Srila Acharyadeva writes: My senior disciple Jaya Govinda Dasa and I drove today through the Rocky Mountains from Utah to Colorado. We then took a long walk along the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs. We were discussing how to spread Krishna consciousness and the need for all of Prabhupada’s faithful servants to work together in harmony. Tomorrow we will drive through high mountains to Denver to visit a very intelligent, talented Vaishnavi, Janavi, who wishes to be my disciple. This very sincere devotee suffers from poor health, and so I will visit her. A devotee couple that I know for many years, Abhaya and Nidra have kindly and enthusiastically agreed to prepare our lunch. After that, we will drive about one hour north of Denver to Longmont where we will be staying with a devotee couple, Gopinatha Dasa and Ananda DD, who have kindly arranged a series of programs. I will spend Gaura Purnima in Longmont. Krishna has arranged for me to celebrate this most special day in a peaceful, intimate setting where we can meditate joyfully on the apparence of the Lord in this world. My Brasilian disciple Sri Sita Prestha will fly into Denver to participate in our celebration. She works for an international airline and so is able to do this. When Prabhupada was here, he used to say during the Gaura Purnima festival in Mayapura that this was the best time of year to make our preaching plans for the coming Caitanya year. Just as people make “New Year’s resolutions,” so we should begin each new Caitanya year by deeply meditating on how we can best serve the Lord in the coming months. I have done this every year since I first heard about it from Prabhupada. We depend on Krishna in the heart to guide us in our decisions. Now that I am back “on the road,” I am thinking constantly of our mission. Spreading the glorious sankritana movement of Gaura-Nitai is a higher taste that destroys all lower tastes. We will continue driving east until we arrive in Potomac (Washington DC) where I will meet with the GBC chairman, Anuttama Prabhu, Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu, and other senior devotees. After that, we will drive to North Carolina. Thank you all for reading these words. I pray that Lord Krishna bless us to work together with more and more purity and potency for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada, the Lord’s pure devotee. With best wishes, Hridayananda das Goswami
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 03:39:54 +0000
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