DTC - (Th/21)-7.04AM

10 years, 5 months ago by hps in DTC

AGTSP
[paoho]
Here we are in Tennessee in the HOD.

The sun came up about half and hour ago, we could see.

Woke-up at 12.04am, but missed Japa Joe!  Well, tomorrow again we'll go! Here's some wurds from the Scratch Pad Book.

Then maybe we'll take off through the icce and to the Stones River go!.

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tortured smiles
WHEN MY FACE SMILES, I SMILE W/ IT,
WHEN IT FROWNS, WE FROWN TOO.
 
I AM THIS ROBOT.
HIS FACE MY PERSONALITY [MENTALITY] 
 
CHANGING BY THE CLAP.
 
PERSON, PERSONAL, PERSONALITY, 
 
PERSONALITY-NESS, PERSONALITY-NESS-ISM.
 
GOPALITY IN YOUR LOCALITY?
SMILING WHEN HE SMILES BRIGHT?
 
= = =
 
a beachhead for krsna
TO MANAGE THREE PACES OF COUNTRY LAND,
    IN THE AMAZING FOREST OF VRNDA-VAN? !
OOOF!  SEE HOW THE BLADES OF GRASS DO LOTS. 
    STEWARDS OF THEIR TINY PLOTS.
 
START IN THE HEART.
     WIH THE INNER EAR.
THEN MAKE A PLACE IN THIS WORLD,
    BASED ON THAT INTERNAL PIER.
 
CREATE A BUBBLE OF TIME AND
 SPACE,
 
   DOMINATED BY THE LOTUS FEET OF 
HIS DIVINE GRACE.
 
4.26AM -- R(-5/26)
~see ur beads.
 
4.42am -- r(-2/26)
Chan Ting, Dan Sing and Fees Ting.
 
4.58am -- r(1/26)
NoI: verse 9  — The holy place known as 
Mathurā is spiritually superior to Vaikuṇṭha, ... 
 
 And, above all, the superexcellent Śrī 
 
Rādhā-kuṇḍa stands supreme, ...  who is 
 
unwilling to serve this divine Rādhā-kuṇḍa, 
 
which is situated at the foot of Govardhana 
 
Hill?  
NoI: verse 10  — ... Who, then, will not reside 
 
at Rādhā-kuṇḍa and, in a spiritual body 
 
surcharged with ecstatic devotional feelings 
 
[aprākṛtabhāva]...
NoI: verse 11  — ... Rādhā-kuṇḍa is very rarely 
 
attained even by the great devotees... If one 
 
simply bathes once within those holy waters, 
 
one's pure love of Kṛṣṇa is fully aroused.
 
5.23am -- r(5/26)
Rye Ting in our TPP, Afterwurds to the Nectar 
of [pleze] Instruct [me].
 
6.01am -- r[9/26]
udillo-aruna ... almost enough light out to go to 
the river to take our bath. [stones river path]
 
6.14am -- r[11/26]
...dancing, ironing, bathing, laundry, tilak, gayatri in the morning sun, post these wurds, just for fun (Nanda's son's fun's)

DTC (Mo/18) - 6.14PM

10 years, 5 months ago by hps in DTC

AGTSP
paoho & bw.
We sent the Kapi Dhvaja today. It was a lot of work, but very much in proportion. We are struggling to serve well, but we still have attachments to psychological gratification.
By the mercy of His Divine Grace we progress!

We must try to do our best and not abuse his mercy.

However, even Dhruva Maharaja had to suffer the previous reactions of his acts before he could get to the spiritual platform of service perfectly.

All the letters are answered up to one week and two days ago. Some very interesting letters.

We reviewed Museum Book up to page 55.

Yesterday was 4-hour kirtan in Dr. Desai's home. Was a lot of work for us. About 35-people came. We divided it into 20-minute slots so twelve different devotees had a chance to lead. It was very, very enriching for the community to hear the different levels and types of conscious of our members.

Progress!!!!   Progress!!! !
Wonderful Book Distribution letters from Spain, Mexico and Peru.
O.K. Now we chant som Japa and go to NGD's home for evening program and walk.

