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Hare Krsna, Gurudeva,

HpS - Hare Krsna, Sisyadeva. 🙂

in node 16160 HpS/UG wrote Show your students Krsna Consciousness.

Show ---- we show books, any other way,

ASA - Casual conversation about following. Smile. Comportment.

Krsna ---- There are levels of Krsna, the sun-light, the causeless origin, paratma, time, Deity

ASA - Yes, no? Different people need different levels of food. Embryo food, baby food, pizza.

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Look at ISKCON deities and chant one maha-mantra by force for them, no?

we got Photo of ISKCON Kolkata which HpS and Raktak Prabhu gave us in 2017, then we got ISKCON Chippiwada, Delhi Calendar. so its nice to look at them at chant..

NOW WE HAVE TO CHANT FOR THEM..

Chemotheraphy is nice giving us experience of Old age.

THANK WE ARE NOT THIS BODY

please accept my humble obeisances, AGtSP,

please help us realize we are not our mind/ intelligence

from

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HpS - Chemo therapy????

Medical marijuana?

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Chew and Chant (Don't eat too much and work hard).

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Thank you very much for your comments. The images were created using artificial intelligence in order to avoid any conflicts with BBT copyrights. In 2021, my Gaura Nitai deities were broken while I was traveling through the mountains. Since then, I have understood that I should have bronze deities, but I believe it is better for me to go to India personally and choose the ones I like the most. However, I still do not have time to travel.

These are the links to my project in English, although I will change the background music in the new edition:

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CupkOnQCZ6M

Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWnm42xCxI8

Thank you for your instructions.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj

Jagat Pavitram Das (Peru)

HpS - This was sent 3-3-3... Three months, three weeks, three days ago.

Of course, we met in Peru and had such nice discussions of all of this.

From the beginning we have been worried about copyright issues, because we have seen other such beautiful!!! projects develop and then have the BBT with-hold copyrights.

Are you using BBT text?

Such a nice project.

please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Best to stand and deliver now! We're on our way to Tennessee, don't want to forget this in my passionate fever.

16 plus rounds as time permits, always done though with no quips.

4 principles still stand, though need to watch out for the temptations of sweets.

Actually, enjoy maintaining the brain, the heart is discovering new spiritual plains.m

Your servant, ccd

HpS - ASA - Took us three months + to get to this, but worth the wait!!!

See you in a minute.

Join Nimai at Goloka's gate.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to HH Hanumat Presaka Swami Guru Maharaj.

Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances at Your sweet, merciful lotus feet.

HpS - The same to you and more of it. 🙂 Do you have feet or hooves in your svarupa???

Sorry for the delay....wanted to share so many stories...don't even know where to start..

We begin with Shantipur festival...the first in my life...mango groves everywhere...endless queue...endless seva...we later heard the next day Mangal arti announcement that this year...it broke all records...50,000 prasadam plates distributed by ISKCON, Mayapur...All glories to Srila Prabhupada....standing in the queue was worth it...

HpS - I guess we can give up on "Back home. Back to Godhead". This is home, this is already Godhead.

The prasadam was simply great...I did not take the tomato chutney as I was more interested in Khichri and subjee....and when I requested some seva...the sweet devotees gave me a bucket full of chutney....there Sri Advaita laughing at me...for refusing chutney...hahahaha....then nobody was really taking it...and was really worried whether poor self will have to loiter here and there without nobody taking the chutney....just as these thoughts ran in my monkey mind....one by one...the devotees called...here...here...chutney please...chutney please...there in just about 45mins...not a drop of chutney was spared....Thank you Guru Maharaj....in Your sweet name I offer this

Seva...for those who visited Shantipur

Had a holy dip at Mother Ganga...joined a great, great Ganga arti and Puja....

Visited Yogapeeth....Chand kazi samadhi...ghosala...Srivas angan...and Rajapur Jagannath....what a feast...we booked for 17 of us...we'll ahead of Gaura Purnima..

Classes were so nice...

A day before Gaura Purnima, the Matajis offered Vasant Raas at Sri Anuprabhu and then again on the same day...at Gopaldev Mandir....thank you Guru Maharaj...for the strength and will to offer our humble services

Gaura Purnima at Mayapur...ecstatic as always....at night we left for Sri Jagannath Puri...

Got a dip at Puri....so purifying....

Had Sri Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra Ma's darshan...

Then leela unfolds....as we were attending Mangal arti at ISKCON, Puri....a mataji just sat next to me...we were reciting the rudra geet...after the arti...she asked me ...where I am from? Then asked whether I would like to have darshan of Adi Jagannath....the sweet, sweet NeelMadhav....took some mins to decide....as I did not want to break from the group....somehow 2 matajis from the group wanted to be with me....that's when I said to the Mataji ....and we went all the way...a good 90kms from Puri....by auto...bus...then another vehicle to climb up the Brahmadri hill....the first time we had Darshan of NeelMadhav....we had darshan of Sri Raam mandir on our way to Sri NeelMadhav

Next day we went Alarnath....we cried seeing the body print of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu on that flat rock....everything came alive...

Had darshan of Tota Gopinath....Gambhira....Adi, Madhya and Antya all covered .....Thank you Guru Maharaj....we realised much later

Then....Hanuman and His mystical magic....

