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" />
Nitay Goura Premanande!!! querido y siempre recordado, Gurudeva,
por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias,
TODAS LAS GLORIAS A SRILA PRABHUPADA!!!
antes que nada quiero agradecerle querido Gurudev que ud. tan bondadosamente dentro de su recargada agenda haya arreglado venir a Mexico,
HpS - ASA -- TlgaSP!!!! pfanhhhhr... ____'o_
Si, falta 15 dias!
...nosotros sus discipulos nos encontramos muy felices y ansiosos por recibir su Darsham [Darshan], querido Señor y Amo ud. representa en nuestra vidas la fuente de inspiración para continuar en el cumplimiento de nuestros deberes, Acabo de regresar de un Sankirtam viajero en la ciudad de Tlaxcala, tuve que ir sola pues, por las fuertes lluvias la otra Mataji prefirió no viajar,
HpS - La gonaza trascendental!
...me quedé en casa de m. Luz es una anciana que está leyendo el BG y canta los Santos Nombres, pude explorar nuevos lugares como Apizaco, San Martin y Santa Ana con la finalidad de establecer nuevas rutas para la Marathón de Srila Prabhupada, en la biblioteca central de Tlaxcala me pude reunir con el Dr. Daniel quien realiza circulo de estudios sobre el BG y el Sri Isopanisad con personas amigas de esa ciudad, por su misericordia pude distribuir 260 libros, en los proximos días viajaré a la ciudad de Queretaro, y me quedaré algunos días en Sankirtam, son ciudades cercanas al DF y no me demanda mucho esfuerzo fisico sobretodo a mi columna y riñones.....mi querido Señor y Amo eternamente agradecida por su compasión hacia esta alma inútil, ud. esta trayendo el PremaDhana en medio de Kali Yuga en donde los magos de Maya estan presentando tantas cosas atractivas para los sentidos y la mente.......millones de gracias por ayudarnos e inspirarnos con su ejemplo personal!!!
Radhe, Radhe, Radhe......
su inútil y torpe sirvienta
m. Jambavati d.d.
HpS-ASA
Sentimos como Reina Kunti oir de Vd.
AGTSP
paoho
We worked very hard from 7AM to 11AM to ge the tickets for South America and India fixed.
Dec 25 - Miami to Lima
January 1 - Lima to Buenos Aires
January 12 - BsAs to Santiago
January 24 - Stg - Lima
January 29 - Lima - Miami
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Feb 8th (9th) - Nashville to Delhi
We land in Delhi early in the morning and then probably just go from International to Domestic and go on to Kolkata so we can have as much time as possible with Dr. Bandopadhaya. That will be like 9th to 15th. Then we go to Mayapura for the ILS meetings. Everyone could join that group. After that, ~23rd we will go to Lucknow and Vraja and back to USA the 1st of November.
We are really focusing on three things:
More letters to answer. Read them!! Many good questions.
Thank you!! Oink, oink! Whoop! Whoop!, QUack! Quack!
AGTSP
paoho
6.09PM - End of the day. Now we go to NGD house, ashrama. Then we go for a 45 minute walk.
Busy day, busy weekend. Letters to Rama-giridhari Das and Prana Das of Goloka Education. Letter to Dr. Bandopadhyay. Phone talk with Hari lila Das in Texas.
Sankirtan.
Our feet are less swollen.
Our eyes are not so bad.
We are adjusting how much and what kind of work we do as per the last Kapi Dhvaja.
Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna.
We looked and looked and looked (and LOOKED AND lOllOked) for the best tickets to South America and today we bought a ticket from Orbitz.com
25 December, Nashville to Miami (7-hours intransit in Miami airport). Then arrive Lima like 10PM.
29 January, Lima to Miami to Nashville.
$900.
Now we can look for Lan tickets from Lima to BsAs to Santiago to Lima. We have miles to use. ... Everyday we work on Bhakti Vaibhava studies and administration.
