Hare Krsna Srila Gurudev

1 year, 11 months ago by RiturajMajumder in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krsna Srila Gurudev

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada


Dandavat Pranam at your lotus feet.


HpS/ASA - Lettuce Feet! AgtSP! So nice to chat with you also, today. Sorry one week and not three days to respond.

Went out to Murari farm, 1-12/ hours from here with five devotees. No cellular connection etc.

So nice to chat with you, Dr. Frog.


Since the letter where I was fixed, my sadhana again was having ups and downs. Now again back to better rounds and regulations.


ASA - https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/2/40/


Last 2 months I traveled to Badrinath, Vrindavan, Mayapur and Sri Rangam.

Just yesterday I was in Sri Rangam. I was very much remembering you all the time.


ASA - Su, SU, SUUUPER! https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/9/41/


1) Today I heard a lecture by you that was spoken in Iskcon Houston, 2 years back. You said that we must develop Internal qualities rather than external of Vaishnava. What does it really mean?


HpS - Boy! I don't know the context etc. Two years ago we were different people, just like you, no?

Bahir nrsmha, hrdaya nrsmha, Prahlada sees Krsna inside and outside. We must develop both internal and external. Of course, we realize that there is a temporary aspect to the external qualities.

The Ambassador of India develops his Embassy in Washington D. C. but knows it has certain non-India qualities. Maybe a war will start with USA and he will have to close it and jump, but he will grab some stuff, people to take with him to India, Goloka.


2) You said there are deviations in Iskcon. Can you kindly point the subtle deviations that you noticed, which are harmful for your disciples under Srila Prabhupada.


HpS - I heard from Srila Prabhupada's lips when he was in Berkeley, San Francisco, in 1975 in answer to a question by a reporter if there were problems in his temples, and Sri Prabhupada responded that this was the material world, there are problems everywhere.

We, you and me, and our readers, can see, from the Krsna book, even on TV, that even when KRSNA was present in VRNDAVANA there were demons coming whose roar was so terrifying that it cause the girls to have miscarriages!

Wow!

😨

What to speak of 2023 Iskcon Chowpartti with an actual devotee for Temple president!


We will start a series of Blog posts under Category B called "ISKCON WW-9 (Iskcon Warp World Nine)" for Tom Brown's ASA Encyclopedia if... if... if... you agree to collect them that include problems to correct in ISKCON with solutions.

O.K. Health Care Provider?



3) A point was made on being in touch the Paramaatma.

HpS - The answer is in the SB and related SP books, no?

One nice answer is: https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/6/6/


How to do that. And when do we really know that now I am in touch with Paramaatma.

HpS/ASA - It can be confirmed by guru/SASTRA/sadhu.

Yet, Time is the external manifestation of the Paramatma, so a Goswami, Paramatma vadi, should have a good sense of timing.



Gopal Girivaradhari prabhu said that you will not be visiting India again in the near future. There is a lot of sadness . I wish I could have been a better strict disciple and you could physically see me following the rules. I will keep trying. I pray to Krsna that you come to Vrindavan/mayapur again during your manifest lila.


I will keep trying to be your disciple.


Rturaj Krsna Das

Puduchery, India


HpS - We have nice association here!

Krsna can arrange all kinds of nice physical meetings as He desires.

Waiting for your answers.

Time to go for a walk.

News from Giridhari

1 year, 11 months ago by hps in Personal Sadhana Reports

HpS/ASA

KK//HH

Esteemed Daya-nidhi Das, paoho... agtSP.

Have not heard from you for a long time.

How is your Japa vrata? Four principles? Service in ISKCON's Sankirtan movement?

Family and friends?

Yatra?

Sent copy of announcement/invitation for symposium in Boise.

Maybe you or others want to attend.


Hoping to hear from you.


HpSwami

www.JayaRama. Us

🐵🐵🌴🦍


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Dear Guru Maharaja ,

Sorry for not be in contact too much, I didn’t want to bother you.

Chanting 16 rounds everyday, 3 gayatris, 4 principles.

San Diego for 21 years now, still the Head pujari and Treasurer.

Family is good my daughter is 10 years old now getting bigger, and with my wife kind of vanaprastha life together . . .

Good association always here with Badrinarayan Swami, Dravida, always the temple struggling to get enough pujaris.

