Sankirtan!

10 months, 4 weeks ago by i8themaha in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja!

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!


HpS//ASA - AgtSP. Paoho. We remember an exchange of [?] letters where one devotee asks Prabhupada can I call [?]Bhagavan Das Prabhu "Guru"? Maybe it was Harikesa??


Srila Prabhupada answered with yes, but said something like, but do not forget who is your real Guru. Last paragraph in NOI 5 [?] mentions this, no? We don't accept the post of Diksa Guru for anybody who is not developing a personal relationship 💪 🐵 with Srila Prabhupada as Uttama Adhikari Guru, right?

Wonderful!


Sorry for the super delay, but I finally have the book scores for what I distributed in 2024.


January

Maha- 12

Big- 11

Medium- 9

Small- 94


February

Maha- 8

Big- 10

Small- 141

Phamplets- 21


March

Maha- 36

Big- 9

Small- 114

Phamplets- 62


April

Maha- 28

Big- 19

Small- 98

Phamplets- 100


May

Maha- 14

Big- 15

Small- 53

Phamplets- 56


June

Maha- 18

Big- 20

Small- 39


July

Maha- 8

Big- 8

Small- 19


August

Maha- 13

Big- 1

Small- 41


September

Srimad Bhagavatam set- 1

Maha- 23

Big- 21

Small- 71

Phamplets- 1


October

Srimad Bhagavatam set- 1

Sapta Rsi sets- 3

Maha- 73

Big- 20

Small- 78


November

Srimad Bhagavatam set- 1

Caitanya Caritamrta set- 1

Maha- 189

Big- 34

Medium- 10

Small- 400


December

Caitanya Caritamrta set- 1

Maha- 282

Big- 100

Small- 258


So if all the math is correct, then for the Gita Marathon, I did over 400 Gita's , and for the year a total of over 2,000 of Srila Prabhupada's books.


HpS//ASA

🤗


It's all Krishna's mercy!!

Jaya Srila Prabhupada!!


HpS - Maybe 99.999% Krsna's mercy and .001% our mercy, no?

With more than 8,000,000,000 people on the planet you then must become Siksa Guru for 8,000,000, no? 🤔

Your aspiring servant,

Jaya Hari das


Some Questions Related to My Personal Life

10 months, 4 weeks ago by manjuali@hpsgurumaharaja in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you Guru Maharaja.


I am thanking you a lot Guru Maharaja from the core of my heart for giving me a chance to serve you personally during your last visit to India (at Radhakunda). I am trying to understand you more and more so that I may be able to serve you in a proper way and please Srila Prabhupada. I am always praying to Sri Sri Prahlada Narasimhadeva Bhagavan for your good health and long life, and sincerely hoping for your coming back to India again soon.


HpS - Thank you!!! We appreciated your humble, very, very determined efforts to serve us and the Vaisnavas.

Please realize that we are just one spark of Srila Prabhupada's mercy. As appropriate, please do not neglect us, but also please realize that there are so many ISKCON devotees that he is sending to act as channels to him.

Serve them (him).


We had nice Vyasa Puja program on 31/12/2024 (your holy appearance day) at the house of your disciple HG Chaitanya Dham Das at Hailakandi District (neighboring district of my place, Cachar) of Assam, India with around 100 devotees’ attendance. I humbly did glorification of you for 15 minutes even though I am very shy in public speaking. I have distributed some Krishna books in Manipuri on that day. All our godbrothers and sisters here, happily gave donations for the program. I went there two days ahead for the arrangement and other sevas. I am sharing some pictures from the program below.


HpS//ASA - 💪💪💪 🐒



Guru Maharaja, today, I would like to ask you few questions of my life. Kindly forgive me if these are offensive and disturbing you by considering me a stupid disciple of yours.

My father passed away when I was very young. He was the only person who was supporting me like a backbone in every aspect of my life.

After my father passed away, I have been facing a lot of problem, I have been trying to find out someone who can have some love and care for me. By the mercy of Vaisnavas and Krishna, I came in Krishna consciousness.


Fortunately, I found you in the form of my Diksha Guru. Serving you and instructions from you are the only strength of my life. I don’t know whether it is because of the loneliness, I feel depressed most of the time; sometimes I feel like committing suicide also. Please guide me on this issue Guru Maharaja.


HpS - I have almost identical situation to you. People may put on a big external show, but everyone is just little three year old children in so much anxiety because they have not mother or father or big brothers and uncles present.

Only solution is suicide... followed by waking up our real life.

