Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
HpS - ASA -  AGTSP!  Our feet are clean but still not lotus..
     All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Guru Dev, What is the schedule of your India Visit, next year.
HpS - ASA -  It seems that Krsna wants India in March with vist to Manipur, Kokatta/Mayapura for sure, then Australia in April and back to India on the way to Europe.   Seems we will buy the tickets with the next few weeks.  Any suggestions?

     Update about me:
     1. Four-regulative principles as usual.
    2. Chanting our fixed rounds.
    3. Study - SB, NOI, Prabhupada's small note from BTG, Isoupnisad, 'Parsad of lord chatinya' - Every
        day one character.
    4. Bhakti Shastri not started yet.
    5. Limited/Reduced temple activity - Just doing Prasadam distribution on Sunday. But visit temple 4-5
        time a week. Spend Saturday & Sunday in temple. Interaction with devotees and all.
    6. Preparing topic for basic level preaching for youth. First Topic - Body & I.
       Remark - Topic contains formation of our body in this material world (as SB - 8 elements and as
       per 'Sankhikyi' 24 elements).
       But not completed the topic yet. Need to do lot of works. There are lots of doubts. Consulting local
       temple Shiksha guru.
    7. Always remember you & Lord for every thing & mercy.
    8. Read your blog every day - Trying to learn from your advice and views.
    9. Visit different ISKCON web site - specially mayapur.tv.
    10. Spend 9-10 hours at office in working days.
    11. I talk very less with non-devotees.
        Remark: Some time, i don't like to talk to devotee also, if they are not glorifying lord.
    12. Planning to visit Vrindavan in Kartik month for 10 days.
    13. Continuing learning alphabets of Bengali to read Bengali.
    14. Trying to focus more on Study rather temple activity.
            Remark: Nothing planned yet. Still in thinking process.
    15. If any one ask for any seva in temple or outside temple, i accept and do respectfully.
    16. Time-being stopped fund collection activity.
    17. Meeting devotee at office time once in a week, minimum (we have a group of devotee at office -
          some are very very senior in ISKCON).
    18. Breakfast - fruits, lunch - fruits & dinner - rice & boiled vegetable.

     Please advise on the above.

    What to do:
    1. I am not able to seek the actual expression of vaishanava git (songs). But I like very much, if any
         one sing.
    2. I am very straight forward in terms of following any thing so some time it creates problem in the
        execution of temple activities.
       Remark: I speck very very straight forward, it is creating problem.
    3. Some temple bramachari asking that to be under any senior bramachari - for class & temple
        activity.
    4. Don't know the path to improvement of my sadhan.
    5. I am always stopped at Kesi Ghat.
    6. How can i make my sadhana stronger.
    
your servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

             HpS - ASA ---   http://vedabase.com/en/bg/17/15    Some good advice about some of your points.      Of course, a lot of Sadhana is association - with local devotees, by different media.   Your report in this Blog is very nice association for everyone. Thus you can look and see how your next report can be better and that will help you advance!        Seems like you are doing O.K.    Of course the Kesi demon is still in the heart.  Make some little mistake and he can still come out and start to kill people!

  Hare Krsna   /    Hare Rama     ...  So tell us what you think about BG 17.15 and Puport and how it applys in your daily life.