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10 years, 3 months ago by Germán Vegas in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna dear Gurumaharaja

Please, accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada
By the mercy of NIMSAR devotees I'm back on service. Our differences persist, but we're choosing the proactive way to solve them and if some of them cannot be solved it's fine too. I had a conversation with them and now I realize my position, my perspective about things. This is a great program I won't waste my opportunity because of my bad temper. I'm learning. Sorry for bothering you with my pseudo radical attitude, and thank you for your patience. I'll be sending you pending work in the next days, Gurudeva. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Your servant
Gandharva dasa

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. Thank you for your austerity. Austerity of the mind is far greater than austerity of the body. We still have to get Nimsar up to standard if it is going to be a Branch of ASA.

1) We have to have as list of the Members, Officers and what are the qualifications for each.

2) We have to be approved by the National Council.

We made this Amavasya, 19/Thursday a deadline for this so please send any information as soon as possible.

Utsahan!!! (NOI 3)

MADRID

10 years, 3 months ago by marcos in Personal Sadhana Reports, Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

Please, accept my humble obeisances, dandavats. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Sorry for not write you in all this time!! I hope that you are fine!! How was your trip¿? And your health?

Here in Madrid all is OK, my principal service now is the pujari (Jiva the cooker is teaching me how to dress), cooking and wash the pots of the breakfast.

Some months ago, we were doing bhajans in one of the most importants streets of Madrid (Fuencarral), the experience was amazing but the police don’t allow to do more bhajans in this place maybe in some months we can start again with the program. Dandava wants to develop some programs of this type, for example, now we are starting to go to some yoga centers to chant the holy names.

I continue with Bhakti Sastri and i want to start to be more profesional with the kitchen and create some courses of cooking in the temple.

One of the most important things that i discorvered some weeks ago is that if you aprreciate and love the people your preach will be better and when the people know that the interest that you show for them is real and you dont look for any personal benefit they will take you more seriously.

Some days ago, i made a big mistake cause in a class i said some words that could do that some new people go out of Krishna Movement, fortunately they still continue with us. Jaramara teachs me that one of the most important things that we must to do is to try that the new people that are coming to Hare Krishna feel atraction for this movement.

I’m trying to put all my faith in Harinama Sankirtan is the process for this yuga isn’t it¿?

HpS - ASA - Yes, but that are many postions in the Sankirtan movement and we have to find which one as best for us.

Aindra Prabhu said that nama japa it’s like to take a tablet but nama sankirtan is like an injection… I find a lot of inspiration in Aindra Prabhu, he has a lot of faith in the holy names. 16 RONDAS ENTUSIASTAS!!

HpS - Some people like Japa more than Sankirtan, some like Deity worship more than either one.

Your servant Mantri Rama Das

HpS - You report is so nice. There is a letter for Dandava. let us answer it together.

ter kadamba dd-( letter from the sister bernarda)

10 years, 3 months ago by bhaktina teresa in Personal Sadhana Reports

All glories to Sri Gaura nitai

all glories to srila prabhupada

and my respectful obeissances to you maharaja.

My name is Maria Bernarda i am 25 years old, I live alone in Chubut (Patagonia, Argentina), i am the sister of ter kadamba devi dasi, and I asked him to write to him. My desire is to begin to write to you, I would like to take refuge with you and to help me in my spiritual life, my desire is to live in some temple and progress! I look forward to your reply, once more my respectful obeisances to you maharaja.

bHpS - ASA --- Muy, muy bien! Trabajando, estudiando? Muy bein conocerte. Desculpa Espanol horrible! Cantando algo de Japa???

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Hare Krishna - lima

10 years, 3 months ago by Bhakta Victor Junior in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krishna s.s. Hanumatpresaka swami

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas revencias y coordiales saludos.

Soy bhakta victor de Lima, estoy viviendo en el centro de predica de lima y siguiendo los programas del templo como mangalartik, japa 16 rondas, goura-artik, ademas apoyando en la cocina los domingos y saliendo a distribucion de libros durante la semana. Me presente como aspirante a tomar diksa con ud. la ultima vez que visitó lima,

HpS - Si, TlgaSP. Era muy amable!

. . .ya he leido el Guru-tattva de su página web. Recientemente llego la collecion del srimad-bhagavatam en español y veo que es un libro con un conocimiento muy profundo. Bueno maharaja reciba nuevamente mis respetuosas reverencias. Jaya srila prabhupada.

HpS - De donde esta Vd, su familia? De Lima, afuera? Tiene hermanos? Cual es trabajo de su Padre, Madre????

Satyabhama dd / Mexico

10 years, 3 months ago by zareth bhaktin in Personal Sadhana Reports

Dear Guru Maharaja, Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and the unstoppable movement Sankirtan of Sri Gauranga.

I hope your sankirtan always stay equally unstoppable Gurudeva. I was follow his tour of Latin America and the education congress in Chile. Thank you for being such example for me.

For the short time I had and knowing that you was very busy, I arriegue to send a letter with Prabhu Patraka to order your important blessings. By the mercy of Krsna excelsa I am now in Vienna, Austria, by ascholarship from the University. Immediately I can appreciate the protection of his refuge, because from the first moment that I arrive to Europe a matayi waiting for me, a home and prasadam.

HpS - ASA - !!!!!!! AGTSP !!!!

