Duality must be tolerated and accepted. From Bogota. 05/31/2015

My dear devotees:

Being against time is always a little heavy, but life is always against the clock, we have only one chance, that is to run forward in this world, samsara; Every moment counts every minute, every thought, every word counts. Sometimes we think that the fleeting pleasure of the moment is the most important thing when in fact, what is most important is the pleasure of Krishna. Krishna being pleased with all that you do is important, so sometimes you have to suffer. Somehow life is marked by suffering, of course there is also joy, but it is marked by suffering.

The first is out of the womb, it seems impossible for a child of normal size to come out of such a small opening; rather it is almost impossible to imagine how much the body of the mother opens so the child can be let out. That is just like life, it is full of pain, great pain, karmic pain necessary and unnecessary. Most pain is unnecessary, that's the funniest thing. Why does a stone drop on my foot and hurt so much? Well it is natural; but that are pains that are not so natural, such as jealousy, which makes many people suffer. Jealous people sometimes lose their hair or live very nervously.

I have the solution for jealousy, if someone is cheating you then one should say thank you, you need not waste any more time serving someone who is not worth it; you can not be with someone who does not want to be with me, I do not want to impose my presence, my life on someone who will not be with me. Is that not reasonable? Clearly, if one already has three children it is different, in which case we speak about karmically signed contracts, because when someone leave their children, guaranteed there are many births awaiting such a person. So one should be very cautious, pray often to Krishna, praying and praying to God, not to others, not to the ego and lust .

Thus one suffers in this world, and to suffer for Krishna is good, so I have no fear when I send someone to Santa Martha or Varsana and they have to go through some tapasya, I have no shame, because they are coming in contact with something complex. Duality must be tolerated and accepted; it is temporary impressions of the senses, happiness and sadness. You are happy to have hair, but how much suffering to shampoo and comb your hair: that is a whole ordeal; however if you are bald you save the shampoo, but suddenly you do not like being bald; everything has its advantage.

Therefore suffering is there and wherever. Aging could be called the worst suffering because in old age there are a few good things but your sight, hearing, sense of smell, movement, everything fails you and it hurts, everything hurts. As hard as it is you feel ecstatic if before old age you realize that this body is temporary, that you are not this body. Thus, it is better to realize it as soon as possible because this body is problematic, there is not one old body that works perfect. So this material world is a place of suffering, as Krishna says in the Bhagavad - Gita: "It's short and miserable, what are we doing here then? how did we decide to come here, what were we thinking to make us come to this material world? "Maybe we still have the idea that everything will be beautiful, everything will be wonderful; I'm going to be a beloved wife, or have and admiring husband and everything will be fine for me ...

In Krishna consciousness things are sensible and worth suffering over. One must not think that by coming to Krishna Consciousness that your present sufferings will just end; that's a lie. It makes sense to suffer for the Lord in loving service; That brings us to the Lord of Love and Suffering. To whom I want to give myself to and marry (unite with) Him, if we celebrate marriage as something glorious it is because there are two individuals who have accepted the sacrifice of suffering. All this only to benefit the children who will soon arrive. If there are no mothers and fathers who suffer for their children then we are nothing.

This is not an advertisement for "Conscious Marriage", but in fact a man and a woman who marry and foster a good family unit are much more self-sacrificing than brahmacaris; Brahmacharis go through a great amount of sacrificing but one is a brahmachari to preach and not to evade responsibility. Otherwise, he is not a brahmacari but a deserter of human duties. The brahmacari who is surrendered to his Guru has yielded an apology, a good excuse to not produce humans beings and instead they generate awareness among the people in the name of the Guru, they are caregivers to these people so they can become good devotees and preachers too
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This is very important, and I always feel so appreciative to Srila Prabhupada for saving me from marriage to serve all of you, but I have to work hard just as if I had 10 kids and this is not false. Of course work is also having to read books, everything that a Brahmachari does is also work; studying to be a good preacher.

These things have a certain amount of humor or amusement. Rather said, the material world is like a German saying: - "Showing a pretty face to an ugly hole". Even if something bad might happen continue to smile. Imagine, I am a social person and I am involved with many families; I receive daily news of births, deaths, divorces, deceit and betrayal among other circumstances. And then I have to be in front of people and show a happy face and speak: - "How are you my dear friends, let create some wonderful projects, we have to move forward, we will not lower our guard, etc." Do not think it is always easy to make a pretty happy face, but that's life, so it's up to you and to me because I willingly accepted this service of being a beggar of love, a wandering pilgrim, and I can not complain about what I chose.

When I was 13 years old, I was depressed by war, read the newspapers and was about to enter into this abyss called depression, and I said: - "nothing I do is worth anything." But it was there when I had a realization, "If I can mourn for everything, why not instead I laugh about it and adopt a positive attitude in life. So I took an optimistic attitude, I took the attitude to laugh at everything, so that is why you always see me with a smile, and it is not artificial; If you look well enough the truth is that there are many nice things that make us laugh. When I see all of you, for example, I see wonderful people, even though I know many downsides of you all it does not make me think that you are not wonderful people. On the contrary, I see very beautiful people in a beautiful struggle, that we decided to struggle for, together. We can be sure of success, we will achieve something because there is no other way.

Your always well-wisher
B.A. Paramadvaiti Swami

Help repair damages to Vrindavan temple 4/16/15

Dear devotees of Vrinda Family:

I send my love.
A few days ago the city of Vrindavan faced an unprecedented storm that caused the total loss of the roof of one of the lodges and the new yoga room. A surprise that caused great disaster throughout the city. Some years ago I was in a storm during the winter, but the ice was small and did not cause any damage. This time chunks of ice the size of a tennis balls fell. A real danger. Hardly any roof tiles were left undamaged. We never miss this kind of surprises, but it is definitively Kali Yuga.

So I want to ask for help with donations to repair the damage. These spaces must be repaired before the rainy season begins. It would be a nice gesture of solidarity if every temple of the mission can donate two or more tiles for our ashram in Vrindavan because by serving our home in India it puts us in touch with this sacred place, almost as if we had visited.

Please contact with Vrinda Kunja to find out about the best way to support this. Mahatma Prabhu will take care of sending a budget of repairs. If you are unable to help do not feel bad, anyway try to address these issues together do not forget that we belong to a large family.

A hug to each of you,
Swami B.A Paramadvaiti

Sankirtan puts people in touch with God. Mallorca, Spain. 3/22/15

Very dear devotees, greetings from Mallorca, the beautiful island in the Mediterranean. In the company of the wonderful devotees of Spain and other countries. I send a fraternal greeting, all glories to Gurudeva Atulananda whose birthday just passed. We send a warm embrace and recommending always to take things to heart and work hard because that is the only way one can become qualified to understand the essence, because the essence is always something that one has to make a special effort for. One is not allowed to take things lightly or superficially, but requires that one treats it with the utmost care.

Today is Sunday, and tomorrow we will have the Theatre Mallorca festival where we will have 8 different spontaneous performances to convey to others the urgency of the message that has been chosen for the work. It's called the theater of emergencies.

There are several types of intelligence: rational, emotional and spiritual. The mantra Vanca Kalpa includes all these types of intelligence. The Vaisnava is always looking for the constructive welfare of others, and to be filled with compassion one must have great emotional and spiritual intelligence. The disenchantment with the material world, which wants to keep us from submitting to anyone except our false ego. This is the world that promotes selfishness, while the Vaisnava is always aware of the welfare of others. Thus the sankirtaneer is always aware of the welfare of all, all he does is look how to help others. A sankirtaneer can never be inattentive, even if he works with many people, each contact has a connection like the level of detail of a heart surgeon, because a wrong movement can even kill. One must be extremely cautious in the way he talks to people.

