details of sadhana

12 years, 1 month ago by harsh_horse in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna Maharaj Dandvat Pranam,
AGTSP,PAMHO,
We understand that you must be busy in Chicalyo, Peru and would expanding Sankirtana movement.
http://ecovillage.org.in/ this is rural community project under Radha Nath Swami [near mumbai].
it may help you for Chicalyo project {our humble thought].

Japa 16 rounds for last two weeks. two days rounds became 14 we made 18 next. so we are convering up. we are looking to chant quality rounds as compared to quantity,

morning program : 4 days out of 14 we did not do it as we left Kasipu {bed] after braham muhrta.
otherwise we read/sing  guru astaka + nrsimha puja + sistastakam + tulsi  at {430 am, 500 am worst case 530 am}.. we need to be more regulated, but we are improving

Question:
1. is it neccessary to do  photo/murti worship in morning program to become formal aspirant?

ASA - AGTSP   Yes, but can be simple.  See that the area for your Photo, Ista devata, Prabhupada, Pancha-tattva, Bhagavan, is clean and then regularly offer little incense and a flower and some bhoga.

Note:we will improve our japa quality also.

Prasdam: we are taking cucumber, carrot, papad and milk products based diet. as we dont know cooking and we dont have time for proper cooking.

ASA - Just think  that now Pancha Tattva (Srila Prabhupada) are now with us on Sankirtana and we eat what we offer to Them.  Then you will learn to everything nicely.

Sankirtana: 1. gifted one gujarati book to shop keeper [5th grade pass].
                 2. Working on thesis but would need more mercy and inteligence to fight [veda-vada-rata and maya-aprihat-gyana] professors. we are realizing that we are not very studious  but we would try to mould ourselves to serve guru parampara to best in this field.
               3. We hope that articles send by our robot are useful to you.

aspiring to be discplined by you,
bhakta harsh

HpS - ASA  ---  SUUUUPER!   Srila Prabhupada also said that he was not a great scholar.    We already looked at the Eco Village link. It is very nice.  Some aspects we are considering in terms of Chiclayo!!

Nitya Kiśori devī dāsī reporting

12 years, 1 month ago by b.Natalia Molina in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Gurudeva, my name's meaning is: Nitya= eternal, Kiśori= Radhe in a young age? Like teenager? so servant of Radharani who is eternally in the age of kisori?

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP paoho Yes, Radha-Krsna can exist in many different ages, but the basic one is Kishore, 10-15 years old. I think Radharanis eternal Kishor age is 14-1/2 years old!

Thank you very much for accepting me into the family of Srila Prabhupada. 16 enthusiastic rounds, 4 regulative principles strictly every day! and going back to Krsna is guaranteed, isn't it?

HpS - In NOI Srila Prabhupada says that one is sure to come to the stage of Uttama-adhikari!

I am going to Chiclayo until the 11th (the 18th I have to go to Mexico for my training with P.Aravinda in sankirtan, Bhakti Sastri, very nice for after taking initiation, I guess). During the time I will be in Chiclayo can I have a little interview? I will try to don't give trouble, try to simply follow the process and become your servant, Srila Prabhupada servant, devotees servant, Krsna's servant. Can you ask to Krsna to give me inteligence to become a loving servant? Thank you very much Your eternal servant, Nitya Kiśori devī dāsī

HpS - AGTSP It was very nice to have association of you and your brother here! As we discussed if your spiritual life advances, like Arjuna, you will automatically develop a career that will be obvious both in the spiritual and material world. Arjuna was a Ksatriya from both the Material and Spiritual perspective.
Second point was to be flexible and try different services to see what is your inclination for your Professional Devotional Service.

utah update

12 years, 1 month ago by BhaktaAdrian in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krishna,

Please accept my most humble obeisances, Gurudeva. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 

