jueves, 14 de febrero de 2019

My daily routine

 My daily routine, by Haripada dasa
Several friends of mine have asked me to describe my daily routine, with love and trust now I will share. Normally I get up at 5 am, do my personal grooming and then I open the temple, for the mercy of Srila Prabhupada many years ago I worship a wooden Deity of Lord Nrisimhadeva made from the Siddha Bakul tree of Jagannatha puri, under this tree I sang Srila Haridasa Thakura Hare Krishna, I offer an incense, I have almost 200 laminated photos of all the Deities and Srila Prabhupada stuck to the walls of my house, then I have 1 hour reading of several Holy Scriptures, Srimad Bhagavatam, etc., after I respect 3 oranges, then I wash the clothes, although I have a washing machine I use it a little, I always wash by hand, then I chant a round of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra by beating the Deity of Lord Nrisimhadeva, Srila Prabhupada always said that we should pray to the Lord Nrisimhadeva for protection and blessings to be able to preach, in my house I do not have internet but I go with my computer to the library of my town, there I communicate with all the devot I also have on my computer all the festivities of the Vaisnava calendar, while I go to the library I sing 2 rounds, then I return home and sing 3 rounds, I already have 6 sung, and breakfast oats, dates, figs, etc., on Tuesdays and on Thursdays I buy fruits, vegetables, etc., then I sing 6 more rounds, they are already 12 sung, then I read Bhagavad Gita and I sleep 45 minutes of nap, then I respect a piece of melon and I cook the main meal, rice basmati, vegetables, a good salad, nuts, etc., after respecting the prasada song 5 rounds, in total 17 rounds sung, then I have 1 hour reading of the Nectar of devotion, Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita and the book of Krishna , then I listen to Srila Prabhupada's music, I have a DVD that there are 32 hours of Srila Prabhupada's songs, then I see some dvd of Srila Prabhupada, I have the collection of 24 dvds, and then I see the life of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu, this movie was made in the year 1959 in Bengal, and on youtube it is completed in two parts, one is called Nimai de Nadia and the other is Nilachala Mahaprabhu, I have them copied in a usb or pendrai, and I put them on television, they are subtitled in Spanish, pure nectar, and the most important thing is I have a small tape recorder, there I have 24 hours recorded from Srila Prabhupada's books, my favorite is the story of Dhruva Maharaja, Srila Prabhupada always said that by listening to one you hold a lot of determination in the spiritual life, so while doing my personal hygiene and I cook I am listening to the books of Srila Prabhupada, once I explained this routine to a friend of mine, and he told me that you can only do that, I told him that you can see the different thing, if Haripada can do this because I no, I sent you a message entitled standards, for the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna I have practiced them since 1984, the only difference is that until 2008 I was associated with people who became I would go through Srila Prabhupada's followers, but in reality they are very strange, envious and very dangerous people, for the mercy of the devotees I am now associated with authentic devotees of Srila Prabhupada, as I told Nalini Kantha prabhu that the disciples of Srila Prabhupada who are initiating in the name of Srila Prabhupada are very brave and by obeying Srila Prabhupada they show that they love Srila Prabhupada very much.

martes, 12 de febrero de 2019

The standards

Hare Krishna, my intention and attitude in sending you this message, is that Srila Prabhupada wanted us to transmit his teachings to everyone, without wanting anything in return.
The standards, by Haripada dasa
We all understand and accept that the best preaching of Krishna consciousness is the personal example, the words convince, but the example drags. Srila Prabhupada taught us spiritual practices, the result of these practices is that one never forgets God or Krishna and His devotees. Here I share these practices: Here we do not speculate and obey Srila Prabhupada's order to initiate on his behalf, that way we do not deceive ourselves or others and Srila Prabhupada's family expands. Here everyone chant their 16 rounds without offenses from the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra, they all follow the 4 regulative principles very strictly, 1, do not eat meat, fish or eggs, 2, no illicit sex, only sex is allowed to procreate and with the wife one, 3, no games of chance, and 4, do not drink tea, coffee, alcohol, drugs, etc., all sing the three daily gayatris, all follow the Ekadasis, the Purusottama month, the Chaturmasya, Kartika Vrata, the apparitions and disappearances of the Supreme Lord and His devotees, all avoid bad association and are always happy and eager to associate with the serious and sincere devotees of Srila Prabhupada, they always wear the tilaka marks on their body, they always have Srila Prabhupada in the center of their lives and help people to put Srila Prabhupada at the center of their lives and every day they read Srila Prabhupada's books in the morning and evening, they only eat Krishna prasada, food offered to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Ga uranga Mahaprabhu and Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here everyone obeys the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada in his books on how we should use our hard earned wealth, Srila Prabhupada gives the example of Srila Rupa Goswami, when he withdrew from service to the Muslim government and surrendered himself at the lotus feet of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu divided his wealth into three parts. 1-50 percent gave it to the Brahmanas and Vaisnavas, 25 percent to their relatives and the other 25 percent to personal emergencies, by practicing this a transcendental atmosphere is created and selfishness is destroyed. Here nobody speculates, we understand and accept that a person is speculating, when he does things in a capricious way without leaning on Guru, Sadhu and Sastra.
It is very good that there are devotees who follow in a serious and sincere manner the standards that Srila Prabhupada gave us, so that future generations of devotees will not be able to speculate. What is your opinion of all this?

