From: Mukta Okram
To: HpSwami - yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 5:10 AM
Subject: Fwd: Correspondence with Guruji
All Glories to Sri Guruji Maharaja and Gouranga Maha Prabhu
Radha Krsna Ki Jay and Goura Bhakta Brndiki Jay
Please accept my humble obeisances unto Guruji's padmacharan that I so happy that I could not express by words after getting Gurujis Amtabani through email. Even now we the initiated bhaktas did not go to the Mandir, because the new committee's moth of arrangement is based on the earning and not in the way of spiritual activities. But shortly we will try to modify the present system and will start mangal aarati daily. Now adays there is the Pujari to do Mangal aarati in the morning, without a pujari to do aarati is not possible that is why we did not go to the mandir.
The aarati which I had mentioned in my previous letter is a programme organised in the house of a bhakta. Such type of programme (Ahorarati 24 hrs narration of Gouranga Mahaprabhu's past times) are special. They invited different Manipuri Goudiya Beisnavas from different localities, the ages above 70 yrs. They all spent the whole night along with us. And during the narration we did aaratis (astakala) eight times with different songs.
To day I had downloaded the topics discussed in the Kapidhaja about Guru Tattva.
Every Sunday from 2-5 pm we did narration of Radha Tattva through the Book Radha hrdaya taken from Brahma Beibarta Puran of Brahma Sanghita. Some songs, slokas and Shiksha Astakama of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and time to time topics we discuss. All were possible with the blessings of Guruji.
After getting Gurujis tour programme with tentative dates we will chock out different programmes of our Mandir.
Yours fallen Servant
Yamunesvara Das
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All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! H. H. B. S. Damodara Swami, Ki JI!
Thank you for your letter, Yamunesvara Das. We extend our respects to you and all the devotees of Thoubal yatra.
1. We cannot get to this e-mail sources easily. So receiving and responding to your letters is greatly delayed. I think there are earlier letters from you and also one from Dasa Hari. Can you please arrange to send those to the Blog!!!
2. We don't exactly understand your comments about not going to the Mandir. Is that the Thoubal mandir or the Imphal Mandir? They require a certain economic contribution before allowing anyone to enter? Of course, you can do Srila Prabhupada's mangala arati in your homes, but we should certainly seek adjustment to any wrong doings in any of our ISKCON temples!
3. The all night observances with Gaudiya vaisnavas that you describe seem potential of great spiritual satisfaction and opportunity for purification and empowerment in the cause of Lord Caitanya but ... do you also include the books of Srila Prabhupada in your recitations and contemplations? His Caitanya-caritamrta and Srimad Bhagavatam include wonderful potency to adjust all dangerous, subtle mistakes in our offers to Krsna and Gauranga.
4. We are working now on our visit to the East and Manipur and should have more news after the next week or two, even buy tickets.
Again, please have all correspondences to the Blog, so we can get contact with all of you in a practical fashion!!! Also, for urgent communication our USA mobile phone is 209 505 3219.
Thank you,
HpSwami
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