Letters to the editor

hare krsna.

we are tired just like you?    robust talk with abhirama thakura das, class for hawaii, nios work, telephone chat with jaya-krsna das and Bhakti Tom Daigle, 30-minute walk with NGD. we saw nobody outside. is -2 degrees Centigrade.

full gaura arati and noi reading. we started chanting, loud and then we saw that we could choose to be happy. we can also choose to think about how evil we are and how we deserve to be punished by our society, but we can choose to be happy. so many times that happens in gaura arati, kirtan, our spirits get lifted up.

we have no money, clothes, family. we do not rely on our church. we have problems helping our students....    but we have the holy names. they bring everything.

they bring eternal life.

the opportunity to massage srila prabhupada's lotus feet.

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re   Krs-na!    Hurray, Rama!      Hurray, Krsna!       Hurray, Rama!   Hurray  . . .

Moon Beams from a Larger Lunacy [Nice title. It is from a book in the public domain. author gone to his reward].

[[['ows, Dhruva in Australia??]]]

Lord Caitanya is the largest Lunatic.

If one sees simple a moment, shard, chip, of one of His Pastimes, he can expand it into dozens of ecstatic books.

It is 1.03PM, Xmas eve day. It is 40-degress Farenheit here in Murfreesboro. Not too much traffic.

FMP, then 1-1/2 hours doing a Powerpoint show for the GBC College in Brazil.  Some many, other letters, nap, Boga offering (potatoes [carrot [almonds [olive oil [greek yogurt [salt and black pepper [little, little, love of Lord Nrsmhadeva]]]]]].

Now gotta rest the brain.
   Or the monkey will go insane.
In the end only the madmen will survive. Then we shall have good books!

AGTSP/... // Paoho.
We just got too, too, many Vyasa-puja offerings at one time, so we just could read the names and the Delete them.   >>>>>>     Please send them again after a few weeks.
We have answered like 28-reports and have maybe the same number more to report.

Hare Krsna.    When we are just quite and listen to the sound around us we are never sad. There is always some way to go ahead. Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna.
Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna.

Srila Prabhupada has so, so, so, so, so... many things to do for Krsna. If we just stay near his feet, like monkeys gatering, seeds, and chanting Holy Names, then we will get some service!!    Prasadam!!!

How do you like the Powerpoint show?

Braja - Vande guruoh sri caranaravindam....   Do you see Goloka in this world?  Will all your friends visit you every day?

Today is shortest day of the year: 10 hours 24 minutes we calculate. Krsna is the great soul within.

Hare

Krsna

AGTSP

Dead tired Monkey here. Had the usual emotional shocks and intellectual challenges that make a regular day in hell. On the other hand, things have been pretty good also. We have been writing, rewriting a piece of Juvenille fiction for four days now. Maybe we are coming to the point were it is worth publishing.

We offered, steamed, carrots,potato,broccoli to Lord and shredded oranges with almonds and walnuts and raisins. For grains we offered six cups of popcorn.

Hare Krsna.

It is cold. It is dark. It is like living in a factory district.

The called from Mercedes Benz 45-minutes away and said they will send a new car to replace the loner that I have because they have sold the one I have.  Bizzare. They have not come so far. Expecting some Vyasapuja calls here at some time.

Hare Hare Hare Krsna!!!

O.K. Lets read a little and the go for a walk with NGD. Left right, Left right.  Sankirtan!!!

Hare Krsna.

DARK and COLD outside. 5.18PM. Shuffled money. Paid bills. If we want to get money from government retirement fund then we can't have more than $2000 in the bank, but we have to have at least $1500 to avoid monthy service charges. The banker looked at us and said, "How old are you?" and we said 70 in January. SHe said, "O.K. I'm going to give you a premium account for free. There is no minimum balance then". In every day there are good and bad things.

We have to duck the bad things.

Boing!

SB 6.7.16 — While Indra, the King of the demigods, thought in this way and repented in his own assembly, Bṛhaspati, the most powerful spiritual master, understood his mind. Thus he became invisible to Indra and left home, for Bṛhaspati was spiritually more powerful than King Indra.

Interesting. Become invisible. Approach Jagai and Madhai but be ready to duck.

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We talk-ed to Laksmana for 1/2 hour, then Tappan for 1/2 hour, the Abhi for 1/4 hour then went to the bank. Now we go to NgD house if we can get the car working.

Like Prahlada we just want to serve. We can always serve. Just chant HK!    So, nice!  Gauranga!  Gauranga!

Hare Krsna!

AGTSP  ... Paoho..... Brown here!

We died and have gone to heaven, or somewhere like it. We answered all the mail up to three days old and only have like two letters left from our travels to India.

Our stupid car still has the same problem with the security system (won't unlock to start the engine very well) after getting it towed 35-miles to Franklin and paying $232 for a new battery. They said that was the only problem, but as soon as we go it here. The same problem.   Oooo!

But we will go ahead with whatever we have. If we have to abandon it as a $3000 mistake, O.K. We can see that now. Sometimes Krsna sends us lots of money and we have to make decision about it. Lao Tzu said that the emperor should conduct the affairs of state the same way that one should fry a small fish. We can fry small almonds. Don't waste money. Worry about making good decisions, but realize that every endeavor is covered with fault.
I know one big devotee. Big in his professional situation also. You know him too most likely. He disagreed with some of the ways his Temple President was running things, but he said that inspite of all of that he made decisions about big money matters and took responsibility. That takes guts, he said.

It is like that. So cold outside that we can't even really go into the other parts of the mobile home except for service, but warm in or little 15x15 foot cave.

We get lonely, bored, but we are also thankful for the chance to be alone. Traveling we get a lot of pressure, attention. In Mayapura maybe 600-people will pay their obeisances to us daily. Awk!   We try to reciprocate with them. We eat too many  pnuts and bananas (and jam), but we are improving, much less jam.

How are you?

We attended the:

ABC,

Saturday Morning,

SB,

Bhaktivedanta Curriculim Development,

Workshop

and it was nice.  So, nice. Seems like it will improve, in spite of our hypocrisy. Srivasa Pandita Das, Upendra ....

Then we did a power point show, Trash, that you can find by looking in the ASA Archives in the folder Trash as trash171209.pptx. That means 2017 december 9th. That one was about Kant.

Then we did another one that turned into the Syamantaka Jewel which is in the same place with the same address but a longer extension that indicates the time.

Wellllll. Is 5.08PM now. Sun has been gone since 4.30PM. Got several problems for tomorrow. Unless we connect with NGD (He has to go to the mental hospital most weekends also) we will just submerge in World Classical Literature with a little chanting of the Maha-Mantra, but will be BACK UP AND FIGHTING TOMORROW MORNING.

Hare Krsna.  Hare Krsna.

There is no doubt about it, many or most of our disciples are more advanced than we are, but the competition is not over yet.

Ha!   Ha!  Hare!

Lord Nrsmha deva is very kind to be our friend for so many years.

The process is good. It works. Our little Bhakti grows.

See you soon.

Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna!!   Fool Evening Program.