That is what I do.

16-rounds is an effort to kill my material existence. as that disappears I can concentrate on waking up, shaking us, my soul, self, to get back to work!

The work in Goloka is being disturbed because we are not there to make our unique contribution.



I have a very weak mind. I don’t know whether it is by female nature or not. Living alone is quite difficult. Many times, I feel the need of a person who can be my guide, support (in the form of my husband) in my daily life, and who can take me to you and Srila Prabhupada. And, there are also a lot of derides from the society because I am an unmarried single woman. Considering all these, I feel like I should get married. I would like to get advice and guide from you Guru Maharaja in this regard. I will follow your advice. Is it good for me to live a life of Brahmacharini or get married? I get varied opinions from many senior devotees in this regard. Some say not to get married; some say to get married. I don’t know which one is good for me. Please enlighten me on this Guru Maharaja.

HpS - Generally speaking, Prabhupada, Krsna, are very strict. Get married.

If you can't find some jiva soul in a male body of blood, bones, muscles, nerves, covered with skin and decorated with a mustache, then marry KRSNA. Marry His diety. He will do that in Kali yuga, but most practical in this lifetime, find another moron like you [us] and act as vaisnavas in marriage.




Guru Maharaja, please forgive me for disturbing you. I am sincerely praying for the mercy of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and Sri Sri Prahlada Narasimhadeva for your good health and long life. Please bless us with the opportunity to serve you personally again and again in the future at the places like Radhakunda and Manipur


Thanking you always to be my spiritual master.


Your humble servant

Manjuali Devi Dasi

Cachar, Assam, India


HpS - We are thinking of our visit to you little tower in Braja. It was so much fun. So nice to meet your family.

Everything is O.K.

Deal with these problems like some rain drops falling on a sunny day and focus on your journey!

Only a few minutes until these bodies are finished.


Epistl-ie Challenged

11 months ago by chas d lind in Personal Sadhana Reports

January 20, 2025


Dear Maharaja Hanumat Presaka Swami,

pamho, AGtSP!



We received your correspondence, reminding us, that we too must keep in the loop. In this case we’re taking advantage of your world-famous blog, so on with the show!


ASA agtSP..... paoho. 🌴


Actually it’s been trying.

Just to get some dharmic activity since returning from Houston I jumped right into a Bhaktivedanta Institute residential service, and mundane bill coverage along with household and yard pruning, maintenance etcetera.

Though I guess all this is part of dharmic activity, I just feel that so much more effort should go with devotee association.



Then last week, after 2 try’s for Hari Nam, I finally scored on the 3rd attempt and did get some necessary Sadhu Sanga.

After dancing & singing [🐵

about KRSNA] in the streets, I was in ecstasy… though some Vaisnava’s there were puzzledly looking at me. Regardless, l felt much better, admittedly, the following day I had some intense myofascial convulsions, like leg cramps from hell.

Funny thing was I started laughing it hurt so much and I felt better… hope I’m not getting sadistic [masochistic?] in my old age.



On the social scale, I finished my japa early (that 2am start time just nails the chanting) and a quick visit to Facebook seeking the new devotee’s I met on Hari Nam.

I was hunting and pecking on the Ol’ laptop (Dell XPS is in the shop), and “Pop,” a pornography “rated advertisement was blatantly flung on my screen.

My Brahma Muhurta hours were “hurting.”

Then, later, you were posting on X about keeping our hearts clean and offerable to Shyamasundar Gopal.

So tricky Maya is!

My fear factor is actually rising now, for at my latter [years?], devotional service is important, and we know how the mind knows no limits of sense gratification.



The good thing is that we have such nice darshan of Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar at the Temple and are getting more association with some very advanced Vaisnava’s! Sri Bhagavan is keeping us engaged where we may do the best, I have to never forget and always remember.


Apologize for my brevity, had limited editing time,


All glories to your service!


HpS/ASA -- We work on the World War II dictum that if first class will never get done, and second class will be too late, then third class is good enough.

Thank you for your powerful and valuable association. Please, by mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Nityananada, go on becoming a devotee on the level of Narada Muni. Eight PM, time for arati and KRSNA book!

more.

respects to mataji and madan mohan das

Gadadhara Gosai das NVM

11 months, 1 week ago by gadadhara gosai das in Personal Sadhana Reports

Reporte anual


Hare krishna Gurudev, mis reverencias, Jaya Srila Prabhupada!!!