I share here a message

Hare Krishna, I share here a message that I have sent to Krishna kanta and Madhu pandit prabhus, as Krishna told his father Nanda Maharaja in the liva Govardhana that among saintly persons there are no secrets.
Hare Krishna Krishna kanta and Madhu pandit prabhus, my obeisances, glories to Srila Prabhupada, I am trying to unite all the devotees of the world who have the firm faith and conviction that Srila Prabhupada is the only person authorized by God or Krishna to take us back to God, back to Goloka Vrindavana, and that no one else is authorized to do this, and that they want to obey the order of Srila Prabhupada who always said that love for me will show him working all together to expand the glories of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga and His devotees, I am in contact with ancient devotees who initiate in the name of Srila Prabhupada such as Damaghosa, Yasodanandana, Nalini Kantha, and others like Mahatma, etc., they all tell me that they do not understand him because you two do not relate with no one, today we celebrate the festival of Sri Advaita Acharya, I humbly pray to Sri Advaita Acharya to give you the intelligence to understand that the most important thing ante in the spiritual life is the association with the devotees and feel a humble servant of Srila Prabhupada and his devotees. Waiting for your answer, in the service to Srila Prabhupada, Haripada dasa.

lunes, 11 de febrero de 2019

My answer

My answer, by Haripada dasa
First of all I want to thank all the devotees who have answered, that means that there is interest in relating to us, all the answers have been correct and I appreciate them. A few days ago I asked you what you think about why devotees are not united even though Srila Prabhupada always said that love for me will show you working all together to expand the glories of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga and His devotees, I share my answer , the answer is in the Srimad Bhagavatam, there it is said that neophyte devotees or kanisthas adikaris do not know how to relate to devotees or people in general, we must strive to reach the intermediate stage where our love for God or Krishna is given and to His devotees, mercy is given to innocent people and where one avoids the envious demons, in connection with this I share a very interesting story, this story was told to me by the devotee who introduced me to Krishna consciousness called Devarshi prabhu, He told me that he had a very vivid dream with Srila Prabhupada and that Srila Prabhupada told him that he was traveling through all the planets and universes preaching the consciousness of Krishna, and when the devotees are united and obey his instructions, Krishna consciousness expands very quickly on that planet, but here on Earth the devotees are not united, they do not obey his instructions and when they see that some devotee is very advanced in Krishna consciousness, instead of rejoicing they envy him, so here on Earth the expansion of Krishna consciousness will be very slow.
Also in The Srimad Bhagavatam, 5, 26, 15 is described the hell and the punishments that have to suffer the people who claim to be of a religion, but who in practice do not obey the commandments of that religion. Once I told you that in a dream an Iskcon guru who left the body in Mayapur told me that he was suffering a lot and that he would help him.

sábado, 9 de febrero de 2019

a question

Hare Krishna, I am writing to ask you a question, in the world of Krishna consciousness there are people who have the firm faith and conviction that Srila Prabhupada is the only person authorized by God or Krishna to take us back to God, back to Goloka Vrindavana, and that no one else is authorized to do this, Srila Prabhupada always said that love for me will show you working all together to expand the glories of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga and His devotees, now the question I ask is because all the people who hold these convictions are not united, if we were able to be united, surely Srila Prabhupada and all the guru parampara would be very happy. We have this medium the internet that allows us to relate to the whole world, we are going to take advantage of this medium and try to unite and relate to each other. Waiting for your reply, in the service to Srila Prabhupada, Haripada dasa.

