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Hare Krsna, Srivasa pt, Ananta-rupa, Hari-lila Prabhus,

AgtSP. Paoho.

We are back from this HEAVY India-Australia tour. As expected three months sitting in our base-camp is going to be required to sort everything out and get our donkey recharged.

Plan is to go to South America, from Houston, on the 5th March, and return end of April.

Want to come with us?

As we do that we could visit San Jose and Boise the 2nd and 3rd week of February and Houston for the week last week of February.

Is this a good plan?

HpSwami

Dear Guru Maharaja:

All glories to Sri Sri Radha Krishna

All glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to you

Please accept my most humble obeisances

This letter is urgent for the next reason, recently a problem appeared, I can´t afford the rent and I have to leave my apartment, I think I could rent a room at the Temple meanwhile I search a new home, is it ok?

I´m pretty sad for having to leave my house, I lived here 7 years and I have so much memories, but I would be happy if I went to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai´s home.

About the Ratha Yatra, was amazing, the happiness that I felt It wasn´t from this world, and I shared it with my family and friends. With Maha Vishnu Swami and the Harinama Ruci was my godbrother Vrajendra Kumara Das, I´m glad to know him, He´s very inspiring, thanks for the beautiful spiritual family you gave me.

Could you say to Sri Krishna that I love him, and I miss him? Tell him that I think about him everyday, please, please, please.

I hope your health is well Gurudeva, I don´t know how to express you all my love.

To serve you

Bhaktin Carol

ASA - Hare Krsna!   URGENT!    Yes, it seems O.K. to us to live in the Temple. Maybe Krsna is dragging you back to Him.

Hare Krsna.

DARK and COLD outside. 5.18PM. Shuffled money. Paid bills. If we want to get money from government retirement fund then we can't have more than $2000 in the bank, but we have to have at least $1500 to avoid monthy service charges. The banker looked at us and said, "How old are you?" and we said 70 in January. SHe said, "O.K. I'm going to give you a premium account for free. There is no minimum balance then". In every day there are good and bad things.

We have to duck the bad things.

Boing!

SB 6.7.16 — While Indra, the King of the demigods, thought in this way and repented in his own assembly, Bṛhaspati, the most powerful spiritual master, understood his mind. Thus he became invisible to Indra and left home, for Bṛhaspati was spiritually more powerful than King Indra.

Interesting. Become invisible. Approach Jagai and Madhai but be ready to duck.

hkhkhkhkhkhk

We talk-ed to Laksmana for 1/2 hour, then Tappan for 1/2 hour, the Abhi for 1/4 hour then went to the bank. Now we go to NgD house if we can get the car working.

Like Prahlada we just want to serve. We can always serve. Just chant HK!    So, nice!  Gauranga!  Gauranga!

Respected Guru-Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

ASA - Letuce feet. AgtSP!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and you, his unalloyed servant.

Thank you for keeping my family and I floating in the ocean of this material world for yet another year with your kind guidance, exemplary dealings and nectarian Krishna katha. At an advanced age, sacrificing your comforts and health, you tirelessly engage in Srila Prabhupada’s service for the welfare of the fallen souls.

You are humility personified whom even the lowest person can approach without fear.

HpS - We wonder who you are talking about! Maybe more appropriate would be, "We are hypocrisy personified whom even the lowest person fears to approach for becoming contaminated."

Your life is simply an example of Srila Rupa Gosvami’s Upadesamrta.

HpS - Ahh!   This is a letter about Srila Prabhupada!  Jaya!.

What can six urges do to you who have given body, mind and words to Krishna? What six things can destroy your bhakti who doesn’t even desire one proper meal a day or a comfortable place to live or sleep? All the six things that enhance devotion are part of your sublime character. You are expert in six kinds of loving exchanges and you treat three kinds of devotees in the most appropriate manner. Your faith in holy names is extremely deep and you do not see any difference between the Lord and His names. Your deep devotion to holy places leading up to Vrindavan dhama and the Lord’s devotees leading up to Srimati Radharani is marvelous.

