asa[e] - guru tattva, siksa guru.

Dear Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances to the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

HpS/ASA - All glories to the dust of your lotus feet (hooves) also. AgtSP!!! 🙂

Dear Maharaja, hoping my mind will calm down. I have long desired to write to you. I found inspiration when I read your message this morning (about a 2 weeks ago via Blog HPS).

Thank you for being on my path. Although, observing my process, I haven't progressed as I would have liked, I continue forward. It is with deep sadness that I accept that you will no longer be my guru Diksa, but with great hope that you will accept me and be my guru Siksa. In that regard, I would like to ask what qualifications or requirements are needed on my part for you to accept me as such.

HpS - We heard from Sudama Swami that he asked Srila Prabhupada while in Japan what was a Siksa guru, and Srila Prabhupada answered, "Anyone who enlivens us by citing from the scriptures or previous acharyas."

He then asked, "Anyone???", and SP said, "Anyone".

So there is Sika, advice, how to get on the path. We are trying to reach the mystical city of Oz but the jungle is thick and there are hills, then someone yells down to us, "Hey, come up here there is a path".

So that is Patha pradarshika Siksa guru. It can be Srila Prabhupada directly, or Bhakta Bill who is a 99% recovered alcoholic who may never be fully initiated in this life, but has sent dozens of people to the Temple.

So, accepting us as a Siksa guru in the Patha pradarsika stage, just means writing to the Blog about how to become initiated. Let us write to Ministry of Sannyasa Services about becoming a Siksa guru at the time of Harinama Diksa.

O.K.???

Currently, I am attending to my Deities at a very basic level. I am doing service to Tulasi at the Chosica temple, following the four regulative principles, I have three children, the youngest entering adolescence, and my daily rounds… I wanted to send you this letter when I managed to chant 16 rounds a day, but I preferred to do it now 🙈 currently chanting 4 to 8.

I think my energy and motivation are not at 100%. I will work on my sleep and exercise; I'll try that.

I also want to read more, so why don't I do what I want? I want to chant my complete rounds, read the SB (since I bought the whole collection! 🤩), and log on to FMS in the mornings. Sometimes I realize the day has passed and I haven't done the most important things…

I eagerly await your next visit. My heart is filled with gratitude for your infinite mercy, and I hope to be more worthy of it. I will continue to watch your every move. Please accept my bows to the dust of your feet, Hare Krishna, esteemed Maharaja.

Bhaktina Patty Palomita

HpS - What time do you get up in the morning?

Previous node 16279,

Hare Krsna Gurudeva ( personified Guru Tattva)

AGtSP, pamhO

We have photo of Lion-Man. However students from Andhra Pradeshhave physically gifted us Venkatesh murti and Laxmi-Tirupati, show piece

ASA - Wow! Hare Krsna.

Obeisances

Horse ( expensive to maintain)

What was the original topic?

My teleconferencing facility or yours?

(Farm and centers) outside GBC purview

https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/16247/

I do not have a teleconference facility, but I guess Google Meet was (is it still?) free for a short meeting, and I could arrange that one.

Do we need a WhatsApp exchange before our meeting?

ASA[TB] - AgtSP!!! We were wondering if Coatia has anything to do with Crows? Guess we can discuss it at the symposium. Let us use our GoToMeeting account: meet.goto.com/jayarama108-vip.

We think the teleconference will be enough for a start. No more Blog exchange needed. See who has interest.

HpS - Has NoI/BhS classes to work on also.

Thank you, and any Crows also.🐧

ASA/TB - Since, agtSP, Hum, Croatia is 7-hours ahead of Hugh's Town, Tech's Ass (Donkey) seems it would have to be in the morning our time, no? 9.30-11.30am we are doing an open seminar on noi for 40 bh sastri students in paki sthan. 7.30-8.30am we are doing SB class in the Hugh's Town temple.

when is good time for you!!!!?

NamaDas:

• Wednesday 24th June, starting at 19:30 (12:30 in Houston).
• Duration: 45 minutes (the length of a school class in Croatia 🙂).

HpS/ASA - 👶 🐒 [🐖] --- On our Calendar. That day is Ganga puja. I forgot what is the Topic, but our perspective has become.

1. Who am I?
2. Who are we?
3. What is the Plan?
4. What are the Resources?

I want to get your association, and association of others.

What was the original topic?

My teleconferencing facility or yours?

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaj,

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

It appears I have the opportunity to offer the great Bali Mardan Prabhu some legal service, as last surviving original trustee of the BBT.

It appears he wants to revive Prabhupada's original books for distribution.

This appears to be a large undertaking and may involve my relocating overseas.

Do I have your blessings to this end or should I be more circumspect?

Your servant,

Janardana-hari das.

HpS - Hare Krsna. I do not know the details of this situation. As far as I know there have been very, very intense over BBT Trustee roles. Standards for editing and publishing. Seems same happened to followers of Buddha, Confuscius, Christ.

In general, put Vaisnava relations before Administrative relations.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru Maharaj.

Hare Krsna, dear Guru Maharaj. Please accept my humble obeisances at Your sweet lotus feet.

HpS - Are you sure they are not hooves???

Yes, Guru Maharaj, I teach as well as do a little research on Clinical Physiology. My research area of interest is Yoga. So I work on Autonomic nervous system functions. I do not practice Medicine as I can't afford the time .

Guru Maharaj , 3 of the matajis who were part of the group offering raas dance at Guru Maharaj's last visit to Manipur would like to get initiated. They are chanting and following the regulative principles. They are joining morning and evening classes regularly. We participate in temple programmes too. How do we go about the initiation? From whom should they be initiated?

HpS - I would really like to act as Diksa guru for Srila Prabhupada, Founder Acharya of ISKCON. It can be a nice service, but I really see that I cannot handle the Karma. It is a broader topic, but in some ways to our comprehension, it is the job of a younger man.

Yet, we can be Siksa guru. ISKCON GBC law says that disciples can elect someone as a formal Siksa guru along with the Diksa guru at the time of initiation.

This gives interesting perspective on femal Diksa guru also, no?

Means for example that with everyone's agreement and clarification some one could accept Mother Urmilla Devi Dasi as Siksa guru and H. H. Romapada Swami as Diksa under under Srila Prabhupada.

So maybe we can be involved as Siksa guru with them. Other than that H. H. Haridas Das Swami seems like a qualified person to be Diksa guru.

What do you all think of that?

What does he think of that?

Guru Maharaj, how do we remain steady and consistent in our devotional services? How do we reach the su sukham kartum abhyayam state?

HpS - ASA --- In summary it seems that devotional service is practically described in the first text of NoI. Then texts two and three tell us how to remain steady in executing text one. Does that help? Of course, if we are talking about "nistha" (https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/10/#bb1200), steady, then more depth, no?

Your insignificant servant,

Sarad Gaurangi DD

HpS - No, very significant servant. Radha Krsna candra! H. H. BS Damodara Swami, Ki Jai!