I have been dealing with an issue, and I need your guidance. There is a funny entanglement of relationships and spiritual authority between me and a few other devotees. I will try to be brief, please forgive the "temple drama." My fiance, Bhaktin Revati, she had a friend when she was living in Hawaii, her name is Sharon. Sharon is engaged to a brahmin initiated devotee named Yashoda Dulal Das from Hawaii (maybe you know him, he was once engaged to one of your disciples). The other person involved is Bhakta Tracy. This girl, Sharon, has a deep history of being immodest with other men. Tracy is 37 years old with a strong hankering to get married, and has a strong interest in Sharon. Long story short, Sharon encourages Tracy's attraction with sweet words and physical contact. Now, Rebecca has felt uncomfortable with the situation because she is friends with Tracy, Sharon, and Yashoda. I myself have considered Tracy to be a good friend since I've known him. But with the inappropriate interaction between Sharon and Tracy, it has caused much disturbance in our house. Tracy, Revati, and myself all live in the same house. Revati feels cheated because Sharon uses her as an excuse to visit Tracy, which only propagates the secret relationship of Sharon and Tracy, leaving Yashoda in ignorance. Revati has tried to give advice to Sharon in so many fashions hoping that she will stop betraying Yashoda and causing Tracy more frustration. Since then there have been many arguments with Tracy and Sharon on one side, and Revati and myself on the other. It is making things more difficult in our home. Tracy only continues to argue that he is our superior, by age, and vedic knowledge, however he is only using certain sastric arguments to ultimately support his sense gratification, which is against a brahmin no less. My understanding to be Veda-vata-rata? He also argues that because Revati and myself are on relatively equal platforms with age and devotion to Sharon (meaning uninitiated. I could go on describing why she is actually spiritually inferior to Revati, but will spare dirty details) that we cannot give her any instruction. And that we are also in no position to give instruction to Tracy because he is "superior" to us. (again, could go on why I think he is not our superior... dirty details) So, even though our arguments are based on Srila Prabhupada's own words from various purports, or even the support of the revealed scripture, are we supposed to just ignore the situation and passively allow it to continue? What is our position, and how should we act properly in this situation? This has caused many arguments and much stress in this house. 

ASA -   Jaya!   AGTSP     First option in Kali-yuga is to call for help from Krsna and Balarama by the mercy of Radharani by chanting Hare Krsna Rama.    If there is no immediate result apparent chant louder. Actaully it is the only remedy.  The usually Krsna starts to give you good intelligence or takes charge of your senses like Arjuna or you see Him do something Himself, change someone's heart or drop bird dung from the sky on somebody or...

 ... my intelligence would be that He will tell you to take the issue to higher local authority.   Ask them to help.

IN OTHER NEWS we have just had Festival of Colors. We are just gearing up for another one on the 14th in Salt Lake City. It will be the first one ever. 90 thousand people came. Left a big mess. Lots of service on our part. It has been really great actually. 5 days of solid cleaning. Revati and I played about 6 or so hours of solid Kirtana. I am much better and mridanga than I used to be. Made my fingers bleed in this really uncomfortable way (duh). It's for the Lord's glorification, it is so nice...

I had spoken to Caru Prabhu about what you had instructed in your last letter. He said that we would schedule a meeting after all the festivals are done. We are all doing so much work! I suppose I didn't want you to think that I was neglecting speaking with him and making a formal contract of preparing for initiation. It is in the works. Revati and I are thinking to get legally married now, and have a proper vedic wedding in November around Tulasi Saligram Vivaha as we mentioned earlier. We are waiting for our meeting with Caru Prabhu to get his input. Do you support?

HpS -Sure!     We're all nutz here except for the few Nitya-siddha avatars amongst us, but we are taking our medicine, 16/4  mangala arati, kirtana, SB, Sankirtana, so anybody with 1/2 a brain in his head can use the situation to go ahead!   Caru Das, Ki Jai!

Japa beads broke! :(   getting new ones. I hand carved these japa mala completely from scratch about two and a half years ago. I guess they weren't up to par.  

I looked on the calendar to see your next visit to Boise. It wasn't posted. Do you know when you will be visiting again? With no employment, we may not be able to come up with funds to sponsor you to visit Utah. Our hearts are heavy. 

I eagerly await your guidance and association. We are so fallen. 

Your lowliest servant,

Bhakta Adrian

HpS - AGTSP  last Kapi Dhvaja has the plan.  Visit Boise/SFO to go to the SFO Rathayatra!                O.K.    Ahead.   The DTC has a more general note!!!    Thank you so much for your news!

