AGTSP
paoho
Here we are in Tandavika Das' Ashrama in Franklin, Tennessee. Our health is still an issue. The terrrible inflamation in the throat is down to 5% but still inflammations in the mouth and tongue and infected feeling in the body. Seems we've caught up on all of our USA/South America work, and now things are going at a sane pace, so we will take more rest. That's what the doctor orders
So, we go to the Blog letters now!
AGTSP
paoho
Here we are in Tandavika Das' Ashrama in Franklin, Tennessee. Our health is still an issue. The terrrible inflamation in the throat is down to 5% but still inflammations in the mouth and tongue and infected feeling in the body. Seems we've caught up on all of our USA/South America work, and now things are going at a sane pace, so we will take more rest. That's what the doctor orders
So, we go to the Blog letters now!
Hare Krsna, Hare Rama
Jaya Krsna Balarama! A*T*S*P paoho & bw > > > Here we are in Lokesh Prabhu's apartment about 20-minutes from the Temple. Our throat inflamation is little reduced. Shaved. Look civilized. (It's an illusion). Now we look at the Blog posts. Taking a hog's load of extra rest, but still the work seems O.K. Gave class this morning on like chapter 82 of the 10th canto, "Krsna and Balarama meet the Inhabitants of Vrndavana (at Kuruksetra)". It's the basis of Rathayatra. The Festival of India has about 20-tents set out. Devotees are starting to arrive. Meeting a lot of nice people. Will distribute Prahlada-Nrs. VEDABASE.COM cards. Have not got any NIOS cards??!! Will text Tandavika and NgD >>->
(DRAT! We just realized we missed the classes in Chosica and Hawaii. We got back from the morning program at the Temple and practically speaking fell into bed DRAT! (but being sane guess we needed the rest))
Krsna, Krsna, Krsna, ..... He! AGTSP... paoho... We made it to Atlanta. It was one austerity after another. Today is Ekadasi. We have an inflamation in the throat, but nice room, nice Prasadam and 18-rounds done. Now we can rest, recharge the batterys. We have EXHAUSTED the bodys energy. Time to recharge.
Answer some letters!
A G T S P !
Paoho / Bw
Monkey - Pigee here, in Brussels. We almost died on this journey from Albert Road, ISKCON, to here, ISKCON Hindu Forum Europe. We drove at 5.30PM to the Sealdah Train station and let off the Harsh Pradhan with all his magical feets while great monsoon clouds formed over head. Then we proceeded alone, undaunted, into the gather storm to Dr. Samaresha's Nil-kamal ashrama in Lake Town. There, the next day, we finished all of the points and accouting for the book and the seminar. At 5.45PM we were again in the vee-hickle with Mr. Mondal as our shepherd and made it for check-in in the former Dum-Dum, Kolkatta airport. Plane 1/2 hour late. Zoom! Zoom! Z o o m ! 8.15-10.15PM zee aeroplane flu to Dal Hee!
More transit. Thirty minutes in lines for transfer.
Waiting.
Zoom! Zoom! Z o o m ! 2.20AM we took to wings and all night in the dark with a pious Hindu girl next to us. Didn't say anything to the B'cari. Order water not soda, and the veg-meals! (We had fruit plate).
All the while sore throat, like some low grade virus.
All the while trying to chant Japa. Sat on our bucket, played our flute, people apporached us to root for The Toot! Looked at the movies there was Sherlock from Homes, episode number two so we turned it on without sound and watched the scenic beauty of Britian while in the dark Japa made sound.
Then a Kung Fui of Dragons, just as absurd, but beauty of nature with Japa we heard. SO, we got to Europe at Noon (by our old Hindu Clock), Jita-krodha was waiting and to the center we rock. SOme bread and some cheeses, so apples and orange and six ours resr and our bodies forlorn. Yet there's strenght in the heart to we rehydrate and walk, on the streets of Old Brussels and more Japa we clock.
Look, see, cigar-ette butts in abundance dot all the path, no book stores worth noting and at last a fine park we hath.
A hundred babies laugh and play.
Their Momis wipe them of all things grey.
Three jugglers practice but all folks smoke!
Nicotene is for insanely pained folk.
Oll Korrect. We have 26/32 rounds done. We read SB 3.14. We must not our special discovers for Srila Prabhupada's glorification, Sankirtana, answer some letters, evening program, in-transit!
Hare Krsna. AGTSP paoho We're O.K. Despite some rumours to the contrary. Seminar finished as a super-duper success. Yes, it was exhausting. We had to really minimize our eating so that we would not fall asleep or get sick from the heat. Every day stress.
Yesterday, Saturn's Day, we rested a little and did all most of the accounting. Now we are still pushing a little to get the transport arranged for the Felicitation books back to the USA, but it seems that we can do it with Advaita-candra Das from Torchlight Books.
Harsh got his ticket on the Rajdhana train.
It's 7.44AM We have 20-rounds done. This morning there were like 7 of us for the Japa Joe workshop on Webex. We've had a nap and prepared for the Bhagavatam class. Here the schedule is that at 8AM there is breakfast. Then from 8.30-9.30AM there is SB class. Keeps people awake during class.
At 1PM is the Sunday Feast class. During the morning we can work on letters to the Blog, and after the class we can pack. That's gonna be a trip because we have to carry books back to the West and we only get 20Kilos! Also our bag is small. Hmmmf!
Then, like 5.30PM we go in a taxi and drop Harsh at Sheldah Train station and we continue to Lake Town to Dr. Bandyopadhyay's, work this evening and tommorrow morning and then fly to Dehli like 7.45PM. Then stay in the airport and fly to Brussels at 2.30AM . . .
. . . Jaya! Hare Krsna. Wherever you go, whomever you meet, tell them about Krsna from the Gita and Bhagavatam, and in this way become Guru on Lord Caitanya's order