The Lilamrita

12 years, 7 months ago by Rashmin dd in Personal Sadhana Reports, Other

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

12 years, 7 months ago by Gopal C Biswas in Other

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

12 years, 7 months ago by Gopal C Biswas in Other

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!!

Hare Krsna! Questions!

12 years, 7 months ago by nitaysoares in Other

All Glories to Sri Krishna Caytania!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

P.A.M.H.O.

 

Dear Hanumat Presaka Swami,

In first of all I would like to thank very much for your response in my last letter, i really apreciate the time you took to review my letter. I hope you are feeling better now... I'm keeping my principles and enthusiastic chanting my rounds, these days even sooner, since now I'm being able to wake up before 6:30 am. If you don't mind I would like to ask a few questions, I hope it's ok for you sir.

1- In his comment to Sri Sri Siksastaka, His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, says that "the perfect chanting of japa is possible only in ones mind", and then says that "the imperfect chanting of the name Krsna is incapable of causing de greatness and perfect change in the living entities. In fact that imperfect chanting will make then doubt of the kirtana potency."So my question is, how can we improve our japa rounds and he kirtana so it becomes stronger for us and for people who are hearing us?

    ASA - We don't know the details of your present quality of chanting so we can't make detailed suggestions how to advance, but of  course, follow the four principles strictly is essential for good Kirtana. Then Prabhupada, NOI, morning program!

2- When does one can start preaching for other people? The nectar of devotion speaks about 3 classes of devotees, explaining the different characteristics of ash one, and it says that only the 1st class devotee can preach perfectly, but if we read Prabhupada's books and use his arguments and logic without changing it are we able to preach to our friends and other people?

    ASA - Yes.... !

 

I won't bother you with more questions, at least not in this letter… Thank you Maharaja one more time for taking your time for at least reading my letter, and I hope to see you in a few days! I'm adding a picture of me so you can see that I'm a little different than you imagine! 

Your well wisher and servant aspiring,

Rafael Nitay,

São Paulo - Brasil

        HpS - Jaya!   We just said good by to you one hour ago!!!    I hope your visit to Santiago and the Rathyatra was good.   It was very nice to meet you!!!!!!!!     More, more!

Jahnava dd dice: Misericordia Sin Causa.

12 years, 7 months ago by Julieta Corzo Fillmore in Other

Sea Toda Gloria al Movimiento de Sankirtana del Señor Caitanya!!!

Sea Toda a Sri Sri Gaura Nitay!!!

Sea Toda Gloria a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Sea Toda Gloria a Usted Gurudeva!!!

Por favor acepte mis reverencias.

 Comenzando por el reporte de mi sadhana y siendo completamente sincera... está muy débil, sigo cantando 16 rondas y sigo con los 4 principios estrictos, pero no siento estar fuerte en la práctica. He logrado tomar consciencia de lo difícil que me resulta fijar mi mente en el canto, soy una especuladora importante!!!...pero al menos soy consciente de eso!!!! Me gusta cantar, eso ya lo he dicho, pero al no poder cantar todas mis rondas seguidas e incluso muchas veces una ronda entera sin interrupciones, mi mente vuela por el mismisimo universo....pfffffff....

 Tulsi a vuelto a mi humilde hogar, alquilo una habitación en un viejo hotel de esta bendita ciudad, Buenos Aires, y mi servicio a Sus Señorías Nitay Gaura Sundar sigue fijo tal como le conté en mi carta anterior. Ellos son muy misericordiosos conmigo siempre.

 Me encuentro un poco mas optimista que en mi carta anterior porque  he realizado cual es el motivo de mi negatividad...debo aceptar mi karma tal como es!!!! Hoy cumplo 38 años y estoy soltera!!!!!...y a veces la soledad pesa!!!...y no puedo negar mi deseo de vivir una vida en companía de un devoto...pero por motivos que desconozco, es evidente que Krsna no quiere eso para mi, al menos por ahora. Por otro lado tengo una familia completamente separada y me veo muchas veces muy frustrada por el pésimo relacionamiento que veo y vivo entre devotxs (por favor disculpe mi sinceridad). En relidad eso me pone muy triste.

