Letters to the editor

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to Guru Maharaj.

Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaj. Please accept my humble obeisances at Your sweet lotus feet

Sending a picture of the special message to Guru Maharaj from HH Subhag Swami Maharaj.

The message goes like

LONG LIVE H.H.HANUMAT PRESAKA SWAMI PLEASE LEAD THE PEOPLE BACK TO GODHEAD, ETERNAL LIFE FULL OF BLISS AND KNOWLEDGE. YOUR SERVANT

SRIMAL SUBHAG

HpS - AgtSP. While traveling through the jungle a dog may know the way and guide people.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru Maharaj.

Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaj.

Please accept my humble obeisances at Your sweet lotus feet.

HH Subhag Swami Maharaj has mercifully reached Manipur yesterday to purify us. Thank you Guru Maharaj for all the various ways you bestow upon us for purifying ourselves.

How do we serve Maharaj in this inferior female body with all the frustrating limitations?

HpS - It, agtSP, is not inferior! He should see you as Mother and you should see him as Son.

Sending some pics Guru Maharaj.

Your servant,

Sarad Gaurangi DD

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!

Estimado Gurudev, espero que se encuentre perfectamente en Conciencia de Krsna.

Le escribo para responder a Su pregunta:

Who wrote the Madhura-astakam? Srila Prabhupada sings it?

Muchas gracias por esta pregunta. Averiguando en google, aparece que fue escrita por Vallabhacarya, fundador de la tradición Pustimarga, por lo tanto no es una canción de nuestra línea. Que bueno poder saberlo.

Sobre esto:

Some songs like Gaura Arati seem very nice to make into dances.

Es una canción tan hermosa. ¿Es una meditación de Bhaktivinoda Thakura, o está basada en un pasatiempo del Señor Caitanya y Sus asociados?

Bueno Guru Maharaja, quiero contarle que decidí no participar en "NIOS Chile" de manera formal, debido a que no creo ser realmente útil en el servicio. Estaré disponible si se presenta alguna oportunidad de servicio en el que pueda apoyar, como colaboradora.

Seguiré con mi servicio de Educación, si Krsna me lo permite, y el servicio a las deidades del templo (una vez al mes). Envío fotos. Este servicio me gusta mucho porque hay mucho que aprender y profundizar... requiere de tantos elementos; concentración, sentimiento, minuciosidad, experticia, disciplina, etc.

Muchas gracias por Su tiempo Gurudev

Su aspirante a sirviente

Priyasakhi Devi Dasi

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Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Gurudev, I hope you are doing wonderfully in Krishna consciousness.

I am writing to answer your question:

"Who wrote the Madhura-astakam? Does Srila Prabhupada sing it?"

Thank you very much for this question. Upon checking Google, it appears that it was written by Vallabhacharya, the founder of the Pustimarga tradition; therefore, it is not a song from our lineage. It is good to know this.

Regarding this:

"Some songs like Gaura Arati seem very nice to make into dances."

It is such a beautiful song. Is it a meditation by Bhaktivinoda Thakura, or is it based on a pastime of Lord Caitanya and His associates?

HpSwami - AgtSP. Yes. Mahaprakash. In CC!

Well, Guru Maharaja, I want to let you know that I decided not to participate formally in "NIOS Chile," as I do not believe I would be truly useful in that service. I will remain available should any service opportunity arise where I can help out as a collaborator.

I will continue with my Education service, if Krishna allows, and the service to the temple Deities (once a month). I am sending photos. I really enjoy this service because there is so much to learn and delve into... it requires so many elements: concentration, feeling, attention to detail, expertise, discipline, etc.

Thank you very much for your time, Gurudev.

Your aspiring servant,

Priyasakhi Devi Dasi



HpSwami - SP Made BBT independent of ISKC0N. Other institutions like Bala Books he promoted as operated by private devotees or communities, but like you suggest, not being involved institutionally but friendly.

What news from Jaganntha Das?

last node : 16235

with the help of copilot..

Hare Krsna, AGtSP, PAMhO

Respected Old Monk,

At this early hour, I write again to share the journey of my thoughts and life. For us, you represent something beyond a body — you may appear as a guru in form, but Guru Tattva itself is not confined to any particular body. It is a complex concept, and we are trying to combine what we have heard and followed from various teachers, especially Śrīla Prabhupāda and Vrindavan Swami.

We acknowledge that we have not followed the rules as perfectly as they should be, yet the spirit of following remains intact. Venkatesh can testify that the four principles are preserved, the chanting continues, and the perspective endures. For many years, we followed the ISKCON practice of chanting sixteen rounds daily, believing Krishna would take care. But in time, we realized we had become ritualistic and harsh toward others, which was intuitively wrong.

After one great failure, life changed. Now, with our parents staying with us in their old age, I see God not only in the deity or the holy name, but also in father and mother. At seventy, my father’s body still works well, though his mind is not as strong. His attachment toward us has grown, and I see his care — driving us to hospitals, preparing medicines, standing by us in court. He never had a strong relationship with a guru; his bond was with family. Perhaps he sought that relationship with me too.

I wish to reciprocate. Yet my bodily condition is frail. Chemotherapy has peeled away the lining of the scrotum and anus, and an enema has to be taken to often in small quantity to pass stool. Litigation continues. I strive not to appear dependent or handicapped before my parents, though much effort goes into maintaining myself. Chanting is often mental, not vocal. Sometimes, watching the Mahavatar Narsimha film, the music itself becomes smaraṇam, remembrance of the divine. In those moments, it feels as if Narsimha Himself is saying: “Do not shout at my people. Do not criticize them. They are mine. Do not hurt them. Rest, I will take care.”

I regret not chanting sixteen rounds daily. In 2023, cancer struck my kidney, half of which was removed. Later, in November 2025, cancer reappeared in my back. Doctors now suggest chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy. We are taking the pills. We do not yet know which path will unfold.

This is my update, shared with reverence. I continue to write, to remember, and to serve in whatever small way I can.

With humility , trust and respect,

Harsh

HPS-ASA - AgtSP. Thank you so much.

I feel your report has given intense thought to everyone.

Kirtaniya sada harih.

As far as I know Srila Prabhupada was not chanting on beads in his final days.

He was skin and bones, yet the final purports he dictated are so, so lucid.

I have faith in the while process of Diksa that he has established for his Iskcon, but some devotees told me that they lied to their Diksa guru and were not chanting and following properly before initiation and on the day of initiation they were smoking Marijuana after the ceremony!

This is extreme case. Yet, you and I may be making milder yet specific errors in the processes that produce bad side effects.

O. K.

Yet, the whole contract with SP and his... his... ISKCON seems valid, abdolute.

I am 19 rounds behind from this flu.

Keeping accounting of my debt.

Will make it up.

If cannot chant on beads so much, then yes develop mental, even vaikuntha chanting.

Smile.

Be happy.

No problem dying soon.

Sunday, June 07, 2026, at 7.30 am, Houston time

We will start reading Madhya Lila; 19.144 onwards up to verse 19.195.

(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 Krsna.

7.17PM here. Long day. Lots of work. Still with the flu like 63%. Nice letters from Sarad gaurangi Devi Dasi but to exhausted to think anymore.

Anantesvara Das' travel agent working on the Dallas, Madrid, India - Ayurveda Trip.

Just bought Seattle back to Houston on the 25th morning.

We are like a dead body being carried by angels.

We smile and chant.

Krsna consciousness becomes more and more and more broad and intense!!!!!!!

Thank you!!