Tonight we will start reading KRSNA book with Lokanatha Das from the very beginning! Join us.
Tommorrow we will turn to the Flyers for the Japa Booth for the Celebrate Nashville festival on the 5th. Later we will develop that into a small booklet that will go into a Japa Kit that will also include the 18-bead Malas coming from Asta sakhi DD and the devotees in Mexico.
Sankirtan!!!
Thank you, Nicasio, "Cruz Santa", CMDD, Pablo.... todos, for your letters! They inspire us!
HpS - ASA
Hare Krsna respected Gurudeva
AGTSP
AGTU
PAMHO
I am writing this letter because I strongly think. This is going to be very useful for everybody.
I have heard that many male devotees say: "We have to take care of Gurumaharaja, many Gurus have fallen down". "This mataji is always in the service of GM" we have to be careful with her, etc. So my first reaction is relate these comments to U, because me as a lady I think that if the devotees are saying that it means that they do not trust their Gurus at all.
U by your example are always teaching us how to relate with a sanyasi not only with U. U are never alone with a lady not even by email... And we have meetings on internet if no male devotee is present You record the meeting ¡¡¡¡
And when we travel with U... We do not talk at all and U just watch us from distance to see if everything is ok with us...
However, I understand that nobody is free from falling down.
ASA - AGTSP, paoho, except Maha-visnu, maybe.
SO the question is how we as your female disciple should relate to U and any Guru? I guess that we have the right to serve U and our Siksas Gurus but how to do it so this may not be a concern for the mentality of others devotees.
We as mothers must also take care of the mentality of the prabhus acting with chastity and shyness. But honestly with all the comments that I mentioned above now I am afraid of act in a way that may perturbe someone. So please enlight us.
When Srila Prabhupada was present it seems to me that Godbrothers and Godsisters act a family. Nowadays it seems that everything is a competition " El show del Guru"
Thank U all so much
Trying to be iur disciple
Candramukhi dd
HpS-ASA - Hmmmmm. AgtSP. Paoho. Is very nice letter, topic. It is also a very big topic. Concern should not be to protect just "Guru" but everyone.
According to this formula, the gosvāmīs who are descendants of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Advaita Prabhu are certainly devotees, but devotees coming from other families should not be discriminated against; indeed, whether the devotees come from a family of previous ācāryas or from an ordinary family, they should be treated equally. One should not think, "Oh, here is an American gosvāmī," and discriminate against him.
....according to the statements of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in this verse, an American gosvāmī and a gosvāmī in a family of ācāryas are nondifferent.
...This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is a transcendental science, and there is no room for jealousy. ... As soon as anyone becomes envious, he falls from the platform of paramahaṁsa.
We can fall down because of lust for association with the opposite sex, or desire for public power or to glorify out Big Intellect.... Or...
.... but specific topic you have suggested we think the essence is the example of Prabhupada. He is our Founder and ACHARYA. He sets the example. He explains it it his book.
Sannyasi, Brahmacari are allowed short term contact with opposite sex for preaching purposes and this should always be in public. They should never converse in private. Private means any place that they could discuss illicit sex and no one would no.
So disciples can associate with their Guru of the opposite sex, male or female, in public places and should not be too much extended. Of course this is bodily association. The real association is more through Vani than Vapu. Lord Caitanya had 3 and 1/2 intimate associates: Svarupa Damodara, Ramanda Rai, Sikhi mahiti and Sikhi Mahitis sister. Of course, she never came within vision of Him when He was a Sannyasi and He would never even hear the name of a woman, but she was one of the 4 most intimate associates.
O.K? We are Vaisnavas then we apply VAD in terms of that.
It may be that a Sannyasis most intimate disciple is a lady, but externally we will see the proper VAD etiquiete.
Robust topic.
Detailed questions?
Comments from Uthers?
6.06PM - Now we go to NGD house. Quick DTC!
Thank you..
