Quote from Srila Prabhupada about that the human-like form is the original form of the spiritual soul

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja,


All Glories to Srila Prabhupada


As I promise to you in the Class to Cuzco, I want to provide here the original quote from Srila Prabhupada when he said that the original form of the spiritual soul is human-like.


Here it is. Is a section of questions and answers in a class in Melbourne.



"Devotee (1): Would the spirit soul that is within, say, a cow's body, is in a different shape?
Prabhupāda: Yes. It has got also legs. But the shape has taken according to his desire. Every animal has got these four things. Just like bird, it has got two wings, two legs. The animal has got four legs. And the man has got two hands, two legs. So the same parts of the body, they are appearing in a different type. But the four limbs of the body are there. Hm?
Devotee (2): Is the original body of the spirit soul a human form?
Madhudviṣa: The question is that whether the eternal form of the spirit soul is a human form or is it...
Prabhupāda: Yes, human form. God is also human form. "Man is made after the shape of God." I think there is in the Bible. Is it not? So God is also like human form. Here you see Kṛṣṇa, two hands, two legs.
Hari-śauri: How do we understand, then, that there are peacocks and flowers and trees in the spiritual world? Are these not eternal forms?
Prabhupāda: Yes. They are more covered. Just like if you cover your body with blanket, the hands and legs are invisible. But you are not the blanket. So the trees and plants, they are more covered. They are not in full manifestation. The human form is the full manifestation of the soul.
Hari-śauri: They are covered in the spiritual world?
Madhudviṣa: He is asking if they were actually covered in the spiritual world as well.
Prabhupāda: Not in the spiritual world. There that is voluntary. Some devotee wants to serve Kṛṣṇa as flower; they become flower there. If I want that "As a flower I shall lie down at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa," he becomes flower, voluntarily. And he can change his..., from flower to human body. That is spiritual life. There is no restriction. If some devotee wants to serve Kṛṣṇa as cow, he serves Kṛṣṇa as cow, as calf, as flower, as plant, as water, as ground, field, or as father, as mother, as friend, as beloved, anything. Ye yathā mām prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham (BG 4.11). That is Kṛṣṇa's all-powerfulness, spiritual life."


Source: Lecture Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6. Chapter 1. Slokas from 1st to 4th - Melbourne, 1975, 20th May.


My comment is that is good that so many devotees took the opportunity to present deep-thought questions to Srila Prabhupada, and he gave clear answers without hesitation. Clearly, his knowledge is not from this world.


Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,


Thank you for still giving us this opportunity to communicate with you where we have the chance to make our own questions.


HpS - Thank you!!!! Sudama carrys Krsna on his shouders in Goloka and then he expands as Garuda in Vaikuntha!!



Radha Madana-bijari Politics Part Three or Four

3 months, 1 week ago by hps in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

AgtSP!

paoho/bw.


In response to https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/14559/

we received a comment by WhatsApp.

We will post an edited version with our spineless, hypocritical, ASA comments below.

Also, we got a very nice letter from H. G. Karuna-krsna Das. It relieved our hearts and heads of a lot of burden from gthe National Council's review of accusations by Milan Ray of Nadiya-nivasi Dasi.

Mathuresa Das had sincerely apologized that we, as Diksa guru, were not informed of the actions, and KKDP commented that they NC made it a point to involve Diksa guru's in these case in the future.

HG KKD also gave us contact information for Sripad Hansarupa Das so that we can exchange a few words with him about our involvement in the criticisms of Yatra Administration.

We asked KKD if we could publish our dialog. It is very nice.

We want to focus on the position of Sannyasa and GBC etc administration in the next few weeks, months.

Thank you.

We hope to be eternally engaged in the service of Sri Sri Radha Madana-bihari,


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Hare Krsna Das: In the last post you wrote:

"JPS was not God and could not see everything everyone was doing, and that she might be engaged in incredible sinister secret activities behind things, but nothing indicated that to him"


But, I showed him the evidence he requested, showing what this lady did (the letter) and I didn´t get a word from him.

