HARE KRSNA GURUDEVA

2 years, 3 months ago by rohini in Personal Sadhana Reports

HARE KRSNA, GURUDEVA!

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

Today I am officially 70 years old and I am just beginning to discover WHO I AM. Each advance makes me value Srila Prabhupada's message more and more, all good knowledge that human beings say nowadays, Srila Prabhupada already said it, even more, he told us the goal and how to reach it.


Woe to me, poor woman! That I need to verify what they tell me.


HpS/ASA - 😄


And time is running out for me, every moment, we feel life and death in the body, I am thinking that the moment I will leave this body it will be natural that I only remember the beautiful Krsna dancing on the heads of Kaliya.

Everyone fearing that the one who defeated death will die, WHAT A THRILL! I want Krsna to triumph in me, I want Kaliya not to triumph in me.


Thank you very much Gurudeva, eternally grateful, everything I do, every moment I dedicate to you, Srila Prabhupada and Krsna, yes, I also beg you to forgive me for my offenses.

I am at your feet.

Rohini Devi Dasi.


HpS - Hare Krsna. We missed your association and the association of your family when you were not in our Sanga for some time. Thank you so much.

The SB is full of stories of devotees who made some progress and then went on a side trip, learning expedition and then came back and made full success eg. the Pracetas, sons of Pracinibharist.

I do that constantly.

Such nice news.

Give us some advice for devotees who will be following the same path as you?

How about your sister, niece and grand-niece??

Ananga,

Draupadi,

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Jay Maharaj!

2 years, 3 months ago by mercurio3 in Personal Sadhana Reports

HK, Maharaj, PAMHO. AGTSP!

All glories to Sri Sri Guru And Gauranga!!!



How r u? How's it going that festival in which you are participating? Are you going to preach there?

Here I’m doing better, I started waking up earlier in the mornings, and overall chanting my rounds better, I’m trying to pronounce the word Krishna as you taught me with the tongue touching the palate, and I have a doubt about how Rāma it’s pronounced, quite frequently I’ve heard the Hindus also pronouncing the R as if almost touched the palate, is that OK?


HpS - Hare Krsna. Not sure. We just try to apply the pronunciation guide in the back of Srila Prabhuapada's books and ask any Oxford Sanskrtists who pass through.

Chant with meaning: Mommy! Mommy!


I set a goal for myself of avoiding having dinner on Friday night in order to wake up earlier on Saturdays, generally I avoid that meal but on that day I tend to celebrate the end of the working week, so how can I manage to be more disciplined in that area?


HpS - Before you offer any Bhoga to Krsna on Friday night just think about why eating light or not will help you on Saturday morning, no? Advance by cultivating intelligence for KRSNA

:::{Hare Krsna}:::

another thing I would like to please ask you about is regarding investing lakshmi, what would be a Vaishnava alternative for stock shares investing?


HpS - Srila Prabhupada had Atreya rsi Das invest by shares in companies as income for the trust funds for the Mayapura and Vrndavana Temples.

Atreya investigated the companies properly and then bought shares, membership.

Investing in Stock Market is not gambling if it is done as good, researched business.

Land (for Grains)

Cows (for milk)

Brahmanas (teachers)

are good investment.


Sriman Das bought house in good school distrivt in California. It was good investment. Land and Brahmanas.


Also if one would like to invest in third party’s commercial projects, which industry’s areas could be better options?


I felt very identified with the Deva-Vrata’s letter your referred me, about the Jesus Christ subject, I always as well felt very very identified with him and his teachings.


HpS - So does Srila Prabhupada. His sincerity of appreciaton probably make our seem like vanity!


Currently I’m reading a book called Atomic Habits, and I’m founding it of so much benefit, learning to set to myself goals, try to stick to the habits which lead to them, and building a whole new life, one step at a time.


ASA - 👍


Also I’m organizing myself with specific plannings for the things I need to buy for improving my service and sadhana, and for other areas of my life.


I’m enjoying myself with a sense of progress.


thank you very very much Maharaj!

hope everything it’s more than well over there!

your servant,

Federico


HpS - ASA -- We heard from Cakravarty Das that SP said, "Become self realized, build your character and preach."

Do you think the whole world should read the big two volume edition of the KRSNA book! We do. Along with that Vedabase,Io version is great!! Balarama preaching to Rukmini.

Report from Gaura Gadadhara Dasi

2 years, 3 months ago by gauragadadhara in Personal Sadhana Reports

 My Dear Guru Maharaj


Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada

We pray that your health is good.