This year I encountered many challenging situations but by your mercy my devotional service in general was much more in quantity compared to last year. At gross level things are fine in all areas but internal consciousness need to improve a lot. I struggle to chant attentive rounds and it’s a constant battle with my mind. I am begging you and Krishna to drag me to the best states of spiritual consciousness, from which there is no return, no matter what needs to be done with me!

My desire is that I simply recognize the greatest treasure the Lord has given me in the form of your association and acquire the needed intelligence and strength to serve you and your servants with every bit of myself life after life.

Please forgive my offenses and I hope to be of some use in your service to Srila Prabhupada. If all goes well and if I have yours and Radharani's mercy I will be celbrating this year vyasapuja in Sri Vrindavan Dham with my daughter, wife, mother and father. May be some magic will happen and other God brothers or sisters will join me!

HpS - Tungavidya Devi Dasi is there! Sita-pati Das.

Your insignificant servant

Srinivasacarya dasa

Hare Krishna Hanumatpresaka Swami! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please, accept my obeisances..

My name is Arina. I was born in Russia, but i'm living in Valencia, Spain, since i was 6.

My mother always had been searching some spiritual things, buddhism, osho, mantras, tai chi... So i had grown up in ambient of inciense, mantras, oriental music, soviet films and soviet animated films. But i think those films aestetically and morally are very good.

We meet devotees when a was 13 years old more or less, i liked vaisnava filosophy, chant and listen mantras, prasadam!! But I have strarted seriusly my spiritual practice one year ago more or less, now I'm 18. I have always been clear about the existence of God.

I didn't know about His name, His form.. But i thougth that 'It' has to be someone and not something like 'the universe'. My father is orthodox, when i was a child he used to take me whith him to church, i enjoyed those moments. Orthodox temples are very beautiful. But I could never fully understrand that kind of religion until nowadays.

Sometimes i go to church to hear about Krishna. I don't see big diferences between religions. I go to church nd hear "You have to serv to God with love". It makes me feel better when i have sad things in mind. Before knowing about Prabhupada's books and all this fhilosopy, i didnt understand what the priest was saying. But now is like hear a summary, the essence of what i have learned in Krishna consciense. I think is kind how people of different cultures and traditions can worship God. Is great go to chatolic temple and understand, because is the same yoga-religion..! hahaha :)

I really admire San Francisco de Asis. I'm sure that he didn't eat meat, but everybody says me he did. ¿What do you think??

HpS – Hare Krsna, Arina. Maybe he ate it if there was nothing else to eat in the cold Winters.

I started chanting 3 rounds one year ago, now im chanting 16 since september. I like chant rounds, altough at home many times is difficult to concentrate my restless female mind in only one thing...but do it listening Prabhupada's japa recordings helps me a lot.

Sometimes i go to Nueva Vrajamandala, there i can chant rounds better in the morning with devotees.. Mangala aratii!! Is very special moment for me, it is magic.. Is night, the world is in silence yet..and the deities wake up and the tday starts with chanting holy names!!.the insciense, fire, fowers.. Very placeful! Krishna is beeing served with love and happiness and He is smiling, and everyone is happy!! Is great!

At home we worship little Gour Nitai deities, and do mangala arati too.. But in NV with devotees is more impactant. I use to do mangala arati alone because my mum doesnt wake up when is doing cold..and lately is very cold. I have a little sister, she is 11...but she doesnt care about mangala arati.. :( About 4 principles, it's ok. I neves had dificulties whith them. Altough i used to go with people who smoke a lot of weed and drink alcohol, i never felt atracctive to do that. My social life has changed a lot. Before i didnt stop at home, i was always outside whith friends... Now basically i have social life in university. But is good because in that way i have time to chant my rounds. I losed interes for things like go to concert, or to someone's house to watch a stupid movie while everyone is smoking marihuana to understand the deep sense of the movie.

