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Hare Krishna, Dear Gurudeva!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you.

Please accept our obeisances.

As of every two weeks:

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Hare Krsna!!!

This week has been very intense for us. We read about Rupanuga prabhu departure. We are still neophytes, so for us it is very sad not to be able to share more things with him. As you told me before: "If we are chanting our rounds and following principles then we are well situated under the lotus feet of Krsna. Whatever health happens that is His desire."

We are too attached to this body and think we can control it. Yet you told us: "If Krsna wants our machines to have problems or even fail, then that is the best thing." So It's very difficult for us to completely surrender to Krsna. But we trust that with your help one day we can achieve it. We work everyday so that we chant rounds enthusiastically.

Our health, by the mercy of Krsna, is OK. We have only two more weeks before we start to work. we decided to continue working with the same school. We've been working there for 7 years. It is a small school but it gives us many facilities and opportunities. Our family is ok.

Thanks a lot for all your help and patience.

EDT (Patrak das & Antuanette)

asa/hps - your letters are sunshine. where do you get from? will you take it with you when you change bodys?

by chan ting on beeds we are wry ting the kapi dhvaja etc. sb 10.47.63

with next breath how many mantras can you chant?? eternal improvement, wake up?

Monday, 2022 January 17

Yesterday, by the mercy of devotees and Krsna, we received the news that Rupanuga-caitanya Das (Vaidya Ruben Devoto) left his body. It came as a shock to us as I'm sure it has to many people.

He was such a very big part of our lives that it will take some time to adjust to this new relationship, but we want to offer a few words of perspective immediately. It is an honor to even think of talking about him.

Of course, he and Mother Divya-vani (Prof. Dora Bazan) and their son Eric where practically the first people that we met upon arriving in Peru. We remember waking up in the second floor of Kanu-pandita's house/complex in Chosica and they were all sitting there looking at us in a friendly fashion.

After that things continued that way for years. We traveled together for weeks in India in the most remote and interesting places. We shared hardships and victories, and always with deep realizations of each others contributions to the movement of Lord Caitanya.

Rupa-anuga Das was a bigger than life person. Bigger than the life of most of us. To visit his home, was always an intellectual and human experience of living life in depth.

We always remember Srila Prabhupada's comment that when a close friend or family member leaves to go for work in a foreign country for a few years, there are naturally feelings of separation, some tears, but no one thinks that we won't meet again, with good profit from the separation, to continue our eternally developing relationships, and that there won't be phone calls and telegrams from the foreign land.

So, with this in mind we want to offer our dedication to keeping even more intimate association with Prabhu, and offer whatever help we can to his family and associates here:

Eric, Divya-vani, Lilly, Melina, Gandhari, Dina et al.

Thank you,

Hare Krsna!

HpSwami.

AgtSP

Paoho

Continuing the discussion from https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/13061/, DSD gives translation and some logic.

"Hare krishna Gurudev. Dandavat pranam unto your lovely feet. AGTSP, GURUDEV AND GOURANGA. 1st praying implies we bow down under our gurudev's lotus feet, our gurudev is so kind to distribute the spiritual knowledge in foreign country in this kaliyuge means present age. OR Our Gurudev is so kind to distribute the Prabhupadas spiritual instruction or teaching throughout the entire world in this kaliyuge means present age. Simply to say, GURUDEV we feel pleasure and egoless bowing down to your kind feet and praying as said. So to have one common and uniform pray, i requested to choice one out of the two. Dandavat pranam unto your lovely feet Gurudev. Forgive me if find any mistake."

HpSwami - We feel very deeply like one of Srila Prabhupada's "America" Sannyasis.

We are doing our job in an emergency situation, and any illumination of us should be minimal, like the standard pranam mantra in ISKCON or informal.

Such things done in our presence like trying to wash our feet make us feel from uncomfortable to completely panicked eg. run away and hide for one year.

What do you think?

Can post comments in Blog?



Thank you.

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Whatsapp, Sriman Divya-svarupa Das et al:

"Hare krishna. Dandavat pranam unto your lovely feet Gurudev. We , your devotee belongs to imphal and silchar, do pray to your lotus feet, using the following..

Namo om Vishnu padaye krishna prasthayo bhutale srimate Hanumat presak swamy niti namine, namaste Hanumat presak swamy, namo attyanto dayaluye, kaliyuge pachyatta deshe, Gandharva bidya pradayene. Or. Namo om Vishnu padaye krishna prasthayo bhutale, srimate Hanumat presak swamy nitti namine, namaste Hanumat presak swamy, namo attyanto dayaluye, kaliyuge pashyatta deshe, prabhupadas losatbani pracharaniya tayatte. Gurudev, kindly clearify, which one of the above two prayer is your choice. Dandavat pranam unto your lovely feet. Hare krishna."

HpS - We do not feel qualified to have any specific prayers glorifying us in Sanskrita. The basic prayer that is offered to Prabhupada and Srila Bh. Siddhanta seems to be more than enough.

What is the English translation of the prayers?

Who write them?

What evidence do they offer to justify them.

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ASA-e; bhaktivedanta library; nod; wod; spanish

AgtSP.

Waves of Devotion by Dhanurdhara Swami, is, to our mind, and essential book for understanding Nectar of Devotion, by Srila Prabhupada, from Bhakti rasamrta sindhu by Rupa Goswami.

We saw to translation into Spanish and asked DS if it existed. He answered, no, and said we could translate and distribute it for free or any income that we needed for our costs.

We asked some devotees to do it but nothing happened.

Mitravinda Devi Dasi asked to help.

LaD said that Param padam has a a copy translated.

We asked him and he sent us translation of the Eastern part of WoD.

As far as I know there was an old version of WoD that was later extensively edited and DS's editors asked us to destroy and copies of that.

Is the Spanish translation from that?

Asked LaD to contact MvDD.

Waiting for their response.

HpS -ASA.

22 01 14

Hare Krsna Dear Maharaja and ASA team,

Thank you very much for answering my previous letter, and now ASA team continues its search for Sita in Bolivia. Nrsimhadeva's mercy has no limits.

If you agree, I would like to see you and consult you about of my activities in BBT service (This I can not ask for blog) and spiritual life. Is Sunday, January 23 okay for you? I will also notify Abhirama p.

Thanks a lot for you mercy and hope I can help you in the search for Sita and so it is worth it living.

Whit affection and appreciation

ys Isvari R dd

HpS - Hare Krsna. We just Tweeted that our Covid Rapid exam came back positive. So every thing is changing with the Calendar.

It is funny.

I think we can meet. Let us just see what is happenning tomorrow.