Loving Renunciation. August 16, 2015. From Chile.

My dear devotees. Receive all my affection from Chile.

   We are celebrating this historic moment where Gurudeva Atulananda enters the renounced order of life. The fourth ashram, stage of life, which are brahmacari, grihasta, vanaprasta and finally sannyasa.
Srila Prabhupada said at one point reaching this stage of life is required for a human being. What to say about a spiritual master who is a disciple of Srila Prabhupada and has dedicated his life to preaching in Chile and the world. I am fortunate to be considered among his friends and brothers and give him the sacred order of sannyasa on behalf of Srila Prabhupada and my sannyasa guru Srila Bhakti Raskak Sridhar Deva Goswami Maharaj.

   It is an honor, a joy and also a formality because before Srila Prabhupada we are directly his sons, but he also wanted that we become sannyasis at some point. For Gurudeva Atulananda it is even more striking because there are several of his disciples who are sannyasis and are participating in this sacred delivery without envy, rather they are participating with all their desire and with all their soul. That allows us to experience the great joy of Krishna consciousness which up to now has been known as the Vrinda family in Chile. It is proliferating, growing prosperously and there is more service for all of you. This is one of the gifts that Krishna gives us in this life: He gives us service. Krishna Service is not mental service, it is service done wholeheartedly. Krishna Service is very essential because you can connect with the Supreme Personality of God from morning to night. It's great and glorious, life-changing.

 Today we are gathered here in this sacred site Ekachakra which is also a gift that Gurudeva Atulananda offered to Srila Prabhupada, one of the many gifts which he has given in his life. Gurudeva has always been giving away his love and everything that he can give, he gifted the world with three children: Pandit, Mohan and Harijan, children of Sarvakanti Devi who Krsna shortly came to get some time ago.

This is how the Lord works, when He someone to remain here, He maintains them in this world, and as He wishes, they are taken. Gurudeva Atulananda gifts to the world are many and in essence they are gifts of Srila Prabhupada because the devotee has nothing for himself, all that the devotee has is that which belongs to Sri Guru.

This is emphasized by Srila Bhakti Raskak Sridara Maharaja, who said that to save and heal this world one must always remember three things:

1. All beautiful women in the world belong to Krishna. He has the right to claim for His gopis. If by chance you marry one then you have received the permission to take care of Krsna's gopis and you have the extraordinary license to invite little souls to this world, very beautiful souls and important souls.

2. All the money in the world without exception, all the opulence, all lands, rivers, mountains, clouds, galaxies, etc., belong to Narayan. Even what you have in your pockets that too belongs to Narayan and should be used for Narayan.

And the third recommendation for great success in spiritual life:

3. All success, all the fame, all amenities, all powers, empowerment, success in conferences, in pujas, yagnas, everything you've done successfully in your life belongs to Srila Prabhupada, to Guru.Why? Because the guru is not an individual, the guru is the representative of tattva (truth). He is representative of the entire guru parampara, a representative of the Divine Will and in this way naturally he represents Srila Prabhupada.

Today is a very special sannyasa day of our Gurudeva. I was fortunate to be associated with Chile yatra as a witnessed by Mathura Mandal and Kalpa vriksha and some other former devotees, long time ago, even before the founding of the Vrinda family, so to speak. I stay always captivated by Chile. I do not say this just to get along with you, but I was captivated by the marathon of Puento Alto, by the affection, humor, art and the banner that devotees had at the time. Even then Gurudeva Atulanda was the banner and that continues today.

It has almost been like a marriage. Krishna brought us together, Srila Prabhupada brought us together. The desire of His divine providence so that we could put our oars in the boat of our spiritual master and begin rowing together on both sides so that the ship could move forward.
Over time the ship became bigger and bigger and people were getting into it. Today we are already a lot of people paddling, no? So we continue to paddle on the boat in hopes of going very far across the ocean of repeated birth and death. When one's arms begin to tire, the other person is still rowing and saying come on, come on, do not loosen here, rather paddle harder the road is very far to come out of the illusion! We appreciate the presence of those who have paddled with us such as Prabhu Kanka, Krishna Kirtan, Vrajapriti, Kadamba, the past, present and future because there are many people who have helped.

What to say about our sannyasis who are sitting here? Chileans (well no really Chileans, sannyasis do not belong to a country) they know no limits, no borders, they are the souls of the world. That's the nicest thing we are experiencing here today. I said something this morning and I'm going to repeat it because I consider it to be essential: the example of Srila Atulananda Acharya is symbolic because it really represents the resignation of all of us, Srila Prabhupada's resignation over the world.

Representing Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu himself by taking sannyas and leaving Vishnupriya Devi, who was completely rendered in love for Him. However, Mahaprabhu left because He felt the internal appeal to be so strong. So He went where Keshava Bharati was and accepted the renounced order that shook the world. In that very moment a sacrifice began. the sacrifice of our mission, the sacrifice of our path, a beautiful sacrifice began. That is why we say loving resignation, here we do not say hateful resignation, here it does not say give up because this world is so bad, no. It is renunciation based on the world of Krishna because it is so beautiful that we want to give him a substantial contribution, and this substantial contribution for all of you is called Chile yatra and for the world it is called the Vrinda Mission.

Because Vrinda Mission is a service or sacrifice that Gurudeva Atulananda has done, and I also want to remember the great devotee who has been one of the great inspirations on this path, our most beloved spiritual brother Srila Bhakti Bhimala Harijan Swami Maharaja of Colombia. He is part of this trio, because there were not two, but there were three of us pushing this effort. Actually, we do not feel qualified as spiritual masters, we take this challenge, this service because we feel that Srila Prabhupada deserved to have representatives here who are dedicated wholeheartedly to the people, the Mother Earth, rivers, etc. Our thinking at the time was: "Better a blind uncle than no uncle, so it will be up to us (the blind guys) because there is no choice." That was the origin, as for how Harijan Maharaj and I spoke about this when we started this task.

To assume the role of spiritual master is a great daring challenge, becoming a representative of the connection with the Infinite, because are we really that? No, but we hope to become good representatives, but Srila Prabhupada was and he gave us his example. I invite all of you to accompany us in this resignation today for Srila Prabhupada. There is much to give up, everyone knows what he/ she has to resign and if you do not know well then you can learn it in the company of devotees. The first form of renunciation is to accept the four regulative principles, which for us is not a renunciation but rather a release. Krishna is freeing us of things that are harmful.

The resignation of our family is the renunciation of personal gain and the gain of Krishna and His devotees, and for us, all souls are devotees in potency, our service is focused on keeping the Ashram open to everyone. The proof is that we now have a new home in the Brazil neighborhood where the doors of the temple of Sri Radha Govinda are open to everyone, so that everyone in Santiago can get to.

The same in La Serena, Concepción or wherever, even in Mexico, having the doors open to the service so people can contact the Holy Name, with prasadam, the essential spiritual literature, with courses on the essence of life and they can actively participate in Krishna Consciousness. A person who likes Krishna Consciousness but is not actively involved is exactly like a bee outside the honey jar. He is perceiving that something is there but can not enter and eventually flies away because one will not be able to maintain very long just by looking and not tasting the sweet nectar.

The service that our teachers have emphasized and given us is so extraordinary that it enables us to become Gurus. One must not forget that there is no difference between diksa and siksa guru. How many of you give lectures on Krishna Consciousness? All of you are siksa guru. Who has given spiritual advice in Krishna Consciousness to a person? This is also the work of siksa guru. Giving and receiving - dadati pratigrihnati-loving exchanges means fostering love, trust, security, shelter, participation. That makes a siksa guru. What to say of the presidents of the temples that are siksa gurus from morning until night, rather the presidents of temples and sannyasis are more important than us coming to visit occasionally. However, one needs the other, work together for the same cause there is no competition. The association of devotees is what brings joy.

The joy of renunciation. Renouncing means leaving everything behind which does not produce real joy, everything that does not produce ecstasy and spirituality. That is what we must resign. That is the example that we see today. With these words of happiness I take leave of you today and ask that everyone who can make an effort to meet at the Eco Truly Park for Maha Mela in October this year come so we can continue celebrating the renunciation of our dear Gurudeva Atulananda.
Goura Premanandi, Jay Srila Prabhupada!

Your always well-wisher,
BA Paramadvaiti Swami

Everyone must be given time, everyone should be given consideration. That is Krsna consciousness. 8/2/15. Montevideo

My dear devotees, mothers. A hug from Montevideo.

This morning meditation is about the importance of saints in our lives. When you are humble, you realize, how many great personalities are in your vicinity. When you are not humble you think: the saints are right there, or the saints appeared 2,000 years ago, or good, pr they were more generous 500 years ago. The lack of feeling for the presence of guardian saints makes us internally sad. When someone tells me that they are sad it is because they need a saint in their life.

And who are the saints?
The saints are those who try to make the best of themselves. Saints are not people who have never made a mistake. As the saying goes: every sinner has a future and every saint has a past. Krishna says: Even if a saint commits a serious mistake if he continues to serve he should be considered a saint (BG 9.30). Mama mia! It is hard! No, no, it's not hard, it's good, because the Lord is generous with his fallen servants. We make mistakes, but there is an error that is larger than other errors, that is: to see error where there is no error and report it, that's in the department of gossip ... mental planes.One who reports something that is not true is liable for an offense. Because:

vaco vegam manasah krodha-vegam

jihva-vegam udaropastha-vegam

etan vegan yo vishaheta dhirah

sarvam apimam prithivim sa sishyat

(Nectar of Instruction Text 1)

A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind's demands, the actions of anger and the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals is qualified to make disciples all over the world.