Sometimes is hard for me because i feel a little alone. Nobody wants go with me to church.. We have a preaching center, we do programs every sunday. We are 10 devotees more or less who come eventually to the programs. I started this year the university of arts. Is good, people are very friendly and i can talk whith them about Krishna and take them some little Prabhupada's books. I think art can be like yoga, because it can be used to contact with God. For example, when i see a deity or a painting of Krishna...for my mind ib that moment is like "ok He is Krishna, you are at Him side right now". I like a lot The ligth of Bhagavata!! The paintings are great! When oriental art comes together with Krishna..wow!! I heard in one of your classes about some film of Light of Bhagavata...Where i can find it?

HpS – I think Sananda Devi Dasi has a copy. We left several copies in Spain. Mantri-rama Das in Madrid may have copy. It is designed for BIG screen but you can also get some sense of it on a small screen.

Also I hear some russian seminars about vedic psycology. Is very interesant and useful. I think if you know some basic ideas , for example about how works male and female mind, it is easier to live.. In my case. Because now i know that some things are absolutly normal because of my female body, and i have a diferent dharma and diferent inclinations than man, diferent views, diferent worlds. I can see many times people acting without this knowlede and destroying relationships. So sometimes my mother and i traduce this seminars into spanish. I think is vety important to know how to relate correctly with people arround you.

Krishna is someone too. Maybe we have people around us to practice and learn how to love and serv, for do the same with Suprem Person.

Now i'm reading Bhagavad Gita and Sri Isopanisad. Sri Isopanisad motivates me a lot. I am really enjoying it. I find prabhupada's coments very truly and very funny.

Godruma Das and Pushpa are going to subsidize books for sankirtan, i think i can distribute in university libraries, to people in university, and i want try to do it in streets of Valencia with devotees..

Thank you very much for your seminars and clases! They inspirate me a lot for spiritual thoughts and actions. I read some of your sounds from heart.. These one about thief dog is great hahaha it made me very funny! Hare Krishna Majaraja!! Thanks you for your time! ...And sorry for my english Arina

HpS – Hare Krsna. You, Srinatha, Yamunesvara Das, every letter I am reading today is from people who are running at 10,000 miles an hour in Krsna consciousness! It is good if you got a basis!!!    You seem to have it. Understand masculine mentality, getting up early.
I hope Krsna arranges a super, super, marriage for you soon. Maybe He will marry you Himself. Where you and Orthodox Nun in your last life?

Hare Krishna Hanumatpresaka Swami! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please, accept my obeisances..

My name is Arina. I was born in Russia, but i'm living in Valencia, Spain, since i was 6.

My mother always had been searching some spiritual things, buddhism, osho, mantras, tai chi... So i had grown up in ambient of inciense, mantras, oriental music, soviet films and soviet animated films. But i think those films aestetically and morally are very good.

We meet devotees when a was 13 years old more or less, i liked vaisnava filosophy, chant and listen mantras, prasadam!! But I have strarted seriusly my spiritual practice one year ago more or less, now I'm 18. I have always been clear about the existence of God.

I didn't know about His name, His form.. But i thougth that 'It' has to be someone and not something like 'the universe'. My father is orthodox, when i was a child he used to take me whith him to church, i enjoyed those moments. Orthodox temples are very beautiful. But I could never fully understrand that kind of religion until nowadays.

Sometimes i go to church to hear about Krishna. I don't see big diferences between religions. I go to church nd hear "You have to serv to God with love". It makes me feel better when i have sad things in mind. Before knowing about Prabhupada's books and all this fhilosopy, i didnt understand what the priest was saying. But now is like hear a summary, the essence of what i have learned in Krishna consciense. I think is kind how people of different cultures and traditions can worship God. Is great go to chatolic temple and understand, because is the same yoga-religion..! hahaha :)

I really admire San Francisco de Asis. I'm sure that he didn't eat meat, but everybody says me he did. ¿What do you think??

