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Hare Krishna Maharaj

Please accept my humble obeisances

Srila Prabhupada's disciple Rajasekhar Das Bramhachari passes away – 12:16pm – Monday 13^th May 2024

Below is the reflection of HG Milan Radha Madhav prabhu who was present in hospital-

Another disciple of Srila Prabhupada passes away. Rajasekhar Prabhu left his body just now in Sri Dham Mayapur.

We were just there in the hospital, for some minor procedure when we were told that another disciple of Srila Prabhupada was admitted there.

Jananivasa Prabhu went to meet him. Rajasekhar Prabhu was very happy to meet his godbrother there. Prabhu was telling him about the Chandan Yatra and the boat festival going on in the temple. Rajasekhar Prabhu was smiling and nodding, as he was on oxygen support. He spoke a few words occasionally through his mask.

How much happiness they feel in the company of their godbrothers. Smiling and talking about Krishna and Prabhupada. Jananivasa Prabhu was telling him "Radha Madhava's boat festival is there tonight, They are waiting for you..". To that he smiled and said Hare Krishna.

Riddha Prabhu, also came in and also joined the conversation. He was taking care of Rajasekhar Prabhu while in this hospital. Just while they were talking, Rajasekhar Prabhu who was sitting there looking at us and breathing.

They were discussing about relocating him to a better hospital in Burdwan district. There was raising funds to cover the medical expenses. They were requesting Jananivasa Prabhu if he could help, Prabhu immediately agreed to give whatever is required. He told me to make arrangements.

While this conversation was going on, and we were ready to move. Rajasekhar Prabhu suddenly fell unconscious.

The doctor present there immediately went and did his best to revive him, but the machines indicated that he was leaving. How auspicious! In Sri Mayapur Dham in the divine association of his godbrother, Rajasekhar Prabhu left the world.

Seeing this right in front of my eyes was quite a shock for me. We all were chanting loudly the Hare Krishna Mahamantra. Understanding that he was leaving the doctor, who was a devotee — Sukhi Achyuta Prabhu, brought some Ganga-water and put in the mouth of Rajasekhar Prabhu.

It doesn't get better than that, such an auspicious departure of a sadhu. Another great disciple of Srila Prabhupada left the world. A decade of tears, as Kadamba Kanana Maharaj said, where most of our senior devotees will leave. May we take their association more strongly and learn from them the art of dedicating one's life to Krishna.

Here is the link of Memorial festival in mayapur https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGL4ZFRjsg2EtE-ibb8xTtlhHC6WY_vJv&si=KeNE9aBqw6NNC0q5

Rajashekhar Prabhu has compiled many books on Vrindavan, Govardhan parikrama, Srila Prabhupada in South India and Calcutta- City of Divine Grace . I was fortunate to get his association in last months

Hyour aspiring servant

Pranjal

HpS/ASA - Thank you very much. This is essential news for us. I think I remember very, very much appreciating one of his parikrama books. Even several.

Thank you.

Hare Krsna

Hare Krsna

ALL GLORIES TO SRI SRI GURU AND GAURANGA!

PAMHO AGTSP!

Hare Krishna Maharaj! How r u?

HpS/ASA - We, agtSP, are eternal, but our body is struggling with strong allergy. 😃

I’ve been a kind of busy and couldn’t do the X (Twitter) sign up in order to follow u. So I’m going to catch up with your news.

ASA - Very nice!

So I stopped smoking like a month or so, and been following again the 4 principles. I prayed to Krishna and took shelter in Srimad Bhagavatam, and my sorrows were gone. So that harsh trip left me with some new add-ons to my sadhana, now, whenever I feel kind of down, I read the Bhagavatam, or play some devotional music (that last one in particular has been my shelter lately) and always feel that my energies are renewed.

ASA - 💪💪💪🐒

So I keep doing Kirtan every morning, and chanting the 16 rounds, trying to chant boldly, like to suggested me. My life has been better overall.

I’m feeling more confident regarding my child’s custody trial, I have an audience with the judge, my child and her mother this coming week, so I would like to please ask for your mercy and blessings so I can be Krishna’s instrument in court.

Yesterday I visited ISKCON Buenos Aires and was missing your classes in that temple, do you have any plans to visit us?

I’ll try to attend some of your online classes again, the other day I watch one of them in which you were showing your drawings, which I really liked!

