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Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada🙏

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja, por favor reciba mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias 🙏

Tengo todo listo, bueno espero que todo salga bien 👍

HpS - Simplemente intentábamos ilustrar un punto que Srila Prabhupada mencionó sobre nuestra enfermedad estadounidense, y luego aplicarlo a sus noticias. Latinoamérica sí se ve influenciada por Estados Unidos y sus enfermedades a veces, ¿no?

Por lo tanto, hay que tener cuidado de que el cambio de lugar, trabajo, etc., forme parte del mismo sistema y principios, y que simplemente se trate de mejorarlo. No se trata de destruir lo establecido para crear una "nueva idea".

¿DE ACUERDO?

Estoy completamente DE ACUERDO con lo que usted me dice, no tengo otra cosa que decir. Prácticamente sin querer estaré como un monje dentro de un templo.

Como dijo San Francisco de Asís: "Yo necesito pocas cosas y las pocas cosas que necesito, las necesito poco".

Mis ofensas hacen que no pueda despertar, para mi es muy difícil dejar de cometer ofensas, es la verdad, ¿si no soy sincero cómo me ayudaría el Señor Krsna?, pero, el Señor Krsna fue muy bondadoso cuando puso sus pies de loto sobre la tierra de Vrindavana que hasta las enredaderas de los arboles le colocaban sus frutos grandes con miel en los pies de loto del Señor, también se dice que las pastoras de Vraja se preocupaban por los dulces pies del Señor, pues tenían el temor de que las espinas lastimaran los pies de loto del Señor, pero estas espinas se volvían blandas al sentir los pies de loto del Señor Krsna.

Yo me pregunto ¿algún día dejare de ser ofensivo para que los pasatiempos amorosos del Señor Krsna moren en mi corazón?

Mientras tanto sigo aquí tratando de despertar!!!

Bueno Guru Maharaja, disculpe y perdone mis ofensas y perdone por ser tan ofensivo y solo ver defectos y cometer ofensas hacia los devotos y las entidades vivientes, algún día seré una mejor persona🙏

Guru Maharaja me despido y que el Señor Nrsimha nos proteja a todos. 🙏

Hare Krsna.

Gadai Gauranga Das

HpS - I think Krsna is always trying to engage us in His pastimes in our heart. Yet, we feel we have so many other duties in the Sankirtan movement.

He will take care of many of them.

We just need peaceful time for Radha lila.

Dear Siksha Guru Maharaja, Hare Krishna; please kindly accept my most humble obesisances; all glories to Srila Prabhupada; all glories to your own good self for your lifetime of exemplary service to Prabhupada and Krishna.

I trust that all is going well for you in your devotional service.

HpS - We feel that is kind of like writing to Arjuna during the Battle of Kuruksetra. 😆

My rounds are done thins morning, and since the house in peaceful for the moment, I feel like putting aside my online reading from Srimad Bhagavatam to write this letter to you. As writing is not something that I am very accomplished at, I need to be able to have a quiet space, like when the whole world is asleep, for me to say those things that are there in my heart. How I wish the whole world could hear such things.

My morning sadhana continues as usual. My chanting is the most valuable period of my life. As I chant, I reflect on how I am now an old man, although much of the time I don't feel old. I wonder how and when I will leave my body, and whether Krishna will allow me to think of Him at that precise moment of my passing. Will I be alone, or will I have a devotee nearby keeping me company as I pass: I should be so lucky. Thoughts such as these often come to mind during my japa, instead being attentive to the service of chanting itself. I am reminded of the verse in Bhagavad gita 6.26, wherein Krishna says "From whereever and whenever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under control." Arjuna was absolutely right in expressing his description of the restless mind.

When I am chanting I do so out of sheer desperation, knowing that my life has been lived for the most part, and my future seems and feels so uncertain. I chant because it is my only hope for peace of mind and a meaningful existence. I chant because it is all that I know; It is all that I have in life; it is the only thing that has ever had any meaning to me. Chanting has given me a sense of purpose. It is all I can do, and thus it is all I need in order to exist. My Deity worship is also a vital part of my daily sadhana, but I really feel the strongest connection to Lord Chaitanya with my japa. I just wish that I could chant more nicely, more sincerely, and with more humility. This much alone would relieve me of so much stress and anxiety.

