We are all a part of the Divine Plan 03/25/2012

Dear devotees,

Srila Prabhupada ki jay!

This morning we were meditating in a text of Srimad Bhagavatam which is in line with what we have been discussing these days in Vrindavan.

The design and appearance of the Absolute Personal and Impersonal appearance. There is also another aspect: the omnipresent substance of the Lord, which includes all particles of this universe. In other words, we are all parts of the Creation and the Divine Plan.

Within this Divine Plan we have some independence and free will, and what is the purpose of free will? The conclusion is that we have this independence for one reason: Surrender to Divine Love, nothing more. We have not received the Sweet Divine to become a famous painter.

Everything has a sequence: Man proposes, God disposes. If you have a material proposal God will accept proposals, but we must have spiritual proposals, that is the sense of free will. For example, you can be attracted to another person, it is natural for men and women, but if you marry and have children, you have to work hard and choose one person. Then convince this person to make a family together and then see that all is well, karmically. From the day when one forms a family, there is nothing else to do, no turning back. All cars have reverse, but in this case there is none. Marriage is hard so there is no turning back.

The real meaning is to go straight to God, back home, that is the purpose that free will was given and we are able to surrender to Him with love This is what you have to do and if you do, you can reach the perfection of life and begin to meditate on the Lord, about your service, on His sweet presence in your life, etc..

In Krishna Consciousness we protect the conception that one seeks to rely at all times but sometimes we deposit our confidence incorrectly. Again I give the example of marriage: a man must see his wife as a gopi of Krishna, as someone who does not belong to you. Even he has to plant his seed in her to have children but he cannot see her as a machine to create life.

In the life of the ghastras, sex is an offering to Krishna. Just as offering a beautiful plate of food or a beautiful decoration to Krishna. So when you're a ghastra offer this to Krishna. The pleasure lasts only 5 minutes but the account you have to pay the rest of your life. People should understand that sex is not a separate issue from having children. The most elevated is to analyze who owns the soul, as it does not belong to any man or woman. The issue is not being in love, but a man is in charge of a gopi of Krishna and a woman accepts a man as the Guru, as the guide of her life. In the culture of India, women love their husband but in the West women do not accept this because we are trained not to trust. We must trust in the Guru, the Sadhus and not impostors. If you surrender to a saint, you are saved, but if you surrender to the deceivers then you are lost. That is religion.

Then make sure you know very well who you are following and who you are trusting. If you put your trust in someone who is only interested in money, fame and sex, then you are lost, because those are not the goals of life. And this is the reason why many people become atheists, because there are many deceivers in the world of religion. But we cannot think that because many people have been killed by a knife, this tool should not be used for cooking anymore. It is not about religion, guns, knives, etc .. It is about the utilization of things and that is what how you define something as good or bad. It's very easy to understand but people complicate it because they are not sincere and accept being deceived and all the deceivers will also be deceived.

The world of religion is not free from this phenomenon. There are also deceivers and deceived, and if you want to save yourself from this you have to give your love and service with sincerity.

Who is Krishna? A demigod? A mystic? Someone who is connected with everyone? He who knows the past, present and future? Better answer these questions yourself because if you do not convince yourself it makes no sense.

Prabhupada says: "Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is speaking to you." If you do not read the Bhagavad Gita you'll never find out about this. And of course, everyone reads being influenced by their own modality, if you're in the mode of ignorance, then everything you read or do will be understood within this mode. But if you're in the mode of wanting to love God, you can see it all with this same intention.

premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena

santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti

yam syamasundaram acintya-guna-svarupam

govindam tam aham purusam bhajami

I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is Syamasundara. Krishna Himself with inconceivable innumerable attributes, and whom the pure devotees see in their hearts, with eyes of devotion anointed with the ointment of pure love.

The Bhagavad Gita says that one is looking for money, success, etc.. But they are not doing yoga to reach the Supreme. There are many schools of yoga today, where all they do is find a wonderful yoga teacher who wants to be with the students, and today this is very common. What kind of school of yoga is that? What kind of benefits one can achieve by it? It is a place of promiscuity and deceit.