The sankirtaneer puts people in touch with God, not imposing but exposing. The service to animals, family, devotees, is a service to God. In all angles one must link all activities to God. But we must not think that we ourselves can liberate another from pain. Instead Krishna can, my Gurudeva can. They can give the form in which to find many treasures when one puts the welfare of oneself  submissively to the world. You can measure many things but you can not measure the transcendental, you can feel it but not measure it. Maya means that which can be measured, but the transcendental cannot be measured.

One always feels they are the most important and what one has to do is most important and it is partially true because if you did not exist you would not know of the existence of everything else. But this is very dangerous, because even though my life allows me to connect with others, we risk devaluing others. I can say, "My mom is the best in the world" and that may be fine, but one can not say "My mom is the best and only good mother out there." The same applies to Guru. I think my Guru is very special because I think I am the most important. "My Guru is the best Guru" that is fine. But "my Guru is the only good Guru alone" this is arrogance, it is ego, all about "me, me, me."

Everything is associated. When I think that my prayer is worth more than a native praying to the sun, that is arrogance. To think that God likes your prayer more than someone else's that is arrogant. To minimize or ridicule the faith of others is arrogant. Being in the state of  "me, me, me" becomes offensive to others. Instead of producing something good it produces something negative. What makes you important is your love for others. I'm here just trying to serve, and I do not even have the essential criterion. The Vaisnava is a Vaisnava because they feel that they are not. He thinks he's an aspiring servant of the servant of the servant of the Vaishnavas.

Only when Krishna allows us to serve, can we do so and preach. When we have a bad conscience, depressed, unwilling, we need to go preach. If you do not want to ask anyone for anything, then sit on the street and sing "Oh my Lord let me be an instrument of your love", until someone asks you of out curiosity and you show them a book.

Prabhupada did not come to us personally, but through the efforts of others, and thus we worship all devotees that give us the truth. Nobody knows how to be happy whether with wealth or poverty. But devotees of Vrinda are richer, more than Bill Gates because wherever they arrive they are welcomed by hundreds of temples. Bill Gates will always have to pay to be received somewhere, but devotees have much fortune.

One of the main problems we have is intense laziness. The process of awakening enthusiasm to serve is through Sadhana, since the most essential element of Sadhana is to share what the spiritual master has given you with others. Mahaprabhu said, "I plant a tree of love and it grew and bore fruit, and I distributed the fruit but still many fruits kept falling and I do not have enough hands to distribute all these fruits, many hands are needed, so I need your help, because there are many who need these fruits and I can not distribute all, I need help. "

The idea of ​​Sankirtan has changed a bit, it's more personal. It means that I treat you with all your needs. Ask "What do you need, are you a vegetarian? Here is the cookbook, here are CDs of the best chefs. Or do you want to know about reincarnation, here's the book. Or do you have someone with addiction problems, here's Vedic wisdom. Would you like to have a nice vacation? Here are the best places to go to in India or Colombia, or Mallorca. Personalized Sankirtan is: that I offer everything you could need. The essence is, I have nothing, this is the message of Srila Prabhupada. Sankirtan is a delight, it is the best thing to distribute to give a hand to many people. Today courses are made, Prasadam, but this is an excuse to be able to give them assistance. This preaching is education. It is the process of healing by healing others.

After all, despite not being qualified, do your best because it is all you can do, and do not be discouraged if for one reason or another there is a fall because they exist so one can overcome it, to recognize your flaws and weaknesses and to continue the struggle, because this is what we have to do. We can not wait to be perfect to go out and preach and help people.

Jay Srila Prabhupada!
With this message I leave today. Haribol.
B.A. Paramadvaiti Swami

Report from India 1/18/2015

All glories to Srila Gurudeva who is constantly inspiring us to give the best of ourselves as an offering to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada.

Srila Gurudeva is in Puri, the holy dhama of Sri Jagannath. Gurudev arrived yesterday at night with a group of 40 devotees from South America and Europe. The last days in Mayapur were quite dynamic. Srila Gurudeva in his tireless spirit of devotional service was personally motivating the different projects for the expansion of Krishna Consciousness in Bengal. He is always actively promoting the cleaning of the dhama, the union of the Vaishnavas and protection of Mother Earth and her natural resources. One of the last projects that Srila Guru Maharaja was developing in Mayapur was the construction of an ecological park in the whole area of pancaveni where it is customary to give morning classes at the edge of the intersection of the Ganges and Saraswati rivers. Srila Gurudeva present this project to the local mayor and it was accepted very well.

Furthermore, he continuously met with various leaders of the Gaudiya Math missions to strengthen the joint work of the World Vaishnava Association. For the subsequent days of Gaura Purnima there are several WVA events scheduled. On March 6 the annual organizational meeting of the WVA will be held, on the 7th we will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the WVA, this time in Devananda Gaudiya Math in Navadvip, on the 8th  harinama- sankirtan by the city of Kolkata, where the WVA has been invited as the guest of honor, on March 9 Srila Gurudeva has been invited to speak at an event in honor of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at a prestigious university in the city.

Yesterday, Srila Gurudeva with a group of devotees left very early in the morning from Mayapur and went to Kolkata for sacred darshan of Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja. Along the way, they passed Panihati, where Raghunath Das Goswami celebrates a wonderful festival of chira and yogurt in honor of Sri Nityananda Prabhu and His associates.Then they stopped in the city of Shantipur, the holy place where Sri Advaita Acarya  prayed to Sri Krishna to descend in His most magnanimous form of mercy. From there they headed towards Remuna, where the beautiful deity of Gopinath, which Sri Chaitanya, Sri Nityananda and His exalted associates received darshan and who stole the khir (sweet rice)to give to His dear devotee Madhavendra Puripad. In the afternoon they arrived at Bhubaneshwar and from there they went to Puri, where they are now. As soon as they arrived in Puri they took bath in the Indian Ocean, which is said to be caranamrta since Mahaprabhu entered its waters, meditating on the Yamuna in Vrindavan. In the afternoon they went to visit the samadhi of Srila Haridas Thakur. Srila Gurudeva and the devotees accompanying him are staying in Puri at Saraswat Gaudiya Asana, a beautiful temple led by Sripad B.P. Muni Maharaja who is a disciple of Srila Bhakti Srirup Siddhanti Maharaj.

Muni Maharaj has been serving this Math for over 40 years without rest and with full dedication.
 Today it is one of the most beautiful temples of the Gaudiya Math, and it so happened that they won an Audarya Award in recognition of the most beautiful artistic decoration of a temple. Srila Gurudeva will be in Purushottam Ksetra for seven days, guiding the devotees through the different holy places and instructing them on how to render practical service to the Dhama and the Vaishnavas.Within the personal programming service he will also participate in the WVA Audarya Awards in Puri. These awards are awards given to the Vaishnava who have distinguished themselves by the beautiful services they have done for the expansion of Krishna Consciousness in different areas.

Srila Gurudeva has a scheduled return to the city of Vrindavan for January 26 and from there to Mexico on the 29th in the morning. Then returning to India on February 25 and then off to Europe on March 13. Srila Guru Maharaja is in good health and always becomes very happy to hear reports from the different members of the Vrinda family who are preaching enthusiastically.

This was the report today. We regret not having words from Srila Gurudeva to share with all the devotees, but hopefully the nectar of his transcendental pastimes come into your hearts and fill them with inspiration.

Jay Gurudev!

Fight with love. From India 01/04/2015

Dear devotees
A special hug to everyone in the new year.

We offer this year to Krishna, our Gurudeva and to collaboration for better awareness in this world. These moments of change, of a new year, also serves as an opportunity to reflect on how we have advanced. To advance in spiritual life the most important thing to do is to be under the shelter of the devotees. Always preaching and obedient to their instructions. Continue sharing in the chanting of the holy name with all those you meet along the way. That is the major occupation and thus all the blessings will be showered upon you. Never doubt this.

