Buddhist Conversation

3 weeks, 1 day ago by balabhadra dasa in Special Category B

Hare Krishna, Siksha Guru Maharaja, dandavats; glories to Prabhupada; glories to you for your own exemplary devotional service; glories to all the devotees of Lord Chaitanya.


HpS/ASA - AgtSP! Still alive! 🐶 😺 🐦 🐺 🌴 🐖 🐖

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So then, a lively conversation for Buddhists literally means talking about dharma as enunciated by the teachings of Lord Buddha. It sounds like sravanam kirtanam, or Krishna Katha as practiced by Vaishnavas.


Yls, Bbd 🙏


HpS/ASA - Real Buddhist is number one prime candidate for KC, no?! Follows four princely pals NO:> 🍺 🎲 💃 🍔


Chants on Beads.

Knows about Sukavati, Amitaba Buddha.

Loves to hear you read the Krsna book to him!

SB workshop ~~ Sunday Morning, June 22, 2025 Start reading CC Madhya 14

3 weeks, 1 day ago by upendra1 in Calendar Development

Dear Maharaja and devotees;

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru and Gauranga.


On Sunday, June 22, 2025, at 7.30am, Houston time, we will start reading chapter 14 (Performance of Vrindavan pastimes~~Madhya Lila).


Thank you to H. G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu & H. G. Mitravinda Mataji for doing Spanish translation for class on June 15, for reading notes of CC and Maharaja's class.


For June 22, 2025, class: both of them have graciously agreed to do Spanish translation for the class.


Maharaja, thank you for engaging everyone in reading systematically books of Srila Prabhupada.


Your Servant

Upendra dasa


HpS - 'Whatever you do daily, at that you will become perfect', Srila Prabhupada said.

I guess, agtSP, it applys to weekly activities also, just a little slower?

preaches with one's own life

3 weeks, 4 days ago by AKD in Personal Sadhana Reports

All Glory to Srila Prabhupad and all glory to the followers of him, involved on this sankirtan movement!


Pleace acept my respectfull obeisances.


Dear Guru Dev, Fortunately I have continued with the Japa and the principles, I have continued studying the books of Srila Prabhupada, every day I am witness to the progress of the degraded era, and simultaneously of the magnificent power of Krsna,


I am always very grateful to his person, who gives us a tireless example of looking for and following Krsna,


unfortunately I am very bad in the social formalities. So I've stayed on the sidelines but simple in ISKCON, I'm still sharing as far as I can learn from you and Srila Prabhupada. Again I present some questions:


HpS/ASA - By nature, agtSP, the Jiva is 'marginal potency', no? so sannyasi, goswami, is naturally 'marginal' to the institutional aspects of society. arjuna was a ksatriya in active years, so KRSNA, urged him to do his duty, but internally detached/acting for KRSNA, while vyasadeva he told to stay in the forest, write, travel and preach.

so, your position has seemed very essential to our institution and proper! Continue.



By adding all the verses of the Srimad Bhagavtam (of BBT) there are only 14094, 3906 are missing for the 18000s Are they somewhere or to what is this?


HpS/ASA - This is a broad, continuous, old discussion, investigation in ISKCON, by simple devotees like us and Oxford graduate devotees in Theology.

Maybe a different way of counting verses, maybe different version is being used. That is 78% accurate. 🙂

In Kali-yuga, which is not the age of Jnana, that seems very good. Like I get fed 78% of the time!

Also, the statement that there are 16-words in the Maha-mantra is an accurate count, no?

Now we have to chant It, Mahamantra, no?

Now we have to read and test it and apply It, SB, no?


Many times they invite me to meetings with devotees from other Sangas, I never go, to avoid having to fall into controversy, however, when they ask me for support and advice, what is the most correct answer you should give?


HpS/// Tell them, chant Hare Krsna, Hare Rama, and expect Krsna and Rama to kill any demons in ISKCON, and to preach to the innocent, and if they want you to do more, then They will unmistakably empower you.

Beyond, and following that, we can read Srila Prabhupada's books to people.

Same controversies in Goloka, but there all the fights are FUN!!! 💥 💥


Krsna & Narada Muni say that the Brahmacari must dress with deer skin and should not polish their teeth, however in the NOD it says that daily you have to clean them. Similarly, Sri Caitanya says that at this time sannyasa is not taken, and Srila Prabhupada says that it's now an emergency, however each Sanjasi as a spiritual leader, have their own priorities in the details of preach, and this causes confusion among which we're neophytes, what can we do to help unity in diversity, practically?


HpS - That is why we have Parampara. Each student learns the contemporary process and details and the general principles. Then s(he)it communicates the general truths and uses the general principles of how to adjust for current time, place and circumstance, to adjust to time, place and circumstance. In Mexico you preach in Spanish, not Swahili.

 

Srila Prabhpada explains the kind of Sannyasa we do in the verse purports describing Narada's sannyasa, and he shows it by his personal example!

And if there are not Tulasi, Rudraksa can be used to count the japa?


Thanks a lot for your mercy, I'm always very pleased and admired to know about your activities, they're a great example for me. Hare Krsna, your crew member AniruddhaKrishna Das.


HpS - Just a few more moments and we will be with Nimai in Nabadvipa. Srila Prabhupada will take us there.

anveSika - HPS Announcement WhatSApp Community

4 weeks ago by steve_brown in Hot Topics

Hare Krsna, Dear Devotees,

PAMHO, AGTSP.


Steve Brown here, sub-divisional secretary of Tom Brown. 🐵

As you may have heard, Tom Brown, Hanumat Presaka Swami et al are replacing Twitter with a Whatsapp Community.


The Community name is anveSika - HPS Updates. There are a few Whatsapp Groups created that will be part of this anveSika - HPS Updates Community.