Whilst my husband and I spoke several times about writing to you, our desire was not sincere


Dear Guru Maharaj, I want to express my gratitude for actually making arrangements for us remain in Sridham Mayapur.


By our Guru Maharaj’s mercy, my details have recently been officially registered in Mayapur, to perform a small spot of seva, as a servant to assisting in Sri Sri Radha Madhava’s and Asta Sakhi’s pujari department.


My little seva includes maintaining Nrsimha Dev’s clothes, Avaranam, jewellery . I get to Iron Narsimha Dev’s and Prahalad Maharaj’s dresses, and then arranging them in their place.

I also have half hr cleaning seva . It is a beautiful and fulfilling experience. I feel very very happy


HpS/ASA - 🙂 👍



Also 1 week, a month, I have been granted same seva for Sri Sri Nitai Gour Padakamala at Srila Prabhupada’s bhajan kutir.


Although I havent learnt enough Bengali to converse, I am however Slowly developing a very sweet loving relationship with Pujari’s and other sevaks. They seem happy with my service.


Since past Two months , every day after Srila Prabhupad’s guru puja, my husband and I have been granted seva to distribute Nrsimha Devs Kheer maha prasadam. There is generally a long queue of devotees and visiting pilgrims, even before the distribution begins.


We really relish the opportunity to serve the Vaishnava’s , it gives us great pleasure when we get so much affection and blessings And because of this Seva, we now also attend Darshan Arti regularly.


My husband after piking flowers, is able to attend daily Mangal Arti at Srila Prabhupada’s Smadhi, and I attend Mangal Arti at Srila Prabhupad’s Bhajan Kutir and Radha Madhava’s Temple


Dear Guru Maharaj, Thank you for your regular darshan , I am following you on ASA Carnaval Facebook, Thank for inspiring all of us.


Im so happy, because I feel my sadhana is improving , Im hearing more Srimad Bhagavatam especially recordings from H. H. Haladhar Maharaj, and live at the Temple after which I do my regular Seva.

I am feeling like the Pujari for Sri Radha Madan Bihari in Chosica.


At home one week I do pujari seva, and cleaning the ashrama for our dieties

whilst my husband cooks, and does other house chores, and then the following week we switch services,


By the sweet mercy of my beloved Guru Maharaj, I am feeling Enlivened and Alive . Thank you so much


I offer my loving obeisances to My Dear Guru Maharaj.


Your Servant

Gaura Gadadhara Dasi


HpS - Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna.... how is your Japa experience. How is Prabhuji's bodily health?

Thank you! More news as it develops!

Diagnosed with Cancer

2 years, 3 months ago by hps in Personal Sadhana Reports

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Hare Krsna, Gurudeva, AGTSP, PAMHO.  

I have been diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma (cancer) in the upper region of left kidney. As per the doctor's suggestion I have to go for surgery as soon as possible. Kindly pray for me so that I can serve Srila Prabhupada and His mission.


HpS/ASA - AgtSP! Our lower, right, front tooth was becoming loose, and Doctor Dinesh in Miami Temple diagnosed it as rotten at the root.

He extracted it, and then asked if we wanted to see it.


We were curious, and said, "Yes".

It was interesting and we laughed and joked, and commented that it seemed we were going back home, back to Godhead, one piece at a time.


He also chuckled and said that in 17-years of dentistry most people did not want to see the tooth, and we were the first person who had laughed about it.


🙂 AgtSP!

Are you going back home, back to Godhead, one piece at a time?

Be very alert.

What kind of consciousness you can keep during the different phases of the surgery and anesthesia. Do gross and subtle preaching to the medics.

Watch for an opportunity that Krsna sends to leave your current body, Karma, and go to a better one for Sankirtan.

Preach to your relatives grossly and subtly.

So lucky!

😎

In the mission of lord Caitanya

2 years, 3 months ago by narotam_armijo in Personal Sadhana Reports, Other

Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja, AGTSP.


Please accept my humble obeisances. Have passed many things since I wrote you the last time, now I'm in Sankirtan close to the city of Cordoba, and how you are? The health go on in a good way?


HpS/ASA - AgtSP! Paoho. Thank you for your letter! News!

We are sitting in the airport in Richmond. It is 9.48PM, Ekadasi. We are waiting for our flight at 10.37PM back to our base in Nashville.

Our body has failing eyesight. Little congested breathing. Some pretty bad digestions because of a lot of variety of Ekadasi Prasadam offered by the very nice devotees here.

If we chant from our heart we can even make this rotten machine move in ecstacy by the mercy of Gaura Nityananda!


