal seva, sakhi manjaris, eight directions of Yogapitha of Raslila and sadhak sidhok, gamana gaman, svakiya & parikiya bhava. Some Gayatris & Mantras of Nityanananda, Gouranga, Radha, Krsna. Luckily, I had collected these books more than 10 years before initiation.

I could not complete the book "Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu" it is very very difficult to understand and applied in our simple life.


HpS - Yes, BRS, is very concentrated. Srila Prabhupada has given us a summary study as Nectar of Devotion, and H. H. Dhanurdhara Swami wrote Waves of Devotion which was great help in our being able to understand it. Really we have to understand it to understand the other Rasa sastras. Should be some nice devotees in ISKCON Manipura who can help you. Make a study group with them. We can give suggestions to them.


Sometimes I can see Guruji's lectures on Facebook but could not grasp the sound and meaning. Nowadays, there are so many lectures on Bhagavatam and Gita by ISKCON Bhaktas in Hindi. It helps me so much and unknown stories and incidents of Krsna Bhaktas and Krsna.


HpS - !


Guruji! please rsibad and inspire me to increase my spiritual standard understand the swibya lilas of Radha-Krsna. Without the guidance of Diksha Guru, all our sevas and sadhanas are useless/fruitless. I am practicing sadhok-sidhok seva after following Gurujis footsteps.


I could not write letters in this month, excuse me again.


Yours fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das


HpS - Your studies seem nice, but seems you need a partner, local Siksa guru. Vana mali Das??? Can't remember names of nice Brahmanas there?


Can you explain the verse: https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/10/#bb1200 ?

That is good test of whether you are ready to focus on SB 10.29-34

Visita New Ashokavan, Murfeesboro?

4 years, 11 months ago by hps in Calendar Development

El Siervo del Poseedor de Jambu escribió:

"Hare Krishna querido Gurudeva! Por favor acepte mis mas humildes reverencias! todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! le saluda su discípulo y sirviente Jambavan Das, quería preguntarle si podría visitarlo en Nashville la quincena de Agosto, le pregunto desde ahora porque usted debe tener una agenda muy ocupada y no deseo incomodarlo. Le comento que ya estoy vacunado contra el covid. Muchas gracias por su atención. Su sirviente Jambavan Das"


HpS - ASA --- AGTSP!!!! paoho.... En el Kapi Dhvaja actual: http://www.jayarama.us/news.htm, hay nuestra Calendario. Puede ver, no? Desafortunada dentro 2-24 Agosto somos en Boise, Idaho.

24 Agosto - 15 Septiembre estamos en Nashville. Posible puede visitar dutante estas dias, pero AVISO vivimos como osos en el bosque, como su Senyor, Jambavan.


Blessings - Disease

4 years, 11 months ago by hps in Personal Sadhana Reports

Devotee writes:

"Perdon me Gurudev. Your one disciple Smt Indumukhi devi dasi is not well in health for long three months as post covid suffrting. Kindly bless her for early recover."


HpS - Thank you for the news. Where is she? Which city, state. We just cannot remember everyone we initiate, especially when they don't keep much communication. 😕


Please convey our respects to her.


Draupadi had to be drug into the assembly of the game of dice and publicly humiliated, but it was part of a larger plan.


So, we pray that Mataji have great determination and enthusiasm to relate to her material situation and by engaging in devotional service: 16-nice rounds, 4-principles strictly, she understand what Krsna wants her to do in His ESSENTIAL Sankirtan movement.


If she is pure Krsna can and wants to use her to do great things.

Manuel's 4th Report

4 years, 11 months ago by manuel in Special Category A

JAYA, SRI SRI GURU AND GAURANGA !!

 

ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA !! and his loyal and dedicated disciples like you.


HpS - 🐷


On Saturday, June 19, it was unanimously agreed to unite the technical team and the communications team of SOLARIS-Hispánico (in total there are 10 members), everyone is happy, this is manifested in the enthusiastic and devotional atmosphere of the integrated team.


ASA - Supreme Absolute Undifferentiated Commando (SAUC) - 👍 👍👍👍 👍


Three important points are currently being addressed.

