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             A  G  T  S  P !         (((paoho)))  &  BW.             We are much better. Rested and recovered a little bit.   The internet connection would not work for Japa Joe this morning but we got 16-rounds done before Mangala arati.    Rodrigo from Chile, made a hole in the 150 year old wall and we have cable now.

We are like limiting it to two classes a day and three challenging emotional dialogs each day.   Ha!    Ha!        Ha!                  I guess World War Two was a "challenging emotional dialog".    Die for your country!            Ooooof!                Strange.            Look for areas of agreement about Krsna rather than primarily disagreement.

O.K.  (Ommmm  Krsnaya-namah)                 8.50PM.       Rest the head.  Go to bed.   Read about "Krsna Enters Mathura".   We have to train people how to have the right attitude. Once you have that the thoughts and acts and possessions will follow.

Mail answered up to three daze ago...

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                           P   !   (((paoho)))...    Here we are sitting in the Mumbai airport at Gate Eight.   It is midnight, to that means it is changing from Tuesday to Wednesday.  I don't know how we survive if there is no Krsna!   Our life is full of austerity. Of course, guys in Africa or World War II or...   have it a      LOT      worse, but we go on with this physical and emotional and intellectual stress for a long time. I guess all the time.

Well, our entire process is suicide, so why can we complain.  The only question is whether you are actually killing the soul disease which makes you sick, selfish, way down deep.
   JUDGE BY THE RESULTS.
We are carrying on a brief case and our two-gallon metal bucket. EVERY time they want to see the contents at the Security Point. This evening, 30-minutes ago, the security guard wanted to see Lord Nrsmha deva, so I unwrapped him.  He put up his arms and said, "Jaya, Nara hari!"       Almost all the Security Guards and Immigration people say, "Hare Krsna".

Our flight is at 2.20AM!    We have two hours to chant Japa.     Guess we will start Japa Joe tomorrow morning again in Madrid.     We ate some fried bread chips that Hari-krsna Das gave to us in Radha Govinda temple in Kolkata. 

Our stomach and Hari-bowls seem to be dealing with it O.K. (but not perfectly) so far.

Strange place: About 12-fourteen year old girls and two ladies cut'n up. One family of like HIppies doing some Tai Chi.  The Gate is deserted.   About 55-people within view, in a room the side of three basket ball courts.  Oink!  OInk!  Whoop!    Whoop.

             ON the shuttle flight to here they served Chicken or Veg.  A LOT of people took the Chicken.  India has changed a lot in the last 4-years.   Everyone is going to hell, but the Stewards still call all the ladies, "Mum", and it is chicken and not beef!
            We are Krying in distress that we cannot give any K.C. to people.  Hare Krsna.
Well, I guess we chant some Japa.   We got Skype set for "Away".   This USB modem turns into a pumpkin in about two hours.

Hare Krsna.  Hare Krsna.                  The whole trip to India and Australia so far reminds us of Srila Prabhupada's comment to Jayatirtha Das: Wherever you make the endeavor you will find that the preaching is good.   So, many people are helping the Sankirtana, but we feel afraid to rely too much on anybody...   Especially ourselves .. Ha!    Ha!     Ha!             We kind of try to Chant HK / HR and put any service into immediate use.

                Hey!    We didn't know this thing has a camera!!           This is a picture of us here.  See, the beard!    We are trying to "Dress our age".   People look at us and say, "Don't give the old guy too much work".   Actually the Immigration line was like 20-minutes long, but when we came to the front door guy he looked at us and said, "This way Bobba, fast lane".  So we used our cane a little bit so that people wouldn't be envious of us and went through more quickly.

It's a fact though, its a lot of stress on our heart standing for a long time lines.

O.K.  Lets try one more picture!

                           AGTSP!                  (paoho)))))>>>>   Oink!       Oink!          Whoop!    wHOOp!!!!                1.16PM in the Radha Govinda Temple in Kolkata.  We just answered all the letters up to three days ago and all the CALENDAR DEVELOPMENT letters...    Hard work, but fun.  NOw we need a knap!!!  We save our breakfast for lunch.   It is super arrangement.  B'fast is alway more in the mode of goodness.   You can look at it and just see it, color, less oil, simple...         Then we carry our tiffin with us and can feel its delighful weight and then wait to enjoy it.            Jagannatha Prasad.

We had tipical day yesterday with Japa Joe - Mangala arti with 100 B'caris - Gave SB class to about 200 devotees - Sunday Feast class with struggle with translation (makes us feel like we got rocks in our mouth) - Some challenging questions, but we survived.    Then  ----   Got a Taxi to Lake town and worked with Dr. Samersh for about 4-hours. Half the time falling asleep while reading papers for the Museum book.
Taxi back to the Temple and in bed by 9.45PM!
                Oink!/Whoop!             -    Hari-krsna Das, all the devotees so helpful here.

O.K.  We              naaaaaa p!

                 [hart is o.k. but could be little better.      hot /  humid here.   there are problems in all our  Temples.        Tomorrow we start the      ----= { l o n g    trip to Madrid! ------}

    A G T S P !   (((paoho)))   Here we are in Kolkatta Temple. We have nice room. The devotees have been so, so helpful.  It was long hard trip from Australia and our time is getting booked up here pretty fast.
   Our work with Dr. Samaresh is going pretty good.
   All the different projects seem pretty much under control.   We are still having heart fatigue.  We adjust the work and that definitely helps, but doing nothing seems the greatest strain on the heart.   If we are going to die, better to die doing Sankirtan.

   Probably 90% of our readers face the same confrontations.  O.K.  We adjust our schedule, work, as best as we can and then push ahead inspite of the heart squeezes. The regular Sadhana like that really seems to do the heart good.

  Thank you again, Australia devotees.

   Tommorrow is Rabindra Bharati lecture. We have to write and abstract next.
    We have 23/32 rounds done.
   Dr. SB is coming to the Temple after Museum meeting.  NOw it is 4.27PM. Sun has gone.  Birds singing. Little warm but O.K.   Radha Govinda are so nice.
    The Kapi-Dhvaja is supposed to go today.
O.K.    Letters answered up to 3-days ago.        We do our abstract now.

Dear Maharaja Hanumat Presaka Swami,

pamho, AGtSP!

Responding to our last blog post here...SF RY is August 18th from last converstaoin with Jagannatha Swami dasa. The retreat we are participating in with Maharaja Bhakt Caru Swami is on the Uddhava-Gita in Gita-Nigari, Pennsylvania in May 33-June 2.

Do like your consul, am actually already using graphics in cooking, why was I thinkin'?

Heading to Mt. View to night from Lord Rama'ss appearence day and Grand Opening of the new ISV Radha-Madhmohan Temple. A lot cookin'for now, just as ordered I guess.

Appreciate all your valuable time!

your servant in training,

ccd.

ps: Hope this letter doesn't look like I wrote it in 10 minutes, but I did...hours of contemplation though! Off to the daily grindstone,  Hare Hare Bol! 

            HpS - Jaya!    AgtSP.   So nice to hear from you all.... How is M. Subhra Devi Dasi and her school.  So nice to hear of the Temple opening.  Especially on Rama Navami!!!   As you see from the DTC we are just heading out the door.  We get to the USA, Nashiville the when your retreat finishes!!
               Keep on looking. You will see what very specific service Krsna wants from you. Designer cakes!