Letter to Lord Nityananda--from "The Legacy of Love"

Letter to Lord Nityananda

Written in Africa

My Lord Nityananda Ram,

The Mirror of Mind

When I was doing Bhakti Sastri in Mayapura back in 2004, one teacher said one thing:"Suppose there were a mirror on the wall reflecting everything that is going on in our mind, most of us would be too afraid to look at it! "

The Wisdom Of Sharing--Stone Soup

Quote from an email I got:

Lessons From A Tea Cup - A True Story

By Sacinandana Swami

Once there was a young man, rather immature in his life, but ready to learn.

He had a strong liking for antique things and was happy to visit different antique stores in all European countries he went to for holidays. Over the time he developed a strong interest in antique pottery and especially in tea cups. He felt - they all had their unique stories to tell.

Idealism and Practicalism

By Yamaraja Dasa

It's All about Love

Here, I am facing myself again, in the beginning days of this Holy month of Kartik...to remember that beautiful pastime of how the Supreme One who frees us from material bondage got bound by the rope of love of His pure devotee...

It is said that, there is actually only one word in the whole existance: LOVE! It is either a giving of love or a call for it! And all our daily activities center around it!

Krishna, devotees, and me

As we all have learned as the basics of Krishna Consciousness philosophy, the main fact that makes personalism higher and much more enjoyable than impersonalism is that there are personal relationships for the personalists, but no relationship at all for the impersonalists. The highest happiness comes from relationships, first between the devotees and the Supreme Lord, and then amongst the devotees themselves.

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not seek so much
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Meditation in Solitude

Still, every morning I am not waking up with peace, happiness, hope, and new excitement, but rather feeling tired. And again I am struggling a bit over my daily rounds.

I am now staying with a couple in a place where there are only 6 devotees in total. Life is more with association in the sense that I am staying with devotees, but also more solitary in the sense that there is much less happening. There is a big festival going on in Hong Kong, but even that I cannot go and attend, something that I really lament over!

Choosing Love over Fear

Excerpt from Spiritual Warrior 4, by H.H. Bhakti Tirta Swami

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