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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances to your lotus feet.

All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga

Dear Gurumaharaj,

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I waited quite long for an opportune moment to write to you because I really do not to disturb you on your activities.

I would like to express my enourmous happines because I had your association in Arequipa; also because there I got the opportunity to associate with many spiritual brothers and systers like Gaura Gadadhara (whom I truly love), Yugala Mataji, Patrak Prabhu, Manasi Ganga Mataji, etc. We had beutyful days together, specially that day of picnic in the beach.

Devotees in Bolivia we are very good. During december we got the visit of H.H. Jayapataka Swami Maharaj. He came back to Bolivia after more than four years. They were exiting days: I had the opportunity to speal with His Holiness, I shower him the work I make and he was delighted. He expressed his desire of me going to Lima to restore Parama Karuna Sri Sri Gaura Nitai from Wilson Temple. That was something that shocked me on a spiritual level. It was a beautiful joy, I hope some day this whish could become true – depending always on your blessings Dear Gurudeva.

We continue living in Cochabamba with my husband Vrishabanu. My service is regular (assisting in the kitchen, being pujari, some Sundays I give Bhagavad Gita classes and other services like restoring Deites from different devotees – I already fixed more than 20 pairs of deties, from different parts of the country and Perú).

I continue studying art. I had left the studies for two years, but Krishna made me comeback. This is my way. I really hope this service is pleasing you Dear Gurudeva. We have more plans with Mathuresh Prabhu, one of them is to produce a natural size Murti of Srila Prabhupada for the new temple to be built here in Tiquipaya.

You want we to do Sankirtan and that is what we are doing. On 2012 I participated in the Marathon, I could distribute many many books, including Bhagavad Gitas and now I have to go to La Paz to teach how to do sankirtan to a mataji. I humbly request from you to shower your blessings on us both so that we can distribute many books in La Paz.

This year I would like to serve more the Sankirtan of Srila Prabhupada, I would like to continue studying and to be able to do some service that can really help your mission and satisfy you.

Please do not forget this servant that loves you very dearly.

Narayani dd

Ps: I am sending my annual reaport and my Vyasa Puja offering via email.

HpS - AGTSP....   Paoho...  Is very nice to hear from you.    You are on the right path.  Because of previous work Krsna has given you so much facility to do some very real service.  Your intelligence of your service and nature will become more and more deep and your association with other devotees, your husband, will also become deeper and deeper.  This is what we think.  Thank you so much. Please go ahead with full enthusiasm.

Hare Krsna Gurumaharaja
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

In the occation of your Vyasapuja I want to thanks that I have the mercy of your association, showing me the path, being an inspiration, and a representative of Krsna, of the guru parampara. Thank you for accepting me as your disciple, although I don't deserve it. In this age, we have the biggest fortune, that common and materalistic people like me can have contact with vaisnavas like yourself. Thank you for giving us your association through the blog, reports, webex... It reminds me that real life is in Krsna Conciousness. It reminds me that Krsna Conciousness is deep, intense. That devotional service for Krsna is very serious business. I pray I can make progress in my love (service) for Krsna and Srila Prabhupada under your guidance, in order to be your real disciple.

Report:
Marathon finished. I don't know yet my score exactly. It is not much much, around... 1800 small book, 120 LOB, 20 big books, 17BG... I am ashamed because I didn't my best. I did not work so hard. My mind becomes tired soon and I didn't push it to the limits, only some pushing to the mind. Now I feel sad and ashamed, because other devotees made more for Krsna, and it is not only for the result or honor. But there is a satisfaction when you give everything to Krsna, I see other devotees can taste this, but because I am "miser"(avaro) I didn't gave everything to Krsna, I kept attached to my comfort in mind and body, so now I cannot taste this spiritual satisfaction of having made a big endeavor for Krsna. So I feel sad. I feel ashamed with Prabhu Aravinda, because I think he expected more. He didn't tell anything of course, but I feel sad I cannot offer a better endeavor and result to my authorities and Krsna . Compared to other matajis I did half... But at the same time I am very grateful I could make something for Krsna, I am grateful for each book I gave, I tried to do it with as much devotion as I have. I hope, if I cannot go beyond the limits of my mind and body, at least I can become steady, and do this service all my life, and improve my love and devotion to my service, in order to really please Krsna.

I gave my email to some very interested people in the marathon, and they wrote to me with very nice comments about the books. One person even came the 31th to the temple (but I think he also had a motivation for me as mataji... so I tried to talk to him with other devotees present, and to preach to him very clearly, showing that it was to share spiritual knowledge that we approach people. He took a BG. But I was thinking what to do in this cases?)

Thank you Gurudeva
All glories to your service to Srila Prabhupada!!!!!!!

Your servant, Nitya Kisori dd

HpS - ASA -  AGTSP   paoho.   Thank you very much. I think that if you go ahead with this attitude you will solve all your problems. You will be able to render pure devotional service unmixed with passion for short term results.   Thank you so much.  Adelante.