For sankirtaneer, the marathon  doesn't end in December, the marathon continues with the whole spirit of sankirtan. This is the greatest blessing given by Lord Caitanya. Chanting your rounds. This is the most effective way to remove inauspicious things. Do you want to distance yourself from inauspicious influences? Then put on tilaka and chant the name of Lord Nrsimha. If you keep your prayers that for sure will disappear. Try to maintain an atmosphere with the vibration of the mantras present and have faith that Krishna is always with you.

Krishna always blesses us even in difficulties. Keep in mind that we are where our heart are. A heart vibrating in serving Guru is a heart is saved.

Preaching is the essence of our life. And there we not only save people, we save ourselves. From what are we saved? We are saved from false joys and addictions. We are saved from going through this world and can do something positive. Sure you can do more. This thought gives me hope every day. And now that the year begins its something you can think more about.

For example: What do we do to promote wisdom and the values of Sanatan Dharma in this world? What do we do to awaken the values in young people? But it all starts in our personal practice. Partnering with devotees is the key. A day with the devotees is ecstasy. For me, the association of devotees is what saves me. And the leaders are pure gems.

It is my desire that all of you become leaders. There is much scope and  it newly appears each year.
One thinks that this year we wish to finish some services but then Krishna sends us new services. We have not even finished the previous ones and yet Krishna hands us new things. And services that one can not: no that, I don't have time.

For example: Now I went to Bangladesh and met wonderful devotees who wanted to connect with the Vrinda family. More service for me and for you all. I pray to Krishna to send us more good devotees to cover all the services he also commanded from us to perform. And you never know what surprises may come. At least I do not know. The only thing  that I know  that in life what gives reason for living is preaching.

We have seen the example of our Acharyas, until the very last minute of their lives they were preaching. Health may be bad and one leaves this world but one can also receive miracles. Many devotees told me: "now I'm leaving this world" and I told them: "Preach in the meantime as much as you can and till this day they continue to preach after years." Good therapy, right?

For example these days in Mayapur we are very successfully presenting a play to sensitize people about the care of the sacred rivers. We also continue to finish marathon publications, working with the office group in projects for the entire mission, and happy with the news of the marathon. Congratulations to all the devotees who participated. I am excited to know who is in the spirit of preaching one hundred percent.

These days I had a visit from a quero of Peru here in Mayapur. A grandparent. We present him the work of Rius and he was fascinated. We was happy that for his boys there is an understanding of the dangers of our modern errors. I was moved by his reaction.

Lately I have received many publications that are great for the start of the University. This confirms to me that our little attempt is being blessed by Krishna. It is not my project it is a project of Krishna's. And now we're working on all this so that they can develop it in South America. This makes me more present in South America than in India.Where I am, there I am dedicated to projects.

For example Faith education, the World Conscious Pact, the University opens many doors and makes many friends. Everyone can help. We do not want anything but to serve the people. If anything is impure it always comes out to the surface. And the people who do not understand what is being done then this year one has to devote themselves to understand. The name of Krishna is above everything. Of course, maya is always at our doors to serve our whims. Struggle to fight with love. This is my message for this Chat.

I am always happy to hear the reports of each temple. They can be sent directly or to my secretary. Also reports of service and personal study with specific questions where they need help. Study questions can be read here in the class and answered. I appreciate the effort of the devotees that are connecting the members of the Vrinda family with these messages, chats. It is very generous and helpful so that I can communicate with all the temples and everyone can read it. Thanks to all involved in this.

Srila Prabhupada ki jay
Haribol.

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

Avoid misunderstanding 11/09/2014 Vrindavan India

Dear devotees
Receive all my affection from Vrindavan,
Today we are traveling to Rajesthan with a large group of devotees to visit the sacred temples there.

As you know, sometimes there is a lot of interpretation. Sometimes you interpret correctly and sometimes not. These are all things of Maya. Sometimes its Yoga Maya, sometimes Maha Maya. Maya is involved in all aspects because she is very powerful and she is established in all spheres.

For all the devotees of the Vrinda Family, today I would like to share a very important message. I just try to do and follow what is clear to me. Anyway, I have my own fight to keep. Today I want to clarify that the people who work with me and are my representatives, have exaggerated amount of trust with me, but sometimes we have different opinions on different topics. I'm known to usually repeat a phrase, and that is "all devotees who have more than 5 years in Krishna consciousness should be involved to the maximum degree to make decisions and become a responsible leader with me" I've said this many times. And many of the devotees who are with me now have more than 5 years and have taken those responsibilities.

So I am interested in how we associate for the cause. Partnering also means making choices. And the fact that we make different decisions does not mean it's offensive. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Everyone is entitled to exercise his natural intellect. Of course, submission is necessary for a community to function. There is need for someone to have the last word. For that there are directors, these are functions that can change.

So with the different functions. In fact, sometimes there are different interpretations on the same point. For example, yesterday I was talking about our relationship with the indigenous peoples and I also said that Swami Maharaj had stressed to me that some devotees say that my classes have changed a lot in this time. I gave this as an example, I even use the word "critical" and said "even Swami Maharaja criticized me ..." but I meant it as constructive criticism. Because everyone is entitled to constructive criticism. That's just one example of an observer who is showing things that are happening. Because it is so, in recent years a transformation has been going on and, for me, it has been a positive transformation. Because, for example, the gains with the South America communities that are not purely Vaishnava, have been very positive for preaching.

So we accepted the friendship with the indigenous communities just for the sake of preaching. The same has happened in relation to the many followers of impersonalism within India. I can be criticized for it, because, for example, at the Kumbha Mela I was linked to the great Impersonalist yogis and leaders to beg them for support to protect the Yamuna and Vrindavan. Same with many politicians from India, visiting their offices in Delhi and banging on their doors so they can bring attention to Vrindavan

Thus, in the Kumbha Mela  we were with Gurudeva Atulananda from camp to camp for the purpose of bringing the dignity of Srila Prabhupada with our tilak and our devotional clothes to ask for attention for Vrindavan. Sure, it takes relating with all of them to make a connection. Philosophically we have nothing in common, but they are the ones who can help keep the Yamuna clean and Vrindavan is protected.

Sometimes I do things that I take full responsibility of. Of course, if I were in an institution, they would not accept a lot of it, as happened to some of my spiritual brothers who have to comply with the rules of an institution and are hampered in their preaching. What I want to clarify with all of this, is that everyone can comment on things that they do not seem to agree with. I work well with my leaders, because I want my leaders to be complete. That is why a few years ago I told my leaders that all those (especially sannyasis) who want to expand the mission can do so. So some sannyasis can give initiation to others in my name and then for second initiations to connect the new devotees with me.

Of course, that means that leaders must also open new projects. These are transitions. For you are all siksa gurus in your fields. And the importance of the siksa guru is the same as the diksa guru. There is no difference in it. This is something I've preached since we have known each other, it is not a new topic. For example, due to the dynamics of the group in Argentina, Giri Maharaj suggested to me to start some new projects where they wanted to try veganism as a means of protection to the cows. I accept the wonderful proposal of Giri Maharaj, bothe he and Padmanabha Maharaj are people of great integrity. Only  some devotees interpreted it badly, but that was not the case.

