Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna. AGTSP Paoho

4.30PM in Manipura. Cloudy today and some rain during Mangala arati. We have almost continuous burning in our nose and even our skin from some kind of allergy reaction to the air or something.

Yesterday Toe Bull, today full moring program, SB class and then big television interview. It was quite good. The questions were quite practical. Haridasa Swami said a few things we said will have to be edited out because they would be inflamatory to certian groups here in Manipur. We see an undercurrent of potentially violent terrorists activities here by different groups. Right now the economy and access to Western technology, education, dream of happiness, is enough available so that these are not manifest like before.

After the television interview - one hour - we chanted Hare Krsna and watched some Dhanur veda to relax our brain and had a nap and then forced ourself up to answering letters etc. Many people are starting to arrive from Meghalaya, Silchar etc. They quite naturally expect some emotional reciprocation from us but it is hard in unkown languages, not being able to remember everyone we initiated.

O.K. We write one essay for here and go to the 5PM NOI seminar.

Thank you.

Hare Krsna. Been a pretty good day. AGTSP. paoho & bw. Yes it was about six hours out for the program in Toe Bull. Not to be confused with the other town where we THOUGHT we were going Two Ball. It is way out in the country and also the birth place of H. H. B. S. Damodara Swami. About 75-devotees came. There was no special reason for all of us to go there but was nice Sangha. We act as a dignitary in many ways - sit in a chair, very sincere, highly elevated, men and women, with boys and girls, pay their obeisances, give 20-500 rupees (25-cents to 7-dollars) and we try to avoid them touching our feet. AGTSP. We also took charge of the program and started a Kirtan that was very nice. We can really communicate our consciouness through Kirtan. then a translated lecture. it is hard, for the translator, and us. Have to talk slow, clear, use simple words, repeat, but also seemed to come across well. We talked about Guru, Sankirtan of Srila Prabhupada and our Sankirtan with Bhakti svarupa Damodara Swami.

Then one-hour back through the dust. Our nose is stinging a lot here. Finished all but 21-Annual Reports.

Devotees arriving for the festival. Now we go to the Temple for the arati. Ekakasi has been pretty good. By eating once a day we are greatly improved. Sadhu Das and devotees offer like 5-7 course feast every day. We pick out like two basic items and honor those in bulk and then take a little taste to honor the rest. Is tough, but then we can usually digest it all within one day. There is no place or job nice in this world. Always best use of a bad bargain, and when we accept this as austerity for Krsna, is wonderful!

Thank you.

Hare Krsna! Hare Rama! Jaya Radha, Jaya Shyama, Jaya Sri Vrndavana Dhama. AGTSP! paoho.... It is 7.02AM... We go for Mangala arati, chant during a lot of extra hymns that the Temple does after MA and until just before Srngara arati and Guru-puja. During that we come back to our cave and read and write.

Yesterday was a donkey killer from Daytona! Three lectures. Tough lectures. The first was a Regional Medical Conference sponsored by the local university hospital, RIMS. We had to struggle to understand the audience and then put a PPTX together, but it was good. We were impressed but the love of the scientists for their work, the level of dscipline and organization existing in Manipur. Right before us was Medical Ethics and then we pushed it to Integral Medicine - Body, Mind and Spirit. Audience was about two hundred and the Doctors and Professors and Chairpersons listed with continuous attention. We saw that we could have followed up a lot more. This is Manipur. B. S. Damodara Swami is from here and he is a reknowned scientist.

Some war, bloodshed, with mosquitos here.

Next was NOI seminar third day. Eight nice students. We are reviewing our study guide.

Finally, regular ASA Saturday Morning ABC symposium. We were dog-donkey-dumpling tired but we knew that once we got on line and associated with devotees it would be possible. Upendra, Sugopi radha, explained their weeks reading and HpS summarized the classes from Kolkata, Manipur and showed the RIMS pptx in summary.

Too tired to do Reports or post this DTC.

Now, 12-rounds done, leaving for Tubal at 8AM for 6-hour program. B. S. Damodara Swami's birth place. Nice shrine there.

We will nap, bathe, and work on the Annual Reports.

Today is Ekadasi!

Watching for Urgent news in the Blog.

Hare Krsna.

AGTSP. Paoho. Little overcast. Some dust and smoke in the air. We are out near the airport. Lots of empty land away from the road here. Temple is quite Oriental looking.

Not strong emphasis on Japa and SB here. More on Arati, Kirtan, manual service and good Prasadam.

We are half way through the Disciple Reports - like 34 done and 32 to go. It is interesting, we only formally have 66-disciples. That even seems mangeable.

Few reporters are behind on ther rounds. 90% following four regs. Everyone doing good service. We are asking to hear about their families a little more, here in the Blog. Without the help of the family, participation of the family, even as critics sometimes, how can we be doing good service. Of course, some are STRONG brahmacaris (:>>>====>) head toward Sannyasa(??). They need nice administrative authority. Sannyasis administrating B'caris.

O.K. Now we should prepare for the NOI seminar, day two. About four ladies and 8 gents. Finished into to the course and Preface and Text One yesterday. Chanting the Goswami Astaka.

Trying to fix the calendar for USA when we get back. Abhirama Das says Ambassador may not help in our relations with San Marcos because he feels we are religious.

Hmmm. Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!!

Checked the Blog for any URGENT letters.

AGTSP

paoho

Did another 7 reports! Fighting fever from all the dust blowing in the wind in Manipur. Many people wear masks. Culture is incredible here. Gave class this morning. Told a lot of stories. Very simple, nice devotees here. Now in 33-minutes we start our NOI seminar. About 200-devotees will eventually come from all over the North East. We worked a lot on the NOI study guide and talked with Rama-gir-dhara Das about the NIOS/MOE calendar, and Dr. Samaresh ran his heart out to get the paper to the printer to get Siksa Darsha on line for 19th March release.

Hare Krsna!!!!

"The preacher of Krsna katha is always beyond the clutches of death", NOI-1

AgtASP Paoho. We are in Manipura. It is 2.08PM. We are only partially destroyed by mosquitos, malaria and dengue like flies. The weather is a little cold but nice. It is so remote here. More remote than Kolkata. If you are from Peru or California you cannot imagine how different it is here or in Kolkata. A different world.

We should be dead.

Maybe we are dead.

We started answering the Disciple Reports. We got like 7-done and the web-page won't post them. Happens for some time.

We will give NOI seminar here and go to one wedding and one university program.

Dr. Samaresh has almost published the next book, but got very dizzy from fatigue so had to wait one day. Now we take a quick bath and leave for Thoubal, the wedding, 1/2-hour from here. Is very different culture. We hope you all can come to Manipur next year. We should make a movie. Adventure/detective movie.