Letters to the editor

             AGTSP!
                     Paoho   ...    How are you?    Our poison ivy infection has spead all over our legs and one arm.  Ha!   Ha!   Ho...        It looks terrible, but is not so irritating.  We are following Nitai-gaurasundara Das advice.    It has dried up a little also.

                      24-hour kirtana and symposium was very great.   prof. messier could not come, but the Imam of the Nashville Islamic Center, Pastor Lauria, Dr. Robert Dray and Dr. Ravi Gupta were all there.    Some very interesing discussions of the soul, preparation for death.....        Very elevated disussion.     About 100 devotees.    Was outside and it was rain and clouds all day until one hour before the program....     !

                      today we go to franklin, tandavika das's house, and then tommorrow we go with our rash and flash to     t e x a s !   agtsp...   paoho.    we get to the mail in a moment.....      noticed that michelle obama and bill clinton both said, "God bless you, God bless America" at the end of their speeches.   Interesting.  Same was there for the Republican candidates? ...

             AGTSP!
                     paoho...   Here we are in Murfreesboro in the Ashrama of Radha and Natabara Ji!   We have weepinng sores from poison ivy plant from toe to waist and on one arm.  ha!   Ha!      !

               Sankirtana is very good.   We've mounted Abhirama's Sattva posters from the   shows in Lima Town and will hang them at the Symposium to show our wide renown.                      The 24-hour sankirtana starts at 6PM today and many guests are coming.  For the weekend they will stay.                We distributed five NOI in Virginia, we prepared a "NIOS News" and will print it out this morning to distribute in the pews.

                      O.K.  Answer some letters, 16-rounds done to this hour.

TB/BW!!!     -{:D)/

         A G T S P !      (paoho)
    We are still in Srinivasa Ji's Ashrama in Richmond, Virginia.  Yesterday we had no Internet connection until 10AM so we could not join the Japa Workshop (Japa Joe). Neither could we meet with Srinivasa Das from India for our BhVai, Curriculum Development Worshop at 6AM. [Two Srinivasas].  However, we called Laksmana-agra-ja Das at 6AM and had ecstatic BhVai program.

       Then we all got in the van and drove to Yogaville. (Dr. Bandyopadhyay called us in route. The NIOS history book is being delivered to the President of India!). At Yogaville about 250 or less yogis and yoginis and yogitos (kids) met us with a great reception and after they finished their organic, home grown, vegetarian lunch we had a kirtana and lecture.  They were ecstatic. They are followers of Satchitananda Swami who is disciple of Sivananda Sarasvati who founded the Divine Life Society.  They have 650 acres of parks and monuments and ashramas.

    We understand that their philosophy is from impersonal perspective and that may cause some problems in character, but we saw lot of personal character and work manifested, very laudable!       However, their Deities seemed like statues, however they commented that they also felt so and should offer fruit and flowers daily.

  ..  Ecstatic Kirtana..   Lecture got 150 praises...   they bought ocean of big and small books.

  ...  Tour of their project.

   ...  Back in the van and 2-hours back to Richmond.  (Fruit too late but necessary).    Rest ...   Z  Z  ZZ  !             Up at 1.15AM  ( bonk!   crash...   up at 1.49AM!!)      Japa Joe.               Some Sandesha (like Prabhupada)  (too much??).

      ... >>>    Today we have NIMSAR meeting at 10AM, interview of Professor Kenneth Rose at 11AM, lunch with devotees in third city at 1AM   (rest)  lecture at University of Virginia at 6PM (Spirituality without Relgion?).    Back to Srinivasa Ji's Ashrama.                    >>====>           We are not the doer.           Yet, we have to work to do less and write more...          Govinda!!!!

                       Govinda!!!!

                                     Anyone who chants "Sri Krsna Caitanya..." and follows it with "Hare Krsna, Hare ..." has achieved the perfection of life!", Srila Prabhupada.                    Ahhh!     Yayatma suprasidati...!          Krsna is pleased, Servant is pleased,   Guru is pleased..

(Also have to Read/Write Blog, Send BhVai Notes to LaD and Srinivasa, start reading Chapter 22, look at  Yahoo!)  >>=====>              Hare Krsna!

           Hare Krsna.  paoho. We are just dust near the feet of Srila Prabhupada.  Externally we are sitting in our cave in Srinivasa Prabhu's house in Virgnia. We came here yesterday and had their regular Nama-hatta program with about 45-devotees. Was rather intense with the questions.