Preaching is our core business. If we close our mouth, then how are we going to preach? But at the same time we must control the tongue. Therefore Srila Rupa Goswami gives us the formula for happiness. Srila Rupa Goswami gave it in the Sri Upadesamrta. He was a saint of Krishna consciousness. He knows all the difficulties that we will pass and just like Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in His Siksatakam, he will saves us if we pay attention. 

I remember another thing, we are in the world of territories. The material world is called the world of Maya. Maya means measuring. Above all we want to calculate lots, the territories: This is the measurement: O I am supervisor, you are supervised. What is the measurement between us? There are calculations everywhere not just measurements of the ground. There are measures in the bank, there are measures in privileges: Who can use the office car? Things like that. There are privileges, there are measure everywhere and where there is calculation there is Maya. So we're stuck in the world of calculation up to our heads. What do we do? We have to lose everything to realize that the measures are not really what they seem.

When you buy a home. What are the measures that need to be taken? First you have to obtain a deed. Without a deed the home is not yours because you have to be registered in the Land Registry. True? If Otherwise another person can still buy the house. When you do not register then you find yourself with a mess. Much has been sold, five times to five different people because they were not registered.
We're not sure who is registered with the Land Registry because you can only buy from someone who is registered with the Land Registry. Otherwise the sale is fictitious. I will sell you the beach in Montevideo. And how do you know its mine? Someone says, I would really like to buy it. When you go to the Land Registry they will send you to the police saying, there is a mad man who says that he owns the beach in Montevideo. All the deception began then. How can you say this? This is also called the law of conquest. Who occupies the space and has records of it is the owner. That is Maya, that's the war of the territories. And we have been trained from birth in the war of the territories. There are even areas that are private, they are the more confidential, those are the areas of the heart. You know how to enter there? That's another world. You know what it's called that world? The world of jealousy. Tremendous. Jealousy is calculative. Do not think that a measure is only one meter, a foot. No, no, no, there is another side to the measures of Maya. The measure is: i am wanted, not wanted, i am wanted, not wanted. The measure is whether I am wanted or not wanted.

A territorial example: I once was in Hungary. And a mother. Still my friend. She tells me: You and Swami only preach to young and pretty girls, you do not preach to us, you leave us alone. It was calculative. When you talk to A, when you talk to B, when you talk to C. I said to her: Lie. I do not talk much with you because you're already devoted and they are new and if they are not devotees they need more time to explain things to them. Now you think I don't care for you because you are an adult or because they are blondes? That is mundane. That is a territorial manifestation. Calculative.

Sure, everyone wants to be important and be seen. Do not worry, everyone is important because we are part of Krishna. And everyone who is part of Krishna is important. There is no one who can say: Only he or she is important. To God we are all important. That is the importance. Calculation is the beginning of all forms of deception, envy or jealousy. Or for example, there is another way that self-esteem is hurt. The education we received got teaches us that he who has not conquered land is nothing. But all territories, all actions, no matter what they are, are defeated by time.

The notary papers are useless in 500 years. A place has had many other owners in the past. No one will know who is the owner of any house. Well you know, no one owns the land. Even marriage is has measures. Well lets go to the judge and get married. Then the judge asks all the money that you make belongs to the both of you? People say: No, no, no, no. That I do not want. I want to marry, but I want to get married with my property remaining separate. That is another measure. He's taking another measure of whether the measure is favorable for him.

All measurements are estimates. And all measures are illusions that will reveal a failure in the end. That is why a devout person takes further action, and the devotee says: everything is Krishna. And what comes into my hands I will register in the name of Krishna. Because I want it for Krishna. And to register something in the name of Krishna is not easy. Go to the notary and declare: I want to donate this house to Lord Krishna. Who is Krishna? Give me the passport number. What is your warrant? And the reply will be: Oh no, he is God. Ah! Here God does can not register anything here. No one owns anything. Do you see the madness of these measures? You can not give God anything because God does not exist here legally. He is not Uruguayan, we are very sorry.

Look at India, you can legally register a property on behalf of a deity. And you can have two parents, the physical father carnal and the spiritual master. The Guru is a legal parent in India. When India I sign my name Paramadvaiti Swami son of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. This is legal because he is my Guru. As he was my guru, I have a duty to repeat what he taught.

And if someone sees Prabhupada today and says, I want to donate a house to Prabhupada. Who do I give? Paramadvaiti Maharaj come here. You are many years with Prabhupada, I want you to offer it to Prabhupada. Done! Donate the home. Then the house is not mine. He who gives the house to Prabhupada, I have to ensure that the house will be used for Prabhupada.

When the absolute and the relative meet there are obstacles, because I have to adapt, I have to learn how to do this. How to combine it all with the relative. The absolute pure teaching is perfect, but the relative is also part of it all.

Om purnam-adah purnam-idam

Purnaat purnam-udachyate

Purnasya purnam-aadaaya

Purnam-eva-avashishyate

(Sri Isopanisad:Invocation)

"The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete. And because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as a complete whole. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete by itself. And because He is the Complete Whole, even though  many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance."

Therefore harmonize between the relative and the absolute.That is what the sages, the saints, do. And who are the sages? You. You are wise. And if you are wise with little experience you have to have help. Open your view. Expand your horizon. So this is a school to become brahmanas. A school to become saints. Forget the territories, everything belongs to Krishna. And all apparent territory is lost.
I will give you another example based on the territory of marriage. Sometimes people get married and the wife thinks: You are now my husband, you depend on me, etc ... etc ... Or the husband thinks the same about the wife and it is more or less like a prison. And if the other person does not react as they want then they fight. These measures of the marriage are totally different. In fact one has to accept that Krishna has to be put in the center. Krishna is the ultimate criterion. The measures that you take in marriage, in your mind, non territorial, that are proper; If you want to know if someone is right or wrong, you have to ask the guru, you can ask the wife later. But a good marriage remains peaceful when such clashes do not occur they are given liberty, etc ... etc. But you see, usually all marriages have territorial disputes based on finances, time, land of the house, the apartment. This occurs between couples, brothers, what to say of people who do not know each other.

When a woman says to me, 'I think my husband is cheating on me. And I ask: Is it true, he is deceiving you, are you sure?  I'm sure. Do you have proof? Yes, I have proof. Then she thinks I will become angry now but my answer is: I congratulate you. Why? Because I congratulate a person who has been betrayed by her partner. What reason do I have to congratulate? It is: This territory that you thought was yours, just broke. He is not yours. And he does not respect your heart and it is better now that you realize this then when you're 88 and you realize that you were deceived a whole lifetime. Better an end with fear then a fear without end. So if something is fraudulent if something is false, better that it is disclosed soon. Congratulations. Finally you realize that the thing is not worth it. Sure, it's sad, I also cry when I hear stories like that.

Then territories, only Krishna knows who is who. All territories are His. We are students, apprentices. Krishna gives us opportunities and sees how we handle them. Here you have ten thousand dollars. Go see what you do. As the story of the prodigal son. Daddy gives money to a son, and he invests it and it increases. And the father says: good. Then he gives the same to his other son. The other son does not care, he exploits it, intoxicating himself, makes all kinds of stupidity and disappears. Where did he go? We do not know. But three years later he returns to the father: - I was the biggest fool, I missed everything that you said. The father takes him in his arms. And the other son who invested says: Father, how can you treat him this way? He needs to be whipped! And the father replies:  No, but that's my son. Teachings, wisdom.

Now I want to give you the key to happiness in Krishna consciousness. This gem is found in Sri Upadesamrita text 5. One should mentally honor the devotee who chants the holy name of Lord Krishna or who chants any other name of God. One who chants the holy name of God must be respected. Even if someone chants Pachamama. Pachamama is not God but it is the aspect of God's mercy, also respect that person. If you do not respect people who chants the holy name in one form or another, you are planting your own seed of sadness. Then one should offer humble obeisances which  means head on the floor the devotee who has undergone spiritual initiation to diksa, and is engaged in worshiping the Deity. One who worships Krishna in the manifestation of Deity: my obeisance to you. "Hi Prabhu, dandavats, allow me to pass through." We should be very respectful and attentive. Relationships must be sweet in dealing, filled with a lot of conviction and appreciation. You can not worship Gaura Nitai without the worship of His devotee. The devotee can commit faults, he is in the process but he can give you far more valuable things for your spiritual life. And then the verse continues: And one should associate with and faithfully serve that pure devotee who is advanced in terms of devotional service, who does not deviate and whose heart is always free from the propensity to criticize others. Advanced devotees, we must serve them, listen to them.Those who waste time talking bad about one: do not bother, I have no time. So that you can be happy in Krishna consciousness there are three authorities. One is the authority which is less advanced than you. Why is he your boss? Because it is your duty to lift him with your hands. He's your boss because he tells you what to do. - Help me! - Yes, yes, and we will. Here take my hand. That's the first relationship. Help people who are less advanced than you. Second: Make an unwavering friendship with people who are also in the fight as well. Lets be realistic  we are all here to fight. Not that as soon as we close our eyes Krishna's lotus feet are there brilliantly shining. We are all in the struggle, there is no pain or sorrow to admit that we are all here fighting.

