Banana Cathedral: More than words

5 years, 3 months ago by candra108_mukhi in DTC

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

I wish I were in Houston with all of U.

I have been realizing that in all these years of association. I haven't taken advantage of your kindness, intelligence, humor, mercy. And whenever I have a bad experience or even a bad day I just recall one of your phrases or I listen to You and immediately I gain faith again.

Thank you Gurudeva for all your support and inspiration. I feel so fortunate to have you as my Spiritual Master. I wanted many times to drift apart. But you with your jokes, intelligence. With just one word, one sight. You enthuse me to continue. And in a way I do not know why.

Thanks for the great soul that you are.

Happy Sri Vyasa Puja

Lo quiero y admiro más Gurudeva

Trying to be your disciple

Chandramukhi dd

HpS - AGTSP!!!!! We are such a burden on him!!!! Yet, just like you say, we just chant one line from a Bhajan while we are doing our normal activity, such as washing or cooking, then ... we are happy.

It all accumulates, year after, after year, after year and some day you will dance with Krsna!!!

Maybe something like this?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoHlrQScWl0

Banana Llama......Thank you once again Guru Maharaj!!

5 years, 3 months ago by Sarada Gaurangi Devi Dasi in Personal Sadhana Reports

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!! All glories to Guru Maharaj!! Please accept our humble obeisances at Your Lotus feet.

HpS - Lettuce feet.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

Today is solar eclipse.....hope you would allow me to share a sweet realization ....

HpS - Yes, yes, but the bitter realizations are very nice also.

Yesterday we were informed by one of our senior temple devotees that we would follow the Govindaji Temple norms....of not giving darshan about 3 hrs before the eclipse , which meant...we would not be getting mangal arti darshan.....we were so upset. We thought we would at least sing the Vaishnava songs . When we reached the temple, just 4 of us, including our temple president, HG Radhacharan Das Prabhuji attended. No songs....just pujaris doing the offerings behind closed doors...soooo upset. Then we 4 decided to chant together. We chanted ...and by the time we completed 2 beautiful rounds....could hear and feel our Srila Prabhupada chanting with us....I thought it was an auditory hallucination...but the voice continued for such a pretty long time till our group chanting ended . Thank you Guru Maharaj for your immense mercy. Only you can do this for us Guru Maharaj...

HpS - Night of the Living Prabhupada!!!! I thought that there was no deity worship, neither behind or without closed doors, during the influence of eclipse. For sure we can chant the Gurva astakam during those times, no?

Our online bhakti sastri is with The Mayapur Institute. HG Padma sundari DD is taking our Module 1 classes. Other teachers are HG Yugala Preeti DD, HG Padmanayana Das, HG Krishna Keshav Das.We are informed that NOI classes will be taken by HG Vidvan Gauranga Das. All from Mayapur institute.

HpS - Very nice!!!!

Started reading the CC from today. Please give us the mercy to understand the pastimes of Gauranga and to serve with love and devotion.

HpS - We read it right before Mangala arati daily. We are in a 7-page long purport where Srila Prabhupada presents the refutation by the acharyas of sankara acharya's mayavadi commentary on the vedanta sutra!

Your ignorant servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - Can you make a frog from chemicals!!! What about a tadpole??? (small one?). Can you make people smile?

A Panamenian devil's report

5 years, 3 months ago by radha in Personal Sadhana Reports

All Glories to srila prabhupada!

All Glories to you 

Jay sri vraja dham! 


Thank you very much for your association in Chile... And for your inspiring classes, this year has been a year full of challenges, it was good to be in Chile for a while and do service for the preaching program (krishna west) , I studied energetic healing at one holistic school, I found that they have a very good system because it helped me a lot, to work with my inner childhood demons and that kind of stuff. 



