Hare Krisna, Dear Gurudeva. Please accept my humble obeisances, dandavats. AGTSP.
Thank you for your answer, Gurudeva.
We have much to learn ....
In a few years we'll see all things with better perspective than now and I'm sure we'll laugh while we're chanting Hare Krisna toghether.
Now let's go to work, work, work for Krisna.
Thank you Gurudeva, thank you.
Your humble and fallen down servant, Dandava Das.
Hare Krisna Gurudeva. Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I hope you’re fine.
Carcika and me are very well by Krisna’s Mercy, trying to work for Krisna and His devotees.
The Madrid’s Temple goes very well. We have a great team of devotees. The ashram is full and we opened a matajis’ ashram in the flat close to temple. The last week was Urmila Devi Dasi prabhu and some matajis took accommodation in the new ashram.
We have a very strong summer programs with itinerant preachers: Vrajasaki Das Prabhu, Urmila Devi Dasi Prabhu, Harisauri Das Prabhu, Bhakti Nityananda Maharaja, Vraja Krisna Das prabhu, etc ... The connection with New Vrajamandala and other temples of Spain is very strong by Krisna’s Mercy and His devotees, but lamentably we want to take away from some devotees from Navalakunda, because they have established a power fight with the GBC. t seems they don’t accept the GBC’s authority and your disciples in the Rector Council don’t follow your instructions about the GBC’s authority line, instructions that you wrote by email about what Srila Prabhupada said and you sent to some devotees like Hrdaya Caitanya Das Prabhu, Bhakti Gauravani Goswami, Yadunandana Swami, Jayanta Das Prabhu or myself.
HpS - ASA - AGTSP Paoho. Oink! WHoop! Gronk... Brank!
This is very important topic, but it is also admnistrative topic so comes in third level of importance after Devotee Relations, Brahminical Relations and before Money and Technical Details.
In the letter we wrote we said that as far as we knew everyone involved was following 4-principles, chanting 16-rounds so the dispute basically seems to be an administrative one. That's O.K. Radharani and Candravali argue about how to serve Krsna best.
That kind of finishes our diksa guru involvement in the situation and from 7,000 miles away we can't do too much in detail. As a consultant it seems to us from what we know that Jayanta Das and others may have been dealt with little rudely, not appreciating all of their incredible service. However, looking at what we know, and considering the distance and the language barrier, we don't know that much, it seems that Naval-kunda Yatra should have more respect for the National Council opinion and then the GBC Secretary opinion above that. To waste Srila Prabhupada's money to build a second Rathyatra cart seems insane to us.
Hrdaya's GBC deciscion about delivering the cart and disputing the other issues at the next National Council meeting seems sane.
He seems like a sane person to us.
On the other hand, maybe the Naval kunda Yatra has some super important issue to make by this expense of Srila Prabhupada's money that the GBC Body will listen to and then make a decision that will have strategic global value for Spain and the world.
My point was that this is administration. One should not get too close or too far from three things: A Brahmana, A King or A Fire.
If you get too far away you will derive no benefit and if you get too close you will get burned.
Taking such a dispute past the GBC appointed Zonal Secretary to the GBC Body, (to Prabhuapda?) . . . is very, very intense business. We've seen Prabhupada chastise devotees (with love) so intensely for doing this that they were vibrating and could not sleep for two days. Prabhupada recounts a similar experience he had with his Guru-maharaja.
That is all we said on the matter and just can't do much more unless it is in English.
We can't possibly offer opinions on details of administration from here.
A possible transcendental fight has become in a problem to follow the GBC's authority. We are very sad. Nobody understands why they don’t want to give the Lord Jagannatha’s cart to Lord Jagannatha takes a walk on the Madrid’s streets during the Ratha Yatra's day. We don’t want to generate more karma by this issue. The time will put the matters in order. They are a very good devotes but it seems as if an ant had become in a mad elephant. I don’t know. May be I’m too fallen down to understand it.
HpS - Just step back and laugh a little bit and keep trying to do your job as President of your Yatra. Krsna didn't let Draupadi know all of His plans either.