I hope someday You can visit again San Diego.

Ys,

Dayanidhi das


HpS - So, nice to hear from you and get this news. Please offer our respects to devotees. Even if cannot attend in your gross corporal form, maybe you can attend online sometimes.

Jaya Giridhari.

birth, old age, disease and death

1 year, 11 months ago by AKD in Personal Sadhana Reports, Other

All Glory to Srila Prabhupada and All Glory to Sankirtan Movement by Sri Gaura Nitay, and All Glory to ISKCON.

Pleace accept my humble obeisances, Dear HPS, Gurudeva:

These days, once again circumstances make us beg to be able to surrender to Sri Nitay Gauranga, we can observe that old age and illnesses are there to make us stop boasting, death awaits us, many devotees have left, or are very sick, last Tuesday my mother left her body, and there are devotees who tell me that they already feel that they are in the final stretch, and even so the mind seeks distractions, and winning good companies is very difficult, material difficulties are undoubtedly allies when you can live simply. and you're the real example, thank you very much for accompanying us on this path, your attachment to Srila Prabhupada and the Sankirtan. I pray become a devotee to serve properly.

Your crew member Aniruddhakrsna Das.


HpS/ASA -AkogtSP! paOho. Was wondering how you were, and here is a lucid letter.

Most people identify with the boat and when they have to leaves they kick and scream and fight, and then demand to be put back into another boat.


It seems that you have come to the point where you can accept death, leaving your body, without undo violence, attachment, and then you can help others do the same.

Yet the next question is, "What do we do once we leave the body, buddy, boat"?

We have crossed the Atlantic, we have docked in New York, but what do we do now?

If we are living normally, we would have been communicating with our future employers, understanding our job, preparing for it and expecting to be met by a particular persona when we arrived.

So, we do Ekadasi vrata. We learn to live a little more in the spiritual world.

We actually begin to remember what is our job.

Then death is nice.

Giving up our handcuffs and chains!

Correct?

Are you a peanut?

Are you a cow?

Are you a potato?

How do you know how?

🐒🐒 .,🐒🦍🌴.. .

Thank you!

Requested report

Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP!


I’ve been working on the following:

Chanting, Srimad Bhagavatam reading, cooking/cleaning, PhD Applications, Kalaripayattu Martial Art training, Mandi IIT Indian knowledge systems course teaching (Odissi) 🙏.


YAS,

SM DD



HpS//ASA - Super! Super!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ndhidEmUbI

😎


Hope to hear more from you when you get to the [?] Devil Sea!

Hare Krsna!!! Hare Rama!!!


Where are you camping?


How is the Pappa and Brother and Mother?


Travel plans???


All joking aside. Watch out. Krsna is notorious for making strange plans with people's lives.

Hanging in Sraddha and Sadhu Sanga

1 year, 11 months ago by bhaktanicasio in Personal Sadhana Reports

Hare Krishna, Beloved Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,


ASA/HpS - Jaya!


Here we are in an Ecovillage in Brazil, studying Ayurveda.

Is it worth it? We don't know!!

These last two months were very tough!! It was difficult for me to chant my rounds. Although many times I woke up at 4 am, my mind was wandering everywhere, sometimes it took half an hour to chant one round.


ASA 😲


Some days I can finish 16 rounds, some days not.


I feel panic, depression, like Arjuna in BG 6.38. I can die at any moment and what did I do with my life?

I can not yet understand what is the cause of it!

Whether it is:

  • an emotional issue,
  • family attachment,
  • too much entanglement in administrative affairs,
  • so many suffering stories at work on a daily basis,
  • aparadhas,
  • lack of sincerity or surrender,
  • pride,
  • little bit of everything?

Not much is going on at Sri Govardhan. Although we are advancing in the administrative field, spiritual programs are scarce. Only the morning program and some visits of Senior Vaisnavas.


Material life is ok, family, work, health. 


Yesterday I read SB canto 4 chapters 25 to 29, preaching of Narada Muni to king Pracinabarhisat and the allegory of Puranjana. So I can remember the situation I am in.


One thing is sure, that my faith in Srila Prabhupada and Iskcon is unchanged, and I feel gratitude for the friendship of devotees.


