I sure hope this is my husbands case

"I think that sometimes a vaisnava can receive all their remaining karmic reactions for several lives in one lifetime, so that they can finish up their business in this world and return to Godhead at the end of this life." -a quote from "Greetings from Vrindavan" from a devotee named Ghanasyama

Devotion everyday

Days off are needed from work, not from devotion. -H.H. Dhanurdhara Swami

Getting back to our natural state

Our purpose as human beings is to fall back in love with God and return to the land of divine love, where we can experience our natural state. Anything else is unnatural. If we are not totally absorbed in divine love, we remain subject to the bondage of lust and the sufferings of old age, disease, and death-all part of the material environment and not in alignment with who we truly are. -H.H. Bhakti Tirtha Swami

Vyasa Puja offering 2008 to H.H. Bhakti Tirtha Swami

Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

On this most auspicious day I would like to thank you for taking the time to set such an example of parental love. You willingly took on so many disciples as your own children. You then cared for us all individually, giving us what we needed to grow in our devotional lives. After becoming a parent myself and seeing the many joys and pains involved with raising a family I have realized that you have shared these joys and pains with so many of us.

What amazes me the most is that you are still able to inspire and encourage others and myself without being physically present. When I am at my lowest point you are always there coming to me through dreams, lectures or your books pulling me out of maya and giving me the encouragement to move on just when i need it most. This is the power of Guru disciple relationship. This is the power of parent and child relationship.

Thank you Gurudeva for continuing to be such a devoted parent and such a devoted son to your father. Thank you Gurudeva for your unconditional love and for giving the greatest gift a parent can give " Love of Krishna".

With love your undeserving daughter, Kiriti dasi

Krishna 24/7

Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage to Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend. -BG.18.65

The most confidential part of knowledge is that one should become a pure devotee of Krishna and always think of Him and act for Him. One should not become an official mediator. Life should be so molded that one will always have the chance to think of Krishna. One should always act in such a way that all his daily activities are in connection with Krishna. He should arrange his life in such a way that throughout the twenty four hours he cannot but think of Krishna. And the Lord's promise is that anyone who is in such pure Krishna consciousness will certainly return to the abode of Krishna, where he will be engaged in the association of Krishna face to face.

Pleasant thoughts

Vrindavan is such a nice place. Flowers are always blooming, and there are even various kinds of decorated deer. Birds are chirping, peacocks are crowing and dancing, and bees are humming. The cuckoos there sing in five kinds of tunes. The lakes of Vrindavan are surrounded by green grasses and various kinds of lotus flowers bloom there, and the air blowing there carries the aromatic pollen of those lotus flowers. When the particles of water from the waves of the Yamuna, the lakes and the waterfalls touched the bodies of the inhabitants of Vrindavan, they automatically felt a cooling effect. Therefore, they were practically undisturbed by the summer season. There are many waterfalls, which are always pouring water, and the sound is so sweet that it covers the sound of the crickets. And because the water flows all over, the forest looks very green and beautiful. -KB Chap. 18