As we were to leave Puri, we went for just one last darshan at Sri Jagannath Puri....one mataji and myself were walking in the premises....suddenly...this man starts following me....asking me where I want to go....I told him...I am looking for the South gate as the Pujari asked me to be there....then he kept following ...his eyes were shinning brilliantly....at 4pm....then he told us....wait...before you go to the East and South gate...watch the change of flag with me....then....

He narrated the arti of Hanuman daily before changing the flag...how wind speed comes down after the arti....He narrated a lot of pastimes....something dauned in me....I asked his mobile number....He said...I don't have a mobile....so strange....then he said...don't worry...I live nearby...Next time you come you will find me...

Then I ask for a pic with him....then he said...we can take the pic later...I will tell you how to look at Sri Jagannath...

Then I asked him how many times have you joined Rath Yatra....then he said 8 times....immediately I was reminded of Astasakhis....I couldn't help myself...just took his hands and paid my obeisances....

We forgot to take pics...I landed at East gate....and then Pujari was waiting there....I never saw the man again

Vasudev, the Pujari lead us to have Garbha griha darshan...followed by Sri Jagannath's mahaprasadam

Started BG classes....new one for children and young ones who are reading for the first time....started last Sunday on Papamochana ekadashi..

Will be starting IDC on Saturday

Continuing with our morning and evening classes.

Every Monday we ( 25 of us) read the book Speaking about Varnasrama, with HG Devarshi Prabhu. Thank you for your mercy Guru Maharaj....may I be able to give everything for Your service ....Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaj

Sending some pics of the yatra...

Your insignificant servant,

Sarad Gaurangi DD

HpS - Do you just read BG As It Is from cover to cover or do you extract topics, purports?

You never now who you are dealing with in the Holy Dhama's no?

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja

Pamho

"HpS-Seems nice.

When do you get up regularly?

Can you lead the full morning program, got basic Bhakti sastri education, cook kitri and halavah?"

First I usually get up between 8 or 9 am now a days, some days are exceptions and I woke up at 6 or either at 10. But since since I'm living here with my whole family is more hard to follow a strict sadhana than when I was living in a temple for obvious reasons, there I was waking up to mangal arati and going to milk cows in the early morning (milking right after tulsi puja usually).

And second yes, specially the cooking kitri and halavah, I don't consider myself a specially good singer and everytime I hope someone else could do it but I enjoy doing the puja.

And lastly I would take brahmana iniciation mostly for being able to worship the deities and being able to have my own deities such a shalagram shila and others.

Anyways excuse me for not answering before, all this days have being quite "strange" to say the least and the festivities were not helping on having more time.

As usual how is your healt? That old car need some fixing? Or is it still good to drive?

Hare Krsna!

:D

HpS - Back in USA, Houston, as you probably know.

Brahminical culture means up by Brahma murhurta, Mangala arati, Kirtan, SB etc.

We have found that in so many circumstances we can do this without disturbing people around us and then often many of them begin to join us.

Kind of like Vibhisana in Lanka only different. 😆

All the Silas are early risers.

What is happening with your career status?

That is also a Brahminical symptom. Got long term vision.

Thank you!!!

All Glory to Srila Prabhupada, all glory to all devotees.

Please accept my humbles obeisances unto you.

Dear Gurudeva: In these days filled with violence and ever-increasing wickedness, by His mercy I have continued to chant HARE KRISHNA, in fact, I almost never do rounds of 108 mantras; I usually chant 110, 115, or even 200 mantras per round, because I’m not often satisfied with my pronunciation of each mantra.

I’ve also continued studying SP’s books, just as we follow the tireless preaching activities you share with us, I'm finishing reading the Madhya lila, and the SP’s lectures of BG, and I’ve been writing some essays on the Puranas, as well as reading many of the books published on iskcon desire tree by various acaryas, such as the Sad Sandharbas.

I’ve tried to speak only about Krishna with everyone I can,

I don’t have a fixed home to live in—I’m a nomad—and I live only by Krishna’s mercy. I don’t make elaborate plans either, because, as you’ve told me, Krishna has other plans. 

Sometimes, people who follow different traditions also invite me to pray with them in a group, but it’s very difficult to organize programs with local devotees. Unfortunately, preaching is becoming less common these days. Honestly, I’m afraid to approach certain devotees; I don’t want to offend anyone. It’s very sad to see the devotees’ faults, such as the feminist rhetoric that criticizes SP and other acaryas. 

However, we pray that Nitay Goranga will help us in their mission. That is why it is more inspiring to watch and follow programs from other countries. Without a doubt, your efforts and example help us to not lose hope. I'm glad to see other people taking an interest in KC, I see my own smallness in carrying out SP’s purposes and in becoming a true servant. That is why I pray to be able to continue in that direction

Your crew member Aniruddhakrsna Das.

HpS - Thank you.

Srila Prabhupada writes in the NoI etc that he also feels sometimes that there is no help from some of the people who should be the very closest to him by institutional relations.

As you comment at least we should be GBC Secretaries of our bead bags in all circumstances and then we can see what Krsna wants us to do in terms of institutional relations. Community relations.

Srila Prabhupada showed "a lifetime in preparation". Maybe several lifetimes for us.

On the other hand, great political leaders can have a deep personal realization at any moment and the whole world can change in a week.

Gauranga!

Maybe suggest some dialog on specific topics here in our Blog?