asa[e] - media resources, cinema.

Hare Krishna, Gurumaharaj

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

As per your instruction, I would like to share the link to an interesting movie. 'God on Trial', the plot of the movie is based on a true story during the Holocaust.

It depicts the need to understand why we suffer.

The theology of suffering of a group of Jewish people who, the night before their already announced death (Gas chambers), full of fear and despair, questioned and debated God's promises of protection.

It is an attempt to rationalize and understand the suffering and the imminent death that is imposed on them (like we all are in some way).

How to reconcile their faith in God's loving plan and the excruciating pain and suffering that they are exposed to.

In my humble understanding, it is an invitation to question our beliefs, and go deeper in our relationship with God.

If someone is interested, here is the link

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4r8uhx

Hope this will be useful to somebody like it is to me.

Thank you.

Ys.

Madhumanjari dd

HpS/ASA - super! SUPER! . . S-U-P-E-R! ! !

We will watch.

Thank you.

What about Dinner with a Perfect Stranger and the other one about her daughter?

Others?

Anyone else recommend Media Resources?

This is Sankirtan: K.C. view point on modern media.



asa[e] - ug, stick fighting (contributor T. Brown)

"Each of them had a bugle made of buffalo horn and a stick and a flute, and each called his respective calves by their particular names."

https://vedabase.io/en/library/kb/14/#bb91039

"They were each equipped with a stick, flute and horn, as well as a lunch bag, and each of them was taking care of thousands of calves."

https://vedabase.io/en/library/kb/12/#bb90950

"To give an animal peaceful instructions is useless, and the only means is argumentum ad baculum. In other words, the only means to keep animals in order is a stick".

https://vedabase.io/en/library/kb/68/#bb92107

"They prepared some arrows for mock fighting, and Kṛṣṇa began to throw His arrows at Śrīdāmā. Śrīdāmā began to block these arrows by whirling his pole, and by Śrīdāmā’s chivalrous activities, Kṛṣṇa became very satisfied. , , ,

When Stoka-kṛṣṇa, one of the many friends of Kṛṣṇa, was fighting with Him, his father chastised him for fighting with Kṛṣṇa, who was the life and soul of all residents of Vṛndāvana. Upon hearing these chastisements, Stoka-kṛṣṇa stopped his fighting. But Kṛṣṇa continued to challenge him, and thus, in order to meet the challenge, Stoka-kṛṣṇa took his pole and began to display his dexterity by whirling it."

https://vedabase.io/en/library/nod/46/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stick-fighting

https://blackbeltwiki.com/cane-fighting

http://www.selfdefensecanes.com/

Whirling a cane is good exercise.

Look at some of the formal exercises.

Chant "Hare Krsna" and dance as you whirl your stick.

Join a class to meet people and preach.

We thought that full 4-5 foot tall staffs would not be available in everyday life like a cane, then we saw the broom on the porch, and realized that full size "staffs" are everywhere. Some of them the brush part even unscrews!

We saw an older fellow walk onto the airplane with a full size walking stick and nobody batted an eye.

They are even more fun to whirl because they have more mass and inertia.

Hare Krsna, go luck.

Tell us your experiences.

(We saw a very good instruction manual by a director of Calcutta (?) police from like 1875 or something, but can't find it again.

He said that the weight of the cane or strength of the strike was not as important as the speed.)

asa[e] VAD, Sannyasa

From HlD - Whatsapp!

Four Stages of Elimination in Life:

At 60, the workplace eliminates you. No matter how successful or powerful you were during your career, you'll return to being an ordinary person. So, don't cling to the mindset and sense of superiority from your past job, let go of your ego, or you might lose your sense of ease!

At 70, society gradually eliminates you. The friends and colleagues you used to meet and socialize with become fewer, and hardly anyone recognizes you at your former workplace. Don't say, "I used to be..." or "I was once..." because the younger generation won't know you, and you mustn't feel uncomfortable about it!

At 80, family slowly eliminates you. Even if you have many children and grandchildren, most of the time you'll be living with your spouse or by yourself. When your children visit occasionally, it's an expression of affection, so don't blame them for coming less often, as they're busy with their own lives!

At 90, the Earth wants to eliminate you. Some of the people you knew have already departed forever. At this point, don't be sad or mournful, because this is the way of life, and everyone will eventually follow this path!

Therefore, while our bodies are still capable, live a devotional life to the fullest! Chant our attentive rounds, perform devotional service, read regularly Srimad Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, listen Krishna Katha and honour Krishna prasadam. Let Lord Krishna guide us and give what's good for us. 

