Amul: VIHE

this was written a few days back, its very nice weather today. I am getting accustomed to life here now. Time went by so fast, its already been 20 days!

Yesterday was Lokanatha Goswami (original one)'s Dissapearance day, so me and Damodar went to visit his Samadhi (Chaitan was religiously in Aindra's kirtan). Also Radha Gokulananda because they were his istadeva deities, it was very well decorated and nice bhajans and a rasa lila drama.

Then we went to Radha Ramana temple and Gopala Bhatta goswami's samadhi. I thought of VBD alot cuz of the whole VB GB connection, VBD if your reading this, Radha Raman looked so beautiful, i wish you were with me when i went! you were in my mind the whole time!

alright prabhus and matajis, enjoy the blog
-amul
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I've got alot of requests to talk about our VIHE classes, so here it is, a description:

The VIHE building is located near the Goshalla, about 15 minutes walking distance from the Krishna Balaram temple. There are 2 classrooms, which are pretty nice. It gets quite hot sometimes during our late morning classes, but its bearable.

We have about 20 devotees in our class. They come from all over, there are devotees from Germany, Dubai, India, America, to name a few. They are all really nice and its fun to have such a variety of ages and backgrounds. Theres many youths, which makes the classes even more fun, because after class we hang out and joke around, its great!

Our teachers are really cool too. Adi Purusa prabhu (nicknamed "A.P." by me), is this really nice, peaceful bramhachari from Ukraine. He translated Srila Prabhupada's books into his language. Hes really into Tai chi and martial arts, he's super jacked, he gives Nishan a run for his money! He teaches Bhagavad Gita. At first I didnt really like his style of teaching, but now i understand why he does some things and I like it.

Prasanta Mataji is our Sri Isopanisad teacher. Shes from Italy or France, i forget which one. A funny thing about her is that she has an indian accent and a european accent at the same time! She's been in Vrindavan for a really long time, which gives her an indian accent when she speaks english (im sure she can speak hindi), but then she holds her mother language accent. Its really entertaining when her indian accent kicks in full power.

Phew, now that the description is over (sooo not my style, i like writing whatevers in my mind), i'll tell you whatsup around here.

Today we went to the Yamuna. It was a long overdue visit because when you first enter Vrindavan, one of the places your supposed to visit is the Yamuna, for blessings to really enter Vrindavan.

So, we took a boat to the other side and payed our obeisances and got in. We went with 2 classmates of ours, they are really nice. The Yamuna was so receded that the water only went up to our stomachs, no farther. I heard that when HH Indradyumna swami once went to take bath in Yamuna, right after he got in, the first two stones he picked up from the bottom were Shalagram Silas! I tried looking for stones but there was such a strong current that there was nothing on the bottom except mud. What i did find was an awesome piece of clay pot. It was awesome...?.......yea..............ahem. That reminds me of that Simpsons episode when Lisa's classmates are at an excavation site, and Ralph finds a "spear head" which is really his trough blade. HAHAHAHAHA, VBD and Gopal, you guys know what im talking about.

Alright, im sick of writing. I want to know whats going on over there! Current stuff at Towaco, or anything new in the US. A few people are writing to me but i wish more would!
later,
amul

ps. Haribol Mummy! your probably reading this at Krsangi's house, im doing okay, dont worry about me. And i will take a picture of Radha Syamasundar in their Night dress, dont worry.

pss. I forgot to mention i was sick for a day or two, vomiting, indigestion, fever etc. It wasn't that bad, i went to a doctor almost immediately and got some ayurvedic medicine. I am really watching what i eat. I sneak in some soan papri once and a while ;) MMMM…