1) A manual of functions to make the service of each member and their contribution more organized and efficient.

2) A marketing plan (mother Rati-manjari made a proposal). This week we have dealt with the topic The SOLARIS Brand And that the magazine offers, a summary below.

The SOLARIS Brand: As a means of communication we want to establish ourselves as a useful platform for interculturality and spirituality. Our thematic axes are based on the cultivation of the human spirit, within them we can mention the sacred, education, art, psychology, philosophy, ecology and world classical literature, among others. It's okay?


HpS - The Light of the Bhagavata seems a good example of Srila Prabhupada. It focuses on Cultivation of the Human Spirit and that included sacred, education, art... the don't need to be a separate effort, no?


What the magazine offers: SOLARIS offers a serious, tall, intense, sharp dialogue and at the same time a resilient path of personal and collective transformation. To fulfill this offer, SOLARIS has the following sections: perspectives, essays, articles, interviews, the cultural portal and reviews. Any suggestion?


3) Make a calendar and schedule of tasks and activities to monitor and ensure that the objectives set are met, for this, mother Govinda Pramodini has made a macro in Excel to fulfill this purpose.

Two more points:

First, the website will be ready in its beta version in Spanish this Friday, July 2.

Second, we have not yet received messages about the film in the email, [email protected], so we ask once again the members of the blog that if they have any photos or content that could be used for the film, send them to this mail.


HpS - Which film? DTC-UT? Need  photos and content for what part of that film?

It has been very nice to have extended conversations with you since you write this.

Of course NO NIOS funding can go on for any project until we get a formal connection between an Assistant Treasurer for Peru and Treasurer here.

We think DTC-UT should lead the ASA Sankirtan efforts. Its products can fill Solaris and novel things from Solaris can drive the film.

We don't think getting the Academic Accreditation is as important as making the magazine a vital cultural item. Here is an example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic.

Of course, academic respectability will follow, no?

If Krsna wants our work with Philemon Foundation will progress and be basis for a lot of other development for the film. Then, we need a 7-minute trailer fixing the idea of the film and some practical ideas for implementation.

O.K.?

Let us stay connected to Srila Prabhupada and remain strong.


That's all for now, thank you so much for tolerating my deficient service, JAY SRI RAMA!!


HpS - We are probably worse deficient.


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El sábado 19 de junio se acordó por unanimidad unir el equipo técnico y al equipo de comunicaciones de SOLARIS-Hispánico (en total hay 10 miembros), todos están contentos, eso se manifiesta en el ambiente entusiasta y devocional del equipo integrado.

Actualmente se está tratando tres puntos importantes.

1) Un manual de funciones para hacer más organizado y eficiente el servicio de cada miembro y su aporte.

2) Un plan de marketing (la madre Rati-manjari hizo una propuesta). Esta semana hemos tratado el tema La Marca SOLARIS Y que ofrece la revista, a continuación, un resumen.

La Marca SOLARIS: Como medio de comunicación queremos establecernos como una plataforma útil para la interculturalidad y la espiritualidad. Nuestros ejes temáticos están basados en el cultivo del espíritu humano, dentro de ellos podemos mencionar lo sagrado, la educación, el arte, la psicología, la filosofía, la ecología y la literatura clásica mundial, entre otros. ¿Está bien?


Que ofrece la revista: SOLARIS ofrece un dialogo serio, alturado, intenso, agudo y al mismo tiempo un camino resiliente de transformación personal y colectiva. Para cumplir este ofrecimiento SOLARIS tiene las siguientes secciones: perspectivas, ensayos, artículos, entrevistas, el portal cultural y reseñas. ¿Alguna sugerencia?

3) Hacer un calendario y cronograma de tareas y actividades para hacer un seguimiento y garantizar que se cumplan los objetivos trazados, para esto, la madre Govinda Pramodini ha hecho una macro en Excel para cumplir con este propósito.

Dos puntos más, primero, la página web va a estar lista en su versión beta en español este viernes 2 de julio. Segundo, aún no hemos recibido mensajes en torno a la película en el correo [email protected] por lo que le pedimos una vez más a los miembros del blog que si tienen alguna foto o contenido que pueda servir para la película lo envíen a este correo.