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HpS/ASA.

AgtSP. Paoho. Very, very interesting. One devotee was going to take an early retirement form Hewlett-Packard and we spent like 90-minutes on the phone discussing all this, "If I don't go to work what will I do".

I suggested that he travel with us and preach about his experiences in Grhastha ashrama.

I was a super success.

It even went into the "Times of India".

Like Prabhupada we can become more and more and more sought after, no?

Work connections go, parents, older brothers go, but younger people want our more and more and more mature realization of spiritual life, and also seasoned ideas about B'cari and Grhasta life, no?

🙂

Hare Krsna Gurudeva, AGTSP, PAMHO

We are writing this letter with the motivation-- that one should not be to far or near from guru.

I have sent second postal letter to Prof Samaresh,

following message was sent by him,

when i informed him that i have sent him a post

21-june-2023

"You should have sent talking to me.or treatment we will not be at home and if before our departure if it does not come,it may be returned to you.What does it contain? Is it the same which you sent earlier by email."

when he received second envelope :

16-july-2023

Lady attendant who takes care of our house during our absence has received an envelope sent by you. What does the envelope contain?Ve

Again I am telling you to talk to me before sending anything. Very best wishes.

harsh: maharaj has asked me to send you , fortnighty update of his activity (in print), which is available on his website

Prof Samaresh: You can send but give a call before sending so that the envelope is not returned undelivered.

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in letter 14130

Harsh :Moreover in this world we want Opulence of Fame of Krsna, but we wanted to famous as Renunciant, so that every other famous person ( beautiful, powerful, rich, knowledgeable) will bow down in front of us.

ASA - Even Arnold Schwarzenegger? 😲

answer -- Yes sir,

but we dont want saints to bow to us,

i know this stupid desire...

best desire is to be Horse to carry the monkey

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our only motivation to live/work--- is to live to faith/confidence you have put in me by giving him Hari Naam Intitation.

we are not qualified / sincere at all in any sense, ...

folded hands,

dandvats,

Harsh Pradhan trying to be Hayagriva Avatar Das

HpS - Thank you. How many efforts to develop something good and new went from small to big instantly? Ha! Ha!

Seems best is to start with partially working system and see the result.

Maybe postpone project development.

Maybe change it.

Reevaluate what is the goal of the project.

Have to do that again and again and again.

Fix the goal (for Krsna).

Find a practical step forward.

Hari Bolo!

The result no matter how small is eternal.

asa[e] Food for Thought

From our Radha-kunda Whatsapp Group:

[7/7, 12:09 AM] Krsna Das: Yesterday I was present in Srila Prabhupada's room in Vrindavan and a special anecdote happened, I like to share🙏

I was chanting Japa in Srila Prabhupada's house, in the next room where there is a murti writing a letter....

After a while an initiated devotee around 60 came and sat on the corner near the almirah.

After sometimes he was chanting Japa, while his his other hand went on the Whatsapp mobile and his sound of Mahamantra was coming intermittently to me...

I just noticed and went on in my business.

Even if nowadays there are so many restrictions in S.P. room, no-one up to now dared to speak to a senior Iskcon devotee...not even the Vrajabasi lady Chokidar normally quite active....if one do not follow the restrictions.

At my surprise after 10 minute the devotee was absorbed in the mobile and Japa visibly...a very sweet girl around 10 years old came near, nicely dressed (not in sari but in devotional clothes) with tilak on the forehead and for a while she was standing near him watching...

Then she spoke in a nice Hindi something like this" aap kya kar rahe hain ( IN English I will tell as more easy for me:"

 *what are you doing....are you chanting Japa or doing mobile?*

The embarrassed devotee watched her saying:" *I am doing both* !🤗" and again composed himself.

The girl smiled at him saying....ohh are you are doing both! and rebuked softly: *either you chant, either you do mobile!* 

...then with a peaceful and happy face she paid pranam to Srila Prabhupada 's murti and left the room.

The devotee first thing immediately closed the flip cover and kept his mobile in the kurta, then after a few Japa mantra left the room!

I do not know... but it looked very mystic to me, how this educated and innocent girl came from nothing and disappeared after giving siksa?

....as the place is transcendental I felt Srila Prabhupada" s hand behind it.

🙏Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

HpS Posted: As we remember Balavanta told us that when he was Temple President and pioneering the temple in Atlanta, USA, they had organized a big program for the days that Srila Prabhupada was visiting.

Part of it was a fire sacrfice, and they had  promoted and advertised it as a first time the USA for this 'ancient, powerful and mystical Vedic ritual'.

