Dear Guru Maharaj, 

Please accept our obeisances,

All glories to His Divine Grace !

On this very auspicious day of Srila Prabhupada tirobhava, it's unavoidable to remember your grace on us as well. For us , Prabhupada never disappeared. He only appeared and keeps being present proportionately with our service/contribution to his movement. As long as intensity is there, Srila Prabhupada is present. As soon as there is a day off, Prabhupada is less visible. Prabhupada made a giant step to come out of Vrindavan and expand his tree/mercy. And your Holiness is the fruit of that tree that is gracing us and bringing us closer to Srila Prabhupada. Seems like Guru Tattva is like a banyan tree. Roots and branches are all dependable on each other. We want to become a solid branch on that tree, and your appearance in our life is hope that is cherished and dealt with care and attention. Our services are at best imperfect, but we seek your mercy, and we ask to please accept our services until one day they become perfect and worth glory. We want to glorify His Divine Grace, but we face so many obstacles. Remembering your dedication is a source of strength. Please accept our struggles and bless us to have dedication as you have. Although we are limping behind you and other exalted Vaishnavas, we still feel bliss. How must it be blissful when one is properly situated? It's something that we want to and are eager to experience and share. We made many mistakes, and it was all forgiven. Please bless us that we forgive others' mistakes. We want to see only good in others and fan that. We want to see potential and expand on that. Kindly bless us with that ability. We noticed that prayers are so satisfying , even if the desired result/goal/intention is not manifested. We pray to your Holiness to pray for us so that we can be instruments in this glorious movement that will make something that Srila Prabhupada will be pleased with. Praying for that, we are totally immersed in devotion, and we feel sheltered. We wander who is giving us more mercy, your Holiness, or Srila Prabhupada. As much we count your grace, that much we find Prabhupada grace. It's inconceivable! Whatever it may be, we are happy with this transcendental confusion. This paragraph can expand on a page, to a chapter, and ultimately to a book. But I will keep it short and give space for others to take a bit of your valuable time that you are offering us as a service to His Divine Grace that we are remembering today more than other days. 

We hope to please you and perhaps get your prayers to His Divine Grace. Your recommendation letter to our Lord and a Master, Srila Prabhupada.

We thank you sincerely

Narayan pandit das and Vanara-rani Anjana Devi Dasi

HpS - AgtSP!!! Paoho. It is just so amazing. I feel like everything that I feel about Srila Prabhupada is being expressed in the same words by these Tiri-bhava offerings.

Thanks to all.

"Devotional service is not a matter of imaginative ecstasy or sentimental speculation, rather it is practical activity in the foreground of spiritual life", NoI.

Thank you!!

More news you can send of your Sankirtan and Yatra is very nice.

Thank you.

¡Hare Krsna! Querido Gurumaharaja, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias 🙏

¡Todas las Glorias sean, a nuestro muy poderoso y misericordioso Fundador – Acarya!

Orando porque su salud sea buena y favorable a su Sankirtana, espero no molestarle con esta carta… Hoy conmemoramos la trascendental desaparición de nuestro Divino Maestro AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Estuvimos escuchando algunas clases de él y sobre él y también hicimos una pequeña conmemoración en casa.

Medite un poco sobre mi relación personal con Su Divina Gracia. Nunca terminaría de describir toda la misericordia que he recibido de Srila Prabhupada, él me ha rescatado muchas veces, a través de Usted que clarifica sus instrucciones, y a través de Sus libros, Sus clases, Sus cartas, Su Murti, Sus fieles Seguidores, Su voz, Su ISKCON… de esa forma parece que he adquirido distintas experiencias de mi relación con Srila Prabhupada y, en ocasiones, Su Divina Gracia incluso ha aparecido en sueños. (A veces pienso son solo alucinaciones mías, porque ¿Quién soy yo para que nuestro comandante se dirija a mí?... Luego pienso que la única explicación posible es, su infinita misericordia.) Así que, aunque nunca coincidí con Srila Prabhupada ni en tiempo ni en espacio, me siento tan cercana a él, que pensar en una vida sin su presencia resulta inconcebible.

