Personal Sadhana Report - Tarangaksi dd from Lima

8 years, 10 months ago by Tarangaksi Devi Dasi in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! 

I'm happy to write you. We are trying to participate in FMP and chanting rounds at the morning. I'm giving classes of Bhagavad Gita in Wilson temple twice a month.We are going through one verse after another. We are in chapter five. 

My father has a store of organic and natural products. I'm working on the area of health and integral culture dissemination. Recently, we have edited our first magazine with basic ayurveda articles and recommendations for a healthy lifestyle. We are trying to develop the goodness in the people. My eldest daughter, Bhaktin Rukmini, is helping in the magazine edition.

HpS - Jaya!    Abhirama Das has Cultural Organization called Sattva. Maybe he can work with you?

We are trying to study in association with devotees, sharing realizations. Please Guru Maharaja, I beg for your mercy and blessings to better serve Krishna through my work and preach activities.

Thank you very much for your saint association. May Sri Nrisimha always protects you. 

Trying to serve, 

Tarangaksi Devi Dasi

HpS - Thank you very, very much for your news!!   We will be in Peru in just six weeks!

Urgente..... Empezando de nuevo!!!

8 years, 10 months ago by Amparo Hernandez Castillo in Personal Sadhana Reports

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!!

Gurudeva por favor acepte Usted mis reverencias.

Gurudeva ha pasado mucho tiempo desde la ultima vez que le escribí,

ASA - Si, estamos pensando en que ha pasado con Vd!!

. . . lamento no haberle escrito antes pero siento mucha verguenza con usted por todas las cosas que han sucedido y en vez de avanzar voy para atras.

ASA - O.K. Pero luchando, no?   Puede escribir de sus luchas. E.g. "Maharaja estoy fumando pero manteniendo no fumar antes de 11AM".
 

Empezare por decirle que YO PERDI a los bebes que estaba esperando.

ASA - Ooooh!   Que lastima.    Pero Krsna esta en carga de cosas. Especialmente para devotos.  Posible fueron Yogis con solamente poco mas Karma y Krsna puede hacer esta arregla ser tomando Prasadam de su sangre y despues!   Ha ido a mejor sitio que Peru!

Desde diciembre del año pasado hablamos con Amala karuna despues de meses que no hablabamos para arreglar algo, pero es muy difícil ,ya no se puede, yo le hice muchas cosas.

Desde enero de este año vivo donde Amala o con el ??? me consiguió un lugar donde el vive, porque el lugar donde estaba yo ,era una cantina y me desórdene mucho.

Al principio nos levantamos temprano y cantábamos rondas luego ya no, así que los principios no se cumplian.

Leímos el Bhagavad Gita juntos por las noches ya terminamos y ahora estamos leyendo el Srimad Bhagavatam canto 1 capitulo 3,hemos aprendido versos .....yo he leído el Mahabharata, Sri Prema Bhakti Candrika, El terraplén de la separación y el Upadesamrta.

HpS - Super!

La vida ha transcurrido como una vida normal de familia ,aunque ya no lo somos,tomamos prasada juntos realizamos ekadasi,y yo la verdad cocino para todos porque ya es costumbre y por la asociación.

Ahora tratando de empezar de nuevo estoy levantandome a las 4:10 para ofeecer incienso y cantar rondas .
Tenemos una Tulasi y esta creciendo bien espero la misericordia y que siga asi.
Usted sabra que al templo no puedo entrar ,estuve yendo a Vrinda pero deje de ir, la verdad es que me di cuenta que no deseo ver a nadie y bueno Amala es mi mejor asociación ,me devolvió el gusto por las Rondas y la lectura,pido su bendición Gurudeva para poder seguir asi y no volver atras.
Estoy con mi hijo ,colecto con pan y trato de predicarle todo lo que puedo y que esta a mi alcance, darle prasadam etc,pero yo tengo aun mis apegos la coca cola,los chocolates y la musica,las películas, pero desde que empeze a leer ,deje de ver televisión, es que casi todo el tiempo que se puede Amala y yo leemos y hablamos mucho.
Gurudeva eso es lo que le puedo decir hasta ahora.

Se que no he hecho ni hago nada de lo que son sus ininstrucciones y aun asi me atrevo a pedirle que me de sus bendiciones para poder seguir así refugiada en la lectura y las rondas ....

Gurudeva ya no se si Krshna tenga algo preparado para mi,solo canto porque se es lo correcto y prefiero dejar que todo pase como tenga que pasar sin hacer planes.

Me despido de usted Gurudeva agradeciendo siempre la oportunidad que tuve de haberlo conocido y que tenerlo en mi camino.

Amparo H. Castillo.

HpS - Cartas mas cortas, mas frequentes. Estamos aqui!   La comunidad Monkey Warrior.  Nos vemos en Junio!!

Urgente carta de Akincana Prabhu

8 years, 10 months ago by Asta Sakhi Devi Dasi in Personal Sadhana Reports

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Por favor reciba mis reverencias ante ud.

