Letters to the editor

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

Here https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/16158/ you write

"We see so, so, so many problems in ISKCON. This is natural, no? "

We hear that there are difficulties within ISKCON. Perhaps that is natural in any growing spiritual society — but still, it raises questions.

Would you be willing to share what you see as some of the main challenges at present? How do they affect you personally? How do they affect the members of ISKCON and its overall mission?

I would also be grateful to hear your reflections on how you respond to such issues. Do you see any constructive ways forward or possible solutions?

Any thoughts you feel inspired to share on this topic would be deeply appreciated.

Thank you very much for your time and guidance.

Trying to become your servant,

Namacarya Das

HpS - AgtSP! Paoho. Thank you for this letter and we see there are previous ones. We are trying to get to them also.

We heard from Srila Prabhupada's lips when he was in San Francisco, Berkeley, in 1975 when a reporter asked him if there were problems in his temples.

Srila Prabhupada responded, "This is the material world. There are problems everywhere".

Even when KRSNA!!! was personally present in Vrndavana!!! demons such as Keshi were coming and their loud whinnying was so terrifying that it caused some of the girls to have miscarriages!

Krsna in Vrndavana!

Not a seven year devotee as Temple President in some modern ISKCON city!

Yet, if the Temple is within the basic standard set by Srila Prabhupada then all the problems are under Krsna's personal control for His lila and Gaura lile, Sankirtan.

We have to find what role we are playing in Gaura lila.

Krsna asked Bhisma deva to not stop any Adharma that happened in the game of dice, no?

Bhisma thought is was a catastrophe what they were doing to Draupadi and was read to draw his sword and personally defend, but then he restrained himself with great effort and felt that Bhagavan was playing His game and I have to understand my part.

In the first stage they will laugh at us.

In the second stage they will attack you.

In the third stage, where we are now on a global level, they will take you seriously and start to expect serious, practical, mature advice and see practical examples from us.

Challenge now is not surviving poverty and ignomity. Problem now is surviving honor and power!

O.K.?

Going to chant three more of our 25 rounds and then Gaura arati and BG class.

100-people coming??!

Good luck!!

Dear Gurudeva,

I hope you are in good health and enjoying your journey through Chile.

HpS/ASA - 🐵 🐷 AgtSP. This body does not get diseases, this body is a disease. 🙂

Sankirtan in Chile is intense. I guess just like for you!

I know it has been a long time since my last letter, but please know that I always keep you in my meditations and remain close to your teachings.

At this time I am about to complete two years living in New Vrindavan. Here I continue doing service to the Deities, and every time we have the opportunity to attend Nrisimhadeva, I offer a prayer for you. I have recently also taken on the responsibility of the Gift Shop and the warehouse. We receive thousands of pilgrims each year and we do everything possible to ensure they have the best experience during their visit.

As it was not possible for me to accompany Rohini to her Vyasa Puja, I am planning together with Lalita Madhava to visit you in Houston from April 2nd to 8th. I very much look forward to enjoying a little of your association and having the opportunity to serve you in some way during those days.

With love and respect at your lotus feet,

Saranagati Dasi

HpS - So.... SO... S O ..... Nice to hear from you and your news about New Vrndavana. We are just starting to work on our Calendar for April, May, June+ I think it is very certain we will be in Houston those dates, but we also want to visit Nashville and Richmond later.

Who is Lalita Madhava? From Chile???

Hare Krsna adorable Gurudeva! Please accept my humble obeisances eternally 🙏👣🪷🎵 All Glories To Srila Prabhupada! All Glories To You Our wonderful Gurumaharaja!!🙏👣🪷🐝🌲💃🏻

I'm cursing the time it took me to get ready to dance because I couldn't see Sri Sri Gaura Nitai in his celebration (although I saw them in Mangalartik and help in the Pujari!!!!) and I couldn't be in his class live Gurudeva!! in Gaura Pournima!!!!

after mangalartik enter the pujari! who gave me mercy to take second initiation!! , it was wonderful, the most wonderful thing I have felt in several years!!... Then I wanted to go to cook with the devotees, a Hindu!!!, another wonderful moment, then the ecstatic Harinama Sankirtan!!! with You!!!!, .. but then my material body was exhausted, what a anger... and I had to dance!! ,

the devout who did Dance Odissi, decided at the last moment that she would not dance with me and they warned me, rested a little and began to prepare to dance when the kirtan began. The devotee Odissi helped me change but wonderfully I was anxious to get down to the program, I should have taken advantage of her anxiety to go down together, but I preferred her to be happy going down soon. And I prepared myself the last thing that was missing and then when your class arrived I had finished Gurudeva...!!! I felt so bad... but I tried to recover for my service.

