Hare Krsna, Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

I follow HH Vaisesaka Maharaja on facebook. He always gives thought provoking advices.

I asked Him personally one question about fear and he kindly responded. Due to His answer was so warm hearted I guess that is worthy to share it within your Blog.

HpS - ASA - Our Blog, no?

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Dear Chandramukhi, Bhadram te! Jaya Srila Prabhupada. Bhadram te! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

Fear is the normal condition of this material world, because although we are eternal spirit souls, we are inhabiting temporary, material bodies, and we don't know when our time of death will arrive. Even the demigods are fearful. This is powerfully illustrated in the following verse from the teachings of Lord Kapiladeva:

mad-bhayād vāti vāto ’yaṁ

sūryas tapati mad-bhayāt

varṣatīndro dahaty agnir

mṛtyuś carati mad-bhayāt

It is because of My supremacy that the wind blows, out of fear of Me; the sun shines out of fear of Me, and the lord of the clouds, Indra, sends forth showers out of fear of Me. Fire burns out of fear of Me, and death goes about taking its toll out of fear of Me. (SB 3.25.42)

Here Krishna is speaking as the inescapable time factor. Time is the force that destroys all created beings. However, devotees realize Krishna in His personal form, as the all-merciful and all-powerful Personality of Godhead. Devotees also cultivate faith that Krishna, as the supreme controller, is always protecting them and maintaining them. Nothing can happen without the Lord's sanction. In order to relieve His devotees from all anxiety and fear, Krishna tells Arjuna the peace formula:

bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ

sarva-loka-maheśvaram

suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ

jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati

A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries. (BG 5.29)

Devotees who realize the Lord in this way live in Vaikuntha, the realm of no anxiety, even if they are physically still present here in the material world.

By regularly absorbing your attention in the transcendental sound vibration of the holy name, Bhagavad-gita, and Srimad-Bhagavatam, gradually all fear, anger, greed and other unwelcome intruders will be forced out of your mind. After all, as we know from Srimad Bhagavatam (1.1.14), Krishna's holy name is feared even by fear personified! 

I hope some of this is helpful for you. It is true, the material world is a frightening place, and ultimately our only recourse is to become fully Krishna conscious. Then we will be fearless, knowing that, as spirit souls, we can never come to any real harm.

With affectionate blessings,

Vaisesika Dasa

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Thanks Gurudeva

Trying to be your disciple

Candramukhi dd

HpS - So the answer is 😟

Hare Krsna!

Dear Hanumat Presaka Swami,

    Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of Your lotus feet.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.  

    I would first like to apologize for arriving so late to the NIOS Light of the Bhagavat Program.  We  were held back with roof and chimney repairs that were begun several hours past the scheduled time.  I am so sorry to have missed hearing Your class.

HpS - It was short. My and Abhiseka Das' presentations were more about the history of NIOS and of course the purpose and results.

It was such and important festival.

We really saw our resources for Sankirtan more clearly.

Big or small. Late or timely. We just want to know reality and then try to develop the Sankirtan from that.

The magic will be done by Krsna.

 Thank You for so kindly taking the time to speak with us after we arrived so late.  We are feeling so fortunate and happy to have gotten Your close association for a few minutes.

   In that mood I am humbly reaching out to invite You to come out to Murari Sevaka as soon and often as possible.  Sri Sri Nitai Gaurachandra and Srila Prabhupada are here and They are so beautiful and so kind and They are desiring to see You here.

We are begging for Your association.  This most holy dhama needs to be tread upon again by the lotus feet of one of Krishna’s dear devotees.  Please come.  Our accommodations are the most simple and rustic; but I am praying that You will feel our need and desire for Your presence and that You will visit us very soon and very often.

                  Your servant,

                  Mitravinda gopi devi dasi 

HpS - ASA -- We did Lokannata Swami's Braja Mandala Parikrma for over 7 years. After that any accomidations are luxury lkevel.

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Our donkey is old, so we have to plan our travel and movement carefully.

We would like to visit our neighbors.

Murari.

And see about future of Nashville programs.

Try to see about visiting with Kevin.

Hare Krsna!!!