I'm Chanting the 16 rounds and following the 4 principles (but the rounds is a little bit dificult in sankirtan)

Now in the sankirtan i made somthing interesting to sell the book of Srila Prabhupada, when they don't look very confidents about buy the book I play this game: If they guess what is my country from origin they win a book totally for free, but if they loose they have to buy a book.


HpS - 😄 . . . 👌


While I grite this letter aprox 7 persons have now in their homes a Book of SP (just one win a book totally free) I don't know how that game works, but I feel nice about they having now an oportinitie to be Krsna conscious.

In this months probably I will don't have much time to grite you but i hope that Krsna give to me the oportinitie to be in contact whit you.

And a last thing, I got a question from the order of the Bhavagad-Gita, is about the order of the Satkas (sextuple division), they have a meaning to be in thet specific order? Karma-Bhakti-Jñana

Now whit no much else to said please accept my humble obeisances and have a nice day :D


HpS - We don't know what are the Satkas??? We don't know BG too well. You are with H. H. Dhanvantari Swami?

He might know.

Karma yoga, following Varna-ashrama Dharma for Krsna, gives us wisdom, Jnana. Then we can do our Karma with wisdom. It is Jnana yoga.

Jnana yoga teaches us to search and find Krsna, paramatma, in our heart. So, karma yoga, manifests Jnana yoga ... Dhyana yoga ... Bhakti yoga! 🙂

Who are your teachers?

Where is your base?


sankirtan monterrey y Montemorelos

2 years, 3 months ago by gadadhara_gosai in Personal Sadhana Reports

Acepte mis mas humildes y respetuosas reverencias todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

y al movimiento de sankirtan de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.


Gurudeva estamos haciendo la tarea poco a poco , estamos practicando lo esencial mangalartika con algunos Bhaktas que krishna envía siempre para servir en nueva Goverdana,.

Krishna Book por las noches con los niños y mi esposa , estableciendo predica constante cada domingo y manteniendo buena asociación con devotos vecinos.

la distribución de libros nos mantiene frescos en este calor intenso .


somos como animales en el bosque ya lo estamos entendiendo .


Visite el ashram de Guru Prasad Swami en Texas , nos dono un altar hermoso para Krishna Balaram , y muchas ropas de color azafrán para nuevos bhramacarys.la vida siempre nos da sorpresas , nuestra gratitud con los libros de Prabhupada tratamos de compartir lo que aprendimos en el ashram con nuestros compañeros de sankirtan.


somos pocos devotos pero muy dedicados nos mantenemos muy ocupados , siempre hay algo por hacer , la familia es grande y nos mantiene con entusiasmo . Ananda maya es nuestra autoridad inmediata y estamos muy protegidos gracias a krishna.


estamos en comunicación con la BBT para elevar la distribución de libros en norte de Mexico.


si Krishna nos da vida deseamos volver a tener su asociación tenemos mucho que aprender para desarrollar Nueva GOVERDAN EN MONTEMORELOS.


Bhakta Guillermo esta listo para iniciación , esperamos sus indicaciones para hacer un festival con fuego y frutas.

agradecemos su atención att su sirviente Gadadhar Gosai Das


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Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada and to the sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.


Gurudeva we are doing the task little by little, we are practicing the essential mangalartika with some Bhaktas that Krishna always sends to serve in new Goverdana.


Krishna Book in the evenings with the children and my wife, establishing constant preaching every Sunday and maintaining good association with neighboring devotees. book distribution keeps us cool in this intense heat.


HpS - Wow!!!


we are like animals in the forest we are already understanding it.


Visit Guru Prasad Swami's ashram in Texas, he donated us a beautiful altar for Krishna Balaram, and many saffron clothes for new bhramacarys. Life always gives us surprises, our gratitude to Prabhupada's books we try to share what we learned in the ashram with our sankirtan companions.


we are few devotees but very dedicated we keep very busy , there is always something to do , the family is big and keeps us enthusiastic . Ananda maya is our immediate authority and we are very protected thanks to krishna.


We are in communication with the BBT to increase the distribution of books in northern Mexico.


If Krishna gives us life, we want to have his association again. We have a lot to learn to develop New GOVERDAN IN MONTEMORELOS.


Bhakta Guillermo is ready for initiation, we await his indications to make a festival with fire and fruits.


HpS - We see him in our FMS.

How long has Prabhu been chanting 16 rounds and following four principles now? Has he completed the Bhakta course? Does he have letter of recommendation from GBC authorized authority? How many days a week is he up for Mangala arati, SB?

Thank you!


we appreciate the attention of him att his servant Gadadhar Gosai Das


HpS - Such good, good, good news. You and your family and Yatra are like atomic bombs.