To read the Bhagavad Gita in the true sense of the words you have to understand what Srila Prabhupada said initially, that theoretically the Bhagavad Gita is God talking to you. With this one should start their reading, with an awareness and not with a consciousness of multitasking. "Bhagavan uvaca" means that God is speaking. So we must keep quiet and pay attention to what God is saying.

Sometimes we see the trend, mainly in the disciples, to exaggerate the glories of something or someone. Is Krishna the God of the exaggeration of India? What is what and who is who? It's interesting but it is something that cannot be resolved with the brain, only one with a heart full of faith. You can be the greatest thinker in the world or the greatest scholar, but at the time of death you have to trust in something.

Everyone relies on their food and you have to trust over life many things many times.There is no way around it to think, "I do not trust anyone."

In spirituality you have to trust, but you have the ability to reflect from the depths of the heart. People often ask me what to do in life and you know what I answer? Do the best you can that way you can receive proper guidance. But if you don’t then how can you expect to find what's right and what is not appropriate? You only fool yourself. As soon as you turn the T.V. on to entertain yourself with materialistic propaganda, you're fooling yourself. When you go to college you begin to fool yourself because they just want to money.

Once a teacher friend told me he wasn’t very well because all his life he had been devoted to convincing young people to be part of this system and dedicate their lives to sell lies to others. He said it with such conviction that I was shocked at the heart and thanked Srila Prabhupada for giving me this spiritual freedom to preach.

We are not independent of God, or His creation. You can see that God is the Original Consciousness, and your consciousness and you're also part of the Consciousness of God. What does this mean? God is the superconsciousness, but you are not superconsciousness. You depend on the earth and water. You do not even know what will happen today. You are conscious and that's a big responsibility. Where is the superconsciousness? We can see from the scriptures that superconsciousness is ready to comfort you. You can find solutions in your interior Master and realize that the Lord is always ready to take you and make you an instrument of His love. But you have to give up, surrender.

We already established that Nature is above us and we settle behind the superconsciousness. This may have been manifested as Krishna and steal the hearts of His devotees. Is this correct or am I dreaming? Am I crazy? Could it be? God can be born in Chicago, Machipichu or elsewhere?

We never hear that but many people say that God appeared in Vrindavana. Could it be that they are all dreaming or did He actually appear in Vrindavan and execute His pastimes? How to know?

There are three ways: Read the Bhagavad Gita, be inspired and guided by a spiritual master (or someone who has touched your heart and your confidence), and finally, ask your own heart. Besides that, you have to get away from people who do not have this clear. Stay away from the criminals who want to destroy spirituality.

With that I leave.

Today we go to the annual Ratha Yatra in Delhi Gaudiya Math.

We continue to work these days in Vrindavan.

Srila Prabhupada ki jay!

With great affection

Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti

Report From Sri Vrindavana Dhama 3/18/2012

Report from Mother Gandharvika:

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay

Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Vraja Mohan ki jay

Please accept my humble obeisances

Greetings from Sri Vrindavan Dham

Sorry for the lack of reports of these days. Srila Guru Maharaj arrived at India on March 4th He spent 10 days in Sridham Mayapur and returned to Vrindavan Dhama 2 days ago.

As always, there is much to share about the lilas of Srila Gurudeva. At this point Srila Guru Maharaj is sharing a small class with some devotees from Brazil and India whom He met on the way back from his tour of the Yamuna.

In Mayapur, Srila Gurudeva dedicated most of his time in visiting and associating with the acharyas and sannyasis of different Gaudiya Maths. Gurudev worked and continued to encourage the continuation of the recognition of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati as a hero for India project. Furthermore, Subhal and Hanuman prabhu, from Colombia, are serving Srila Gurudeva in this work by visiting different missions and Maths in Calcutta and other cities in Bengal. They show movies on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, they do interviews with the acharyas and sannyasis, they print material for preaching, and so on. The home page on the internet where all the material is being compiled about the project can be found at www.bhaktisiddhanta.com. Now, the devotees received a grant to print 500 billboards of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta to hang around the streets of Calcutta.

