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ISKCON Florida

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There was an Eco festival at the Alachua, New Raman-reti, temple farm today … was very nice… there were classes on mozzarella cheese making, incense making, making compost… dozens of devotee vendors selling prasad, etc

Will try to write an article about it for the blog tmrw.

Also, thank you very much for the darshan this morning 🙏

ASA - AgtSP We hope to see more details! The towns we live in, in the industrialized world, are basically organized by sewer, garbage, water, electricity, ambulance, hospital structures. The schools are rather impersonal. Parents don't know too much about the parents of their children's students.

Who is your Chief of Police, Mayor?

There is opportunity to develop electronic villages. We connect by telecomunication. We don't walk to neighbors, relative's house, we drive .... or fly ----- .

So using this Blog to build ASA into a member of ISKCON that is a community of friends and not just an institution is great.

Happy life.

Bhakti-yoga.

Next step is building physical communities. Prabhupada trying from the beginning. Are we moving into that stage now?

Build a community in Nashville?

Apéndice:

Estoy mandando copia de esta comunicación a Parama Karuna das, le pido por favor no publicar en el blog para proteger a todas las partes involucradas.

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AgtSP paoho. It seems that you are dealing with these administrative challenges in ISKCON properly, as you describe them. Trying to establish VAD in Kali-yuga is a challenge for the citizens and the Kings!

We can mention these things in a general sense here, not mentioning specific names, as you comment.

Thank you for this news. We are concerned to hear about such things very much.

Hare Krsna querido Gurudeva, por favor perdona mis ofensas y acepta mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias

Nosotros sabemos teóricamente que un devoto como Usted está prácticamente en el mundo espiritual y protegido siempre por el mismo Señor, pero nuestra falta de fé hace que nos preocupemos siempre por su cuerpo... Y en nuestra Puja diaria oramos a Nrshimhadeva por su protección... 

HpS - AgtSP. We pray to Krsna every day to reduce how much we abuse our body. We struggle inch by inch to offer proper Bhoga to Lord Nrsmhadeva so that our Body will be satisfied by honoring the remnants. We try to hear from the Parampara and not mundane tidings of the flickering world.

Nosotros estamos bien, hemos estado sirviendo a los devotos y a Sus Señorías JBS, GN, Govardhan y a nuestros KB y G, aquí en Río por cuatro meses.

HpS - Rio de Janero?

Ahora estamos partiendo por un tiempo a Minas Gerais, un estado de Brasil a cinco horas de Río de Janeiro [Aaah!].

El lugar se llama "El canto del Papagayo", llegando vamos a averiguar porque el nombre.

ASA - Gracias!

Dicen que es un lugar paradisíaco, proyecto con visión de establecer una comunidad rural - eco - turistica cómo ofrenda a Srila Prabhupada al servicio de Iskcon de una mataji de aquí de Brasil... No tenemos mayor información por ahora, nosotros estaremos un tiempo allá y quizás volvamos a Río después de un tiempo... Este mundo es muy cambiante.

ASA - 1) Quien soy, 2) Quien Somos, 3) Cual es la plan, 4) Que parafernalia necesitamos.

Hemos intentado resumir todo lo que quisiéramos contarle acerca de lo que regularmente hacemos, pero no queremos robarle mucho de su valioso tiempo...

Voy a mandarle un apéndice.

Por favor perdóneme por ser incapaz de ganar su misericordia...

Su tonto aspirante a sirviente AmD.

HpS - Super. ===:>> Proxima carta!

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Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva, please forgive my offenses and accept my humble and respectful obeisances.

 We know theoretically that a devotee like you is practically in the spiritual world and always protected by the same Lord, but our lack of faith makes us always worry about your body... And in our daily Puja we pray to Nrshimhadeva for his protection. ..

 We are fine, we have been serving the devotees and Their Lordships JBS, GN, Govardhan and our KB and G here in Rio for four months.

 Now we are leaving for a while in Minas Gerais, a Brazilian state five hours from Rio de Janeiro.

 The place is called "El canto del Papagayo", arriving we will find out why the name. They say it is a paradisiacal place, a project with a vision of establishing a rural-eco-tourist community as an offering to Srila Prabhupada at the service of Iskcon from a mataji from here in Brazil... We do not have more information for now, we will be there for a while and maybe we will return to Rio after a while... This world is very changeable.

 We've tried to summarize everything we'd like to tell you about what we regularly do, but we don't want to take up too much of your precious time...

 I'm going to send you an addendum.

 Please forgive me for being unable to win mercy from him...

 Your foolish would-be servant AmD

Querido Gurumaharaja

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Envío el respaldo de los datos Guru Tattva, por si es de utilidad.