I give everyone the right to evaluate the situation of the Mission and transmit it. As always in Kali Yuga there are misunderstandings. We are servants of Srila Prabhupada. So we pray: O my Lord, let me be an instrument of Your love. You are siksa gurus, meaning the sannyasis who have been here for many years supporting the mission. For example, Giri Maharaja, I gave him permission to be ritvik acarya in my name, because I'm not in Argentina very often and sometimes there are devotees who need to be initiated and they have to wait. Of course, some of you may also be ritvik acaryas, not just Giri Maharaj, but you have to become fully reliable to do so. It is not just a political position. It is not a position that someone gains only by diplomatic attitudes. I detest diplomacy.

I wanted to clarify this for all devotees of the Vrinda family. I mentioned Swami Maharaj and Giri Maharaj, but I could name other devotees. A sannyasi is a lieutenant of the Spiritual Master.... For me, Colombia is a very dear project, because the devotees of Colombia were the ones who encouraged me to take the position as a spiritual guide. So when Swami Maharaj began preaching in Colombia and winning the hearts of the devotees, it gave me great joy.

We all make mistakes unintentionally. But we continue ahead. In life sometimes there are misunderstandings, so it is always good to clarify things. I wanted to share this with you today. Honestly, for me the protection of nature is sacred. And the protection of all the rivers and waters of the world is sacred and they must be protected. I get excited a little in this sense and perhaps I over do it, but ... What do I do? If at any time I have put someone in trouble, I ask you to forgive me. It is not my intention to embarrass anyone.

A siksa guru has a very clear mission, that he can take it to the heart as he wants. If a person receives the blessing of further expanding new areas of preaching which is projected as the siksa guru, this would be like a branch of the same mission. Because we are all part of the same family. I'm still part of the mission of Srila Prabhupada. We are Gaudiya Sampradaya and we always will be, because we love Lord Chaitanya because we are of the Gaudiya Math, the Gaudiya Mission, ISKCON, Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha, the Chaitanya Saraswat Math, those are just names.

Hey I have authorized some devotees to expand the family, as I have done with Giri Maharaj and Padmanabha Maharaja so that the devotees can have more creativity, because for me creativity is very important. An artist draws from his own creativity. A musician must compose, a poet must write poetry ... well we are followers of creativity. To our Siddhanti Maharaj I  have also said that you can initiate on my behalf. That's the idea, to better serve the new and different branches that spread through the devotees. creative. This is to increase the confidence and joy. I hope you now understand this, because the siksa guru that is next to the devotee is very important, even more than the diksa guru. But of course, there is no difference between siksa guru and diksa guru. But he who is there every day to protect the devotees is very important.
Do not forget all that we have talked about today. Reflect on this. We send blessings of Sri Gauranga Radha Vraja Mohan from Vrindavan. Much affection for all of you.
Jay Srila Prabhupada!

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

Caring for Govardhan Silas and adoring them intensely. From Vrindavan. 11/2/2014

My dear devotees
Accept my affection from Vrinda Kunja,

Yesterday we were doing a very nice ceremony on the banks of the Yamuna river. The first ceremony of its kind, where more than 100 devotees were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the installation of Gauranga Radha Vraja Mohan. And this morning Govardhan Silas were delivered to the devotees who want to worship Govardhan in their temples and programs. I was very happy about this. The vrajavasis do not like people to take away stones from Govardhan hill, but if they knew how the devotees take them to their country and worship them, they would be very happy. Perhaps they think that these foreigners wanted to take the whole mountain and steal it, but the devotees simply take them to worship. 

So the Lord manifests Himself in the form of Govardhan Hill and the Vrajavasis feel scared that Krishna is not respected in the way He deserves. But the Lord Himself arranges that many Silas exist in order to travel around the world. Surely, having a stone from Govardhan hill one should leave the equivalent of his weight in gold for Vraj seva ... even that weight means nothing compared to the importance of having an expansion of Govardhan hill in our temple. That's the message of the chat today: Caring for Govardhan Silas and adoring them intensely. 

Last night in the program at the Yamuna we performed Govardhan abhisek. To the devotees from South America we want to say that we are very happy for all the devotees who have arrived. We do not know how to serve them well, nor how to serve them all properly. For us all of Krishna's associates are of paramount importance. So we want to serve the devotees forever. Our Srila Prabhupada is the associate of Krishna who we want to serve and follow. We pray to serve Srila Prabhupada and offer him all of our love for the Supreme Lord, who is the most loving of all. 

Continuing on the path of bhakti where Krishna enjoys with the gopas and gopis, always longing to go to Vrindavan forever, that is the path of Srila Rupa Goswami. And the path of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur who would not go into the details of the intimate pastimes of Krishna, as there is always the danger that one confuses the pastimes of Krishna with material coverings. We follow that example. For, in truth, there is nothing to enjoy in the material world, the only thing here is repeated birth and death: unions and separations, unions and separations. Agonizing. Better go to Goloka so that does not happen again. Sure, there is separation in Goloka, but on another level. There Srimati Radharani suffers in separation from Krishna, so much so that lakes form of from Her tears. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu repeated that tears fell from her eyes. 

Srila Gour Govinda Swami said that this is a school for learning how to cry. But who has really learned to cry? We only cry when our money or documents are stolen. We do not cry for real things ... we do not cry in longing for the love of God. My dear devotees, to end today's message I want to send a hug and ask you to count on me. Let me always and frequently serve all of you with your blessings. Sometimes you have one or another idea on how to serve, but I hope that in the future all of that has very good results for all of you. 

Vrindavan Dham is such a special and wonderful place and to be with all of you here is more special and wonderful. Having been last night on the banks of Yamuna with all of you is the greatest happiness, the highest point. It is the highest point of beauty of association with Vaishnavas. And as I said in the beginning, this was the first year we did a celebration at the Yamuna like this. Before, we did it in a smaller format, but this time it was a very beautiful party. What better party than on the sand of the Yamuna. 

When I'm in the Vraj-raj (the dust of Vrindavan) I do not need anything more, rather I am very happy with the most simple life imaginable. Rather, we could go all night on the banks of Yamuna to celebrate together. Of Course, our Vrinda Kunja is also very nice to be together. 

Thank you very much for sharing together during these 30 years of the Vrinda family. 
Jay Srila Prabhupada 

Your always well-wisher, 

B. A. Paramadvaiti Swami

Glories to Srila Prabhupada 10/26/14 India.

                                                     


Conference.
Dear devotees,
Receive all my affection from Vrinda Kunja.

All glories to the Vrinda family parikrama. Glory, glory to the Holy Dham of Vrindavan. Glory to Yamunaji, always giving mercy. Glory to the lila kirtan, which gives us the sweetness of Vraj. Glory to the sannyasis, who give us their example and association. Glory to the seminars that are organized to help us grow as servants of Krishna. Glory to Gurudeva Atulananda who with his loving cries awakens the slumbering soul.
Glory to Tulsi Devi who gives safe entry to Vrindavan. Glory to the devotees and mothers who have come from afar to meet their Eternal Lord. Glory to Sri Krsna's Harinam Sankirtan which awakens spiritual awareness. Glory, glory to the Srimad Bhagavatam, the Bhagavad Gita and all the scriptures that support us and lead to growth in the path of Bhakti. Glory to the expansions of Vrindavan in different parts of the world that are under our care, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Colombia ... All these sites are pure mercy of Sri Vrindavan Dham.

I hope this year's Vraja Mandal Parikrama pilgrimage allows us to mature in our efforts to serve. That is my humble prayer that I share with all of you before my Spiritual Master, Tulsi Maharani, and Sri Vrindavan Dham.

Tomorrow is the disappearance day of Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada is really the light in the sky of Vaishnavism, who achieved a revolution and transformation of the planet. Those who know of Srila Prabhupada and are aware of the details of his life know the impact he had all over India and the world. Not that that is openly acknowledged by the scholastic world that only prides itself on its analytical studies, but they have missed the largest nectar which was shared by Srila Prabhupada. However, the other day I visited a well known Acharya from the Vallabha Sampradaya called Sriji Baba Maharaj, he only repeated: "Jay Srila Prabhupada, Jay Srila Prabhupada!" It's amazing the wonders that Srila Prabhupada has done. In some parts the impact of Srila Prabhupada is considered, which inspires us to be his representative.

