Hare Krishna, Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and to the Sankirtana movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Gurumaharaja, I wanted to share with you an update regarding an initiative that is being developed through NIOS-Mexico, under the guidance of Lalita Mataji.
We have prepared a proposal for an academic and cultural forum entitled “Ayurveda and Traditional Medicine Systems: Science, Psyche and Spirituality for Whole Human Health,” proposed for Monday, November 23, 2026, at the H. Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City.
The proposal is being presented to the Embassy of India in Mexico, under the direction of H.E. Dr. Pankaj Sharma, Ambassador of India to Mexico. Although H.E. Dr. Sharma is scheduled to retire in October, he has appointed Ms. Deepti Ganji, Deputy Chief of Mission and Counsellor, to support and follow up on the event.
The event is intended to strengthen the cultural and academic dialogue between India and Mexico through Ayurveda, traditional medicine, science and spirituality, including the special presentation of your documentary, which will be filmed in Mangaluru, Udupi.
We have also confirmed the participation of Mtra. Marina Prieto Avendaño (Malintzin Pitzahuac), who will present “The Temazcalli, a Sacred Text Bearing the Ancestral Wisdom of the Nahua People.” Her presentation examines how the traditional medicine of Mexico’s indigenous peoples, long undervalued from a Western perspective, sustains important processes of recovery and healing.
One particularly encouraging development is that Radhika Raman Dasa is very enthusiastic about coming to Mexico and participating in the activities. He is currently scheduled to participate in a conference in Denver, concluding on the morning of November 23. But He has expressed his willingness to travel to Mexico from November 23 onward, taking advantage of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday period from approximately November 24–29.
He even mentioned that, if necessary, he would consider cancelling his participation in the Denver conference in order to join the Sankirtana activities in Mexico. Of course, this would not be ideal, but I wanted to mention since he mentioned to us in this way.
I feel that his participation would be very valuable for the academic programme. This year, we also had the opportunity to organize programmes in Mexico with his mother, Aruddha Mataji, on children’s education, and with his brother, Gopal Gupta, on Dharma, ethics and the philosophy of India. It would be wonderful to continue this connection with Radhika Raman Dasa as well.
At the same time, we understand that you have limitations regarding the amount of time you can remain in Mexico because of your Social Security regulations. We therefore do not want to make any assumptions or create unnecessary complications regarding your schedule.
For this reason, we would very much like to ask for your advice:
What do you feel would be the best course of action?
As of now, the date for the NIOS-Mexico Sankirtana programme has been set for Monday, November 23, taking into consideration the time requirements for the ASA and Temple programmes.
Before making further commitments to the Embassy or Mexican institutions, we would especially value your guidance. Our intention is to serve the project properly while, at the same time, respecting your time and circumstances.
Please bless us with your advice on how you feel we should proceed.
Your servant,
Govinda Pramodini Dasi
NIOS-Mexico
HpS/TB - Hare Krsna. I hope you saw the post today to Deva vrata Das. Also, Candra mukhi Devi Dasi has nice title comment.
We have just caught up on the Blog mail from the intense weekend Sankirtan.
.INTENSE.
I think everywhere this movement is moving into a new phase.
In the letter to Deva vrata Das we discuss the problems we found when we tried to find practical tickets to match the current schedule.
I can't catch too much of the full arrangement for the symposium that you are proposing.
Radhika ramana Das is great.
If he can come it is great.
He does so, so, so much travel.
Anantesvara Das is the Ayurvedic doctor with full knowledge and certification that I have contact with here.
We are trying to find out from the ISKCON Ministry of Health about Ayurveda in ISKCON.
We put the itinerary into Expedia for the four cities and it came back $5,638.34!
Piggy hasn't got that kind of money in the treasury, no?
As I explain in the letter to Deva vrata Das, there are ways to juggle the airfares to bring it way, way, down, but that takes breaking or changing dates in different cities.
Then there is Brother Ass, our body.
For example, we come back from Spain to Dallas in pretty good shape. If we got to Houston, to check in with Social Security etc for a week, then take a direct flight to Lima, that is O.K. for out tired donkey.
Yet, if we have to go back to Dallas, to catch a cheaper flight, then it is a lot of stress to accomplish in one week, no?
What about:
- Madrid > Dallas > Houston (10/21-26)
- Houston <:> Lima (10/26-11/23) $1,180
- Lima <:> Santiago (11/2-16) $340
TOTAL = $1,520
Then we go to Mexico around January 8th for Vyasa-puja and other events for two weeks?
Of course, we can consider going to Mexico and returning to Houston the same day even for special events.