Srila Gurudeva also repeatedly visited Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj who as always, he showed great respect, admiration and tenderness. It is amazing to see the affection between Vaishnavas. Srila Guru Maharaj did a full day Parikram, visiting all the Gaudiya Maths found in the Bhakti Road, the main street of Sridham Mayapur. It was a full day from early morning until nearly midnight. From Yoga Pith to Paramahamsa Gaudiya Math, Srila Guru Maharaj accompanied by several sannyasis and brahmacaris, visited the acharyas and sannyasis in charge of each Math. Among them, they went through Nandanacarya Bhavan, where Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu met the first time. This Math is in charge of the Gaudiya Sangha, the mission of Srila Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj, and the current acarya is Sadhu Maharaj. He also passed through the Caitanya Mission, the math of Bhakti Vaibhav Puri Maharaj, where the current acarya is Bhakti Vichar Vishnu Maharaj, vice president of the WVA.In this way He passed through the various ashrams where He shared with managers, acharyas, sannyasis, giving updates about the project to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, on cleaning the river Yamuna in Vrindavan, on the cleanup of "Friends of Mayapur" headed by Prisni Maharani, etc..

Srila Gurudeva also met several times with BB Badhayan Srila Maharaja, acarya of the Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math, in planning for the project to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, restoring Pandawali Kunja in Vrindavan (Temple of Srila Puri Maharaj at Keshi Ghat, which was donated by Bodhayan Maharaj to the work of WVA). One of the highlights of the meetings with Srila Bodhayan Maharaj was the enthusiasm that Srila Gurudeva put forth in order to see very soon a personal diary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur which Srila Maharaj Bodhayan received as a donation. Maharaj gave this diary to BBT to take be taken care of as it is an original from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta’s time, and in the last 6 months the work has progressed very slowly. Transcendentally Gurudeva was anxious to see that nectar as soon as possible. It is the personal diary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, with over 100 pages and was written before it was before the formation of the Gaudiya Math.

Srila Guru Maharaj also devoted much time to respond personally to each of the devotees who came to Mayapur from different parts of South America. Always renewing services, quieting minds, organizing new projects, with enthusiasm to the devotees.

Also our Mayapur temple has a new team. Maharani Prisni has maintained her position at the forefront of the cleaning program in an inexhaustible manner and very inspiring. In charge of Jahnavi Kunja Gaudiya Math there is Dina Bandhu Prabhu from Chile, and Gopati prabhu from Venezuela, a disciple of Srila Maharaj Avadutha who is in constant service in the garden and orchard of Math. The temple is kept very nice and well maintained through the efforts of a few devotees. Subhal das, Hanuman das and now Auttareya das, who are from Calcutta have dedicated themselves to serving the expansion of the glories of Srila Bhaksiddhanta Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura.

In Vrindavan, the team has also been renewed. Janmastami prabhu came to support at work in Vrinda Kunja with Vrindavan Candra, the youngest member of our Math (15 years old). Eka Chakra Prabhu, from Germany, returned to take charge of Yamuna Kunja with Padmanabha prabhu of Bengal.

The group of mothers led by Kaustubha Mani DD and Bhadri DD. now joined by Sarasvati d.d. from Medellin, who came to help professionalize the seva that the devotees offer in Vrinda Kunja. In the team of mothers there is also Priya Gopi dd who is now organizing intensive courses in devotional dance for mothers of Vrinda to specialize in this art.

Srila Gurudeva wants devotional dance as a profession for the devotees to preach openly about it. So, today He gave the instruction to professionalize Vrinda Kunja in giving dance classes, yoga and Ayurvedic cooking for devotees of Vrinda who can come and train intensively during the time they are in the Dham.

Furthermore, Srila Gurudeva is extremely happy with the result of Chandi Heffner’s work that has been done in the Yamuna. Restoration of that and now everyone can appreciate its beauty, importance and benefit.

Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay!

A Reflection of Communications 3/11/12 from Mayapur

My dearest devotees, welcome to this special chat. As you well know, since the internet came out I have used this medium to communicate. It is natural for human beings to want to communicate in one way or another. The chat today is a reflection on our communications.

Today, modern transmissions have apparently facilitated communication but they also have consequences. When analyzed it is dangerous and harmful to the development of both individuals and real communication.