In fact, before I met Srila Prabhupada, I had nothing to act on, what I felt was a great void in my life. But now I have someone very special to represent, so much so that a person as insignificant as I can figure out how personally. It seems as a joke, but it's true. This is why I transfer to you indirectly all the power to taste the nectar of the association of Srila Prabhupada, still having these western bodies.

This morning we went to have the darshan of the river Yamuna and visited a camp for pilgrims who are doing the Vraja Mandal Parikrama. It was surprising, because when we arrived they immediately fell to the ground giving obeisances.What a shame! They are people who have followed Vaishnavism all their lives and so beautifully they are continuing their parikrama and when they saw us, these white elephants just emerging from a sinful life, they throw themselves at our feet. This is a phenomenon. And all this happens due to us having come in contact with the mercy of Srila Prabhupada. The transformation a pure devotee achieves in the lives of others when they follow his instructions and teachings in the end. That's something very important that I wanted to share with you today.

I also want to take advantage of sending a message to all the devotees who right now can not be with us in Vrindavan, but remain in temples struggling in multiple areas of their service. All those beautiful and merciful devotees and preachers who continue to do Gauranga sankirtan every day. I send a special greeting to Prabhu Thakur and his sankirtan team. Greetings to all the Vrinda family temple presidents. Greetings to our Tapasvi Maharaj and his team who always receive us with so much love in Peru. A salute to the devotees of Colombia who are always excited to expand the transcendental vision in the most beautiful ways. Greetings to all the sannyasis who are the pillars that support the Vrinda mission. Greetings to all the grhasta devotees who lead businesses that support Krishna Consciousness and help us to develop more projects. Greetings to all the brahmacaris and vishnupriyas who are always dedicated to preaching. All glories to the children in Krishna Consciousness that are guided and educated under the Faith education. All glories and a big hello to all the guardians of the Eco Village where many volunteers have the opportunity to meet Krishna. All glories to the cooks who are daily feeding our devotees delicious and healthy prasadam, cooking and providing food for Krishna.

All glories to the kirtaniyas who are concerned that there are very sweet kirtan and serious programs. All glories to the speakers who always share the nectar (hopefully daily, because there is need for it). All glories to all the mothers and vishnupriyas living in service. All glories to the conscious farmers who cultivate the land, to avoid contaminating it with unwanted pesticides. It really is a big task for experts. All glories and a big hello to all the devotees who are dedicated to being temple receptionists, which is a super important service because if someone is not well received at the temple then they will not want to return.

All glories to those who answer the phone at the temples and address the concerns of callers. All glories to the old people who are showing us how to do things the right way and thus remain attached to Krishna and His Holy Name until the last days of life.

All glories and a big hello to all mothers who care for their children, which is a very big task. Someone may say that having a house in order is not a great job, but who does not understand the depth of it has no respect for the great feminine force, nor for mothers, especially in this era where mothers have to work and leave the care of their children to others, destroying much of the family tradition. A big hello to all those who are developing OIDA therapy worldwide, the psychologists, and those who worry that there is a good application of this knowledge to enable people to understand that faith is a universal gift from God.

A big hello to all the Yoga Inbound Schools that are delivering the Vaishnava science and the essence of the Bhagavad Gita to all people. All glories to the devotees engaged in the cleaning of temples, doing the same thing we are doing here in Vrindavan and keep picking up trash, cleaning out there, always with a very beautiful spirit that should be distributed.

You do not know what Krishna's plan is. Nobody knows what will happen. At any time we can leave this body. That is why Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur mentions in astaka lila kirtan, telling us what is happening with Krishna at every moment, giving us the chance to get closer to Him or away from Him. So I beg of you, across the world, to always remember Srila Prabhupada. We live by him and for him. We are the people of Srila Prabhupada.

The glories of Srila Prabhupada must be the flag that we always carry forward. Of course, we also carry the flag of our leaders: the Gurudeva Atulananda flag, the flag of Damodar Maharaja, the flag of Giri Maharajq. We all have an attachment for our leaders and that's fine, but we must not forget that Srila Prabhupada is our life. I do not say that just because I'm his disciple (but of course, all the disciples, we tend to think of the supremacy of the Guru), but I say that Srila Prabhupada is who is holding the Bhagavat Dharma at this time.

All Srila Prabhupada did was always with a futuristic vision, like the Gurukul, for example, where the Gosal cows are protected, the eco villages that ensure a simple and sustainable life. My teacher was a revolutionary spirit of justice and affection, a true ambassador of mercy. The importance of Srila Prabhupada must be marked on the heart, not just having a big picture of him. It is in the heart that we must keep the brand of this great savior of the world so we can move forward, always making good use of our fuel called the japa-mala. This is where you find the energy to preach. Hare Krishna - Hare Krishna - Krishna Krishna - Hare Hare - Hare Rama - Hare Rama - Rama Rama - Hare Hare. With that I say goodbye for today, now Gurudeva Atulananda is going to share a few words of glorification of Srila Prabhupada.

-B.A. Paramadvaiti Swami

Gurudeva Atulananda:
On this day of the departure of Srila Prabhupada I feel very blessed to see that he is still holding me even after more than 30 years after his departure. He knew that what he left was very powerful, so one day he said: "If you maintain what is there, then that is sufficient." So, imagine, and it was very powerful.

The Sensitivity of the Devotees India 10/19/14 from India

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/54170861

Report on the 30 years of the Vrinda Family 9/28/14

Hare Krishna dear devotees and mothers
Please accept my obeisances
All glories to Srila Guru Maharaja, Srila Atulananda Acharya and Srila Harijan Maharaja

Srila Guru Maharaja and Srila Atulananda Acharya can be found in Peru at Eco Truly celebrating the International Vaishnava Mela.

Several devotees from different parts of the world have come to Eco Truly Park to share in this wonderful festival. Celebrating 30 years together as Vrinda Family. Thirty years is a considerable amount of time.
Our family has entered a mature stage, where many pioneering projects have already been consolidated and expanded very efficiently.

Our Guru Maharaja spent 40 years preaching the message of Srila Prabhupada without stopping and 30 years of the Vrinda Family are the fruition of that tireless and loving preaching.

Our Guru Maharaja and our Gurudeva Atulananda have devoted much time and effort to serve Srila Prabhupada through their service to all mankind. The examples of the great Vaishnavas that we receive from the scriptures are present in the daily service of our Gurudevas. In them we see all the qualities of a devotee, without exception. They are the light that removes all traces of ignorance. They are the refuge that soothes the hearts of the devotees in difficult times.

Srila B. P. Puri Goswami Maharaj appeared in this world on a day like today, and His Vyasapuja is celebrated in every corner by members of different Vaishnava missions. He was the first president of the World Vaishnava Association, and that position he accepted with great humility following the request of our beloved Guru Maharaja. Our Guru Maharaja accepted Srila B. P. Puri Goswami Maharaj as his siksa guru after Srila Prabhupada's departure in 1977 and the departure of Srila Sridhar Maharaj in 1988.

Srila Guru Maharaj always shares very sweet pastimes about his relationship with Srila B.P. Puri Goswami Maharaj.One of them is the purchase of the Temple of Gopinath Gaudiya Math (the mission founded by Srila BP Puri Goswami Maharaj). Srila Puri Maharaj had been looking for a place for his temple in Vrindavan.

