Hare Krishna, my apologies Maharaja for the lack of context..

In a previous letter I had written to you about how it seems difficult to have relationships in this world, and also with devotees in the setting of a Brahmacari asrama, and you responded by mentioning text 5 of the NOI, and how it helped you see and deal with different devotees accordingly.

You also wrote later in your message that,

“We really, all, only have one Best Friend, and until we get His association we will feel lonely.”

So I was just appreciating that.. that Krishna is our best friend actually and until we reawaken that relationship, we will always feel like something or someone is missing..

And I will attach a picture below so you might recognize me, and a couple other pictures of our sankirtan here! I am one of five of the Brahmacaris here in the Houston asrama.

Hare Krishna Maharaja! Thank you. 🙏

Your servant, Abhaya dasa

HpS - Hare Krsna. AgtSP!

Paoho...

Thanks for the clarification.

We are also looking for closer association.

It is 181% our lack of love for Krsna. We are selfish, greedy, vain and so we don't want any friends. We want servants. People who will gratify our egoistic vanities.

Ooof! What a mess.

If Krsna gives us His association, then it naturally purifies our hearts and is established as a habit naturally.

Let us just love Krsna.

Play with Him.

Play with Him and His, our, friends.

Sometimes there are are many people in our material society.

Sometimes there are only a few.

It is impossible to find a simple external reason why.

Our aglomeration is decided by subtle forces projecting over lifetimes.

Hmmm. Hari Bolo!

🙂

5.51PM - join the MOE education symposium!

See you in just a few minutes.

Hope some of Sankirtan is useful to you, and you will engage us in some of yours.

HpS/ASA

🐵 🐷

Hare Krsna, Dandavat Pranam

All glories to HpS Guru Maharaj, Gouranga Mahaprabhu, and Radha Krsna ki jay.

Please accept my humble obeisances unto Guruji Maharaja padamacharan that our senior bhakta Dr. Leisangthem Nandalal Singh, Retd. Joint Director, Health Services, Govt. of Manipur (Nanda Sutta Das), initiated Nama diksa under the Padmacharan of Hanumat Presaka Swami Guru Maharaj) in the year 2013 and Brahma Diksa took this year Jan 12, 2023. He expired on 25th July 2023 at Delhi Hospital at around 8.00 a.m. and as he desired his body was cremated at Radha Kunda (U.P) on the same evening.

His condolence meeting was held yesterday, the 26th of July 2023 at 8.00 a.m. in the Thoubal Tomjing Mandir by observing 2 mines silence prayer to God for kiping his soul peace in the Goloka Vrindaban by the bhaktas and matajis of the mandir.

Other ritualistic functions will be performed in his original home, Thoubal Wangmataba in the near days.

Yours fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - Thank you. Super! Please also send pictures of him so we can chant some Maha-mantra with good meditation on him! Offer our help in orienting himself as he leaves this body.

Thank you!

HARE KRSNA, GURUDEVA!

Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Today I am officially 70 years old and I am just beginning to discover WHO I AM. Each advance makes me value Srila Prabhupada's message more and more, all good knowledge that human beings say nowadays, Srila Prabhupada already said it, even more, he told us the goal and how to reach it.

Woe to me, poor woman! That I need to verify what they tell me.

HpS/ASA - 😄

And time is running out for me, every moment, we feel life and death in the body, I am thinking that the moment I will leave this body it will be natural that I only remember the beautiful Krsna dancing on the heads of Kaliya.

Everyone fearing that the one who defeated death will die, WHAT A THRILL! I want Krsna to triumph in me, I want Kaliya not to triumph in me.

Thank you very much Gurudeva, eternally grateful, everything I do, every moment I dedicate to you, Srila Prabhupada and Krsna, yes, I also beg you to forgive me for my offenses.

I am at your feet.

Rohini Devi Dasi.

HpS - Hare Krsna. We missed your association and the association of your family when you were not in our Sanga for some time. Thank you so much.

The SB is full of stories of devotees who made some progress and then went on a side trip, learning expedition and then came back and made full success eg. the Pracetas, sons of Pracinibharist.

I do that constantly.

Such nice news.

Give us some advice for devotees who will be following the same path as you?

How about your sister, niece and grand-niece??

Ananga,

Draupadi,

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HK, Maharaj, PAMHO. AGTSP!

All glories to Sri Sri Guru And Gauranga!!!

How r u? How's it going that festival in which you are participating? Are you going to preach there?

Here I’m doing better, I started waking up earlier in the mornings, and overall chanting my rounds better, I’m trying to pronounce the word Krishna as you taught me with the tongue touching the palate, and I have a doubt about how Rāma it’s pronounced, quite frequently I’ve heard the Hindus also pronouncing the R as if almost touched the palate, is that OK?

HpS - Hare Krsna. Not sure. We just try to apply the pronunciation guide in the back of Srila Prabhuapada's books and ask any Oxford Sanskrtists who pass through.

Chant with meaning: Mommy! Mommy!

I set a goal for myself of avoiding having dinner on Friday night in order to wake up earlier on Saturdays, generally I avoid that meal but on that day I tend to celebrate the end of the working week, so how can I manage to be more disciplined in that area?

HpS - Before you offer any Bhoga to Krsna on Friday night just think about why eating light or not will help you on Saturday morning, no? Advance by cultivating intelligence for KRSNA

:::{Hare Krsna}:::

another thing I would like to please ask you about is regarding investing lakshmi, what would be a Vaishnava alternative for stock shares investing?

