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[3/7/2025 5:32 PM] Deva-dharma Das: TgSP Pamhr Hare Krishna Maharaja 

En un mes recibí dos invitaciones para dar clases de BG en templo y en un programa de congregación. Hoy me invitaron a hacer puja para un programa de congregación. A las tres respondí que no estoy preparado. No me siento entrenado. Me falta más confianza.

También recibí la invitación para jugar soccer con amigos del colegio 

Debo empezar ya a entrenar y aprender a hacer puja, a aprender a dar clases? No tengo idea de cómo empezar.

Por favor tiene un comentario? 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Mi experiencia máxima en lo que es predicar ha sido bhakti vriksha

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[3/7/2025 5:32 PM] Deva dharma Das: TgSP Pamhr Hare Krishna Maharaja

In one month I received two invitations to teach BG classes in temple and in a congregational program. Today I was invited to do puja for a congregational program. After three I replied that I am not ready. I don't feel trained. I lack more confidence.

I also received the invitation to play soccer with friends from school

Should I start training now and learn to do puja, learn to teach classes? I have no idea how to start.

Please have a comment? 🙏🙏🙏🙏

My greatest experience in preaching has been bhakti vriksha

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. paoho. First, we are trying to help everyone by giving them Bhakti yoga based upon our personal practice and Srila Prabhupada's books.

If we are not chanting 16 nice rounds and following four principles strictly, then we should work on that.

Then, we can give classes and preach by knowing the audience. Ask the organizers about who they are. What is their level of development?

Are they just coming for the first time: Adau sraddha?

Do they understand stand the basic ideas of Bhagavad-gita, reincarnation? Karma? How God incarnates and is present through His energies?

What is the process and different levels of development of Bhakti yoga?

Ask someone else to join you in organizing and presenting the classes.

Just read NoI from the beginning to the students. Answer any questions and if you can't then try to go to an authority with them.

O.K.?

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaja, please accept our obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! 

Thank you so much for this wonderful letter and these illustrations. The Alfred North Whitehead quote is something I want to remember everyday. So grateful to have you in our lives. And we feel very fortunate to have you approve/bless Madhavi’s name as well and to read your kind words for her in the letter. 

HpS/ASA - Tom Brown, Monkey, agtSP, does most of the handwritten letters! 🐵

The grand plan is to keep Radha Bankibhihari happy and taken care of. Make friends and good association here. Do this and do it fully until another opportunity comes on its own accord. And then someday maybe go on tour again but this time with devotees and yes bring the Lordships with us! 

HpS - Super! Prabhupada recommended Gaura Nitai for traveling.

Anadi will be home schooling Yamuna and Madhavi with Mother Arudha’s books and her personal guidance. 

HpS - Super. If it happens, a nice step is Collective Home Schooling, where up to five families work together to have one or people be full time teachers.

I’ve been asked to take over the temple president role here and have been talking with Radhika Ramana Prabhu quite a bit. Not a huge change because Anadi and I have essentially been sharing that responsibility for a few years now but still it feels like a big weight and a great challenge. I’ve been laughing with Krishna about it and have had some arguments too. I just never could imagine that I would have a responsibility like this. 

HpS/ASA - Get everything written down by the principal participants. Fix it for a certain time eg. six months, one year, then review the contract after that time? Hare Krsna, Hare Rama.

Going to have our second movie night at the temple in March. Going to show Brother Sun Sister Moon a movie about Saint Francis. Then we will start showing the Diary of A Traveling Creature movies each month starting in April. 

HpS/ASA - What night? Friday night?

I would like to visit you in Houston in the Spring. Is that okay?

HpS - Our plan is to get ready to board the airplane to Vaikuntha (hell) with notice of one breath. 78-year old body!!! but general consensus is that is practical to plan being based in Houston ISKCON until Janmasatami = August.

11-18 March = Nashville. Especially talking about visiting again around Janmastami time for a big North American festival in Nashville ISKCON.

Always happy to have your corporal association.

Been listening to the SB classes in Houston almost everyday and corresponding with Jaya Hari Prabhu so I’ve been receiving lots of mercy in that regard and it’s been empowering projects here in Boise. I eagerly await your classes each week and they inspire our Krishna Lounge talks and everything else. 

