Desde mi trinchera

5 months ago by Cruz Santa in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna! Muy querido Guru Maharaja, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias sean a nuestro comandante en jefe; AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Fundador Acarya de ISKCON y todas las glorias a los miembros de este trascendental ejército! 🙇

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Querido Gurudeva, orando siempre a nuestras Señorías le otorguen la energía suficiente para continuar con Su Sankirtana. Agradezco de todo corazón cada esfuerzo que usted realiza para involucrarnos en esta trascendental misión. Solo por su misericordia sin causa consigo esforzarme, tanto como puedo, por vivir conforme a sus instrucciones (estoy repleta de fallas, pero me esfuerzo con entusiasmo, determinación y confianza en el proceso) Soy solo una partícula en este inmenso ejército, y mis batallas son así de pequeñas, tan solo intento que cada experiencia me conecte con nuestro Señor y compartir Conciencia de Krsna, a quienes conozco.


- 4/16, FMS, FEP... Srimad Bhagavatam, es la panacea, diariamente nos refugiamos en Él a través de los significados Bhaktivedanta, de vuestras clases y las de maravillosos vaisnavas. La asociación de buenos vaisnavas nos brinda guía, contención y apoyo, les estoy muy agradecida.


- Intento adorar y cuidar de nuestras Señorías, desarrollando amor. (Observo que no estoy dándoles amor, porque la idea que tenía del amor estaba condicionada a distintas experiencias materiales; expectativas, ilusiones y traumas, poco a poco vamos descubriendo la diferencia entre el oro y el hierro.)


- Aun hay dolor tras la muerte de buenos amigos, pero intento refugiarme en la misericordia de Krsna. Escuchamos una clase muy iluminadora sobre el suicidio, de Rambhoru Devi.

( https://youtu.be/dfSK_gXMRCs?si=en8qrqW_pkQxTJqS ) 


- Como es normal, la salud de este cuerpo se deteriora. Estos últimos meses hemos padecido inflamación cerebral, ahora parece más estable, aunque tengo muy, muy poca energía, tanto que casi no he podido conectarme al ASA FMS, estoy realizando el programa matutino un poco más tarde (5 am).


Gurudeva, creo que más que morir, me asusta la posibilidad de permanecer en un estado de inconciencia, porque es muy probable que no sea capaz de recordar a nuestro Señor, me asusta pensar, cuánto tiempo podría pasar en esa condición y a dónde me llevará mi baja conciencia😕


Por ahora ese es el reporte desde esta pequeña trinchera, intentamos tener una lucha digna, batallando entre dolor, temor, quizá un poco de amor, pero con mucha confianza en nuestro misericordioso Señor y Sus representantes.


Eternamente agradecida con usted, siempre a sus órdenes.

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi


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Hare Krishna! Dearest Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances.


All glories to our Commander-in-Chief, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of ISKCON, and all glories to the members of this transcendental army! 🙇


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HpS/ASA - 




... Dear Gurudeva, I always pray that Our Lordships grant you enough energy to continue Your Sankirtana. I wholeheartedly appreciate every effort you make to involve us in this transcendental mission. It is only by Your causeless mercy that I strive, as much as I can, to live according to Your instructions (I am full of flaws, but I strive with enthusiasm, determination, and confidence in the process). I am just a particle in this immense army, and my battles are that small. I am simply trying to connect with our Lord and share Krishna Consciousness with those I know.


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🐒 ASA ! 



...... - 4/16, FMS, FEP... Srimad Bhagavatam is the panacea. We take refuge in Him daily through the Bhaktivedanta purports, your classes, and those of wonderful Vaishnavas. The association of good Vaishnavas provides us with guidance, support, and encouragement; I am very grateful to them.


- I try to worship and care for our Lordships, developing love. (I notice that I am not giving them love because the idea I had of love was conditioned by different material experiences: expectations, illusions, and traumas. Little by little, we are discovering the difference between gold and iron.)


- There is still pain after the death of good friends, but I try to take refuge in Krishna's mercy. We listened to a very enlightening class on suicide by Rambhoru Devi.


(https://youtu.be/dfSK_gXMRCs?si=en8qrqW_pkQxTJqS)


- As is normal, the health of this body is deteriorating. These past few months, we've suffered from brain swelling. Now it seems more stable, although I have very, very little energy, so much so that I've barely been able to connect to ASA FMS. I'm doing the morning program a little later (5 am).


Gurudeva, I think more than dying, I'm afraid of remaining unconscious, because it's very likely I won't be able to remember our Lord. I'm afraid to think how long I could spend in that condition and where my lowered consciousness will take me.