But those in the struggle for the cause of our mission in Montevideo, those who are identified, make  a good friendship with them one that is similar to super glue, no one should be put asunder. Super glue. So you have to be friends with everyone, we are all in the fight. For friendship to mature and grow more: make many friends. There are always complications, of course, but as I am a friend, I try to help when asked. And when I am asked perhaps there is nothing I can do. But if I see an advanced devotee who is serving my guru seriously, in this case I must offer my full cooperation. Not only this but: i love them, offer obeisances, haribol. What do you need? What do I do? Sunday feast arrives. I bring a preparation, I can distribute invitations, I can make the announcement, whatever you want. Everyone must be given time, everyone should be given consideration. That is Krsna consciousness.

All spiritual life problems can be solved. There is no situation that has no solution. Because the extent of Lord Krishna is that He can rescue everyone from illusion. So Prabhupada came to the world. So we have the altar. So we have Gurupurnima to celebrate. I hope Gurupurnima sheds some light upon you, that it gives you clarity and joy. Because we will keep fighting as it is. Because I also come to fight for Uruguay and for its devotees. The holy messengers are going to continue because we are just beginning as they say. You do not know, that joy I get when I see happy devotees in a temple. For example here, a few years ago there were only four or five of us forming the first team. So I am very happy to see the progress and please: Union is strength. Solidarity and love.

We can be happy because there is no territory to claim, all territories belong to Krishna. Admit it: one who does not claim territory has no territorial problems. So brahmacaris are so happy because they have nothing. When you have things, their independence, you must make your own income, fight in this world. Well of course this one will have little squaring spaces. Everything is illusion because at the time of death you cannot even take your kunti mala. But just here in the world they are calculating their things. But territory belongs to Krishna, that is wisdom. You have to learn it very well. You have to renounce the world before the world renounces you. Another thing, everything that you do not give is what you're going to lose. Do you see the wisdom that Rupa Goswami gave through writing this years ago. Lord Caitanya also said things, one of the best: Trinad api sunicena without Trinad api sunicena one can not live in a temple. Without humility you cannot fall in love with the devotees.

Jay Sri Krishna! Jay Sri Krishna!
Srila Prabhupada Ki Jay!
With affection, your ever well-wisher.
B.A. Paramadvaiti Swami

Guru Maharaja on His Transcendental Appearance: 10/12/14 Vrindavan

Guru Maharaja on His Transcendental Appearance:

I offer my respects to all the venerable Vaishnava and vrajavasis.  

This is the first time I have to deal with the fact of sitting down in representation of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Vyasadeva. I feel very embarrassed by this and I would like to run and hide somewhere, but I also know that some devotees would not allow me to, which is why I have stayed here.

I have in my memory the words of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada on the day of his Vyasapuja which has touched me very deeply. He said: "I am sitting in an asana listening to the glorification of some of these venerable souls about my insignificant behavior and similar to that of an animal "

I feel very connected and committed to you, and I pray to Srimati Radharani and Her associates to please take me as their prisoner forever. They have decided that I have to do service and thus become a true Vaishnava, although I have not yet achieved that. By all of your blessings I can be close to all of you again and again to serve the purpose of Mahaprabhu, and of our Guruvarga and Srila Vyasadeva.

I hope you will keep blessing the world, that is the ability of the Vaishnavas; to be an ocean of mercy (kripa sindhu), by which all people can receive the grace of Srila Prabhupada, Srila Vyasadeva and the Parampara. Those are the real stars in the sky.

I pray to our Guruvarga and especially to my Gurudeva and my Sannyas Guru on this day to allow me to always remain in service. Vrindavam Dham is a very special place where you can receive profound realizations to do service but can also commit more intense offenses when doing something wrong. It is a very intense place.

Being around all of these special souls who have come to celebrate the Guruparampara and Srila Vyasadeva in the present day is a great fortune. I can only say that I am deeply grateful to all of you for pushing me to the lotus feet of my Gurudeva and Srimati Radharani.

B. A. Swami Swami Ba Paramadvaiti

Guru Purnima. 07/13/2014. Italy

Dear devotees, receive all my affection from Italy on the day of Guru Purnima.

Today is a special day to remember the light of Srila Prabhupada. That light of Srila Prabhupada is my life and soul. Guru is the one who takes care of me and guides me. The universal principle of the spiritual master is also manifested through the siksa-gurus who teach and care for me daily. We celebrate all of them today on the day of Guru Purnima.

In our lives we make a mistake that often becomes a risk: we easily appreciate the famous, the rich, the important people, those who have things that we do not. We like to take pictures with them, because if I'm with someone important, I also acquire importance. It's like saying "look, I'm in this photo with Vandana Shiva," or with Doctor Krapula. They are important people and I want to be important too. :) The problem is that the minute you start to feel important, you immediately stop being important.
Why do I say this?

Because it is not the main focus, the famous Guru who travels everywhere and has many disciples ... the guru who has many followers and since he is significant I also want to take a photo with him. No, the main principle is the focus of that Guru who guides you every day, who cares for your spiritual life, the teacher with who gives life to the spiritual life experience.

Guru Purnima is the celebration of Guru - tattva. It is the celebration of the manifestation of the original spiritual master. If  I perform Guru puja and that is where my service ends then I have made a big mistake, because I should include in my worship my siksa gurus too. I must attend and serve he who is instructing me. Parents who guide their children in spiritual life are also gurus.

Guru Purnima is the celebration and worship of all Gurus, it is not just Diksa-Guru Purnima. This is the day to recognize and appreciate who is taking care of me, those who are my guardians, my well-wishers. To identify those who sacrifice for me and I do it for them. Merchants created Father's Day and Mother's Day as a way to make money, but in reality both parents should be celebrated on a daily basis not just one day in the year. Therefore, Guru is not only the initiating Guru, but all those who are guiding and protecting me.

This is a complex issue. You can not simply throw some flowers, give a cookie, and give a donation and go...We are accustomed to look for the easy way out, but it's not that simple. Proper application is the exact opposite. Put yourself in my place, for example:

-My Guru is not on this mundane plane, he left it several years ago. I have many pictures of him and I can say: Jaya Gurudeva, but the photo is not going to say anything. I have memories of Prabhupada, having experiences with him and that hits me emotionally, but what also hits me is the face of a devotee who is passing time very badly in their life or to see a child suffer. What do I mean? The principle of Guru, the principle of Guru-tattva is based on the real relationship that I have with the people around me.
Having a Spiritual Master means recognizing that I am not only a disciple and follower of my initiating spiritual master, but of the people who are caring and guiding me daily. It is in daily contact where Guru resides. One meditates that Guru is above all and it turns out that the Guru is also next to you in the form of the people crying around you but yet you will not pay attention because you're too busy looking at the sky, meditating on your diksa - Guru and offering flowers while you kick the Guru that is right in front of you.

Why do I say this? Because I want you to have a broader view. Perhaps it is not easy to digest.

For me, my Guru is sitting in front giving me a lot of instructions through the devotees. The practical application of the principle of the Guru - tattva is very demanding, because one can not be spaced out and escape Guru, you can not be lazy. Thereofore, if everyone around you is a manifestation of Guru, that means you must be alert. This is very important.

At this moment I remember Srila Bhalti Ballabha Tirtha Maharaj, who is one of my Siksa - Gurus, and he is currently with one foot in this world and one foot in the spiritual world, and he is physically surrounded by his beloved disciples in Calcutta who are constantly singing for months, knowing that Gurudeva can leave at any time and not return.

Once, Srila Tirtha Maharaj described some of the types of disciples, with some humor. Of the ones I remember, one was "always" the disciple who receives an instruction from the Guru and instantly said "why always me"? Another type of disciples is like an "arrow", who receives a service from Sri Guru and says "Yes my Gurudeva, as you order" and he shoots out like an arrow, but then he never returns. Another is the "passes on the charge", whom the Guru says, "My dear disciple, please this is urgent" and the disciple says "Yes" and then goes to another devotee and says "Gurudeva says to do this, it's very urgent "So, Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj laughed at some of the reactions of the disciples and he taught us very deeply to become good disciples.

The time of the departure of the spiritual master is very strong. Devotees know that their Guru is leaving before their eyes, it's very painful. Putting it in a mundane example today: it's like living in slow motion  and being able to see the goal that defeats the other team in a football game, it is so slow that you hardly see the movement but you know how it will all end.

It is a very strong feeling. A very strong emotion. Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaja told my spiritual brothers: "Your Guru has left, now you surrender to the Truth" Sure, some resented that and felt that he was saying that they were not surrendered, but Srila Sridhar Maharaj was instructing them that now without the physical presence of the Guru they should further deepen themselves to the truth and give even more to really have love and devotion that is obtained by the grace of the Guru.

Our Gurus are calling us from everywhere, spiritual brothers, the souls looking for Krishna, all of them are our examples, they are our masters and we serve them. It is pure mercy. Additionally, these teachers complain if one is not active in spiritual life, they call for your attention to focus on their service, that is mercy. That is the service of the spiritual master, to educate the disciple. So we appreciate all those who are educating us. The worst is a teacher who does not say anything to the disciple and then the disciple can fail in their attempt and the Master says nothing.