Thank you, Gurumaharaja! Oh and thank you for the donation🙏🏻

Your aspiring servant, 

Nitisara Das 

P.S. here is an animation/puppet show that someone made for a song of mine. The song is about Love in separation with God. He wants to keep working with me so as I develop my own Sankirtan I can engage him in more krishna consciousness subject matter.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2OcZTmB2zwI&pp=ygULbmljayBkZWxmZnM%3D

HpS - We will look at it a little later!!!

Now... 4.10PM... and packing up to go to the Temple by 4.30PM to be available for and Sadhu sanga, then 6-6.40PM make the Sunday Love Feast lecture presentation.

As usual, www.youtube.com (ISKCON Houston).

Thank you!!!

Respects to everyone!!

Krsna has a career plan for all of us, no?

Maybe over several lifetimes!

Who might you be in the Mahabharata in you next life???

Please, beloved and remembered Gurumaharaja, accept my obeisances to the dust of His feet of lotus 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌷🌹🌺🌻🌼🌷🌹🌺

I have never sung publicly. But I have made some songs to Krishna, for several years now and I would like to start sharing them on my Youtube channel.

Gopal likes them very much and I think that if at some point I leave the body, He can continue singing them and be inspired by Krishna consciousness.

I have given a tone to some of the Arcayas' songs, like this beautiful poem by Srila Rupa Goswami that I share with you here:

https://youtu.be/uIplUWpT608?si=YpOrKvzkljH85IVv

I am still perplexed with my dance to Sri Nityananda.. I don't know if I pleased him or not? ...I remember Lord Brahma when he offers prayers to Sri Krsna and he doesn't know if he pleased him or not? .. Krsna didn't respond at the end.. He just played his sweet flute 😊

Last night I saw you in a wonderful dream. I was in Manipur and I was talking to a Manipuri dancer who told me that she went to Peru and was happy to see the Peruvian devotees so united to do their service. And you were there and then you weren't there. There was a big monkey that was passing by laughing and suddenly I saw your face Gurudev..! inside the monkey's face.. I couldn't believe it!! And you were extremely happy, with a beautiful smile!

Because of the dream where the devil was with your face, last time, I'm not worried, I know that it will go away with the maha mantra.. I think that the less importance we give it, the faster it goes away... Can you recommend something to me please? It's good to have you here Gurudev to confirm these things.

I pray to Krsba that I may understand His instructions Gurumaharaja and carry them out with soul, body, mind and words.

But even though I don't chant publicly, I go out into the streets every day and give Vedabase.com to many people. I am always excited to do this sankirtan and distribute the chanting of Srila Prabhupada ki jay!

Here I share some gems that Franco spontaneously made for Krsna Balarama!

I was trying out the camera on this blog and I see that you can also send a video. Would you like me to send you a video of me singing a minute of my japa here?

I'm also going a little blind... as Gopal says, let's go to Goloka!👏👏👏😅😂❤🌷🙏

All this foolish J.P Radha dd. wants is to please you Gurudeva, thank you for your time and adorable Self.

Trying to serve you eternally:

J.P. Radha dd

HpS//ASA - We are going a lot blind. GUess we will all be seeing KRSNA by reawakening our insight! That is very good.

I think that your dance, music, media is great.

The more you get out and share it, the more you will understand how to format it?

Any Sankirtan partners in Cordoba?

Hare Krishna Gurumajaraja

PAMHO

AGTSP

I'm Divya Dristi dd from Cusco Perú I was using the name Manjary but now I prefer to write you directly 🙏.

I'm staying in Cusco now,My plan is to live here,I ve rented un appartment,with two rooms, I have the proyect to invite women devotees to leave with me,to give clases of puppetts,theater and kirtan,to children and teenagers ,in the same appartment in the leaving rooms.

The idea is to ask a cover money for the lessons so this money could be used to pay the rent and other expenses like services and bhoga,and much more, to be it susteinable.

The appartment has all services, wifi,kitchen,one toilet with hot water,located in a good location central city, actually in this building there are a liders institute for children and teenagers in the first floor,so its a good location.the last week Prabhu Dinabhandhu from vrindavan and his servant came to Cusco to preach CK and they stayed in this appartment they liked it and Prabhu Dinabhandhu gave me his blessiings for this proyect.

