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On Monday, August 26, 2019, 01:03:13 AM CDT, Mishra Illo <[email protected]> wrote:

Me a sannyasa? Imagine that. Although my 3 marriages failed miserably I still think that maybe it could work if I just found the right person.

Next week I have to return to estados unidos after 5 months in Sridham Mayapur Dhama. It has been fairy tale happiness here. Every day 16 rounds, bathing in the ganga, and lots of fantastic vaishnava associations.

Living anywhere within 32 miles around Sri Navadwipa Mayapur is equivalent to living in Vrindavan, particularly in Sri Mayapur. Of the seven holy places giving salvation, Ayodhya, Mathura, Gaya, Kashi, Kanchi Avanti, and Dwaraka, Sri Mayapur is the most important place of pilgrimage.

Sriman Mahaprabhu with His advent made His own Svetadvipa descend here, and after four centuries after the disappearance of Sriman Mahaprabhu this place of pilgrimage Svetadvipa will be superior to all other places of pilgrimage of the world. Living in this place removes all sin and offenses, and helps pure devotion to grow.

Though I don't know how I will survive away from here, I have to pay off over $10,000 in debts before I can live in Mayapur full time. Do you think I could do well going to Chile and getting a job teaching English?

ASA - Thank you for all the wonderful news!! We will post it on our Blog! I don't know about teaching in Chile economically but I suspect that it is a saturated market. Lots of b-lingue Gringo buscando trabajo. Envia la pregunta al Blog. Que pasa con la Aron, esposa actual. Su hijo. Muy Bueno oir sus comentarios!

Gracias su asociacion. Vd no es persona sin profundidad spiritual. Solamente tiene que crecer su caracter.!

ASA - MB! Going to take Sannyasa?

On Monday, August 26, 2019, 01:03:13 AM CDT, Mishra Bhagavan Das wrote: Me a sannyasa? Imagine that. Although my 3 marriages failed miserably I still think that maybe it could work if I just found the right person.

Next week I have to return to estados unidos after 5 months in Sridham Mayapur Dhama. It has been fairy tale happiness here. Every day 16 rounds, bathing in the ganga, and lots of fantastic vaishnava associations.

Living anywhere within 32 miles around Sri Navadwipa Mayapur is equivalent to living in Vrindavan, particularly in Sri Mayapur. Of the seven holy places giving salvation, Ayodhya, Mathura, Gaya, Kashi, Kanchi Avanti, and Dwaraka, Sri Mayapur is the most important place of pilgrimage.

Sriman Mahaprabhu with His advent made His own Svetadvipa descend here, and after four centuries after the disappearance of Sriman Mahaprabhu this place of pilgrimage Svetadvipa will be superior to all other places of pilgrimage of the world. Living in this place removes all sin and offenses, and helps pure devotion to grow.

Though I don't know how I will survive away from here, I have to pay off over $10,000 in debts before I can live in Mayapur full time. Do you think I could do well going to Chile and getting a job teaching English?

ASA - Thank you for all the wonderful news!! We will post it on our Blog! I don't know about teaching in Chile economically but I suspect that it is a saturated market. Lots of b-lingue Gringo buscando trabajo. Envia la pregunta al Blog. Que pasa con la Aron, esposa actual. Su hijo. Muy Bueno oir sus comentarios!

Gracias su asociacion. Vd no es persona sin profundidad spiritual. Solamente tiene que crecer su caracter.!

AGTSP, PAMHO

HARE KRISHNA GURU MAHARAJ

I hope you are VERY well. First of all I want to thank your association, your patience and tolerance in your last visit to BsAs. Your great service and association left a very good result for all the devotees. It is incredible to see how you get to communicate with each one and always finding Best of all, I'm sorry for not being able to help you more in your preaching, I feel very useless. I still can't find my way of preaching and I don't have a very interesting background to say. Anyway I will continue to strive to reach the standard of a good disciple. 

Yapa has been very good this week 25/round minimun every day. When Mangala Aratik starts y already have chanted the 16..(this saintly influence is very nice) .

Right now I am in Vrindavan and just today I went to pray to the Samadhi of Sri Rupa Goswami where 8 years ago I had also prayed strongly for the mercy of becoming a devotee. Today I see that my prayer has not changed and every day I feel less devotee but I will continue to pray. This first week in Vrindavan has been very intense, Janmastami was crazy the deities were changed clothes 5 times (very beautyfull) and SP Vyasa puja was very nice. All this week I was staying in Bhakti Damodara Swami asram doing some services and taking his association. I always pray to find advanced devotees to serve and learn.

 I already talked to the Prabhu Radha kunda Das of Eco Govardhan mumbai, I told him that I wanted to spend a few days while you were there and he told me that I would have to stay in a apartment and that I would have pay some price, he said that you are already In a room with someone else. Anyway it is still not very sure that I go but I have the desire later I will speak again with the devotee to be more concrete and when I organize to travel to mumbai I will let you know ...

