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TLGSP ; HARE KRSNA QUERIDO GURU MAHARAJA  , GRACIAS POR VENIR A AREQUIPA , GRACIAS POR ACUDIR A MI AUXILIO , POR SU SANTA ASOCIACION HIZO QUE TODOS LOS DEVOTOS NOS UNAMOS  PARA PODER SERVIRLO HASTA LOS QUE ESTUVIERON MUY ALEJADOS  POR SU GRACIA HAN RETORNADO AL TEMPLO ; Y TODOS ESTAMOS ENTUSIASTAS POR HACER SERVICIO, ANTES DE SU LLEGADA  ERAMOS COMO HIJOS MALCRIADOS, LLEGO EL PAPA Y NOS PUSIMOS EN REGLA ; SU SOLA PRESENCIA HA SOLUCIONADO TODOS LOS PROBLEMAS. INFINITAS GRACIAS GURUDEVA.

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GURUDEVA LE CUENTO QUE TAMBIEN CON SU LLEGADA RECIBIMOS LA NOTICIA QUE LAS DEIDADES DE  JAGANNATHA, BALARAMA Y SUBHADRA ESTARIAN LLEGANDO  PARA ENERO DE INDIA, LOS DEVOTOS DE LIMA NO LOS PROMETIERON, SERAN COMO LAS DEL TEMPLO DE MIRAFLORES  QUE ORIGINASLMENT5E FUERON DE AREQUIPA .

QUERIDO GURU MAHARAJA ESPERANDO SUS  INSTRUCCIONES PARA PODER HACER MEJOR MI SERVICIO Y SIEMPRE ORANDO A SRI NRSIMHA  DEVA PARA QUE LO PROTEJA .

                                             A SU SERVICIO

                                                                                RAMALILA D.D.

HpS - ASA -  Jaya!   TlgaSP   Pfanrh....  Muchas gracias a Vds!!!      Pienso que la presencia de Mathuresa Prabhu era un factor muy fuerte en esta visita tan exitoso.   Como pasa Govardhana puja   y   desaparacion de Srila Prabhupada!!

Estamos en Chile pero manana, manana volvaremos a Lima para dos noches.  Hare Krsna!                Hare Krsna!!!!    Govardhana puja??

Hare Krsna Hanumatpresaka Maharaja,
please accept my respectful obeisances,
all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I'd like to ask a question about japa.
I run a blog on chanting japa, and i use your classes and Japa Joe doc also. (You can check it here:  japa.blog.hu)

You wrote in Japa Joe (rev. 2011.02.11.):
"Then you mind goes into an iconographic rather than linear mode."
I tried to find the definition of iconographic but i wasn't successful.
Can you explain the meaning of this word, please?

                 HpS - ASA -  AGTSP  paoho.  It is a term that you can probably find in Marshall McLuhan's books.     In the mode of passion our mind is working in a line, reasoning:    It's 6AM now, will I have time to take my car to the 24-hour oil change place and get the oil changed before I go to work...

  .... In Iconographic mode, no mental speculation, we are in Dhyana, meditating on things, the Holy Name.   In Ernst Poppel's, "Mind-works", the shows results of his experiments that Western people can keep about 3-seconds of events in their consciousness at one time as one event.  Time is not a line that can be divided into nano-seconds.  It can be complete events, icons, that we can contemplate of up to three seconds.      We discuss this in the Japa Joe book.  A Yantra is a visual icon.   A Catholic will say they that they are worshipping the Icons in the Temple, where we say the Deities in the Temple.  The Orthodox Church is famous for it's Icons.

          Mental speculation: Jnana,    go to Meditation, contemplation: Dhyana, and we hope then to Bhakti!

Thank you for the nice example how we can follow Srila Prabhupada!
your servant:
Kadamba Kanana das

        ASA -  Oink!   Oink!       Whoop!    Whoop!      Hope to see your Wet-ware form soon.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Todas las glorias a Sri Sri Gauranga y Nityananda.

Todas las glorias a usted, Gurudeva.

