Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Gurudev.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!!

Querido Guru Maharaja, espero que esta carta lo encuentre muy bien.

Quiero contarle que estamos muy bien.

Hemos estado participando en variados programas juntos a los devotos.

Sukadeva participó junto a otros devotos adolescentes, en un paseo a Mallarauco en casa de Nanda Nandana Prabhu y familia. Fue un encuentro organizado por lo hijos de madre Maha Anandini, apoyados por Nanda Nandana Prabhu, y fue una experiencia muy linda. Esperando que existan muchas más(adjuntaré algunas fotografías).

En casa, estamos cantando cada tarde, aprendiendo canciones y sus significados. Los niños participan activamente. También estamos haciendo lectura del Srimad Bhagavatam.

Este fin de semana termino de dar el curso de discípulos a un segundo grupo de devotos de Chile y de Colombia, y acabo de comenzar otro curso Bhakti Sastri. Mis estudiantes son sus discípulas; Rukmini Pati y Krsangi.

Luego de nuestra entrevista en el templo de Santiago, hice una solicitud a "Teach and Learn" para BVB, pero aún no he tenido respuesta.

Quiero contarle que sigo avanzando en mi lectura personal del SB. Voy en el 5to canto, capítulo 18, donde encontré estos 2 hermosos versos:

oṁ namo bhagavate narasiṁhāya namas tejas-tejase āvir-āvirbhava

vajra-nakha vajra-daṁṣṭra karmāśayān randhaya

randhaya tamo grasa grasa om svāhā;

abhayam abhayam ātmani bhūyiṣṭhā oṁ kṣraum.

Traducción

Ofrezco respetuosas reverencias al Señor Nṛsiṁhadeva, la fuente de todo poder. ¡Oh, mi Señor, que posees uñas y dientes como rayos!, por favor, destruye nuestros demoníacos deseos de realizar actividades fruitivas en el mundo material. Por favor, manifiéstate en nuestros corazones y disipa nuestra ignorancia, de manera que, por Tu misericordia, podamos liberarnos del temor en la lucha por la existencia en el mundo material. SB 5.18.8

svasty astu viśvasya khalaḥ prasīdatāṁ

dhyāyantu bhūtāni śivaṁ mitho dhiyā

manaś ca bhadraṁ bhajatād adhokṣaje

āveśyatāṁ no matir apy ahaitukī

Traducción

Que la buena fortuna reine en todo el universo, y que todas las personas envidiosas se apacigüen. Que todas las entidades vivientes encuentren la paz mediante la práctica del bhakti-yoga, pues el servicio devocional hará que piensen siempre en el bienestar de los demás. Ocupémonos todos en el servicio del Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa, la realidad trascendental suprema, y permanezcamos siempre absortos en pensar en Él. SB 5.18.9

Cada día también estamos escuchando una canción tan hermosa, pero tengo la duda de cómo se titula, ya que aparece con estos 2 títulos: "Madhurastakam" y "Adharam Madhuram"

(1)

adharaḿ madhuraḿ vadanaḿ madhuraḿ

nayanaḿ madhuraḿ hasitaḿ madhuraḿ

hṛdayaḿ madhuraḿ gamanaḿ madhuraḿ

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhurāḿ

(2)

vacanaḿ madhuraḿ caritaḿ madhuraḿ

vasanaḿ madhuraḿ valitaḿ madhuraḿ

calitaḿ madhuraḿ bhramitaḿ madhuraḿ

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhurāḿ

(3)

veṇur madhuro reṇur madhuraḥ

pāṇir madhuraḥ pādau madhurau

nṛtyaḿ madhuraḿ sakhyaḿ madhuraḿ

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhurāḿ

(4)

gītaḿ madhuraḿ pītaḿ madhuraḿ

bhuktaḿ madhuraḿ suptam madhuraḿ

Rūpaḿ madhuraḿ tilakaḿ madhuraḿ

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhurāḿ

(5)

karaṇaḿ madhuraḿ taraṇaḿ madhuraḿ

haraṇaḿ madhuraḿ ramaṇaḿ madhuraḿ

vamitaḿ madhuraḿ śamitaḿ madhuraḿ

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhurāḿ

(6)

guñja madhurā mālā madhurā

Yamuna Madhura Vicii Madhura

salilaḿ madhuraḿ kamalaḿ madhuraḿ

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhurāḿ

(7)