HpS – Hare Krsna, Arina. Maybe he ate it if there was nothing else to eat in the cold Winters.

I started chanting 3 rounds one year ago, now im chanting 16 since september. I like chant rounds, altough at home many times is difficult to concentrate my restless female mind in only one thing...but do it listening Prabhupada's japa recordings helps me a lot.

Sometimes i go to Nueva Vrajamandala, there i can chant rounds better in the morning with devotees.. Mangala aratii!! Is very special moment for me, it is magic.. Is night, the world is in silence yet..and the deities wake up and the tday starts with chanting holy names!!.the insciense, fire, fowers.. Very placeful! Krishna is beeing served with love and happiness and He is smiling, and everyone is happy!! Is great!

At home we worship little Gour Nitai deities, and do mangala arati too.. But in NV with devotees is more impactant. I use to do mangala arati alone because my mum doesnt wake up when is doing cold..and lately is very cold. I have a little sister, she is 11...but she doesnt care about mangala arati.. :( About 4 principles, it's ok. I neves had dificulties whith them. Altough i used to go with people who smoke a lot of weed and drink alcohol, i never felt atracctive to do that. My social life has changed a lot. Before i didnt stop at home, i was always outside whith friends... Now basically i have social life in university. But is good because in that way i have time to chant my rounds. I losed interes for things like go to concert, or to someone's house to watch a stupid movie while everyone is smoking marihuana to understand the deep sense of the movie.

Sometimes is hard for me because i feel a little alone. Nobody wants go with me to church.. We have a preaching center, we do programs every sunday. We are 10 devotees more or less who come eventually to the programs. I started this year the university of arts. Is good, people are very friendly and i can talk whith them about Krishna and take them some little Prabhupada's books. I think art can be like yoga, because it can be used to contact with God. For example, when i see a deity or a painting of Krishna...for my mind ib that moment is like "ok He is Krishna, you are at Him side right now". I like a lot The ligth of Bhagavata!! The paintings are great! When oriental art comes together with Krishna..wow!! I heard in one of your classes about some film of Light of Bhagavata...Where i can find it?

HpS – I think Sananda Devi Dasi has a copy. We left several copies in Spain. Mantri-rama Das in Madrid may have copy. It is designed for BIG screen but you can also get some sense of it on a small screen.

Also I hear some russian seminars about vedic psycology. Is very interesant and useful. I think if you know some basic ideas , for example about how works male and female mind, it is easier to live.. In my case. Because now i know that some things are absolutly normal because of my female body, and i have a diferent dharma and diferent inclinations than man, diferent views, diferent worlds. I can see many times people acting without this knowlede and destroying relationships. So sometimes my mother and i traduce this seminars into spanish. I think is vety important to know how to relate correctly with people arround you.

Krishna is someone too. Maybe we have people around us to practice and learn how to love and serv, for do the same with Suprem Person.

Now i'm reading Bhagavad Gita and Sri Isopanisad. Sri Isopanisad motivates me a lot. I am really enjoying it. I find prabhupada's coments very truly and very funny.

Godruma Das and Pushpa are going to subsidize books for sankirtan, i think i can distribute in university libraries, to people in university, and i want try to do it in streets of Valencia with devotees..

Thank you very much for your seminars and clases! They inspirate me a lot for spiritual thoughts and actions. I read some of your sounds from heart.. These one about thief dog is great hahaha it made me very funny! Hare Krishna Majaraja!! Thanks you for your time! ...And sorry for my english Arina

HpS – Hare Krsna. You, Srinatha, Yamunesvara Das, every letter I am reading today is from people who are running at 10,000 miles an hour in Krsna consciousness! It is good if you got a basis!!!    You seem to have it. Understand masculine mentality, getting up early.
I hope Krsna arranges a super, super, marriage for you soon. Maybe He will marry you Himself. Where you and Orthodox Nun in your last life?