Aqui estamos en el invierno de Brihuega, con un sentimiento de agradecimiento por todo lo que a hecho por nosotros a lo largo de su estadia aqui en NVM. Le agradezco mucjo su regalo!!!.

Mi reporte es que estoy cantando 16 rondas minimas diarias. Mangala arati regular pero no todos los dias.

Chocolate y mates argentinos estan en la dieta diaria como un fuerte apego.

Este año hemos hecho alrededor de 15 reuniones en casa invitando a personas nuevas y devotos. Esperamos en 2025 intensificar el servicio.

deseo avanzar mas en la comprension y conexion espiritual.

Me siento conectado en la espiritualidad con Usted, prabhapada, nitay_Gauranga- Radha govinda Candra.

Pido siempre de sus bendiciones y misericordia para avanzar hacia el destino supremo goloka Vrindavana.

Sus sirviente eterno, gadadhara gosai das.


(Google traslate:)


Annual report Hare Krishna Gurudev, my obeisances, Jaya Srila Prabhupada!!! Here we are in the winter of Brihuega, with a feeling of gratitude for everything you have done for us throughout your stay here at NVM. My report is that I am chanting a minimum of 16 rounds daily. Mangala arati regular but not every day. Chocolate and Argentine mates are in the daily diet as a strong addiction. This year we have held around 15 meetings at home inviting new people and devotees. We hope to intensify the service in 2025. I wish to advance further in understanding and spiritual connection. I feel connected in spirituality with You, Prabhapada, nitay_Gauranga- Radha govinda Candra. I always ask for your blessings and mercy to advance towards the supreme destination goloka Vrindavana. His eternal servant, gadadhara gosai das.


HpS - thanks for all the nice association in nvm!!! push to eliminate chocolate [grains cooked by little devils]. but all these bad habits go away as we chant by effort more and more, better, better.



Jay Maharaj!!

11 months, 1 week ago by mercurio3 in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krishna Maharaj! PAMHO AGSTP!! All Glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!!


How are you?? Thank you for sharing that Radha Kunda experience, must be so blissful the atmosphere over there!


Well I’ll star replying from them very end of you reply to my previous letter. I’ve heard that statement from Prabhupada on a Instagram account, then I checked it on a website (https://srilaprabhupadalila.org/read/11218) and afterwards I heard Dhanvantari Swami mentioning something related, I really didn’t bookmark the YouTube class, what a pity, and I don’t quite remember which was it.


Well, thanks for all your advice, I haven’t been frequenting the Iskcon Buenos Aires Temple a lot, since I’m feeling like being a bit alone due to all that legal situation I’ve been going through, though I started attending to the Iskcon Philly’s Online program! Wow! was so nice, I felt so much better afterwards. So the virtual things has been some kind of success, because I also started making some grupal video calls with some friends devotees from around the world that I haven’t seen in a while.


I never imagined that in this time of struggle I would get all of that and beside certain guidance on what path to take with my relationships.


I’ve been deepening my knowledge on productivity, as I told you I’ve been journaling, and in the past days I had the chance to review my journal inputs. I found it’s a way to do some sort of self analysis, and well try to correct myself.


I was reflecting the other day on the piece of advice You gave me: open yourself to others with confidence. So how can we strengthen that confidence in order to always know till what point we can share things with others?


hps - agtsp! by trying different intelligent contact with people and seeing the result.


Maharaj thank you for supporting me all these years, sometimes I feel one of this letters is going to be the last one and well, I want to tell you that I’ve always appreciated you, you have been of great inspiration and guidance, and I wish we could someday see each other in some other place.


thank you again for everything,


Federico


hps 🐵 !!!






Jagat Pavitram Report

11 months, 1 week ago by jagat pavitram in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Please accept my obeisances


This year I have been studying and advancing the audio-visual project “Stories of the Universe”, I have not yet decided if this project should be within an ISKCON program, or if it is better for it to be an independent program, in the meantime I will continue to seek advice from senior devotees. Since August it has been difficult to maintain a standard in my spiritual life since the Huawei 5G project in Peru is a challenge for all staff, however now the pressure is easing and I am now trying to seek spiritual stability.


I constantly visit the ISKCON Miraflores temple, I live alone and I am focused on professional work and the editing of the Stories of the Universe project.


Thank you very much Guru Maharaj for your dedication and time for us,


Jagat Pavitrasm das

(Lima-Perú)


hps//asa - always chant hk//hr, 16 rounds, 4 principles, brahma muhurta arati, kirtan, sb!!! sankirtan with srila prabhupada's iskcon... !!