Delayed News from south cone :o)

11 years, 3 months ago by Bhaktina Romi in Personal Sadhana Reports

All Glories to Sri Sri Gauranga Nitiananda
All Glories to HDG Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to you Guru Maharaja.

Please accept my humble obeisances to yours and Srila Prabhupada’s holy lotus feet.

   HpS - ASA -- We got loco's feet.

Hare Krsna.
16 rounds ok
4 pples strictly ok.
Morning Program: No. Firm compromise to fix soon.
Sorry for my delay to write, many feelings like i told you in the meeting in the temple. Frustration still here, but things get better and better. I went  to BalaramaPuri (ParamPadam and Ananta camping project)  for holidays. Here I meet some old devotees who help me a lot to follow Your instruction about prioritize.  They inspired me and told me many pastimes they've past in CK, and how they feel about that. Its make me be more deep and not so superficial in certain issues. I meditate a lot about your visit, about feelings with Krsna, with Holy names… and my stone heart… working on it (many dust accumulated). Guru Maharaja I came from my travel, more reflexive about the situations thats I have to pass to be more deep. Please bless me to never forget feel, never forget be consciousness of the lord.
I want to apologize about the faults in my service, during your visit. 


Thanks GuruMaharaja for enlighten my way to follow the process.
Your disciple who aspire to be your servant
Rati Manjari Devi Dasi

               HpS - ASA --- AGTSP. Old letter. Nice. Thank you, but what's happening now? You are a revoluntionairy. You can't be happy with a dull life.

Begging for your mercy, just like the prodigal son

11 years, 3 months ago by Christian in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna!

All glories to Sankirtana movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

All glories to patita pavana Srila Prabhupada

All glories to their bona fide representative

I pray to Krsna never allow me to get so away from you that your merciful instructions get unable to touch my hard like stone heart.

I tried to feel myself the owner of my own life, after suffering a lot, i realized that the only chose i have is wether to accept Krsna's arrangements or to cry like a baby while i see my life moving along.

I'm so sorry for taking SO LONG without writting, i felt like a child who try to hide from his daddy when he makes mistakes, thinking that his dad is not mercyful and he cannot correct any mistake in life!

Aravinda Prabhu allowed me to move to Uruapan for this 3 months (starting in 15 january) so i could be helped by Murli Manohara Dasa, a disciple of HH Bhaktisundar Gosvami, he is psichologist; im taking almost 2 therapy sesions each week, and i will take a course named "Inner Transformation" he has very present Vedic perspective in his work and life, very advanced devotee and im getting really better, we are also entering to the yoga classes he gives, 2 days/week 2 classes each day, felling more and more the benefits of staying away from Passion mode of nature.

Dear Gurudeva, this months have been of GREAT test,most of them, i failed, now i see something good from the result of those failures:

-Finally i spoke Prabhu Aravinda about getting out of ther ashrama, it was not the best way, but i apologize properly and he said its fine that i expressed that at least, so i will get some devotees support and move forward in my projects to serve Krsna.

-I got removed from BBT's service, (regarding this, even though i know it was because of MY own lack of responsability, i felt used just for the last year's SB edition MARATHON, and then thrown away; im already working in this feeling), maybe in some years when i learn more responsability i can ask for some mercy again =D

-which leads to my desition of stopping philology studies, because i was doing that only for BBT's purpports, so i will wait next semester to enter Pedagogy in Queretaro city (im planning my living there).

-Not everything is bad news, thanks to your mercy and devotees blessings, in this SP Marathon, i was able to inspire the birth of a Bhakti-yoga meeting twice a month in Queretaro city, devotees from Mexico and Cueramaro are engaged to go once a month each, so our visits will reduce to once a month wich doesn't takes so much time away. Also i asked my dear brother Aniruddha Dasa to come to the program whenever he wants  =o)

-This leads to the next project wich is, after some more months living in Cueramaro, arround september, starting an olistic centre of all kind of therapies as a preaching center with Krsna west bases, during this months i will be entering skype meetings with mother Alaksya DD (disciple of HH Hridayananda Dasa Gosvami, and the one who invited me to this project) and also her god-brothers and some devotees we are asking to join giving ayur-vedic therapies and so on, for the purpport of establishing mission and vision of this project, start doing the proper arrangements and deals so everybody knows our exact service in the project. is this point ok?

