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Vrndavana
1.48AM
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Hare Krsna.    AgtSP    Paoho.   Yesterday was a typical day for us. At 3.30AM we had our bath, washed our clothes, went to the the Krsna Balarama Temple, Japa, Mangala-arati with a crowd of 600 devotees, Japa, then we came back to our house because there was no class in the Temple because everyone went to the Gosala for Gopastami festival. Today is navami (9th).
We fed laddus to four cows on the way home. We walk with no shoes on the dust and glass.
Did nice SB writing work. Consulted two devotees by Skype.
Put Nicasio Prabhu in touch with Dr. Bramananda Gupta about Ayurveda study in Kolkatta and wrote a letter for Radha Rasa-rambi Devi Dasi to sit in Gopal-krsna Maharaja's fire sacrifice for second initiation.
Then we scuttled to Jagamohan's house to talk about initiation. He is a Vrijabasi who was in the Gurukula 15 or so years ago. Is so intense dealing with Vrijabasi devotees and their situation! Who are we to do this. Prabhupada!!
Urgent phone call from Dr. Samaresh in Kolkatta about the book and accommodations.
Then back to the Ashrama. We had four chapatis and subji at his house and two laddus from Nava-yogendra Swami.
Worked a little and at 12.30PM rest.
Woke up AT 3.30pm ! !   !         !
Didn't set the alarm.
***R*U*S*H***      Bath, look for letter from Hari-sauri about accomodations.  Call his institute. Rupess 800/night for accomodations (=$16/day!!!!).
Find the Gayatri mantra sheets.
Run to the Temple. Find Mata Rasarambi, scuttle to the Gosala. Give her second initiation. Talk with Bhakti-visvambhara Goswami about his Tulasi temple, park in the Gosala.
Bitten by few mosquitos (hope they don't have malaria).
((I lost some blood in Vrndavana)).
Talk with Subhaga Swami
Scuttle to the last half of Bhakti-rasamrta Sindhu Swami's class with 200 devotees in the Balarama hall.
Talk with Maharaja about our class in Radha desa and his ideas.
Japa. 6.30PM Meet with Hari lila Prabhu, Shyama-sundara Prabhu.
Back to the ashrama. Walking in Vrndavana dust, sewer water, glass, horns, chaos of vehicles, one Vrijabasi lemonade (hope the ice doesn't have typhoid!).
Japa in our flat. Talk with lots, like seven, devotees, friends, neighbors.
(M. Rasa-r. gave us a little Jagannatha!    Who is He!?   Why has he arrived!?)
Honor two Indian guava Prasadams (mosquitos (Baboo fixed the light)).
Retire to our room and fell victim to some Maya. We played two computer games, Demons verses the Police.
We analyzed very intensely whether we should read the Krsna book or something else, but these all agitate our mind and we wanted the rascal to relax. So we do these nonsense games while we chant. It occupies our body and mind in totally meaningless acts, although we think again and again that there is no "chance" whatever happens is controlled by Krsna, so He is chastising or rewarding us.
Game worked.
Our mind relaxed.
Put up our mosquito net and took rest with our Vraja-mandala-parikrama blanket at 9.30PM.  Alarma went off at 1.30AM. Glass of wate was there so we drank it. Washed and chanted one round left from our 25-from yesterday and lamented that we lost 1-1/2 hours from extra long nap and are writing this for you all (and us (and the mosquito)) so that you have some idea of how much of fools we are.
For sure we have to set our alarm for our nap.
We have to find some bonafide mindless activity to do before taking rest.
Ahhh!   Haw!   We can hear the KRSNA book on our Kindle apparatus and stretch.
Paoho.  Now we must do some Japa. Read a little of C.C - Suta-siksa. Fight with mosquitos and dust alergy mercy and pack to go to Radha-kunda ! ! !   From the Temple at 6AM with the devotees!
2.14AM (26 minutes to write!)