Then in 2019 I met him in Lima and presented the case once more.

He gave me his word saying that an apology letter will be written.

It didn´t happen.

Actually I don´t need something like this for me, but for the world to know what kind of persona ISKCON Peru has as ... leaders, very much contaminated with cheating tendency.


ASA - Guess we will mostly leave any discussion on this matter aside for a while until we see how our the GBC investigator, H. G. Hansarupa Das proceeds. Thank you.


The Radha Bead

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!


So I just started calling the bead the "Radha bead" because of my own personal speculation...I'll put some reasons here!


Krsna bead on top of the mala...


Every bead a Gopi. ....


Radha and Krsna are always together...


Radharani is the principal Gopi so She would be first and right next to Krsna??...


Astasakis separated by the string, 8 beads in....


What do you think Maharaja? Is this totally out of left field? I don't have any sastric proof for this...I kinda just started saying this was the "Radha bead"..but actually so far you are the only person I mentioned it to!


HpS - As far as we understand, the knot above the Krsna bead may represent the Princes of Vraja, Smt. Radha, and the first eight large beads are Her expansions, the eight principle expansions of Smt. Radha. 😃


The ashram is great. Everyone is really nice and accommodating.

Rupak, Abhay, and I went on book distribution yesterday and we ran into a couple of super nice people.

One of the men asked, "What color do you think Jesus really was?" I told him that I don't know too much about Jesus, but I know he's the son of God. Check this out (pointing to a picture of Govinda in the Bhagavad Gita).

See. Krishna is a very dark blue like a monsoon cloud being struck by lightning.

But temples can't use this color for the Deity so they use black...that means that God is black with a white girlfriend!!


They were cracking up so hard and he took a Bhagavad Gita!!


I basically was just repeating from when you were telling us all that there were two devotees at a convention and one of them said this! So thank you!!


He also said he had a dream that he saw God, except he couldn't see Him because of a super bright light emaninating from HIm..

Sounded legit to me...


HpS - ASA -- 👍 Super legit. From psychology etc it seems that many people have supernatural, religious, experiences but they have no, perspective to understand or remember them, and at best they think it was a 'psychotic episode'.


My Sadhana is okay!

16R+, B4 -4, 4P


Your aspiring servant,

Jaya-hari das


HpS - Krsna is our only defence!!!

Urgente: pregunta sobre ofrenda online

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Querido Gurumaharaja:

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias.

Estamos leyendo los preparativos para el próximo Vyasa-puja y la oportunidad de glorificar al parampara, agradezco y me entusiasma el esfuerzo de mis hermanos espirituales y de todos los devotos involucrados.

Una hermana espiritual de Australia me contó que nuestro hermano mayor Sriman Raktak dasa le dijo "siempre estaré presente en cada Vyasa-puja donde Gurumaharaja se encuentre", también deseaba visitar México en alguna celebración, en cada Vyasa-puja lo tengo muy presente, es una oportunidad para meditar en las cualidades de mis hermanos mayores.


Quiero agradecer la amable comunicación de madre Gopi Radha con México, es un servicio que demanda tiempo y paciencia así que le agradezco mucho.

Pregunta:

Nos informaron que el jueves 11 de Enero habrá una conexión con Usted para las ofrendas online de algunos países, previamente habrá una clase corta de su parte, Gurumaharaja la clase será transmitida por gotomeeting?

Han anunciado trasmisión por facebook de todo el evento, pero por gotomeeting su santa asociación durante las clases es una experiencia distinta y muy especial, apelamos por esa vía por favor, si es por zoom también estaría bien. Nosotros también celebraremos este día la ceremonia de Vyasa-puja en el templo, será muy auspicioso tener su darshan.


Ofrendas:

Aprovecho la oportunidad para preguntar si tiene alguna recomendación de ofrenda de bhoga para este lado del mundo por favor.


