Hare Krishna!
Guru Maharaja,
Yes, you are very right, my wife has been a rock in my spiritual life.
My materialistic nature of ignorance like to see her as a problem but that is right.
She is a gift Krishna has put in my life allowing me a lot of growth when I am mature enough (and sometimes even when I am not) to see it as Krishna arrangement.
I do know how important morning program is for you. I appreciate it very much in that I have also made it an upmost importance in my life. This is because of your example and encouragement (instruction 😉).
You have made it very clear what Srila Prabhupada has asked and wants from us in morning program. THANK YOU!!!!! I have grown to LOVE morning program.
This discussion was taken a bit to WhatsApp however can we please continue it here.
Haribol
Your servant,
Nanda-braja das.
HpS - AgtSP.
Apologize that have not been able to answer this or other letters so quickly.
Body, Buddy, is disintegrating.
Were 40% deaf last year and now, as expected, tested at 60% this year.
Our skin, teeth, eyes, mind, institution about the same.
Yet, we are only satisfied when we can squeeze the last drop of use of them out of Krsna's service.
Also, yes, yes, yes. Using this Blog forum for the kind of communication work it is supposed to do and using WhatsApp and Twitter for the kind of work they are supposed to do is correct.
We are in very stressful circumstances. Me, probably you, probably all of our esteemed readers.
😆
God certifies this!
Now it is 3.03AM.
Chanting Japa.
Doing little Blog work.
3.15am bath, tilaka, Deity worship, Mangala arati.. Kirtan.. Reading LoB... = FMS
In the middle of hell it allows us to focus on Krsna's name, Associates, Qualities, Form and ... it allows us to express our spiritual nature.
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Hari Bolo!
Sing and Dance in ecstacy.
Better than joining Larry Bird in basketball.
We were really struck by one incident related by Nava-yogindra Swami.
He came from a little town in Nepal. The devotees were there on traveling Sankirtan from Krsna Balarama Temple.
He was so attracted that he took permission from his Mother and Family and went back with them on the bus to Vrndavana.
As I remember he said he was looking out of the back of the bus as it drove away, seeing his mother with tears of anguish in her eyes, waving good bye.
Then, he served as B'cari in Temple in Braja.
Met Srila Prabhupada and had some direct interaction with him. Was Temple Commander at one point.
Yet early on he explained that he was in the Temple room during Japa time in the morning and Srila Prabhupada's Secretary came to him and told him that Srila Prabhupada wanted to speak with him immediately.
He was shocked.
He went to Prabhupada's rooms and paid his obeisances and asked how he could serve him, and Srila Prabhupada told him that he had a Temple in Africa that was failing and he was going to send him, NYD, to become the Temple President.
NYD said he was shocked again and replied, "SP, I am just a new man, little village boy. Coming to Braja has been a culture shock for me. How can I go to different country, different continent and become not only President of a Temple, but President of one that is failing!"
He said that Srila Prabhupada smiled and then looked at him very seriously and said that if he followed four principles strictly and chanted 16-nice rounds daily and kept a full morning and evening program and saw that everyone under his authority did the same thing, he would have... no... problems.
He said he applied it and it worked.
We have applied it and it works.
Of course, some very nice devotees like President in Los Angeles keep full morning program in Temple with devotees, and evening program with their family.
Etc.
Yet, if it is nice program, even not in Temple room, then seems they should be so encouraged that then want to share it in practical ways with others from time to time.
O.K.?
NoI 5 shows how to relate to different kinds of devotees.
NoI 10 how to relate to kinds of devotees and all others.
O.K.?
Must run to bath.
Thank you.
Photo attached of man on way to Mangala arati.
