Guest guest Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Hare Krsna I have been inspired to open Athletic Club which is linked to Athletics South Africa under very trying circumstances for the benefit of devotees and in the mood of preaching. Some of the members are fellow workers who now want to resign as they realise that the Club has spiritual orientation. Too Long story as to how this happened. Would international Bhakta's and Bhaktin's be interested in supporting the Jaganath AC?. Currently the there are too few devotees and I may be requested to disband as the minimum quota to maintain a Club may be contravened if more people resign. Our Club colours are Orange and white vest with name Jaganath written on the back and on the front side Logo's (pictures) each of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Jaganath. 1) I need some help to manufacture 30 running Vests (Orange and white) 2) Unless we can get a sponsor Estimated Cost should be about R2800.0 3) Any advice on how to expand the Club Internationally 4) Any support and or advice for sponsoring a formal race in Honour of Srila Prabhupada for 2005. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada Rakesh Manohar Cape Town South Africa 20 Merlot Avenue Tableview Cape Town 7441 +27 21 4034387 +27 83 6422063 Engen Coastal Supply Co-ordinator Engen Court achintya [achintya] 23 July 2004 15:10 achintya Digest Number 1221 There are 2 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:30 Vijay Sadananda Pai <vijaypai 2. Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Bob Cohen Aravind Mohanram <psuaravind ______________________ ______________________ Message: 1 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:00:00 -0500 (CDT) Vijay Sadananda Pai <vijaypai BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:30 BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:30 lelihyase grasamanah samantal lokan samagran vadanair jvaladbhih tejobhir apuryajagat samagram bhasas tavograh pratapanti visno WORD FOR WORD lelihyase--You are licking; grasamanah--devouring; samantat--from all directions; lokan--people; samagran--all; vadanaih--by the mouths; jyaladbhih--blazing; tejobhih--by effulgence; apurya--covering; jagat--the universe; samagram--all; bhasah--rays; tava--Your; ugrah--terrible; pratapanti--are scorching; visno--O all-pervading Lord. TRANSLATION O Visnu, I see You devouring all people from all sides with Your flaming mouths. Covering all the universe with Your effulgence, You are manifest with terrible, scorching rays. Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with permission. ______________________ ______________________ Message: 2 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:35:29 -0700 (PDT) Aravind Mohanram <psuaravind Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Bob Cohen Springfield, New Jersey June 12, 1972 Dear Prabhupäda, I offer my humble obeisances. I have been associating with the devotees of the New York temple. With the association of such fine, advanced devotees, I hope that I may make some advancement in Kåñëa consciousness. My fiancee has started to come to the temple and is chanting a little. She knew nothing about Krsna consciousness until I wrote her about it from India. Ätreya Åñi has been kind enough to invite us to his home so that we may see an ideal householder life. I went to Bombay the end of April for termination from the Peace Corps. I was fortunate enough to come down with a minor illness, so that I had to stay in Bombay for two weeks. I spent the time with the advanced and kind devotees at Juhu. Unfortunately you had left five days previously. I understand so little, but I have faith in the process of Krsna consciousness and hope to take to it more and more. I look forward to Atreya Rsi's description of the temple in Los Angeles and hope that I may personally hear you in New York. Thank you for the kindness you have shown to a very undeserving boy. Sincerely, Bob Cohen A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ISKCON Los Angeles June 16, 1972 Bob Cohen Springfield, New Jersey My dear Bob, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter dated June 12, 1972. I have noted the sentiments expressed therein with great pleasure. I am very glad to hear that you are associating with us. I know that you are a very good boy, very intelligent, and your behavior is gentle, so I have all confidence that very quickly Kåñëa will bestow all His blessings upon you, and you will feel yourself becoming perfectly happy in Kåñëa consciousness. One makes his advancement in Krsna consciousness by voluntarily giving up his attachment to material nature, or mäyä. Such renunciation is called tapasya. But we are not very willing to perform austerities without good reason; therefore any man with a good scientific and philosophical mind, like your good self, must first appreciate what transcendental knowledge is. If you get knowledge, automatically tapasya will follow, and then you make your advancement in spiritual life. So to get knowledge is the first item for anyone who is hoping to find the perfection of his life. Therefore I advise you to read our books daily as far as possible and try to understand the subject matter from different angles of vision by discussing it frequently with the devotees at the New York temple. In this way you will gradually become convinced, and by your sincere attitude and devotional service you will make progress. Yes, having some faith in me and in this Krsna consciousness process is the first and only requirement for getting actual wisdom. If there is faith, understanding will follow. And as your understanding increases, so will your disgust with the spell of illusory energy. And when you voluntarily give up your entanglements in the material world, then the progress is assured. [Emphasis mine] I think we are just now typing up the tapes of those conversations we held in Mäyäpur, and we shall be publishing them as a book. It will be called Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers. I shall send you a copy as soon as they are ready to distribute. Meanwhile, I shall be stopping in New York for two or three days on my way to London for the Ratha-yäträ Festival there. I am not yet certain when I shall be arriving in New York, but it will be some time in the early part of July. You may keep in regular contact with Bali Mardana regarding the arrival date, and I shall be very much engladdened to meet with you in New York once again. Again we shall discuss if you have any questions. Hoping this will meet you in good health and a happy mood, Your ever well-wisher, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Source: Vedabase Aravind Mohanram Ph.D. Candidate Dept. of Mat Sci and Engg., Penn State University, University Park, PA 16801 www.personal.psu.edu/aum105 Vote for the stars of 's next ad campaign! ______________________ ______________________ Achintya Homepage: achintya DISCLAIMER: All postings appearing on Achintya are the property of their authors, and they may not be cross-posted to other forums without prior approval by said authors. 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