En cuanto a la ofrenda online, Mani kundali dd ha propuesto grabar un bhajan de su preferencia, queremos apoyar y servir esa iniciativa si a usted le parece bien, primeramente queremos preguntar que bhajan le agradaría de nuestra parte por favor, por su misericordia algunos de nosotros podríamos intentar aullar armoniosamente.

Esta pregunta ha sido el motivo de la urgencia.


Muchas gracias por su misericordiosa atención

Disculpe nuestras faltas por favor

Su aspirante a sirviente


Asta Sakhi dd


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All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Gurumaharaja,

Please accept our respectful obeisances.

We are reading the preparations for the upcoming Vyasa-puja and the opportunity to glorify the parampara.


I am grateful and excited for the efforts of my godbrothers and all the devotees involved.


A spiritual sister from Australia told me that our elder brother Sriman Raktak dasa told her "I will always be present in every Vyasa-puja where Gurumaharaja is", he also wanted to visit Mexico in some celebration, in every Vyasa-puja I keep it very present, it is an opportunity to meditate on the qualities of my older brothers.


HpS - 😪/🙂


I want to thank mother Gopi Radha for her kind communication with Mexico, it is a service that requires time and patience, so I thank her very much.


Ask:

We were informed that on Thursday, January 11, there will be a connection with you for the online offerings of some countries, previously there will be a short class from you, Gurumaharaja, will the class be transmitted by gotomeeting?


HpS - I think it was announced as GoToMeeting on the Blog, but certainly it will be announced again.


They have announced a Facebook broadcast of the entire event, but by gotomeeting their holy association during classes is a different and very special experience, we appeal that way please, if it is by zoom it would also be fine. We will also celebrate the Vyasa-puja ceremony in the temple on this day, it will be very auspicious to have its darshan.


HpS - Usually ASA Carnival broadcasts the GoToMeeting meetings on Facebook. Maybe there will be 25-different reporters there with 25-different cameras with communication satellites in the patio!!


Offerings:

I take the opportunity to ask if you have any recommendations for Bhoga offerings for this side of the world please.


HpS - Just pray to Krsna what He and Sri Radha want, the it will be satisfying to everyone.


Regarding the online offering, Mani kundali dd has proposed to record a bhajan of your choice, we want to support and serve that initiative if it seems good to you, first we want to ask what bhajan you would like from us please, for your mercy some of we could try to howl harmoniously.


HpS - One that you can do well. That comes from you heart. Practice to make sure that the words are louder than the instruments. 🙂 👍


This question has been the reason for the urgency.

Thank you very much for your kind attention.

Excuse our mistakes please

Your would-be servant

Asta Sakhi dd


ASA - The sakhis are only 13, 14 years old. We can remember how we all were at 14-years old!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uGlL0xafP8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantasticks

Visiting Houston

3 months, 1 week ago by shatakshi in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

Dear Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP!


I’m visiting Houston Dec 26-Jan 15 for your Vyasapuja. Currently I’m looking for accommodation. Maharaj, the film script is ready and Yogi Prabhu and I have come up with a draft budget of around $150k. Whatever we are able to fundraise we will make the film with that amount.


YAS,

SMDD


HpS - Thank you. AgtSP!!! I think Srinivasa Das and family are trying to help visitors with accomodations. President said something about rooms at a Hilton Hotel near the temple that they have discount relation with. SD knows about that I think. Other than that he may know about accomodations with devotees etc.


We hope to learn more about the film when you are here!


We hope you can participate in the Vyasapuja to your full satisfaction, glorifying Vyasadeva and the Sri Krsna Parampara.


Some mention that you, Sri Hari dasa, Aja govinda Das are offering to serve on the Board of Directors for NIOS, and that it was thought that Aja was on the Board but is no longer.


Aja was NIOS's esteemed Academic Correspondence Secretary but never on the Board of Directors. Board is more for general perspective not for actually developing projects.


Also can discuss when you are here, O.K.?

🙂