-Last point, even though Aravinda Prabhu already gave me flag to start moving forward and making my own arrangements for life, im little bit affraid to speak with him about my real situation, im formalizing a relationship with a devotee, she is almost same time in the movement as me, and, excuse me to say it, but im very eager to have her as my wife to advance in KC and raising a preaching center in Queretaro along with the devotees, so their guru's and you can go and preach a lot of peopple, actually this is very important to me to speak with you, because no-one else knows this, im very confident into you dear Gurudeva, she hasn´t tell her guru due to "not cause me problems with my authorities", still, we have been having a bit of problems because of holding that as a secret, which reduces communication,(reason enough to stop hidding and tell my authorities about my willings), added to the fact we live in very distant cities with no option of seeing each other by all this time, (maybe she can go to México city for your transcendental visit!). what do you think?

Please gide me and tell me your opinnion in the diferent subjects, and tell me if you should like/hold on more details of any of them so you can instruct me propperly.

One last question... and this one i hope you can tell me whether you would like it or not, i was thinking about taking one month to go to murpheshboro for staying near from you, learning how to serve you best, i wanted to do this before i start the Queretaro project because im confident that will give me streght enough to try to serve you and Srila Prabhupada through this kind of preaching.

Yasya prasadad Bhagavat prasada

Yasaprasadan na gatih ku to 'pi

by your mercy i can achieve Sreya, the maximum benefit!

But without your mercy i can not advance even one inch to the goal of my life.

Your very very very very exempt of good qualities servant

Krsna-kirtan Dasa

HpS - - Jaya. AGTSP. Paoho. This letter is quite old now, no? What is the situation now? I think I answered other letters that you wrote after this. It's nice to look at old letters like this and think, "Wow, things have changed so much".
In general its best to find a peaceful situation and continue with 1st initiation vows for at least one year before trying to enter Grhastha ashrama. Otherwise we are most likely to judge it on the basis of personal gratification rather than what is really good for gratifying Krsna. Then associating with the opposite sex really means the connection of two families not just two people. He and she should get to know the family and friends of each other and look it as them joining to families.

That's just a little advice.

Hope to see the current news from you. We are get better at answering our mail now that we are one place.
You are mad, I am mad, she is mad, Aravinda is mad... Prabhupada, Prabhupada, Prabhupada!!!!!

Life updates

11 years, 3 months ago by Rashmin dd in Personal Sadhana Reports, Calendar Development

Hare Krishna Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you for your clarification on my last letter. I got it!!

I know you are very busy and I can wait for your reply when you have time. We want to let you know that we are moving from Toronto to Calgary on April 1st. The main reason being that we want to pay off our student loans and will have an easier time doing so whilst living with my parents. Also Yogendra will be going to school in the fall to study education. If you do plan on attending Toronto Ratha Yatra we will visit during your visit and try to serve you and get your association :) 

Our daughter is three months old now and still growing. She is very sweet and everytime I show her our home deities she looks at Lord Nityananda!! I think she recognises him.

                HpS - ASA - AGTSP. Paoho. We are finally settling in one place. Thank you all for the news. Who is your baby? Is she Jahnavi Devi??

My rounds are improving but I have so many to catch up on. The four principles are intact. 

I hope I will be able to see you this year. Below is a photo from earlier this month of Audharya and husband.

Your aspiring servant,

Rasa-mandali devi dasi

            HpS - AGTSP. We hope the money gets settled easily with an opportunity to preach along with it. Education is a super diploma. Look for good teachers!!!

Very nice photo. Ooof, such a little body. I guess Momma Wolf is ready to rip anybody to pieces who tries to mess with her. <img alt="devil" height="24" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/devil_smile.png" title="devil" width="24" /> So easy to be a devotee. So natural!

It looks like we will be in D.C. for Rama vijay, like the 8th October and maybe Vancouver like Janmastami or Rathayatra.

Reporte desde Chile

11 years, 3 months ago by yasoda_ in Personal Sadhana Reports

Todas las Glorias a Goura Nitai!!!

Todas las Glorias A Su Santidad  Srila Prabhupada!!!

Todas las Glorias A Su Santidad Hanumat Presaka Swami!!!! Ki jaya

Querido Gurudeva:

Esperando que su salud este bien , estable.