When you are a new devotee you do everything that the Guru says. Gurudeva says "come here" and the devotee goes. Gurudeva says, 'Do this, do that "and the devotee does. Gurudeva says:" Do not do this" then the devotee does not. Thus, it is a beautiful stage, one is a neophyte, even a little silly, because you make many mistakes. But once one is practicing Krishna Consciousness for many years things change. The Guru no longer tells the devotee all he has to do at all times, giving the devotee more space to develop their own criteria, then comes the hard part, because the devotee should reflect and meditate very much at this point, "I do, as I do .. ." This is a more advanced stage. Where everything becomes more spontaneous, where it is assumed that you know everything you need to know and must apply and test your judgment. Where the surrender should be deeper. Because the World of Surrender, those only truly surrendered enter.

Srila Sridhar Maharaj used the phrase, "Die to Live." If you wish to live in the eternal platform, then you must die at the egotistical level, the whims, the love of money, laziness. To live in the world of Devotion you must be free of all selfishness, lust, indifference, and greed. Srila Sridhar Maharaj also said that in the spiritual world everything is greater than oneself. Therefore it is said that in the spiritual world one should walk with a humble head as to not offend all those entities that are serving the Supreme. We should follow the path of devotional service everyday. That is what we must learn. Therefore, Guru Purnima is not a celebration of a day in the year. It is not something so easy and so cheap.

Understanding the importance of the spiritual master in our life is to see Sri Guru and Krishna in all the people around you every day of the year and to serve them as if they were the same Sri Guru and Krishna.
Because if you do not attend the Master in practice, then it is useless. It means you are not anything. If the service is being well ran, then it becomes Guru - puja. Service that is not centered is not Guru - puja.

What you do to the Spiritual Master should be done with the best of intentions of perfection. The path of Bhakti is not mediocre. The path of Bhakti is a divine gift, which one must become responsible and dutiful in. And if one has failed to develop spontaneous devotion, then one should maintain it as their ideal and dedicate yourself to fulfilling your service in the best way, every day. At least your services should be fulfilled. Do not be a "chichipato" as they say in Colombia. There they also say, "This guy does not even fulfill his birth years", confirming that there are people who do not accomplish things at all. Rather, one must become very reliable. It is very important to comply with the 4 regulative principles. Complying with your devotional activities with the chanting of the Holy Name and preaching. It is important to comply with each other ... Comply, comply with and enforce. Only after complying,  spontaneity can be developed.

This day of Guru Purnima we celebrate it as a participatory party, not a slacker party. To become an active part of the service in specific things is Guru - tattva. Specifically in daily sacrifice, such as controlling of the senses, in service, in collecting Lakshmi Krishna, in the study of the Scriptures, in the care of the Deity, in the nourishing yourself by prasadam ... only to realize that concrete Concrete sacrificing with an understanding that Sri Krishna and Guru are represented by all people.

You must remember that when you are going to do sankirtan your own spiritual master is there in the street and it is he who connects others with the temple.How is this? Because the soul in search is showing you what you have to do, that soul is giving you service. It's amazing that those who are looking for the truth also show you the truth ... and you're also searching for Truth. And it even may be that he has more of a yearning for the another truth than you and they help you remember the reason for your own forgetfulness that which is from habit.

My dear, we must work with dedication for the cause, with the realization that I'll never be a spiritual master because I am very fallen and insignificant, but still studying with the masters and learning from them. I was in the school of Srila Prabhupada and there is much expected from me, because Srila Prabhupada himself taught me that.

So, if I am invited to speak or someone asks me questions I must address them on behalf of Srila Prabhupada, if I didn't I would be a traitor. To advance spiritually one must be prepared to deliver what he received from his spiritual master, and if you're not sure what has been given to you, then read his books and associate with advanced devotees who sing his glories.

To end this Chat I want to comment on something very interesting. We are working with a few Internet groups who support certain pioneer projects financially. These projects must be submitted with all your personalized details. Name of the manager of the project, where it is, budget, materials, development time, etc., etc.. Even a farm project may present different related projects such as hosting spots for volunteers, collective kitchen, conference room, etc, etc.. You can also include projects such as editing a particular book, the production of a film or a musical recording. I urge you to seize this opportunity and to submit everything you would like to apply for the respective project.

You can do this by collecting information and documentation and sending it to the Office for review. They inform them if you need something and then present it to legally organize it. Please meet this request as soon as possible, including all the technical details: the local project bank account, etc.. Please send all requests to Pancatattwa Prabhu.

I wanted to share this so that we can improve our service offerings to the spiritual master in this day of Guru -purnima.

Thanks for reading this message
Jay Srila Prabhupada!

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

Faith is the gateway to devotion 6/15/14 from Sweden

My dear devotees, receive all my affection from Sweden,

Spending a few days happily with the devotees here. We are making plans to spread Krishna Consciousness in these lands. Krishna is He who satisfies every individual pleasure. He serves all and gives shelter to all. He knows everyone and records them in His heart.

I can remember some of you, of course, you are unforgettable. But my memory is limited. But Krishna gives us all shelter. It is very important to understand that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and He has a relationship with each and every one of us; and it is the heart to heart relationship with devotees that allows us to approach Krishna.

Chastity is what is needed on our part. And what is chastity? It essentially means having complete fidelity.
Chastity means even being detached from material desires, because one is so absorbed in Krishna's service that you no longer want anything else. But of course, it is very difficult not to have sexual desires in a world where sex dominates everything; however, this is possible only when  a "superior taste" is tasted. Krishna says that when someone has a superior taste one can easily leave the lower taste.

Chastity means not abandoning anyone, not being on bad terms with anyone. Not with your relatives or with those around you. You must occupy yourself with serving the Superior Taste even if you still have a lesser taste and so little by little you will begin to advance spiritually and at some point you will be fixed in Krishna Consciousness. You just have to be patient.

Srila Sridhar Maharaj says that taste for the divine awakens gradually and gradually the undesirable things of the heart also disappear. Everything depends on the attitude, on the determination one has to leave the material entanglement. Only when the moment comes that you decide to surrender completely, to consecrate, at that time one comes to the platform of spiritual stability and only then can you develop a taste for the practice. The attitude of  service, occupation and delivery is first. Dedication means work. Follow the instructions of the spiritual master and put that into practice in service. That's the formula.

Sincerity. Sincerity means doing everything possible to do what needs to be done. It is somewhat difficult. Sincerity is the greatest and also the most difficult to have. But someone with a sincere heart is very well off. Srila Sridhar Maharaj says that a pure devotee is pure in purpose.

Serving will teach you to surrender properly. The practice itself is not the most important, but the intention behind the practice is. Dedication means working under the guidance of a Vaishnava. The right attitude in devotional service can even erase your karma. Thus one releases everything that prevents you from engaging in devotional service.

Submission to Krishna is the most important. Submission makes the difficulties diminish. Submission means accepting without questioning what Krishna wants for oneself, because Krishna will always want the best for you. Lust, anger, greed, madness, illusion, and envy, are all consequences of attachment to the material senses. They completely take us away from Krishna. One makes many mistakes when swayed by them.

You have to protect yourself from anger, rather you have to listen to the inner voice and intelligence. That inner voice will guide us to always move towards the positive, towards the divine and transcendental. The only thing is that one almost never wants to hear it. Therefore, the association of devotees is essential, for they are an amplifier of the inner voice, but one does not want to hear from it because of being under the illusory potency, but devotees constantly remind us of

what we have to do.

We must develop faith in the devotees, faith in service, faith in Guru. Faith is the gateway to devotion. Absolute love accommodates all, there is nothing to fear. Where there is faith God is there and where God is there then there is no fear. Where there is faith there is surrender and where there is surrender there are no separate interests. Where there is no separate interest there is love. We must be placed there every day until the end of our life.

These are the words I wanted to share with you today. Srila Prabhupada ki Jay!

Your well-wisher,
Swami Ba Paramadvaiti

We belong to the Supreme Mother because She is the Supreme Servant 01/06/2014 Venezuela.

Conference.

Dear devotees,
Receive all my affection from Venezuela .

I want to start this post with a very good phrase that should be remembered every day:
"We are not this body, we are spirit souls .
I can not be this flesh and blood.
We are of something very high, we are pure consciousness.
But we have forgotten because of our pure negligence"

There is a verse from Srimad Bhagavatam that we have been meditating on these days and it says:

sa va ayam sakhy anugita-sat-katho
vedesu guhyesu ca guhya-vadibhih
ya eka iso jagad-atma-lilaya
srjaty avaty atti na tatra sajjate

(Srimad Bhagavatam 1.10.24)

Srila Prabhupada 's translation is as follows:
"O dear friends, here is that very Personality of Godhead whose attractive and confidential pastimes are described in the confidential parts of Vedic literature by His great devotees. It is He only who creates, maintains and annihilates the material world and yet remains unaffected."

In this sloka Krishna makes it clear what is and what is not. Sometimes we do not want to know the truth, we prefer that we keep things in uncertainty. Why? Because we are in maya. But if we want something clear, Krishna will send it to us straight.