On other hand, the last Saturday we celebrated the International Yoga’s Day in Madrid. Many yogis came, and we distribute more than 100 Prasadam’s plates, some books and more than 80 yogis were chanting Hare Krisna with Yasodanandana Prabhu as leader of the Kirtan, Janardan prabhu and Bhakta Marcos playing the caratalas, and Krisna Avatar prabhu playing the Mrndanga. Carcika Devi Dasi (my wife) and Sananda Devi Dasi dancing, everybody were in ecstasy and they went away with a great smile on their faces. We had many preaching. At the same time we had the lunch program in the temple with a hundred people. Many many Krisna’s Mercy.
HpS - ASA - Very nice!! Many times we have seen great programs with ISKCON and Yoga ashramas. Thing is to talk to the participants and do another one better later, no?
Well Gurudeva. Thank you for listening me, for Japa Joe and all the inspiration you give us to spread the Sankirtana’s movement in Madrid.
Please, let me keep at your service.
Your humble servant, Dandava Das.
HpS - ASA - Thanks to all of you!!!
Hare Krsna Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Thanks for your answer.
I hope we will meet next time in Summer and we can give sweet watermelon to your beloved Nrsimhadeva ;)
It was a long journey but finally i received your TPP-CB. Thank you very much!
This is very cool and interesting. Actually it seems to me this is your diary. But i can see the connection between this and the Upadesamrita because you live according to the book, so your life (and your diary) is exemplary. You wrote didn't expect to understand everything immediately and read it at least six times. So i will do it.
I did my BS exam in Budapest if you need it i can send You my diploma.
In Hungary there are no courses (just for the Bhaktivedanta College students) everybody study for BS and BV independently. The devotees offered me their lecture notes so i can prepare myself from them but if there will be a new course it would be nice to join it. But if there aren't enough people or energy or time etc it's no problem for me i can study alone.
Thanks for your company.
All the best!
Your servant, Sri Radhe dd
HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. If you look at Kama-gayatri's letter you will see some thoughts about the TPP-CB project.
What about joining the Mayapure Institute program??? We are trying to post our materials in our archives. Namacharya Das in Croatia is part of the program in California. Maybe you and he can start a program in Europe!
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We inquired the head of the Synergy school if she was aware of the Educational Symposium. Nampriya Mataji is aware and we were both hoping to have the symposium projected for the teaching staff.
HpS - ASA -- AGTSP paoho. Very nice to hear from you. Please call Mother Subhra Devi Dasi immediately and register. 209 918-9058 or you may not get a Seat.
We have also received the Tava Pache Pache Manuscript Afterwards to the Nectar of Instruction and we felt very fortunate to be able to read it especially considering it is hand written and illustrated! Bhakta Nick and even our 3 year old enjoyed the illustrations and poetry. Aja was very captivated! Our opinion is it is a great book to motivate a KC family of all ages to study Upadesamrta and should be read by all!!!
On a side note it would also be a great zine, photocopied with a nice thick paper cover, maybe a watercolor of Rupa Goswami's Samadhi??? For the sections that have song references, possibly a folded copy of the song can be glued and folded in half so it is easy for readers to sing immediately! We will also be teaching 3rd and 4th graders and we feel this study guide will really captivate them with pictures, poetry and creative prose. A few other devotees who we have shown it to are also of the opinion that it should be copied and distributed. Maharaj, will you allow us to make these transcendental zines? We can let you know the progress in the coming month before your NW tour. Maybe it can be distributed with NOIs?
HpS - ASA - Distribute it as you wish! As the basic description says at www.jayarama.us/archives/tpp-cb.htm
they are full of errors but we expect to get better with practice. Already we have changed our production formatting 7000% and number six we are composing them on 8-1/2 x 11 graph paper so they should be more regular and easy to reproduce. Got bless us!
We are reading TPP with our Bhakti Sastri self study Curriculum and now are on text one of NOI. Still trying to keep up with children's Bhagavatam study, one chapter a week. Left a message with Srivasa Prabhu but no reply. KC Arts and Crafts summer camp next week, we are doing lots of prep for this and hope to give a more detailed critique if you would like of TPP next week.
Your servants,
Kamagayatri and Aja Narayana
HpS - Very good. We certify you as an Monkey Warrior based upon your report and Aja as a Junior Monkey Warrior, but please keep after Srivasa Das for formal study. Call him again. Uncle Gismo says, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease".
Mi muy querido Gurudeva, por favor acepte usted mis reverencias humildes.
¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!
¿Cómo está usted Gurudeva?
