Question - influence of prasadam prepared by others

11 years, 7 months ago by pnd in Hot Topics
Hare Krishna Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
 
If somebody who is not pure devotee is in the situation when he needs to take prasadam cooked by other devotees (e.g. temple, sankirtan van, festival), is there way how he can get immune to receive cook's mind or mood?
 
I found myself sometimes my mood changes or some non-standard pictures / throughts appear in my mind sometimes which seems to be connected by eating prasadam prepared by others.
 
Somebody in my country previously told: "Cook is hidden temple president."
 
One could think that when food is offered and become prasadam it will be transcendental. Is consciousness hidden in food caused by wrong attitude during offering or during eating prasadam?
 
Your servant Prahlad-nrsmha das
             HpS - ASA -- BIG topic.  We answer for you and 6,000 more people. Maybe print essay and send to Barrack Obama.
1. Hari bolo!
2. More Hari Bolo!
3.   NOI....   page 45. visayera anna khaila. If we take food cooked by a visayi, material enjoyer, our mind becomes wicked.  Look up source of citation in CC and I bet you will find very nice discussion of the subject there!
 
Yes, it is transcendental if properly offered but still some difference. Prabhupada talks about his mother's kitchen and explains that she would cook as she cleaned, so when the bhoga left for the offering there was just one, two minutes to clean up the kitchen, not that the plates, very nice and neat, would go to the altar and the kitchen would look like the dancing place of Lord Shiva at the end of the cosmic manifestation! That chaos will be in the offering, no?
He said she demanded all the pots be shining and if not, "Back to the cleaning girls", then he says that if you honor prasadam cooked in a kitchen like that immediately you feel refreshed.
 
So there is some difference.
 
Just like there are a variety of devotees in ISKCON, so we have a certain level of respect for all of them and associate with some more intimately.
 
As a Sannyasi we get invited to a lot of dinners, by different people, so we have adopted a standard that Prabhupada mentions, 'If the cooks are completely clean (strict vegetarian) then, for Sankirtan purposes, it can be offered to the deity'.
 
Maybe a vaisya on the road will eat some vegetarian cooking, offer it, in a place that cooks hamburgers. He has different Dharma from a Sannyasi.
Krsna will protect us.
Sometimes you have to associate with little bit crazy fellow in ISKCON, but we do it.
O.K?

Question - subtle principles

11 years, 7 months ago by pnd in Hot Topics

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

In your last report you mentioned:

Four principles gross AND subtle.

I would like to know what person can do to avoid subtle breaking of principles (e.g. lusty thoughts)?

Your servant Prahlad-nrsmha das

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".....what person can do to avoid subtle breaking of principles (e.g. lusty thoughts)?" - In some respects NOTHING!

We heard that Kavi-chanda Swami asked Prabhupada when he was a b'cari, how can I avoid thinking about illicit sex, and Srila Prabhupada responded that because of the birth he had taken [we have taken] he [we] will not be able to stop thinking about illicit sex, but if we engage in devotional service we will be able to tolerate the agitation.

So, that is one aspect. We Western dogs will have these thoughts up to the end of our life, but then there is good chance they will be washed away by the rage-ing river of death.

Another aspect is that we can certainly decrease them by Sato-vrtteh (NOI 3), following the Sadhana of the previous Acharyas. During Mangala arati is less likely to think of these things and if we condition our mind with Sattvik devotional practices...  BooP! .. It will think of other things.

The whole process, all verse of SB... are the answer to the question in one sense.

1) Tolerate and go on.  2) Keep good life to reduce.   3) Don't 'entertain' them when they come.
If we have thoughts of having sinful relations with men, women, animals, trees....  then don't entertain the thoughts. "Oh, hello, lusty thought, please sit down in this nice chair. Have a cigar and some brandy. Let me talk with you, See you, Enjoy you, Invite your relations".
Chant loudly, engage in service and the unwanted guest will go away (sooner or later).

O.K.

Guess we see you in India soon!

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Pujaris from Isev in ISKCON temples

11 years, 8 months ago by candra108_mukhi in Hot Topics

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP 

PAMHO

Hope this meets U in really good health ¡¡¡

Gurudeva I was requested to write this email to U from Yamunesvara das (President - wilson) and Rohini kumar das (Head pujari - wilson)

The situation is this: We do not have pujaris to do all the turns. Even if we have invented all the devotees in general and even if U do not need second initiation to worship them still we have lack of pujaris.