Me levanto a las 5.30 am, canto 17 rondas diarias, sigo estrictamente los 4 principios, leo el SB(vedabase), por la mañana, leo el BG por las tardes y en las noches estoy leyendo" Las enseñanzas de Kapiladeva, hijo de Devahuti",

           HpS - ASA - AGTSP Please use Google Translate! Thank you for your report. In the "Teaching of Lord Kapila" is it just the purports or did they add extracts from lectures like they did on the "Teachings of Queen Kunti". It seems that in the lectures Srila Prabhupada would go to some other point than the verse depending on the audience.

...mi servicio regular por ahora es asistente de pujari los dias sabados por la tarde.

Gurudeva, en este reporte solo me queda darle las infinitas gracias a Srila Prabhupada y a usted por toda la misericordia entregada en su visita aca a Chile, compartir con usted es algo maravilloso, sus clases son lo maximo.... muchas gracias por todo!!.

En la entrevista personal le comente que pensaba estudiar si es que me daban la beca, pues no me la dieron

:(

           HpS - Possible arregla de Krsna. Hay demasiado estudiar en La Biblioteca Bhaktivedanta.

. . .si que ya en marzo comenzare a buscar trabajo. ya con la idea fija de tener mi propio ashram. Veremos que quiere Krishna de esta servidora!!, pero  por ahora una manera de empezar en lo material. Krishna controla; en lo espiritual quiero seguir con el servicio de Asistente de pujari y tambien ayudar a otras devotas para que puedan aprender el servicio, tambien quiero tomar el curso de Bhakti Sastri para tener una mejor educacion,Soy una ignorante!!! ; ¡tengo muchooooo que aprender! ,para ver la posibilidad de tomar la segunda iniciacion pronto, se que con su misericordia todo lo puedo!!! Krishna Va conmigo....

Gurudeva, tengo una duda con respecto a mi nombre espiritual ya que en la carta de recomendacion (foto adjunta) aparece Krsangi Devi Dasi y en su reporte de la pagina www.jayarama.us/kd/guru-tattva.txt aparece mi nombre Carolina Castro sanhueza como Krisnangi Devi Dasi . Cual es el real?? y cual es el significado?? ya que ese dia con la ansiedad ni me entro en los oidos  estaba feliz-nerviosa.

        HpS - Pienso es Krsangi. Krs es attractivo y angi son miembros. Radha rani, no? Tiene miembros ATTRACTIVO para (???).

Trata correct in "guru-tattva".

Tambien tengo otra pregunta que me parecio muy interesante, que le hicieron a SS Sankashan Das Adikari y me senti identificada , ¿Como ser dichoso cuando estas materialmente agobiado?

"How to be happy when you're physically overwhelmed?"

It depends on what the word "agobiado" means. If we are physically overwhelmed we will never be happy, no? We must escape from material agitation. Just call out "HARE KRSNA, HARE RAMA".

...Por favor perdoneme todas las ofensas cometidas, mi arrogancia y prejuicios. muchas gracias.

Mis humildes reverencias Su Sirviente Krishnangi devi Dasi.

Krsangi Devi Dasi

HpS - ASA --- Espero encontrando novedades cada dia en CK!!!

Montreal & Vyasapuja & Diksa

11 years, 3 months ago by Raulmontreal in Personal Sadhana Reports

AGTSP !

Please accept or humble obeisances

Dear Maharaja

   HpS - ASA --  AGTSP paoho.  One month and three days since you wrote this! We were like in India, no? No internet for one month.

Vyasapuja !   Maharaja we thought it was on Feb 2nd !  forgive our foolishnes.  We can't express how much you are inspiring and moving forward my spiritual life in Krsna Consciousness.  And the devotees around notice it, we hope some day to be able to serve you better than now, OheVaishnava Thakura !     we are speechless, such fools..your mercy is driving us forward.  Srila prabhupada   ki  jaya !

Here we are back in Montreal. We decided to spend more time on the asrama, from Tuesday to Friday so far,  we get so many things done that way saddhana, studies of books, service, etc   We found a very nice book from Damodara Swami `"Synthesis of Science and Religion"  on the Temple library, big book published right on Prabhupada's centennial,  lots of lectures from the programs of Bhaktivedanta Institute, symposiums etc..  we are studying that one also.  We want to serve you and possibly bring the NIOS program to Montreal, but we are preparing our spiritual selves and wating for your instructions on the matter.  There are two main english universities here  Concordia U (we are alumni)  and McGill.   The rest two important colleges are French.   We are in contact with a devotee who just opened a satellite centre in the intellectual, artistic neighborhood also.