 Sadhana: 

I'm chanting my rounds but with many, many offenses, my teachers told me that I have asperger syndrome and its difficult for me to concentrate in diferent environments, i will have to make a better effort f9 that, but I get up very early and in chile I used to go to the temple. Now I'm in florianapolis, Brazil so we do fmp at home with my friends.huge gayatri issues, sometimes i forget one of the three..... Am i closer to Hell?

ASA - No, but always try to improve!!


 Personal 

It took me many years to accept myself, but this year I finally decided that I don't want to go against my nature anymore, since im hurting myself for no reason , I tried to convince myself that I could be with a male devotee and get married because of the influence of the Vaisnavas, many years, when I am not really attracted to men, so that was a big mistake, and I think that I could a have a nice spiritual life with a Vaisnavi, I consider the masculine nature very intense and uncomfortable for me and my spiritual life. I hope you understand me 🐼

HpS - Basic principle is that we are not the male or female gross or subtle body. Rama candra took a vow of friendship with Sugriva. That is just as permanent as marriage vow with Sita, no? There is absolutely no idea that there was any, any, any sense gratification in the relation of Rama with Sugriva or Sita devi! So if you like having girl friends, that is fine. If you want to make some vows of dedication in that relationship, but we think it is crazy to call it marriage. Marriage is between partners of the opposite sex to have children. Hmmm of course there is Vanaprastha. Chant 16-nice rounds and follow the four principles strictly.


Seva:

I am translating the books of H. H. Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha maharaj, one of his sevakas asked me if I could do it, as they had no one to do it in Spanish , so I accepted, it is a blessing , since i had the opportunity to meet him before he left his body. And we are making arrangements to work remotely at Nios treasury department, along with prabhu OM from Chile. I hope to help you as best as I can and I am very happy for your next vyasapuja, I would like to have your blessings to return to India for a while and continue my ayurveda studies, and get inmerse in Radharani's seva.

HpS - God bless you!!!! Who is Bhakti vallabha tirtha Maharaja? One of Srila Prabhupada's godbrothers? Were there two with the same name? Picture of three TASMANIAN Devils attached..

You are a very amazing soul. Get to work! Send news.

 Please forgive my offenses

HpS - Haven't noticed any!


 Y S. 

Radha carana d.

 Panamenian devil

Ambarisa m Das (HPS vyasapuja offering) Banana Llama?

5 years, 3 months ago by Ambarisa Maharaja Das in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna Guru Dev


Nama Om Visnu Padaya Krsna Prestaya Bhutale Srimate Hanumatpresaka Swami Iti Namine.


Please accept our humble obeisance


Finding words as a means to glorify you personally is a path that it is simplified to deep gratitude. Your presence, guidance and love are matchless gifts that has affected my life towards happiness.


guru kṛṣṇa-rūpa hana śāstrera pramāṇe

guru-rūpe kṛṣṇa kṛpā karena bhakta-gaṇe


CC Ādi 1.45


“According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed Scriptures, the spiritual master is no different from Krsna. Lord Krishna in the form of a spiritual master, liberates His devotees. ”

HpS -- AGTSP!



You Guru dev is the mercy of Krsna that is bestow upon his disciples. Guru dev I only have to offer you my own life and the intense desire to purify my conscience to be a useful means for your sacred and loving Sankirtan. I am very conditioned and my direct perception of Caittya Guru is altered by the interference of my mind, but I have Faith and gratefulness in the presence of the Mahanta Guru Hanumatpresaka Swami that gives me knowledge and teaches the process of how to serve Radha Krsna.


jīve sākṣāt nāhi tāte guru caittya-rūpe

śikṣā-guru haya kṛṣṇa-mahānta-svarūpe


CC Ādi 1.58


“Since it is not possible to have the visual experience of the presence of the Supersoul, it appears among us as a liberated devotee. This spiritual master is none other than Krsna himself ”

HpS - By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada we hope our can represent Krsna in terms of our actual spiritual advancement. Any of Srila Prabhupada's Brahman disciples are spiritual masters, no?