There was a big crowd there in the Temple. There was a representative from the Mayor's office and a news channel was recording it on camera, but . . . they didn't really know what they were doing and kept making more and more mistakes.

He said that at one point they were even going to put the coconut into the fire.

During this Srila Prabhupada was getting more and more irritated and chastising everyone more and more until Balavanta Das was in complete panic.

Then the boy, Bhakti Leroy or some thing, whom they had arranged to fan Srila Prabhupada in a completly innocent way said, "Oh, it's alright Srila Prabhupada, just chant 'Hare Krsna'".

When Balavanta heard this he thought, "That's it.

That's it.

Now fire is going to come from Srila Prabhupada's eyes and right on publich television he is going to burn me, the boy, the audience and everyone to ashes."

Srila Prabhupada turned and looked at the boy with intense, narrow gaze and Bh. Leroy just smiled back at Srila Prabhupada and . . . Srila Prabhupada looked away and put his hand in his bead bag and started chanting Japa with leveled intensity.

Who was that little boy?

🙂

asa[e] guru-tattva. jesus christ

Hare Krsna, Gurudev.

Please receive my most humble and respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to you.

How are you? Here report and contact from Deva-Vrata das de Córdoba.

ASA - Died three minutes ago. we are trying to bring him back, TB/BW. 🐵 🐷

4/16 okay

Some days I can't get out of bed 1:40am before sunrise... 80% yes 😏

Distribution of Srila Prabhupada's books. Okay.

With your blessings I wish to distribute 200 books per month on average 🙏🙏🙏. Without your blessings and the parampara, I am powerless.

ASA - Seems we should rely more on the Parampara!! 🙂 Hope you give good service to the nice people Krsna sends!!!1

With Campaka Lata dd we are following your instructions. Thanks for your blessings. We need them to accommodate us 🙏🙏🙏

We have a program called "Family Bhagavad Gita", where 7 students of the Bhagavad Gita share 1 daily sloka (with a short comment), for whatsApp contacts we collect in sankirtan.

And on Wednesday 7:00 p.m. in Argentina, we meet online to share some topic of Krsna consciousness.

ASA- SUPER!

On Fridays we meet online with Gokulananda das, a very learned devotee who lives in Govardhana. He accompanies us in the study of the sastra.

ASA - We know him well! We lectured three times while we were in Radha Kund and want to develop a strong relationship between Bhakti vedanta Vidya Pitha and NIOS.

We also continue to read and discuss Bhagavatam with the devotees in the neighborhood. Let's go for song 6. Every 15 days we meet to talk about a chapter.

I clean the neighborhood temple weekly. That is my service. And I record audios with the chapter of the Bhagavatam that he plays.

We try to talk about Krsna to everyone...

Gurudev. Another very important issue that I wanted to tell you... In what place should I put Jesus Christ in my life?

HpS - Aaaah! Revived. I don't know. It is a personal matter. I have a personal relationship with him since I was 3-years old. I worked hard to understand Srila Prabhupada and our Lord Jesus Christ. In the end, I came to the conclusion that Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami was the best Christian I had ever met. He has so much appreciation and realization of Christ.

Basically Srila Prabhupada comments that He is our Lord, Spiritual Master, he teaches us how to serve, love God".

O.K.???

Sometimes I feel Jesus much closer than Krishna. I know there is a cultural burden... But sometimes I feel that with the Krishna consciousness process I am missing something. It's like everything our scriptures say is far away, light years away... and I feel like Jesus is more accessible and more present... it's just a feeling (and it comes and goes). I really need a contact with God. I feel like I'm disconnected from Him. what do you think Gurudev?

HpS - Again, it is a personal thing. In my experience Srila Prabhupada was not in the least disturbed that his disciples had personal relationships with Our Lord Jesus Christ, Prophet Mohamad or anyone. Trnad Api Sunicena. It is just a matter of sorting out the traditions, the scriptures, the Parampara, the mystical experiences and building your own realization.

May not be easy or quick, but should be progressive, getting better all the time.

Gurudev, sometimes I wish I had met you earlier. I have not had much personal contact with you (vapu) like other older brothers..

Gurudev, I want to ask you to tell me: how can it be useful? How can I help you?

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be united with you through initiation. Thank ou for accept my request.

One question 🙏: When it is said that the relationship with the guru is eternal... does it mean that you will be my guru in the next life? And when the guru comes back to Krsna... what about the disciple who doesn't come back?