If you live in USA or Canada please join this Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JjUV5GtZ1u6CkJ8hjzx37M


If you live in Latin America please join this Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/E1AhFXc1ZsWKyKWCP8RqiQ


If you live in Mexico please join this Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CoX72drYK280CcN3k9pwZ2


If you live in India or Australia please join this Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LtqCHz9QqXT99VSk9BxjGu


Spain or Europe this Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EWkPLJEDdpFCJfJekfkTbe


Any other place on this planet or any of the planets mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana, please join this General group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IFKaYDJvQhF4UxzYxSwm43


There is also a group for eccentric Academics which will be shared individually.


All of the above Groups are just to receive of announcements from the WhatsApp Community. No member chatting. Use the Blog.


The group admin, from the same region, can validate people requesting to join.

Admin will speak same language, be some one the requester may know.


Finally all test groups used so far will be removed from the community. So, please join one of the above groups to be part of these announcements.


Steve Brown


dtc we/11

4 weeks, 1 day ago by hps in DTC

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.....🌴 🐵 🐒🐒 🐒 monkey, monkey on the wall, you are short, you are not tall, but you can climb upon the wall, and see who is coming down the hall.


is hanuman lord rama's classical stealth drone?


the sun 😎 is at 6.08 past the meridian. . brother ass's eyes are fried 🙄 👀

lots of nice and thrice, mail to sail.


  • telephone  to srinivasa das/nitisara/gopinatha das.
  • saturday is tamal krsna maharaja's vyasapuja festival.
  • our body will die soon. then we will meet with nimai in nadia???


Now time to die our daily death!

Chant " 'are krsna" with every breath.


What is happening with Abhirama Thakura Das, Jagat guru, Ranchor and Govinda, Subhadra mayi Devi Dasi, Dr. Professor Samaresha Bandyopadhyay, Nama acharya Das, Alfajores Lima, Patraka, Citraka, Raktaka, Priya and children, Anirrudha of Australia.......

Con entusiasmo

4 weeks, 1 day ago by ramanretidevidasi in Personal Sadhana Reports

Todas las gloria a Goura Nitay

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Querido Gurudev, En estas semanas he estado muy contenta, mis rondas han mejorado en todo los aspecto donde puedo ver que mi esfuerzo, determinación paciencia y entusiasmo son muy importantes como usted me dijo alguna vez cada día es una nueva oportunidad para mejorar, siempre estoy pensando en que mejorar hay aspectos más arraigados que otros donde requieren más estrategias para cambiarlo pero en eso estoy.

Mi sadhana muy bien, lectura diaria Con Lad y las devotas qué han aumentado. siempre con entusiasmo tratando que se sientan acogidas y resolviendo sus dudas, lectura especial en fiestas y recordando los Ekadasi. distribuyendo bolitas una vez la semana. Mi servicio con la deidades es muy especial siempre pensando como decorar diferente en casa fiesta, sus joyas como mejorar o hacer alguna creacion nueva, pensar junto a LAD qué hacer de prepararacion para que ellos coman,es un hermoso servicio.Estamos haciendo algunos arreglos en el templo de casa para que estén felices en su hogar, la última fiesta fue muy hermosa el señor Nrsimhadeva y Sita devi muy contentos.

Estuvimos en Cusco junto a los devotos y ese hermoso paisaje que krishna creó.

Estoy bien de salud, nadando dos veces a la semana, saludando a mis padres, hermanos cada día y video llamada una vez por semana, por último trabajando cuatro veces a la semana haciendo fisioterapia, y clases de natación.

Sin la inspiración de Srila Prabhupada y la suya esto no sería posible. Muchas gracias querido Gurudev. Se despide su humilde sirviente Raman Reti Devi Dasi


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All glories to Guru Nitay.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.


Dear Gurudev, I've been very happy these past few weeks. My rounds have improved in every way. I can see that my effort, determination, patience, and enthusiasm are very important.


As you once told me, every day is a new opportunity to improve. I'm always thinking about improving some aspects that are more deeply rooted than others, which require more strategies to change, but I'm working on it.


ASA - 🏅

Marvelous! This is an example of the life of a General!



My sadhana is going very well. I'm reading daily with Lad and the devotees, which has increased. I'm always enthusiastically trying to make them feel welcome and answering their questions.

I'm reading especially during festivals and remembering the Ekadasi events.

I'm distributing little sweet balls once a week.

My service to the deities is very special. I'm always thinking about how to decorate each celebration differently, how to improve their jewelry or make a new creation, and how to think with LAD about what to prepare for them to eat. It's a beautiful service.

We're making some arrangements at the temple at home so they're happy in their homes. The last celebration was very beautiful, and Lord Nrsimhadeva and Sita Devi were very happy.


We were in Cusco with the devotees and that beautiful landscape that Krishna created.


I'm in good health, swimming twice a week, greeting my parents and siblings every day, and video calling once a week. Finally, I'm working four times a week doing physical therapy and swimming classes.


Without Srila Prabhupada's inspiration and yours, this wouldn't be possible. Thank you very much, dear Gurudev. Your humble servant, Raman Reti Devi Dasi, says goodbye.


ASA - 😢

Krsna has been so kind to you! SP says that as we become more advanced we begin to live in this world as a replica of Vaikuntha.

Of course, one of the perfections of this world is that it is always imperfect so that we can never be perfectly satisfied here and always want to go back to help Radha and Krsna in Vrndavana.


How is the Catholic church in Chosika?


Where do you distribute Prasadam?


How is LaD's mother sister and her children et al?


What is happening in the first photo? Men stacking rocks?


Gaura and Nitai get half of the Bhoga Offering plate each? Seems nice. 🙂