viernes, 8 de febrero de 2019

No interest

Hare Krishna, my intention and attitude in sending you this message, is that Srila Prabhupada wanted us to transmit his teachings to everyone, without wanting anything in return.
No interest, by Haripada dasa
Once Srila Prabhupada and his disciples were doing a preaching program to the house of a wealthy Indian family, they chanted Hare Krishna, Srila Prabhupada gave a lecture, they respected prasada or spiritual food and they gave Srila Prabhupada a very good donation, Then a disciple of Srila Prabhupada asked him what he thought about the preaching program and Srila Prabhupada replied that no one asked any questions, that means there is no interest.
Once Srila Prabhupada's Gurudeva named Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati went with his disciples to make a pilgrimage to Vrindavana, all the Gosvamis from the temples closed the doors so that they would not enter, only Radha Raman's temple welcomed them, since the Gosvami of this temple was very close to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, he said that by seeing the Deity of Radha Raman it is equivalent to see all the Deities of Vrindavana, when Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati returned to Mayapur, Bengal, his disciples asked him how was the pilgrimage and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati replied that I come very sad from Vrindavana because I have not been able to see any devotee, and the disciples who accompanied him said that we have seen devotees there who were chanting 300,000 Krishna names every day, and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati told them that those were adikaris kanistas, neophyte devotees.
Jayananda prabhu is the example of Srila Prabhupada's perfect disciple, he never had any personal interest, all he did was to satisfy Srila Prabhupada and the result of this is that he was very humble, tolerant, very friendly to everyone and never criticized nobody. The process followed by Jayananda prabhu is there, chant Hare Krishna, the 3 Gayatris, follow the 4 regulative principles, 1, do not eat meat, fish or eggs, 2, no illicit sex, only sex is allowed to procreate and with the one's wife, 3, no games of chance, and 4, do not drink tea, coffee, alcohol, drugs, etc., and Srila Prabhupada is there also alive in his instructions, in his videos, etc. If one is interested in becoming Krsna conscious that person is the most fortunate person in the world.

lunes, 4 de febrero de 2019

The hells

Hare Krishna, my intention and attitude in sending you this message, is that Srila Prabhupada wanted us to transmit his teachings to everyone, without wanting anything in return.
The hells, by Haripada dasa
I share what chapter 26 of the 5th chant of Srimad Bhagavatam says about the underworld. Chapter 26 speaks of the underworld, where the assistants of Yamarāja apply various punishments to sinful men. As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (3.27):
"The spiritual soul that is confused by the influence of the false ego, believes itself the author of activities that are actually performed by the three modes of material nature." Fools believe they are independent of all kinds of laws. They do not believe in God or any regulatory principle, and they think they can act as they like. In this way, they engage in various sinful activities, as a result of which they have to suffer life after life the punishment of the laws of nature in different infernal conditions. The basic principle of their sufferings is their foolishness to consider themselves independent despite being under the strict control of the laws of material nature. These laws act due to the influence of the three modes of nature; for that reason, human beings also act under three different types of influences, and depending on how they act they suffer different reactions in their next life or in their current life. The activities of religious people and the activities of atheists are different; Due to this, the reactions they have to suffer are also different.
Verse 6 of this chapter says: The king of the pitās is Yamarāja, the very powerful son of the sun god. He lives in Pitriloka in the company of his personal assistants and, following the rules and regulations established by the Supreme Lord, makes his agents, the yamadūtas, bring before him all sinful men immediately after they die. Once under his jurisdiction, he judges them conveniently according to the sinful activities that each one has performed, and sends them to one of the many infernal planets so that they receive their corresponding punishment. MEANING BY SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yamarāja is not a mythological or fictional character; he has his personal abode, Pitriloka, of which he is king. The agnostics do not believe in hell, but Śukadeva Gosvāmī confirms the existence of the Naraka planets, which lie between Pātālaloka and the Garbhodaka ocean. Yamarāja has been commissioned by the Supreme Personality of Godhead with the mission of ensuring that human beings do not violate His rules and regulations. As confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.17): "The complexities of action are very difficult to understand. Therefore, we must know adequately what action is, what is prohibited action, and what inaction is. " We must understand the nature of karma, vikarma and akarma, and act accordingly. That is the law of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The conditioned souls, who have come to the material world in search of the pleasure of the senses, are allowed to enjoy the senses under certain regulative principles. If they violate these principles, they have to be judged and punished by Yamarāja, who takes them to the infernal planets and imposes the appropriate punishment on them to return them to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. However, by the influence of māyā or illusion, the conditioned souls remain spellbound by the mode of ignorance. Thus, despite the repeated punishments of Yamarāja, they do not regain sanity, but continue to live in the material realm, committing sinful activities over and over again.