Anartha Nivritti?

12 years, 6 months ago by Juliananda in Other

Hare Krsna!

Por favor acepte mis mas humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias sean a Srila Prabhupada.

Estimado Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaja, 

Espero se encuentre muy bien de salud. Una vez más le agradezco su misericordia sin causa por responder mis cartas. Sus respuestas son una inyección de amor y optimismo que entran directo en mi corazón.

Esta vez le escribo por una situación especial que estoy viviendo. Sé que solo gracias a sus bendiciones podré atravesarla.

Mis servicios en el templo siguen siendo los mismos, la vida en el ashram está muy tranquila, todo funciona en armonía. Mi sadhana no tan bien. La semana pasada y la anterior hubo un día respectivamente en que no canté ni una sola ronda Maharaja. Uno de esos días estuve muy enferma y no tenía el ánimo para hacerlo, el otro....no tengo ni una  excusa.

Desistí de dar clases de hatha yoga en los institutos en los que estaba, para hacerlo solo en el templo como un servicio para recaudar fondos para la construcción del templo en Sri Govardhan, para lo cual necesitaré de sus bendiciones!! De esta manera toda mi energía estará destinada sólo al servicio del Señor.

Desde hace unos meses, Krsna hizo que me asocie con un devoto. Todo está muy bien, realizamos servicios juntos, y estamos proyectando otros tantos para más adelante. Krsna siempre está en el centro.

La asociación con este devoto me está mostrando en profundidad mis anarthas, y entiendo que gracias al proceso del canto del Maha Mantra es que puedo verlas. Cuanta misericordia la del señor Caitanya!! Estos días estoy muy triste, mi corazón está roto sabiéndome un ser tan HORRIBLE, FALTO DE HUMILDAD Y POCO AMOROSO.  

A su vez algo me reconforta....y solo ud. podrá decirme cual es la verdad...Siento que el hecho de ver estas anarthas, es el principio del cambio. Pero aquí es donde me surge la pregunta Maharaja: Debo forzar el cambio de actitud mediante una imposición sabiendo que lo tengo identificado?? o sólo espero que el canto continúe actuando en mi corazón?? Sólo sé que mi sinceridad al decir como me siento ante determinadas situaciones en muchos casos no es favorable, y no quiero lastimar a las personas con las que me vinculo por mi falta de humildad, mi necesidad de sincerarme y consecuentemente ubicarme en el lugar de víctima....

Por favor Maharaja deme sus bendiciones para convertirme cada día en una persona más amorosa....

Le envío desde Mar del Plata mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

Su insignificante aspirante a sirviente,

Bhaktin Juliana

                 HpS - ASA - Jaya!        Hasta llegamos a Bhava los anarthas va a "persist", continuar.  Pero cada menos fuerte.       Si, basicamente la medicina, 16-rondas...  va a curar la enfermidad. Realiza con entusiasmo, pero tambien con poco paciencia!   De otro manera, si, hay aspectos de Bhakti yoga que podemos aplicar en detalla para removar problemas especificas.    Eso require Vd. habla con devotos mayores acerca de los detalles de sus apegos y entonces puede lograr sugerencias especificas!

Greeting from Egypt

12 years, 6 months ago by nadiavillar in Other

Dear Maharaj, Please, accept my reverences I write to you because I need some warm advice, to be sure that there's still some of Love for Krishna in my heart... Im living in Egypt because I'm gonna get married with an egyptian guy, his family is a quite traditional Muslim family, but they accept our relationship gladly. My boyfriend is quite open minded, he is happy about my beliefs and respect and accept them. He always is asking me about krishna, karma and reincarnation. Unfortunately, I don't have books in English to make him read. Even I'm following just one principle (vegetarian for ever) today I felt the strong desire to set up an altar in our home, with a RadhaKrishna deity that Laksmi Radha devi dasi gave to me in Santiago. Also I chanted two rounds, after months without doing it... I always remember your words and advices, May be it's a kind of sentimentalism the way I feel now, but I just would like to read some words from you, to know that this weak link between me and Krishna is not broken. Thanks a lot for your unconditional shows of love! Your most goofy and fallen servant Nadia Villar From Santiago, Chile (Living in Egypt now)