HpS - "Unconscious" may mean Conscious of the material elements eg. water, fire, earth and nothing else. We are absorbed in looking at something stupid, but... if we want it, we can be detached from that absorption and realize that behind the material nature is paramatma... and He is manifestation of that rascal son of Yasoda, whom we all love like anything!

All the work you have done develop that consciousness is fully appreciated by Krsna.

!FULLY!

Last verses of Isopanisad. You will not be unconscious.



For now, that's the report from this small trench. We try to have a dignified fight, battling through pain, fear, perhaps a little love, but with great trust in our merciful Lord and His representatives.


Eternally grateful to you, always at your service.


Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi


ASA 🐒 - Death is God's way of saying, 'it's time to slow down!'

Pain is not letting go our our prestige and rejecting just crying like a helpless baby for KRSNA!

Seeing, agtSP, you every minute.

Sadhana & Contemplations

Hare Krishna, Siksha Guru Maharaja; please kindly accept my most humble obeisances; all glories to Srila Prabhupada; all glories to your good self, his exemplary disciple;


HpS//ASA --- AgtSP. Paoho. we feel like 87% egoistic morons, so any advice we can give will be mostly from SP in spite of us!


all glories to all the devotees of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. I trust that all is going well with you in your own devotional service.


HpS/ASA - 😆


I finished my rounds this morning.


HpS/ASA - It 🌞

is at 3:18 Post Meridian, pushed both long, hard and sharp this morning for our Japa, and we still need to finish 8-rounds. Yet, the quality of the Japa is better than ever.


There was a feeling of surprise when I did, as if saying to myself "is that all? Shouldn't there be more?" Lately, I have had to wait until late in the evening to finish my rounds. I get very disturbed when I fail to finish my rounds in the morning. I keep vowing to not let it happen again, but I am embarrassed to say that sometimes it does. I have so much sinful karma and so many anarthas in my heart.


HpS/ASA - Ditto except we don't feel any real, "is that all". A little passes our mind, but we are so satisfied being able to do the Vaidhi bhakti that we are permitted to do.



Lately, I sometimes find myself feeling rather cold and heartless towards the world around me, not caring for the troubles of others so much, nor the political intrigue sensationalized in the media. Neither am I interested in the accomplishments and preaching efforts of the greater, worldwide ISKCON: which is probably a very offensive for me to think and feel. I feel so removed from all caring, like I'm in another world.


By your grace my daily sadhana is still happening, with Deity worship, Tulasi prayers and prayers to the spiritual master.


HpS - Our grace???? His Divine Grace? Yes, His Divine Grace and your and my and Niti-sara Das grace added like little peanuts to His Divine Grace's grace?


My daily readings of Srimad Bhagavatam and my japa are still ongoing. My online attendance of the Hawaii classes each morning is still happening, pretty much every day-unless something unexpected arises. My evening online attendance and my hosting classes on Bhagavad gita 3 times a week is still ongoing. I'm still maintaining my Prison Ministry preaching via conventional mail. And lastly, my distribution of books whilst driving for Uber continues, as modest as it may be.


HpS - As the black doctor told Janis Joplin when she described her daily drinking standard, "Honey, you do'in jus fine"!


I will close here, so as not to annoy you further with my lunacies.


ASA 🐒

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4064


Please kindly bless us so that we can remember Krishna in our final moments. I wonder if I will be so fortunate as to remember Krishna in my moment of death. I think about such things a lot: I'm 74.

Yls, Bbd 🙏🙏



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- Honey, you do'in jus fine! ... Yet, gotta keep push'n. Wanta be Nabadvipa vasi, Radhakunda grass in next life. Or just closer to Srila Prabhupada's sankirtan, no?

Health and Purity

5 months ago by AKD in Personal Sadhana Reports

All glories to Srila Prabhupada & All glory to Sankirtana Movement by Gaur Nitay & All Glories to ISKCON's devotees.


Please accept my humble obeisances, and dandavas unto you.

HpS/ASA - The same to you and more, more, more of it!!


Dear Gurudeva, I hope that everything is always good for you, I am very glad and motivated by your activities.

Thanks to your mercy and example I have continued chanting the rounds, I also continue to read and study the SP lectures and books, I continue to share what I have learned with all who listen to me. for example in Bhagavatam Srila Prabhupada say: ... The body can be maintained by any kind of foodstuff, but cow’s milk is particularly essential for developing the finer tissues of the human brain so that one can understand the intricacies of transcendental knowledge. A civilized man is expected to live on foodstuffs comprising fruits, vegetables, grains, sugar and milk...(SB 3.5.7) the vegan diet has made much emphasis that dairy is bad for health, and there are even doctors who say that sugar is the cause of many diseases.