Hare Krsna, AgtSP

Please accept my humble obeisances

(I'm not shure if this is the proper way of making a salute)

ASA / HpS - Seems great! We offer the same as you have done!

But here I am, now the new temporally base of operations for the sk (sankirtan) is in a place called Villa Carlos Paz a pretty place whit a river and a loot of beutifull birds, the principal base is in San Esteban (aprox 2 hours in car from the new one) and it's also a really beutifull place.

My teachers are for the moment just mahara Dhanvantari Swami, now when we go back to the pricipal base we are going to have class whit Devaki about the meanings of SP of the BG and then a few or so months whit Mitravinda about the Upadesambrita and the the rest (or at least is what i know because the organization here is somthing that It's impossible to understand at least to me) but good new's I give 76 little book's and between 5 or 4 BG a really nice number for just 4 days.

HpS/ASA - There are not two people like you! Your Sankirtan is very inspiring for so many of us.

Now about your health it's somthing that all are going to pass in one moment or other.

Here I see people of all the ages and the old ones are the ones that I feel more compation about, not because their bodies but the life that usually without Krsna consciousness they just know about family, sens and all that, but a materialistic life just will only direct them to the worst destiny and they are not so lucky as the joung ones because even if they can reach some knowledge they usually are too accustomed to a material life to accept Krsna, what we can do to the people that simply dont wan't to hear about Krsna not because they are ateist or somthing similar but because custom and the years have made them become a log that can no longer bend?

HpS/ASA - Try our best to be instruments of the Previous Acharya's like Narada Mooooni who converted Mrgari into t a Vaisnava!

And whit little to few question's more to add i said good bye :D

Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja, I hope all the travel to your base have being really nice :D.

HpS - ASA -- Distributing books is super, but also look and see if KRSNA sends people who can also become book distributors!

More News!

Respects to Dhanvantari Swami, Maharaja et al!!

Hare Krishna querido Maharaja, 

Pamho, agtSP. 

Gracias por escribir, es siempre bueno recibir sus mensajes. Aprecio su constante preocupación por la situación de nuestro Yatra en Peru.

La Junta Nacional de ISKCON Perú mantiene reuniones quincenales, promoviendo la unión de las Yatras y coordinando la implementación de la Estrategia de Predica promovida por el RGB Latino para toda la región. Hay mucho entusiasmo. Esperamos que otros programas de predica estables de las provincias del pais acepten la invitacion que se les ha hecho para participar. El Centro de Predica de Miraflores ha sido reabierto y tenemos programas regulares alli.

Estos días tenemos la visita de SG Rukmini Krishna Prabhu, de la India, candidato a tomar sannyasa y se quedara 2 semanas en Perú dando varios seminarios y clases en los 3 templos. Como un servicio a los discípulos de los diferentes maestros espirituales que hay en Lima, este sábado el estará dando un seminario para devotos con segunda iniciación (brahmanas) llamado "La importancia del Gayatri Mantra" Sera muy provechoso que sus discípulos asistan a este importante programa para refrescar los principios y valores brahminicos que se comprometieron a seguir cuando recibieron el Gayatri Mantra de Ud.

En cuanto a las denuncias administrativas que se hicieron hace varios meses, el investigador encargado por el RGB todavía esta esperando las evidencias para iniciar una investigación. Creo que este tema está en buenas manos y no debería perturbar el desarrollo espiritual de la comunidad.

Como Ud. sabe, cualquier denuncia debe estar acompañada de pruebas y someterla a un proceso justo antes de llegar a una resolución seria. Llegar a conclusiones arbitrarias y correr rumores ofensivos en contra de devotos es muy dañino para cualquier comunidad.

El dialogo conmigo siempre está abierto para cualquier devoto que tenga dudas, preocupaciones y ganas de hacer aportes constructivos para el desarrollo armónico de nuestro Yatra.

Cuando es necesario, publicamos comunicados oficiales en nuestra pagina de Facebook "ISKCON Peru - Comunicados oficiales del GBC"

Su sirviente, 

Mathuresa dasa

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Hare Krishna, dear Maharaja,

Pamho, agt SP.

