Update

I know, this is seriously long overdue update to this little blog.
Wednesday
I had to go to Paramatala today to go to the ATM… In very Indian style the first ATM was being serviced… the second was out of money and finally at the third and last ATM in Nabadwip I was able to get some takka.
OK, why do they make rickshaw seats slanted forward? Really, it doesn’t make it easier to stay on at all. I have sore toes when I get off because I am keeping myself on the seat, trying to sit up straight, not let my sari fly over my head, and trying to look sane at the same time. At least it wasn’t on a main road in Kolkata  see, always a silver lining.
The devotees are starting to leave and the Math is getting quiet. Brihaspati Prabhu was here from Arizona with his son Jaya Rupa and Jaya’s fiancée Heidi. It was great to see them all and I shared a room with Heidi.

Brihaspati got new Japa Mala chanted on by Srila Acharya Maharaja and was very happy to have been here. He is also a respiratory therapist and taught me loads that will help in my seva to Srila Gurudeva.
I got The Nectarian Glories of Sri Nityananda Prabhu in the bookstore yesterday and finished it this morning. What a truly amazing compilation. I am trying to memorize the Sri Nityananda Pranam mantra:

nityanandam aham naumi
sarvananda – karam param
hari nama – pradam devam
avadhuta – siromanim

“I bow down to the Supreme Lord Sri Nityananda Prabhu, who is known as Avadhut, the crest jewel of all paramahamsa mendicants. He is the awarder of the highest joy to all and the bestowed of the Holy Name of Lord Hari”

Thursdsy
I washed my clothing today on the roof of the guesthouse next to Govinga Kunda. Looking out I saw the many Mandirs of Sri Chaitanya Saraswath Math shining mercy through the morning fog.