Dvija Gauranga dasa

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Ram Charan Das June 21, 2013 at 9:42pm

Hare Krishna dandvats, Prabhuji. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I wish you all the best in Krishna consciousness. Gauranga, Radhe Radhe, Hari Bol! Hare Krishna.
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padmavati mataji June 21, 2013 at 1:10pm

Pranam Dearest Devotee. Hare Krishna.

May you receive transcendental blessings and grace

and mercy; health and strength and understanding;

peace and love; harmony and wisdom; insight and

intuition and inspiration from the God of Gods; the

Lord of Lords; the King of Kings; the God of love; the

Original Bhagavan; the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

Lord Krishna. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.

It is the lover of Lord Krishna, whose heart is filled with

love and devotion, who can commune with Lord Krishna,

not the one who tries to analyse Lord Krishna, for Lord

Krishna is Inconceivable. Love has its limitations when

it is directed to this person or that person, excluding others.

But love directed to Lord Krishna has no limitations. It is

love given to one and all, everyone. May your devotion to

Lord Krishna be resolute and unflinching; may your confidence

in Him be firm and total; may your love for Him be unfailing

and intense, and may your faith in Him be strong and steadfast;

deep and profound; unwavering and unshakeable. Know well

that Lord Krishna`s eternal love for you encircle and encompasses

you at all times, night and day. With love and best wishes, take

care, bye. Radhe Radhe.

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Gender

Male

Birthday:

June 4

Name / Initiated name

Dvija Gauranga dasa / David Pogue

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

min 16, not necessarily the best quality ...

When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?

in October of 1982, in Toronto (my birthplace), I met Sanatana Goswami dasa .. (later Sanatana Dharma dasa) in front of the Eaton Centre in downtown Toronto around 3 or 3:30 pm; I had been into different religions / philosophies intensely for the better part of 8 months as the result of personal crisis .. I approached him, as he glowed and I had done a reading from the "I Ching" early in the morning indicating that I would that day meet a "great man" and "make an auspicious beginning" .. we spoke for 2 1/2 hours, he gave me beads, asked me to chant 4 rounds a day (!) (and showed me how, though I didn't take to it on my own well) as well as a Bhagavad-Gita, a Sri Isopanishad, and a couple of magazines (Origins I think, and maybe a BTG) .. This was my introduction to Srila Prabhupada's writing, which I immediately loved; although , later it became known to me that I had befriended an incognito devotee who was then an employee in one branch outlet of "The Health Shoppe" in North Toronto near where I worked in a Sporting Goods store. He was a follower of Jayatirtha and after we bumped into one another at the temple (both being surprised), he introduced me to books by B K Sridhar Maharaja, from "Search For Sri Krsna: Reality The Beautiful" fairly soon after it was first published, and so on .. I actually met Jayatirtha (then going by "Tirthapada" in Toronto at this devotees apartment a few blocks from New Remuna Dhama (ISKCON Toronto) in 1985 , He was obviously in a lot of distress and went outside to smoke some ganja while I was there .. he advised me to stay in the temple and work through the difficulties there as best I could (things weren't too rosy in those days, and I myself was suffering some mental distresses)

Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.

New Gokula Dhama (ISKCON Vancouver) Jaya Govinda pr. Mother Padyavali, Akrura pr. & family, Narada Muni pr., Kala pr. & Mother Yashomati & family, (all from the Vancouver area, or multiple locations) .. Also : many many devotees from the Canadian Yatra ... every city and center (except I haven't been to the Thunder Bay one, though I've been there before there was a centre and I know something of the devotee who runs that center. Dharmaprana pr., Harakumara pr., Bhaktimarga Swami, Mother Subuddhi, Rupanuga pr., Janardana pr., on and on .. many .. Nitai Rama pr., Karuna Sindhu pr., ... Mother Praharana, Krsnadas Kaviraja pr. and Mother Paurnamasi, Adhiyajna pr., Yadubara pr. and Mother Vishaka, Bala Krsna pr., Partha pr. and Mother Uttama, and so many ! Clive, Daniel, Leslie, Raghu, ...all amazing souls !

Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.

difficult to find something to say ... I always feel fortunate to meet others and interact in meaningful ways that increases appreciation for, and devotion to, the Krsna conception, as promulgated by this most amazing parampara .. Nitai Gaura premanande !!

What are your expectations from this community?

opportunity for association / interaction, inspiration and sense of connectedness with Srila Prabhupada's ongoing expanding legacy

Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?

whatever I may be suited to; I have been fortunate to be involved in various areas, such as cleaning, cooking, shopping, studying, managing, driving (chauffeuring), gardening / farming, discussing, kirtan, class, attracted to writing and/or editing, one area I have not been involved much (other than in my own small way at home) is archana ...