HpS - Srila Prabhupada had Atreya rsi Das invest by shares in companies as income for the trust funds for the Mayapura and Vrndavana Temples.

Atreya investigated the companies properly and then bought shares, membership.

Investing in Stock Market is not gambling if it is done as good, researched business.

Land (for Grains)

Cows (for milk)

Brahmanas (teachers)

are good investment.

Sriman Das bought house in good school distrivt in California. It was good investment. Land and Brahmanas.

Also if one would like to invest in third party’s commercial projects, which industry’s areas could be better options?

I felt very identified with the Deva-Vrata’s letter your referred me, about the Jesus Christ subject, I always as well felt very very identified with him and his teachings.

HpS - So does Srila Prabhupada. His sincerity of appreciaton probably make our seem like vanity!

Currently I’m reading a book called Atomic Habits, and I’m founding it of so much benefit, learning to set to myself goals, try to stick to the habits which lead to them, and building a whole new life, one step at a time.

ASA - 👍

Also I’m organizing myself with specific plannings for the things I need to buy for improving my service and sadhana, and for other areas of my life.

I’m enjoying myself with a sense of progress.

thank you very very much Maharaj!

hope everything it’s more than well over there!

your servant,

Federico

HpS - ASA -- We heard from Cakravarty Das that SP said, "Become self realized, build your character and preach."

Do you think the whole world should read the big two volume edition of the KRSNA book! We do. Along with that Vedabase,Io version is great!! Balarama preaching to Rukmini.

 My Dear Guru Maharaj

Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada

We pray that your health is good.

Whilst my husband and I spoke several times about writing to you, our desire was not sincere

Dear Guru Maharaj, I want to express my gratitude for actually making arrangements for us remain in Sridham Mayapur.

By our Guru Maharaj’s mercy, my details have recently been officially registered in Mayapur, to perform a small spot of seva, as a servant to assisting in Sri Sri Radha Madhava’s and Asta Sakhi’s pujari department.

My little seva includes maintaining Nrsimha Dev’s clothes, Avaranam, jewellery . I get to Iron Narsimha Dev’s and Prahalad Maharaj’s dresses, and then arranging them in their place.

I also have half hr cleaning seva . It is a beautiful and fulfilling experience. I feel very very happy

HpS/ASA - 🙂 👍

Also 1 week, a month, I have been granted same seva for Sri Sri Nitai Gour Padakamala at Srila Prabhupada’s bhajan kutir.

Although I havent learnt enough Bengali to converse, I am however Slowly developing a very sweet loving relationship with Pujari’s and other sevaks. They seem happy with my service.

Since past Two months , every day after Srila Prabhupad’s guru puja, my husband and I have been granted seva to distribute Nrsimha Devs Kheer maha prasadam. There is generally a long queue of devotees and visiting pilgrims, even before the distribution begins.

We really relish the opportunity to serve the Vaishnava’s , it gives us great pleasure when we get so much affection and blessings And because of this Seva, we now also attend Darshan Arti regularly.

My husband after piking flowers, is able to attend daily Mangal Arti at Srila Prabhupada’s Smadhi, and I attend Mangal Arti at Srila Prabhupad’s Bhajan Kutir and Radha Madhava’s Temple

Dear Guru Maharaj, Thank you for your regular darshan , I am following you on ASA Carnaval Facebook, Thank for inspiring all of us.

Im so happy, because I feel my sadhana is improving , Im hearing more Srimad Bhagavatam especially recordings from H. H. Haladhar Maharaj, and live at the Temple after which I do my regular Seva.

I am feeling like the Pujari for Sri Radha Madan Bihari in Chosica.

At home one week I do pujari seva, and cleaning the ashrama for our dieties

whilst my husband cooks, and does other house chores, and then the following week we switch services,

By the sweet mercy of my beloved Guru Maharaj, I am feeling Enlivened and Alive . Thank you so much

I offer my loving obeisances to My Dear Guru Maharaj.

Your Servant

Gaura Gadadhara Dasi

HpS - Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna.... how is your Japa experience. How is Prabhuji's bodily health?

Thank you! More news as it develops!

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Hare Krsna, Gurudeva, AGTSP, PAMHO.  

I have been diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma (cancer) in the upper region of left kidney. As per the doctor's suggestion I have to go for surgery as soon as possible. Kindly pray for me so that I can serve Srila Prabhupada and His mission.

HpS/ASA - AgtSP! Our lower, right, front tooth was becoming loose, and Doctor Dinesh in Miami Temple diagnosed it as rotten at the root.

He extracted it, and then asked if we wanted to see it.

We were curious, and said, "Yes".

It was interesting and we laughed and joked, and commented that it seemed we were going back home, back to Godhead, one piece at a time.

He also chuckled and said that in 17-years of dentistry most people did not want to see the tooth, and we were the first person who had laughed about it.

🙂 AgtSP!

Are you going back home, back to Godhead, one piece at a time?

Be very alert.

What kind of consciousness you can keep during the different phases of the surgery and anesthesia. Do gross and subtle preaching to the medics.

Watch for an opportunity that Krsna sends to leave your current body, Karma, and go to a better one for Sankirtan.

Preach to your relatives grossly and subtly.

So lucky!

😎