"KDPC" Prabhupada, ISKCON Mexico, Vyasapuja Offering de HpS

Querido Gurumaharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! 

Hace poco hablaba con mi esposo sobre la grandeza de Srila Prabhupada, él vino a esta parte del mundo en el momento correcto, no antes cuando era más joven, no después, el Occidente necesitaba de aquel sabio de edad justa que demostraba tanta sabiduría y potencia en sus palabras, toda una vida de preparación para satisfacer a su Gurudeva; los malestares, mareos y ataques al corazón en el Jaladuta no fueron más que enseñanzas de como se sirve al maestro espiritual en medio de las dificultades... es un humilde razonamiento. Nos gustaría saber su apreciación por favor. 

Me siento muy agradecida con Usted Gurumaharaja, porque por su infinita misericordia puedo intentar ser parte del glorioso ISKCON de la gran personalidad Srila Prabhupada, aquel ISKCON que Srila Prabhupada visualizo un día, aquel ISKCON que nunca fue pequeño para Su Divina Gracia.

Muchas gracias por sus esfuerzos de cada día por mantenernos en la práctica espiritual, soy sentimental y a veces me preocupa mucha actividad de Su parte para nosotros, sin embargo sé que Usted irá equilibrando lo necesario, tal como él médico dosifica la medicina al paciente, Usted es el maestro y por acá su tonta discipula sentimental.

PEDIDO

Realmente mi intención en esta carta es implorarle por favor si nos puede compartir su ofrenda de Vyasa-Puja 2020 de Srila Prabhupada. 

Seríamos muy bendecidos! 

Gurumaharaja, por otro lado, el Templo de Ciudad de México ya está abierto al público en general bajo un protocolo de sanidad del gobierno, hay un cupo límite de asistentes, uso obligatorio de cubreboca, gel, distanciamiento etc. 

Hemos celebrado Jhulan yatra, estuve a cargo estos 5 días de atender a Radha Krsna chotas y sus variados arreglos para tal pasatiempo, gran misericordia una vez más este servicio, ahora en medio de la pandemia a sido una gran bendición.

Ayer en el festival de Sri Balarama varias patrullas circulando y supervisores acercándose al Templo, es muy cierto que los devotos son como gatos : ) difíciles de organizarlos a cada quien en un lugar. Nos informaran cómo serán los próximos festivales.

Hubo propuestas de que se celebre los festivales con austeridad pero también pujaris que desean que no se deje de ofrecer lo máximo posible a las Deidades haciendo el mejor esfuerzo, en este festival una vez más Su Señoría Mandan Gopal ha demostrado que El es quien provee a través de sus sirvientes con variedad de flores, más de 108 ofrendas de bhoga, abhiseka, un gran pastel y buen varuni. 

Sacinandana y Arya Srestha prabhus están apoyando mucho en el templo.

Prabhu Tejasvit ahora es el nuevo encargado del Templo ( aclaró que no es el presidente) 

Que Sri Nrsimhadeva nos proteja en estos intentos por servirle. 

Muchas gracias por su generosa atención .

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd. 

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Dear Gurumaharaja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Recently I was talking with my husband about the greatness of Srila Prabhupada, he came to this part of the world at the right time, not before when he was younger, not after, the West needed that wise man of just age who demonstrated so much wisdom and power in his words, a lifetime of preparation to satisfy his Gurudeva; the discomforts, dizziness and heart attacks in the Jaladuta were nothing more than teachings on how to serve the spiritual master in the midst of difficulties ... it is a humble reasoning. We would like to know your appreciation please.

HpS - We read Lilamrta from vedabase.io almost every day and we cry at how much mercy, effort, blood, srila prabhupada gave to make this movement grow. then it could reach many people including you and me.

I feel very grateful to You Gurumaharaja, because by your infinite mercy I can try to be part of the glorious ISKCON of the great personality Srila Prabhupada, that ISKCON that Srila Prabhupada visualized one day, that ISKCON that was never small for His Divine Grace.

HpS - We feel that Srila Prabhupada is 99.9999% pulling us. We try too little to help.

Thank you very much for your efforts every day to keep us in spiritual practice, I am sentimental and sometimes I worry about a lot of activity on Your part for us, however I know that You will balance what is necessary, just as the doctor doses the medicine to the patient. he is the teacher and here his silly sentimental disciple.