Well hope Maharaj you are always well!!!

thanks again for encouraging me in this path!

Please accept my obeisances!

HK!

Federico Molnar

HpS - You can see our travel plans etc at www.JayaRama.US/news.htm and in the [X] posts!! 🙂

your news is really super. we expect you to be traveling and preaching like Narada Muni if you continue with this Bhagavata road!!!

Hope your Sankirtan with your daughter is and the whole family is increasing.

You integrated with BsAs temple much?

skc, pna, sad, gdh, sv agbhv.

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really nice!!!!! ! !

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'ibero-banco' and 'bank of america' finally resolved their protocols, and our credit card shows that the ticket for spain visit has been confirmed.

sep 11 - dec 3.

expect to be in spain, 'nvm', at least until the start of kartika, 17 october. then, if KRSNA, or the Yamaduttas, personally drag us to radha kunda, we will have the extreme honor of the visit.

for any accommodations, service to RADHA GOVINDA-CHANDRA, contact Their servants, Yadu Swami et al!

Thank you!

paoho... !

Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept my obeisances 🙏

All glories to A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada! 🌷

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Hare Krishna 🌸

I’m searching for three scriptural 📜

references, specifically the verse(s) itself, not the commentary.

• That the living entity is always a person, i.e. in any possible situation never loses the individual identity
• A constrain to this search is to be apart from BG slokas 2.12 and 18.61 and Upaniṣadic nityo nityanas cetanas cetananam, 

HpS - What about, "nitya siddha krsna prema sadhya kabu naya..". Cited in NoI.

• That jiva was in paravyoma with Krsna and left it, the spiritual world and Krsna's association there, by his/her/its own volition,

HpS - I cannot think of any specific verses, although the same verse above says that, no? I think we collected some citations on the topic of "Origin of the Jiva" and posted them in our ASA Encyclopedia: https://www.jayarama.us/archives/asa-e.docx

• And a verse that says that when saying something, that statement should be backed by sastra.

HpS - We can remember many purports where Srila Prabhupada notes this idea. What about the verses in SB 1.2?

I am aware of purports by Srila Prabhupada stating that(those) point(s). But, as I said, I am looking for a verse(s).

Not at all to minimise what Srila Prabhupada is saying, just would be nice to have a direct sastric reference. Because BG 17.15 purport "The process of speaking in spiritual circles is to say something upheld by the scriptures. One should at once quote from scriptural authority to back up what he is saying."

HpS - I was thinking of the same thing. Also, maybe in the conversation of Lord Caitanya with Sarva bhauma and Praksananda Sarasvati.

One reason why I search for these is that I can remember or find references for, according to myself, principal activities and topics for and about practicing Krsna bhakti. For example, the power of a holy name, the significance of proper association (and proper dissociation), diet, sastra, etc. 

However, for the mentioned three topics I am not sure where they can be located.

It, the solid truth of religious principles, could be found in the heart of a mahājanas/big persons/self-realized predecessors. Yet, my understanding is, these mahājanas give statements supported by sastra. And, whatever someone says should be substantiated by sastra. As shown above BG 17.15 purport "One should at once quote from scriptural authority to back up what he is saying."

I hope the inquiry is clear.

Please, if it is OK with you, and you think I can understand, share about this matter(s).

Thank you very much.

Your servant Namacarya Das

HpS - Please report and results!



Hare Krishna Maharaj

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I am pranjal (brahmchari) from ISKCON NEWTOWN, Kolkata. I serve in ISKCON YOUTH FORUM at Bhaktivedanta Research Center and conduct sessions for youth in JADAVPUR UNIVERSTIY.

In weekends I am conducting Ramayana Course for children.

HpS/ASA - Making statues of Ravana and having them beat it with sticks!!! ???

I got your darshan when you visited here . Since then I am periodically following the blog and kapi dhwaj. I am deeply inspired by the content.

I intend to become regular reader Nectar of Instruction with help of TPP book. As advised in the book I aspire to complete the study each fortnight and in this way go through it around 25 times from this gaur purnima to next. I seek your blessings for fulfiling this aspiration.

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We don't get notifications from Twitter [X] when there are applications. We dug them up and found six. We approved you are three more.

Didn't approve "Guam" or "Yuri".

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thank you very much

your aspiring servant

Pranjal

HpS - It was so nice staying in BRC. Thank you. Send photo!!!