Silver Star, Golden Moon

10 years, 5 months ago by chas d lind in Hot Topics

October 7, 2013

Dear Maharaja Hanumat Presaka Swami,

Please accept my humble obeisance’s, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

From July in San Jose:

Submitting a combined correspondence here, originating from Ekadasi day , reflecting on the past week-end in your association and occasional blurbs from current insanity.

Your discourses and class responses have triggered a lot of personal epiphanies and I must confess this is not unusual in your company… must be something in the stratosphere.

The aspect of professional maturity struck a nerve. In devotee relationships towards many professional there are sometimes disassociated attitudes, such as in “Karmie” labels, etcetera, this does not fulfill the maturity that Srila Prabhupada kept in his business dealings. A good example of professional relations and preaching would be his grace Vaisesika Prabhu, excellent dovetailing.

Science and spontaneity was an advanced and personal touch on the empirical concepts. You actually infused the joys of science and discovery that is included in research. Plus elaborating on personal positions of scientists like Newton with their ages in career, their individual perspectives and lives…putting the human back into the nature of mental prowess, something that many scientists forget.

Sevaholic’s like me need to let go and let Krsna guide more appropriate service, opposed to my selfish motives, like “I want to do this, not that.” Though now I’ve started a project…have to finish, glad it is for Rathayatra. Will keep you posted.

From October at home:

Hare Bolo!

Just finished your latest Kapi-Dhvaja and did note its brevity, obviously it was for good reasons, Seva-Prema.

My staggered correspondence here may not be for a “good reason" but I'll work with I got...a "passionate reason",the show must go on, as they say, Duty before dishonor, etcetera.

Glad to hear from you and glad the Tennessee Rathayatra was a success. Please try to keep moderation in service Maharaja, need more quality than quantity as time carry’s us further, guess a case of potency invoked x108, difficult to preach if Brother Ass is down.

Briefly mentioned my left arm damage (happened at work), and the Doc said R & R. Seems that the extensor carpi radiallis longus (the top muscle of the upper forearm)  is upset with my overt labor and has been strained, who can blame it…over 5 decades of use…so we rest (and type carefully).

While recuperating I went to our High School’s 40th Anniversary Saturday night, was interesting. Many haven’t changed, just aged, including me.  I was cautious, limited association and then distributed about a hundred “M a g i c” prasad cookies and Five books, then ran outta’ there. Promptly exiting stage left through the side-door I was almost free… then three Ol’ ladies (who I went to elementary school with) blocked the sidewalk, surrounded me and offered Marijuana, hugs and praise of my physical appearance. Was the scariest part of the evening, so quickly I whipped out a couple of “Beyond Birth and Death” books and said, “ Here’s something to really hold-on to”. They took the books and I left em’ smilin’. Mission accomplished, whew…that was close!

Looking forward to the Texas tour in November, we are booked, now to get venues dialed in; majority of the tour will be in procuring mass quantities of prasadam and distribution thereof. Appreciate all your input on this matter for this is all new territory for us and potential service could be expanded. Fortunately, the Sri Krsna won’t give us more than we can handle, now to be careful not to get greedy and ruin everything...me and my inflated ego.

Speaking of ego enclosed pics of my latest art-work. Some business cards for undercover preaching, so far so good. Haven’t started a new cult or anything but am getting a positive response from the homeless prasadam recipients. May take more time…

All Glories to your service, thank you for your most valuable time!

Your servant in training,

ccd

                HpS - ASA - Jaya.... AGTSP....  paoho.....  Very nice cards!!!   We made it to Texas, Houston, but just for the night.   Did the Subhra DD go with you to the reunion?

We sure hope your kirtan in modesto expands!!   That's enough: Kirtan, lecture, kirtan, prasadam!!!!   We really try to take care of our buddy [body] but we get bored being our own beloved then we try to have rasa through sense gratification.       .......... ...  Gauranga.  O.K.  next letter from you!

