My dear Maharaja,

Namaste! Jai SriRam!

I am struggling to convince my kids about creating regular meditation habit. So these days I have been contemplating a lot on “why one should meditate?”. 

As soon as we are born, it is guaranteed that we will die. But we don’t prepare ourselves on how to die. At the time of death, there won’t be any person or object outside with the person who is dying. Death is totally inner experience. Death means that body and senses have shut down i.e. no outside experience. 

One needs to be comfortable with one's own being at the time of death. For criminals, solitary confinement is the worst punishment. It is because most people are not at peace within their own being. We don't know for how long but we are sure to be without outside world at the time of death. For some, senses and body may weaken for months or weeks or for some it may be hours or minutes. But we will have to rest in one's our being in the end.

Meditation is method by which one rests in one's inner being. Meditation is being comfortable with our own being. It is preparation for death. 

After I was coming with this answer, I was reminded of the purpose of Bhagavatam and the questions of Parikshit. Parikshit asked the same question to Sukadeva about how one should die. Bhagavatam is answer to that question of how to die in right way.

Srimad Bhagavatam chapter 12/5 is the final conclusion of Parishit's question about how to die.

Regards,

Gaurav Mittal

HpS - ASA - Thank you. AGTSP! I read the chapter summary on vedabase.io. Was very nice, but Sukadeva Goswami's first answer is also very nice: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/1/11/

The verses before it highlight the comment.

"Hare Krsna". Hope the Kapi Dhvaja and our Blog posts can help you in this endeavor!!!

HK///HR

The K Dh is up at: http://www.jayarama.us/news.htm

No one has suggested a new Distribution List now that Yahoo groups have gone, so we will just post it here, Twitter and Radha Natabara Whatsapp group.

Thank you.

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We are looking for guest speakers for this Sunday (2/14) and also for Lord Nityananda Prabhu’s appearance day (2/25-Thursday night). We will be honored by your association if you can give class on one of those days depending on your availability. Will it be possible? Please let me know. Thank you for your time and consideration 

Your servant

Sri Radha Vallabha das

Miami

HpS - AGTSP. Paoho. Can we try to speak about Lord Nityananda on the 25th? 14th is coming up too fast.

Maharaj,

Obeisances. Jaya Prabhupada.

This is Balarama Dasa from San Diego. I was wondering if you’d be free to speak on a Sunday night via zoom here in SD ? I was thinking that you could speak on March 14 630pm to 730 pm.

Anyway Maharaja,

Please let me know what you think.

Your servant,

Balarama Dasa

HpS - ASA -- Thank you! Radha Giri-dhari, Ki Jai!!!! It would be fine for us. Paoho!!!

asa[e]; abc; research topics; cursing and the bhagavata

from beginning to end there is cursing [and blessing] in the bbt library. catalog them and give a general description of the fenomenon.

Please adored Gurudeva, accept my humble obeisances at His wonderful lotus feet.

I am concerned that I have not yet been able to read your merciful response to my annual report. I ask you please tell me which email you sent it to.

Thank you very much

Trying to Serve Him: J. P. Radha dd.

HpS - AGTSP. paoho. We were trying to let everyone know the status of Annual Reports an Vyasa puja offerings in each Kapi Dhvaja. Sorry. Because of energy level, many Reports and Offerings, and Sankirtana with the Mayapura Institute, we are doing the work.

S L O W Y

But it should be done before Gopal grows a long white beard.

5.02PM

TB/BW here. AGTSP!!! paoho....

HpS, Brother Ass, are getting very delicate. They have all the extreme potency of Old Folk and also the extreme sensitivity.

As Rupa anuga Das said, air predominates, in an effort to push us out of the body.

Before Ekadasi we had three, four households giving us cook Bhoga, vegtables, milk.... then on Ekadasi big box of very nice home made sweets, soup and mango.

In was literally flowing onto the floor. Refrigerator, cabinets, shelves, ..... floor.

We are tempted to eat too much. So, was Jayananda Das!

We hate to waste any preparation or Bhoga.

Then we get.

Sick

We can hardly speak. This morning we had to chant very softly to finish our 15-minutes of Japa. Then SB class was too much.

We may get better.

We are struggling.

Just like you.

Supposed to leave for walking with NgD. Vijai. Five minutes ago but pushed to finish this letter.

Hare Krsna.