HpS - We are connected right now. Yes, vapu is nice, but real connection is cooperation serving Krsna!

Useful to us is if you are useful to ISKCON:

1. The Institution - Fight wrong, Support good. Coordinate with the Bureaucracy.
2. The Community of Friends - Stay in touch, reveal your heart (NoI 5)
3. Srila Prabhupada - It is his Society. Get, develop, your direct experience of him.

Our, HpS, Monkey-Piggy et al, Sankirtan is ASA and its Branches. Watch the Blog, Kapi Dhvaja, and see if you can help there. Otherwise you may have so many other Sankirtan partners in ISKCON. We are trying to function as your Diksa guru in ISKCON, and Sankirtan leader, partner is other, but often related thing.

O.K.?

Any relationship in spiritual life is eternal, no?

It is like someone in prison for automobile robbery. As he sees the psychologist and resolves his psychological problems, learns a good trade eg. home construction, and repairs his relation ship with his wife and family, he is more and more involved in normal, spiritual life.

Someone acts as Diksa guru, in this life.

They may ask another Guru who is in the universe where you are, so pick you up in the next life if there has been an accident.

Eg. Big explosion in the primery school in the neighborhood. All the adults are running there. You see some children in a precarious condition and you help to get them out. You know that other people are doing the same for your children somewhere else.

After they are all out and safe then the parents find their specific children.

Maybe I am supposed to go to Lord Nrsmha, Maybe you are supposed to go to Ayodhya. After we are liberated, even in this body, these details get worked out, no?

Big topic. Hope this is useful.

See you here again soon.

Hari Bolo.

Respects to Mataji, Param pada Das et al.

Thanks for everything Gurudev. My great fortune is to have met you...

Your would-be servant.

Deva Vrata das

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Hare Krsna, Gurudev. Reciba mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias. Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada ya usted.

Cómo estás? Aquí reporte y contacto de Deva-Vrata das de Córdoba.

16/4 ok

Algunos días no logro saltar de la cama 1:40 hs antes del amanecer... 80 % sí 😏

Distribución de libros de Srila Prabhupada. Ok.

Con tus bendiciones deseo distribuir 200 libros al mes promedio 🙏🙏🙏. Sin tus bendiciones y del parampara, soy impotente.

Con Campaka Lata dd estamos siguiendo tus instrucciones. Gracias por tus bendiciones. Las necesitamos para acomodarnos 🙏🙏🙏

Tenemos un programa que se llama "Bhagavad Gita en familia", donde 7 estudiantes del Bhagavad Gita compartimos 1 sloka diario (con un breve comentario), para los contactos de whatsApp que recopilamos en sankirtan.

Y los miercoles 19hs de Argentina, nos reunimos online para compartir algún tema de conciencia de Krsna.

Los viernes nos reunimos online con Gokulananda das, un devoto muy erudito que vive en Govardhana. El nos acompaña en el estudio de la sastra.

También seguimos leyendo y discutiendo en Bhagavatam con los devotos del barrio. Vamos por el canto 6. Cada 15 días nos reunimos para hablar de un capítulo. Semanalmente limpio el templo del barrio. Ese es mi servicio. Y grabo audios con el capítulo del Bhagavatam que toca.

Tratamos de hablar de Krsna a todo el mundo.

Gurudev. Otro tema muy importante que quería decirle... ¿En que lugar debo poner a Jesucristo en mi vida? Siento a veces a Jesús mucho más cercano que a Krishna. Sé que hay una carga cultural... Pero a veces siento que con el proceso de conciencia de Krishna me falta algo. Es como que me queda muy lejos, a años luz, todo lo que dicen nuestras escrituras... y siento como que Jesús es más accesible y está más presente... es un sentir solamente (y que viene y se va). 

Realmente necesito un contacto con Dios. Siento que estoy desconectado de Él.

qué opinás Gurudev?

Gurudev, a veces quisiera haberte conocido antes. No he tenido mucho contacto personal contigo (vapu) como otros hermanos más antiguos..

Gurudev, quiero pedirte que me digas: ¿en qué puede serte útil? ¿En qué puedo servirte?

Gracias por darme la oportunidad de unirme a usted a través de la iniciación. Gracias por aceptarme.

Una pregunta 🙏: Cuando se dice que la relación con el gurú es eterna... ¿significa que serás mi gurú en la próxima vida? Y cuando el gurú regresa a Krsna... ¿qué pasa con el discípulo que no regresa?

Gracias por todo Gurudev. Mi gran fortuna es haberte conocido...

Tu aspirante a sirviente.

Deva Vrata das