AGTSP!!!
People ask us how to send donations?
Well, if it is Prasadam, then mail it to HpSwami 2129 Stratford Rd,; Murfreesboro, TN 37129; USA. Also can send checks to NIOS there also.
If you want to send transfer to our account then we have find out from our NIOS Treasurer how he wants to handle it.
HK, PAMHO, AGTSP
How are you Gurudeva? How is your health? Glad hear your voice every day on the calls. Kindly take care of your health Gurudeva.
HpS - ASA --- AgtSP! Paoho. "This body does not get diseases, this body is a disease", they say SP said. You, me, everyone, is suffering mental and physical distess at all time. If not then there would be not material happiness!!!
O.K. 😎
Best use of a bad bargain - The donkey, Brother Ass, is getting old. We are learning that he is a very efficient vehicle at this point, but very sensitive. We are learning and adjusting, consolidating and finishing our work. Not taking on any new projects.
Please write here to the Blog using the protocols mentioned n the KAPI DHVAJA. We have a lot to discuss!!! Thank you.
Hare Krishna,
Please accept my humble obeiscances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!
On 23rd March, a public curfew was announced by Hon. Prime Minister of India, which was extended further as Lockdown and is still continuing today- on 16th May. Tomorrow, further notices are expected regarding it. Till now as many as 85,940 Corona cases have been registered officially while death toll stands at 2,752. No transportation is allowed with exception of some necessary items like – grocery, vegetables, milks etc. Almost all industries, commercial firms, trains, airplanes are closed. In order to facilitate the students and labours locked down in others state 15 special trains are running since 1st May. So, overall life is standstill for most of the people.
In temples, visitors are not allowed. However, devotees are utilizing this opportunity for outreach. Famous ex-Indian Cricket Team Captain Mr. Saurav Ganguly is supporting ISKCON Kolkata to feed 10,000 people prasadam every day.
Similarly, ISKCON Delhi has been supporting government by providing prasadam for lacks of people everyday. Delhi Chief Minister appreciated his work of ISKCON.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/divine-service/article31384031.ece
Devotees in general are utilizing this time for increasing their sadhana and also conducting online classes practically everyday and discussing Krishna-katha. Now, in this lockdown, no one is able to put excuses like- ‘I am busy’, and hence participation has increased. Also, regular devotees are becoming more fixed up in their individual sadhana, since there is no travelling. From devotees point of view, I feel this lockdown has helped many to become more serious in their individual sadhana. Also there are ample opportunity to undergo different e-cources being conducted by different temples and thus deepen their understanding of bhakti.
Devotees are taking this opportunity in positive spirit. Of course amongst most miserable are those who are addicted to intoxication and not getting anything in this tough situation. The crime has reduced to practically nil in India while ‘in-house’ quarrels are in rise than ever.
I have been in Haldia since last 2 months. It’s a small village near the oil-refinary factory of Haldia. These days have offered me wonderful opportunity to go deeper in my own sadhana. I am able to regularize my sadhana and increase it. Devotees here organized a yagya on Sri Nrisimha Chaturdashi for protection from Lord. It’s just unimaginable to be in such a situation.
Your servant,
Purushottam Keshav Das
HpS - Jaya!!! Please send an update like this here!
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and your great service unto him.
Yes, Maharaj, I can continue as the corresponding secretary. Yes, I saw the webpage, and my information is given correctly there on the web page.
I apologize I could not communicate with you over the email and monkeywarrior blog, but I will again keep in communication with you over that blog. Life has changed so much after the COVID-19 epidemic. All the classes shifted to online. We thought that might reduce work load, but it actually increased it because now all submissions are emailed to us and we have to grade them all from home. Now, we can get no help from teaching assistants.
As you asked, what I teach, I am doing research and teaching artificial intelligence and machine learning because I am in computer science department. At one point, I am interested in showing to the world that all artificial intelligence programs and robots are actually just programs running and being executed, but they do not have a will power of their own. Thus they are not actually living. I know because this is what I do for a profession.
For now, I feel so overwhelmed with all the work and I hope and pray to again perform more service unto you Guru Maharaj and obtain your holy association once more in ISKCON Houston.
Your servant,
Aja Govinda das
HpS - AGTSP!!!!! As we said in the Yahoo letter, Krsna will never, never, never, punish us for putting our Japa first. If we die because we are chanting 16-good rounds, lose our job, then that is because Krsna wants it for us! He has better plan of us.
More and more tests, changes, will come in life. Every time put your 16/4 first and you will become more and more potent, alive, in every aspect, life after life!!
Take birth in Nabadvipa with Nimai!
Your help in NIOS is super essential.
Hare Krishna Maharaja
le ofrezco mis humildes reverencias,
todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada,
le saludo de la comodidad de una casa en pandemia,
esperando que se encuentre libre de todo mal que pueda afligir su cuerpo,
HpS - TlgaSP. Gran honor oir de Vd!!! El cuerpo es mal!
le quería informar que estoy siguiendo los 4 principios y cantando 8 rondas diarias, aprovechando este informe me gustaría pedirle alguna instrucción para aumentar mi conciencia espiritual en estos días de cuarentena, sin mas que agregar y esperando que se encuentre bien me despido, Hari Bol.
HpS - Hare Krsna, Hare Rama. Basicamente canta Hare Krsna, mas y mas. Muy simple. Esta Vd. estudiando en la escuela secular???????
AGTSP, PAMHR
Dear Guru Mahajaraja, here Madhu from Chile.
I hope you are doing very well in these days of a Pandemic.
I will try to report my last 10 years:
I had to abruptly leave ISKCON about 10 years ago more or less.
After the JPS Stroke I was left without protection from GBC, RGB and TP attitude towards me, even came a point where I even received physical violence in the form of kicks from an very senior administrator.
Many spiritual leaders publicly cut me off from verbal and social association in a systematic way from Chile, even using Photoshop, invented that I drugged myself and bathed naked with many women.
We were with Panchali for very lonely and sad years, but it was an incredible training for what was to come.
Five years ago we officially started our activity in Krishna West together with HDG, who has given us a lot of confidence and inspiration.
Today we manage many KW programs in Sudamerica together with Panchali, KW Mexico, and KW Chile.
We call our KW program in Chile Bhakti yoga Club. In this project that we started completely alone, Panchali and I have already made 120 new bhaktas in the last year of which about 20 chant 16 rounds or more and many several people chant a few rounds daily.
To summarize here is a list of the programs we run and maintain:
We are also promoting our future sustainable ecological project outside of Santiago.
I am also developing together with Param Padam Prabhu and other Vaisnavas, a Magister in theology to introduce in the universities.
In a future letter I will report the activities we are doing at the South American level.
S.s Madhu
HpS - Wow! Srila Prabhupada, Ki Jai! It is very nice to hear from you. You letter came to our Yahoo account, which we can't answer too much. We only use it for private discussions after we deal with things generally here in the Blog.
Please write here using the protocal mentioned in the Kapi Dhvaja.
There are many "ISKCONs", no? One is the institution with Temple President, GBC structure. If that is not correct then write to me, us here! Then there is the ISKCON that is the community of friends, and also the ISKCON that is our personal relationship with Srila Prabhupada.
Krsna West as far as I know is a part of the ISKCON Institution in Latin America.
In Kali-yuga Institutions are always with problems, but Sankirtan partys can be great.
How can we serve you??