Pero por otro lado se han hecho constantes varios programas (Kirtan 3 horas seguidas por ejemplo y prasadam) en distintas casas de devotos donde nos permite vernos y aceptarnos de una manera mas humana y donde lo único que importa es el canto del Santo Nombre y el verdadero Sadhu Sanga. Le ofrezco mis reverencias a los organizadores de los programas que realmente son muy nectáreos.

 Sigue en pie mi servicio en el templo los domingos. Por mi parte estoy leyendo el Srimad Bhagavatam  (canto 2) cada día (cuando puedo voy a las clases del templo, vivo a 5 calles de distancia) dos o tres texos por día y he comenzado el Caitanya Caritamrta los domingos (también varios textos por Domigo) y por la tarde Bhagavad Gita una vez mas (es mi voto por Damodara)!!!!...me mantengo fija!!!.. al menos por ahora... y por la noche por lo menos una hoja del Krsna book...termino mi día realmente agotada porque dos o tres veces a la semana también estoy saliendo a distribuir libros...solo dos o tres horas después de cumplir con mi trabajo en la boutique del templo, los devotos del BBT estan guardando los datos de mis compras para poder enviarle, a fin de año, un reporte de mi humlde distribución de libros.

 La verdad es que soy muy afortunada porque he realizado también que cada día se refuerzan mas mis amistades, relamente no era una persona con muchos amigos, pero la misericordia sin causa de Srila Prabhupada ha hecho que se crucen en mi vida devotxs realmente sinceros y fieles a La Verdad Absoluta. Como agradecer semejante misericordia????

 Los programas de harinama los viernes y la Fiesta de Srila Prabhupada en el templo siguen fijos en el  templo y en el restaurante Naturaleza Divina se han agregado varias mesas en el patio exterior e incluso en la vereda (sidewalk in inglish???)...esperamos recibir mucha mas gente este verano!!!!!

 Por favor envíeme sus bendiciones para que pueda seguir viendo siempre lo positivo de la vida, realmente tengo el deseo profundo de cambiar cada día y créame estoy trabajando en eso.

 Espero que usted se encuentre bien Querido Gurudeva, espero que pueda visitarnos el próximo año. 

Con el profundo deseo de servirlo, Jahnava devi dasi, su sirvienta.

Hare Krsna!

                         HpS - ASA -  TlgaSP.    pfarnh.  seis dias retrasado en cartas!         FUERTE  trabajo con viaje, Rathaytras,   mil personas con quien hablamos.  et.   Muy bien.  Kali yuga es el infierno.   O.K.   No  ataido a placeres celestialses ni tampoco de Rsi loca.  Vamos a vivir una vida con Guru y Krishna como nuestras solo Amigos (y los devotos buenos).           24-horas cada dia serviend a Radha y Krishna.  Pronoto yo pienso viene a su Templo!!!

Vamos juntos a los otros cartas!!!!

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj - Urgent!

12 years, 7 months ago by Gopal C Biswas in Other

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, as you know there is new temple opening ceremony on 23 & 24 Feb 2013 in Pune. We all
    were & are waiting of this moment for last 7-8 years. Every one has made efforts as per their
    capability for building this temple.

    Name of new Temple is Shri Shri Radha Vrindavanchandra Mandir, Pune. Gaura-Nitay, Shri Shri
    Radha Vrindavanchandra & Lord Jaganatha will be there. This will be first big temple in Pune.

    I know, you would have been invited by our Temple President H G Radhyashyam Prabhu, Pune.

    There will be many devotees from all part of the world for this occasion.

    Past 3-4 days, I was in a dilemma; I was continuously thinking, where I should be - in Pune or in
    Kolkata. because your schedule in india and new temple opening ceremony date are not matching.

    But again, I know, Guru is ultimate & Guru is more important then Lord. So I thought to write and
    seek your opinion.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

           HpS - Jaya!   AGTSP   paoho.    We will also be back in India after the Australia visit.  The suggested calendar is there at www.jayarama.us/kd/cal.txt

We could visit then also.

Be sincere and Krsna will tell you what to do, like Mother Yasoda and Damodara lila!