After Srila Guru Maharaj had bought Vrinda Kunja in the 90's, Srila BP Puri Goswami Maharaj approached our Gurudeva and asked him what he had done to get such a nice place so quickly, as he (Srila Puri Maharaj) had been looking for long. Srila Guru Maharaj told Srila Puri Maharaj that he had been trying several times to get places for a temple, but without any good results, until someone told him that for that to be effective, he would have to seek the blessings of Sri Gopesvara Mahadeva. So Srila Guru Maharaj followed the instruction as he was told and went to Sri Gopesvara Mahadev to ask for His blessing to find a place where the family could set Vrinda so to offer a humble service to the Dham and to the feet of Srila Prabhupada, Srila Sridhar Maharaj and all Vaishnavas.

Shortly after, Srila Guru Maharaj was walking through the market and a vrajavasi  offered a land that day which later became the beautiful Vrinda Kunja, which today is the main temple of our family in Sri Vrindavan Dham.

Today, in the same "Dauji Mandir",the Vyasapuja of Srila BP Puri Goswami Maharaj was held and all the devotees from Vrinda Kunja were invited to participate in the festival. It was a very nice celebration, full of devotees from different missions of the Gaudiya Math and other Vaishnava sampradayas. Thanks to the mercy of our beloved spiritual master, our family members can participate in those beautiful celebrations that are a reflection of "unity in diversity" that characterizes the World Vaishnava Association.

Srila B. P. Puri Goswami Maharaj was a promoter of "unity in diversity", he agreed to become president of the WVA yet he said he did not feel qualified to be. And today, the WVA continues to work under the same slogan of bringing all the Vaishnavas together in order to create an open platform which can the support the preaching of Sanatan Dharma around the world. Once again, thanks to the mercy of our Gurudeva, Vrinda family members from around the world have been involved in various services offered to the feet of all the Vaishnavas.

For example, Saksi Gopal prabhu,who at the beginning of the World Vaishnava Association was responsible for organizing the melas and meetings in addition to printing several WVA publications. Bhagavatamrta prabhu from Colombia, Gour Kesava prabhu from Germany who to this day maintain the Vaishnava page news www.vina.cc and actively participates for many years in the publication of WVA magazines and books. Pancatattwa prabhu who has also spent several years maintaining web services and communications for the World Vaishnava Association. Arup Govinda Das from Mayapur, who has been a great reporter of events for the different Maths in India. BV Madhusudhan Maharaj from Ecuador, who was for years directing Vrinda Ashrams in India and supporting all WVA services. Dasavatar prabhu from Argentina who in recent years has been dedicated to maintaining the most visited page of the WVA called "News from the world from the perspective of the Vedas", which has been a service greatly celebrated by Srila Guru Maharaj. Prem Kumari dd from Brazil who, for some time, supports and participates in maintaining multiple web services in WVA. Dina Bandhu prabhu from Chile, who from Yamuna Kunja in India supports and participates in public relations with the various temples of the WVA. And so many devotees and mothers of our spiritual family who have had the opportunity to make designs for the WVA such as Sarasvati Dasi and Damodarastaka Dasi from Colombia, Brahma Samhita Das from Sweden, Tulsi Dasi from Bulgaria, Radhe Shyam Dasi from Australia, among others.

Currently, the WVA is hosting a new exhibition of the Museum of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada, this time in Vrindavan during the month of Kartik. This exhibition is a humble offering to our spiritual master, to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Thakura's lotus feet, and all the Parampara of our line. For this exhibition, devotees and mothers of our family are actively involved. This exhibit was designed with the help of Vishvakarma prabhu and Stoka Krishna prabhu from Colombia, who are graphics experts.  Sarasvati Dasi did all the research and compilation of pictures with the help of Brahma Samhita Das from Sweden who compiled the texts of each graph.Ramesvari Dasi from Peru revised and corrected each of the texts in English. And Mahatma prabhu along with the Vrinda Kunja team is organizing all the details of the exhibition which will be inaugurated on October 9 by the mercy of Srivatsa Goswami Maharaj, who is Acharya in service of the Sri Radha Gokulananda temple in Vrindavan.

So, devotees of our family have had (and still have) multiple opportunities to offer service at the feet of the Vaishnavas of different missions. All thanks to the mercy of our spiritual master, who is a faithful representative of the acharyas of the past. That is the characteristic of the Vrinda family: Being an instrument of service to mankind under the guidance of our Gurudevas; and it is thanks to them and their mercy, who teach us about the distribution of the message of love to all souls of Sri Caitanya; it is thanks to their mercy that we can celebrate together in the various temples the 30 years of life of VRINDA.

Now devotees gathered at the Mela are celebrating with great joy and many service plans, these 30 years.

As part of that celebration, yesterday at the Eco Truly Park it was launched the "Review of 30 years of Vrinda," which was the result of the unified effort of a group of devotees and mothers from different countries and it came out just a few days ago. The SEVAS managers will be making copies of this magazine to later distribute them to all the temples, then to be distributed to all family members and friends who want to know more about our Mission.

Along with the launch of the magazine, these days we inaugurated a new hall in Eco Truly Park called "The chacana" which aims to become a meeting and working place of UDSA (University of Ancestral Wisdom) which is quite q development project in which Srila Gurudeva is putting a lot of energy with the help of devotees from different countries. The UDSA's objective is to create an educational platform open to all people, where they can share traditional teachings of various ancestral people and cultures who share the same ideals of love and respect for all living entities, which are of the same ideals to those of the Vaishnava culture of India. Now the UDSA will have an important place in the Eco Truly Park in Peru, where you can strengthen your service to humanity.

At this time, Srila Guru Maharaj, Srila Gurudeva Atulananda and the devotees accompanying them are returning to Lima to celebrate Rasa Yatra along the streets of the capital of Peru. That is why Srila Guru Maharaj could not send his weekly message today and rather we have shared with you this little commemorative report of 30 years of VRINDA and it service to humanity. We also share with you that within the next few days Srila Guru Maharaj will be making his arrival in Vrindavan Dham alongside the company of Srila Gurudeva Atulananda, where they will also celebrate 30 years of the Vrinda family and 30 years of Vraja Mandal Parikram.

Devotees and mothers from Vrinda Kunja Ashram have been working hard in recent months for this celebration.

Already more than 100 devotees and mothers from our family have confirmed their participation during the parikrama, which is a great joy for the devotees who do service in Vrindavan Dhama.

Sixty devotees have already arrived at the Dhama from South America and in the coming days there will be more and more arriving. All of them are very happy to participate in this beautiful Vaishnava celebration. The home team will do their best to convey the daily morning conferences of our spiritual masters and to share every day the parikram nectar through photographic and video reports.

In the coming days details of the transmissions will be announced. Thank you very much to everyone for participating today in the Sunday report.

Please, excuse any offenses and disadvantages.

Thanks to Dasavatar prabhu for translation into English and Laksmi Priya dd from Antofagasta (Chile) for later editing and publishing the report.

Please accept my obeisances again. 

All glories to Srila Guru Maharaj! 

Haribol!

Being Careful with Words. Italy. 07/06/2014

Srila Gurudeva in Italy

My dear devotees, receive all my love from Italy. Today I want to talk about a subject called "Being careful with words". The words of a Vaisnava or brahmana should be used to instill enthusiasm. Not to challenge or seek confrontation. Nor to scold someone. Even a philosophical debate can be solved with kind words. We must be careful not to enter into a state of arrogance, believing ourselves to be better than others, thinking we know things better than others and that gives us the reason above others. That ruins all relationships and it is wrong.