Querido Guru Maharaja, le escribo para informarle con tristeza la partida de un devoto en Guadalajara, Hari Vamsa Prabhu, quién fuese mi Siksa Guru, pues por su amable invitación comence a vivir en Nueva Nilacala Mandir, y fue así como por la Gracias de Srila Prabhupada pude conocerle a Ud. tenía un cancer avanzado (lo cual mantuvo en discreción absoluta), su partida fue cerca de las 2pm, rodeado de devotos cantando Hare Krsna tuve la fortuna de ponerle su última guirnalda, tulsi y kanti malas. Una vez más me pone Krishna como sirviente de ceremonia funebre. Como ud me ha dicho es parte de mi karma hablar con fantasmas... lo vi bailando durante el kirtan que hicimos en su funeral. Le suplico ore a Sri Jagannantha y Srila Prabhupada por el bienestar de su alma. Sentí la obligación de avisarle, pues se que Ud. apreciaba su servicio, estuvieron en su ceremonia como 10 jovenes, a quienes actualmente les predicaba. Agradecido eternamente con Ud.

Su siviente Akincana Krsna Das

HpS - No, foto aqui!!???     Dedicate next Sunday feast to him. Have his foto there there and offer first plate of Maha-prasadam to him Discuss his service and do Kirtan for him!

Photo!!

Thank you.

Namacharya Das - Guru Tattva

8 years, 11 months ago by hps in Personal Sadhana Reports

AGTSP!

Thank you for updating the Guru-tattva file with Lavanga-mangala Devi Dasi's information and the onerous list of names from Manipura, Assam and Tripura!  You must go there with the Nirgata Devi Dasi ane meet them!

Everyone look at the list.

You can find the link in the Kapi Dhvaja.  Are there mistakes in your information?  There are some mistakes with the font.

O.K.    Annual Reports!!!!

URGENT - News.

8 years, 11 months ago by bhaktina lali in Personal Sadhana Reports

AGTSP
AGTHpS
PAMHO.

It has been a while since the last time I wrote to you, I'm Lali from Buenos Aires, 25 years old.

These days I could connect to startmeeting and it made me very well to listen to you, it gave me encouragement to continue with my japa, since I was a little bit down lately.

ASA - Ha! Ha! Ha!   AGTSP.  We go up and down 15-times a day!

I wanted to tell you that I'm 6 months pregnant, it's going to be a girl. My relationship with Lila Ananda it's getting better. He's a good partner, although we have different ways to understand the philosophy.

I'm very sorry this year I won't have the posibility to see you because of the pregnancy and my economic situation.

I want to apologize for being so clumsy, for not following your instructions as I should have. I wish some day I could serve you as it should be.

ASA - And much more so Srila Prabhupada. Are you religiously married to your daugher's father????

As I said to you in your last visit to the Bs As temple, I've been feeling for years that you are my spiritual master, you are my guide although I can not always follow you. Thank you for inspiring me to go forward, thank you for giving us your association every day at the fmp, it's vital for me to have that contact with you.

Please, forgive all of my offenses.

Who wishes to always serve you,

bktn Lali.

ASA - No pictures?!!!!!  If your not married then tell that rascal Lila-ananda Das to stop fooling around. He's got a wife. He needs to do serve austerities to figure out practically what his mission in life is, at least for the next 15-years, then get to work and make us all proud of him.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj (Prayer for guidance)

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj

Dandavat Pranaam unto your lotus feet.

ASA - Lettuce feet. 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Gouranga Mahaprabhu.

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Myself, son of your disciple Krsna Swarup Das, from Assam, North East India.

HpS - Jaya!!!  So, nice to hear from you and everyone there!

I offer a prayer unto your lotus feet to kindly me give some advice regarding misunderstandings among devotees.  Supposedly, if there were two groups of devotees who have some misunderstanding among themselves; (as Prabhupada used to say whenever there are 2 people there will be misunderstandings) as we are not pure souls we often tend to criticise one another, find out faults and dont try to forgive and forget any past issues easily. Due to harbouring such feelings internally, lets say both the parties tend to avoid each other while externally behaving in a opposite way. Every party thinks "I am right" and also there is no intermediary or neutral person whom both parties see as trustworthy or impartial.What could be the best possible way to bring harmony among such devotees and how one should respond if one is in such a situation (say one of the parties). Please be merciful to enlighten me in this regard.

Dandavat Pranaam unto your lotus feet.

Your ignorant servant

Bishal

HpS - Well,   the first principle is that we cannot give detailed advice unless we know the situation in detail, and that would be impossible for us 12,000 miles away and connected only by internet. So, first principle is from Chanakya Pandita: Victory comes from good advice and good advice comes from many counselors.  Talk to a lot of good people about the situation. We can give general view from a long distance. That is important element, so broad perspective. Then talk to people who are involve in the details.

In one Ramayana movie Hanuman was sent by Rama to try to mitigate the feud between Vali and Sugriva. He reported that Vali was going to give up his anger only when he was dead.

So, sometimes people have personal motives for which they don't want to forgive and there is nothing we, and even God to some degree, can do about it.

Read Nectar of Instruction Texts 4 and 5.

http://www.vedabase.com/en/noi/4

They give SUPER explanation of how to relate to these situation. They arise all the time and it is a big situation that we can only start to discuss. The complete answer is in Srimad Bhagavatam. Of course, that is 18,000 verses.

Basically, try to distinguish reality from illusion for the welfare of all. Try to look for the best solutions for EVERYONE's benefit and then you will feel happy.