There are some interesting documentaries on the subject, on the aspect of using social networks like Facebook or current internet phenomenon. We do so many things at the same time, more and more in quantity but less quality, less depth in relationships. We are inundated in a lot of communications, however the quality and importance is often very doubtful. We saturated communications. The danger or risk here is we do not focus on the specific and do not grow any relationship of heart either ...

In addition; our participation in sadhana bhakti suffers like nothing else and often also affects our service both in quantity and quality. After analyzing this theme a lot I came to the conclusion that privatizing Facebook profiles especially for devotees who live within a community of Vaishnavas, are an undesirable distraction. There are some Facebook profiles who represent a service area that serves as a newsletter about what is happening in this service area fabulously. These can be managed and we do not want to stop them, but I am speaking about the communication exchanges that are not related to dedicated service.

This gets worse when you pick up speed and our communications with several people are being done simultaneously. This only makes the quality of our commitments to the same people you communicate with a decreasing quality. Therefore, if you're not preaching and bringing the revolutionary message of your spiritual ideals to facebook then close your Facebooks and supports those who utilize it in that way. You can leave this message as your last entry so that others know that higher ideal of reaching this decision. And on the other hand, if badly need communication via the Internet, take a service and coordinate with my office. There are many projects that need people who are good at communication or devotees who like internet and computers to serve the many projects initiated by the community. Also seek support for web projects.

Do not expect the office to look for someone to make your page and not with personal pictures or with the findings of others over your body. I know many good devotees have used their communications via Facebook to talk about Krsna, but there are other ways to do so directly and personally. The modern era has increased the methods of communication, but not the quality of them. I, personally, I have decided for me (and I recommend you to do so badly) to leave in between from one communication to another form of communication a minimum period of 7 days of reflection on the message before responding. Less if it is an urgent service. To me it is uncomfortable when I receive emails where the person expects an instant response. Before the mail took at least two weeks before arriving and internationally it took months. We are talking about mental health, my dear, and cyber ego can cause you to think you have to meet or have so many friends that you have not even any time to read the message of the spiritual master which is something specific to rescue. Please get excited and move towards the Supreme Goal of life.

If we minimize this or if it is of relative importance, as it were as important to read the Bhagavad Gita or the news media of a sensual prostitute then my dear everything is lost. Although people today read almost nothing but instead all the time are watching movies on Youtube or worse just look at your own photos and you cannot sit still to listen to a lecture with attention ... this is a process, the sadhana, a brahmacari or Vishnupriya this must be repeated twice a day to stay connected, busy and happy to share it with others, read.

Take these recommendations to heart please and make them known to all young people and friends of all ages. This modern technology has much to offer, but as cell phones, can also produce a brain tumor ... and as an expert advised on cell phone use: only use up to 5 minutes per day. The saturation of the material matter in this present age is severe, and only what is hyper sensational and of massive gossip is what gets attention. Dependence and the change of consciousness created by Facebook, etc., result in you behaving improperly and when you see visitors coming to the temples they are not given any attention. You are leaving the principal relationships of the world of real communication. Because you think your 500 Facebook friends are waiting to exchange platitudes ... and the person who came to the temple sent by Krsna, which were sent there to become closer to the Lord and His devotees, they do not receive any attention.

Our communication via the Internet is very important to have so devotees know of the important things done by other brothers and sisters elsewhere. But it is also remarkable that we have too many pages on the internet and of course, on the one hand each project and each item can be interesting on the internet, but in an organized manner so the important things are not lost that were done at a times. And they can still be used. But just distracting social networks that take away ones time to know what is really important and as our family is a family of several languages, I insist that all important and beautiful things that happen in the mission Vrinda should be reported in both English and Spanish on Vrinda news to keep abreast of what is important.

The Internet continues to offer many facilities, but it is not free of the three modes of material nature and it must be handled with prudence. This requires a great deal of personal discrimination, a great power that sadly many people do not have. I know of two cases, for example, families that have broken because the woman is unworthy seeing that her husband was looking at porn sites. We need to be simple, but not ignorant. So please pay attention ... because I'm paying attention to what suits you and what does not suit you as there are some things that are so new, we've had to see it first to confirm the effect. Do not forget, that if these tools are used to save time and give you time for sadhana, you should use them as Srila Rupa Goswami says: True renunciation is to use everything for Krsna.