gopī madhurā līla madhurā

yuktaḿ madhuraḿ bhuktaḿ madhuraḿ

hṛṣṭaḿ madhuraḿ śiṣṭaḿ madhuraḿ

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhurāḿ

(8)

gopā madhurā gavo madhurā

yaṣṭir madhurā sṛṣṭir madhurā

dalitaḿ madhuraḿ phalitaḿ madhuraḿ

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhurāḿ

TRADUCCIÓN

1) Sus labios son dulces, Su rostro es dulce, Sus ojos son dulces, Su sonrisa es dulce, Su corazón es dulce, Su andar es dulce: ¡Todo es dulce en el Emperador de la dulzura!

2) Sus palabras son dulces, su carácter es dulce, su vestido es dulce, sus pliegues del vientre son dulces, sus movimientos son dulces, su andar es dulce: ¡todo es dulce en el Emperador de la dulzura!

3) Su flauta es dulce, el polvo de sus pies es dulce, sus manos son dulces, sus pies son dulces, su baile es dulce, su amistad es dulce: ¡todo es dulce en el Emperador de la dulzura!

4) Su canto es dulce, su tela amarilla es dulce, su comer es dulce, su dormir es dulce, su belleza es dulce, su tilaka es dulce: ¡todo es dulce en el Emperador de la dulzura!

5) Sus obras son dulces, su liberación es dulce, su robo es dulce, sus juegos amorosos son dulces, sus ofrendas son dulces, su tranquilidad es dulce: ¡todo es dulce en el Emperador de la dulzura!

6) Su collar de bayas gunja es dulce, su guirnalda de flores es dulce, su río Yamuna es dulce, sus ondulaciones son dulces, su agua es dulce, sus lotos son dulces: ¡todo es dulce en el Emperador de la dulzura!

7) Sus gopis (pastores) son dulces, Sus pasatiempos son dulces, Su unión es dulce, Su comida es dulce, Su deleite es dulce, Su cortesía es dulce: ¡Todo es dulce en el Emperador de la dulzura!

8) Sus gopas (pastores) son dulces, Sus vacas son dulces, Su báculo es dulce, Su creación es dulce, Su pisoteo es dulce, Su fecundidad es dulce: ¡Todo es dulce en el Emperador de la dulzura!

Eso es todo por ahora Gurudev. Muchas gracias por Su valioso tiempo.

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Hare Krishna, Gurudev.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Guru Maharaja, I hope this letter finds you in excellent health.

HpSwami-ASA - Hare Krsna. Continuous defects of Old Age and until tomorrow intense allergy.

I would like to let you know that we are doing very well.

We have been participating in various programs together with the devotees.

Sukadeva participated—along with other teenage devotees—in an outing to Mallarauco, held at the home of Nanda Nandana Prabhu and his family. It was a gathering organized by the children of Mother Maha Anandini, with the support of Nanda Nandana Prabhu, and it was a truly beautiful experience. We hope there will be many more such events (I will attach some photographs).

At home, we chant every evening, learning new songs and their meanings. The children participate actively. We are also engaged in reading the *Srimad-Bhagavatam*.

This weekend, I am finishing the Disciple Course for a second group of devotees from Chile and Colombia, and I have just begun another *Bhakti-sastri* course. My students are your disciples: Rukmini Pati and Krsangi.

Following our meeting at the Santiago temple, I submitted an application to the "Teach and Learn" program for the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT), but I have not yet received a response.

HpS - Maybe you can catch Parampadam Das and he can help get you registered!

I also wanted to let you know that I am continuing to make steady progress in my personal reading of the *Srimad-Bhagavatam*. I am currently in the Fifth Canto, Chapter 18, where I came across these two beautiful verses:

oṁ namo bhagavate narasiṁhāya namas tejas-tejase āvir-āvirbhava

vajra-nakha vajra-daṁṣṭra karmāśayān randhaya

randhaya tamo grasa grasa om svāhā;

abhayam abhayam ātmani bhūyiṣṭhā oṁ kṣraum.

