Since 13th February I have been locked down here in Kerala, near Kochi. I was the last arrival here. At the airport I was to be quaranteened even though I arrived from South Africa via Mumbai where I was cleared and took connecting flight to Kochi. My disciples conferred to put me in Kerala because I was visiting for health reasons at least twice a year since several years, I would be better off during lock down. But at the airport I informed my disciples the situation to be quarantined. But after an hours struggle with local health inspectors I was released for self quarainted by indulgence of my disciple’s family. Since then the inspectors made sure the well being of me by their visitations personally. When I arrived I was surprised to see other three devotees also locked downed here. So in the beginning, I started some local remedies for my cough and hoematoma in one of my eyes. The cough being cured I started seminars on Sri Shikshastask via Periscope conferencing for 9 days for an odience of 36 senior devotees. but soon after that realizing greater odience I started daily classes on Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu for 3 hours, first in English and then in Hindi immediately. After about one and half months I was feeing exhosted with swelling in my legs eventhough I had regulated practice to get up at 3am and performig yoga and then chanting I decided to curtail Hindi classes. Most of Hindi attendace joined English session for two hours including Question answer time. The classes have been regularly translated in Hindi before, continued, but they will receive the next day both verbally and in the form of trancript. This classes will continued till 1st part will be completed. We are now on 11th chapter. So this is my effort to lock my disciples into the process of pure Bhakti during the lockdown period.
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