The issue here is not to limit freedom of the individual. The theme is reflection for your spiritual life. Are you using Facebook to promote Krsna or to promote yourself? Do you want to do sankirtan, or have seva products online or do you desire to sell an image of you passed through Photoshop to make some new buddies or girlfriends? You might as well take to the streets and instead of taking people to the temple to preach to them, take them to your house for fun.

I am surprised to see how some members of our mission volunteer their time and energy in objects and in the end you are not filled with joy when I would rather ask them to give away their time and energy on projects for the joy of all.

I hope that you meditate on this chat and share it with all of those who love a life of dedication. Be happy in Krsna consciousness and happier still making others happy. From Sri Mayapur dhama with much love to all here present and who read this Sunday chat you can always ask me questions through my secretaries. Here I am working hard to encourage the devotees in India to support cleanup projects and restoration of sacred places.

It was possible and we have made significant progress in the channeling of the holy river Yamuna and its return to the ghats. Projects that I considered dream or long-term dreams came true very quickly by the enthusiasm and support of the devotees. Please do not forget to ask them to connect to Vrindavan and Mayapur. My wish is that all the temples of Vrinda send a monthly help to India and can help continue the service started here. Again: it is not a matter of quantity but of love, of wanting to do, to meet and talk about it with friends. Jay. Srila Prabhupada ki jay!

Your always well-wisher,
Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti.

Report on Gurudev's past few days 3/4/2012

Dear brothers and sisters, please accept my obeisances Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay, Srila Atulananda Acarya Ki Jay, Vrinda family chat ki jay!

A few hours ago, our beloved spiritual teacher came to India. From there he sent a message telling news of the day, a short message to the Sunday chat. Srila Gurudeva arrived safely with the incredible transcendental energy as always. He decided to come at once to Vrindavan. Now we are on track. Guru Maharaj will go to the Yamuna and Gopinath mandir. He spoke today with the Secretary of Vandana Shiva to arrange a meeting with her. Guru Maharaj said, let's meet where you are. Ati Kiwu, a fighter for the rights of land in Colombia and dignity of indigenous peoples, is soon to make an official visit to India.

Guru Maharaj invited her to India to experience the rich culture of Vaisnava and the work that is being done. Guru Maharaj's plan is to connect these two women fighting for the same ideals which are the protection of the seed, water protection, land rights and the recovery of the ancestral values. Guru Maharaj expectations are beyond our comprehension. It is the union of East and West forces to counter the environmental damage to mother earth caused by industry and commerce. Guru Maharaj commented that it is significant that two mothers are giving their life for a mother, mother earth.

Under the tentative itinerary of Ati’s visit to India, there is Gangotri’s visit to make an offering to the holy river and a meditation in the Himalayas. Guru Maharaj got a little tired of the journey; his health is good, somewhat cold, but always with great energy and kindness to all. On the way to India there was an unexpected schedule change, 8 hours of traffic in London. That was not in the plan and we weren’t informed in time.

Guru Maharaj was working on writing material for new materials to okis and awareness campaigns. He had a plan to spend all day in Vrindavan. The journey from Delhi to Vridnavan is rather long, about 3 hours. Guru Maharaj has another flight to Calcutta, almost at midnight. Ideally it would be stay in Delhi, but Guru Maharaj asked to visit Vridnavan even if it was for a few hours. There was like eight hours but with the change of flight, there was almost a cancellation to his visit to Vrindavan, yet Guru maharaj said that even if for one hour he wanted to be in Vrindavan and take darshan of the Yamuna. He personally wants to see his dream realized, the Yamuna flowing again against the Ghats of Vrindavan. He is in love with this project, now comes the second part, build a canal under the Yamuna to carry sewage to a treatment center, to prevent sewage discharges from the villages to the sacred river. The project magnanimous but what already has been accomplished is also magnanimous. This was possible due to the civil action because the local administration failed to service this request of the people. Unfortunately, the administration of the municipality is dedicated to other projects and is also subject to few assumptions, and political corruption, but the people of Vrindavan, the vrajabasis took this project on their hands under the guidance of a great personality that inspired virtually all the work ...