Now I live with 3 matays of Russian origin, wth the shelter of Sacinandan Swami Maharaja. They are very protective and have a similar project to the Mexico. A Ashram for matayis to study or work. In Vienna the brake preaches a few years ago, there was temple and Gurukula, but for management problems, now just are only few devotees. There are now only a Bhakti Viriksha every weekend into a new center preaches that are driving. And a monthly harinam. On Saturday we celebrate Gaura Purnima here Everything was very fast Gurumaharaja, is a huge project that excites me, but while I need his blessings and his instruction.

Sorry if this sheep walk without asking for direction ... I have a cuestion Gurumaharaja, sometimes I can see that the disciple always ask to the Guru what to do or where to go. And in my relationship with you, I not ask to you what I have done, I wonder if that's right or I need to try more to care this relation with good cuestions for my life or maybe about to the philosophy. Thanks for all Gurudeva

HpS - AGTSP. You, we, all need advice! Best to ask lots of people. Especially we are counselors in terms of Diksa - rounds, principles, but then you can ask many other people, gurus, devotees, ladies, mother, father... When do you come back to USA. Maybe we will see you in May in Europe.

Your aspiring servant Satya Bhama-dd

Solace in Challenging Times

10 years, 3 months ago by jaynityananda in Personal Sadhana Reports

Dear Gurumaharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. It was with great elation that i read of your visit to Radhadesh for the conference in May, as i most likely wasn't going to make it to Spain this year. I'm glad to have learnt of your tour to South-America and return to the States, but it's also less pleasant to hear about the harshness of the climate there. HpS - You have the dates, no? We put it into the kapi-dhvaja calendar. We have to get the interior tickets now. My year so far was lively. Late last year we learnt my wife was a little bit pregnant, and by August she's getting fully pregnant. We also are kicked out of our house, by legal pressure, but with 7 months respite. It is coming to pass together with delivery, so that is challenging. But we are fully aware this is the arrangement of Gaura Nitai, and although we don't see yet why They arranged it like this, we do see recurring themes and are very blissful because of that. Mid January i had to deal with some troubles in my chanting, probably because i offended a devotee out of arrogance a few weeks earlier. Me and the person solved that situation. I consider this a good experience, even though i chanted notably less than 16 for a few weeks. I am very impressed how you caught up leftovers from 2013, and in all honesty i don't see my lazy self doing that (this time at least). HpS - Yes, that was left-overs from our 25/day standard. We were always able to do 16/day. At least figure out how many you owe and then later you can catch them up. Is a promise you made. Fortunately i'm back at my minimum of 16. I do recognize my bad attitude in saying i don't see myself catching up. While writing this, on deliberating how to ask you what you think about it, i came to the conclusion that the best thing to do is to try to catch up anyway, even though i'm not sure how many rounds it were, and until when it'll take me. Reformation should be the goal. One line i heard Amala Bhakta prabhu say, was, 'I live to be corrected.' I sort of understand that now, as a husband, but as a devotee not yet, unfortunately. Let this be my little attempt to get there. 31 x 8 = 248 rounds. Ooff :) HpS - ASA - Inch by Inch, It's always a Cinch (Easy). Little by little starting to do some devotional program in the evening with the family. This is nice, but there is much room for expansion. Mornings i'm pretty much by myself. No singing, but some reading and praying, and working to get the bulk of the rounds done in a good way. The Journey Home translation i just finished. HpS - Wow!!!!! Now i want to start a new project, a book about the early days of ISKCON in the Netherlands, with interviews with participants. Stories about how Sri Sri Radha Gopinath came to Amsterdam by Malati. How they were in the Red-light district. Like that. In both Dutch and English. I seek your blessings to make this project pleasing to Srila Prabhupada. HpS - Hog (Lord Varaha) bless you!!!!! What is your idea on the following? The Lord in our hearts knows how we feel and what we experience, so then why would He feel the need to experience what Sri Radha feels, the three reasons mentioned in Adi 1.6? I wonder where the difference comes from. Radha Krishna are one in their identity, but it seems their feelings are unknown to each other, not like Supersoul experiences us. HpS - Well, just like Radharani we are stones yet unknown. We are discovering new things about our service potencies that Krsna nor us know. Same for Krsna, but yes, She is the ananda shakti and there is always a competition between the Jnana sakti and the Ananda shakti. Krsna understands Her then She expands Her self. happy lover's quarrel with lots of friends. That's pretty much it for now. nAma-zreSThaM manum api zacI-putram atra svarUpaM rUpaM tasyAgrajam uru-purim mAthurIM goSTha-vATIm rAdhA-kuNDaM giri-varam aho rAdhikA-mAdhavAzAM prApto yasya prathita-kRpayA zrI-guruM taM nato smi I bow my head again and again to the holy preceptor, through whose most celebrated mercy I have received the best of all names, the initiation mantra, Sri Sachinandan Mahaprabhu, Svarupa, Rupa and his older brother Sanatan, the extensive dominions of Mathurapuri, a dwelling place in the pasturing grounds [of Krishna], Radha Kund, the chief of all mountains, Sri Govardhan, and most pointedly of all, the hope of attaining the lotus feet of Sri Radha Madhava. (sri mukta carita, invocation) In all my humility, Dandavat pranams, Raghava Pandita dasa HpS - Very nice to hear from you, We wish you all the best. We hope that Mataji is doing well with her heroic service and that your son will be a great Vaisnava!!!

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