The Srimad Bhagavatam is the most confidential discourse of Vedanta. The most confidential about Sri Krishna. Imagine, a book about God, who are His most beloveds, what are his preferences, and is equally disposed for all ... I mean, a picture and a fully comprehensive presentation of God that allows us to know Sri Krishna deeply in His different forms: as maintainer, as Creator, plus many facets of His wonderful amazing demonstrations.

Thanks to the Srimad Bhagavatam we can know the love of Srimati Radharani and Her longing to distribute that same love to the world. Because She is who loves Krishna most and wants that love to be distributed to everyone. Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appears to deliver Krishna -prema to all souls.

This movement in South America, and worldwide, is something unprecedented and unbelievable coming from the Divine arrangement of Srimati Radharani. It is thanks to Her influence that we now have the chance to be with the devotees and to strive further to disclose all messages from the Srimad Bhagavatam worldwide. Have you thought of the great effort that someone has translated all the messages of Srimad Bhagavatam in our language and made it accessible so we can study it every morning? That is impressive. That was the goodwill of the wonderful devotees, headed by Srila Prabhupada, who wanted everyone to become Krsna conscious. And the background behind the loving service of Srila Prabhupada is Srimati Radharani.We are the team of Srimati Radharani, we are not the Krishna team.

In this respect I will tell you a story:
There was once a king who was also a great devotee, who would perform the dandavat parikrama at Radha Kunda. That means that the devotee would offer prostrated obeisances, dandavats, again and again while circulating Radha Kunda until it was completed.

Then someone told Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura that the king was doing this. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati said that was not our line. There are devotees who try to earn the appreciation of Radharani to gain Krsna appreciation, whereas we seek the appreciation of Radharani simply because we belong to Her. We seek not take any advantage of Her. The spiritual female force is our goal, more than the Supreme Lord Himself . This is very confidential. We belong to the Supreme Mother, because she is the Supreme Servant.

In India , many people worship Durga Devi as the material energy and the cosmic mother primarily to gain the facilities for material enjoyment.

However, the Gaudiya Vaishnavas worship Sri Radha with no intention of getting something out of Her. We worship Radharani because She is our life, We belong to Her. The worshipers of Devi Durga are known in India as " Shaktas " or followers of Shakti Devi. Somehow we too are "Shaktas" because we worship the Original Feminine Energy. But we are not just "Shaktas " but "Suddha Shaktas " we are very confidential. We are worshipers of the Original Shakti, Srimati Radharani, the main power of devotion. That is why Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Maharaj says we are "Suddha-Shaktas " worshipers of pure devotion.

Sri Radha is the one who does all this so that the souls can reach Sri Krishna. Srimati Radharani is the one who has arranges this divine plan. It is thanks to Her that Mahaprabhu came to pour out His mercy. She was initiating principle. She knows that Sri Krsna wants everyone to be saved and it is She who takes action for this desire to come true. She just has this capability.

The Movement for Krishna Consciousness in the West exists because of a large blackmail ... When Srila Prabhupada traveled to the West to perform his service, given to him by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, he wrote a song called "Krishna tava punya habe bhai"...

The translation of the song is as follows:

"My spiritual master, who is an intimate servant of Srimati Radharani, sent me here, but I have no knowledge, I do not know anything ... So how can I establish Krishna Consciousness in this world which is predominantly tama-guna and raja- guna? How can I do so my dear Lord Krishna? Therefore:
If you do not help me in making this impossible mission possible, I 'm going to complain directly to Radharani and I'll say You brought me this far and then did not help me ... "

Just like that Srila Prabhupada said , "I 'm going to complain to Radharani if you leave me alone in this place"

I think Sri Krishna was scared and did something rather strong for very conditioned souls, who were attached to drugs, alcohol and many other deviations, so that they may receive the mercy of Sri Krishna and chant the holy name.

Thus, Srila Prabhupada was successful in making all of us reflect, feel things we could not explain, but that suddenly were happening. Without realizing it we started singing " Hare Krishna ...", yet we were previously atheists.

Thus, by Grace of Srila Prabhupada and Srimati Radharani's intervention, we receive the opportunity to become spiritually responsible people and we receive a service that we can care for and that will then grow:

-We can become heavy sankirtan distributors carrying the message of the Bhagavatam everywhere.
-We can be great directors in the office and maintain internet preaching efforts.
- We can educate our children and generate a Krishna conscious family which will help expand the glories of  Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in your environment.
- We can be ashram leaders and help devotees on their path to God.
- We can become Yoga Inbound teachers coming in contact with people's hearts and assist them in falling in love with the "Sweeter reality."
-Or be great artists that spread the transcendental beauty throughout the world.

There are many opportunities for service. And the important thing is that the service in which you have received is the tool that will help you out of this world. So you have to take care of it and maintain it so it can grow. That service was given to you by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada that is coming all the way from Srimati Radharani. How is all this possible? Mercy.

Mercy is what maintains us every day. It keeps us appreciating this wonderful mercy, thanks to Srila Prabhupada, who is helping us out of this world.
That's my message today .
Jay Srila Prabhupada!

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

Favorable winds to cross the ocean of repeated birth and death Sunday 04/06/14 From Brazil

Conference.

My dear devotees , greetings from Sao Paulo, the land of Gandharvika Giridhari .

Today I share with you a topic called "The favorable winds to cross the ocean of repeated birth and death " So we must talk about the constitutional nature and needs of people, their needs for love and all that. This topic is a subject of devotional security. Of spiritual protection.

Devotees habitually speak about maintenance, but today we will talk about increasing our spiritual enthusiasm. Increase favorable winds, activities, things that are considered important in spiritual life.

Imagine you 're in the ocean, lost at sea, with only a little food left to survive. A very sad situation. The people traveling with you have left the boat. It is a sailboat, it has no engine, you only depend on the wind. It is in the middle of the ocean and you have a limited time to cross, nothing is forever. Death can come at any time. You want out, you want to cross over to the other side of the ocean called samsara, the ocean of repeated birth and death. At this point in the ocean, there are no other trips , there is no past or future, only present. Only this trip at this time. And this boat is quiet because there are no favorable winds to take you in the right direction.

Suddenly a wind comes with a storm that takes you in the wrong direction and, worse yet, that wind makes you return to the starting point. Winds? Unfavorable? The wind of material enjoyment, nightlife, the Facebook, video games, the wind of the exhibitionist ego believed to be the most important, the poisonous wind that makes us lose consciousness. That is very interesting. You want to get across the ocean to get out of samsara, but unfavorable winds bring you back. They take you in the direction of your next birth. If we continue to follow the unfavorable winds, with more reason will we be moved into the next birth. In a reverse direction.

 This world is full of unfavorable winds. Even something that may seem harmless, like the World Cup, that does not get us cross the ocean of samsara, rather it insures us that we will be lead to another birth into some body. Maybe you'll be born as an animal to be sacrificed to make a soccer ball. There are more serious things, totally unfavorable winds that increasingly keeps us from cross this samsara, such as abortions, the exploitation of the weak, the mistreatment of animals. However, intelligent people do not waste time and they seek favorable winds.
 How are these favorable winds obtained?

 Chanting the holy names of the Lord from the depths of the heart:

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
 Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
 Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare.

See who begins to sing and watch how their sailboat starts moving! If you sing louder, then it will move stronger!

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
 Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
 Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare .

Yeah? Your ship moves, it works! So you can continue singing and obtain more favorable winds that will help you on this journey so you can continue singing and also listen to the Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad Gita, Caitanya -caritamrta, Sacred Scripture ... Hear books narrated by those holy saints who practice with the heart. These winds are favorable!

And to stand firm in this journey you have to have the best sadhu -sanga. Practically speaking, you have to go to Vrinda Bhumi at least a weekend to live intensely to experience the Yoga Monastery. This way one is filled with enthusiasm for the spiritual life. So then your boat will be going in the right direction with all sincerity. And when you have fear or confusion you have to approach an advanced devotee who will dispel your doubts.

Vaishnava Bhakti, Guru Bhakti, Krishna Bhakti ... When you love devotees you also love service. So you start to love the spiritual guide, begin to appreciate the deity, the dhama ... On this trip there are many temptations that distract us from the favorable winds. So we must be vigilant ... Always be carrying that gas tank of bhakti and one of the most powerful things to do which is more favorable for spiritual advancement is Krishna prasadam, everyone is left with a smile from ear to ear after honoring prasada. Full belly, happy heart :)

It's very, very important to understand that in His infinite mercy Krishna makes many favorable things for our spiritual advancement. You only need a small effort on your part . Because, even to eat prasada we have to put effort.

Even favorable winds have their stages. There are positive things to do, always keep a good intention, do not be judgmental, be more and more helpful, always working and being generous, maintaining wonderful friendships with devotees, in this way one will have the mercy of having the association of Vaishnavas. In the company of devotees under the guidance of the spiritual master, under the holy name, one is in the favorable winds of Bhakti Yoga.

Under the guidance of Guru one learns worship, puja, the mantras, the sankirtan ...
The Spiritual Master puts us in the process of Ānarta nivritti, cleaning impurities from the heart. He removes the negative things in life, he removes the worldly desires separate from Krishna. That is what one promises the spiritual master, that he will go on the right path and that you will leave all the undesirable things for the spiritual path. After being freed from all those attachments, the devotee remains fixed in his spiritual process, coming to the point of Nistha, where he is fixed in Seva. There the sail boat opens in full force and favorable winds carry him safely on his way. So, my dear, very careful maintain your spiritual life, full of favorable winds. Keep your temples very beautiful. That is also a favorable wind. Arrange beautiful classes, there are so many books of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Sridhara Maharaja for inspiration ... And do not forget something important ...Our spiritual life becomes even more favorable and ecstatic when we perform austerities to help others.