He is considered a hero in India for his role in reducing terrorism in Punjab. Mr. KPS Gill and his wife struggle to improve the environmental conditions of Vrindavan and its residents, including animals. Mother Chandi founded an animal hospital in Vrindavan with the professional support of many local doctors. They also develop together several prasadam distribution programs for children, elderly sadhus and animals.

Chandi personally distributed hundreds of puris to Vrindavan monkeys daily. Vrinda devotees witness the generosity of these devotees. They have always invited us to their home and they welcome everyone with joy and prasadam. They are great friends of our Guru Maharaj and receive Him with great reverence.

Now, with the completion of the first part of this project, all in Vrindavan have been happy to see their holy river flowing again nearby. To restore the Yamuna to its devotees for a Vrajavasi, the worship of Sri Yamuna Devi is part of your life, your culture, your day, everything. Everyday Vrajavasis adore Sri Yamuna devi and all suffered to see the Yamuna moved away more and more and instead of Yamuna there had only been sewage drains. Then Guru Maharaj is also super happy of this great achievement. And on this day, at the time of one hour, tolerating a journey of more than 6 hours after a long international trip, then get on another plane, Guru Maharaj visited the Yamuna. Then in Mayapur there comes an intensive program.

The Gaura Mandal parikrama, the annual meeting of the World Vaishnava Association, the review of the cleaning program in Mayapur, Gaura Purnima preparations, attention to inbound tourists and volunteers, planning projects in Mayapur dham of Vrinda, the visit to the Acharyas, etc..

Then we will try to report more news these days and expect their blessings to offer a good service to the devotees and mothers who came. It is always a challenge to serve all, Hare Krishna. That was the report we received, we appreciate the efforts made by the devotees in India among there being so much to do, a few lines on the activities of Guru Maharaj, India Yatra ki jay.

Now I want to share some news to report on Guru Maharaja’s visit to Ecuador Yatra. Guru Maharaj visited the majority of projects that were developed by the devotees. The schedule was intense, Guru Maharaj visited the program of Hara Sundar prabhu in Tulcan, a town bordering Colombia. Guru Maharaj worked there in the chaddar or meditation robe for Mother Earth. It is an adaptation of Guru Maharaj chaddar designed in India. It is a mantle with positive messages for meditation around the sacred temples of Vrindavan as the Yamuna, the devotees, the dhama, promoting vegetarianism, animal protection, etc. Now Guru Maharaj will present the version for the West.

Meditation includes the sacred mountains, the various mystical traditions, the various uses of Vedic wisdom as examples of eco villages and banks to protect the seed, promoting healthy eating vegetarian and animal rights. Well, the chaddar was originally designed by Guru Maharaj and technically assisted by mother Gandharvika. The new design is also on the desk of mother Gandharvika and only missing the final review for release after Tulcán.

We visited a program devoted to Ibarra. Here Guru Maharaj shared with a family the Vaisnava work of so many devotees who have worked for the mission in Ecuador. He recalled much of the dear Srimati Gayatri Devi, an Ecuadorian vaisnavi now in the spiritual world. Then in Quito, Guru Maharaj worked a lot with his legal team in the development of demand for the rights of nature, along with Dharmananda Prabhu, Mother Gargi and other partners worked to polish the demand and began a campaign to collect signatures. Guru Maharaj also visited the farm Vrindavan in Rio Negro. There a leadership seminar and training was conducted in promoting the campaigns of the spoon revolution. Guru Maharaj is encouraging the systematic distribution of okis, the establishment of ministries, the promotion of the passport of the revolution and the whole strategy to promote vegetarianism as the main activity of Sankirtan. This is an important issue now to Guru Maharja and his mission.

Gurumaharaj says: If someone is inspired by my mission he has to understand that this is my mission now. Justifiably by understanding the spiritual master and expanding of this mission and being part of this revolution of love, revolution of consciousness. If you know something better to do, or have found something better than this: do not be stingy, tell us. Meanwhile, here's what I do best and I hope all I hear or read, be inspired in this also.

Then we received the order of Guru Maharaj to carry this message of revolution in all directions. There is a group of devotees, of whom we spoke last Sunday, the CBA group will travel by the temples carrying the message and materials.

