Hare Krishna Gurudeva!

Danvadat Pranam

please accept my humble obeisances at your feet 🙏

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope you are having a very inspiring and nourishing stay in by Radha Kund.

Disciple report 2022

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2022 april and after has been an important year for me. I bought a ticket to Sadhu Sangha 2022 in spanish fork utah & i thought i want to be chanting 16 rounds again when i attend the event in the end of may.

Devotees in the ISV (Iskcon Silicon Valley) Sangha are very active with regular online and in-person community events. Pavani Bhakti dd started an online zoom call 5-7am early in april.

I joined the call monday-friday & was getting all my rounds done before 8am almost every day. I was getting a greater amount of taste or reciprocation during the chanting than i ever had save for a few special moments in years past. Ive had to make up rounds the next day very few times since then.

My current daily schedule mon-fri is 4am call my Mom and read either Bhagavatam or a Catholic book she chooses on alternating days. 5-6:30 zoom call with Pavani and Devotees. 6:30 we read a chapter of Bhagavad Gita & Pavani narrates a power point that brings up key concepts from the chapter. 7:30 i Join a zoom call with ISV devotees Where we have have aarti, guru puja, read a verse from Bhagavatam & then have a discussion that we take turns leading. We each lead the discussion around once a week. This ends around 8:30. After making breakfast prasadam, i offer it on my home altar & take a shower & Then worship for around 30 minutes. I do this daily. Phone call with my Mom and two different devotee groups is Monday through friday.

I used to work saturday and sunday. Ive been taking those days off so i have a chance to make it to ISV saturday and Berkeley sunday. I dont make the saturdays at ISV as regularly as id planned. Ill usually take it as a ‘slack day’ and wake up with no alarm saturday and sunday. This year ive attended 4 Ratha YAtras- Boise, LA, San Francisco, Sacramento. Ive bought three Bhagavatam sets, distributed one, sponsored another, and have one i was going to give to another devotee to find out she had a set, so have it on a top shelf until it goes to someone. They were bought on Bhaktivinod Thakur’s appearance day, Radhastami & Bhadra Purnim.

My Girlfriend Cecilia Accidentally broke Tulsi’s branch putting her outside into this protective mesh container that is stretched on a metal mesh frAme. I saved the branch til Kartik & made it into a ghee lamp that i offered to the Deities in Berkeley & used it to light another devotees lamp. I went on a trip to portland with two other devotee friends, in four days/three nights we distributed Over a ton of books and collected nearly 2k donations.

Gurudeva, i know you are REALLY busy! I checked the Kapi Dvaja from the last time i messaged you here in the blog. I hope you are still able to keep a healthy balance, do not spread yourself too thin & have the time to use for what you want to do & leave room to be filled with blessings from Krishna, Srila Prabhupada & devotees & disciples.

I have a little bad news i broke a principle twice in october & have occasionaly looked into things that dont help my relationship with Krishna or my little sankirtan. The reciprocation i was feeling during chanting and doing puja had really tapered off from late summer into october. After those incidents id like to think ive been able to reset a little and do my best to really chant and worship in a prayerful mood. Sorry to go on so long here Gurudeva! If there is anything else you’d like to know about me or anyone here in the bay area or any way i can be of some service please let me know. Jaya Gurudeva! Jaya Prabhupada!

your servant,

Loka Bandhu Rama Das

Hare Krishna

HpS - Thanks for the news! I think it is inspiring for everyone.

Don't know if can read so much detail for everyone we've initiated et al.

We will announce the Report form in this Blog as open for Annual Reports in the next Kapi Dhvaja.

Please send your official report there!!!

Thank you.

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