HpS -  Wow!   AgtSP!   Paoho.             Your name is very strong in our mind, but we can;t remember your form or pastimes.  Ha!     Ha!               Ha!              Of course, its nice to hear from you.                If you are goood Muslim lady and gooood Muslim husband then the four principles are also recomended.  Of course, the Koran is written for people in dificult situacion in the desert so basically it says that you may have to eat camel meat etc.     But that's not the best suggestion. So look for good Muslem ladies and you will find that KC is natural for everyone.  Try translating a little little bit into local language.  Send more news!

Ha Radhe Ha Krsna. Pamho.

12 years, 6 months ago by PABLOPARIKRAMA in Personal Sadhana Reports, Other
Hare Krsna!
AgtSP.
Jaya Gaura Nitay!
Jaya Radha Govinda Candra!
 
Pamho Maharaja!
 
Hola Maharaja, soy Bhakta Pablo del Parikrama, de España.
Espero que se encuentre muy bien Maharaja en todos los aspectos.
 
Yo continuo con las Rondas y los 4 principios, aunque tengo muchos desafios ahora y esta siendo estos dias bastante estresante. Tengo tantos desafios constantemente que a veces me enfurezco muchisimo porque no tengo ni un segundo para respirar. 
 
Me gusta y lo odio al mismo tiempo.
 
Intento realizar que entre Krsna y los Devotos, y yo,  hay una cortina de ignorancia. Que no esta lejos ni cerca, y que tanto estres tiene que tener un sentido, porque todo esta lleno de sentido. Acaso no rompe Krsna el trabajo de las Gopis de muchas duras horas???, y me pregunto Maharaja, como tengo que enfocar mi consciencia o meditacion ante un estres constante???....
 
Gracias a Krsna se me van solucionando cosas, o eso parece.
 
Voy a ir a visitarle el dia 4 en Navalakunda, y si todo va bien, el fin de semana siguiente en Nueva Vrajamandala. No voy a poder estar con Usted mas dias, me es imposible. No me gusta nada esto, lo siento.
 
Que mas puedo yo hacer, ?.
Perdoneme por ser tan tonto.
 
Pamho.
Hare Krsna!
                    HpS -  TlgaSP.   Pfanrh.     Vamos a morir, no?  Y ya no falta mucho tiempo.  No hay mas estres que morir, es la suma total de stresssss.   Solamente podemos dejar ambos manos en el aire como Draupadi y llamar, "He Govinda!".  Eso es. Tenemos que levantar los manos y llamar y despues lo que Krsna envia es bueno.  Tiene una vida tranquila Draupadi??

P.S.

12 years, 6 months ago by jaynityananda in Other

After returning from Rama Navami last friday we watched youtube's Sita sings the blues, a modern rendition of the Ramayana. Are you familiar with that? Nice art, and culturally funny too.

A while ago i learned about the Vatican movie list and watched several of them, including Carl Dreyer's 1928 The passion of Joanne of Arc. I don't know how you feel about that, i found it very heavy to watch. There is a version on Vimeo with classical score, it's so dramatic.

Hare Krishna.

  HpS - ASA -  AGTSP.....  Spiritualizing YOUTUBE.COM is one of the major efforts of the current Hare Krsna movement.   Your investigation is certainly wonderful.  We saw a more recent Joan of Arc movie. Our final conclusion is that it is like watching a Tamasic or Rajarsic Purana.  Many things very nice but also a lot of stuff that makes you feel bad afterwards also.

HARE KRISHNA

12 years, 6 months ago by berniebg in Other

Pamho !!!!! Gurudeva, TLGSP!! TLG A USTED!!!!!!!

 le escribi una carta en privado espero la puda leer.