          HpS - Hare Krsna Hare Rama... If Krsna lets us get in the mode of goodness we hope this article on Jung written with Dr. R. P. Singh (NGDas) will be published. It will be a nice platform for approaching univerities.  

The Rathayatra in Montreal is very nice, not as big as the Toronto one but very nice,  Lord Jagannatha  rests right next to Mont royal  were Prabhupada used to have His morning walks in '68.    Usually the Montreal yatra is followed by the Toronto yatra  that makes for a double transcendental week.   

Please forrgive our foolishnes in not finding words to honour your Vyasapuja,  we are just singing Ohe Vaishnava Thakura over and over and remembering you.

your servant

bhakta Raul

                HpS - AGTSP. . . Srila Prabhupada made his Generals (and soldiers) from MUD....  please go ahead!!!

solo se puede experimentar la dicha mas grande de verlo a ud.

NitayGouraPremanande!! Querido y siempre recordado GuruMaharaja,

por favor acepte mis humildes reverncias,

TODAS LAS GLORIAS A SRILA PRABHUPADA!!!

                                                        Muchas Gracias a Krsna, que pude obtener su misericordiosa repuesta a una de las varias cartas que le envié, me siento muy afortunada porque apesar de que ud. está saturado de tantas correspondencias y con una Super Agenda de actividades, compasivamente se da un  tiempo para responder a una necia carta como la mía,

           HpS - ASA --- TlgaSP. Pfanrh.... Descupla la demurra responder mucho. Si, viaje, pero tambien flojo.

. . . afines de Enero pude conversar con P. Aravinda das  con respecto al termino de la Deuda antigua que tuve con el BBT producto de la emfermedad de mis riñones, el año pasado fué de momentos críticos en mi vida tanto material como espiritual, sumergida en Gastos y mas Gastos que demandan los tratamientos  de salud y los de mi Padre, y una ansiedad muy grande porque no podia pagar mi Deuda con el BBT,  decidí no pedir mas Libros porque no queria endeudarme  Más , (fué un acto de Conciencia, porque el BBT es la sangre de Prabhupada y es lo más sagrado para mí) pasé una etapa muy dolorosa  pues, andaba alejada de la distribución de Libros, era como un cuerpo muerto, por eso pase la verguenza de pedir ayuda a mis hermanos espirituales, p. Aristasena  me ayudó con una parte de la deuda y otro poco fué p. Maitreya  se pudo reunir aprox. la mitad, antes de la Marathón recordé que habia un Laxmi de las Sankirtanera que donaron para mi salud, conversando con P. Aravinda acordamos usar una parte de ese Laxmi para cubrir el resto de la Deuda.... .ahora, me encuentro mas tranquila, organizo 2 semanas para colectar haciendo faciales de belleza a las Madres, y otras 2 semanas en Sankirtam de Libros,   ocupo buen tiempo en cocinar prasadam Dieta,y hierbas medicinales, tengo que esperar a que mis riñones salgan de su saturación en las mañanas,  el poco tiempo que dedico a colectar no me alcanza para cubrir todas las necesidades basicas, pero, siempre, ocurren situacones favorables que me ayudan, estoy muy Feliz Querido Gurudev, porque la dicha mas grande que puedo experimentar es verlo a ud. y continuar con mi Sankirtam, esperarlo con con una guirnalda hecha con los resultados de los Libros de Prabhupada en mis manos que es la Misericordia sin causa proveniente de su divina Compasión!

                                                                                                   Radhe, Radhe, Radhe.......

su inútil y torpe sirvienta

m. Jambavati d.d.

 - HpS - Jaya! Adelantando apreciamos que nuestra cuerpo es intrumento de Krsna y no pertence a nosotros, no? Mejor usa de una mala ganga. Viviendo como nuestros alumnos pueden seguir nuestros pasos. Era bien eoncontrar a Vd. y TODOS mientras Gaura purnima en Mexico. Mas!
Distribuiendo libros a distribuiedores!