       Our net book would not sync with Srinivasa's router so we could not join Japa Joe this morning.   Then we couldn't use WebEx for our curriculum development with Srinivasa Das, our Study Partner from Boise, and Laksmanagraja Das.

       So we used Nandulal's cell phone with CCD and Mother Subhra's USA account (which is free on Sunday) and Tandavika's international Reliance account to have VERY nice SB 3.21 discussion with Laksmana.  So, much deep insight on current social and psychological problems in the Yatra from just discussing the Purports.

     Now Srinivasa from, here, Virginia, has given us a Sprint USB modem an we're using it to connect.   O.K.   Letters to the Editor and we're off a 11AM for the two hour drive to Yogaville!

                            Oink!                      Oink!

                                  Whoop!  Whoop!

                              Whoop!   Whoop!            AGTSP   paoho.  It's 11.17PM.  Brother Ass is starting to get a dangerous head ache.  Haw!      Haw!     Haaaw!              We just answered all the letters to like five daze ago.  Was very nice, but takes Time.
      We are pretty much on schedule with all out work.      It seems that mostly everything we are doing is correct.  We don't have to make any BIG changes in life, just become more intense to do what we are doing more precisely correct; Eating, sleeping, mating and fearing...       O.K.  We take rest now.  Get up at 1.15AM.   We had a nap today, So, total number of hours of rest is O.K.
     Tommorrow we go to Virginia for the weekend.  (Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin" Queen, never got married etc, So place was called Virginia after her!)   We travel light and try to keep the focus.  People should establish a firm connection with Srila Prabhupada through his Kirtan and his Books (and Prasadam)...

  ............... Good night!

    7.45AM   -   Radha Natabara Ashrama, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

One Poem We Wrote this Morning for Trash-12K:

GOPAL DARSAN
Fortunate necklace made of gold,
     Fortunate flute that His fingers hold,
Fortunate flute that His two lips kiss,
     Arrogant souls opportunity miss.

 Banging on his banjo,
    Strumming his guitar,
The musical arranger,
     Sees Krsna near and far.

 “Hare Krsna” quakes his brain,
    Tears of pain fall like rain.
Many different melodys,
     The very same refrain.

 Merging in transcendence,
    Every ache and strain.     Gopal, Govinda, Rama,
Sri Madhusudana.   Our days are numbered.
       Some have bigger numbers.

Some have small.  You’re very fortunate to get a
   “Ready” call.  “Time to go!”    Now it’s Mangala
Arati. One last time we roar.
    Wake up the bears and buffalos,
Let no one lose and snore.

 NINE MORE MINUTES
What would you write?
   What would you say?
If you only had nine minutes,
   If you had to leave today?

 1. We do not die Intestate,
Someone has our Will,
   And Final Testament,
And then we’re on our way.

 2. “Poor fellow!  He left so little.”

        Our Bequest to Our Disicple: Get up early and get your rounds done!

 Then all the rest the day is fun.
        With Gopal.  [Of course, getting up early and chanting is also fun if you know the Way.]    [[ The Way is What Srila Prabhupada Say: ]]

 “Anyone who chants the Pancha-tattva Maha-mantra and follows it with the Hare Krsna/Rama Maha-mantra has achieved the perfection of life. However, if you want to preach you should probably read my books” – Srila Prabhupada

       So, at any moment you can follow this formula and achieve perfection, know exactly how to make further progress to complete confection.

          Ummm!   Hare Krsna,           Ummm!           Hare Krsna.       Jaya Sita-Rama.

 
3. Yet, demons come during the day to disturb the play?
             Hey, for Krsna they are not disturbances,
Unknowingly they increase the play, in an unpredictable, interesting
             Way.        "HaRe!   Hurray!"     You chant and
See how to help Gopal sends each demon on his way.

4. What is the biggest demon?
We don’t know for sure, but boredom is a really great one,
            Maybe the biggest fear.  Fear of no service,
For Krsna that He’ll really find quite dear,
            [By the mercy of Guru and Gopis]

"Hurray Krishna!   Hurray Rama!", that big, big demon also slay!

O.K.  That’s all.   No more to say.
            Nine minutes up.  Let’s be on our Way.   >>--->      Humility.