Letters to the editor

Yesterday, Sunday, we were suffering from over eating, bread and butter, and it forced us to take extra rest! Still we were enlivened to write a letter to H. H. Satsvarupa Das Goswami in honor of his Vyasa-puja. We attach pictures of the humble letter.

Then today, Monday we got up at 1.15AM and were chanting, but a little tired by 7AM so took a nap but didn't wake up until 8.15AM ... and class was over .... 😲

so we panicked and looked looked for the link in www.GoToMeeting.com. It was only a 32-minute class.

We called Srinivasa-acharya Das to apologize to Mataji for our slovenly behavior.

Then listened to the class.

It was very nice.

Guru-govinda Devi Dasi was the Chief-Guest. (She needs to learn the Sanskrit for the invocation prayers (she is a lawyer!)). 😇

The class was very smooth. Very complete. A summary of the history of Kardama and Devahuti. We clarified one misconception about the story, but one question comes up.

It says that there should be compatibility between the character etc of the boy and girl, and M. Sundara Radhika Devi Dasi, said that there should not be too much difference in age between the boy and girl.

This brings up and interesting question.

In the current, Amer-European system the boy's and girl's ages are almost the same.

We have heard that it is VERY, VERY, difficult if the girl is older than the boy, and we have seen that this is so true. Almost always results in divorce of Western couples. (We have used our mystic powers to make one of our disciples three years younger, so she is not older than here husband.)

Yet, Devahut must have been about 11 or 12 years old and Kardama was at least 25.

SB 1.17.38 suggests girls by 16 and boys by 25 years get married, no?

History of Cyvana Muni and Sukanya, SB 9.3 relates story of Old Man marrying maybe 12-year old girl, and Srila Prabhupada commented that usually this is not normal, but he cites from his personal experience of a girl like 19-years old marrying an older man in the village with no family and he says that in the end they were both very happy, because they were Vaisnava.

Hmmm?

It would seem, that in the current world heavily influenced by AmerEuro culture girls of 17-years old marrying boys of 25-years might be very practical, but as much as possible returning to the girls being 'betrothed' by their wish and parents consent at 12-years old, and then living with husband by 16-years old, would be ideal.

It is interesting, in most, all(?), USA states, girls can marry by 18-years old without parental consent and by 16-with parental consent.

What do you think?

VAD for Divine Goals!

Then. we did a lot of mail!! Talked with ARTD on the phone for 15-minutes, cooked Kitri for Lord N and we hope to work on the FEP for tonight, before we go for a walk.

It is 4-degrees Celsius here at 3PM.

Our health is much improved with Buck White cooking.

Brown Tom // White Buck here.

Hare Krsna, have you read the letters today. Lot of variety. We had to push a little to finish. Little headache.

We talked to Dr. Samaresha for half and hour yesterday in India.

Classes have been very enlivening.

Bhisma deva.

Lots of things happening, but at the end of the day we can take hot milk and read the KRSNA book. See Krsna's pastimes.

AGTSP Paoho

It is cold and a fight with the snow.

Donald Trump may insight a civil war.

Our rat may bite us while we sleep and give us rabies.

Our earbuds kept falling out and we could not hear well from the computer. We bough a earpiece at Office Max today, but it is too tight and is giving us a head ache!!

Ha! Ha! Hare. Maya has an unlimited number of pleasures (pains) and no one can enjoy (suffer) them all. Govinda!!! Sita devi, Radharani, are really unhappy. They can really get everyone organized to serve Krsna. She can get the whole material world organized to serve Krsna, for those who want it. Our death can be so, so important.

Progress you make here, you can use in your service in Goloka.

We are having heart arhythmias. Missing beats. Delayed beats. This may be our last key stroke.

Then we can chant Hare Krsna.... and get all the satisfaction in the spiritual world that we get from ice-cream here.

Good night.

9.21 PM

Was a super excellent day.

Big fights with fear of rejection by people we are preaching to.

We have to work for Radha. Everyone else will be satisfied in the shadow if they are not in the sun.

Hare Krsna!

AGTSP. paoho. We are doing pretty well, making advancement in controlling our senses..but Brother Ass, our body, has had very elevated, Pitta, fire, in the body for maybe two weeks now.

It was so bad that we could see that were a prime candidate for throat cancer, and really may have done lasting damage.

We tried different things, even heavy fasting, and that brought it down under control pretty much.

Then we lost control of our Donkey when he was confronted with apple pies and pasta on Thanksgiving day and it raged back up out of control again.

So, we are going into fasting until Sunday and taking Ayur vedic suggestion of doing mandatory menu of hot fennel tea six times a day as a basis and maybe expanding that with some potato/carrot soup in the afternoon.

     It seems that this is marking a change in our body and from here on in we are going to have to be very strict.

Tom Brown - Buck White:::

AGTSP

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We got basic Sadhana Bhakti. So much pain that we cannot server every one. Viplavah, Solari... es well as we should, but we have been 90% dead with very, very elevated Pitta the last few days.

Acid in the stomach, burning the throat... Sure candidate for throat cancer. Seems might be being tempted by the very nice Prasadam offered by the devotees here... but too much spices for us??

We have been fasting for three days and it has reduced a lot.

Hmmm..... Big life lesson! We have to live differently.

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We spent about 1.25 hours answering letters.

We got in contact with our GBC Secretary, Sripad Vira-bahu Das, after about a month of no contact. He has been very busy and troubled in Braja. We had very practical discussion of administration in Chile, Latin America, Ayurveda etc.

About 1-1/2 hours with no waste.

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We will try to do work on Hari-lila Das' Canto Six Essays now.

We had only Tomato and Carrot soup Prasada today.

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!!!!! Then at 5PM (Now it is 4.30PM) we-will-go to walking with NgD and Vijaya Ji! It is only human contact we have all way and chance to exercise.

Thank you!!! May all you Sankirtan be loud and funny!!

See you in hell tomorrow.

ASA -- TB/BW

AGTSP..... paoho.. TB/BW!!! It is getting dark. It is depressing! We are alone in our little dilapidated house.. 😀 Yet we have the Maha-mantra!

Our headache has gradually built up.

We have answered as many letters as we can.

We have been good beasts today!

Honoring Prasadam. Chanting our rounds. Three classes today.

Now we join the program with Argentina. We really can't do these things like we plan with our civilized, passionate, mind. We really have to surrender to Krsna, and pray for inspiration, then we fine so many nice things to discuss.