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:
- The Institution - Fight wrong, Support good. Coordinate with the Bureaucracy.
- The Community of Friends - Stay in touch, reveal your heart (NoI 5)
- 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
