If one wants to be recognized as a devotee by Kṛṣṇa...

 

Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya lila 7.148:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also advised Vāsudeva to preach about Kṛṣṇa and thus liberate living entities. As a result, Kṛṣṇa would very soon accept him as His devotee.

Purport

... If one wants to be recognized as a devotee by Kṛṣṇa, he should take to preaching work, following the advice of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Then one will undoubtedly attain the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, without delay.

List of services

 

Hare Krsna! 

This is the short sketch on my life in general, list of services I did during last few years and corresponding authorities which may help to decide my qualification for particular seva in Vrindavan.

My name in passport is Austris Ozolins.
I am born at 2:30 on November 20th, 1967 in Daugavpils, Latvia, former USSR. 

Graduated school 1985. Studied Agriculture engineering. 

Went to Russian army 1986-1988.

Got my first Srila Prabhupada’s book on 1989. Joined ISKCON on 1990. 

First diksa during 1992 by H.H. Gopal Krsna Goswami in Riga, second initiation 1994 in Moscow.

Got extensive training for two brahmachari years in Australia in collecting donations.

 Two years of Padayatra Latvia started by Lokanatha Swami.

Temple arranged marriage on 1996. 

Long years of family life. Divorced 2011. 

Vanaprastha on 2017 at the age of 50.

Temples served during vanaprastha years:

Belgium, Radhadesh, cooking in devotee kitchen. TP Manohara prabhu: +32485973171

UK, London, Soho, Govindas. Manager Tirupati Gauranga Prabhu: +44 2074373662

Ukraine, Kharkov. Pujari. Gour Sundar Prabhu: +380 671376591

Germany, Simhachalam farm, pujari. TP Govindadev Prabhu: +49 15142187856

India, Delhi, Bhishma, Bhandu Kanai: +91 8826935769

India, Vrindavan, VIHE, audio recording and editing, data archiving, 

introductory seminars in "Bhakti Sadachara".

Prasanta Mataji: +91 8126698887

India, Mumbai, Maharaja's secretary, Hybrid Zoom meetings, video editing.

H.H. Bhakti Karunamay Vanamali Swami: +91 9223287924.

Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

Atmarama dasa Vanachari

+91 720 8984 008 / atmarama.gkg@gmail.com

Aromatic flowers

 

An unlimited variety of aromatic flowers blossoms in the trees of Vṛndāvana, each a reflection of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s inconceivable artistic skill. Although trees generally blossom in the spring, in the land of wonder which is Vṛndāvana the seasonal laws act only for the pleasure of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. There are divine kadamba, campaka, śirīṣa, ketakī, and kiṁśuka trees, along with beautiful lavaṅga, jātī, yūthī, and mādhavī vines. They bear flowers of many heavenly colors, and their combined fragrance is carried by a slow, singular breeze.

This breeze, pregnant with the weight of an intoxicating fragrance, now moves in lazy patterns, winding among the many trees like an ethereal python, sometimes stopping, sometimes continuing its love-induced course. Those living entities who gain the fortune of receiving its touch are released from the cycle of birth and death. Aromatic, cooling, and pleasant in every way, it sends an invitation to Śrī Kṛṣṇa; Vṛndāvana forest is now prepared to receive Him!

If one asks how such divine fragrances came to be, the answer is that mother Earth has adopted the scent of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s body at the time of His bath. When Mother Yaśodā removes His cloth, allowing it to fall to the ground, the assimilated scent of His limbs, which resembles a mixture of sandalwood pulp, camphor, musk, and aguru, is immediately plundered by Pṛthvī-devī. She then distributes it to all her associates, like the trees, bushes, and flowers, who forward it to their offspring, the flowers. Each flower, according to its qualification, receives some portion of this aroma, which is then known as its own bouquet.

H.H.Sivarama Swami, Veṇu-gītā, Chapter 1, Vṛndāvana in Autumn

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