ORDER

Really my intention in this letter is to implore you please if you can share with us your offering of Vyasa-Puja 2020 from Srila Prabhupada.

We would be very blessed!

Gurumaharaja, on the other hand, the Mexico City Temple is already open to the general public under a government health protocol, there is a limited number of attendees, mandatory use of mask, gel, distancing, etc.

We have celebrated Jhulan yatra, I was in charge these 5 days of attending to Radha Krsna chotas and his various arrangements for such a pastime, great mercy once again this service, now in the midst of the pandemic it has been a great blessing.

Yesterday at the Sri Balarama festival several patrols circulating and supervisors approaching the Temple, it is very true that the devotees are like cats:) difficult to organize each one in one place. They will inform us about the upcoming festivals.

There were proposals to celebrate the festivals with austerity but also pujaris who wish that they do not stop offering as much as possible to the Deities by making the best effort, in this festival once again His Honor Mandan Gopal has shown that He is the one who provides through his servants with a variety of flowers, more than 108 offerings of bhoga, abhiseka, a great cake and good varuni.

Sacinandana and Arya Srestha prabhus are supporting a lot in the temple.

Prabhu Tejasvit is now the new head of the Temple (clarified that he is not the president)

May Sri Nrsimhadeva protect us in these attempts to serve Him.

Thank you very much for your generous attention.

Your eternal would-be servant

Asta Sakhi dd.

HpS - ASA -- Thank you so, so, so much for the ISKCON Mexico news!!!!

Vyasapuja Offering

We offer our humble obeisances to His Divine Grace Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, author of the book, KRSNA: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Founder Acharya of the International Society for Krsna Consciousness.

Srila Prabhupada, we suspect that our attempts to illuminate your glories on your Vyasapuja day are like a candle trying to illuminate the sun. The flame just becomes invisible. On the other hand if we are allowed to consider the task like a fire-fly trying to illuminate some of the features of your lotus feet then we might be able to make a small contribution to today's activities.

When your divine grace was in Berkeley. California in 1975 we heard from your lips that anyone who chants the Pancha-tattva Maha-mantra and follows it with the Hare Krsna Maha-mantra has achieved the perfection of life, but if they wanted to preach they should probably read your books.

Then, when asked by a reporter what would happen to your movement when your divine grace died, you answered firmly that you would never die, you would live forever in your books.

These two statements are our life an soul.

Thank you.

We try to always be chanting Maha-mantra internally and externally under the shelter of your divine grace's lotus feet and over and above that read and preach from your books.

Now we read Caitanya-caritamrta daily before Mangala-arati, and it is 90% a novel experience for us. We understand it with so much more depth than before. We see that your divine grace's book is deep beyond our abilities to plumb.

Then after Mangala-arati we read and discuss a little with the devotees in Spanish. Before we were doing Nectar of Devotion, but now we are read a verse a day from the Light of the Bhagavata. We find the purports as direct truth, illumination, on such topics at Veganism, administration in ISKCON etc.

We keep a daily Srimad Bhagavatam class. Sometimes it is with an online group, sometimes local temples. We are integrating our study with the development of questions for the Bhakti-vaibhava diploma with your ISKCON Board of Examinations.

We cite your books from Vedabase.io and the concepts we have learned therein in our humble attempts to preach in the university, Jungian, world classical literature and interfaith communities.

They are the guide for devotees advancing from adau sraddha, sadhu sanga... to prema.

Thank you Srila Prabhupada. We feel we have always been a heavy load that you have had to drag forward in our purification, but we are experiencing practical advancement.

We hope that we can be a little, pleasing, grain of sand under your lotus feet, in the sandy path that is your ISKCON, helping your Sankirtan expand and expand and expand.

Thank you.

Your very fallen servant, Hanumatpresaka Swami

11 March 2020.


What is Krsna Consciousness?

5 years, 5 months ago by hps in Special Category A

Hare Krsna!!

We think Srila Prabhupada chose the term "Consciousness" because it was a term appreciated by the Hippies and other New Age people at the time of the formation of ISKCON and could also be related to our deeper traditional philosphy.

In Hindi ISKCON is like - Antarastiry sri krsna bhavan amrta sanga.

So Conscsiousness is Bhavan amrta.