Thank you very much for everything excuse me for anything ..

Nitay Gouranga!!!!!

Your servant ptd

HpS - Paoho. AgtSP. We are so happy to hear from you. We have been trying to communicate by Whasapp and everything. We want to thank you and all the devotees in Argentina for letting us join their Sankirtan and hope it had a lasting effect.

The plans for the content of our visits to GEV and NOIDA are developing slowly. Yes, we are sharing a room with Rama-giri-Dhari Das. Tell Radha-kunda Das that we would be very happy to share the room with three of us if that would be o.k. Eg. a mat on the floor.

Other option is NOIDA. That is in Delhi and Yugala Kishora and Gaura-Gadadhara Devi Dasis wanted to visit from Braja for a night. Maybe others such as Tungavidya Devi Dasi.

Be nice to see each other in India and even you participate in these educational development programs.

Hare Krsna. Respects to Damodara Swaami.

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Hare Krsna dear Gurumaharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope you are in good health, recovering enough strength for the Education and Sacred event, if you allow it, we will be accompanying you in your service.

I'm giving you the 8th report of the Ministry representation to date:

• Educational material has already been delivered to Bolivia. I sent the Introduction to Bhakti Yoga course developed by Jiva Sakti prabhu, LAD and the one I am developing in Chosica, in addition to Yadunandana Swami's study guide and complementary material from Australia.

HpS - Super. Read the books with guidance!

• Additionally, the Bhakti sastri course developed by NIMSAR and BS study guides of VIHE and the Mayapur Institute has been sent. We trust they will find this material useful for the development of their educational program. The next step is to collaborate with them to acquire Bhakti sastri certification and achieve autonomy.
• Regarding the Bhakti sastri certification, it is necessary for us (Peru) to recover it. For this I sent you an email asking to put me in contact with the BoEx devotees in charge of this. That way, Candramukhi dd. can perform her service as an examiner for the Peruvian yatra.
• I have had conversations with the Arequipa devotees (specifically with your disciple Ramananda Raja das), to develop a basic education program for their yatra at the request of the local board of directors. They are asking for courses on Vaisnava etiquette, Deity Worshiping, Cooking, Kirtan and other fundamental topics. I think it's great, from this experience we can develop academic programs, or at least, study circles that may be the first step towards educational autonomy. The workshops will start on September and the first one will be taught by Anandamaya prabhu (Vaisnava etiquette).
• Isvari mataji and I are working on the standardization of the Introduction to Bhakti Yoga course through a printed and official study guide that serves as work material for teachers and students. For this we are considering all the material developed in previous years for students in Chosica, Wilson and Miraflores temples. Once this material is finished, we will do the same with the ISKCON Disciples course to avoid capricious interpretations and to establish a minimum quality standard for official courses.
• We already sent the article to Viplavah thanks to the careful correction of Rahika Ramana prabhu. We hope it meets the demands. Thank you for the opportunity!
• Finally, we have been attentive to the development of children's education program in Chosica. There are parents and devotee teachers involved in this program and they meet weekly. The only drawback is that there are very antagonistic positions that erode the enthusiasm of the devotees involved. Despite this, they are managing to develop a project that I will share with you as soon as they send it to me. It is important for the managers of this project to receive advice on successful experiences, such as yours or other initiatives in America. As soon as I have it in my hands I will send it for your review.

HpS - I hope the work we are doing at the international level will be useful to you. Your work is going to be able to change things on the international level also. Hanuman Dad our Yadunandana Swami from Spain might visit to help us. Welcome to the cultural revolution meant to save the world!

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Personally I will tell you that we are very happy, serving in the pujari on a regular basis and learning many things about worship. Since Indira Sakti and I have received the second initiation thanks to your mercy, dark aspects of our character have been revealed but at the same time we perceive things from a more appropriate perspective and with a much more positive attitude. I'm not sure that one thing is related to the other but it is what is happening. Meanwhile, we are under your shelter, that of Srila Prabhupada and the incredibly compassionate Sri Sri Radha Madana Vihari.

HpS - We plan to see Them in less than eight weeks and get Their mercy also!

Have a very happy Janmastami dear Gurudeva

HpSb- It was tough! Four days of festivals in a row! Couldn't get to the mail. 😀

We miss you so much

Your little servant

Gandharva dasa

Hare Krsna Dear Guru Maharaj,

  Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  All glories to Guru parampara.

  Got an Offer for Employment by Triaksha Automation Technologies Pvt Ltd for 

  MPhasis. Joining date is 15.09.2019. Have to travel for UK, immediately after

  joining for business meetings for 15 days then have to back in Pune. 

  will work as "Tech. Consultant” position for Mphasis, Pune.

your fallen servant,

Girivara

HpS - AgtSP. Paoho. Interesting. If you did not get the job you might have starved to death and be starting a job in Goloka on Sept 15. 😁

Wherever we are we can see out as plan of Krsna and make progress from there!

Hope to see you on India!

The news you send is so nice!