All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru Maharaj, H. H. Hanumat Presaka Swami. Please accept my humble obeisances at your sweet lotus feet.
HpS - In our siddha deha we may have sweet lotus feet, or even sweet lotus hooves, but here we got pretty good human feet with pretty well trimmed nails.
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,
Hare Krsna, Sarad gaurangi Devi Dasi
Happy Guru Purnima. We just finished our class.
Today we discussed Srila Prabhupada's pranam mantra .
The songs Gurudev kripa bindu .....and Hari Haraye ....with HG Ramanuja Das.
We are about 12 of us.
We have class on ' Difficulties to Contentment' every Saturday from 4.30pm to 6pm IST.
HpS/ASA - That is 6AM here.
Today we discussed the importance of Guru in our spiritual lives. Realized Krishna loves us so much that He sends His representative to reclaim such hopelessly, fallen, conditioned souls like me. Thank you Guru Maharaj for your endless mercy.
HpS - We are just holding the hose!! Usually pointing it in the general direction of the fire, but could be a lot more focused!!!
Every Sunday we have Bhagavad Gita class from 4pm to 6pm on zoom . We really enjoy this class . We are into 'introduction' and we have little children with their parents in this class.
ASA/TB - You mean children of midgets? Three inches tall? You must have to talk softly!!
Guru-kula Maharaja said that whenever you are preaching to small children, use the examples of food. Interesting, no?
Mondays and tuesdays , we have class on Isopanishad with Bali and Manipuri devotees. This is in zoom and is taken by HG Ramanuja Das. This is from 4pm to 6pm.
Reading SB daily ...alone , as COVID situation is bad here and I perform my seva at home. Reading SB 4.9.16 Dhruva Maharaj's prayers are so beautiful. Doing mangal arti at home.
Every Monday and Thursdays ,joining BV classes by HG NadiaBihari Das of Mayapur institute. Very very nice devotee association from Balramdesh and Mathuradesh. This is only because of Your kripa dear Guru Maharaj. Please accept my humble obeisances Guru Maharaj.
A group of us devotees are distributing Prasadam to Covid frontline workers and patients . We feel so humbled to do this seva. The prasadam goes to all sections of the society . Christians ...muslims appreciating the prasadam leaves us teary eyed....
Guru Maharaj.....do we have Maya inside of us? My understanding was more of an external affair of the world? Are'nt we protected by the Paramatma inside us?
HpS - Bahir nrsmha, hrdaya nrsmah. We can be in Raja,Tama, Sattva guna in any combination in our: Physical environmen, sense, mind, intelligence.
Eg. A Mayavadi monk may have very sattvika things, senses, thoughts, but in his basic intelligence, understanding, his attitude is "I will become God!". of course this is the greatest illusion.
So Paramatma protects you within and without.
On facebook , a prisoner from Pretoria reached out for books on Krishna. I was stunned. How to get Srila Prabhupada's books all the way to Pretoria? Devotees from Australia and UK managed to ship the books to Pretoria....took a long long time to reach the prison though. Thank you Guru Maharaj. He got 1. Bhagavad Geeta 2. A Second chance 3. the Science of self realization 4. Krsna The Supreme Personality of Godhead 5. Limited and Unlimited Consciousness 6. The ever youthful Cowherd boy 7.The movement of the South dancing in Krsna Consciousness 8. Celebrating Sri Narashimhas amazing appearance and 9. The perfect conversation. We sent him chanting beads too.
HpS - Takes a long time sometimes because it has to be scanned through security. Also some prisons have great libraries with donations of many societies full sets.
Kindly check the video on youtube.... Spontaneous Harinama in Paddy Field, Manipur https://youtu.be/XeFOHUYXL5U ....very short video...shot during our prasadam and book (NOI) distribution programme.
ASA - Wow! That is too much funny! You live in a great place. Why would you want to go to any other place.
Our prayers to Lord Nrshimha for your health and happiness dear Guru Maharaj,
Your ignorant servant...as always,
Sarada Gaurangi DD
HpS - ASA - Thank you. We hope you see the lotus feet of Krsna playing with His friends in Braja always. Kindly send us more news of Manipur as it is available. We hope to get to India by Kartika 2022.