AGTSP paoho
Here we are in Gundica Das' office in the Barcelona Temple. Brother Ass is in complete catastrophy as is our internet. Maybe it is because it is Ekadasi. Better to just sit in the Temple and chant Hare Krsna. We developed a last minute plan for the week here. (Sound common.. Ha Ha Ha (Ray))).. It's pretty good. Improvisational Theater Training Ki Jai!!! We are just giving evening programs and only doing individual consultations from 6-7PM. Is a great honor. The theme for the whole week is Nrsmhadeva!!!! Last night we did:
SB 7.9.44
prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ sva-vimukti-kāmā
maunaḿ caranti vijane na parārtha-niṣṭhāḥ
naitān vihāya kṛpaṇān vimumukṣa eko
nānyaḿ tvad asya śaraṇaḿ bhramato 'nupaśye
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva, I see that there are many saintly persons indeed, but they are interested only in their own deliverance. Not caring for the big cities and towns, they go to the Himalayas or the forest to meditate with vows of silence [mauna-vrata]. They are not interested in delivering others. As for me, however, I do not wish to be liberated alone, leaving aside all these poor fools and rascals. I know that without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, without taking shelter of Your lotus feet, one cannot be happy. Therefore I wish to bring them back to shelter at Your lotus feet.
It and 43 are wonderful. Tonight do the verse that Srila Prabhupada quotes in his arrival song to Boston, glorifying Srila Bhakti siddhanta Swami.
Brother Ass Reporting: Heat beating O.K. Want to vomit from fasting for Ekadasi, but the body GREATFUL to have the rest from digesting things. Our beard is growing well. It's also growing into our mouth and itches, but shaving regularly is not great for someone who is mildly hemo-phelic like his ancestors. Beard Experiment. The internet connection is only in the office or restaurant, which is closed, and then it works about 27.3% with CONSTANT endeavor, closing and reopening the browser, waitinng 30-seconds for each page to load, changing browsers. We also have back-ache like a pulled muscle and of course our eyes are always strained easily by the machine now.
He Haw! He Haw! He Haw! HawRay!!! Krsna. I think it's just the same for all of you, right?? I think a female Ass must be even more of a catastrophy! Oink! Oink! Hare Krsna.
But... we got all the Yahoo mail answered or read and scheduled. Projects are suffering a little because of this lack of communication. Things look pretty good for here in Barcelona. Is cold and damp. Sea coast. We are getting ready for the jump to Belgium (Yum! Yum!) for the International Symposium on Education. Of course, there are last minute panics and reading the fine print on our Discount Ticket (with Ryan Air (which we would NOT recommend for anybody but people who use them ALL the time)) we see little jewels like: If you don't come to the airport with your Boarding Pass preprinted in duplicate then we will charge you 70-euros to print it. All non Euro guys gotta go to the Document.....
Hare Krsna! Hurray, Krsna! Hurray, Rama!
Must be Ekadasi. AGTSP! We can keep smiling in the middle of all this. We maybe a stupid ass, but at least we are happy asses. AGTSP.
IN GENERAL. We are making no promises of travel after 16 July unless things are well organized, with an intelligent plan to change the world. Of course, that means publishing good books, good popular media, doing select programs with serious people.
Oink! Oink! Whoop! Whoop! O.K. 12.18PM. GOtta chant, GET to chant Gayatri... some Ekadasi Prasadam... Answer the LTE!
How are you? Many people are in catastrophy, but there are always people who are in worse conditions than you. We have 23-rounds done. Shooting for 35!