Letters to the editor

  A G T S P !
  paoho

Monkey - Piggy here in beautiful Melbourne by the Sea Australia.  A really opulent, big Temple.   Old building. Prabhupada built....    Yesterday we had Japa Joe from 1.30-3.30AM, SB class (full temple room) from 7.30-9.00AM, drive to Prof. Mabbett's beautiful  home in the hills one hour and excellent program there with about 7-fantastic indologists until 5-pm, one hour drive to the Urban Yoga Center with two hours with fantastic new age, Western people, then up at midnight for our San Jose Bhakti-vaibhava program (all ekadasi and change for time for daylight saving's time), then no Japa Joe to get minimal sleep and then SB class this morning.

Raktaka Das, Madhumanjari Devi Dasi, Dhanesvari and Dhruva and so many are REALLY helping us.  We are learning a LOT about our body. The LOB programs are going well. We are meeting any temples and devotees who want to develop these.

We canceled 1/2 of the programs they had planned for Sydney, Next stop and now feel like we are going to be able to handle our BhVai, NIOS, and MED work.

O.K.  >>>>==========>   Letters.

AGTSP     (((paoho)))        -         We've made it to Melbourne. It's old and cold and a big Temple that was a 19th century boy's school with lots of people coming to visit to pay homage to the Dieties and ask for blessings and KC.

How are you?

Dhanesvari Devi Dasi and Dhruvananda Das are here. We are flying everywhere with Raktaka Das. So far their have been donations of $2,000. We may pay for the fuel costs! When we got to the airport we discovered the flight was cancelled and they put us on a different flight. It was nice because we could work in the airport, clean, no allergy and get our review of Rasa-mandala Das' Philosophy of Education General Guidelines to Collaboratively Producing an ISKCON Ministry of Education Paper done, and Score our last paper from Radha-desa.
Brisbane was nice in many ways but not even once we got our regular Ayurvedic Diet. That alone may reduce this nasty allergy reaction that is plaguing us. Our ears were stressed by the flight and our hearing   >>muffffled<<<   by the time we landed. Seems back to its 65-year old normal.   Our eyes are still strained and distorted.  We have to adjust to a 65-year old body. We got 32-rounds done.

Now time for Japa-Joe, Thursday morning!!!                From JJ we hope to get Krsna's instructions, plan of work, clear!!!   Hare Krsna!!

Hare Krsna!   Hare Rama!
A G T S P !   (((paoho)  &  (((bw)))             Monkey/Piggy here!    We are in our excellent room in Raktaka Das's home in Brisbane. For example, yesterday, we were up at 1AM for Japa Joe!   About 11-devotees chanting and chatting.  Got 16-good rounds done before Mangala-arati.... Bath, Puja for Lord Nrsmha,  15-minutes travel to Temple. Mangala arati with about 7-devotees, more Japa, Bhakti-vaibhava readings for Canto Four. Class for 1-1/2 hours with about 45-devotees. Back to the house, bath, quick check of mail, little rest (24-minutes) some nice fruit, back in another auto, 45-minutes travel to full noon day program with one hour on internet for conference call with devotees in Peru of Nimsar, Educational Development. Took little rest in same house, bath, lecture (45-devotees, some strong topics), talk with 25-devotees, back in another car, change of plans and back to the Temple for ISKCON Youth program, read from Ramayana and then very intense questions and answers until 7PM.  Raktaka Das kind of pulled the plug on things at 7PM and back to his house by 7.45PM.

Little tire, ei Mate!!

We were supposed to post this DTC then, answer letters and read the Krsna book.

Ha!               Ha!               Ha!             (Re!!!).   cOMPLEetely   bone, dog-dead  T I R E D!

(((but happy))

So, we turned off our brain and looked at the Bio-graphy of Mao Se Tung on the Your tube up to the point where he started to murder 10-million people. Of course it seems to have some value in dovetailing it with preaching.

Now we have caught up on the MED, NIOS, ASA-Kids Mexico mail and answered an amazing request for a lecuture at University in Kolkatta when we are there.

SLOW DOWN HpS!

We are trying...   but it seems we are engaged as we should be and slowing down means for everyone to see who we are. That seems to be happening. Raktaka Das commented that he is just beginning to realize how much our work is extended. We are not just doing work here and now with our gross senses.

Also, we have been told again and again that we will be famous after we are gone, so it seems that our pushing programs in the here and now may not be what Krsna wants. In that spirit we have made good meetings, practical suggestions follow up letters to the devotees and scholars involved with the University of Bhagavata Culture in Manipur and there has been NO response so far. So we will make maybe two phone calls and then if nothing happens we will be open to future invitations but stop pushing ourselves.

Peru is advancing. Book in Kokatta is advancing. Book shipment to USA is advancing. For NIOS progress in Nashville we want to butt heads with Abhiseka Singh and NGD and Tandavika about what they are inspired to do.

If all else fails we, Tom Brown, will take Uncle Gismo's offer and start work on our ASA PhD (Doctor of Phalocracia).

Now, 3.30PM.  Time for lunch Prasadam. Then some Japa and Blog mail and Reviewing and grading our last paper from Radadesa before we leave for the Temple for the Evening Program (Meet Maharaja).

Tommorrow we fly to Melboourne.  One hour clocks forward!          Jaya!!!

          Oink!    Oinnk!         WHOOOP!!!    AGTSP.......       (((paoho))) . . .         Here we are in Brisbane, Australia.    Our residence is in    Raktaka Das' home with his wife, Srimati Acyuta-priya Devi Dasi and three nice children.           Temple is in light industrial area so can make all the noise you want.        Also wild, undeveloped area on most sides!

Congregation 85% Indian, but others coming.   Lot's of potential.

Hippies were our best customers, now it is Hindoos.   From Hippies to Hindoos.  What is next????   H>H>H

             We have a little alergy.    Our eyes are complaining about strain from computer.  Doing LOB and other seminars.

      " The sense of hearing is usually the last sense to go,so be careful what you say near and unconscious causalty",  ABC First Aid Guide.

    "An unconscious, breathing, woman in advanced pregnancy should be placed on her left side", Ibid.

Last night we did LOB 6 and 20.  This morning we try to do cow protection verse and Text 22.    That leads to NOI!           Distribute books, discuss books!!        Teach books!

              We read and comment on and post letters!!!

AGTSP paoho.   We are just leaving for Brisbane from New Govardhana Farm. 900 acres, scores of devotees, extended community.  We are pushing to answer the mail. Do our writing, classes, counseling...   We are refusing more and more engagements so we can handle our priorities.  O.K. We look for URGENT letters.   4.50PM  Jaya!

     AGTSP!!!   paoho.    Here we are in Govardhana Farm.   Our skin rash is a little better. We are still very weak but heathy!           How are you?    We have two weeks of letters to answer.          So many devotees here.  Madhu-manjari Devi Dasi, Adi-adri, Raktaka Das, Dhruvananda and Sudevi and Markendeya and Dhanesvari and her baby.....

                       We have heavy lecture and consultation load, but the weather is celestial.  Inernet is good.  We are doing Japa Joe daily.   It will be the same hour until Saturday morning.      Australia has like four time zones.  Confusing.  We will go to Brisbane Friday evening!

                O.K.  Calls to India, answer letters, correct BVC papers...