A Vaishnava pronounce only sweet words that help to conquer hearts. Sometimes Vaishnavas use humor. Even Krishna makes jokes about his friend Madhu Mangal's addiction to ladhus when He misses him. Meanwhile, Madhu Mangal also mocks Krishna and says, "If you do not give me more of Mother Yasoda's ladhus, then I will not give you blessings so that you meet Srimati Radharani" Then Krishna becomes scared and gives all the ladhus that Madhu Mangal asks for.

In the pastimes of Krishna we can see very amusing situations in terms of words. But we will not find abuse. In the Bhagavad Gita, even Krishna explains to Arjuna everything from a philosophical point, be He never gives anyone ill. Not even to the demons. As Rama, the Supreme Lord told Ravana repeatedly to return Sita. And since Ravana did not agree, then the Lord had to kill him.

This also happened with Hiranyakasipu. Sri Krishna sent Narada Muni  to preach, to his son Prahlad, to  his wife Kayadu, yet the devil did not want to stop and kept trying to kill Prahlad. That forced the Lord to appear as Nrshimhadev.

We can clearly see that the Lord is always very polite. Mahaprabhu Himself was always very polite. Lord Caitanya did not argue, but he did conquer all with His humility. That is how He conquered the mayavadis from Varanasi: He sat down where they would put their shoes and when the mayavadis saw him, they called Him. The Lord said that He was very insignificant and that His place was with the shoes. But they insisted on calling Him over. Only with His humility was the Lord able to make all the sannyasis and mayavadi followers of Prakasananda to become Vaishnavas. And Mahaprabhu did not scold them.

When asked why Mahaprabhu sang the Maha-mantra, He said that when He got the mantra He could not stop singing and dancing. At that time He went to where his guru and said He was going crazy because He did not understand the scriptures, but He rather wanted to sing and dance. His guru told him that was very good and by already doing that He was in the perfection of life and should continue to do the same.

Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya was also conquered by Mahaprabhu.  Särvabhauma was a very learned brahmana, but an impersonalist. Mahaprabhu came to hear from him for several days, without giving a commentary. Then Bhattacharya was surprised because Mahaprabhu did not make any comment and then the Lord said it was because He understood the verses, but Sarvabhauma's explanations were very confusing. Särvabhauma was very surprised by this and then Mahaprabhu gave 18 different explanations of the same verses that Bhattacharya had explained before, but this time everything had personal overtones. These are examples of the Lord's lilas that remind us again and again that we must protect our mouth. Never talk in a way that makes others sad.

On another occasion, Mahaprabhu was on a boat and read a comment that He Himself had written when he realized that one of the devotees was crying. He asked the devotee why he was crying and the devotee replied that he had also written a treatise, but now after listening to Mahaprabhu's his writing no longer had any value. Then Mahaprabhu through what He had written to the river so the devotee would no longer cry and said that "the most important thing is not who is right, but the most important thing is love" Therefore, my dears, be very aware of your words. Beware of the Internet because the virtual communications and virtual relationships of today people speak very ugly and easily make others feel bad. That is an offense. One should strive to become caring and sweet, sweet, sweet ... Krishna of course is the Lord of all sweetness.

Madhuram, madhuram, madhuram

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhuraḿ

(Song Name: Adharam Madhuram

Official Name: Sri Madhurastakam

Author: Vallabhacarya)

The Lord is sweet. His words are sweet. Their representatives are sweet. I hope you understand, my dear. From Italy I want to send you all a special hug. We want to strengthen the bond between the devotees of the Vrinda family, especially in the time that the 30th anniversary is celebrated. That is why the sweetness of which I speak is very important. I'll even share a tip with you: If someone provokes you or simply we do not tolerate the way they do things then we must get out of this relationship quietly, avoiding as much contact with that person. But always in a mature way, not leaving in an extreme manner (please) that you stop relating to your spiritual master because the other person is near.

It's very nice to correct someone who is wrong, but to be able to do that you must develop a special ability and really reach the heart of the other person, helping them understand your point of view without getting angry. Otherwise, it is better to say nothing. Our family is very large and obviously there are going to be conflicts at different times, but from the bottom of my heart I wish that things are handled and always guided by the compass of the will of Krishna. Even marriages. And do not handle things with the compass of the individual ego, because that only ensures conflict.

How then do we know what is the will of Krishna? How to receive His divine will?
                                                                                                                           
It takes praying and meditating on the Lord, in your spiritual master and in the sadhus who care for the community seeking the welfare of all. So, this momentous compass will reveal the right path to follow. Always looking for the welfare of all. Principally the youth (children).

These 30 years have been pure mercy of Krishna and Prabhupada. Although we were heartbroken from the departure of Srila Harijan Maharaj, we managed to remain standing due to causeless mercy. So I want to state that all the devotees of the Lord are wonderful. If for some reason they do something that is the opposite of wonderful, we must try to forgive and preach to help them out of that mud. We know that there is much mud in this world and we should not condemn people who have been there.

Do not forget that we are completely dependent on the mercy of the devotees, we depend on them when we make a mistake in life. Even if someone has lost the association of devotees, all he did for Krishna is not in vain. Krishna never forgets His devotee. Devotees also never forget those who are in trouble. The correct view is that all devotees are wonderful and even those who are not devotees, they are in energy. This will help us to always preach with enthusiasm and love. Therefore, your mind will never have reason to be angry with other devotees. To be angry with others only discourages us in spiritual life. These are just tricks of Maya Devi. So, as I said in the beginning: Take care of your words always. Be very sweet and always preach. Preach and preach.

Have conferences at different levels, at each point of Planet Earth, in order to transmit to others all about transcendence. Teaching that everything they have can be used to serve Krishna. Do not forget, preaching is life. The opposite of preaching is inertia, selfishness, regression and boredom. What do I mean? Have a conference in the temples, in Nama-hatas, everywhere. And if you feel unable to give a lecture and preach, then presents videos of your spiritual teachers and distributes prasada; teach people to become vegetarians and offer food, show them the books and materials from SEVA .

We have great variety of materials. My service is to provide you all with the training materials you need, such as "healing sounds" and there are more than 100 different musical productions,  Vrinda conferences in mp3, videos with Vedic teachings, conscious films. That worked very hard. If you do not have these materials in your preaching centers or in their homes, then you are deceiving people. You are not being true representatives of Vrinda.

People deserve and need all these materials. It is an educational issue. Krishna consciousness is not only presented with Sri Isopanisad. Srila Prabhupada wrote many books and it is the duty of every grhasta, every friend, every member of the temple to have all these materials available. If not, how do you think they are going to be distributed? The material of transcendental nectar is not sold in supermarkets and advertised on TV. You yourself are the representative of all that nectar. Be encouraged to preach, lest you end up dead.

Srila Prabhupada told the devotees that if they did not always continue preaching they would become hippies again. Imagine that. Those who have not begun to preach, those who have not done nama-hata programs in their homes, those who have not taken advantage of the yoga school for preaching, etc.. They have not been able to taste the nectar of the inspiration of Krishna in their heart and are unable to share it with others
If you do not preach, it is difficult to have a superior taste. There are three key points:
- Preaching.
- No pride (not feeling superior to others).
- Keep plenty of materials for preaching accessible.

Furthermore, you should be constantly learning about the latest news of the service mission of the spiritual master. And become an enthusiastic follower of the mission.

By the way, I want to share news about what we're working on in Varsana. At this time, in the temple of our Ishtadev in Colombia, they are building Trulys for their Lordships. We are all trembling with joy. We are trying to offer the most beautiful temples and all of you should be part of this service. It is something that will occur only once in the history of the Vrinda family, build a temple for our Supreme Lord, the founder of the mission.

This will be something historic and exciting. All that is needed is for the devotees to commit. That they all put in the effort. I myself have not been able to collect much for this project, but I'd give the opportunity to every devotee of the Vrinda family to participate, at least, with a donation of $5. Of course, it depends on your heart if you want to donate more. We are currently working in various parts of the temple, the devotees are doing a marathon in carving stones. It's really very important.