Books still go out during my Uber driving, though some days nothing goes out, and nobody is inquisitive about anything. A couple of Bhagavad gitas, some Higher Tastes, Perfection Of Yogas, Bhakti Yoga, and some On Chanting Hare Krishna pamphlets and other small books have been going out. Oftentimes passengers have been going through some very stressful events of their own, and when they get into the car, they seem to immediately pick up on some very different energy that is totally foreign to them. Even though they don't know anything about me, they spontaneously open up about their own sufferings. And even though they don't always take a book, they are eager to hear something to help them along in life: something that makes sense, something that tells them there is still hope for some peace of mind, and a meaningful existence. It's then that I feel energized to speak about Krishna, about karma, about bhakti. It's a truly amazing experience to serve by sharing what very little I know, instead of lecturing as if I know better and I am on a pedestal or on a Vyasasana: a truly amazing experience.

On a final note, all of these things I have shared are due to your causeless mercy. Your coming to our home during this last visit made all the difference in the world to me. It gave me hope that I am not completely outside of Lord Chaitanya's movement, and that my efforts to execute devotional service are still very real. I confess that I am very stubborn about how things are in my life at present. Still, my association with the morning classes hosted out of Hawaii have had a profound effect in inspiring me with great hope. As you well know, the association from that sanga is seasoned with devotees who have given more than 50 years of their lives to serving Srila Prabhupada, and their classes are amazingly complete with so much maturity and realizations. Their personal realizations go beyond the mere sentiments of academic study and daily mechanics of sadhana.

I will close here, before my foolishness continues to embarrass me further.

Your lowly servant,

Balabhadra dasa

HpS - ASA -- We have, agtSP, some nausea, eyes hurt, life in the material world is a great festival of contrasts.

We could not suffer unless we got some enjoyment. Otherwise there would be no contrast.

I think we are all going to end up in Nabadvipa in our next life with Nimai.

There is space in His Nabadvipa lila for everyone from Nityananda to Chand Kazi, no?

I am trying to find Sankirtan partners all the time.

Now we are working on DVAD and hope that we can connect well with Bhakti Raghava Swami.

Hare Krishna Dandavat Pranam

H H Hanumat Presaka Swami Guru Maharaj

Please accept my humble obeisance unto your Padma charan that I had retired from the University Service in April, 2024. Yes I am continuing daily murty Pujah including Mangal Arati and Sandhya Arati in my home. Chanting 16 round into two and more. In addition to this newly I participate Nama Sarbanam of Manipuri Narative form of Chaitanya Charitamritam occasionally. I found some senior devotees of ISKCON Imphal in the Nama Sarbanam.

Your fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das Yamuna Manjari

HpS - Super.

Your family??

HpS / ASA -- I thought, agtSP, that we sent this a few days ago.

Here it is now.

Waiting for your thoughts.

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am writing this proposal to you inspired by your constant forward-looking vision and your clarity in anticipating the strategic needs of our society.

Considering the current challenges of fragmentation, generational turnover, and community management within digital environments and social media platforms, I believe this is a critical moment to equip leaders and devotees with cutting-edge management tools that are rigorously grounded in śāstra.

For this reason, I would like to propose a four-part online seminar series (one weekly session) titled:

"Engineering with Soul: Structure, Leadership, and the Regulatory Trinity (Śas) for the Future of ISKCON"

The core objective is to approach administration not as a secular, bureaucratic burden, but as the sacred engineering that the Six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana utilized to provide structure, continuity, and reach to the mission of Mahāprabhu.

The proposed syllabus is structured as follows:

• Session 1: The Regulatory Trinity (Śāstra, Śiṣya, Śāsana)
• An analysis of institutional order. How to transition from abstract inspiration to the creation of operating handbooks and digital management systems that bring order to the daily practice of the community without suffocating its spiritual essence.
• Session 2: The Brahminical Paradox and the Profile of the Leader (Dāsa)
• How to resolve the intrinsic tension of training intellectual and spiritual profiles to manage complex systems. Training operational cadres under the four pillars of CC Madhya 17.15: Su-snigdha, Paṇḍita, Sādhu, and Ārya.
• Session 3: Crisis Management and the Anatomy of Conflict
• The 5-stage mental model of crisis (Vision ➔ Planning ➔ Detail ➔ Problem ➔ Drama). Organizational strategies to absorb the frustration of technical errors without turning them into ego conflicts, dismantling the "sunk cost fallacy" in decision-making.
• Session 4: Outreach Strategy and the Culture of Restraint (Lakṣmaṇa Rekha)
• The institutional response to complex environments and ideological tensions. How designing external sustainability and wellness projects serves as a practical bridge of utility to alleviate real suffering in the world while safeguarding the unalterable core of the mission.

