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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.
 

AGTSP paoho. 

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.

• hare krsna maharaj, pamho,agtsp..
  please find a video that helped a "blaming horse like us"
• after minute 17 is good to see
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zeb-k-XzaI 

HpS - ASA - AGTSP.  Paoho.  We just saw the first minute. We don't have time to watch much more now, but looks like an example of Niscayena. Your right we can see Krsna in so many places and take advantage of His presence to advance our determination.

haribol, pamho, agtSP, in the following link you can find info about krishna west, http://acharyadeva.com/about/krishna-west-1/faq thank you gurudeva, Bhakta Nicasio.

HpS - ASA -  AGTSP....  We loaded the link and it just says, "Error". We went to the root Website and went to the Q & A Krsna West link and it just said we are continuosly updating this page but there was no content????

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

I hope you are healthy and content.

           HpS - ASA -  AGTSP.  This is the material world!     Ooof.    We have diseases just like you. We are always being attacked by fear and anxiety, but we have some knowledge!  Jaya Srila Prabhupada!  Thank you for your letters.

I have an inquiry, because reading your remarks about guru-tattva left me with some questions. I wish to inquire for the good of all our readers. You mention that if a disciple does not chant his or her rounds, or fails to follow regulative principles, that you cannot act as diksa guru. I am not sure what this means, and i must admit this sounds heavy to me.

For example, many young mothers find themselves unable to chant 16 rounds in the first years of motherhood. My wife inquired with other devotees, and she was told that their gurus told them to chant as much as possible, similarly in the case of another girl who had a chronic disease. Does the door to the parampara then close, or what does it mean? How is diksa restored with the spiritual master? Does it happen as the disciple 'confesses', admits the situation to the spiritual master? Will you please enlighten me on these intricacies?

Please forgive me for my any indecencies in our dealings. I wish you a nice day.

Your insignificant servant,
Raghava Pandita dasa

         HpS - AGTSP . Paoho.  Thank you Pandita Das. Of course, it is good to get these things straight before initiation, but it is natural that we are going over the basics again and again. That's what I am doing!
Srila Prabhupada makes this point again and again and again in his books, letters etc:

"As already explained, one should not be idle but should be very enthusiastic about executing the regulative principles — tat-tat-karma-pravartana. Neglect of the regulative principles will destroy devotional service. In this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement there are four basic regulative principles, forbidding illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. A devotee must be very enthusiastic about following these principles. If he becomes slack in following any of them, his progress will certainly be checked. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī therefore recommends, tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt: "One must strictly follow the regulative principles of vaidhī bhakti." In addition to these four prohibitions (yama), there are positive regulative principles (niyama), such as the daily chanting of sixteen rounds on japa-mālā beads. These regulative activities must be faithfully performed with enthusiasm. This is called tat-tat-karma-pravartana, or varied engagement in devotional service." NOI Three

So, there may be special circumstances. Jayapataka Maharaja was in a coma for months, but in general Krsna asks for this so He will give us facility to do this. Babys sleep a lot. So, if Mother's priority is to chant her rounds properly so her breast milk is nectar and not poison then she can do it nicely and it will be nectar being a Mother then.

For us the term Mataji is the same as the term Maharaja for a Sannyasi.

Some one else, Srila Prabhupada, Jayapataka Swami... may have a diferent position on this point. They maybe strong enough to hold onto a devotee who has become materiallly heavy from not doing Japa yajna. We aren't. We will fall in the water if we try.

We saw Hansadutta Das through his falldown. He said that it was because he tried to become the "Bhoktarama yajna tapasyam..." Supreme friend and stay as Guru for so many  Kanistha devotees.

"avasaya raksibe krsna.." Upadesamrta. Krsna has given me this service so He will certainly give me the strenght to do it.

Look at what people did in World War II. Our austerity is nothing, and it is guaranteed to help the other services in the best way possible.

Break the vows but want to get back on the path, O.K. we are Siksa guru, Patha-pradarsika-guru, Vartmana-pradarshika guru. We will work with you in the details to get it back together. You can have us as your Guru, but not as Diksa guru until you are situated properly again.

O.K?   If anyone asks we will tell them that you can explain it???  <img alt="smiley" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" />