QUESTIONS:

1._Which advises could you give me to make this plan work?

hps - the same always give. have you learned that yet? we smile as we ask.

2._Could you please help me to find two women devotees who would like to teach in Cusco and leave here? If they have experience teaching they can stay from one week to much more time.I could hellooo them.

HpS - Think laksmana or abhirama et al would 600 times better at that than us:

hope KRSNA sends people!!!

Thank you very much for your aswers.

Your servant

Divya Dristi dd.

🙏🙏🙏🌈

hps - selfie attached.

Remenbered Gurudeva:

Please accep my obeisances to your lotus feet eternally🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌷🌼🌻🌺🌹🌹🙏

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All Glories To You my dear Gurumaharaja!🙏🌷🌼🌻🌺🌹🌷🌼🌻🌺🌹🌹

hps/as -agtsp... 🙂

For Sri Nityananda's appearance day, I was very inspired and did a dance to a very nice bhajan that was sung when the Pancha Tatwa deities were installed at ISKCON Mayapur: Nadiya Godrume.

The day I recorded was a hot day of more than 40 degrees !!! And it was Varaha Dvadasi. The next day was the appearance of Sri Nitya - Ananda!

Please I hope to please you with this offering to Sri Nityananda🙏, and it is also an offering to You who is the manifestation of Sri Nityananda's mercy.

Link de Youtube:

https://youtu.be/X_2Qf7HlC4A?si=KEOUS1E8QAs-7_mr

I hope you had a wonderful festival, as You say, "every year the festivals are more intense!" I think it is because we understand our Guru's mercy better.

Please forgive any offense and give me Your blessing to understand His mercy🙏🙏🙏

Please forgive any mistakes in my dance, in editing, in the camera. Although I am not a professional in doing any of this, I am just trying to do some service to give my bit to this wonderful sankirtan movement. And just by giving this bit, I feel extremely happy!!!!

Jay Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!!! Eternally grateful for accepting me in this adorable sankirtan movement 🙏❤ Trying to be eternally busy at the feet of You Gurumaharaja, of all of You:

J.P.Radha DD ,

Please accept obeisances from Franco ( who helped me with some words and ideas for better editing) and Gopal (12 years old)

P.D.

It's a prasadam video😀 because before uploading it to youtube, I showed it to my deity Lord Nitya Ananda! (which Franco carved) I hope my Lord Nityananda can be pleased❤🙏

hps/as - 🐵 how many hours a month do you get out for public chanting?

thank you?

En este glorioso día de su Sri Vyasapuja, por favor permítame Glorificarlo:

Estuve meditando la mejor manera de expresar todo el Amor que siento a UD. Querido Gurudev, .. reflexionaba en el verso del Bhagavat Gita 7.1 "la Suprema personalidad de Dios dijo: ahora oye, ! Oh hijo de Prtha! cómo mediante de la práctica del yoga con plena Conciencia de mi, con la mente apegada a mi, podrás conocerme por completo, libre de dudas " querido Gurudev, dentro de todas las tribulaciones del mundo material y los ataques de Maya, entender que todo que Krishna hace y permite es bueno!!! no es fácil, pero, la plena Fe en ud el Devoto puro de Krishna que siempre está orando por nosotros para que Krishna nos dé la inteligencia para llegar a la vida espiritual, eternamente Feliz!!!

no tengo mucha internet, pero, tengo mis antiguas clases de Sankirtan, cuando habían reuniones de Sankirtaneros en Perú, me tropeze con una hermosa carta de un Maestro Espiritual a su Discípulo, la carta decía así: " conozco tu miseria, las luchas y tribulaciones de tu alma, las diferencias y las enfermedades de tu cuerpo sé de tu vilesa, de tus pecados y te digo lo mismo: Dame tu Corazón, Amame como eres .. si esperas ser un angel para abandonarte al Amor no me amarás nunca, aún si eres vil en la práctica del deber y la virtud, si vuelves a caer en aquellas culpas que quisieras no cometer más, no te permito de no amarme, Amame como eres, quiero el amor de tu pobre corazón, no esperes ser perfecto no me amarás nunca.. acaso no podría hacer de cada gramo de arena un angel radiante de purezas de nobleza y amor?