I know I can't be in everything, but how can I not be in your class during Gaura Pournima?!!!!=, I horrify myself !!!.. And since I'm not going to be in a flour with my beloved Gurudeva?!!! I always think that I would like to have been born with the clothes and jewelry set ready to dance at any opportunity. I think it's part of my sankirtan that makeup is good to enhance gestures, and well-placed jewels so they don't fall while you dance, and if I do this fast... everything goes wrong, I wasn't born to do everything fast or to eat fast... 😃

Please forgive me for not having witnessed your adorable sweet presence during the wonderful class of Gaura Pournima. Although I will see the video I know it will not be the same. Every time I am more surprised by the force of time and my forgetfulness that every moment does not return.

🎵💃🏻🪷🎵🙏👣🏞️🪷🐝❣️🌲💃🏻

Before leaving my beloved Santiago Mandir, I wanted to say goodbye to you (although I didn't want to leave your adorable lotus feet 😭). I once heard a devotee say that the programs with you helped her stay grounded... and I instantly thought: it's the opposite for me 😊... my feet want to fly away... and I don't pay attention to my earthly situation... which isn't good if you have to be a mother, wife, preacher... (one side of the coin, of course). So I decided to arrange my trip to the bus station and take care of the last things at the ashram so I could say goodbye peacefully.

But when I arrived, you were no longer there... I also confess that I am too shy to speak in public or in front of several people. The moment of mangalartik with you and your permission to sing to Tulasi Debi, your kindness, was a beautiful farewell. I now say to Krishna: why do you give me so much nectar if you are going to take it away afterward? You are so cruel! Why is my house so far from the temple? I am meditating that my greatest happiness is kirtan and dance, and this visit made me see it very clearly.

Thank you for your time in reading this letter, Gurumaharaja. My devotion to You grows ever more wonderful and profound🪷💦

🙏👣🪷🙏👣🪷

Please forgive any unintentional offense in this letter. You are my soul and my life. Without you, I would be dead... while still alive.

Trying to be a better disciple, mother, friend, to please her lotus feet and those of Srila Prabhupada. Please bless me, so be it, the most important thing is that I want to return home where everything is love, dance and eternal sing for Govinda who loves us the most!!

Japa Prati Jalpa Radha Devi Dasi.

HpS - Hare Krsna. We could only ready the first half of this letter in detail. 🙂

In general, I was also very sorry that I could not see your offering to Gaura Nitai, but I was also exhausted.

This is spiritual life, no?

The Maha-mantra gets us our of Maya, but then It helps us understand what our priorities are in the Spiritual World.

Yes, we cannot do everything.

Going to give BG class now!

Thank you!

Your association is a regular part of our Sankirtan.

Always hoping Franco and Gopal are finding their place in the eternal Sankirtan of Gaura Nitai.

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I hope you are well. I recently tried to send you a personal email, but I am not sure if the address I have is still current. Because the message is very personal, I preferred not to post it publicly here.

Could you please let me know the email address where I can reach you?

Thank you very much.

Your servant,

Kirtida Devi Dasi

HpS - ASA - We looked, agtSP, through our yahoo.mail account after three weeks, and could not find any letters from your good self.

We do not use email much.

Send us your WhatsApp address here.

We will not post it, but will send you our WhatsApp number for individual communication 🙂.

Of course, because of our Ashrama as Sannyasis, whomever you are taking shelter of as Father, Husband, Grown up son, et al must take part in the communications. 👍

Thank you.

Hare Krsna.

Sunday, March 08, 2026, at 8.30 am, Peru time

We will continue reading Madhya Lila; 18.82 onwards.

(The Lord Caitanya's visit to Vrindavana)

Thank you to all devotees for their dedicates service to ASA ~~ SB workshop class. H. G. Sruti Priya will help us with Spanish translation seva for reading notes of CC. H.G. Mitravinda Mataji will help us with seva of back up translator; in case there are technical difficulties.

Maharaja, thank you for engaging everyone in reading systematically books of Srila Prabhupada.

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. Paoho. We missed posting this timely. Hope to catch the next one properly. We have been having very demanding programs daily, here in Chile.

Gave SB class today and then will meet with H. H. Purusotraya Swami about 4PM today.

We hope to start attending these Workshops soon, but we are 3-hours ahead of Houston here in Chile and are here until the 20th. Then Peru and Mexico.

Back in Houston the 30th of March.

YS

Upendra Dasa

Hare Krsna.

Everybody and their God-dog have been here.

Now they are leaving and it is s

o painful.

Also, have stomach aches and a thing growing on our nose.

Maybe we will lose our nose.

That will be good for preaching.

Sannyasis is meant for showing the naked truth about material life.

Haw! Haw! Hare! 😆

Still a lot of letters that we want to read and answer here in the Blog.

So much help from Parasurama, Deva vrata, Kunji, Abhi, ladies and others.

So much to learn from Yadu, Navina, Dhanvantari, Param...

So much shelter from Jagad, Arjuna!

Hare Krsna.

8.16PM.

Camp is 90% established.

Air is good. Just a little hot.

Lost our little apricot flute today. Maybe we will find it.

Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna.

Hellish sounds in the street of car alarms going off: Help, Master, Help. They are stealing me.

Time for Gayatri sandhya.

Hari bolo.

New Vraja Mandala!

Radha kunda.