I have been attending the Sunday services at the temple on Watseka ave for months now and I wondered, how does one get initiated¿ ´´Do forgive my typing, im typing on a spanish keyboard that doesnt let me write what i want!+
What does one have to do to be initiated¿ Where does one go and to whom¿
I have been chanting the maha mantra and im practicing the four principles as well as Ekadasi.
You may wonder why I havent asked anyone, I havent been able to speak to many devotees there, no one approches me and Im a bit shy...I only met 1 main devotee whose name has escaped me for now.
I also wondered what does one have to do in order to live amongst the devotees¿ Sharing rooms¿ I live in nasty place and with karmis who dont respect my beliefs and I want so much to get more integrated into the community by serving the Lord and doing nice things. I just dont know who to go to! I would appreciate it if someone enlightened me with this. Thank you.
'Hare Krishna
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This is suraj Appriciat you for your dareness. First of all I welcomes you in this devotee network site Isckone desire tree.
And i welcomes you as a Krishana devotee. You want intiation. You met Spritual Master in the temple of Watseka ave. You says Him for initiation. I hope that spritiual master of the temple must help you with attaching to lord krishana and radhe rani. You do not care about that persons who do not respect your brlief. If you have any question then you ask from me also. Or one thing is more Our all devotees remains happy with chanting Hare Krishana mahamantra . In Your photo it seems that you are so sad. So please change the photo. And Be Happy that now you are a devotee of Krishana and attached with Vaishnavs (the persons who belongs to shri Vishnu (Krishan)).
Hare krishan hare krishan krishan krishan hare hare !
Hare ram hare ram ram ram hare hare !!
I assure you that I'am not sad in my photo. I always have a weird expression but Iam not sad! The day I became KC, the day I became aware of my real nature and of the love of God. Then I no longer was sad. =)
I thank to you on my message. You are a lucky soul. Because in USA there is very less pople who belive in god.
And you have very strong passion towards lord krishna MAY lord bless you towards as a devotion to him
Thanks chant and be happy always........
It is good you found ISKCON desire tree. In this way you can get devotee association.
I have to say that sometimes living in a temple can be quite stressful, depending the situation there. One has to rise every day by 4:00 a.m. and attend Mungal arotik and the full morning program, which is wonderful, but it can be stressful if one is not use to it. Then after the Srimadbhagavatam class around 9:00 one takes breakfast prasad. There are duties one will have to be engaged in most of the day, depending what service you are assigned. Such as cleaning temple room or the Pujari room, taking care of the temple grounds, then they hopefully have Hari Nam Sankirtan at least once a week or more. (going out on the streets chanting and distributing books and pamphlets etc. Then evening arotik.
Sometimes it can be difficult living in an asharam if there are difficult personalities. This can be very purrifying if one can remain tolerant. But some devotees can get discouraged in this situation. Main thing to remember is, just because people are "devotees" doesn't mean they are pure yet. I would really check out the place. Find out who is living there. See if it looks like a situation you would like to be in. Find out if you can stay over night sometime and see the situation more clearly.
Try to connect with some senior Mataji and get some training with someone you trust.
Hope this helps.
Nitai Gauranga!
-Hare Krishna.
Hare Krishna!
PAMHO GTSP
Here is a wonderful video link from IDT her in the Video section.
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This is an awesome lecture from Urmila Mataji and then click on the next video she gave the next day. THat one is regarding Guru.
She was an ISKCON childrens teacher for 27 years and now gives classes and seminars to all kinds of devotees.
P.S. I appreciat your humble mood on Iskcon desire tree. I feel that will get you very far in Krishna Consciousness. As Krishna loves humility and He is the Supreme Humble Person.
Thank you!
Your servant
Jayasri Radha devi dasi
That sounds like a great idea. Living near the temple can give you a lot of contact with the whole situation and then you can decide later from there if you would actually like to move in.
Pray to Krishna to guide you what is best for your devotional service.
Take care
Radhey Radhey!!