Acepte mis mas humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

Hare Krsna gurudeva, le escribo esta carta para reportar que estoy cumpliendo con mis 16 rondas y los cuatro principios, asociandome lo mas que puedo con los devotos, mas ahora e tenido pruebas al ego falso, la mente y la inteligencia no me queda mas que aferrarme a sus pies de loto querido gurudeva y seguir sirviendo a los amados sirviente de krsna, pues soy una  humilde sirvienta suya querido gurudeva, cada dia le ruego le oro a usted que me ayude para seguir adelante en el servicio devocional a Sri Sri Radha y Krsna a Sri Sri Gauranga y Nityananda a Sri Sri Sita y Ramacandra, que jamas olvide a Krsna y algun dia pueda optener prema bhakti por ellos, le agradesco tanto a usted gurudev por ser tan misericordioso conmigo. <img alt="" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/51.gif" title="" />

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          HpS - ASA -    ....   !! ..  !        TlgaSP!   Si, el ego falso es el enimigo.  Muchas veces estoy slavado por "trnad api sunicena...".     Tratando buscar los buenas cualidades en otros y ninguna necesidad presentar nuestras y cantar Hare Krsna, Hare Rama.

           En Vrndavana solamente Krsna y Balarama matan a los demonios!

Tiene que leer Caitanya caritamrta cada dia si puede!!

Hare Krishna,

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

Guru Maharaja, I hope you are well. It has been a while since my last confession... :) I joke.

Guru Maharaja, thank you very much for your blessings you gave me and my husband towards our wedding. And the fruit basket was lovely! 

We purchased the Prabhupada Lilamrita on your advice and have been reading a little every day- we missed yesterday unfortunately- before breakfast. It's really nice reading this book about prabhupada's life. So many wonderful things he did in his childhood! He used to be a naughty boy. I didn't know. And we also  received the Krishna book as a wedding gift although it is difficult to read that one before going to sleep. We are waiting to purchase the Srimad Bhagavatam. I will make the effort to pick up where I left off in the 3rd canto. It was very difficult to read for me.

I also have another question. I was wondering if I have any senior godbrothers who are also householders that I can take shelter from. Or anyone that is qualified as a householder couple that might not be my godbrothers. It would be nice to have their association. I would appreciate it very much.

I am chanting minimum 16 rounds, 4 regs, and some reading. Please forgive my offenses. 

your aspiring servant,

Rasa-mandali devi dasi

           HpS - ASA -  Jaya!    AGTSP.         paoho.          Lot of work being a Grhastha, no?         You have so much nice shelter there, no?    You Temple President seemed like nice Grhastha and as I understand your parents are also nice devotees, no? !                   That's the best,   making relations with many nice Grhasthas in your physical community...    Maybe some other readers of this Blog can send an answer if they also would like to give some special advice and association.  Yes, as a Sannyasa it is difficult for us to give detailed guidance for Grhastha Ashrama, although, following Srila Prabhupada's example, we try to give general advice.

Of course, the real nectar is  Srila Prabhupada's association through all these many, many, many, books!!!

Are you continuing school?     Yogendra Prabhu?

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Guru Dev, Pune devotees inquire me, about you, like, what is your Guru Dev's base location. What
    should i say to them?

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

            HpS -   Nashville, Tennessee !   -{:O)+

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Guru Dev, I will start for Vrindavan on 13 Nov 2012 and will stay till 23 Nov 2012. I have plan to visit
    maximum placeses in vraj mandal.

    I have a question, How many rounds of Govardhana hill & Vrindavan should be done.

    Please advise, what to do, what to follow and what to perform during this visit.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

                HpS - Jaya Srila Prabhupada.   Jaya GGD!   Now is 17th   You are in Vraja!!!!   Sooooooooooooo    fortunate.     You may not read this until after you get back to your home base.    I think there is no better Guru than Vrndavana dhama.   While you are there She will give you all advice about how to serve Krsna.   Of course She certianly speaks through guru, sastra.         Very nice.  Very nice.    Hope you get lots of purification so you can become effective insturment for Krsna!!