Bhava is the last stage before Prema (https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/10/#bb1200 )

Our senses and mind are engaged in Krsna's service and now our heart, intelligence. It is the next door neighbor to Pure Devotional Service. It is described in the Southern Wave of Nectar of Devotion in great detail and in summary in: https://vedabase.io/en/library/nod/17/ and the following chapter also(?).

Hare Rama.

Donating to NIOS

5 years, 5 months ago by hps in Special Category A

AgtSP

Paoho.

Several people have asked us how to donate to NIOS. First let us assure you that donation to other bona fide projects related to Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan accomplishes the same thing. Second, if you are going to donate to NIOS let us know how we can engaged the donations.

Donations can be mailed to:

NIOS

2129 Stratford Rd.

Murfeesboro, TN 37129

USA [Be sure and include an explanation of who is donating, contact information and why).

For direct bank transfers please contact our Communications Secretary:

https://www.niosnimbus.org/p/about-us.html

Calendar: The Big Picture

5 years, 5 months ago by hps in Special Category A, Calendar Development

The Sage of the Deep South Wrote:

[2:37 PM, 8/8/2020] SDS: Yes. I agree. I'll be out of job by the end of this year. I have no interest in looking for another job. Not sure of what next.... I do want to go back to India... Unfotunately, I don't have enough faith to take total shelter of the lotus feet of Guru and Krishna...

Maharaja, when you do retire to live in Vrindavan, where would you live? Close to Krishna Balaram mandir or somewhere else?

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP! Paoho. BG 4.34 purport. "Blind faith ant absurd enquirey are condemed". Krsna gives us intelligence, no? Whatever we have comes from Him. Especially in the case of us former Hippy Americans!!

So, full surrender means to use practical intelligence. Of course, that has a esoteric dimensions also. Try making changes in work style gradually. Maybe moving to on-line project work. Work more directly related to SP's Sankirtan.

Krsna will help you if you chant mo' rounds bettah!

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We don't know what is going to happen. Maybe we move into a village here in Nashvill with five more families and grow 90% of our food and only go out once a month for p-nut butter and drive in movies.

In general maybe we go to South America one more time. Big deal and stay one play for a year. Then go to Radha kunda Ashrama that Divya-svarupa Das is building?

Let us travel on Monkey and Piggy's boat everywhere!

- “KDPC” - Spanish poetry and a little bit more

Hare Krishna dear Maharaja !

Please accept my respecful obeisances...

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I just hope you are in good health or the best as is possible.

ASA - Do cockroaches have good health? Does Lord Brahma have cholera? ? . ?

I'm writing to you regarding one of your answers, 5 weeks ago approx., when I sent an attempt from a Bhaktivinoda poetry's translation:

https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11283/

You said: "Save copy of the poem. Maybe work on the translation more. You can also write another poem in Spanish based upon the ideas."

So, I wrote a new one with a new lyrics, more personal, but trying to keep the original spirit of what I felt Bhaktivinoda wanted to transmit, and keeping the same verse structure as Bhaktivinoda's original. It goes in spanish at the end of this message. Please, accept it as an humble offering in this special Balarama Purnima day (in fact, night: full moon is hanging on the sky right now).

ASA - Moon, moon in the Sky, Do you see witches flying by?

I want to take this opportunity and let you know that I'm so happy working for Solaris again, this is very very important for me in every sense. So, thank you so much for give this opportunity to me and letting me try serving you using my skills... you are so merciful... The dynamic duo is again in the house and little monkey is back! 

Thank you so much for everything,

all glories to Srila Prabhupada !

Hare Krishna!

Your aspiring servant,

Carlos.

HpS - ASA --- We have been run over by a herd of rhinocerous today. Maybe 1000 with pearls in their ear ring stampeded this way.

Seven people called on the tele phone. 42-were in class today, the Hawaii, ballet...

Now we will continue with our search for Sita. We are sending out drones all over the universe.

We hope your song travels just as far. We have a lot of ground to cover. Journalism is the devotees best service. !!!! Hari Bolo!!!! Hari Bolo!!

Bh V Tha wrote pages of song BOOKS, what to speak of songs!!!! So much to translate??




​Canto al Alma del Saragrahi Vaishnava (Oda a Bhaktivinoda Thakur)

1. ¡Qué pobres aquellos 

Que pierden sus días

En alborozo sin sentido y alegría festiva!

Consciencias ocupadas para siempre

Por formas venenosas de líquidos alcohólicos.