INICIACIONES en Ciudad de México, Templo de Sus Señorías Radha Madana Gopal 

Ramanavami 

30/03/23

Harinama diksha:

1. Mani kundali Devi Dasi (Marina Xihuitl Rendón González)

Fecha de nacimiento 

31 de Enero de 1989

ISKCON México

2. Jaya Prema Sakhi Devi Dasi (Julia Cuéllar Torres)

León de Guanajuato

Fecha de nacimiento

17 de agosto de 1971

ISKCON México

3. Damni Devi Dasi (Diana Patricia Sánchez Medina)

Fecha de nacimiento: 

27 de septiembre de 1981

ISKCON Chile 

4. Havihsara Devi Dasi (Estefanía Odette Colella Durán)

Fecha de nacimiento

3 de agosto de 1991

ISKCON Chile

5. Narottama Dvija Das (Narotam Orlando Armijo Salas)

Fecha de nacimiento

6 de diciembre de 2002

ISKCON Chile

2da Iniciación:

1. Laghu 

Bhagavatamrta Das (Luis Xavier Dueñas Suárez)

Fecha de nacimiento

29 de mayo de 1990

ISKCON México

2. Alankriti Devi Dasi (Andrea Alejandra Contreras Rosales)

Fecha de nacimiento 

22 de febrero de 1983

ISKCON Chile

3. Parasuram Avatara Das (Pablo Andrés Alcaíno Bustamante)

Fecha de nacimiento

25 de septiembre de 1986

ISKCON Chile

4. Sripati Das (Sebastián Felipe Velásquez Quezada)

Fecha de nacimiento 

1° de junio de 1987

ISKCON Chile

Refugio:

Manyari Devidasi Sosa Flores

Fecha de nacimiento

10 de diciembre de 2002

ISKCON México

*Se entregaron las recomendaciones impresas en Monterrey.

Adjunto capturas de los archivos que se recibió. 

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd

HpSwami - AgtSP!! Paoho otra vez y otra vez. The help you have offered to us, Srila Prabhupada, and the devotees is wonderful. Thank, thank, thank you.

We posted the list to Jayarama.us/kd/guru-tattva.txt

May Krsna help us all control our senses and mind, and become more and more competent members of Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan chorus.

Let us look at a few more letters.

Thank you!!! ! !

Dear Maharaja,

Please accept our humble obeisances.

. . . . All glories to your service.

. . . . . . . All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

On behalf of my whole family, we would like to thank you for your association over the past few months.

HpS - On behalf of our whole family we want to say that it was our benefit! [Monkey, Piggy, Uncle Gismo et al]

The mystic mountains of North East India, the castles of Spain, the warmth of Mexico. It has been a truly life-changing experience for all of us—even for my father, who upon our return to Mayapur was deeply moved seeing the film of his grand daughter, Suryani, speaking the glories of Navapwid Dham during the children’s Gaura Purnima drama at Nueva Govardhan, Monterrey, Mexico 2023.

Speaking of Nueva Govardhan, to witness the inauguration in your association of such high potential project has been a great honor. The opportunities for families, community, varna-ashrama and sankirtan are inspiring.  We wish to see the project grow. With your guidance we hope to contribute. 

We apologise to all the nice devotees of Mexico City that we were unable to participate in the programs there. They looked wonderful and we hope to be able to contribute next time. 

By the time you get this electronic mail we would have spent at least one week back in Sri Dham Mayapur. After experiencing some serious jetlag, we are now finding our rhythm. 

We are also keeping in contact with friends we made on the journey, such as Gadadhara Gosai P. and his good wife Anandamaya M. as well as Govinda Pramodini M. and Bhakta Guillermo with the hope of developing more sankirtan.

Your servants,

Dhruvānanda Dasa, Dhanesvari DD, Suryani and Sarasvati

HpS - Jaya!!!! The same to you and more of it!!! We aren't traveling much more without a travel partner...

Swami Atul has a proposition for some very help you could do with these BhVedant diplomas.

'ows the elefant, mate?

Hare Krishna Dear GuruMaharaja!

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to you!

All glorious glories to Srila Prabhupada!

So I just wanted to write you a quick note to say that I have started reciting the translation to Gurvastaka daily. I don't have it memorized yet, but I'm reading it a lot!

Today was my last official day for Tulasi service, so I was able to share all I know with the new people how we serve Her in the greenhouse.

They were very patient with me, I think a lot of them already knew how to do the service, one person has a Manjari tattooed on her arm.

So I think with quality people like this, who are already possibly more experienced, that Srimati Tulasi Devi will be taken care of very nicely.

When we got back to the pujari room, Mother Chandravali was engaging some of the devotees in Krishna House to polish Radha Kalachandji's paraphernalia. So we got to see Their pure silver Ekadasi crowns!!!

Plus the copy I ordered of Kamala Subramanium's Mahabharata came in the mail, and I'm very excited to read it! I heard it is so detailed and gripping! Then I can figure out how to use that book, plus NOI, LOB, and TLC to preach.

Oh plus I'm excited to see the new DTC-UT!

And after Houston, I was wondering if I could stop by the Boro to see you?

See you in Houston!

Thank you for everything!

Your aspiring servant,

Jaya Hari Das

HpS - All great news. Of course, we are meeting already in Houston, but this letter gives us such great perspective on who we are seeing through our gross conception of life. See you in Gauranga Hall in a few minutes.