DTC (Fr/15) - 5.54PM

10 years, 5 months ago by hps in DTC

AGTSP

paoho
Oink! WHooooopPPP!        Here we are the same as yesterday. Body is a little better. No stomach upset etc. Still dark outside.   OOOOOOO.V.OOOOOO

We just answered, wrote, 25-letters on Yahoo and Blog. Such nice reports of preaching, book distribution, personal Sadhana!

We have other work but we just can't get to it.

We met with Upendra Das by telephone from VRNDAVANA for one hour for our BhVai studies.
We gave class for Hawaii, SB 1.2.17 for 1.25 hours.
Cooked for Lord Nrsmha Deva.

And learned a little about the Bermuda Triangle and Rasputin.
Srimad Bhagavatam puts us in such an incredible position to understand and USE material nature. 

O.K. Off to NGD's home. 7.30PM is evening program there on Friday. . .

Hari Bolo!  Hari Bolo!

Hare Krisna

10 years, 5 months ago by purnamasidevidasi in Personal Sadhana Reports, DTC, Other

Querido Gurudeva: Por favor, acepte mis humildes reverencias.

Todas las glorias para Srila Prabhupada.

Cómo está? Se encuentra mejor?

              HpS - Jaya!  AGTSP.  pfanrh.   Muchas gracias su associacion cada manana en taller de Japa! Adelantando juntos guarantizado!!!    Nuestra salud, energia esta bien. Un diente necesita u x-ray, los pies poco hinchados pero mejor de antes. Vamos a morir, pero mantener el instrumento apto para predica del manera mejor hasta la fin, no?

Mi esposo Jayanta está bien. Trabajando aunque sigue teniendo algunos dolores. Gracias a la misericordia de Krisna, cuento en esta vida con su asociación y ejemplo; un ejemplo marcado, sobre todo por su gran fe en el proceso, en Srila Prabhupada, y por su capacidad de ver a Krisna en los momentos menos apacibles. A mí no me resulta tan fácil. El fin de semana pasado estuvimos disfrutando de la asociación de Avesa rupa prabhu y Adi Rasa Prabhu. Realmente me siento muy afortunada de poder asociarme con estos dos devotos. Pasamos tres días con ellos en la casa donde están ahora, en un pueblito de Cáceres, muy cerca del Parque Natural de Monfragüe. Dos ejemplos de sankirtan y servicio, para mi muy importantes. Este domingo iremos a la fiesta del Templo, donde tambien, gracias a Krisna, puedo asociarme con más devotos. Espero que se encuentre mejor cuando reciba este mensaje. Su aspirante a humilde sirvienta, Purnamasi devi dasi

             HpS - Reverencias al Adi y el Avesa!!!!    Y como estan sus hijos?  Cuales son sus cualidades?  Programa para ninos en el templo? Trabajando en escuela Vd? Buscando otro diploma?  -[;D]

Reverencias a Jayanta Das. Pide una carta con sus comprehensiones de Sankirtan ahora!

DTC (Th/14) - 5.38PM

10 years, 5 months ago by hps in DTC

A G T S P !

(paoho)))

Is is dark and cold outside. Sunset at 4.30PM. Cars rushing by on 4-lane street out side to go home. Across street is back of a low class shopping mall.

We lost a check for $10,000 today and were attacked by extreme panic. "Aaaaaah!".

We started efforts to compensate for the problem. Went across the other street to our bank, USBank, with Abhiseka, NGD's son. Talked with our Branch Manager, Elizibeth about her cat and farm and wired $10,ooo from NIOS to Goloka Education in Bombay for 150-Sanskrit sets.

The revolution begins.

She put a stop payment on the $10,000 check.

We came back and went through our world of files for the fourth time --and--  finally found the check! We had not even signed it yet as a precaution. It was where it was supposed to be but we thought it was a $200 donation from Dr. Desai and didn't look at the details!

Ooof!

Also did work on our Bhakti Vaibhava, Canto Four Studies. More to do.

We see that we are not "pure devotees" or Rupa goswami. Srila Prabhupada is a pure devotee. We have to make more progress. It is not that we have to work "harder", we have to just work more consciously. It is so simple to just get absorbed in dove-tailing some Karma, typing letters,  in Krsna's service but not stay on the Jnana-yoga or dhyana-yoga, or pure Vaidhi bhakta yoga level.

Ooof.