There is a proliferation of keto diets for being very healthy, and promotes the consumption of meat, also much is said that grains such as wheat, rice and corn are very harmful, contrary to Bhagavad Gita 3. 4, Although it speaks well of the consumption of healthy fats, which are mentioned in the BG 17.8.

Are cereals and milk really very harmful?


ASA - Brown and White - 🐵 🐷 We don't eat beer or pickles made with vinegar. We do chant and dance and dance and dance!

If you chant and dance then you can digest almost anything.

Yes, get the cleanest grains, the best milk for KRSNA.

Then He, mother Yasoda, adjust the problems in the food.


If you are a brahmana living in the forest then you may not have, need, milk. your wife and kids may be just as brahminical as you. Your neighbors.

But if you are a brahmana living in the city, have to THINK. give practical advice to Putin, Trump, Pope.... then you need milk to feed your mental (not intellectual) activities.


Mooo! 🐮


What do you recommend to preach a healthy prasadam diet?


Two very dear devotees with whom I had very good association, Prabhu Jay Gadadhar and Radha Raman, have left the body, now it is very difficult for me to find good associations, I appreciate very much the efforts of devotees who preach and pray for good association.

Thanks for your attention, your crew member AniruddhaKrsna Das.


HpS - You will be following them soon! 🙂

You will find new, young people coming to this movement who are more intelligent and sincere than we are. Good association.

Krsna is our only friend!

Gandharva das's report

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept our humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada


I hope you are in very good health.


HpS/ASA - and... AgtSP... we hope you are richer than Bill Gate, stronger than Superman and the next Pope of the Catholic church! 😆


I have not lost hope that you will be encouraged to return to Peru at some point so that we can receive the mercy of being able to see you, serve you and enjoy your association.


HpS - Why not rent the Yatch Hanuman for the weekend and sail to Houston?


We have been chanting the Maha Mantra again for a few months now, resuming our studies and service to the Deity and we are complying with the principles and regulations. As I mentioned before, for the time being, due to work responsibilities and my master's degree, I cannot commit much more to Srila Prabhupada's service.


HpS ASA --- Hey! Do your thesis for Srila Prabhupada. Make money for Krsna. Maintain your family and body for Krsna.



For the moment, I can only wonder about such basic issues as what association with devotees means, or what the inability to connect the details of my life with Krishna's will represents. In the meantime, I ask you: we stopped chanting the Gayatri Mantra and would like to know if you could give us the opportunity to chant it again. Indira Sakti dd and I would like to return to the standard of worship we once had and at some point offer service to Radha Madhana Bihari. This can only happen under your auspices and with your permission, so we humbly ask for your instruction in this regard.


HpS - As far as I know, if you haven't chanted for one year then you have to hear it again.

Also, if you had gross.

GROSS.

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Fall down from the brahminical life like Ajamil, then takes like a year of following before taking up the deity worship again.


If you all take to Srila Prabhupada's education, you can be tremendous help to so many people.

Lord Caitanya was always happy!!!!

Heartily happy!!!!

Thank you for you association.

Write to us on WhatsApp for confidential details!!!!

Thank you!!!

Thank you!

You have already done so much!



Always grateful to you

Your servant, Gandharva das


ASA - Nice photos! We added a boat for you to use!!!

Pregunta sobre depresión.

Hk pamho querido Guru Maharaja, aquí reportándome, regresé muy feliz de un pueblito piadoso de Murcia, me quedé con una devota amiga de Prabhu Karuna, ella suele venir como voluntaria a NVM.

Se separó de su esposo y no se recupera. Es común encontrarme con gente depresiva, mucha gente se acerca a Krsna por temor a la pobreza, por aflicción, etc. Por eso quería saber que nos recomienda, como podemos ayudar a esas personas, como ellas pueden sobrepasar esas dualidades, la mayoría sufrimos por condicionamiento material. Todos quieren algo necesitan algo, algunos están más locos que otros, frustrados, todo esto hace que descuiden sus prácticas espirituales, merme su fe, muchos caen en inacción.

Le mando unas fotos como reporte de mi servicio en NVM. Y algunas del evento, muy poca gente, faltó publicidad efectiva, algunos creían que venía de India. Recordando Su espíritu, pensé que, aunque sólo hubiera una persona, me esforzaría igual que si fueran 100. Fue una bonita experiencia.

Gracias a sus bendiciones y la venía de Krsna, aunque estamos en cero, sin un plan trazado, espero pronto tenerle un reporte con el que espero aportar en España al Movimiento de sankirtan de Lord Caitanya.