Just as you are on your boat in the middle of the ocean of samsara trying to cross clinging onto favorable winds, you can help others who are stranded on the road. You can say, "Come, take this rope, I'll pull your standing boat, I have good wind here ..." That's the favorable wind of the preacher, who not only cares about himself, but cares to help everyone in crossing the road. To cross this ocean of samsara clinging onto favorable winds you should feel very grateful and very compassionate ...

That is my message to all of you today ....
Follow the favorable winds ...
Jay Srila Prabhupada!

Your always well wisher,
B. A. Swami Paramadvaiti

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The ultimate gift of life. From India. 03/16/14

Dear devotees
Goura Purnima ki jay !

A hug from the heart to all from the sanga in Mayapur Dham .
We came here to pray for all the Vrinda family. We pray that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continues to bless us with the association of His devotees. The greatest blessing of Krishna is the association with devotees. The ultimate gift of life. The answer to all our prayers is to have the mercy of a devotee of the Lord. And this is what we celebrate on this day, the day that God came as a devotee. And our prayer today is at least to never lose the mercy of having at least one devotee in our life.

In a temple we are super lucky to have so many devotees. One devotee can change the world and we have witnessed it in the presence of Srila Prabhupada. So the scriptures do not exaggerate at all when it says that one devotee can help us cross the material existence. It is even said that one gets all that mercy even from association with a devotee of the Lord for less than a second. So that's our meditation today. It is most auspicious to meditate all day on all the devotees of the world.

Devotees of Gauranga - :I belong to you, I want to serve you up to the last of my days.

Devotees of Gauranga! :We will do wonderful things for the Lord, now that Gauranga is the one who deserves it.

Devotees of Nityananda! :He was the first to preach the glories of Gauranga and He was the one who saved Haridas.

Devotees of Haridas, devotees of Prabhupada! You know what it means to be a devotee of Gauranga and preach from morning to night!

Devotees of sankirtan :You never miss a beat and preach with all the desire for the divine plan to keep growing!

Mayapur Dham is wonderful. Annually it increases twice in fame. It's amazing, so many people are here that you can hardly walk. One has to start walking in the water because the land is filled with so many people.

Devotees of Gauranga! Do not be discouraged by obstacles. There will always be some kind of problems so that we remember that we are still not very advanced, and that material nature still grabs our attention.

Devotees of Gauranga -Always have compassion for all ! Do not forget that Krishna is not going to forget about us and we should not forget about Him, that's what the sankirtan movement of Sri Krishna is for.

Last week I visited a pure devotee of Krishna. Such beauty, what beauty. A sweetness that emanated  from him regardless of all who were present. Devotees from all over the world. Gurudeva Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaja was listening to songs that devotees sang. Walking in front of everyone in his wheelchair and giving his love to everyone. His chair was pushed so lovingly by a Maharaja doctor. He is attentive 24 hours a day to the needs of Gurudeva. Everyday Gurudeva leaves his room to hear the sweet, sweet kirtan of the assembled devotees. His disciples constantly arrive to pray for his mercy. He is showing us that he will always do and act, continuing to do what he always did: to preach . His example, his life, his inner samadhi, the gestures of his hands or even when he opens his eyes: he awakens in us more love for him and for Sri Krsna. The devotees arranged a whole floor of the Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya math where it is meant to only serve him. His room is equipped like a facility for health emergencies. But really Gurudeva is showing a pastime so we can feel more attached to him. And that attachment is transferred to Krishna instantly. I remain grateful to have visited Srila Bhakti Tirtha Maharaj Ballabha. His face shows a deep tranquility and a little something that shows that he is not of this world. He belongs to the world of Vrindavan. The world of Krishna, the world of the gopis.Gurudeva is a fiery preacher. And now his preaching is his mere presence.

They asked me to sing a song for him . Since I do not know many songs in Bengali and had no memory of any nor a songbook in hand, I sang the Samsara. What was tolerated, even the melody was a morning melody. Then Vrindvan chandra brought my charango and devotees who saw it requested me to sing with the charango. Then I sang Yasomati nanda braja baro nagara and Gurudeva opened his eyes. With even more joy : Radhe Jaya Jaya Madhava Dayite, the song of Srila Rupa Goswami . I did not want to stop seeing Gurudeva happily listening . But my voice was not cooperating much.

I got up to offer to Gurudev the Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura museum in the form of a CD and the magazine that we did for Srila Prabhupada inspired by him and for him. We also offered the new brochure in English which presents the celebration of 20 years of the World Vaishnava Association. Twenty years is a significant number. At some point I felt that it would take 20 years to start the WVA . Today you can see a big change in the museum and the magazine. And also more participation . Who knows what comes later .

Just today I was writing a very important letter to a spiritual brother who was punished by his institution. It reminded me of the situation that we had in the year 77 to 84 . He wrote a letter in his defense and his letter inspired me to reflect on what happened in the past. Gurudeva Srila Tirtha Maharaj is a harmonious medium. Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Maharaj was always able to encourage everyone. Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj embraced all the devotees who had some association with his spiritual brother Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada .

For some reason or another Krishna Consciousness is expanded in a multifaceted way.
In many branches and it was not always united. But in essence they all want the same thing. I've always wanted a united platform but as a spiritual parent of a community I realize the importance of also having some space for privacy with the disciples that Krishna sends. Where you can share with them, instruct them and delegate to them important tasks. No diplomacy, no ecclesiastical structure. Simple important tasks like caring for other souls. Because only when you take care of other souls do you deserve to be cared for.

I was reflecting on all these issues, recalling the issues of the past, and that is how I came with all of that in the head but when I got here to Srila Tirtha Maharaj it was all heart, heart to heart. Here we are of heart and so like that we arrived in Mayapur. We arrived in Mayapur with the fruit of more than a year's worth of work. The Journal of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur. A biography in pictures. And some posts of course. Which was coordinated by us with the support of many devotees and our wonderful office. Sarasvati Devi Dasi of Medellin did much research. There was also the support of Damodarastaka and Pancatattwa. And the first hand support of Gandharvika.

Everyone helped to put this wonderful magazine together. My friend Ramdas Mandala gave us some good professional reviews at the Kumbha mela. And finally the printing press of a disciple of Mahaniddhi  Swami printed the magazine. It turned out that he is a great friend and he will now print our books in Delhi, it is very good and responsible. Miraculously, although you may not believe me the museum is already on the Internet through issuu.com the address is pasted below:

http://issuu.com/wva-vvrs/docs/srila_bhaktisiddhanta_sarasvati_tha_428e0f7608ad8a

But believe me or not, just before going to Hrisikesh Sophie from Hungary appeared to know how to use tools to produce dvds. She offered to put all this museum into dvd format. The sound was missing for presenting Srila Bhakisiddhanta, but someone needed to read the fine print on the screen which is unreadable and as it appeared at that time I had the best ability to read English in Vrinda Kunja, so I took the charge and for the whole day we recorded all the texts explaining the images. We then went to the 15th Symposium on International Yoga Conferences in Hrisikesh, along with the theater team of Vrinda Kunja we presented conscious messages on behalf of Mother Earth .

In Vrinda Kunja they did a marathon to make the museum into CD format. When I returned it was ready. I remain happy to now have a DVD that people can see on a computer. It is two hours and twenty minutes of film. With this the people who have Internet or computer can see it on any DVD player. This DVD I offered to Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaja who is still the president of the World Vaishnava Association and he will remain so forever.

He received this gift by mercy and now going we are going to Mayapur to offer it to all the great spiritual personalities residing in Mayapur; to all those sweet hearted devotees that we want to try to serve. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur is the grandfather of all. Last time Dina bandhu appeared with a photo of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur that few had seen and everyone left happy. It is a very special photo of him with six of his sannyasis  including Vaikanas maharaja who gave sannyas to acharya Puri Maharaj and Bhakti Madhava Dayita Maharaj.

So we very pleased with this photo on the cover. And now the struggle continues. The struggle to distribute the glory of the greatest hero of divine love in the history of India. Because directly or indirectly Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur was the one who injected the excitement into the heart of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, to Bon Maharaj and many others. He encouraged them to preach. And we are his children and therefore we are deeply indebted to such a great personality that somehow from his humility he didn't even appear as much to others just like Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada whose name also doesn't appear that much in many parts and that is why the movement is not known as the Bhaktivedanta movement but it did become famous as the Hare Krishna movement. However, for us, today is a very significant day to remember the role of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, from many points of view and especially to remember that we are all His children and we are a family.

A big family and that any negative attitude towards other Vaisnavas is not very good even if they have made mistakes, that does not suit anyone. We must be favorable and friendly to everyone. So also all the work that the Vaishnava Association does is a public domain, of public domain means that it can be used by all Vaishnavas in their own name, and that they do not need permission to use it, hopefully they promote it.

Many devotees have worked very hard to compile the images, so we arrive at Mayapur directly to the museum, and I did not come first to my temple but I came to the Gopinath Gaudiya Math where the museum is presented.