Regional Representantion Report 22

4 years, 11 months ago by Germán Vegas in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva

Please accept our sincere obeisances

Jay Srila Prabhupada!!


I am writing to you hoping that you are in very good health. Our prayers are always with you.


HpS - Thank you. AgtSP!!!!! ..... paoho .... Our health is O.K. We just have limited energy and we are trying to work for everyone's best interest in the best way we can. Thank you for your determination and tolerance. I think you must have a lot of help from your good wife?!


I tell you with joy that a Bhakti Vaibhava program is being organized based in ISKCON La Paz, being the administrator-examiner Mitravinda dd (currently representative of the ministry in Brazil and devotee with vast educational experience in the service of Dhanvantari Swami) and being LAD and Om Kesavaya prabhu official instructors. My role is limited to supporting coordination, especially in the first part of the process in which the file has to be prepared for BoEx approval. I believe that we must be prepared to receive those BS students who wish to continue with their studies. May Lord Jagannatha inspire and drive us always.


On the other hand, I have a question to ask you. I was listening to Caitanya Charan prabhu's interview with you last Tuesday. It is very interesting to learn to identify certain patterns present in the Gita resounding in other universal texts. You call archetypes that set of signs that characterize certain individuals and that represent the original paradigm of thought and behavior. Where do these archetypes come from? How can they be common to Hamlet and Arjuna? Is doubt human or divine? How are they related to rasa?


Thanks in advance for your reply


Ys

Gandharva das


HpS - Wonderful. Understand the student's natures and motives for studying and help them develop their service wonderfully. Expect a revolution.


https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/5/37/

Here is first time we know how the Priest/Magician, King, Merchant, Artesian/Laborer and described as part of the Virata Rupa. The VR is not just sensuous elements, it is also roles and persona that we can use, no?


https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/3/14/ and

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/3/15/ also describe the details of the Varna ashrama archetypes, no?


Then, as you suggest, there is an analysis of Servant, Friend, Parent, Lover in the Nectar of Devotion etc. It is a big topic and hard to write in detail, yet we think we can clarify these things more and more until our hearts are clear and we can use these material elements for Krsna.

You will play Dhrstarastra in your next life?

For Krsna!!

I can play Sakuni??


😎 Let the games begin! 😎

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Reunión con los aspirantes

Hare Krsna querido Gurumaharaja

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

¡ Todas las glorias a Sri Caitanya Mahaprabu y si glorioso movimiento de sankirtana!


El día de ayer prabhu Sankirtana se reunió con los aspirantes:

Iniciación Harinama

Marco Antonio Galván Torres

Marina Xihuitl Rendón González

Haidee Natyelli Coronel Garza

Segunda iniciación

Laghubhagavatamrta das

Arya Srestha das

Para conocer más de ellos, sus retos e intereses y ponerse a disposición para aconsejarlos, prabhu es un devoto de muchos años, observa bien su sadhana y estudio de las escrituras en el templo así que puede ser un buen siksha si los devotos lo desean. También recibió las referencias del encargado de servicios.


Respecto a los requisitos extras para iniciación que no son solicitados oficialmente el templo está evaluando con el GBC de la zona por los hechos de denuncias y violencia al templo ocurridos este año, sin embargo hay requisitos extras que si podrían aplicarse a quienes deseen vivir en el templo y no a los que desean tomar iniciación, en cuanto a pedir un perfil psicológico prabhu Sankirtana mencionó que en este caso no lo ve necesario porque ya conocen a los aspirantes.


Se les hizo el recordatorio que escriban al blog, que participen dentro de sus capacidades de uso de internet a los programas de ASA, programas en casa o en el templo si lo desean.

Prabhu Sankirtana tiene buenos recuerdos de usted y desea comunicarse en algún momento.


Es importante mencionar que la lista mencionada aún no tienen la recomendación, seguramente en estos días darán una respuesta.


Su eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd.


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HpS - O.K.

Hay otros Diksa gurus visitando al templo?

Ha pasado conflictos en terminos del edificio, pero hay un comunidad en buen comprehension de uno a otro en terminos de administracion y esfuerzas de Sankirtan?