All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All Glories to your Sankirtan Guru Maharaja!

I begin this report by thanking you for your enormous effort to keep you informed of your sankirtan and classes on a daily basis, although it is true there are times that I cannot connect, hours later I can listen to your classes that are already recorded, and also for the monthly Kapi Dhavaja.

HpS - Thank you very much. Sometimes we wonder if our efforts are of much value. 🙄

I think from the first moment you have been the inspiration and clearest example.

HpS - We just finished talking with Virabahu Das. He has been very big inspiration for us.

It has been a while since my last report and I apologize for this.

ASA - 👹

I hope soon you can go to the ophthalmologist with the company of a devotee to check your eyesight, we need your healthy vision.

HpS - Tomorrow, Janmastami, we will go to see a dermatologist. We will be investigating 'skin disease' on Janmastami. 😁

My family is in very good health, the Lord always protects them. My mother is also an example of devotion and perseverance, she sings the rosary whenever she can, she tells me that every time she prays the Lord and the Virgin always listen to her, she is very devoted to the Virgin and dedicated.

ASA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66zUY8UZn4M

This last time if I have dreamed of my father, this dream always repeats itself, he says goodbye and he looks good, in that hug I can even feel the aroma of him, I miss him a lot, but I know that his soul is fine.

ASA - 😌

Now I continue to tell you a little about what I have done lately, together with Lalita we continue to distribute Prasadam, this service never ends, I think that people will always have the desire to eat and even more when they taste food offered to the Lord.

ASA - Krsna consciousness means good food and good music. Engage them also in distributing and chanting.

I tell you that a few days ago the Temple President, Prabhu Jaganatha Caran, told me about a possible second emergency initiation which has caused me a bit of confusion on whether to advance in this process or not, since I think that the main thing is to inform you and I would like to study and dedicate the time as it should, to prepare myself in the best way and to be with the necessary qualifications for the due attention of your honorable Members and not to commit offense at such a great step, I imagine that times are changing and everything perhaps it becomes more flexible.

I have been studying the Vedic texts as much as possible to give a good test, but I made the decision that I want to prepare myself much more and if you approve it, in the not so distant future, you will give me that enormous mercy.

HpS - I don't think it is such an emergency in some ways. I think you are quite qualified. Srimat Virabahu Das mentions that they have interviewed the candidates in terms of chanting their 16-enthusiastic rounds and following the 4-principles strictly.

He also mentioned that you and Sriman Lalita-madhava Das have not been formally married and are not living together.

I thought you were married and were living together.

It is good that we have several devotees to guide us in spiritual life. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Like him, and probably a lot of others, and even yourselves, it seems you should make the superhuman effort of dealing with the national bureaucracy and formalize your relationship.

Considering all the things we know, it seems that it would be nice for you to take second initiation with the fire sacrifice on Wednesday.

For Pujaris we do not demand the Bh. Sastri course, but of course it is nice.

I think you already took the Disciple Course, no?

If not, then our GBC Secretary, Virabahu Das, assures me that this is what would make it an 'emergency initiation' but it is alright if you commit yourself to take the course as soon as possible. I hear that it is nice, a little formal, but satisfying.

Eternally at your service and waiting to be more and more qualified.

Manjulali [Manjuali] Devi Dasi

HpS - Please tell The Lalita-Madhava Das to drop us a line also! We will be in your neighborhood in just a few weeks. Good food and good music, and learn the stories from the SB, CC etc. Then you can put them into modern language as the situation requires.



With the association of Lalita or other gentleman we can talk with telephone, whatsapp if you like. Just send you contact number here. We will not publish it.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I hope you are in good health.

HpS-ASA -- AGTSP!!! paoho. We are just like you, no? Out vehicle, tool, robot is getting old and all the functions are decaying. This happens again, and again, and again...

and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again,

I write you this letter in order to inform you about our Asram. M. Gauri has a good health on [in] general, with some little age-related ailments. She's staying with us. We're living in Chaclacayo, near to Chosica, since a month ago.

ASA - Chocolate Cow! We know it. Prof. Anadi and Dharma used to live there. Bhadra rupa Das.

We moved to this place due to some building problems. We hope to stay for a couple of months more until we sell our old apartment. Rukmini and Devahuti have been on virtual classes during all the pandemic and they will probably continue until next year. We have an altar at home.

We always try to keep our sadhana in association with you and the devotees through FMP.

HpS/ASA - 😟 We are so sad that it is not nicer!! Your attendance is very awe inspiring.

Once a week, I go to Chosica Temple and I do some service in pujari's kitchen. By your infinite mercy, we are in this service for more than 6 months. We're always trying to keep in touch with your virtual classes and sharing experiencies and questions with some godsisters and godbrothers.

Since the beginning of this year we have a little dog, her name is Catalina Shakti, but we call her Caty. We're very happy with her because she's naturally a vegan dog. Her vet said she's very healthy and has a good weight. She loves listening the Maha Mantra when we connect to FMP.