Well, my dear devotees, I wish you a nice Gaura Purnima festival. I imagine that today very few devotees came to this chat but here I send a message of the heart from the Sangam with love .

Srila Prabhupada ki jay !

Your always well wisher

B. A. Swami Paramadvaiti

Invitation to India. 02/23/2014

                                               From Vrinda kuñja .
My dear devotees
Receive all my affection from Vrindavan.

India is wonderful and the biggest secret of India is that it sent the seed of sacred culture to be sown throughout the world. A seed filled with love, tenderness and beauty. A message that can build a temple in the heart of every person. Whoever lets this message reach their heart and nourishes it with the energy of devotional service chanting the Holy names of the Infinite Lord is on the right track.

This India invited us, giving us through her pure devotee, Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and others, a real home in her sacred womb. That's the Vrinda Kunja, the sacred shrine of Vrindavan. A shrine near the sacred river Yamuna. Protected by Ksetra pal, Sri Gopisvara Mahadeva, who guards the entrance to the Infinite dance of the Lord and His devotees, eternal associates.

Vrinda Kunja is open to members of the Vrinda family and friends. They have been coming now for 30 years to Vrindavan to take refuge in the inspiration of service to this infinite love and its expansions around the world. Vrindavan is a place of study, deepening the mystical secrets of the Srimad Bhagavatam, which tells the whole story of Sri Krsna and His divine teachings. Visiting the many destinations of these manifestations of love in Braja Mandala with a months worth of workshops, offerings, meetings, yajnas, festivals like diwali, appearance of the sacred Radha- Kunda, the commemoration of the destruction of the false ego of the king of the sky ( Indra ) because of Krsna as a child who lifts the Govardhan hill to give shelter to those who seek it. It also celebrates the sacred Go -puja to remember the love of the Infinite Lord for all animals. Especially for sacred cows. Go up to the mountain of the Lord Shiva in Adi- Kedarnath and learn the spirit of service to the holy Dhama, becoming humble guardians who are trying to clean both the heart and those around us.

The month of Braj mandal parikrama is accompanied by deep reflection of our journey on Earth, towards the perfection of yoga. The maximum development of the love that our soul is capable of cultivating. Times in which the Divine manifests His special mercy is also recalled. For Example, at half day at the Surya Kunda, the sacred lake of Surya Narayana will be visited, where Lord Krishna shows His opulences to those who are seeking Him.

Sitting in the boat, singing beautiful prayers, we feel the charm of the beautiful nature of the bird sanctuary of Vrindavan. And getting close to Mathura, to the temple of the mystic Yogi Durvasa Muni, who has his kutir at the top of a mountain from where you can see the Vishram Ghat where brothers and sisters take vows of a sacred consecrated life and pilgrims take their vows.

For 30 years I have had the infinite mercy to guide these inspiring groups of hearts, that led our family all over the world. And presenting them to the holy feet of my eternal master at his bhajan kutir in Radha Damodar and his samadhi mandir in Raman Reti. We also welcome the appearance of our guardian and teacher of  sannyasi life, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Maharaj.

Vrinda Kunja is an oasis located in the heart of old Vrindavan. Very close to Keshi Ghat, where the future museum of the WVA ( Pandavali kunja ) and Yamuna Kunja are and from where we serve the entire Vaishnava community.

Kartik is a month of preparation. Especially for our Vrinda Family it is a month of union. Where the sacred Andes connect with his brother the Himalayas, the home of Eastern wisdom. In the company of my dear brother, Atulananda we prepare to continue the sacred pilgrimage to several amazing destinations.

After Braja Mandal parikrama this year we will visit the city of Mayapur, where we will continue touring the sacred pilgrimage sites of Sri Caitanya and Sri Nityananda. Then go to where Sri Nityananda Prabhu appeared in Ekachakra, Ambika Kalna where we see the first life-size deities of Gouri Das Pandit, Panihati where Sri Raghunath Das Goswami received mercy and Remuna, the site celebrated the by the mercy of Ksiracora Gopinath.

Coming finally to the sacred site of Sri Jagannath, where we will visit important places like Sri Ksetra. So in this maha - parikrama we will cover the three main routes of the Gaudiya - Vaishnava.

This year is a year of gratitude to sacred India and its great teachers for giving to our spiritual family. We pray to our Lord, "Please let me be an instrument of your love Oh , my Lord, let me serve you in this life in your family of love." With these ceremonies it culminates to the celebration of 30 years of the Vrinda Family and its pilgrimages .I feel very honored and grateful that, with the permission of the local spiritual leaders, it could be possible that each of you gets to participate in the parikrama.

As for practical service this is my suggestion : take advantage of your empty suitcases so when you come to Vrindavan  bring gifts for dhama-vasis in the form of useful learning articles, clothes that can be distributed in our schools and villages in Braja. I also ask you to bring pictures of your deities and your temples which will be beautifully mounted on display during the festival.

With that I say goodbye for today.
Meditating on this beautiful festival that we have ahead of us. I hope to have each of you here. All my love to you.

Jay Srila Prabhupada!
Your always well wisher,
Ba Paramadvaiti Swami

Continue giving all your effort in your individual struggles... 2/9/14

From Ekachakra .
Dear devotees.
A hug from Chile Yatra. Happy in the company of my dearest brother Gurudeva Atulananda.

First I want to offer my obeisances to Srila Prabhupada, who changed the world, who sent me to this life with a mission. With a mission to fulfill, that mission is the mission of finding spirituality for myself and to share it with others.

The materialistic man is busy with all their toys and even though man has so many giant things, countries like China, Russia, USA, a fairly powerful world where everything is huge, yet they can not seem to solve their problems, it seems that man creates more problems than solutions.

There is very little coordination, there is little progress in understanding a situation of cause and effect. To avoid the negative causes and its effects, you would think that when you know something hurts that it should be removed to avoid causing further damage. So one might assume that the man would be very handy, especially in terms of food, pollution, but that is not the case. Man can not even advance much in that manner. For Example:

Currently there are many modern diseases and hospitals where new systems of medicine, surgery, etc are invented and there even exists computers that can run surgeries. One says, " how smart, look how much power man has." Actually the problem is simple, man has forgotten spirituality. Spirituality is the only way that one has to understand the difficulty of the material world. With the material one can not solve problems, the spiritual gives one the power to understand the essence, the cause of everything. The spiritual master always has doors open for everyone to grow and all problems are solved humility within the heart.

On the other hand, the idea of economic happiness or economic security is something that is naturally created in this materialistic environment where if everyone wants to have something then they have to have money, but they have forgotten that societies existed before without money and sharing was natural. ..
For example devotees share everything they have.We have a new farm Inkawara, 60 hectares in Bolivia which will be the light of the Incas, and it is a paradise. It has many butterflies, the most beautiful I have ever seen in my life, water everywhere, orchards in 60 years that have not been touched or better to say that have never ever been touched.

This land is also yours because you are a devotee of Krsna, because your dad is the owner, because the owner is Krsna, He has made the most beautiful things in the world until men come and they exploit it and destroy it. In other words, wherever Krsna may be that is also your place, that is divine socialism, and if we need a big roof because we are a lot of people we are also capable of making a large roof and if we need blankets because it is very cold, we will also be able to get them so that there is warmth.
So simple living and high thinking is not fictitious, it is not illusion, but you must be detached enough.

One of the founders of Ikwashenduna said : you all talk about the money but that is something very bohemian to decorate the walls, that is to stick on the walls, you see money as something important but it is only to decorate, but that is for doing something beautiful, but when you see money as the most important thing and you are neglecting your relationship with God that is very grave. Therefore, Srila Prabhupada was very gracious, he gave us the world, he gave us Vrindavan, that was raised by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

All the banks and financed houses cannot even  afford to pay for a pebble of Govardhana.

We know that our lives are there to serve, learning to serve with or without money, no problem, the issue is to serve, but when you forget to serve you want to become the served, that's what happens in the material world, everyone wants to be served, served by others, ignorance of others. Even when you say " I love you", that has become selfish, if people say " I want to serve you " that's fine, but people really mean " I want to enjoy you." So you must be very careful with this phrase "I love you ".

We are very fortunate when we look for the goal of life and it comes to us through the form of the spiritual master and you now can serve in a loving way. And it is better you understand this anyway because everyone is the architect of their own fortune. Some have heart and not others. Those who do not will not understand anything but those that are, will build a temple of the Lord in their heart. They become well-wishers for all others and want to make temples in the hearts of others also; they become builders in the hearts of others even when uninvited. I see that your heart is in a prison, a place full of worries, you should remove those bars to be free and then I will enter there and build a cozy temple.

Everyone has to build a temple in their heart. They are constructing doctors of the soul, and there are many ways to see it, but the concept is very nice; that someone comes into your heart and will start constructing sa temple, that is rather advantageous but nice. Because really to build and be constructive one needs materials, and these are the materials of Seva. These are the materials to build temples in the hearts of others, there are cds, books, all to create the perfect consciousness and to have favorable environments especially when speaking of intelligence and speaking of the mind. There is a subtle construction needed, in that place there is no longer a need to handle bricks or mud. To build on them one must be quite prepared. When you install the books of Srila Prabhupada and Gurudeva Atulananda's conferences in the hearts of people, a temple is insured. Only the Lord knows what you 're calling, you just have to change your heart and call, you have to call, I install the line but you have to call, and if not, that is alright, because we will also call you, but hopefully you answer.