deja que te ame quiero tu corazón, ciertamente que deseo con el tiempo transformarte! pero, ahora te amo como eres, quiero que de los harapos subas con un gran grito: Krishna te Amo!! quiero únicamente el canto de tu corazón, no necesito ni tu ciencia ni tu talento, una sola cosa me importa "verte trabajar con Amor por Dios" . hoy estoy ante las puertas de tu corazón como un mendigo, llamo y espero, apúrate a abrirme. no llegues tu miseria, si conocieras perfectamente tu indigencia moririas de dolor, lo que me heriría el corazón sería el verte dudar y no tenerme confianza, quiero que pienses en mi a cada hora del día y de la noche, quiero que hagas la acción más insignificante sólo por amor, cuento contigo para darme alegría, no te preocupes por poseer virtudes te daré las mías, cuando tengas que sufrir te daré fuerzas... pero, recuerda: Amame como eres, cualquier cosa que suceda, no esperes ser santo para abandonarte al Amor no me amarás nunca! vamos, vamos, cantando, cantando Krishna!!!

Gracias eternas querido y Amado Gurudev, por el amor que nos está dando, que es la fuerza para seguir adelante en mi torpe e inútil vida!!!

Su insignificante sirvienta

M. Jambavati dd

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On this glorious day of your Sri Vyasapuja, please allow me to Glorify you:

I was meditating on the best way to express all the Love I feel for you. Dear Gurudev, .. I was reflecting on the verse of Bhagavat Gita 7.1 "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Now hear, O son of Prtha! How through the practice of yoga with full Consciousness of me, with the mind attached to me, you will be able to know me completely, free of doubts" Dear Gurudev, within all the tribulations of the material world and the attacks of Maya, understanding that everything that Krishna does and allows is good!!! is not easy, but, full Faith in you, the pure Devotee of Krishna who is always praying for us so that Krishna gives us the intelligence to reach the spiritual life, eternally Happy!!!

HpS - we already have that life! just have to get back to it, today, no?

I don't have much internet, but I have my old Sankirtan classes, when there were meetings of Sankirtaners in Peru, I came across a beautiful letter from a Spiritual Master to his Disciple, the letter said like this: "I know your misery, the struggles and tribulations of your soul, the differences and illnesses of your body, I know of your vileness, of your sins and I tell you the same: Give me your Heart, Love me as you are... if you expect to be an angel to abandon yourself to Love you will never love me, even if you are vile in the practice of duty and virtue, if you fall again into those faults that you would like not to commit anymore, I will not allow you to not love me, Love me as you are, I want the love of your poor heart, do not expect to be perfect you will never love me... could I not make of each gram of sand a radiant angel of purity of nobility and love?

Let me love you, I want your heart, I certainly wish to transform you with time! But, now I love you ... You are, I want you to rise from the rags with a great cry: Krishna I love you!! I only want the song of your heart, I do not need your science or your talent, only one thing matters to me "to see you work with Love for God". Today I am at the doors of your heart like a beggar, I knock and wait, hurry to open for me. Do not let your misery come, if you knew perfectly your indigence you would die of pain, what would hurt my heart would be to see you doubt and not trust me, I want you to think of me every hour of the day and night, I want you to do the most insignificant action only for love, I count on you to give me joy, do not worry about possessing virtues I will give you mine, when you have to suffer I will give you strength... but, remember: Love me as you are, whatever happens, do not wait to be a saint to abandon yourself to Love you will never love me! Come on, come on, singing, singing Krishna!!!

Eternal thanks dear and Beloved Gurudev, for the love you are giving us, which is the strength to continue forward in my clumsy and useless life!!!

Your insignificant servant

M. Jambavati dd

HpS - Great letter. Seems like Lord Caitanya talking to Sarva bhauma Bhattachary!!!

Hope you get 600% help in your Sankirtan and all of your efforts to give the greatest good to everyone!!

What's next for you!?

Krsna uses you as a tool!

What's next!

Hope you have perfect association with Lima Yatra and everyone!!!!!