Hare Krsna Maharaj, PAMHO,  AGTSP,

Respected Exalted soul, your qualities are beyond our comprehension.

       ASA - Thank you. AGTSP. We thought  we were incomprehensible t but your opinion has given us firm conviction. - Tom Brown, MONKEY.

There are so many things to learn from you ,till our death

we repeatedly read in SP purports that human life for austerity and training. Can one train himself , just by knowing the principles?  What are requirements of Training ? what are requirements for austerity?

hari bol
aspiring to be trained to please Guru Parampara

ASA - Krsna is always present as the Supersoul, Advaita-acharya. So we are being trained by force by His mercy if we want it or not.  That could take a long time.  Better we try to co-operate. Then we come to vaidhi-bhakti and the first principle of vaidhi-bhakti is to take shelter of an Acharya, and that means to hear from him. So you are doing it. By hearing irregularly you learn how to hear regularly. Srila Prabhupada is our Acharya we hear from him and everything is progressive.

Hare Krsna Su Santidad Reciba mis humildes reverencias Todas las Glorias A Srla Prabhupada Bueno informando aqui B. Brian Téllez (bbt). :) ya termino la maraton aqui en Brasil y aunque el calor llego hasta 50 grados y la mente quería morir le agradezco por su inspirasion pensar en servir a mi señor HPS hacia que todo valiera la pena.

El DSAL no llego a la meta de 25 mil pero se lograron 17 mil libros de 120 cajas que cargábamos se distribuyeron 70 cajas aproximadamente. Aqui b. Burro quedo de 3r puesto en el cierre de la maraton pero casi no logro salir vivo mi vida espiritual se vio muy afectada por perder el sadhana y dormir poco, ahora otra vez haciendo el esfuerzo por conectarme a japa joe y asistir a mangala :0).

           ASA - Hare Krsna!   Hare Krsna!!!    TlgaSP!!!!!      Adjustar el ambiente para mejorar la Japa como la essencia de Sankirtana!

Su Santidad sus palabras refrescan este fuego de la vida material, no tengo mas q hacer con mi vida por eso la ofrezco a sus pies de loto!

     ASA - Pies de manzana.

Que hay q hacer para servirlo? Como puedo ayudar en su servicio y no ser una carga? Hoy salimos para méxico a la siguiente maraton porfavor disculpe mi irresponsabilidad al no levantarme temprano y cantar mis rondas prometo retomar el estándar. Su sirviente B. B. T.

      ASA - En su equipo hay devotos quien mantiene Mangala arati?

Querido Gurudeva, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias! Toda gloria a Srila Prabhupada!

Espero que se encuentre bien Gurudeva. Como ve soy muy mal discipulo, le escribo tan pocas cartas!

Estoy en Colombia, hemos comprado tierra para el proyecto de varna-asrama...

El ultimo año en España tuve muy mal sadhana, no estaba cantando rondas, 0 rondas.

Gracias a Krishna estoy mejorando mis rondas en estos 4 meses que ya llevamos en Colombia. Cantando 16 rondas muchos dias, aunque otros dias no estoy todas cantando mis 16 rondas.

Los principios los estoy siguiendo mucho mejor, la vida en el campo es buena para esto, aunque estoy comiendo granos cocinados por no-devotos, como pan y pizza y cosas asi.

Estoy leyendo el Caitanya Caritamrita madhya-lila.

Nuestro trabajo aqui como grihastas ha sido buscar y comprar una finca, pero no es solo para la familia, si no que estamos comprando la tierra lo mas grande posible para que vengan mas familias.

La finca esta a una hora y media de Medellin, en un pueblo muy turistico llamado Guatape. Son 27.000 metros (2,7 has). Aqui esperamos poder organizar para recibir a muchas familias y vamos a poder hacerlo mas grande cuando mas y mas familias vengan.

Ya estamos sembrando frijol, maiz y papa. La tierra es muy buena aqui para cultivar! El proximo proyecto es comprar una vaca.

Aqui le muestro unas fotos de la finca:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.516602351704837.118180.100000652296677&type=1

Es un lugar muy agradable por la gente, campesinos que sus padres y abuelos y muchas generaciones atras eran todos campesinos. Siempre nos invitan a arepa y queso los vecinos, y un vecino nos regala leche todos los dias de sus vacas. Son gente muy pacifica, tenemos que aprender de ellos, lastima que toman aguardiente!

Seguiremos informando.

Esperamos invitarle para que venga a visitarnos pronto a Colombia, aunque debemos recuperarnos economicamente antes!

Espero que este muy bien, Hare Krishna!

            ASA -  TlgaSP!    Pensamos en los pies de loto de Srila Prabhupada en primero lugar en cualquier cosa realizamos. Eso es el perspectivo para nosotros. SI, eso es la comenza, y despues expandiendo a tierras, agricutura, vacas, sociedad. Entonces solamente puedo comentar si esta poniendo buena esfueza en Nama-japa y Kirtana va a ver cosas expandiendo bien.    Si, tenemos preocupacion no oir de nuestras alumnos. Mas y mas de su lucha con la Bruja.