All things are lessons to grow, to learn, to rejoice, the value of this world is to feel that our brothers are happy, and so practically the happiness of Krishna consciousness is knowing that there is Krsna consciousness.

Our life, our path, our road, our task is to spread love, and we do not need anything else, we just need love, and one who does not have much love then you must chant the Hare Krishna mantra, that is why in a temple the maha mantra is installed to activate that love that everyone searches for :

"O my Lord let me be an instrument of your love."
When you have time to sing, that is activated. Then the Lord's devotees have a duty to activate the holy name and install the worship of Ishtadev. Everyone should be involved in the worship of God, even when he is an atheist.

One has to be a sankirtaneer, sankirtan leaders for Srila Prabhupada, equip yourselves and do not go without material. Equip yourselves to preach without the false ego, without thinking that you are the doers. We are nothing but instrumental pawns. Those who are doing it all, are our Gurudevas, Srila Prabhupada, Srila Sridhar Maharaj, Srila BP Puri Maharaj, we are the pawns. And there is much more work to be done. I see that many communities are being activated through the leadership the devotees are taking.

My message and desire is this: to continue giving all your effort in your individual struggles and change the community around you.

I wish you the best with the blessings of Srila Prabhupada.
Haribol .

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

Translating Personal Abilities & Our Internal Search into Practical Positive Actions 1/5/14

Colombia Coast Conference

My dearest devotees
I send all my love from the coast of Colombia .

The theme of the Chat today is how to translate our personal abilities & our internal search into practical positive actions for the world.

With this topic in mind I would like to offer my personal appreciation to really define what it means to become a real person. Becoming real means being honest with God and with everyone else.

Truthfulness means to follow the teachings of Guru, Sadhu and Sastra and to not speculate. We must not create fantasies or illusions about philosophy. Veracity means determination to be connected daily with the Srimad Bhagavatam, because the scriptures are our medicine against hypocrisy and falsehood.

Those who fail to connect daily with the Srimad Bhagavatam do not have the opportunity to develop healthy spiritual growth process. The Srimad Bhagavatam is the guide to develop a special sensitivity to the truth.

So it is clear that the * truth * is the first element that must be considered in the process of delivering our hearts in service. Truth in sanskrit is satyam . The second element is sivam, auspiciousness. And it refers to anything that pleases Krishna, Guru and Vaishnavas. So the question arises :
How to bring auspiciousness into our lives?

Well, it all starts with determination, becoming a consistent person .
Determination should be something always present in life. We should even underline it three times to take the important need: determination, determination and determination. As a kshatriya ... they followed the principle that if they promised something three times they rather die before not keeping their word. That should be the strength of our determination.

What am I determined to do? What is the purpose of my life? The lotus feet of Sri Radha Govinda should be the goal. The lotus feet of my Gurudeva ...
" pujala raga-patha gaurava bhange"

That was a phrase that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur frequently use to say.
This meditation brings us to remember that we are servants and we must do what Sri Radha- Krishna and my Gurudeva want me to do. I will give an example:

The first time I came face to face with my Gurudeva was in Paris , in one way or another I got to his room and it was full of people and, in one way or another, I could give my obeisances to his lotus feet. And so, just as I was coming back up Srila Prabhupada looked at me and said:

"Occupy the rest of your life to give to others what I have given you ".

And so, the first sentence that he said, the first time I saw him in person, he gave me a job for life. Not just something for the next three weeks, but a task for life. And that has become the focus of my life. The object of my determination. I have nothing else to do more than that.

I was looking for a Guru and he gave me lifetime service. I am very grateful for that fact. Finding the Spiritual Master is really a profound change for life.

Therefore, determination is very important. Determination is needed to have an auspicious life in service. Thus, the first two characteristics satyam ( truthfulness) and sivam ( auspiciousness ) correspond to very high ideals, now I'm going to talk about the third, sundaram.

What does sundaram mean ? I tell you with an example:
If a candle is beautiful, then 100 candles are even more beautiful ... So the logic is : get millions of beautiful candles so that everything becomes beautiful.

That's a metaphor that teaches us that everything we do should be done to the highest maximum of beauty possible . If you want to preach about Krishna in the Internet, you have to make the best effort, attention to detail is needed. For that you have to learn to make web pages, do the designs to make it pretty, learn how everything works on the web, so you can better promote your site , etc. . . . You have to train yourself properly for it.

The beauty is directly related to the intent that is put behind things that are done. Something done with honesty and pure intent is beautiful. And we should worry that things are done beautifully, that they are well made and well maintained. The beauty has meaning, if something is not beautiful then we do not give importance to it. What is true beauty? It is the beauty of the heart. And this beauty is manifested in action. It is like a beautiful chef who feeds others only with beautiful thoughts. He has to cook with beauty (with dedication) so that others eat. It's real. And how to apply beauty in everyday life? Well let all your actions become beautiful, everything you do should be done with increased dedication. To beautify explicitly means working hard for something. Working to make it look beautiful.

Beauty : work and dedication.
Satyam, sivam and sundaram : truth , auspiciousness and beauty is Vrindavan
The land of the personification of satyam , sivam , sumdaram ... the place of Srimati Radharani. The highest truth, auspiciousness and beauty.

That is why I am very involved with maintaining Vrindavan and Yamuna clean and beautiful, because they are essentially beautiful and should not be so contaminated. I feel Vrindavan should be glorious, that the beautiful temples and the worshiping of the deity must be wonderful . That's what Srila Prabhupada taught us and that's part of my own devotion. And my Gurudeva said: Transmit to others how beautiful Krsna is... and I have devoted myself to that over the years. I really want the glories of Sri Krsna to be disseminated without boundaries and that everyone can see them and fall in love ... that is why I feel that I have to help in the search for solutions to maintain the holy places like Vrindavan and Mayapur beautiful and clean. Same with our churches and farms. They should also be an example of satyam, sivam, sundaram. To achieve the opportunity to keep ourselves guided under these three features there is a great need of patience. Patience, determination and good organization.

And how do you organize everything correctly?

The first step of good organization is observation and that is found in the brahmacari life which translates into action of performing "sravanam" or to listen, listen and listen to the instructions of our acaryas. Our Spiritual Masters descended to this world not just to entertain, they came to tell us what are the right activities to perform in life. Please do not be negligent with this message. Apply it in your lives. It is basic ... one chooses to live in preyas or sreyas.

If your actions are focused on getting an immediate result of things then one is in preyas,  you are not thinking about the future or consequences ... The events in preyas only have negative results in the future .

However, sreyas is the way of wisdom . We have to look at things. Observe, observe and observe ... learn and apply, apply, apply. Why do we learn if we will not apply what we learn? There is no need to waste your time learning something if you will not then implement it. Apply!

In the same way , in spiritual life we must see how things unfold and act under sreyas: considering the consequences that everything we do is going to bring something in the future. We must act while considering the impact of what we do. So we must act properly and that's always harder to do than doing the wrong thing .

Acting correctly requires dedication, care, and attention and that is all of a personal nature ... it applies to us and our relationships with others. Many details to take care of. It's not easy. Beautify, beautify and beautify it is not something external. It is not just about putting some lights around here and other relics there. It is internal, dedication, sacrifice ... It is the inner treasure within each of us.
Beauty is directly related to love. If you feel love than you want to do things beautifully. Or to put it in another way , when you have love for some thing then naturally it comes out beautiful .

Love makes things take significant importance and what is important we also want it to be beautiful.
That 's what we've learned from the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, the most important person, the most truthful, the most auspicious, and the most beautiful is called Krsna and He loves Radha  and she is the personification of satyam, sivam, sundaram. And Krsna is so charming that Radha, the embodiment of beauty, auspiciousness and truthfulness, loves Him more than anything in life.

And if you want to understand more about all this and want to enter into this world of perfection, beauty and love, then you have to give your heart completely. You have to surrender your existence to the most profound love. Give what is most sacred to you. Without it you will never enter the world of love. Srila Sridhar Maharaj used to call Krsna : "The wonderful wonder of all wonders " There is nothing more wonderful and amazing than Sri Krsna, He is the Supreme Beauty,  The Infinity Enchanter....
And How to link to that?

If you really want to reach the top and surrender the best of you, undoubtedly some will do. If you're not ready to give the best of yourself, you will not be able to achieve the best. It all depends on your ability to appreciate in knowing what is real and what you have to do to get the best. You can not buy Krsna in the corner store, you can not photocopy or make a pirated copy, no. You can not copy the bhakti in that manner. You must be ready to give whatever you have in the highest manner and only at that time can you understand how wonderful God is, beauty personified.

He is present at every moment, we are just not able to appreciate it. Krsna is manifested in the beauty of a flower, the beauty of a tamal tree, in the beauty of the Vaishnava.... Krsna Himself  wants you to make Him the goal of your life. That He becomes your life and soul. Then you will be able to see things that your eyes and your senses are not able to perceive.

Those are my words to you today. I thank you for reading them.
May the blessings of Srila Prabhupada fall on you in this new year.

With All my affection
Jay Srila Prabhupada!

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