2. Estallidos de cristales sobre la calle 

Que brillan y hechizan el mirar

De quienes se sienten atraídos

Hacia el abrazo de licor perdido 

Y entregan el corazón;

Esclavos del vino que nunca ves superar

Lo que ha sido llamado desgracia y deshonor.


3. ¿Acaso estaría el hombre destinado a ser

Un bruto en su actuar y sentir?

¿Será esa la suerte del que finalmente creyó 

Ser el dueño de todo lo que le rodea?

¿Apartarse de la intuición y del sentido común?


4. La gloria del hombre tiene significado 

Cuando relata con gracia cómo alcanzar lo Divino,

El hombre está hecho para vivir y amar

Aquel hermoso abrazo que afirma desde el Cielo.


5. Vehículo de carne nuestra desgracia

Cárcel mortal que encadena

El alma, 

Por muy antiguos errores ha sido confinada

Y dentro de un cuerpo 

Debe intentar elevarse de nuevo.


6. ¿De qué sirve este juego infantil?

Nunca ganamos, nunca disfrutamos,

Realmente nunca lo alcanzamos...

Y decae dentro de cien años

Una rosa marchita que se lleva el viento.


7. Ni tan solo un rosado matiz queda

De esta y la otra vida 

Ir y venir, antes y después, 

Dentro y fuera del tiempo, para nada;

Alma solitariamente independiente se le ve pasar

Con el bien y el mal sobre la mente.


8. ¡Eco profundo se escucha rugir

La voz inmemorial del pensamiento! 

¡Qué feroz se ve su aspecto!

Envueltos en asombro divino 

Nosotros leemos los Libros Sagrados de la Naturaleza.


9. Para el hombre su vida es un problema oscuro

Cortinas y humo de izquierda a derecha

Y no se encuentra aquel alma

Que venga a decirnos 

Lo que existe más allá de nuestra vista.


10. Y entonces una voz, reconocida y tan profunda, 

Sentimiento que aparece intenso dentro de nuestro interior;

¡Ser Humano! ¡Eres un alma eterna!

La muerte nunca te podrá disolver.


11. Para ti, el Ser Supremo en lo alto 

Eternamente mantiene

Una reserva de felicidad, allá arriba,

Sin tiempo ni final; 

Tú eres el que anhela Su más puro amor.


12. ¡Oh mi amor eres Tú! 

Poder benigno que hechiza

Ahora derrito mi alma ante Dios

¿Cómo poder describir con palabras de la tierra

Aquel suave y expansivo sentimiento?


12. Disfrute, tristeza, 

¿Qué más de lo que hereda la carne?

El alma que duerme 

Finalmente concluye que puede participar.


13. Y entonces, mis amigos, para qué tal disfrutar

De qué lamentarse por todos los demás;

Las mujeres, el vino y la carne de las bestias,

No encontrarás ahí jamás el amor que anhelas.


14. Tu naturaleza es amar a tus hermanos

Y devolver tu corazón a Dios

Solo Él sabe que tu esfuerzo ha sido sincero;

Testigo cierto y claro.


15. Olvida el pasado que duerme

Y deja de soñar con el futuro

Actúa siempre en el tiempo donde estás

Y el avance llamarás.


16. No digas esas frías ideas sin razonamiento 

Que el alma se crea espontánea 

Y que será destruida;

Las inertes reglas mecánicas de la Naturaleza Material.


17. Solo el Ser Supremo entiende

Por qué nos dio la vida y todo

El alma puede extinguir

O conectarla con los placeres elevados

Su promesa eterna cumplir.


18. Así que tú, Alma, 

Empuja tus pasos hacia adelante

Lucha contra todo acto malvado 

Odio y Lujuria son sus soldados 

¡Haz de ser un héroe de verdad!


19. Mantén tu posición original 

En el mundo espiritual

Tan firmemente como puedas 

Nunca dejes que la ilusión te derrote

¡Aguanta alma héroe!


20. Alma del Śaragrāhi Vaiṣṇava

Tú eres el ángel más hermoso

Tú que guías,

Guíame a Vrindavan

Y dime el poder de Su espíritu.


21. Allí mi alma descansa 

Una vez libre de la materia 

Sobre los brazos infinitos de mi amante

Paz eterna y amor trascendental

Son la magia de mi canto.