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AGTSP

AGT Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga

Dear Guru Maharaj, please accept my obeisances

Thank you very much for all your inspiration in devotional life. and thanks a lot for tha japa joe program

i work as a teacher of economics and projects in a univertity and is good to see many students to feel more atracted to vegetarian/vegan diet and spirituality.

i want to ask permission about take siksa from Sajjan Swami, he will be with us in about two months. and we want to plan some university programs.

rounds are ok, gayatris are ok, home deity service is ok, principles are ok.

last year i realized life its a battle, no matter if you are wound or you have scars you must go on fighting, under the shelter of God.

tryng to be your servant

om kesavaya dasa

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. Sorry to answer so late. You can see that we have too much work. This Blog needs higher priority. We will do that.

Siksa from non-ISKCON Sannyasi.  Ho! Ho! Ho!        In general, we apply NOI texts 4, 5, 6 and that gives us our perspective. If it is something that is going to involve the ISKCON Institution, then we need to work with the Institution authorities. If it is personal and private then we don't need to involve them unecessarily. Of couse, the Institution authorities should be our friends in the first place and we will be talking with them about things in terms of our personal relations naturally.

For example, husband wife may talk about personal family affairs with little Temple President involvement, but if wife's brother is President then he is involved personally maybe.

Thank you for the news. Our respects to Maharaja.

AGTSP!  Paoho & BW.  

Yesterday, after a lot of,

. . . . lot of,

. . . . . . . .lot of work we bought the tickets for our ASA travel to South America. We tried to factor in all the factors and give as much service to everyone as we can. The whole trip this time is 6-weeks.

We fly from Nashville, Tennesee to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on the morning of December 31st and have a six hour wait there. Then we take the Jet Blue flight that arrives in Lima that night, December 31st.

Then a week later, January 7th we go to Buenos Aires.

Two weeks later, 21st January, we have a flight from BsAs to Santiago. During the two weeks in BsAs we might be able to make visits to BsAs, Balarama-Puri, Cordoba-Rathayatra, Paraguay, Uruguay and Mar de Plata. Of course, it seems that if try to visit everything then we would waste most of our time sitting on the airplanes etc.
Gotta understand that our donkey is older now, and now is more the time for the younger donkeys to visit us and us to sit one place and mostly do writing. 
In ten years more we will probably be gone from this world completely. Oink! Oink!
Please put us to good use! Understand what our service is. Our preaching expertise.
Ambarish, Param-padam, Nikunja, Jaga-jivana Prabhu, devotees from Uruguay (????) have been in some contact about nice programs.

21st January to 4th February in Chile. Rodrigo has been writing to us about preaching there. Not much from anybody else.

4 Feb - 11 Feb back in Lima. Abhi, Laksmana, Mathuresa Das have been in some contact about programs there.

General suggestion is to arrange programs where people buy tickets for the events in advance so that they are serious, and have good results planned for the programs.
We are mostly focusing on Education in ISKCON and one suggestion is to have a long week-end continental conference in Chile. Of course, our own personal intense interest is Carl Jung and the Bhagavata.

O.K. Let's hear some grunts, hoots and howls from the Monkey Warriors of Rama.

Tom Brown / Buck White

<img alt="cheeky" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/tongue_smile.png" title="cheeky" width="23" />  <img alt="cheeky" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/tongue_smile.png" title="cheeky" width="23" />  <img alt="cheeky" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/tongue_smile.png" title="cheeky" width="23" />  (Obviously not a lot of time for particular consultations, but some for sure. Got mos of your question answered in the classes and then make your particular questions short).

Hare krsna 

agtsp 

all glories to you

Were in living huerta grande, cordoba and We are sharering service and organising programs with devotees in here and these devotees  are in charge of The organisation of the ratha yatra. all wants to invite you and to the ratha yatra of the 11 of january of 2015 in carlos paz, cordoba. it s a turist city with a big lake . Also the mayor of the city have a good relation with a devotee from that city. Dhanvantari maharaja confim that he will participate.

in case that you accept the invitation i think an idea for the itinerary. If you arrive to argentina the 3 of january you can stay like 2 day in buenos aires and then flight to cordoba and go to balaram puri ( we are in contact with param padam) and the 11 ratha yatra in carlos paz( cordoba) and the 12 go to the airport and flight to buenos aires and then mar del plata.
What do you think?

where you will stay in your vyasapuja celebration?

thank you for love, tolerance , inspiration and guidence

your servant  ambarisa das

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!   paoho.... Aaaaa! We want to visit Mexico for Vyasa puja, but it will kill Brother Ass so maybe better we go there in June.
Trying again and again for the best ticket to BsAs, Chile, Lima and the last effort, 10-minutes ago was $2000. Oooof! But that may be the cheapest. Many factors. If we don't buy it as a complete package then we can't check our luggage all the way and only get 1/2 the luggage.
11 January in Cordoba, but intense pull to visit Paraguay and Uraguay!
Hare Krsna. We make decision soon!
 

Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Last week we had the good fortune of receiving your TPP composition book in the mail. Thank you very, very much for sending this precious gift. We find it a wonderful look inside the mind of Hanumatpresaka Swami, with the many pearls of wisdom that you share with us disciples written down in a jolly package. It is a priceless gift, and i offer you my gratitude.

This is the score of my bookdistribution last july, for your and Srila Prabhupada's pleasure:  1 maha, 10 big, 8 medium, 3 small.
    HpS - ASA - Did you keep contact with any of the people. Is super report!!

Then i wish to inquire on your thoughts on the following. I wish to publish an updated version of On Chanting Hare Krishna, in Dutch languat. It is my intention to gather donations from local devotees, and make this a free publication, not one to throw away after reading, but softbound and 30+ pages. So it will be slightly different than bigger than the original, with articles about: SP, Mahamantra, ISKCON, who is Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, kirtan yoga, what ISKCON can offer als alternative lifestyle, and finally, the synthesis between science and religion. There is a request to Kadamba Kanana Swami, born in Holland, to write a foreword. If you consider yourself a good person to write an article about the synthesis between science and religion, would you want to do that? It does not have to be very extensive, an introduction will do. Or if you have any suggestions, i will be pleased to hear them. I gather your focus is more on education these days, which personally i consider more of an internal ISKCON affair. Please correct me if i'm wrong.
HpS - I think all the material would be copyrighted by the BBT, no? You would have to do it under licence to them, no? I think someone like Aja-govinda Das or another of the devotees with PhD in science should write about the scientific basis of chanting. We could talk with them by phone etc.

Now you American tour has started, i wish you happy travels. May you touch the hearts and minds of many devotees, and that it will be reciprocal.

With kind regards,
Your junior disciple,
Raghava Pandita dasa.

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP  Hey, how is the family? Temple????

Hare Krsna BELOVED Gurudeva 

AGTSP 

PAMHO
 

I hope this meets YOu in really good health ¡¡¡

Despite we communicate everyday at Japa Joe, I think that it is mandatory that I report in detail my activities plus, this letter is urgent because I am going to humbly request your blessings because without that  I can not do anything.

1.- We continue with our service as chief pujari in wilson now we have 3 more kids JBS JAYA.. new devotees to work with it is a struggle because everybody has a different personality etc ufff we just need to be patient, also the authorities are kind of changing and we were accostumed to work in one way and now we just have to adjust some things. My politic is not to get involve in politics jeje I just do my service and work with the authority that Krsna has chosen. 

HpS - ASAS - AGTSP paoho... Enthusiasm is more importan than patience. If you have a nice goal in mind for improved relations with each person, appreciating the value of the difference of each person and develop a nice way to reach that goal you will be enthusiastic and patience follows as a delightful result, like watching a flower grow at an amazing pace!

We go to chosica once a month and do service in pujari from noon to night it is very nice to spend one day in chosica with RMB, the sun, etc. We feel really blessed to have the association of the deities again. <img alt="heart" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png" title="heart" width="23" />

2.- We are organizing Balaram purnima well trying jeje as U told me once my first duty as chief pujari is to involve others in the service so I asked for help in  many different ways. not just money they can bring some fruit, flour, flowers, etc but it is a pitty that just some very few actually people colaborate with us, If just one of all the devotees bring some bhoga for example we can do marvelous preparations for the deities, So WHAT CAN I DO TO MOTIVATE THEM??

HpS - ASA - Srila Prabhupada told Panca-dravida Swami to preach to people that were not chanting their rounds, then if they would not listen not to become influenced by their bad behavior but to continue with a good example and because they were following 4-principles and doing some service, Karma-yoga, then they would feel guilty to see his example and eventually start to act properly. That's one suggestion. There are more in P'pada's books!

3.- Ratha yatra 2014 we are part of the RY team ¡¡ along with Rohini kumar das and Narayani dd (BBS), again we need a lot of support, so the same question as above...So WHAT CAN I DO TO MOTIVATE THEM to support the RY ??
 HpS - ASA - One above, another here. "sangat sanjayate kaman", NOI. One's desires and ambitions develop fromt he company he keeps. Who are the associates of the people you want to enthuse? Find out who amongst them are you friends. Get them to help and then engage them in motivating their friends. Put up names of donors: "Oh, my friends have given S./ 75 this week, I also shall give"..
 