Pidiendo Sus Bendiciones!

12 years, 1 month ago by radhikas in Personal Sadhana Reports

Querido Hanumat Presaka Swami 

Por favor acepte mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias 

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

  Querido Maharaja, en mi intento de avanzar y ser util de alguna manera a la mision de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he elaborado un analisis del Capitulo uno del Bhagavad gita, y lo envie  a su link jayarama108-web page, usted podria revizarlo? 

Quisiera, tener sus bendiciones para poder analisar los capitulos de una manera apropiada para la  predica y ayudar  en la mision de Srila Prabhupada!

"Aquel que hace el bien, nunca es bencido por el mal" ,.Palabras de Sri Krsna (Bhg 6-40.)

Su eterna sirvienta,

Maha Bhava Cintamani dd

HpS - ASA ----   TlgaSP   Desculpa demurra,  fuerte viaje a Chiclayo y Rama-navami!!!   I did not know what it was.   Demasiado larga para nosotros como un documento en Castellano.   Puede enviar un aqui en Ingles??

Jaya Radhe Jaya Shyam! Reporte Bhaktin Atenea Mexico DF

12 years, 1 month ago by sarahii in Personal Sadhana Reports

Querido Gurudeva porfavor acepte mis sinceras y humildes reverencias

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Todas las Glorias al Movimiento de Sankirtana de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!!!

Todas las Glorias sean a Usted!!!!

Hare Krsna GuruMaharaja, este es mi reporte de sadhana: me levanto entre 4:30 y 5:00 am. ,luego voy a la escuela,en el camino logro cantar como 12 o 13 rondas aproximadamente, las otras las canto de regreso, salgo entre 1:00pm. o 3:00pm. , la familia y yo estamos haciendo un programa de adoración, yo lo hago los lunes, este lunes le ofrecí manzana hervida con canela y azúcar, un incienso, una rosa "rosa claro", abanico de plumas, luego cuando no puedo ir al templo, trato de sintonizar mayapur.tv estoy leyendo el Krsna book, acabo de terminar el capítulo de la muerte de Satrajit y el robo de la joya Syamantaka. Estoy a un mes y medio de terminar la escuela, aún no sé  que carrera estudiar después, por lo mientras vamos paso a paso, ahora por el momento no estoy haciendo servicio en el templo, tengo deseo de ir y hacer servicio en esta semana de vacaciones. Maharaja, ahora hablando con el prabhu Sacinandana por correo, me cuenta de India, del Safari, de Mayapur, dice que todo es muy mágico y místico, me inspira tanto lo que me cuenta que a veces logro tener una meditación en el Santo Dham, cuando sigo el programa de mayapur.tv medito en que me encuentro allá, entre grandes devotos, grandes almas, cantando los Santos Nombres,bailando para Sri Sri Radha Madhava Asta sakhis, brincando ante el Sri Panca-tattva como un perrito bailarín... ahora él esta por ir a Vrndavana por Misericordia de Usted, Gurudeva muchas gracias por todo lo que hace por nosotros, este block, la webex para el japa joe, el kapi dvaja, porque siempre me siento tanto protegida por Usted, ahora hablando con Saranagati apenas vislumbramos Su inmensa misericordia.

Gurudeva disculpeme que antes no le haya escrito mi reporte desde su última visita a México,  tampoco me he conectado a japa joe, tuve problemas la vez que lo intente, disculpeme por favor tratare de hacerlo. Perdone también las ofensas  Gurudeva, apenas le respondí groseramente a mi mamá y me dolió mucho y le pedí perdón y pensé que si no puedo ser buena hija, cómo seré buena discipula, buena esposa, buena devota?? Perdón por todo esto, que vergüenza decirle esto.

Haribolo!

Por favor perdone mis ofensas Su aspirante a sirviente Bhaktin Sarahi

HpS - ASA  =  Jaya!     Jaya Srila Prabhupada y todos sus sigueadores. El primero que yo lee ( I did read) de Srila Prabhupada estuve esta historia de Joya Syamantaka!   Siempre recordana la.

Puede cantar unas rondas antes de salir de casa?    Tiene que leer SB 5.18.12 como ser mejor esposa, hija, ser humano.