The other news I wanted to share is that in Sweden, the darling Manah siksa just released a beautiful new production that combines the beautiful poem "Reason for being" of  Gurudeva Atulananda and his beautiful musical composition. This production is perfect, a perfect gift of consciousness. Ideal for distribution in sankirtan. Be whoever receives it that they will definitely marvel at it. I really loved it. Manah siksa actually did something unexpected with his beautiful angelic voice. This is an example of a Vrinda production of very good quality that should be present in any Chaski Fest event, in any Nama-hata and in any temple.

Those are some of the announcements of what is happening in the world of Vrinda. In the world of preaching and service. The service must always be sweet. Always positive and never doing harm to others. With these words I say goodbye for today. I just long for all my initiated children read this message. Perhaps I tire you all with many weekly posts, but what I do? I have the burning desire to share what my spiritual master gave me. Preaching is life and I want to live in that joy ... up to the point of
perfection.
Jay Srila Prabhupada!

Your always well wisher,
Swami B. A. 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

30th anniversary of the Vrinda Mission 02/16/2014 From India

My dear devotees. I send you all my affection from Vrinda Kunja where we arrived this morning at the hour of Mangala artik.

Today I want to offer my most humble obeisances to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Vraja Mohan who has given us the mercy to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Vrinda family in Vrindavan. It is very auspicious and it makes me very happy, I ask for the mercy of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Vraja Mohan so that I may be able to continue serving Them . They came to this temple to accept our service and we are very grateful.

In addition, They have inspired and guided us all these years and in so many different directions, I can almost say that their Lordships have inspired me to continue traveling and preaching as a pilgrim and beggar of love, that's my profession. Sometimes I am asked at the border what do I dedicate myself to and I say : I'm a pilgrim beggar of love :)

So today begins the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Vrinda family in Vrindavan. This will be a very special year where we will project ourselves more towards our spiritual life, after 30 years a person is more than an adult, so this is the same for our spiritual family.

Mark that these 30 years is the time to mature and walk on this path on the straight and narrow. It means that the time has come that the devotees who have been accompanying me during this time have to take important responsibilities in your prabhu datadesh and settle in service somewhere so that they can care for the people who are under their protection. They must worry that the multifaceted family continues. Sure, I do not feel very qualified to do this and even so I have to push others, who also may not be so qualified to become representatives of someone as qualified and exalted as Srila Prabhupada.

- One wonders how this is possible, it is like saying that there is a math teacher who is just learning math. But, one way or another, everything will be corrected with humility and so one can do a service for which he is unprepared for. And with that we can humbly say that Srila Prabhupada by his mercy has put everything into place. And of course, when you want to deliver and delegate this responsibility to others, it becomes even more difficult.

Tonight I heard a very beautiful and exciting class in which Srila Prabhupada spoke on bhajanānandī . I became very much emotional with this class. There Prabhupada said that preachers are always risking. For in this world there is great potential to develop service. Because of that, a devout preacher takes many risks in his attempt to help others and Krsna takes into account those risks.

At the same time He gives special protection to these devotees. Well, when one is dedicated only to their personal well being they end up developing a vague mindset that will not allow them to develop further. Hopefully you have some depth so you do not crash. And of course, this is not the last line of Srila Prabhupada. On the contrary, in this class, Srila Prabhupada openly praised those devotees who dare to share with others what they have learned from their spiritual master.

In that sense, I dare you to continue encouraging others to sacrifice and also do something big for Srila Prabhupada, to trust him, read his books. Let them do all the things that our teachers have thus done and in this way they will grow spiritually and become part of this mystical transaction. Mystical and miraculous. You can not even grasp the fact that we can even be sannyasis and diffusers - communicators of the divine message of Sri Gauranga . That totally falls into the category of causeless mercy and the inexplicable.

Actually , I feel very grateful to Srila Prabhupada and to all those who took his message on all sides, and if Prabhupada had not had such devotees, neophytes in his time, who took his message, this would not have come down to us.

The fact that Prabhupada had disciples everywhere ensures that his message was expanding everywhere. Although he was not physically present everywhere, he was there through their representatives. To all of them I offer my obeisances.

I also start to think about the fact that as a person who has very little experience as one does (although a few more years have passed, but before the Supreme Truth still remains as a tiny little boy) he still continues to have the chance to serve. So I am more than convinced that every devotee, in one way or another, is a siksa -guru. There is not much to argue about it, rather it is a reality. Generally the disciple does not have such a steady partnership with the diksa -guru, that's very difficult. Usually one is with the diksa -guru for few days, or a month, more so it is something unprecedented . I myself spent a small amount of time by my Gurudeva, Srila Prabhupada. I saw him about 20 times, but it was always sporadic, although I spent a month in India in the year of 76, but I barely saw him, because Srila Prabhupada was always very busy. But I feel very fortunate to have been near him.

Anyway, the fact of being next to your Spiritual Master doing some personal service for him is something very difficult, these are few moments in life and rather one has to live the rest of your life by them. Of course, I also had the chance to associate with Srila Sridhar Maharaj and Srila Puri Maharaj. Then also with Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj and other such exalted Vaishnavas. With them I could have some closeness, touch their feet, feel their vibration, see their smile, their embrace and all that is very wonderful. So I feel very lucky and you also have the opportunity to partner with great Vaishnavas from different missions.

The main point is that the siksa -guru is the one who has the responsibility of caring for the lives of the devotees and direct their shelter. It is a major and very special service. As the most important person in the kitchen is the cook, the siksa -guru is essential in the spiritual life of the disciple.

We must be very cautious and not forget that we are dependent on the mercy of Krishna. Anything we do is always mercy, that mercy is that we survived, that we continue on the trail and can act as representatives and deliver everything our Gurudeva has given us.

So, my dear, this 30th year of the Vrinda Family will be a year of launching rockets. Launching Vaishnava rockets into your service, with lots and lots and lots of autonomy. Sure, the devotee does not want to be autonomous because by nature the devotee wants to be very dependent upon their guardians, but still remaining dependent, it is important that you take responsibility for this task to become a representative, a spiritual guide.

This is natural and should remain natural. Family means that from one family then many families will be born, if not then the family starts to die. The wonderful thing is that when a family gives rise to many families it becomes a dynasty. I hope our family becomes a dynasty of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu.

We receive a lot of mercy from Srila Prabhupada and that same mercy is the possibility of  becoming a representative of Srila Prabhupada. Recently we had the mercy on behalf of Srila Prabhupada, to be accepted as a unifying mamo of ancestral cultures. Mamos Kogi  and Mamos Arhuacos , which are the spiritual leaders of two native peoples of Colombia, together granted this responsibility to unify and spread this ancient wisdom.

I did not feel that this was something for me, rather, I felt that Srila Prabhupada was being recognized by them. It was a recognition of the spiritual realm of native cultures. To our dear Srila Prabhupada, who is undoubtedly a mamo.

This recognition that was realized in Varsana during the meeting was a plan of theirs, they even brought the mamo robe and gave it to us.

The fact of being named a Mamo I feel it is a grand acknowledgement of Srila Prabhupada and his mission in Latin America. It is in fact difficult for someone to be accepted by the native people, because they are isolated in order to protect their culture. However, Krishna and Srila Prabhhupada did so, they allowed the devotees to distribute prasadam in some important encounters with the native people of different countries.

The Native people of Colombia recognized the Vaishnavas as one of the 100 tribes from the country, demonstrating how open hearted they are in accepting all the devotees and the philosophy.
With that I say goodbye ,

Your always well wisher,
B. A. Paramadvaiti Swami