Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna. Internet may fail at any moment so we write fast.

We are in Gujurat at Atmarama Das school. It is in the country with 16-acres, 50-cows and 120 students. It has dropped a lot since when it started there was only his school with English media and now there are 50. People have become much more materialistic and want High Tech educaiton for the children. Dont want them to work with cows!

Is a lot of stress for us.

Packed with travel and programs.

Now so many devotees want us to join their programs ans squeeze in air trip here and there but our body cannot handle it. We live on the edge of reality with the full morning program as a life and death choice. We are waiting for Rama-giridhari Das to come back from an unexpected trip to organize local Rathyatra. We may miss our trip to the Eco-village.

Hare Krsna!

The Holy Names and Guru-padma are our only shelter.

Internet has not been too good, so our ASA daily workshops are not too good.

In the time between the five programs a day we work on the essay for the Gaudiya-matha program.

It has come off pretty good - writing academic papers in the middle of a rowboat in the middle of the ocean.

O.K. Close here before the inter net goes.

Yahoo blocked our mail but seems o.k. now.

Insanity in a bag. Ha! Ha! Hare!

Another endless day. Up at 11.30pm. Answered 23-letters including sending itinerary to GM. Then Yahoo blocked my mail because they thought some one had hacked it from India. Took about one hour to resolve that. Them out from 8.30-6.30 for home, academic, temple programs and finally three hours dancing in Rathayatra.

Good night

Hare Krsna, Prabhus,

AgtSP. Paoho.

Three in the morning in RGDD flat in New Mumbai. It is a little warm. Our eyes have reached their limit working on our article for the Gaudiya-matha symposium.

Jet lag, travel, we are working pretty well. Already the programs are beginning to sprout up around us. Rtu-Raja Das et al coming to join us. Have this moment to write to you.

Trip from USA was long and hard even Business Class, but was O. K. Now get internet access, contact sponsors. We depend on you all. At this point we are 90% responding to the environment and only little bit able to keep our personal identity by chanting Hari Nama within our self.

O. K. bath and drive to FMP at the Temple.

Thank you.

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!

AGTSP! Paoho! 8.36PM, sitting on the sofa in NGD home. Abhiseka Das just got back from his day in the law offices. Manjari is back from her day in the medical supply industry. NGD is just coming to sit in his chair to read Krsna conscious literature. He is full of CDs, online programs etc.

Mother Matsya cooked Ekadasi Prasadam.

It is cold and wet so we did not go for a walk.

The damn computer seems to have been cured. I noticed that there was a light in the alternative screen buttn so pushed the function switch and that button and the haze went away.

Shoud we take it with us?

So many options. So many writing projects. Hare Krsna. We get exhausted from all the mental agitation. Solution is to Chant Hare Krsna!!! We remember to do that in your association,

but

sometimes we don't have the strength to chant on beads, but we can do it! It has to come from deep within the heart. It may be slow, but it is there. Chant Chant Chant. Maybe you die in a day, with you no one will play, but Krsna will will walk with you on the way Back to Vrndavana.

KRSNA, KRSNA, KRSNA, KRSNA, KRSNA, KRSNA, KRSNA HE!

Patricia wrote. S. Barbara Conference is 3rd through 7th. $500, but lot of content, lot of contact with Jungian leaders. Give and Take.

Srivasa Das sent the Charter from BOEX for San Jose and started to look at tickets.

We chanted 22-rounds (6-from yesterday.....[devil]) and talked with Hari lila Das for 30-minutes. Travel arrangements, Hawaii class. Walnuts and orange juice for Lord and potatoe soup here at NGD house. Our cave is small, dark and dificult but it is isolated. It forces us to concentrate. If we stayed in the mode of passion in Grhastha Ashrama we would not have the intensity that we need.

O.K. I guess that is it. We love you all and want to do our part in the choir. Our right knee is better and computer is better. Really we are 100% preparing for TEN WEEKS on the road!

Hare Krsna! HAre Krsna!!

Kapi Dhvaja on SUnday.

[[[ Don't want to put any pressure on PND at all. He has given such wonderful facility in this Blog, but if the pictures can be added that would nice, no? But no rush]]]

Hare Krsna, Hare Rama.

It is 35(2)-degrees outside and cool inside. We have the office, bedroom, cave room on half heater so we can heat up the bath room. Then we can take a final bath.

Full Morning Program. Nice discussion of Matsya Avatar. Always need to step back and see how the stories are important to our life, our Sankirtan.

Then banking and three calls to Dr. Samaresh about Gaudiya Math Symposium in April. More travel work that we can do. Have to accept what the devotees can do to help us in India. Hard to plan it all from here. Devotees in India cannot do a lot of organizing in advance.

Then banking - NIOS money, ASA money ...

Our computer fan seems to have died and now the screen is cloudy and hard to read. We will leave it in Houston for Gopinatha Das to look at. Indication from Krsna that we should only take our smart phone and Blue tooth keyboard? But our right knee is better! Srila Prabhupada says that material life means trading a back ache for a head ache.

Then drove to Walmart and replaced our cane, looked for one cup microwaveable container but could not find. May have one here. Got toothpaste, reading glasses and frozen orange juice.

Offered almonds, walnuts, apple, banana, little milk (don't want to abuse the cows), and frozen orange juice in the blender etc. Brother Ass took to much but he is pretty stressed by the cold, age etc.

Read a little KRSNA book, world classical literature, nap, back to work. Finished accounting with calls to Abhaya, Abhiseka, NgD and several more. Gaura-Arati on line. All the Urgent (except for Isvaris) letters and all the old ones to one week ago.

No article writing.

O.K. 8.38PM. Bath in the HOT tiny, weak floored bath room and some more Krsna book.

See you in FMP.

Thank you for the association, letters, online programs. Upendra Called with good ideas. Talked with Radhika about the India trip.

Hare Krsna. We live in a bubble of time and space dominated by the feet of His Divine Grace.

Oink! Honk! WHoop! ! ! !

8.39PM We are DEAD!!! lONG lONG LONG dAY! You can see some of the letters we wrote to Minstry of Education, Philemon Foundation. We answered "Urgent" letters. The problem/advantage of URGENT letters is that we answer them quickly so that sometimes means it is a short answer.

We see so many Vyasapuja offerings. How can we answer them?? We feel sad. Our eyes are very strained now. We can push but we will go blind even sooner.

Tandavika Das has gone to bed. We didn't get a chance to go for walk today. I wanted to but it kept getting later.

The world moves very fast.

All we can do is keep our little part of it clean and be an example to others. We can talk to them, offer advice, if they can hear, but if not then we can set and example.

Hare Krsna Hare Rama. Happy Radha. Happy Shyama. Play Their vina, play their lute. Play Their bamboo country flute.

More letters we wanted to answer but will destroy our eyes, so we rest now. Hear Krsna lila in the rumbling of the surf.

Our humble obeisances to you. Thank you for your sacrifices for Srila Prabhupada's movement. , , , ,