K A P I D H V A J A
2022 October 26 - Damodara Amavasya
- Periodical of the Anjana Suta Academy (www.JayaRama.US), a pioneering branch of ISKCON, Founder Acharya Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Prabhupada.
- GBC Secretary - His Grace Vira bahu Das.
- Branch Head - H. H. Hanumatpresaka Swami.
- Editors - T. Brown, B. White et al.
WANDERING MISCREANTS
Hare Krsna! AgtSP! Paoho. Here is our report, after our first fortnight near Radha-kunda
Very near.
Most of our work was just trying to settle down, establish a hermitage without agitating projects and plannings.
Yet, a thousand different people,
places,
insects,
impinge us daily!
This is Kartika month.
We can step down from the veranda and trundle barefoot for about 9 or 10 minutes, and we are in front of Sri Sri Radha kunda . . and . . .
Hundreds of bustling Vaisnava pilgrims, who change daily, every 10-minutes, and amongst them, "Hey, Hanumatpresaka Swami, do you remember me? You came for a program at our home in Vancouver, 25-years ago! This is my daughter."
"Oh, HpSwami, we heard from Sumanta Rudra that you will be in Govardhana Eco Village in January. We will join you there. We are on the United Nations Committe for Promoting a Peace Culture now".
It takes about two hours to do these 'Kapi Dhvaja's'. Are they worth it? Fighting with the internet here in Radha Kunda, it has taken four hours.
We bought three simple student's school books in the local stationary booth at only 25-cents each!
So nice to work in one book, rather than scraps of paper to be assembled later.
Our journaling technique is always improving, if we can keep the mode of goodness.
True for you also?
Let us see the result!
Sunday, 9th, we did Diksa in Tamal Krsna Maharaja's Govardhana Ashrama.
A five day torrent of killer-rain was falling and all the land was sloppy or submerged, so the only place to work was the three sided cow-shed.
Moooo!
We isolated one space. Priest brought bags of nice paraphernalia, and then a cow released a small river of urine across our field of sacrifice!
In all it was so nice because we tried and Krsna is right here.
Could look across the garden and SEE Govardhana hill.
Our constant companions are Vipina bihari Das, Krsna loka Das, M. Tungavidya and Manipuri girl, but Ranchor and Govinda are 10-minute motor away and visit often... Sri Hari Das, Shyama sakhi Devi Dasi, Subhadra Devi Dasi et al.
Radha kunda is full of meetings, but about three different groups of people come driectly to our doorstep daily. GPS
Up at 1.08AM. Pushing to chant each round in 10-minutes with our old aged throat.
Mangala arati on our beautiful little altar.
About tree to five people here, hear, at 4.30AM.
Finish rounds.
Read TLC.
Receive guests, visit RKunda, every time a new aspect discovered. Always see its spiritual beauty.
It is radiated by the bustle of Pilgrims and the path filled with Temples (motor cycles, piercing horns...)
10th, Monday, attended the innauguration of Saccinandana Swami, Bhurijana Das and Other's ==[Govardhana Retreat Center]==.
Wow!
Over seven big buildings!
Hospice for 254 retreat participants.
Big hall, two small halls.
17th - Lokannatha Swami, 50th Diksa Anniversary and Bull Cart Trip of Prabhupada from Vrndavana to Govardhana. On stage for three hours under the scrutiny of over 2,500 people. Then Jaya advaita arrived and we snuck out. Such a heart touching program.
Contrasted with sitting alone for days in Murfreesboro Ashrama.
Regular Saturdays with Upendra Das.
NIOS work with Sumanta Rudra, Abhiseka Das and Srinivasa Das.
Start the editing of 'Diary of a Traveling Creature' movies two and three.
Well, guess that gives a taste of where we are at.
Live one day at a time - Alcoholics Anonymous.
Chant Hare Krsna and live one breath at a time.
Good night/Good morning.
BLOG
O.K!
Whatsapp is 90% under control.
Twitter is very essential.
There are so many people who know us now so that if you want to catch us, squeeze the infomation out of them.
ArtD/Ranchor's Airtel hotspot is very good. Krsna-svarrupa Das' ashrama is wonderful.
$$$
So little action that we won't post it.
Bipina, T'vdya pay all the expenses.
We get a lot of donations from all these guests.
GURU-TATTVA
Sataksi > Subhadra Dev Dasi
Jibesha Das > Jiva Goswami Das
Govinda pramodini Devi Dasi . Second Initiation.
Vijaya Sankara > Veda-vidya Das
CALENDAR
After a lot of Monkey Business.
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Hope to be here until January 10th.
29th November is H. H. Bhakti svarupa Damodara Swami Vyasapuja at his samadhi here and anniversary of HpSwami Sannyasa.
Sumanta Rudra coming for three days and we hope we can introduce BRC and NIOS people and motivate the Sankirtan.
24th December is HpSwamis Vyasa puja for everyone in the Parampara.
9th January maybe go to Delhi and the go to Bombay, Govardhana Eco-village until January 13th. then Manipura, Assam, Tripura, Manipura with Hari Dasa Dasa Swami.
24th Delhi and 25th with Dhruva to Madrid.
Maybe stay NVM for three weeks, them maybe go to the Canary Islands then Madrid to Houston 22 Feb.
About 4th March, exact date in the Blog, Monterrey for Gaura purnima and then Mexico City for Rama-navami weekend, then back to Houston.
Got all these tickets.
PIGGY'S PARTING PEARLS
Uncle Gismo is technological challenged here with the fire element, electronics, but walks barefoot and hangs a mosquito net with great ease.
We Tweet (huber_robinson) moment to moment Sankirtan news. We post daily type stuff on the Blog and patch together these Kapi Dhvajas fortnightly.
O.K. One hour getting our Web server to open, pasting stuff, editing, now hkhkkkhhhrhrrrhh
Let us send this and get back to our Japa and FMP.
We may pass out at any moment.
P.S. Couldn't post it at Webserver, so here it is.