Muchas gracias su aspirante a sirviente Bhadra vardhana. 

           HpS - Jaya!   TlgaSP.  Yes!  Gracias.    Espero que ha recibido la respuesta!

Links between sudamerican culture and vedic culture

12 years, 6 months ago by ananta108 in Other

 AGTSP!!

 PAMHO!!

Hare krsna Maharaja there'is one Russian devotee who lives in Mayapur en she is working on a Russian magazine so ,she has some questions for you in regard to the link between sudamerican culture and vedic culture here goes she posted and some questions thanks a lot ys Ananta Gouranga das

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I can say only that I'm doing seva in one Russian vaisnava magazine that is called "Golden Age".
There we're preaching some general things like pure life (vegeterianism etc); good family relationship; including spirituality in our ordinary lives; sattvic art; healthy food and life style habits... Also we tell about Vedic system of knowledge, about reincarnation, we give large quotes from Bhagavatam and from lectures on these topics.
We consider our audience as from teenagers to the 50-years old people, our magazine is for family reading and for putting it on the shelf and coming back to it again and again, not single-use reading. Our edition is distributed by sankirtana on the streets, in trays with free newspapers and among bhakti-vriksa members to introduce Vedic knowledge to their relatives and friends.
So this our material will be dedicated to the connection between Latin America and Vedic culture - as many Russian young people are very interested in some things from South America like tzolkin, ayahuaska and all the shamaniac stuff popular through the books of Huan Karlos Kastaneda. We'll give some parallel quotes from his books and from "Bhagavad Gita as it is" - because there are really many common things.
And what we need is some coherent story about some obvious traces of Vedic culture in Latin America that are left in the language, toponyms and names, in some traditions, in architecture...
I've heard something about pujas with garlands, insences and conches, some fire yajnas which are still held in some remoted places of South America. 
And there is information that near Arisona was found a big ancient city built with the principles of varnasrama, that breaks the impression of ancient Indians like the society of hunters and collectors. 
Also I heard about some Hanuman temples and swastica symbols somewhere in Brazil. Even about a Sanskrit name of some village lost in the Amasonia jungles. 
Moreover there is a story in Puranas about a tunnel through the Earth from Lanka to Brazil by which Kumbakarna imported the gold for his brother Ravana. If it's possible to quote it, it'll be perfect!
Usually there's no documentary proof of such information and no photos - and they would be the priceless material, like sensation for our western minds! In Russia people are used to think that our language has roots from the Sanskrit, and we never think that previously all the Earth had one language.
Also there are some questions more.
- How do the well-known Mayan calendar that "has finished" in 2012 correlate with the Vedic calpas?
- How it could turn that the ancient Vedic civilization with its highest moral standarts (vegeterianism, respect to all the living entities, ahimsa) turned into so cruel traditions right up to the human sacrifices? What influence did ancient American Indians have? 
- And one of the most interesting questions: did it happen by the pure accident that aboriginal pop of America became known as Indians? What did Columbus want in India when he started his travelling? And why did he decide that he'd reached his goal inspite of, seemingly, the total difference between India and South America?

                  HpS - Jaya!   AGTSP.  We have one book done by a South Indian Brahman when he visited India about 6-years ago.  It is the most rigourous that we have seen.  Other than that we do not have much specific knowledge about this. We know that there is a "Vedic" ambience in Peru and that attracts, allows, people to appreciate our ideas and benefit from them.        The book is in our locker in Lima and we are in Australia.  But maybe others have copies.           According to one map in the 5th canto everyting below the equator is Patala, no?   Then it is not surprising there were human sacrifices for subtle effect.  Jarasandha was doing these.

Good luck.         Of course, we try to continue to help with news to Ananta gauranga Das, and hope to hear any of this news you have.   Arisona is Arizona and is in USA.