Gurudeva, your vision and guidance are essential to opening this necessary space for discussion within our line of authority. I remain at your full disposal to coordinate the dates and times that best suit your schedule. We can host the sessions via Google Meet, GoToMeeting, or whichever video conferencing platform is most convenient for you.

If you agree, I can send you a one-page executive summary detailing the further development of each module.

Your servant,

Nikunja Bihari Das

Querido Gurudeva,

Por favor, acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias. Todas las glorias sean para Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Le escribo esta propuesta inspirado por su constante visión de vanguardia y su lucidez para anticipar las necesidades estratégicas de nuestra sociedad. Viendo los desafíos actuales de fragmentación, relevo generacional y la gestión de comunidades en entornos digitales y redes sociales, considero que es un momento crítico para dotar a los líderes y devotos de herramientas de gestión de vanguardia que posean un anclaje riguroso en el śāstra.

Por esta razón, deseo proponerle la realización de un ciclo de seminarios por videollamada de cuatro encuentros (un encuentro semanal) titulado: "Ingeniería con Alma: Estructura, Liderazgo y la Trinidad Regulatoria (Śas) para el Futuro de ISKCON".

El propósito central es abordar la administración no como un trámite burocrático secular, sino como la ciencia sagrada que los Seis Gosvāmīs de Vṛndāvana utilizaron para dar estructura, continuidad y alcance a la misión de Mahāprabhu.

El temario propuesto se estructura de la siguiente manera:

• Encuentro 1: La Trinidad Regulatoria (Śāstra, Śiṣya, Śāsana)
• Análisis del orden institucional. Cómo pasar de la inspiración abstracta a la creación de manuales operativos (handbooks) y sistemas de gestión digital que ordenen la práctica diaria de la comunidad sin ahogar la esencia espiritual.
• Encuentro 2: La Paradoja Brahmínica y el Perfil del Líder (Dāsa)
• Cómo resolver la tensión intrínseca de formar perfiles intelectuales y espirituales en la gestión de sistemas complejos. El entrenamiento de los cuadros operativos bajo los cuatro pilares de CC Madhya 17.15: Su-snigdha, Paṇḍita, Sādhu y Ārya.
• Encuentro 3: Gestión de Crisis y Anatomía del Conflicto
• El modelo mental de las 5 etapas ante la crisis (Visión ➔ Planificación ➔ Detalle ➔ Problema ➔ Drama). Estrategias organizativas para absorber la frustración del error técnico sin transformarla en un conflicto de egos, desarmando el "sesgo de costo hundido" en la toma de decisiones.
• Encuentro 4: Estrategia de Prédica y la Cultura de la Restricción (Lakṣmaṇa Rekha)
• La respuesta institucional ante entornos complejos y tensiones ideológicas. Cómo el diseño de proyectos externos de sustentabilidad y bienestar actúa como un puente de utilidad práctica para aliviar el sufrimiento real del mundo, protegiendo el núcleo inalterable de la misión.

Gurudeva, su visión y su respaldo son indispensables para abrir este espacio de discusión tan necesario en nuestra línea de autoridad. Quedo a su entera disposición para coordinar las fechas y el horario que mejor se adapten a su agenda. Podemos realizar las sesiones a través de Google Meet, GoToMeeting o la plataforma virtual que sea de su mayor comodidad.

Si le parece bien, puedo enviarle una síntesis ejecutiva de una página con el desarrollo detallado de cada módulo.

Su sirviente,

Nikunja Bihari Das

HpS/ASA - Hare Krsna!

Tom Brown is wondering if you will teach people which end of the banana should we peel from! He sees that most people use the wrong end.

Today Param-padam Das sent us a syllabus for his proposed Bhakti-sarva-bhauma course. It was similarly highly analytical and Euclidean logic as your proposal.

🤔

Also, today in the Blog is Yamunesvara Das' description of his program of study from more Manipuri tradition.

I think that Sarva bhauma Bhattacharya was developing such management systems for Maharaja Prataparudra.

Maharaja had to manage an empire: Civil engineering projects such as water, flood, bridge, dam, management.