Travel Group to India!

10 years, 5 months ago by candra108_mukhi in Hot Topics, Calendar Development

Hare Krsna respected Gurudeva:

AGTSP

PAMHO

Thank U very much for sharing your calendar with us ¡¡

As U know we want to make this trip to India so long long time ago ¡¡ And we guess that the  time now is perfect for us.. We can travel to India from February 1st until March 1st in order not to interfere with our classes.

So as U know we as single ladies need protection so it is compulsory that we travel in group to India . We are looking for a nice group to travel ..so far just Madhava priya dd has expressed her desire to go Jambavan das is in doubt so please give us your blessings in order to make a nice group in order to travel with U.

Thank U for all your support

Trying to be your disciple

Candramukhi dd <img alt="" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/38.gif" title="" />

HpS - AGTSP.  paoho.  Go to Vrndavan, go to Mayapura. Big austerity but really, really, really valuable if Krsna wants! How can people contact you if they want to go???  We will be there from 9th February - 1st March. You have nice Godbrothers/sisters there who will be very happy to help. Many Spanish speaking!

info about krisna west pasted link

10 years, 5 months ago by bhaktanicasio in Personal Sadhana Reports, Hot Topics

hare krisna gurudeva, pamho, agtSP, Following is pasted this link http://acharyadeva.com/q-a/english September 18, 2013 Vedic Culture & Krishna West Posted by Alysia J. Radder under  . . .

HpS - ASA   --   AGTSP!   paoho.  Thank you. We got this link and started to read Maharaja's words. We also commented here in a letter to RPD. Last night NGD was talking as we walked about 30-minute phone conversation with Hrd. GOswami just before we walked. He also talks daily with Rtadhvaja Swami, Maharaja's Disciple.

NGD was saying that in general, Hrd. Goswami is still forming his ideas about how to preach in the West in the Modern environment. That is very nice.
..  We watch for more developments. We made other observations in letter to RpDas. We hope is great success.
Krsna West.
Athens West.

 

Krishna West

10 years, 5 months ago by jaynityananda in Hot Topics

Dear Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

In addition to bhakta Nicasio's question about Hridayananda das Goswami's Krishna West idea, in this link maharaja explains it. If you already have this information, kindly discard this message.

http://www.acharyadeva.com/about/krishna-west-1/krishna-west/item/127-krishna-west-qa

Your insignificant servant,
Raghava Pandita dasa

HpS - Jaya!  AGTSP  paoho.  Very interesting topics. Little long for us to read everything. I've heard a lot of the points from Maharaja before. He is my older godbrother. I respect him very much. I like his style very much. Some points we approach things very differently. I like to go in as Hanumatpresaka Swami (Professor Huber Hutchin Robinson). He likes to go in as Professor Harold Resnick (?) (Hrdayananda Goswami), but after discussing it he said that it is just two different ways of approach.

Become good at what you do.

During all these controversies of dress etc. when Maharaja visited South America I notced in a purport that Srila Prabhupada said, "Vedic culture, Varna-ashrama-dharma". Is a simple way to look at it.

In general Prabhupada was and I THINK still would be strongly inclined to Sannyasi dressing in the typical manner of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and all his Sannyasa disciples and the way that Srila Prabhupada requiered of all his disciples.

This is the Formality of the Sannyasa life. The Sannyasi is supposed to set a formal example of renunciation, formality. Seems like an oxymoron, but that is the job. A married lady is supposed to have a ring on a certain finger.

If Maharaja is acting like a Paramahamsa, which is O.K., then dressing in informal fashion seems fine. But then our suggestion was that he should not do the formal work of a diksa guru anymore. Let some disciples do it. Diksa guru should set a formal example that his neofyte disciples can see and imitate.

Hmmmf!  Our simple ideas.

Without Hrdayananda Goswami ISKCON would be a lot less interesting.