Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva. Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Wishing you continued good health under the protection of Sri Guru Gauranga.

Jaya Nrisimhadeva!

I recently returned to Spain after three months in Sri Mayapur.

It was a great opportunity for association, purification, and profound realizations with much learning. We hope to return soon.

I am currently living near the Mediterranean (Alicante) with my daughter Devahuti and my niece Sami.

Rukmini dd is still in Mayapur working at SMIS. She'll write to you soon.

A few months ago, we submitted documents to apply for citizenship here in Spain, now we are awaiting the results.

I recently found a screenshot of a message in which you requested Gauri Devi Dasi's biography to be written. I've been meditating on this and I think I'll start writing it. There's so much to tell about her life journey, experiences, challenges, and especially from her first months in Krishna Consciousness. Please, we hope to have your blessings, so that this will be an inspiration to everyone.

HpS/ASA - Super. AgtSP!

Also, I'd like to tell you that my daughter, Devahuti, is studying Psychology at university. She's been reading Carl Jung's biography, you recommended it to her once. Please send your blessings to Devahuti and may her activities, thoughts, and desires always be guided by Krishna Consciousness.

ASA - Please!!!! Ask her to post her personal experiences and review of Jung's biography in the Blog!

Thank you so much, Gurumaharaja, for reading this letter. We are eternally grateful for all your mercy. We hope to always be in service of Krishna, under your protection—Guru Gauranga!

Trying to serve: Tarangakśi dd

HpS - Thank you.

Thank you for your association our Japa Joe workshop.

How many people like us has Srila Prabhupada produced.

💥

So many nice people in this world. Should create some shelters from the rain of Kali yuga.

Share your smile, comportment, Kirtan with everyone you meet.

SB Sunday Workshop (April 19, 2026) -- CC 2.18: "Lord Chaitanya's visit to Vrindavan" Inbox

6 days, 7 hours ago by upendra1 in Calendar Development

Sunday, April 26, 2026, at 7.30 am, Houston time

We will start reading Madhya Lila; 19.01 onwards.

(Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructs Srila Rupa Goswami)

Thank you to all devotees for their dedicates service to ASA ~~ SB workshop class. H. G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu will help us with Spanish translation seva for Maharaja's class and 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's.

YS

Upendra Dasa

Hare Krishna

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Todas las glorias a sus pies de loto

Agradecemos infinitamente por seguirnos guiando en este sendero y deseando siempre por su salud y ,misericordia.

Me disculpo por no estar tan presente este año, por temas de salud tuve que dejar de hacer servicio en el Yatra de Ciudad de Mexico de suseñorias Radha Madhan Gopal, me mudé a un pueblo tranquilo de otro estado. Sin embargo, seguimos con la adoración hacia las deidades en casa, cantamos 16 rondas todos los días. Tambien seguimos con la lectura del Srimad Bhagavatam

Tuve la misericordia de ir algunas veces al templo de CDMX y participar en el Ratha Yatra de Guadalajara Jalisco, junto con la oportunidad de asistir a Mangalarti.

Todas las glorias a los devotos reunidos.

Todas las glorias a sus pies de loto

HpS - Super!!! Krsna sees how big is the offering in our hands, maybe 20 dollars, but he also sees how much is left in our pockets. If you are giving all you have. He sees that. If He sees that we are keep 600 dollars for others in our pocket, He understands our current consciousness.

Do you best for Krsna.

There is no better service.

Dear spiritual master,

all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Please accept my obeisances.

You wrote on WhatsApp:

"One devotee, our "student", is really good guy. Had a Ganga addiction.

In his state Medical Marijuana cultivation collective is legal.

So he started one and it had 75% effect of neutralizing his addiction."

Please, could you explain more?

I understand that there is a typing error Ganga-ganja, however, I do not understand the whole meaning of the message.

Thank you!

Your servant Namacarya Das

HpS - So, nice to hear, agtSP, from you.

Yes, Ganja.

I think, most of the story is above.

Most of our addictions are not chemical situation, no?

University of California explains that. They comment that the real problems are social or ...spiritual...

Even and ant wants to get intoxicated. They we eat honey until they cannot walk.

It is a natural situation of the soul.

Drink the unadulterated nectar of the holy names.

kinibo lutibo, hari nama rasa.

By the Names effect I shall become paralyzed.

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Srila Prabhupada said, that if you want to get free from substance abuse, then take the time and effort to cook nice bhoga for your deities, and then honor it, regularly, deeply.

Works.

Hanging out with other people who are involved with Ganja while chanting Hare Krsna, we see the broad social ambience and we see the advantages and disadvanteges, and change our lives!

Any more specific questions, thoughts?

om ajñāna-timirāndhasya

jñānāñjana-śalākayā

cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

“I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him.” 

I offer my respectful obeisances. We are undoubtedly very fortunate to have received the enormous gift of Sri Gaura Nitay for having ISKCON, by His divine grace Srila Prabhupada and it is a blessing to have you among the most beloved devotees, always being an example of the purpose of such a glorious movement. Without a doubt, your unfailing sadhana and devotion gives us a window into the joyful spirituality of Sankirtan. We can only be eternally grateful for your invaluable efforts.

tasmād yuvāṁ grāmya-paśor

mama mūḍha-dhiyaḥ prabhū

andhe tamasi magnasya

jñāna-dīpa udīryatām

Because you are great personalities, you can give me real knowledge. I am as foolish as a village animal like a pig or dog because I am merged in the darkness of ignorance. Therefore, please ignite the torch of knowledge to save me.

Your insignificant admirer AniruddhaKrsna Das.

HpS - Jaya! AgtSP.

Was so nice to see you in Mexico and hear a little of your Sankirtan.

Who, what were you in your last life time?

How would you have liked to have a different life in this lifetime?

Hare Krishna, Gurumaharaja

PAMHO AGTSP

I would like to know your position on the “dream of the soul” and the “fall of the soul.”

It is a topic that a friend I met during Sankirtan is analyzing deeply.

Some questions to answer, these questions are:

Is the soul in the spiritual world and is it consciousness that descends to the material world?

Is the material world unreal, meaning that it has no existence other than the “dream of the soul”?

Is it like the soul going to the movies and the film it is watching is what is happening in the material world?

There are more questions, but this can serve as context to answer my friend's concerns and also help us to better understand this topic.

Thank you very much, Gurudeva.

My obeisances,

Piyari Mohan das

HpS - AgtSP. We have written about this a lot. What do you think about this?:

https://jayarama.us/media/topic/IziFNdDYJca05eoTLyOQ

Basically we understand that it is different for different people, but in most cases it is like sitting in the cinema watchin a movie and not conscious of who is even standing around us.

Like Socrate's analogy of the cave.