Thank you for stimulating our latent propensity to serve Krsna, to instruct us to contemplate to connect deep in the heart and link us with Paramatma.

You are so kind that you accept our imperfect service and occupy us in your Sankirtan to purify our existence. Thank you for giving us your association.


‘Sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ - sarva-śāstre kaya

lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya


CC Madhya 22.54


"The verdict of all the revealed scriptures is that even a moment of association with a Sadhu, pure Devotee can make us achieve complete spiritual perfection"


You share your Kirtan, studies, virtual presentations, lectures, dreams, visits traveling tirelessly, etc.

Guru dev thanks for your generosity, enthusiasm, empathy, tolerance, advice, blessings, inspiration and for the incomparable gift of being our Diksa and Siksa Guru.


HANUMATPRESAKA SWAMI KI JAY


SRILA PRABHUPADA KI JAY


GURU PARAMPARA KI JAY


hopeful to be a useful disciple Ambarisa Maharaja Das

HpS - We have always been impressed and inspired to improve our service by your association. Thank you. Thanks to your family!!!


Spanish version


Hare Krsna Guru Dev



Nama Om Visnu padaya Krsna Prestaya Bhutale Srimate Hanumatpresaka Swami iti namine.


Por favor acepte nuestras Humildes Reverencias


Encontrar palabras como medio para glorificarlo en mi persona es un camino que se simplifica al agradecimiento profundo. Su presencia, guía y amor son un regalo incomparable que ha afectado mi vida hacia la felicidad.


guru kṛṣṇa-rūpa hana śāstrera pramāṇe

guru-rūpe kṛṣṇa kṛpā karena bhakta-gaṇe


CC Ādi 1.45


“según el dictamen deliberado de todas las Escrituras reveladas, el maestro espiritual no es diferente de Krsna. El Señor Krsna en la forma de maestro espiritual, libera a Sus devotos”



Usted Guru dev es la misericordia de Krsna que se deposita sobre sus discípulos. Guru dev solo tengo para ofrendarle mi propia vida y el intenso deseo de purificar mi conciencia para ser un medio útil para su sagrado y amoroso Sankirtan. Soy muy condicionado y mi percepción directa del Caittya Guru se ve alterada por la interferencia de mi mente, pero tengo Fe y agradecimiento en la presencia del Mahanta Guru Hanumatpresaka Swami que me brinda conocimiento y enseña el proceso de cómo servir a Radha Krsna.


jīve sākṣāt nāhi tāte guru caittya-rūpe

śikṣā-guru haya kṛṣṇa-mahānta-svarūpe


directa del Caittya Guru se ve alterada por la interferencia de mi mente, pero tengo Fe y agradecimiento en la precencia u presCC Ādi 1.58

“Puesto que no es posible tener la experiencia visual de la presencia de la Superalma, aparece entre nosotros como un devoto liberado. Este maestro espiritual no es otro que el propio Krsna”


Gracias por estimular nuestra propensión latente a servir a Krsna, a instruirnos a la contemplación para conectar en lo profundo del corazón y vincularnos con el Paramatma.

Usted es tan bondadoso que acepta nuestro servicio imperfecto y nos ocupa en su Sankirtan para purificar nuestra existencia. Gracias por regalarnos su asociación.


‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya

lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya

CC Madhya 22.54

“El veredicto de todas las escrituras reveladas es que incluso un momento de asociación con un Sadhu, Devoto puro puede hacernos alcanzar completa perfección espiritual”


Usted nos comparte sus Kirtan, estudios, presentaciones virtuales, clases presenciales, sueños, visitas viajando incansablemente, etc.

Guru dev gracias por su generosidad, entusiasmo, empatía, tolerancia, consejos, bendiciones, inspiración y por el incomparable regalo de ser nuestro Diksa Y Siksa Guru.

HANUMATPRESAKA SWAMI KI JAY

SRILA PRABHUPADA KI JAY

GURU PARAMPARA KI JAY

esperanzado en ser un útil discípulo Ambarisa Maharaja Das



PAMHO. Pandaveya Prsni das. Spain.

