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Hare Krsna, Prabhus,
AGTSP.... paoho and Bw.
Here it is 5.14PM, 88`F (31`C) outside, but Tom came by today and put in an exhaust-duct for our free-standing airconditioner. It was only $110. Great price for his effort, but machine is not doing much more than before. It makes it O.K. inside here but not super.
The swelling has gone down considerable in our hand and arm from the wasp sting. Don't know if it is Benadryl or just our Yoga.
Enough Brother Ass Katha.
In terms of Sadhana bhakti, we have had pretty good control of our senses today. We really have not done much in the way of recreation or relaxation. We get tired, then we rest a little, do any service that we can and that gets us back into priority service, even though we may not have a material inclination towards it.
We read and answered several administrative letters from Peru and India in our Yahoo account. There will always be so many things to deal with in administration, no? It is in the mode of passion, so we don't expect first class results there. We expect second class results guided by our first class engagement, Sankirtan! Judges, bakers and candle-stick makers may all be our Sankirtan partners in ISKCON, then we deal with administration in our institution in order to facilitate this.
" After hearing the vibration of the flute of Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs in Vṛndāvana remembered Him and began to talk amongst themselves about how nicely Kṛṣṇa was playing His flute. When the gopīs were describing the sweet vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute, they also remembered their pastimes with Him; thus their minds became disturbed, and they were unable to describe completely the beautiful vibration.", KRSNA book, Gopis Attracted by Flute. So, Gopis are 1. Good citizens of Nanda Maharaja's village (ISKCON GBC), 2. They discuss these things with Their intimate friends (Sankirtan partners), and 3. They have their own unique, direct relationship with Krsna (Prabhupada) that is so intense that it can disturb the perfect performance of the first two function.
"Vyāsa was the spiritual master of Sañjaya, and Sañjaya admits that it was by Vyāsa’s mercy that he could understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This means that one has to understand Kṛṣṇa not directly but through the medium of the spiritual master. The spiritual master is the transparent medium, although it is true that the experience is still direct." BG 18.75. So, our ISKCON Diksa, and Siksa Gurus, our Temple Presidents and GBC Secretaries, our Family Authorities are only authorities to such and extent as we have a direct experience of Srila Prabhupada through them. If we try to have a direct experience of Srila Prabhupada without including the aformentioned categories then we are missing a great opportinity, no?
We agree with this thesis and its presentation about 87-91%, what about you?
O.K. Let's offer some potatoe soup to Lord Nrsmhadeva and chant and go to NGD Ashrama.
Thank you!
