Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna, Mates!

AGTSP ... paoho....-[;o]/\___

8.01PM...  Just putt'n the work to rest. Long day.  Our neighbor Robbie Robinson, saw the grass getting knee high here before M. Matsya had their gardener, Wayne Robinson, come and cut it. Robbie put a note on the door that he could cut it, so we called him and worked it out for $35 a visit. We were leaving for someplace and gave $35 for that day and total $108 for two more days.

He never came again and then Wayne cut it and worked out a regular deal for us.

I called Robbie's number twice and it said, "This subscriber is temporarily disconnected" or so.

Then, a week ago, after two months, he called and asked if we had any work.  I chided him that he owed us two jobs on the lawn. He apologized and asked if his sister hadn't told us he was in Rehab.

He kept calling, so  I said to come by Monday morning and we could talk about fixing garage. The paint was coming off and it was getting rotted. We talked about it Monday and he said that he had been a profession painter for 10-years and we worked out what was a reasonable price to me.

Then we went to Ferrar Brothers Hardware. They have Hardware, Equipment Rental, Repair; an old Murfreesboro family. Half the people working there knew him, his cousin was married to so-n-so's cousin who used to play Blue Grass with ol' Jeff, who went to High School with . . .

So, Monday and today I've been haggling over details of the work, making advances for buy used ladders, cigarettes, Mountain Dew and Snickers. He called his son, Mathew and he joined the work.

When I even get close to the cigarette smoke I can feel the poison in the nicotine, but eventually we talked about God, and like so many people here, he believes in God. He's had some right up-and-front experiences with Him, but it was a LOT of energy, but in the end the garage is scraped, rot-dug out and rebuilt, painted, and looks like a new building for $550 for supplys and labor for two painters for two days.

Also, talked with Dr. Samaresh while we were out today. The main thing is that we seem to be getting to a stable level of team work. He had very thoughtful comments about "Solaris".

We did Nirjala Ekadasi until noon, then offered Lord Nrsmhadeva Boiled Potato with salt and butter, Almond Butter and raw Walnuts, steamed apple and figs, fresh juice from two apples, and two bananas.

O.K.

Good night!

3-gayatris, 16-rounds, banking for HpS/NIOS, answered URGENT mail, rest up to 5-days ago.

Tomorrow we go to Chicago at noon.

Hare Krsna!

Hare Krsna

Hare Krsna

AGTSP  paoho.....   Thank you for your nice letters.  We are now caught up to 3-days.   We have controlled our stomach and tongue more and more and everything else is improving. It is like a war. Fight to get control of strategic points. Hang on to those. You don't even have to take more places. Just don't lose the ones you have. Then naturally you will expand.

Escape velocity - Wikipedia

OINK!!  (Only Idiots Neglect Krsna)

We are dog, hog, tired.   9.09PM.  Hawaii Class, Edited Miguel's 'Solaris' paper in English, 16-rounds done by 10AM.  Quick phone call to Srivasa Pandita Das, and then a ton of Texts etc for this Chicago etc tour.

Also, tried to do a little three verse extract of the LoB for distribution. We aren't the body, VAD is necessary to cultivate KC, Vraja is the ultimate goal (and NOI is the next book to read).  All in the three texts.

O.K.
Better to stop now or die.

Eating once a day is an intense austerity for our body, but also very purifying.

We are reading http://www.jayarama.us/archives/vdm.doc   Hare Krsna. Nice lunch offering for Lord Nrsmhadeva.
Whoop!

Thank you.

Hare Krsna!

It is 9.28PM.  NGD is across the room doing his computer work. Manjari, youngest daughter, has retired for the night. M. Matsya DD, wife, left for India four days ago, Dr. and Mrs. Desai, one day ago.

So much work today organizing the tour of Chicago etc. It is going ahead. Even if you do man-to-man on the street, short, one-time contact, you still develop your skill over time. So, we are developing our book distribution over time.

Took bicycle to the Good Will store to look for better brief case and better Yogi pants. Also for the exercise and to see if we could meet anybody. We got a new briefcase last week for $2.00.

Grhasthas meditate on their cars and houses, Sannyasis and B'caris on their shoes and luggage.

Listened to Bh. Prabhupada-vrata Swami give Hawaii class today, then we give tommorrow.

Our computer reached Gopinatha Das and he is starting to research the problem. This loaner is identical model, but has a free-ware version of the Office programs, so we have to struggle to make it work. Was 90-degrees today.

Main thing is this Damodara vrata of eating once a day. It has been one-million times good for our life and health and consciousness, but we get great impetous to do it because we would have to tell you all that we failed if didn't do it. Thank you?

Anybody else doing Damodara vratas?

We do authorised austerities. Then we learn from that.. Karma yoga to Jnana yoga.

Lots of NIOS, MOE, ASA work.
Letters up to 1-week, 1-day.