HpS/ASA - AgtSP! Esteemed Mathuresa Das, our very esteemed friend and GBC Regional Secretary, paoho! ! . ! First let us apologize in taking 8-days to respond to your very important ASA Blog post.

Our old body, donkey, super demanding/productive trip to Richmond and NIOS Nashville festival have occupied so much strength.

Thank you for the Whatsapp words to keep these Blog posts in proportion.

Thank you for writing, it is always good to receive your messages. I appreciate your constant concern for the situation of our Yatra in Peru.

The ISKCON Peru National Board holds biweekly meetings, promoting the union of the Yatras and coordinating the implementation of the Preaching Strategy promoted by the RGB Latino for the entire region.

There is a lot of enthusiasm. We hope that other stable preaching programs in the country's provinces will accept the invitation that has been made to them to participate. The Miraflores Preaching Center has been reopened and we have regular programs there.

These days we have the visit of SG Rukmini Krishna Prabhu, from India, candidate to take sannyasa and will stay 2 weeks in Peru giving various seminars and classes in the 3 temples. As a service to the disciples of the different spiritual masters that exist in Lima, this Saturday he will be giving a seminar for devotees with second initiation (brahmanas) called "The importance of the Gayatri Mantra".

HpS/ASA - 🙂 Super!

Regarding the administrative complaints that were made several months ago, the investigator commissioned by the RGB is still waiting for the evidence to initiate an investigation. I believe that this issue is in good hands and should not disturb the spiritual development of the community.

HpS - In our casual conversations on the topic, we have heard that H. G. Hansarupa Das from New York is the Investigator and that he has talked with H. G. Gita-govinda Das et al, requested their Evidence and that they have sent it.

Very nice.

Very interesting.

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As you know, any complaint must be accompanied by evidence and subject to a fair process before reaching a serious resolution.

Coming to arbitrary conclusions and spreading offensive rumors against devotees is very damaging to any community.

ASA - 👍

The dialogue with me is always open for any devotee who has doubts, worries and the desire to make constructive contributions for the harmonious development of our Yatra.

When necessary, we post official statements on our Facebook page "ISKCON Peru - GBC Official Statements"

His servant,

Mathuresa Dasa

HpS/ASA - Super! Thank you so much for your efforts to post this great information here in our ASA Blog. Thank you.

In conversations with such devotees and Gita-govinda Das, Abhirama thakura Das, Candra-mukhi Devi Dasi and many more, we have never heard any anger toward those with whom they feel administrative conflict.

There has been a humor that we are friends, members of the same Yatra, but there are administrative conflicts that need to be addresses.

For this there is of course a line of command from Head-cook, to Temple President, to National Council, to Regional Secretary, to GBC Secretary, to Regional GBC Committee, to International GBC Executive Committee, to Srila Prabhuapda.

For ASA we require that our individual, direct relationship with Srila Prabhupada is first, second is our friendship with the other members of his society, and third, but a very essential manifestation of his potency, are our institutional relations in ISKCON.

We feel very intensely that Institutional Leaders must join the Yatra from time to time and lead Kirtans, half an hour, more. Then their political position will become transparently obvious to the Brahmanas and saintly devotees.

As Smt. Gangamayi Devi Dasi has been so active in administration, it would be wonderful if we could join her for Kirtan's regularly, no? We need her leadership.

ISKCON seems to be moving into the Third Stage.

Wonderful.

Many more things to discuss with your good self!

Many more.

Hope this Blog can serve a little for peaceful and productive dialogs, with a common cause.

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HARI BOLO

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Hare Krshna Querido Gurudeva, acepte por favor mis reverencias, todas las Glorias para Srila Prabhupada🌻

Escribo porque quería comentarle sobre mis servicios en el templo de Santiago:

Por el momento tuve que poner en pausa mi servicio en la cocina de la Deidad, pero continuo con el servicio en las guirnaldas de flores. Estoy muy feliz de poder realizar ese servicio porque es muy delicado y hermoso. Continuo apoyando en los festivales aportando en la decoración y la recepción de invitados, lo cual me hace feliz porque se puede conocer personas nuevas que están buscando a Dios. Hace poco me ofrecieron un nuevo servicio que consiste en motivar a la comunidad a generar donativos para aportar económicamente al templo, así que estoy planeando como llegar mejor a las personas e intentar que dicho proyecto tome fuerza.