One objective is to bring the materials of the spoon revolution, the okis, confirming that all temples are well equipped with all materials, a selection was made of 100 okis. Guru maharaj wants there to be 200, but right now a package of 100 has been manifested.

Guru Maharaj said:

Today, a temple that does not offer these materials simply does not understand what is my mission and does not know what his spiritual master is working and for me, it is simply a temple that has lost connection with me.

Even Guru Maharaj said temples that have no okis envelopes and all the arsenal of the temple I'll least consider them when planning my next journey. Before I was determined to start this campaign, now reconfirmed we must do this with vigor, putting all our efforts. In fact now the only sankirtan I want is this. In opening the contact this sankirtan will be personalized with Oki. Of course we want to distribute books and all the hundreds of materials of SEVA. But oki is our business card. The Oki is our main article. With okis we can flourish. You do not know but every day the consciousness of people is changing in an incredible way. Today when you ask someone if you eat meat, they respond as: Yes, but less but more salads or say yes but with a sense of guilt. That's thanks to the promotion of vegetarianism and that's a great service to the planet. It's the most practical and real service you can do for Mother Earth, perhaps more practical than the major proposals of NGOs or environmental plan of the government, relieving it is right where it hurts most. Meditate before introducing something to your body, meditate before you eat when and where your garbage or waste from the body is going to produce, you have to be devoted to the dry bath, devotee of compost, devoted not to contaminate the water. Guru Maharaj is inviting a great meditation for the day March 22, 2012 celebrating the World Water Day. Guru Maharaj invites the community to a great festival of song by the water!

Here is the invitation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSJCG_PMPuI

Guru Maharaj invites the entire community of Vrinda to join this project. The famous artist Aterciopelados, Hector Buitrago of Colombia is working on this project and enthusiastically inviting more artists to join this meditation. Task: to convene artists to sing mainly for water on this day. Hopefully we get to many famous musicians. There is a group of devotees who are working on promoting the event as was done in the previous day of meditation or world kirtan. Please contact the office Lima.

Then, continuing with the report of Ecuador. Guru Maharaj visited the farm of Prabhu Bhagavatamrita, Ahimsa Vam. There he met with a large group of volunteers, Gurudev gave much encouragement in working the land and for taking the profession in service to the ideals of the revolution. He also greatly appreciated the work done by Bhagavatamrita Prabhu. Prabhu provides the hot water in bathrooms of compost product. Incredible technology based off of the kitchen waste combined with hoses. Apparently it is something material but is a pilot example to raise awareness, to prevent wasteful energy and recycle waste. We all have problems. Who does not produce garbage every day? What do you do with your trash? This meditation has been repeated in several meetings with Guru Maharaj. It is repeated often because some devotees have not heard the message yet and other times because although it has been said before, there is still a needed reinforcement of the concept.

Do not be surprised that Guru Maharaj is a pedagogy, that is who the spiritual master is, an educator, trainer of our lives, our future, building the educational foundation for the future of a better society. A teacher knows how to teach their students, sometimes with apples or beans to learn addition, subtraction but they are learning tools. Sometimes repeat the lesson, for example: How much time does a professor spend with the child so they can learn to read or write? How many pages of writing the same sentence we need to rewrite to learn some basics? It is not the criterion that the student says: teacher, you are now repeating many times the same class. It is the teacher's discretion to decide and confirm when the student actually learned the class.

In Guayaquil along with his friend Javier of ECUAVISA, the first television conscious program was materialized and founded IntiTV, 24 hours of service to humanity. Also in Ecuador the first market, Oki Eco was established at the temple premises.

There was also a full day of work in Ecuador SEVA reviewing all of the project’s mission. Different important lists were analyzed such as the list of all upcoming publications, where they will be printed, how they will be distributed, both printed books and dvds. Also the list of all collaborators in areas of translation of materials was discussed. As well as materials that require translation and editing, the list of all relevant materials must-haves in the temples and those who provide them, and so on. Also there was mention of the list of materials that support the preaching awareness like the best documents for the revolution. Reconfirmation was give to the 200 main okis principles. Hari Sankirtan Prabhu, one of the main commanders of the revolution, shares the link where you can see this:

http://filecenter.revolucioncuchara.org/upload/imagenes/200okisprincipales/

Another important work in Ecuador were the istagostis in the community. Guru maharaj always supporting community work, the distribution of duties, delegating among more devotees, give them space and support in their projects. All in one word: solidarity. It was also the launch in Yaruqui, the first test version of the book Oida Therapy.