Old age pushes you to perfection.

Our eyes burn from the screen.

Our breathing is a little congested from old age.

Our feet are a little swollen.

Our neck aches from screen etc.

We have pain in our inguinal ligaments from something.

We have a little indigestion from not honoring Prasadam properly.

Now our right ankle has started to itch.

And it is dark, lonely, and cold here (but the electric heater is making it too hot, but we don't want to get up to go over to adjust it).

And it is 5.48PM... but that is O.K. because now we can go for a quick bath before NGD calls from the Mad House and says he is on the way home. Then we take off in the dark and drive in Rtadvaja Swami's, Mother's car, to NGD home and get a little association with the family and go for our 44-1/2 minute walk. Have two jackets, hat and gloves. We sing Gaura-arati on the drive over. Because of your association we will sing Shayana arati Bhajan on the way back. 12-minute drive.

Except for our little 12' x 12' office the rest of the mobile home is like 50`F. About 10`C. We have another electric heater in the bath room and we turn it on 30-minutes before we go for a bath. It works pretty good.

Floor is still foot burning cold, but water heater is good.

This office is nice because we have our own private cave.
Good internet.

Association of Lord Nrsmha deva and Srila Prabhupada.

Pretty regulated chance to do service. Become more self realized.

We have to learn how to do better Karma yoga. Look for more things that we can dovetail into useful service for Krsna. Won't be the best like Janana--yoga etc. but will be better than sleeping and then we will become more expert and come to more jnana-misra-bhakti yoga!

Jaya!

AGTSP.   paoho and bw!

DTC (Mo/11)

10 years, 5 months ago by hps in DTC

AGTSP
paoho
6.15PM. The sun sets at 4.30PM now and so it is kind of depressing in the evening. Also, we are a Sannyasi so we are alone a lot and have to work alone like Hanuman looking wof Sita alone.

It can become very intense, depressing, causing doubt, but also can get a lot done this way.

We are O.K. We will put a letter we wrote Dr. Samaresh after this. It gives some perspective on our situation. Answered about five letters. Very nice. Had a hellish fight with the Money Gram people. They decided that Arya-srestha das, Karuna-shakti devi dasi
 and I were like drug dealers and thus they would not transfer the money we are trying to send for M. Jambavati's auto-biography and dental surgery. Some went. It is funny. We will try to send another way.

At the time of death we become very morose and the only enthusiasm is our transcendental relation with Krsna, and that can be like the sun!

The letter to Dr. Samaresh explains the general challenges and so far we are doing well adjusting our work load and then we can more easily see what Krsna wants.

O.K. Post that letter and then maybe go get the Money Gram refund and then go to NGD's and Mother Matsya and Abhiseka's and Radha-Natabara's Ashrama, and go for our 44.5 minute evening, night-time walk. Is down to freezing a night now. We got our warm jacket from Tandavika's house. We offer Lord Nrsmhadeva a blend of two bananas, apple juice and some p-nut butter for breakfast, and his kitri of of green split peas and rice and potatoes and carrots and celery with ghee and salt for lunch.

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Esteemed Professor,
Hare! Hare! Krsna.... We hope this meets you in the best of spirits. Our physical machine is in extreme malfunction. We had some general irritation from under the skin starting about three weeks ago. Now it has erupted in some places with small prickles, itching, burning.
Maybe reaction for accepting disciples, and our own stupid actvities.
Creates some fever feeling, little nausea etc.
We have not been able to do much work.
Retreating to intense Nama-japa puts us in touch with pure life and that seems to be the real hope of curing this disease.
We chant and chant and chant and then the external world gets a little ordered. Diet only such as celery and split mung dahl.
Letters to friends.
Other work hovering on the edge.
Also feet swollen and another incisor may need dentist.
Is very, very funny for us... . we can see this body is a garbage covering the soul, unless Krsna wants to use it for mundane Sankirtana.
Sanjaya sent the book.
We very eager to take a look.
If we had not met Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada we would be in a real mess now, but on the contrary we see that nothing can stop the chanting of the Holy Names.
http://vedabase.com/en/cc/antya/20/12
We submit our little news and pray that we can get a little simple service to perform in this Sankirtan movement of Sri Krsna Caitanya with your esteemed self.