Traducción

Ofrezco respetuosas reverencias al Señor Nṛsiṁhadeva, la fuente de todo poder. ¡Oh, mi Señor, que posees uñas y dientes como rayos!, por favor, destruye nuestros demoníacos deseos de realizar actividades fruitivas en el mundo material. Por favor, manifiéstate en nuestros corazones y disipa nuestra ignorancia, de manera que, por Tu misericordia, podamos liberarnos del temor en la lucha por la existencia en el mundo material. SB 5.18.8

svasty astu viśvasya khalaḥ prasīdatāṁ

dhyāyantu bhūtāni śivaṁ mitho dhiyā

manaś ca bhadraṁ bhajatād adhokṣaje

āveśyatāṁ no matir apy ahaitukī

Traducción

Que la buena fortuna reine en todo el universo, y que todas las personas envidiosas se apacigüen. Que todas las entidades vivientes encuentren la paz mediante la práctica del bhakti-yoga, pues el servicio devocional hará que piensen siempre en el bienestar de los demás. Ocupémonos todos en el servicio del Señor Śrī Kṛṣṇa, la realidad trascendental suprema, y permanezcamos siempre absortos en pensar en Él. SB 5.18.9

HpS - Yes! They are wonderful. We have memorized the first one.

...

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

Learning and practicing songs with the children seems great. Some songs like Gaura Arati seem very nice to make into dances.

Go ahead. See of Krsna expands you service.

Hare Krsna.

Hare Krsna.

p. S. Super fotos. .

Sunday, May 24, 2026, at 7.30 am, Houston time

We will start reading Madhya Lila; 19.73 onwards up to verse 19.125.

(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

Jack and Bill crossed o'er the 'ill in Sunny Southern DWARKA [KA].

None of them could swim,

nor none of them could float

but they had a boat named Retriever 🚄

Swam! Bam? RAM!!?

On whose back they'd ride.

DANVILLE IN THE GLEN

The town's name was Danville because everyone gave charity by the handfill.

When it was break-fast every One gave pease porridge to your soul-fill (w/ a little orange pickle).

Pickle Dickle.

. . . .

Barely able to wipe their bowls clean and 🐻 Bear, Ape, Riot & Pig🐷 were hustled into a sloop bobbing at the dock with "Hurray. Hurray. Hurray. We have to catch the tide. This is all within the 'jurisdiction of DWARKA Dhama. Raise the Jig!'

...and intu the water they glid.

The BBT

Hare Krishna, dear Gurudeva

PAOHO, AGTSP

I hope you are in very good health. I want to thank you for allowing us to serve you during your stay in Lima and I ask you to please forgive any offense or clumsiness on our part.

HpS-ASA -- AgtSP. My body is in 90% catastrophy from allergy here in Tennessee. Probably to same for you. 😆

I want to apologize for so shamelessly taking such fantastic service from you and everyone while in Peru.

For the past couple of months, Indira Sakti dd and I have been participating in the Saturday programs at the preaching center in Miraflores. We have decided to collaborate with the devotees' efforts to support Srila Prabhupada's mission, understanding that this should be our path, regardless of any perceptions we may have had in the past.

HpS - "As long as you think you are the servant in any situation, material or spiritual, the more you wil become happy. The more you think you are the master, the more you will go to hell," Srila Prabhupada to Bhakta Das, our first temple president, upon occasion of his initiation!

I was asked to give a Sad-acara course, which I taught to about 14 devotees, mostly bhaktas who are drawn to the glories of kirtan. The course turned out better than I expected. We were able to approach it from the perspective of sattva guna and madhyama-adhikari, understanding that interactions among devotees don't depend solely on a rigid set of rules, but above all, on appreciation for the members of the community. We based it on Bhakti Caru Swami's manual and the Upadesamrta.

In a few weeks, I will begin teaching a course on basic home worship, specifically for younger devotees who want to learn some details to improve their service. I ask for your blessings, Gurudeva, so that I may transmit to these young people the feelings that my wife and I have developed for our beloved deities. Caring for devotees at this level is something we can contribute to, and we are content with that, as long as it is Lord Jagannatha's will.

HpS/ASA - 🐒 🐷 🎰 Hare Krsna!!!!! Make them teachers.

Finally, I would like to ask if you would permit us to worship Salagram Sila. There is a possibility that we might be entrusted with His service, but that would be impossible without your blessing. My wife and I have been worshipping deities for some time and are content with our principles. We await your reply, Gurumaharaja.