Dear Gurudeva, we hope to keep in touch with you and informing you about our activities. Please, we beg you for your blessings to stay always in service of Radha Krishna, Gaura Nitay and Guru Krishna, also to have a better understanding of this espiritual science and experience trascendental realizations. Thanks a lot for all your effort and your infinite mercy to all of us.

May Nrisimhadeva always protects you.

Trying to serve,

Tarangaksi Devi Dasi

HpS - We heard that Nimai had a puppy, and for sure Krsna has two dogs. One is

BIG

and very ferocious to guard the calves and cows from wolves, and the other is a house dog. We hope Rukmini Devi Das is growing up a very valiant lady like Draupadi, Visnu priya, Kunti et al. The Dalai Lama says that we should live a good life, so that when we are old we can remember it and enjoy it for a second time!

Also, so others will say: Ah, look at Rukmini Devi Dasi, she is an example for all of us. She takes whatever Life sends her and makes it beautiful.

Bh. K. WhatsApped:

I miss Kirtan in public so much Maharaj, so I started to play melodic meditative guitar music in public some days 🎸

People give donations so I give them small Maha Mantra cards I made 🙏😊

Sometimes I distribute

books to them also, Hari Hari!

ASA Responds:

Perfect! Just improve your technique and inspire your own students.



Hare Krishna

Respected Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

Reading your replies shows such maturity in you, I am spellbound.

By your mercy and prayers, my sadhana is little better now. One wrong trap for me is I am wasting quite a time on social media... I know I need to reduce that.

Mostly I am staying in Darbhanga. I conduct a small program at my room on Sunday. 2-3 families are slowly taking to the process of Krishna Consciousness, while 1 new online batch has been started- your blessings are required so that it grows into a group of devotees. As informed earlier, a ISKCON center has come up here in Darbhanga being managed by some devotees. Now I am trying to look for some other place for developing preaching. Sometimes I feel a little weak due to lack of association. If things work out nicely then in 3-4 months I can expect to serve Lord in a small temple near Sitamarhi. Sitamarhi is said to be the place where Mother Sita was found from within the Earth by Maharaj Janak. There a few devotees are also expected to join us. Not getting much/ any practical support from my authorities sometimes disheartens me and causes fear- how long I would be able to flap before maya captures me?

Please keep me under your blessing and let me know if I could do any little service for you.

Your servant,

Purushottam Keshav Das

HpS - AgtSP. As soon as I saw your name on this Blog post I was thinking about you and wanted to answer. I hope our other posts and our Kapi Dhvaja communicate our spiritual and material situation.

Hare Krsna!

Even now it is 5.07PM and we have one hour to wash clothes, cut nails, shave face and head as per every two week standard and then we have Juhlana Yatra and second night of a Symposium on Nectar of Instruction given be Krsna through our mind (We hope).

Here is what I was thinking

Why not move into the Bhakti Vedanta Research Center (BRC) Ashrama in Kolkatta and work with them. Get a diploma in history etc. be representative for our NIOS there, coordinate with Dr. Samaresh.

NIOS can make donations to BRC to help with any expenses.

What do you think?

I think it is a terrible plan,

but I also think it might be good.

Anything in this world is terrible unless Krsna wants it.

You are carrying on in all difficulty, like so many other followers of Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON devotees.

We will win.

My dear Maharaja,

Dandavat pranams. Jai Vaishnavas.

I wanted to hear your personal experience on the first step of Krishna consciousness - ““I am not this body but am spirit soul”. I will appreciate if you can share it as it will encourage the sadhaks.

HpS - It happens all the time. I believed that I was immortal about 4-years old when our neighbor's dog died and I evaluated my knowledge of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Then of course it is continuously confirmed by KC. Of course, we are not 100% fixed in Sat Dhama, but we seem to be on the right path after all our investigation and making more progress daily.

Here is my experience or sadhana report:

When you do mantra jap or make Krishna object of your thoughts, you start becoming aware of the space in which these thoughts appear and disappear. Thoughts come and go. But the space in which they come and go is unchanging awareness. It is not limited by this body and mind. It is prior to mind. That is you, the pure consciousness and awareness. So mantra jap or making Krishna object of our thoughts leads to realizing oneself as distinct from body and mind.

HpS - Yes, same experience. The Mantra as Japa or Kirtan or Sankirtan does that "Man" "Tra"

Here is what Srila Prabhupada explains:

“The very first step in self-realization is realizing one’s identity as separate from the body. “I am not this body but am spirit soul” is an essential realization for anyone who wants to transcend death and enter into the spiritual world beyond. It is not simply a matter of saying “I am not this body,” but of actually realizing it. This is not as simple as it may seem at first. Although we are not these bodies but are pure consciousness, somehow or other we have become encased within the bodily dress. If we actually want the happiness and independence that transcend death, we have to establish ourselves and remain in our constitutional position as pure consciousness.”

Regards,

Gaurav Mittal

HpS - Thank you sir. What has happened to the family? Are you still in Texas. Hare Krsna.

HpS - https://vedabase.io/es/library/noi/1/#bb5785