I see yourself as a great example, a case of success, of course Srila Prabhupada is the Gold Standard of success.


Dedicated your life to your Guru-maharaja, developed a strong and steady sadhana, did tons of service, helped a lot of people and now you are retiring to focus on your inner bhajana. 


HpS - It is bizarre! We are in the closet, material world, and we think that returning to the rest of the house, patio, park, forest, with the rest of the people for Krsna's week of festivities for His birthday party is going "inside". Is funny, no?


I already purchased DTC 1 and 2 from vimeo (waiting for 3 y 4), and distributed 10 TPP Spanish edition. One to H. H. Dhanvantari Swami. He was very impressed by the book. He wants to speak with you to translate it in Portuguese.


HpS - We have not heard from him. Of course, he can do it. It is designed for Bhakti-vaibhava level of diploma studies.

In this letter https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/13631/ you told me: “Hopefully we are at least 77% clear pathway to Srila Prabhupada and we certainly beg you to find other ways to reach him also Eg. Books, Other ISKCON devotees”.

Thank you so much for this instruction, I feel very much protected and cared for by you. I’m feeling very inspired by these devotees, Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami, Navina Nirada Prabhu, S. B. Keshava Swami from Bhaktivedanta manor and Aravinda Prabhu. I listen to their lectures. I feel like it is the next wave in iskcon. So much power in their preaching, it gives me huge hope!!



In my next letter I will tell you about our projects, and share some thoughts about the GBC. But nothing is worth it, if I can not chant good rounds, so now I want to ask you for help and some advice, how can I improve my japa? (probably you will say by chanting japa), how can I pacify my mind while I’m chanting?

Thank you Gurudeva, you showed me that this process is first class spiritual science.

I’m sorry that I’m more a burden than a help,

Endeavoring to follow your example,

A stubborn fool conditioned soul,

Nikunja bihari das.


HpS//ASA - Nice news in many ways. We hope many other Bloggies make comments on your ideas.

We have Karma, Vasanas, Individual archetypes. They kick-in in certain situations, in certain arrangements of the planets.

We feel life and low, agitated or peaceful mind, even during different parts of the day.

Every morning from 1.00-5.30AM I am a saint, then by 6PM I start to turn into a demo. [Civilized Demon].

I have developed certain techniques, systems to control our mind after many years of working on it.

You will develop yours also.

There is just no doubt about. Every time you take a deep breath and chant three, four, five.. mantras you have made eternal progress.

Tell us all some of the techniques you use now?

Reporte actual

1 year, 11 months ago by rosa_canchucaja in Personal Sadhana Reports

Jay Guru Maharaj, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias, todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.


 Guru Maharaj Estoy cantando 16 rondas, voy a Srila Prabhupada samadhi para Mangal Aarti todos los días. También estoy cantando en Hari Nama y Tengo una buena asociación con Gaura Gadadhara y su esposo Vira Gopal.


 Guru Maharaj ya tengo boleto para volver a España el 29 de septiembre, pero antes de irme me gustaría visitar Sri Vrindavan Dham por primera vez,

 Guru Maharaj por favor busco sus bendiciones para poder hacer este viaje a Sri Vrindavan Dham.


 Gracias por toda su misericordia 


 Su aspirante a servienta

 Ratna Lekha Devi Dasi


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Jay Guru Maharaj, please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.


 Guru Maharaj I am chanting 16 rounds, I go to Srila Prabhupada samadhi for Mangal Aarti every day. I am also chanting in Hari Nama and I have a good association with Gaura Gadadhara and her husband Vira Gopal.


HpS/ASA - Amazing! 😯 Your next birth will be in Nabadvipa with Nimai and Saccimata?


 Guru Maharaj I already have a ticket to return to Spain on September 29, but before I leave I would like to visit Sri Vrindavan Dham for the first time,


 Guru Maharaj please I seek your blessings to be able to make this trip to Sri Vrindavan Dham.


HpS/ASA - Hare Krsna! Hare Krsna!

We hope you can get some confidential experience of Vrndavana. We hope your Divya svarupa is waking up.

We hope our news in the Kapi Dhvaja is useful


Please write to us all about what happens while you are there!


 Thank you for all your mercy

 Your would-be servant


 Ratna Lekha Devi Dasi