HpS - I don't think there is any harm is keeping Them clean and comfortable, but real worship is very challenging. How are your Gayatri sandhyas?

I think Jayananda Das worshipped Japa beads. 108-silas!

Who will teach you the details?

Thank you again for your presence among us; you have, as always, sown beautiful feelings in our hearts.

Your servant

Gandharva das

latest node-- 16190

HKHR AGTSP, PAMHO

HpS - Chemo therapy????

Medical marijuana?

❓❓ ❓.

Chew and Chant (Don't eat too much and work hard)."

who we are writing to Bachelor Huber, TB, HpS, Psychiatrist, Spiritual master..

all of them may be

our mind does not feel even wasting your time to send you any update. but as you said better do mistake of communicating.

we are taking chemotherapy yes- on gross level it has side effects. our bodily son is going through parental alienation. we feel heavily responsible for it. though we no we are not supreme controller or benefactor or enjoyer, but we can not leave things to fate.... so non brahmanical. we are fighting legal cases. just to meet him.

our promise of 4 rules very intact, up at 3 am average 5 days in week, inconsistent mayapur TV for mangal artik. attentive chanting far away, but enthusism come back and goes.

we have lot to say -----

we propose we do series of Podcast with you where we talk about Carl jung, psychology psych as science, artifacts,movies, imagination, world of sound, sound of mahamantra, from SB and Guru Parampara perspective, once a month/ depending on your grace health.

will always try to serve you, even if we can not/ dont want, to do simple/best service to CHANT

from

hayagriva to das of bodily father

HpS - AgtSP. Paoho.

Your update echoes with like 90% of our Blog readers.

So, nice to hear from you, Professor, from Varunasi University.

If our children expect to have God for a father, then they are going to have to do a lot more austerity than they have so far.

😏

You and I have gone thorugh so much together: First meet after Bh. Gita class with your wife in Gaziabad, The Iron City.

You sleeping in the Calcutta temple library for weeks to promote the NIOS symposium with Dr. Samaresh and Indian National LIbrary.

Your help and association during every visit to India.

Thank you.

You aren't perfect but your son will look around and realize that Krsna has sent him into a very special family.

Wars are not won by good looking soldiers after a good breakfast with well pressed uniforms.

Wars are won by wounded, dirty, starving soldiers who pick up other wounded soldiers and push ahead with 55% fighting strength.

Of course, the "enemy", Maya devi, is really our friend. Trying to help us become detached from her and attached to KRSNA!!!

What do you have cancer of?

Our eyes, ears, heart, brains, back, skin.... are all failing.

Doctor says we will live a long time.

In what condition?

Old age is a goo friend for a devotee.

This time let us take the push for Krsna to use whatever resouces we have in Old Age in this shadow world to serve Him here, and also purify our intelligence, heart, for eternal progress i waking up, to His call, alarm.

We find that this 16-concentrated rounds before Managala arati is GREAT. Makes our little Sankirtan during the day 10 times stronger. More intense. More deep.

We almost feel like we are making permanent progress continously.

Hope to have some messages for Dr. Samaresh through you in a few days.

Our Rich Mound, Nash Ville tour has been, is, intense!

Hope you can make real change in your students and fellow workers lives!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Here I’m sharing the link to the first part of my production: https://youtu.be/YkTAuHbd_38

This is the second part: https://youtu.be/Te0Mk65xAxg

Now that I have completed this production, I would like to prepare a two-month course entitled “Summary of the Srimad Bhagavatam.” This course would be based on my six-hour production, with the purpose of helping both new and senior devotees see it as a reliable overview of the Srimad Bhagavatam. I would also like to help viewers deepen their understanding of the human side and practical teachings embodied by each character. The course would not be a detailed academic study, but rather a concise and accessible summary.

Therefore, I humbly request your permission and blessings to begin this new project.

Thank you very much, Guru Maharaj, for your dedication and guidance

Jagat Pavitram das (Peru)

HpS-ASA - AgtSP! Camp: Nashville, Tennessee.

Thank you.

Very stimulating.

Links worked this time.

Seems like it has taken years to produce and will take years to be fully appreciated.

Next 10,000 years.

I hope devotees share these links and send their comments.

Hope your class plan keeps the same purity and you always focus on the reaction of the sincere, patient audience Krsna sends to stimulate them to become Bhagavatas.