5 years, 3 months ago by PABLOPARIKRAMA in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

AgtSP

Pamho.

I am Pandaveya prsni Das, from Spain (Pablo of the Parikrama)

I know it's been a long time since the last letter, about a year, or maybe something else. I apologize…

In this time, I have had a couple of falls, but I have always sung my rounds, and thanks to Krsna I have never lost sight of the goal.

Thanks to the blessings of Srila Prabhupada, you and other merciful devotees I have had many great accomplishments, and that is why I wish to thank you, especially me, for not having managed to make everything perfect in this time.

Either way, I get up to Brahma muhurta, sing my rounds, and then 4 more in each sandhya. I have come to this in a natural way, I don't try to look anything, but it certainly works. I am very happy with my singing, honestly. The depth of consciousness that is obtained by singing well, I manage to keep it much of the day, even many times continuously, except for very brief moments. I'm very happy. It is as if death had stayed far away. I'm very happy.

My obeisances Guru Maharaja.

I translated the first verse of Brahma Samhita and it took me a long time to feel happy with the translation. I think I'm going to translate everything into Spanish, but it's going to cost. It is very deep and mystical spiritual.

It has been a year and something very moved. I have had to move 4 times for studies and work, and finally I hope in a few months to finish in Valencia, where my son Varuna has moved with his mother, and I hope that I no longer move from there. I love Valencia, I've lived there before, they call it the city of light and flowers, and I think it's true.

I have taken the academic title of emergency medical technician, to work in ambulances ... one more thing.

Varuna seems fine, but the mother doesn't let me see him and I've been judging her for months for that. Everything will be fixed and we will see each other as before. He is 12 years old, he's a boy now. I´m 41 now…jajaja

I read the blog every day, and the Kapi, twitter and youtube hoping to find something.

I am always happy to see you so well.

A big greeting, I think I can say, your faithful follower, Pandaveya prsni das

HARE KRSNA

HpS-ASA -- AGTSP thank you for writing. thank you for the news..... we have worried, trying to get any news of you... do you have any chance to preach, teach? getting any association of srila prabhupada's iskcon.... ? tha k you again. write more oftennnnnnnnnn

DTC 31(Tu)

5 years, 4 months ago by hps in DTC

We stop chanting because we become accidentally seduced by "other projects" or because we chose to do something else: Accidental fall-down, intentional fall-down.

This world is a shadow of the real world.

We don't have to stay here.

It will go on without us.

Renounce all activities unless they promote Harinama anukirtanam, according to your vow under the lotus feet of Krsna!

~ "I can't chant! It is easier to write", TB

~ HpS - You can chant. If you can breath, you can chant. Maybe only within the core of your heart, hrdaya kandare (CC 1.1.4), but let all else slide. Any act that is not based on, generated from, Harinama anukirtanam is without foundation.

~ "Other devotees may have other basis eg. book distribution", TB?

~ HpS - Yes, we think so, but they are related. How can you distribute books that preach Harinama-anukirtanam unless you engage in the process or are in favor of developing it.

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Good bye!

Today we die, to Goloka fly.

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Yesterday . . . we talked with Abhirama Das for one hour about Dr. Samaresha B. visit to Peru, Solaris, Vyasapuja in Chosica. We were very exhausted from all this travel. Little recovery.

Our Base Camp . . . . is pretty good. Met with Tandavika and Ng Das yesterday. Cold!!! Dark!!!! Lonely (not bad!). Reviewed the Blog mail. Lot of Vyasa puja offernings!! Several URgent letters. We don't respond to them urgently, only those with the Kapi Dhvaja Priority Code.

Some mail in Yahoo. Will try to get to it.

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Hare Rama!!!

Hare Krsna! ... :>>> Bath Kirtana. See you in GotoMeeting in 34-minutes!!