Hare Krishna Hanumatpresaka swami! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

How are you? I hope you’re always happy and full of knowledge!

HpS - We hope so also, but it is a battle of Kurkusetra, by the unlimited mercy of Srila Prabhupada we go forward!!

I had passed christmas holidays in Nueva Vrajamandala. I like stay there.

HpS - Lucky, Dog!!

I was thinking about in what way i’m going to serve Krishna. What I want to do with that life?

Grihastha ashram is good, i feel  some kind of atracction to that, but it seems very… ¿agobiante? epecially because of children. I Heard in some of your lessons that is the option of be married but not have children.. Please can you explain me more about that?

Because I understand that if you married it is a duty to have children. I supose that if you don’t want children so don’t have sex. Ok i think is possible.

I think in my case is good have a partner to help us each other in our spiritual progress. But i don’t want to get tangled up more of that i am now.  I would like to have that support and can share and help to the other person in spiritual way.

So it would be ‘’legal’’ option to be married but don’t have children?

I was thinking in other option that is monastic life. It seems very nice… I have been seeing interviews to young monks and nuns. They look really happy and soul-clean. Intelligent guys. Is beautiful how Krishna finds the way for establish contact with differents persons by diferent ways.., He knows everyone!!

These nuns are catholics, they have good ‘’ashram’’ without much distractions, live  without contact with opposite sex and have the asociattion with other nuns. Does exist ISKCON ashram for matajis like monastery??

This summer I want to stay in Nueva Vrajamandala for 2 months, without any contact with Mantri Rama. I think it can be interesant to see how reacts my mind and emotions… because  normally when i am in temple the life turns light for my mind because is enganged in doing service. So I don’t know… let’s see what Krishna has planned, i’m sure is something nice.

I started to wake up at 4, drink water J, and chant 16 rounds, then mangala arati, read a little… and go to university with finished rounds. Is nice to start the day in that way it satisfies me a lot, and i have energy and optimism  for the rest of the day.

I think about doing some ‘’Mantras on the grass’’ or ‘’Kirtan Grass’’ hahaha, in the university maybe 2 times at week during the hour of rest.. Stik some posters over the campus ‘’Stay higth forever in transcendental vibration!!’’  

We started to distribute books, we have 15 boxes!! Is very nice that devotees are motivated with sankirtan, next week we want go to streets.

I finished Sri Isopanisad, I like when Prabhupada says ‘’Uno puede apreciarlo a Él en proporción a lo que se haya entregado a Él’’… is difficult to surrender to Krishna suffering the material disease.. so I want to be cured of this disease!

Thank you very much for all the service you do helping Krishna’s children to meet their father. Thank you!! thank you!!!

Your servant, Arina.

HpS - Hare Krsna!!!  AGTSP..  Esteemed Arina, we don't remember you!!!  Are you black, white, red, yellow, male, female, human, tiger, pigeon!

We can go directly into Vanaprastha ashrama but that is very difficult for a girl, but some times is possible. There are couples like Vaisesika and his wife and Virabahu Das who have lived as Vanaprastha.

Really the first step is to get fixed in being a devotee. Get initiated, matiriculated, and then after a year or two as fixed devotee your Varna and Ashrama service becomes very clear, but yes, one can directly into Vanaprastha, emotional relationship but no gross relationship.