...we need lots of funds, we are going to do activities etc... but basically we need your blessings Gurudeva please I see Lord Jaghannatha's face and I just feel inspire...

4. OUr BV should be better I am realizing that many verses I have lost :) I need to refresh them and sometimes a whole review needs to be done.

HpS - ASA - Yes, us also. We must print our revised PVB (Personal Verse Book)!!!

5.- I am kind of delay with my thesis, the tests that I have taken and I am going to use as a sample needs to be graded by another person who is taking some time, but I am going to push her to hurry up.

   HpS - Jaya!

6.- I am taking harmonium and singing classes it is very relaxing I have presented once in the temple jeje it was ok I think now in Balaram purnima I am going to perform again it is really nice to see how the holy name does everything I like to play in front of my deities I have my personal harmonium and i sing for Them for hours jeje it really pacifies and heals my heart :)

HpS - ASA --- Very nice! Another lady can play drum and another Kartals? Three is good for music.

7.- I am also taking cooking lessons to improve my cooking abilities it is really nice I can say now I can prepare that for Krsna ¡¡¡¡¡ <img alt="wink" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/wink_smile.png" title="wink" width="23" />, my mom also helps me with tips the day before yesterday we cooked together really nice.

8.- I am giving spanish classes to one hindu girl she is married her name is chetalli she is so nice really pious, her grandmother worships tulsi does ekadasi, and one day I was with my SB in english she saw and told me, U read SB??? I said yes, do you have the whole collection??? yes I said she replied can U give me to me the first volume to read???? yes I said then she started to read the sanscrit, when she finished learning spanish a good practice for her would be reading SB, I felt so good she was reading Prabhupada's SB <img alt="angel" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/angel_smile.png" title="angel" width="23" />

Well I guess that's it sorry for the long letter

Thank U for all your effort in the symposium ¡¡¡ NAS ki jaya 

We already have learned a lot

Tryinng not be an embarrasement for U

Candramukhi dd

HpS - ASA -- AgtSP. Paoho. Yesterday, Monday, our day of rest after the symposium we had to work so hard to organize the "Rest". Then we gave like 4-1/2 hours of classes. Ja! Ja! Jare! We were not tired on Sunday, we were exhausted. Then by Monday we recovered enought to be exhausted. Sesa Das, Director, Rama-giridhari Das - Executive Secretary said again and we never thought Hanumat Swami's is idea was very practical. This exceeded our expectations. It is a revolution in ISKCON education. They were so, so enthused that devotees from S. America came for each Session.

NOW they want to plan a SAS. We were thinking of end of January??? Especially of motivated leaders? What do you and everyone else think?

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Beloved Gurumaharaja, please receive our obeisances.

We need to express to you that in Mexico we are very interested in closely following the project of Education, which is one of our priorities. Mother Asta Sakhi dd, Lalita Gopi dd, Saranagati dd, dd Satyabhama, and your servant Gopi Radha dd, among other devotees of México, they do not have at the moment, the time or economic possibilities to travel to Houston.  However, we have considered the option to support by ASA KIds Mexico, mother Anuradha DD, so she can asist to the seminar. She is Mahatma prabhu disciple.  She is very responsible, and constant in the service she plays in Asa Kids since late last year. We have the idea, that part of the cost of her plane ticket be cover by Asa Kids and another part she would cover it. On the other hand, we want to ask you if there would be any possibility of having some facility or discount in the Seminar payment. We hope not to  be too bold by such request. Also we would have to consider the ticket cost, since these dates the prices rise.

What do you think in this matter Gurudeva? Would be a good idea the option we are considering? Anyhow, we want to let you know, we deeply regret not being able to be attend to the Seminar. But though we are not physically present, our thoughts and small efforts are focused on supporting you in this important Education project. Thank you very much for your great effort Gurudeva. We wish you much success in your preaching.

Her servants ASA KIDS Mexico.

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho.   . . .  What has happened to Krsna-Balarama Prabhu?? He was going to participate also, no?     Hmmm, 1) Govinda Dasi is in Houston and can attend the Symposium personally. Try to contact her,  2) Better than going by airplane at this time if it is big economic stress is to register with Mother Subhra Devi Dasi and then attend by good internet connection. It will be in English but should be clear and it will also all be recorded. You could actually put it in a room with a projection and good audio amplification.

For all this contact Mother Subhra Devi Dasi at the phone number on Registration link on the Web-page:

www.jayarama.us/nas.htm

Thank you so much for this effort. Honestly, Prabhupada said that this was super service for his Sannyasis! Govinda is staying in the same building as Subhra. They are good friends.