Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
You wrote:
Even more important is to read in the association of devotees. Have study partners, students, teachers.
Could you please share why this is such a significant activity—both in general, and especially compared to reading alone? If possible, I’d appreciate it if you could share your thoughts here, without referring to śāstra or quoting from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s letters, talks, etc.
I have my own perspective, but I’d really like to hear yours—assuming you think I’m in a position to understand it.
It’s not that I don’t want śāstra evidence—I both need it and already have it. However, I’m wondering if there’s something 'beyond' that—some personal or practical perspective—that could help explain the possible advantages and disadvantages (if any) of studying alone versus studying with a group or a partner.
I may (most probably will) use this in my presentations on Krishna bhakti.
Thank you!
Your servant Namacarya Das
HpS/ASA - Uh! Ahh! Humph!
Krsna. Krsna. Krsna. Krsna. Krsna. Krsna He!
How are you?
Any more bank security?
How is Nirgata Dasi?
Your father, is still with us???!
Croatia is ready for the the Third World War?
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When I write on the Blog today.
Booomph!
I have association.
It wakes me up.
When I do Japa. Alone. It wakes me up. To direct experience of Krsna.
We are NEVER alone.
Three year old children, like us, are never alone.
We pretend we are alone and can do 'it' alone. But Mami and Daddy are watching while they do their adult chores.
My Karma has very little "Guru" in the chart. That means teacher, mayor, GBC, Temple President.
Submitting or becoming one.
Badrinarayana Swami said, "You are one of the few ISKCON gurus that I know who expects their disciples to think for themselves".
So, I we, 🐵 🐷 😺, tend to for relations as partners with people.
Hanuman was with the team looking for Sita for Rama, and making reports.
Prabhupada's Library is very big. Too big for one whole life time. We gotta have help looking for stuff that is dynamite for us!
Study, research, pioneering, partners.
So much of what ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON, not the shadow ISKCON, is, is pioneering.
Have to find ideas that will fit in your field pack. or pick up ideas from libraries of Prabhupada's books as you find them here and there and use them for the task at hand.
Like Hanuman killing a mean horse with his teeth, fist, and claws, and then using it to bash other horses and chariots.
how do we 'die' [to live]??? . . . . Takes knowledge. Research.
ABhAbheda tattva means that we will always be absolute little researchers, applyers, and that dictates that we belong to a team.
Who will we we all be in Gaura lila in our next lifetimes in Nadia?
Who will be the Chand Kazi?
Will you be Govardhana or Hiranya??? Will we be your stable manager?
https://www.jayarama.us/archives/vdm.docx