How much of your work is based up your belly?  How much comes from your heart?

Hare Krsna, Gurudev 

All glories to srila Prabhupada 

All glories to you gurudev

My humble dandavat pranams your lotus feet 

Hare krsna 

I am more steady in my sadhana now. Regular 16 rounds and 4 regulations are ok ( needs more work on sense control on the subtle level..first is to control my desire to taste tasty prasadam...I am trying to keep my prasadam simple and avoiding food professionally cooked even if inside the temple until or unless I am too hungry ...I feel it is helping me little bit to control my senses)

HpS - Seems that keeping regular times to honor Prasadam is a great help! Even six times a day, but regular times.

In bhaktisastri we completed bhagavat Gita till chapter 12. In 12 chapter  Prabhupada writes that krsna has already given us all the good qualities but we need to develop them from ourselves. No practical advice was given on how to do it. I mean externally do we need to act more humble , not show distress even if we feel distress, etc....what's the best solution.

HpS - SB 5.18.12, no?   Do our service and if we can't do service then, we can try to act in the mode of goodness, follow suggestions for moral behavior of Bhisma Deva, Socrates.

Krsna has also been very merciful. I got to eat \serve mahaprasad in Radha Raman Ji out of the blue. Yesterday I was praying for devotee association of my age but who is very highly realized so that I can progress and krsna sent a very sincere devotee from the 24 hour kirtan team and as I spoke I could feel that he is very realised devotee but he is only my age. He is completly dependent on krsna . I too hope I too can become like him. so much sraddha for krsna . please give me mercy. I am little stupid to understand deeper things that you say. Please guide me gurudev . And forgive me because of my stupidity.

HpS - We should be intelligent enough to explain things properly.

The last answer that you told me helped me a lot. I chant now a days thinking of the fact that I am not this body..sometimes so chanting has improved. 

Please keep me in your prayers.

Lots of love and pranams to you from Vrindavan .thank you for doing the name giving of nitai and nimai. We will have their Maha Abhishek on 14 November and formally start taking care of them from that day .H.G.Mukunda Dutta prabhu is also guiding me. I had the darshan of very very very beautiful Radha shyam in his home.

Hare krsna

Your eternal servent 

Rturaj  krsna das 

Vrindavan

HpS - Hare Krsna.  Thank you.  It is 9.22PM.  We have had a hard day.  Get criticism from some people, but Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!   That is purifying.

We got a replacement computer from Gopinatha Das and sent our sick one back to him. Took a long time with auto breaking down, finding the Fed Ex office. Getting the new compute working. Nice 108 minutes talking with Peru devotees.

Jaya!!!

Good night!

AGTSP

paoho

Hare Krsna.  5.49PM.
Last rays of setting sun are kissing our half alive pear tree.

Many cars running outside on Medical Center Parkway. Getting cool, now, Autumn.

Got up late this morning. Too much late night feasting and literature. Got 21 of proposed 27 rounds done. Feel little like vomiting. Eyes hurt. Beard itches. Stop and examine your body. Bet you find many of the same things.

Good day: Maya 10, Monkey/Piggy 7!

Prasad was a Baked pear, Cashews, Apple, Boiled sweet potato and rice, one juiced apple, and more cashews.
 

We read and worked on our Hawaii class, and BG class for Wednesday.

Laked with Srivasa pandita, Rama-giridhari Das and Dr. Samaresh.

Today is Rama-vijaya!   Our Hindu Myth of  Victory of Good over Evil. Ha!   Ha!  Ha!

Was not a myth. Actually happend in the Dvapara yuga when things were much for subtle. We really are doubtful of Carbon Dating as we investigate how it is established.

Also disappearance anniversary of Bhakti Svarupa Damodara Swami. We wrote two biographical chapters and posted it in our archives as bsdm.doc.

Caught up on all the mail to one week ago, with special reference to the "Urgent" stuff.

Nice letters.

We still think "Vaisnavi" is an O.K. title. Usually refers to Durga. Otherwise seems to be used in a little bit of bodily concept eg. Indira Gandhi should become a Vaisnavi.  Not expecting her to become a Madhyama adhikari exactly.

Our opinion.   Also, we still like the address, Mataji. For us it is equal with Maharaja. Also bodily concept but more in line with Chanakhya Pandita. Let's see what Srinivasa acharya et al come up with a Mataji phrase research.

O.K. Let's go to NGD for our evening walk. Now we are starting on a fixed time because Dr. Desai and Vijaya Narain are joining us. That is good. Because they are all Vanaprastha's they tend to discuss how to get to the Parikrama sites on the Indian yatras and which cars are the best.
 

We are very happy with the NIMSAR work. All the work.
We are in Kali-yuga. If people want, then by Lord Caitanya's mercy, there will be a King like Maharaja Pariksit born, appear and make it like Satya yuga for the next 9500 years, no?

Hari Bolo!!!