There is one mataji M Damodara (she talked with U several times in schel once she cried because the authorities did not allow her to do pujari in ISKCON due to she is an initiated devotee from ISEV) the thing is that she told Yamunesvara Prabhu that she took shelter from U as her SIksa Guru (she says that she has a document ) umm I do not know what is this document about but the thing is that P Yamunesvara told me that due to we do not have enough pujaris and the mataji always have the desire to serve The Lordships can she enter to the altar??? because she has iur shelter as SIksa Guru they say that for that she may enter to the altar, and if she can Rohini kumar was wondering which picture she may use in order to do the ceremonies ¡¡ Umm I thought the Murti from Srila Prabhupada is enough ¡¡

I write to U here in public no private because I do not want to be the cause of misunderstandings, and plus she is taking your name (as siksa guru), and I do not want that people start to commit offenses unto U ¡¡

Then I also thought that your answer is going to be useful for all of us, whenever a same case appears.

Also I know that mataji for several years and she has this desire and love to serve the Lordships for so long, she is a nice person , and I want to help my temple too. 

But for me your instructions, and opinions are the most important thing, and we are goint to follow them as iur a bonafide representative of our Guruparampara 

So sorry to bother U

Thanks in advance

Trying to be useful

Candramukhi dd

HpS - ASA --  AGTSP!!!!..a.a.a.!!!      Yes, I remember Damodara Dasi. I hope she is well. She is very nice person.  In many ways this is also a question for GBC et al. Of course, Brahmana's should make some advice based upon scripture, but in these institutional standards there has so be a GBC statement.

As far as I know it is a GBC rule that only devotees who have Brahminical initiation in ISKCON can do service on ISKCON altars that require second initiation, but, Head Pujari in Vrndavana, Mukunda Das (?) was initiated by Naranyana Maharaja long ago. Everyone has adjusted this very well and we have NEVER heard any complaints.

May be very nice Catholic priest but he would not expect to do service on our altars and we not on his.

Does ISEV let ISKCON brahmanas do service for their installed deities?

When I last talked with Paramadvaiti Swami he had a very different standard for 1st initiation than we have taken from Srila Prabhupada, so I don't know what is his standard for 2nd inititation.

So, it must be a GBC authorized decision, local administration authorized, and generally speaking should be devotees initiated by the same Acharya.  Maybe ISKCON wants to make a reciprocal agreement with some Gaudiya-math, ISEV, groups. Maybe there are special cases like Mukunda Das.
It would require the Junta de Wilson to understand very personally Damodara Dasi's consciousness and then make a decision on the individual case. We can't say from this distance.

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11 years, 8 months ago by harsh_horse in Hot Topics

a nice read for all readers

http://banoosh.com/blog/2013/10/12/the-man-who-lives-without-money/

HpS - ASA --  agtsp.  tku.  horse doctor. refreshing reading. seems need k.c. to make equation complete. rama-krsna will PROTECT  me / its ENTERTAINInG  to play with rama-krsna!

also, gotta expand naistika b'cari cult and polygamy to bring human population to normal size.

more!   like our dog pianoist dialogs, links?

Convocatoria a TRADUCTORES

11 years, 8 months ago by Victoria in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports, Hot Topics

Hare Krsna querido Gurudeva, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada y a sus seguidores!!! <img alt="" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/40.gif" title="" />

Espero que usted se encuentre muy bien. Nosotros muy felices de saber que usted vendra a celebrar el Vyasa Puja aqui. Gracias.

En las reuniones con los hermanos Latinoamericanos surgio la idea de formar un grupo de devotos con conocimientos de ingles y español para realizar las traducciones y correciones necesarias.

Actualmente el grupo esta conformado por: Madhavendra Puri, Rati Manjari, Ambarisa m, Sarad Bihari, Sananda, Yasodanandana y yo (Vrsabhanu nandini dd) que solo actuo como coordinadora del grupo.

Quienes esten interesados en colaborar en este servicio pueden escribir a: elfolandia@hotmail.com.

Muchas gracias gurudev __^o_

intentando ser de utilidad

Vrsabhanu nandini dd

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