Traveling Raktak's Diary

Guru-Lila (part 4)

In some temples, either before or after the lecture, the devotees chant one round togecher, and believe me, this is quite purifying experience.  Some people may not have chanted at all throughout their lives, but in this way, they also get a chance to sit together with all the devotees/congregational members and get some first hand experience on chanting especially with the beads.  So here in this clip, which was made on 19th of March, 2016 at Navi Mumbai, you can see this thing and it is more special, because guruji His Holiness Hanumat Preshak Swami Maharaj is there, though he is not chanting with them, since he was chanting his evening Gaytri Mantra, silently, but he was listening, and another thing, you may also see my ugly face in this clip becuase there was a mirror (but you are lucky that you see it only for a few seconds, otherwise, you may have bad dreams in the night).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7tgeRroxvs

HpS - ASA -- We like that everyone chants one round together. We hear that Srila Prabhupada had the devotees do that in the first days of ISKCON, in front of the Deities, but we DO NOT like that it is done in unison. As far a we know this was a practice added without Prabhupada's consent, after he left. He had the devotees chanting at their own pace with individual concentration.

Hare Krishna Maharaj

PAMHO. AGTSP!

Thank you for your considered response with regards to my career dilemma which I appreciate.

I am currently enjoying your lectures via ISKCON Desire Tree, and am surely interested to know whether you plan to come again to Australia soon, perhaps after CA?

I have learnt that Dhruva and Dhanesvari are in and around Brisbane. I have not had the good fortune to meet them yet. Maybe I can canvass them to get on your case for a visit?

Which tactic would you recommend Maharaj?

Your not-so-humble servant,

Jay (aka Janardan Das).

HpS - Hare Krsna. AgtSP. Paoho. How did you get this wonderful name Janardana? These long flights are getting very difficult for us, and really seems we should be sending books, movies, rather than our body.

Haw haw haw Hare.

Our first and second disciples are both in Australia.

If we can push on our little Sankirtan for Prabhupada that is where we must all go, no?

News of your Yoga and Sankirtan.

Querido Gurumaharaja:

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas  reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! 

Respecto a la convocatoria de recetas de galletas, necesitamos saber por favor,  cuando es la fecha o plazo límite?  Disculpe no encontré este dato.

No somos expertos, pero estamos animando a otros que envíen su mejor receta, Jayadeva Goswami prabhu, etc ... tratamos de convencer al experto en repostería prabhu Uddharana. 

Queremos llevar la degustación de galletas el 13 de Julio.   

Muchas gracias Gurumaharaja. Usted es tan experto en ocuparnos en servicio y sacarnos de las garras de maya. 

Perdón por las ofensas 

.Prabhu Manash Ranjan envía sus reverencias,  trabaja en el restaurante del templo. Esta bien y feliz de estar como la piedra entre los frijoles. 

ASA - En aeropuerto de Houston pasamos por transito en Mexico a Las 3. Primero Julio? Pero siempre disponible para buen recetas. Espero muy, muy buen Sankirtan para todos! !

Your Holiness,

                         Please accept my prostrated obeisances. All glories to Your good self.

ASA - Oink. AgtSP

I fall at your lotus feet and beg to be forgiven for this very late reply. My anarthas make me quite helpless, but I am willing to persevere with my free will if you are willing to bless me in order to be able to do that.  I was a little feeling ashamed when you mentioned to me about my inadequacies rather adequately,  and also scared of having done something offensive and thus lost out on perseverance. I apologize also, for the previous questionnaire which was unnecessarily lengthy.  I will make a stronger effort to be more effective in being more to the point.

Maharaja, I have some questions which have been troubling my heart for quite some time which I will be extremely grateful if you could please try and answer.

 They are:

There seem to be some intermediate tattvas between jiva tattva and Vishnu tattva. Examples of such tattvas are:

1)Srimati Radharani whom  I humbly think could be addressed as Shakti tattva

2)Lord Siva who seems to be addressed as Siva Tattva

3)Parvati Devi who is again Shakti Tattva

It is reasonable to accept that God is all powerful, and all attractive. But this same all attractive, all benevolent and very personal God seems to have created intermediate tattvas which are not as noble as God, who can be approached but not achieved. So how can an all attractive, all benevolent God create one child who is eternally going to be more opulent than another?

Your servant

jashodev

HpS - ASA -- Very nice to hear from you. Mouth, Spoon, Soup. Now why on Earth would you, Mouth, want to become a Spoon?

Understand little grasshopper?

'g'

Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
As per the request of  His Excellency Uncle Gismo, here is one simple "cookie or something similar" recipe.
NO BAKE CAROB SWEETS
3 cups fine oat-flakes (made to powder in blender)
1 cup dried grated coconut
1/2 cup walnut
1/4  carob powder
1/2   cup butter
1/2 cup milk
sweetener: as you like (we use Muscovado sugar)

Preparation: mix all and make balls or patties (we make balls).
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According to my expirience this recipe is simple, fast and easy to make, it has nice consistency, and is open to different variations of sweeteners, nuts, butter and milk. In our family, it has Vaisnava name already, from devotee who gave us the recipe (Darpaha prabhu).
Your servant Namacarya das

ASA - Can you mail them? Do they keep well for long time with warm weather?

How is your family?

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva 

AGTSP

Pamho

We have just read the KD

Here you have our recipe for the cookies

Ingredients

2 cups of fluor

1cup of sugar

200g of butter

1 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate

1handful of cinnamon

1 handful of oats

1/4 cup of natural yogur

Preparation

The butter must be at room temperature. In one bowl mixed very well the butter with the sugar then add tHe cinnamon, the oats,yogur. After that the flour previously sifted with the sodium bicarbonate. Mixed all these very well. Then put in a plastic bag in the fridge for a few minutes. 

Preheat the oven for 15 minutes 190°f

Spread with butter the tray

Make balls and put them on the tray.

Put the tray on the oven for 20 minutes aprox. 

Offer to Krsna

Enjoy

Thank U Gurudeva

Trying to be useful

Candramukhi dd

HPS - ASA -- A handful of cinnamon? Isn't that a lot!?