Su humilde sirviente:

Yugala Kisora Dasi (El león blanco de Brihuega)


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Hello, dear Guru Maharaja, reporting here,


HpS/ASA - Jaya!! AgtSP. Paoho.


I returned very happily from a pious little town in Murcia. I stayed with a devoted friend of Prabhu Karuna. She often comes to NVM as a volunteer.


She separated from her husband and hasn't recovered.

It's common to encounter depressed people.


Many people turn to Krishna out of fear of poverty, affliction, etc. That's why I wanted to know your recommendations,

how we can help these people,

how they can overcome these dualities.


Most of us suffer from material conditioning. Everyone wants something, needs something, some are crazier than others, frustrated. All of this causes them to neglect their spiritual practices, diminishes their faith, and many fall into inaction.


I'm sending you some photos as a report of my service at NVM. And some from the event.

Very few people,

there was a lack of effective publicity,

and some thought I was coming from India.


Remembering His spirit, I thought that even if there were only one person, I would make the same effort as if there were 100. It was a wonderful experience.


Thanks to your blessings and Krishna's blessing, although we are at zero, without a plan in place, I hope to soon have a report with you with which I hope to contribute to Lord Caitanya's sankirtan movement in Spain.


Your humble servant,


Yugala Kisora ​​Dasi (The White Lion of Brihuega)



HpS - AgtSP. We cannot say much about depression. I guess the best Sanskrit word is Shoka. Lamentation. That is described as Arjuna's state at the start of the Bhagavad Gita, through out the Gita, and in the end Krsna says, surrender unto me and you will not Shocati. Lament.


Brahma bhuta prsanatma...


I see, many times, my mind is falling into lamentation, because my stomach is upset. Of course, it could also be our even lower chakra.


Then, if I give my stomach some Prasadam, it is "happy".

Not enough rest.

Checking with our face to see if it is "smiling, happy" or "frowning, depressed".

Just a bodily reaction. Of course a spouse can be viewed as a complex physical, psycho-social machine for complex bodily gratification.


Hare Krsna!!!

HARE KRSNA!!!!!!!


If we want to lament, develop complicated systems of lamentation:

  • He said this. They said that.
  • He doesn't understand me.
  • I am a monster.
  • No one can love me.
  • I will smoke opium, tobacco, marijuana... shoe-polish and die. Sleep.


Then Krsna can't do much to stop us. We want enjoy elation, we want to enjoy depression.


Yet, Krsna is more kind than just, so even if we want to be depressed, then He still tries to tickle our funny bone...

Make us laugh.

Send a friend.

Send some courage.


You don't have to chose to be a victim.

Look at any depressing situation with a service attitude and then you can develop enthusiasm.

Eg. My boss is a moron, neurotic. Always verbally abusing me and others.


How can I help him?


What abuse is really deserved and good for me!

What abuse is just part of his insane view of reality based upon his childhood.

How can I listen to what he is saying and help him with his problem?

At least a little bit, today!

If we help from a Krsna conscious platform (BG 700 verses [Just see what a sunny day it it]) SB 18,000 verses... Devahuti's Laments, then every little bit of help will eternally build up.


Not all lamentation is material.

Radha and Her friends are drowning in the ocean of grief because Candravali and Her friends made better cookies for Krsna and the cow herd boys!


Ayi de mi, caramaba. Boo Hoo Hoo! 🐶 😿

(15 year, 8 year old little girls!)


Prahlada is lamenting for all the imbeciles caught in the material world.

Lament for our fall-downs but just for purification. Don't make a mountain out of it. Do something practical to get back up.


So, these are some thoughts.

  • Listen to the lamentation. 🙉
  • Give Krsna practical conscious comments, encouragement. 👷
  • Set a good example. 

O.K.???

Sankirtan

Sarad Gaurangi Dasi, ISKCON Manipura, writes:

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj. Please accept our humble obeisances at Your sweet lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Celebrated 75th Vyasa Puja of HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj at a devotee's residence. Distributed 6 sets of CC last month. Distributing 3 more sets of CC today. Another 5 sets arriving from Vrindavan this week. Guru Maharaj, you are always in our hearts and your kripa is magnanimous. Thank you GM. Sharing some pics and videos. Forgive me for disturbing you GM.🙏🙇‍♀


HpS/ASA - This is never disturbing news! 😆

Who took the sets of CCs?

Will they read them?

Have they got reading partners?


We announcing on our WhatsApp Community that we are focusing on Atul K Das and the BOEX, Bhakti sarva bhauma Diploma, CC and previous books.

Bhakti ananda hari das Swami, Sadhu bhusana, Vana mali Das et al should take the examination, no?