12/16/14 ALL GLORIES TO MIGHTY SRILA PRABHUPADA WHO TOOK IN THE LOST, THE IMMATURE, THE DRUGGED AND OVER STIMULATED, THE UNWASHED, THE SEEKERS- WHOMEVER KRSNA SENT TO HIM, AS A POSSIBLE DISCIPLE, ALTHOUGH HE WAS AN ACARYA WORTHY TO HAVE KINGS AND QUEENS AS DISCIPLES.
Please accept my tearful dundavats and pranamas as the date for your vyasa puja draws nearer, my dear most Guru Maharaja. How I wish I could celebrate it in person with you and your other disciples, my God-brothers and sisters. But I am very fallen and do not deserve this priviledge so must accept this sorrow. Still I hope you accept my sincere gratitude for your eternal frienship, your shelter and understanding and advice, your fixed and steady example, your faithfulness to HDG Srila Prabhupada; your faithfulness to all your disciples; your acceptance of Monkey and Piggy as your alter ego to the benefit of fallen souls.
Turns out Lila has early kidney disease. She was on a regular diet which included limited (but too much) salt and phosphate which caused a renal crisis. Now she is on special renal diet; her health is normalizing. Kidneys will continue to deteorate but correct diet will slow down that process. Also has intestinal problems for which she is on medication; is improving. I hope she can skip human birth; I personally recommend it!
HpS - Ha! Ha! Of course, someone might comment that taking birth in the West we may not have actually experienced "human birth".
Wow your schedule is ambitious!! Whenever are you going to have time for Ayruvedic Conferences next year?? So, when you are in San Jose late July 2015 is the best time to approach you re. a possible darsana date with you at Sac preaching center?
HpS - Yes, seems like nice time to visit Sacramento! The Ayur vedic stuff seems like it won't happen. What we have to offer is mostly already available in USA, but we will see.
Re. Preaching Center: Mahat Tattva Das (look up his web pages AND YOU TUBE STUFF) who is currently San Diego Temple President, publishes a magazine for the young beach crowd entitled 16 ROUNDS TO SAMHADI, scheduled to take sanyas 2016, very fixed up, excellent communicater, has been approved by GBC to be our "captain." Before he can move here, we must be able to pay rent for a barely adequate brahmacari dwelling close to Sac State for him and other brahmacaris. Now he is helping us in pledge drive so we can rent our own center building sometime next year. For now, he drives to Sac from San Diego about every month and a half; will be here next Sat. MEANWHILE, xxx, young, charismatic prabhus from Fiji, who have been part of this group of devotees for a long time, swayed about half the group to follow them to start up their own preaching - future temple - program elsewhere in Sac. We are all sad but Mahat Tattva Das said, though saddened, upon seeing our pledges and dedication, he is uplifted and hopeful we will be able to push forward Srila Prabhupada's mission as we all long to do.
OK,Wow, "Esteemed, Kalindi Devi Dasi Mataji, Prabhu" Good ole' Monkey and Piggy, always able to instill wisdom by the use of exaggeration and humor!! Last Sat at the center Sangeeta Mataji came up to me and said, "You know of course that we all look to you as our mother...". So between your advice and her words I understand "Kalindi Mataji" is just fine, Krsna's arrangement and a responsibilty.
Please help me pray for larger home, closer to Sac, which we can afford. I am not generally any more inclined to pray for material benefits, but in this case, it is absolutely mandatory for continuance of serving SSG, G and maintaining KC lifestyle until death.
HpS - ASA - - Maybe Krsna wants you to pray for facility for your service so that you will appreciate it.
Here's hoping your Vyasa Puja is all your disciples want it to be. I have a picture of you bathed in God's glow taken at Ratha Yatra. If D.P can help me, I will download it to your site for Vyasa Puja as I believe you and your disciples will be blessed by it.
Hare Krsna! YWS, Kalindi Mataji
HpS - Jaya! AGTSP! Lila has a very bright future. Keep some Prasdam going out always.