Quisiera comentar que me encanto conocer el templo de México y eso me motiva a querer conocer otros templos, creo que aun no logro dimensionar toda la misericordia que tuvo ese viaje y la dicha de tener su asociación.

Espero mejorar mi participación en full Morning Program.

Por último estoy tomando el curso de Bhakti Sastri

Me gustaría saber Gurudeva como podría servir de mejor manera y apoyar su sankirtan

Que sea un hermoso día en conciencia de Krshna y muchas gracias por todo!!!

Me despido atentamente Havihsara Devi Dasi.

HK HR 🌸

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Hare Krshna, Dear Gurudeva, please accept my obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada🌻

I write because I wanted to tell you about my services in the temple of Santiago:

I had to pause my service in the Deity's kitchen for the time being, but continue with the service in the flower garlands.

I am very happy to be able to perform this service because it is very delicate and beautiful.

I continue to support festivals by contributing to the decoration and reception of guests, which makes me happy because you can meet new people who are seeking God.

They recently offered me a new service that consists of motivating the community to generate donations to contribute financially to the temple, so I am planning how to better reach people and try to make this project take off.

ASA - Old English phrase: All men are ready to invest, but most expect expect some result from their investment.

I would like to comment that I loved visiting the temple in Mexico and that motivates me to want to visit other temples.

I think that I still cannot fathom all the mercy that this trip had and the joy of having your association.

HpS - ASA // Was just the same for us. Even bigger things on this path! Let us go ahead with enthusiasm!

I hope to improve my participation in full Morning Program.

Lastly I am taking the Bhakti Sastri course

I would like to know Gurudeva how he could better serve and support his sankirtan

ASA - What is your daily work? How do you maintain your self?

May it be a beautiful day in Krshna consciousness and thank you very much for everything!!!

I sincerely say goodbye to Havihsara Devi Dasi.

HK HR 🌸

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ASA - Hare Krsna. Photos attached. More news next month!!

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KISHKINDA is sit next to a LOTUS flower

Hare Krishna Guru Majaraja

PAMHO

AGTSP

Hoping everythink [everything] is going great there, I just wanted to do a litle report of my sadhana and service :

Chanting 17 rounds a day.

ASA - 👍

Service: for instance chanting rounds, doing book distribution, and listening lectures. Looking for organize namahatas, bhagavagita lectures and yoga clases for preaching in a space Ive found in a devotees house.

Please GM I have these questions :

1.-Do we have to be pacient in this material World if not we die? how to get pacience?

ASA - Text three of NoI. Enthusiasm is more important than Patience. Don't live in the material world. That is a perspective. Live in the spiritual world, by Kirtaniya sada harih. Specifically good rounds and four principles. Then Krsna can guide you!

2._How to overcome doubts? there are doubts all the time never ending for example this space I've found in this devotee house to do namahatas has one disadvantage that the toilet is not nice, so do I look for other place? Or stay hear because is not expensive and I can help doing arrangements to improve the toilet, the owner is a nice devotee, very favorable. for instance I do not have laksmi to move to another place.

ASA - https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/9/5/ 🙂

3._ Im doing all my best, sadhana, rounds, lecture, been busy, even thought the sensation of not doing enought is still there, I know in my heart that its because Im not doing the puppets shows. I know doing art as Radharany asked my will solve this, althought its been dificult to find a place to stablish miself, and arrange my economy, so I hope soon Ill start doing puppets.

ASA - 👍

Maybe I have to improve my Gaura Nitay adoration but I do not have enought time, there are too many thinks I want to do.

How can I prioritize my activities?

ASA - Again https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/9/5/

4. _What suggestions could you give me please to improve my situation?

ASA - Get more counselors! Victory comes from good advice and good advice comes from many counselors - Cankya Pandita!

Thank you very much in advance for your answer.

YOUR servant :

Divya Dristi DD.

HpS - ASA - Thank you!

Your association is super.

Yes, do pupper shows.

Use puppets when you do the tourism.

Train others.