HpS - ASA -- Bien, bien, pero sufriendo no oir de Rohini-Ananga-Draupadi Devi Dasis!!<img alt="sad" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/sad_smile.png" title="sad" width="23" />
Siempre me noticio de usted, mediante sus comunicaciones. Jaya Gurudeva. Como siempre me mantengo con mis 16 rondas, 4 principios, programas y lecturas, ese es realmente el pan de cada día.
Con la venida a Perú de SS Jayapataka Swami, los devotos solicitaron un informe de los Bhakti-sastris que mediante Usted obtuvieron su diploma. Entonces entregue el informe, cuya copia estoy enviándole a Usted, para que como siempre, tenga Usted conocimiento de todo servicio de la administración del programa de exámenes Bhakti-sastri, que Usted dirige.
Aquí abajo el informe.
En servicio
Su discípula
Rohini Devi Dasi
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¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!
Prabhu Laksmana – agraja Das
Por favor acepte usted mis respetuosas reverencias.
Espero que la presente lo encuentre a usted en buena salud espiritual y material en conciencia de Krsna.
Tengo a bien enviarle la lista de los Bhakti-sastris NIMSAR hasta el momento.
Quedo muy atenta
En servicio
Rohini Devi Dasi
Administradora Programa de Exámenes Bhakti Sastri
Lima-Perú
LIMA – PERU 2009
LA PAZ – BOLIVIA 2011
COCHABAMBA – BOLIVIA 2011
COLOMBIA 2011
CUBA 2011
BOISE – USA 2011
CALIFORNIA – USA 2011
TEXAS – USA 2011
AREQUIPA – PERU 2011
CUZCO – PERU 2011
CHICLAYO – PERU 2011
LIMA – PERU 2011
LIMA – PERU 2013
LA PAZ – BOLIVIA 2013
COCHABAMBA – BOLIVIA 2014
CHILE – 2014
CHOSICA – PERÚ 2014
TOTAL A LA FECHA: 68 DEVOTOS BHAKTI-SASTRIS.
HpS - ASA -- AGTSP... paoh ..o'..... Nuestra real preoccupacion es que cada uno ha desarrollado un actual apreciacion para Srila Prabhupada por medio de sus libros. Es es la meta, no?
Que pasa con Vds? Trabajando? Su Sankirtan????
Muchas gracias su servicio.
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Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj, por favor reciba mis reverencias, siguiendo en contacto con usted a traves de las cartas y nosotros siguiendo en la cocina del pujari, bueno por algun corto tiempo.
HpS - ASA --- AGTSP paoho. Krsna is eating your consciousness.
Si, entrenar a otros a que hagan Sankirtan, por la misericordia del Señor Caitanya resultara y funcionará si seguimos un buen Sadhana, cantamos 16 buenas rondas atentamente y si seguimos estrictamente los 4 principios y leemos los libros de Srila Prabhupada, pienso que solo así funcionará. Pero el Señor Caitanya puede ocupar a cualquier persona en su servicio más elevado.
HpS - Si, es un hecho.
Bueno por otro lado mi salud no esta bien, tengo fuertes dolores en el pecho y espalda cada ves que respiro, quizás por el defecto fisico que tengo en el pecho, a las finales llegamos a entender que domde hay muerte siempre habra muerte, pero no para el alma.
Como esta usted??....como esta su salud??.....no entro muy seguido al internet...
Pienso comprar libros de Srila Prabhupada y distribuirlos, también pienso estar 1 mes en cada ciudad o provincia que viajemos, para que así podamos entrenar a los jovenes que quieran hacer Sankirtan. Un plan que lo haremos al culminar nuestro compromiso con la cocina del pujari.
Por otro lado las cosas marchan muy bien en el pujari, respetando el caracter raro de algunos devotos, también eso nos ayuda a mejorar nuestro propio caracter.
HpS - Deity worship is Sankirtana also. In the Deity worship the strange devotees can learn to be normal devotees.
Bueno Guru Maharaj me despido, estaremos en contacto..Hare Krsna..<img alt="yes" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_up.png" title="yes" width="23" />
HpS - Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna. Cambio de cuerpo es como un parqu de diversiones. Podemos ver cosas de un perspectivo muy amplio, pero en realidad no es algo muy profundo en terminos de Sankirtan. Sankirtan es mucho, mucho mas fuerte que cambio del cuerpo.
Gadai Gauranga Das