Reserve grain resources for lean years.

Military training and then mobilization in times of conflict.

They had clerks that could recall practically speaking everything they had ever read, and needed 20 milligrams of warm ghee everyday to maintain their brains.

Many of the Sanskrit terms you use in the document are unfamiliar to us?

Are you able to base your structure on some specific documents or even symposia that you have taken?

Our objective should be to develop rural life and brahmacari intelligence as soon as possible, no?

Yet, as you we think you are saying. We have to live within the tools that we have right now, no?

Do people in Argentina have the kind of analytical intelligence that your syllabus proposes?

Thank you!!

Hare Krishna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to his enthusiastic and determined followers, such as yourself.

Abhirama Thakura das asked me to prepare a brief report addressing two matters: the schedule for your Latin America tour and several proposals for the name of the tour.

I. TOUR SCHEDULE

Over the past several weeks, in addition to our conversations with you regarding Sankirtana Academico, ARTd has been coordinating with Mother Govinda Pramodini and Mother Lalita-Gopi of NIOS-Mexico, as well as with Jagad-guru das of NIOS-Chile.

The following dates have been agreed upon:

• Monday, October 26: Arrival in Lima.

• Friday, November 6: Arrival in Santiago, Chile.

• Thursday, November 19: Arrival in Mexico City.

• Tuesday, November 24: Arrival in Houston.

That is fine?

HpS/ASA - AgtSP, thank you for all this fine work! Asta-sakhi Devi Dasi sent us a WhatsApp note asking about staying longer in Mexico. Let us see how she and any others comment on this itinerary. Other than that, at the current moment it seems practical.

Of course, for everyone's awareness, we cannot be out of the USA for more than 30 days or we get all kinds of complication with our Social Security regulations. Best to return after 28-days.

Thank you.

II. PROPOSALS FOR THE NAME OF THE TOUR

In June, ARTd completed a course in AI and Marketing. The course was somewhat expensive, but it proved to be well worth the investment. As part of the course exercises, he approached the assignments from the perspective of serving as a member of the NIOS Board of Directors and as Editor of SOLARIS. The following suggestions are the result of those studies and exercises.

David Ogilvy, the renowned British advertising executive widely recognized as one of the fathers of modern advertising, famously observed: “On average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy.”

This observation is particularly relevant when choosing the name of your Latin America tour, because the title is the first gateway to the message. A strong title awakens curiosity, generates interest, and inspires the audience to want to learn more.

From this perspective, we would like to propose two options:

Option 1: NIOS Latin America Tour — October–November 2026

HANUMAT-SANDESHA 2026. A Message of Hope for the Contemporary World

HEALING IS NOT SIMPLY REPAIRING THE BODY; IT IS REMEMBERING WHO WE ARE.

Option 2: NIOS Latin America Tour — October–November 2026

SHOWING THE RING OF RAMA. A Message of Hope for Restoring Our Connection with the Sacred

INTEGRAL HUMAN HEALTH: SCIENCE, PSYCHE, AND SPIRITUALITY

 The underlying concept of both options is that, just as Hanuman, by showing Sita the ring of Rama, restored her hope that the Lord would come to rescue her, this Sankirtana Academico tour seeks to bring a message of hope to the contemporary world: The human being is not simply a body that needs to be healed, but a spiritual being whose true Health requires the integration of body, mind, and soul, so that we may remember and restore our connection with the sacred and To achieve holistic health

PRINCIPAL THEMES OF THE TOUR

The themes to be developed throughout the tour are:

• Ayurveda: The Classical Asian Philosophy of Health.

• Integral Human Health: Science, Psyche, and Spirituality.

• Health and the Sacred.

HPS/ASA

Science, Psyche and Spirituality

Whole Human Health and the Vedanta of Classical India. 

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Another point: ARTd is recovering well from his shoulder injuries and, by your mercy, hopes to resume receiving your 108% auspicious association at FMP beginning Tuesday, August 11.

And this final message is for Tom Brown: I have been reading the EsSalud magazine, published by one of the largest and most important health institutions in Peru, and I came across an article entitled: Why Is It So Important to Eat a Banana a Day?

The article highlights the potassium, fiber, vitamins, and minerals provided by bananas. So, Tom Brown, we have very good reasons to make sure that a healthy daily supply of bananas is always part of our diet!