The result was due to many months work with the help of many devotees including mother Prabhupada, a psychologist at Bogota. Guru Maharaj is very happy with this pre launch.It is an edition of 200 copies for review primarily aimed for comment, pointing errors, and give suggestions. Guru Maharaj gave a month apart from these day for all to review and make suggestions, after a month, to include the suggestions received and then make the final print.

Guru Maharaj also worked plenty of hours on sounds of meditation for the House of Wisdom project. The SEVA Team Ecuador, Vidya Tirtha primarily is working on it now. Thus, there is a long list of projects in this visit and some possibly forgotten that are important details such as something that influenced me a lot was the dedication of GM leaders. GM said: I like very much to have meetings with leaders rarely I have this opportunity and I prefer to devote myself more to them. In the words of GM, "My lieutenants."

Guru Maharaj said, I prefer now to meet more with the leaders, because on them depends the future of the mission. At the same time I have to train them to deliver this message, otherwise I would not be doing my job well. But working together, caring is the essence of all, nobody can do it alone, to say continue the mission. So I myself depend on you, their enthusiasm, and their commitment, be aware of all the gifts sent to us Krishna. Working together, without competition, without conflict, there is room for everyone, every day more farms, more destinations, more places and that means more leaders qualify, well, I apologize to the devotees of Ecuador for this report as incomplete but I think from GM's perspective they are the highlights and of course you can always report more details ... the love of the devotees, each one brings an important offering, each with many needs and challenges, new family members, new projects for example:

The new program of Jajya and mother Vaikuntha in Tumbaco, the beautiful program of Bharata prabhu in half of the world, the meeting of the famous singer author Richard Williams, known on this visit by devotees as the George Harrison of Ecuador. The prabhu has recorded over 40 albums in a long musical career and 10 discs of conscious music and lyrics against abortion, violence against children, against alcohol, against the mistreatment of women , etc. lullaby music for children. He composed a song, an offering to water that can also be asked for from the office file.

Gurudev also accepted the invitation of Minister of Tourism, his friend Freddy Ehlers painfully he was not in good health but wanted to see Guru Maharaj.

Well, thanks for connecting to the chat today, my obeisances to all Ekadasi ki jay

Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay. There will be a following report of Guru Maharaj’s visit to Miami Mandir.

Report from Miami.

Please accept my dandavat pranams,

We had almost 3 days with the presence of Guru Maharaja in Miami, it was a true intense visit as Guru Maharaj was preparing details for the trip to India. At the same time Guru Maharaja took time to serve the community of Miami. One of the important events was the marriage of Prabhu GourNitai Das and Janavi Devi, both are active members and partners in the preaching of Miami. The ceremony was held in the temple, attended by the parents of both devotees and friends. Guru Maharaj gave a beautiful talk about marriage. Guru Maharaja said that married life is a commitment to the highest ideals in which to live in and in this manner the couple can pass the tests to come.

Guru Maharaj was also devoted to sharing with the recent publication of the book Oida Therapy. He also requested that the new center of North Miami to use more the identity of the house of wisdom. This cultural center is relatively new, has potential and Guru Maharaj wants that we all give our support in its development. He named as a Center Manager Janavi Devi, wife of Prabhu Gournitai.

The last day in Miami, Guru Maharaj was invited by a pioneer in organic farming in Miami, her name is Gabriella and she has a beautiful farm south of Miami

Here you can see the farm's website: http://www.paradisefarms.net/G

http://www.paradisefarms.net

There were a group of devotees with Guru Maharaj and they shared a nice day. This farm is virtually self-sustaining. Something that was very good was that Guru Maharaj could rest from the long tour that he took in South America and also to continue to re-energize for India.

Well dear devotees and mothers, that was the visit by GM, as always Guru Maharaja with his embracing heart is always inspiring us to become servants of truth aside selfishness and pride that keep us from the divine.

Srila Guru Maharaj Ki Jay!