HpS/ASA - As we remember, Nitai-gaurasundara Das was taking potassium pills. I mentioned that there is potassium in bananas and he laughed and said, that to equal what he was taking from the pills he would have to eat 25-bananas a day. 😃

That is all for now, thank you very much for engaging us in bhakti.

Jay Sadai Nimai-Nitai!!

Bhakta Manuel

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Hare Krishna. Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada y a sus seguidores entusiastas y determinados como usted.

Abhirama Thakura das me pidió que preparara un breve informe sobre dos temas: el cronograma de su viaje a Latinoamérica y algunas propuestas para el nombre de la gira.

I. CRONOGRAMA DE LA GIRA

ARTd, durante estas últimas semanas, además de dialogar con usted sobre el Sankirtana Academico, ha mantenido conversaciones de coordinación con la Madre Govinda Pramodini y la Madre Lalita-Gopi, de NIOS-Mexico, y con Jagad-guru das, de NIOS-Chile.

Estas son las fechas propuestas:

• Lunes 26 de octubre: llegada a Lima.
• Viernes 6 de noviembre: llegada a Santiago de Chile.
• Jueves 19 de noviembre: llegada a Ciudad de México.
• Martes 24 de noviembre: llegada a Houston.

II. PROPUESTAS PARA EL NOMBRE DE LA GIRA

El mes de junio ARTd ha estudiado IA y Marketing el curso fue un poco caro, pero lo valió. En el curso, durante los ejercicios él se ubicó como un integrante de la mesa de Directores de NIOS y como Editor de SOLARIS, estas sugerencias son fruto de esos estudios.

David Ogilvy, famoso publicista británico y reconocido mundialmente como uno de los padres de la publicidad moderna, afirmó: En promedio, cinco veces más personas leen el titular que el cuerpo del texto.

Esta observación resulta particularmente pertinente al momento de elegir el nombre de su gira por Latinoamérica, porque el título constituye la primera puerta de entrada al mensaje. Un buen título despierta curiosidad, genera interés y estimula el deseo de conocer más.

Partiendo de esta perspectiva, sugerimos dos opciones:

1ra opción: Tour de NIOS por Latinoamérica — octubre-noviembre de 2026

HANUMAT-SANDESHA 2026. Un mensaje de esperanza para el mundo contemporáneo

SANAR NO ES SOLO REPARAR EL CUERPO; ES RECORDAR QUIENES SOMOS.

2da opción: Tour de NIOS por Latinoamérica — octubre-noviembre de 2026

MOSTRANDO EL ANILLO DE RAMA. Un mensaje de esperanza para restablecer nuestra conexión con lo sagrado

SALUD HUMANA INTEGRAL: CIENCIA, PSIQUE Y ESPIRITUALIDAD

En ambas opciones, el concepto es que, así como Hanuman, al mostrarle a Sita el anillo de Rama, hizo que ella recuperara la esperanza en que el Señor vendría a salvarla, esta gira de Sankirtana Academico busca llevar al mundo contemporáneo un mensaje de esperanza: El ser humano no es simplemente un cuerpo que debe ser sanado, sino un ser espiritual cuya verdadera salud requiere integrar cuerpo, mente y alma, para recordar y restablecer nuestra conexión con lo sagrado y asi estar plenamente sanos.

PRINCIPALES TEMAS DE LA GIRA

Los principales temas que se desarrollarán durante esta gira son:

• El Ayurveda, la filosofía de la salud en Asia.
• Salud Humana Integral: Ciencia, Psique y Espiritualidad.
• La Salud y lo Sagrado.

Otro punto: ARTd se viene recuperando favorablemente de sus lesiones en los hombros y espera, por su misericordia, volver a recibir su 108% auspiciosa asociación en FMP a partir del martes 11 de agosto.

Y este último mensaje es para Tom Brown: He estado leyendo la revista de EsSalud, una de las instituciones de salud más grandes e importantes del Peru, y encontré un artículo titulado: ¿Por qué es tan importante comer un plátano al día?

El artículo destaca el aporte de potasio, fibra, vitaminas y minerales que proporciona el plátano. Así que, Tom Brown, ¡tenemos buenas razones para solicitar siempre una buena dieta de plátanos todos los días!

Esto es todo por ahora. Muchas gracias por ocuparnos en bhakti.

Jay Sadai Nimai-Nitai!!

Bhakta Manuel