Nisiquiera puedo imaginar lo potente que fue estar en su presencia física, ni el dolor de sus discípulos tras su partida... ¿Cómo pudieron soportar la separación quienes tuvieron la fortuna de estar en su Divina presencia física? ¿Cómo pudieron resistir aquellos que estaban acostumbrados a recibir sus cartas, sus instrucciones y sus palabras de aliento? ¿De dónde obtuvieron la fuerza para mantenerse cuerdos sus amados discípulos?

Me parece extremadamente sorprendente que hayan podido mantenerse en pie y que hayan encontrado la forma de mantener este movimiento. Mirándolo así, los “defectos, rencillas administrativas y otros problemas” que enfrenta el movimiento hasta la fecha, parecen apenas lógicos e insignificantes... aunque, sin perjuicio de lo anterior, debo confesar que, por distintos motivos, algunas veces he pensado abandonar ISKCON, pero me detengo, porque si miro con atención a ISKCON siempre encuentro a Srila Prabhupada en él. Esta enorme sociedad funciona solo por su inconcebible potencia y misericordia, aunque algunas veces me cuesta trabajo recordarlo.

Muchas gracias Gurudeva, siempre recuerdo la primera instrucción que usted me dio: “Es a él a quien debemos seguir, estamos aquí para ayudarlo en su misión” (Dijo mientras señalaba la murti de Srila Prabhupada) Solo deseo poder seguir su instrucción y ser un soldado útil a Usted y a Srila Prabhupada en esta trascendental misión. Muchas gracias.

Siempre a sus órdenes

Su aspirante a discípula

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

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Hare Krishna! Dear Gurumaharaja, please accept my humble obeisances 🙏

All Glories be to our very powerful and merciful Founder – Acarya!

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!!! Paoho. Thank you for writing to us.

Praying that his health is good and favorable to his Sankirtana, I hope not to bother you with this letter! ... Today we commemorate the transcendental disappearance of our Divine Master A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. We were listening to some classes by him and about him and we also had a small commemoration at home.

Meditate a little on my personal relationship with his Divine Grace.

I could never finish describing all the mercy I have received from Srila Prabhupada, he has rescued me many times, through You clarifying his instructions, and through his books, his classes, his letters, his Murti, his faithful Followers, his voice, His ISKCON… in this way I seem to have gained different experiences from my relationship with Srila Prabhupada and, at times, His Divine Grace has even appeared in dreams.

ASA - 👍

(Sometimes I think it's just my hallucinations, because who am I that our commander addresses me?... Then I think that the only possible explanation is his infinite mercy.)

ASA - Hansadutta Swami told us that Prabhupada said, that the Spiritual Master does not do anything extraordinary. He chants, he gives classes, but.. through him Krsna does many things.

So, although I never was never coincident with Srila Prabhupada, nor in time or space, I feel so close to him, that thinking about a life without his presence is inconceivable.

ASA 🙀

I can't even imagine how powerful it was to be in his physical presence,

ASA - https://vedabase.io/es/library/cc/madhya/10/65/

🤔

... nor the pain of his disciples after his departure... How could those who were fortunate enough to be in his Divine physical presence endure the separation? ? How could those who were accustomed to receiving his letters, his instructions, and his words of encouragement resist? Where did his beloved disciples get the strength to stay sane?

ASA - https://vedabase.io/es/library/sb/4/28/47/

I find it extremely surprising that they were able to stay upright and that they found a way to maintain this movement.

Looking at it this way, the “defects, administrative quarrels and other problems” that the movement faces to date seem barely logical and insignificant... although, without prejudice to the above, I must confess that, for various reasons, I have sometimes thought of abandoning ISKCON, but I stop, because if I look closely at ISKCON I always find Srila Prabhupada in it.

ASA - Same for us.

This enormous society functions only because of its inconceivable power and mercy, although I sometimes have a hard time remembering it.

Thank you very much Gurudeva, I always remember the first instruction you gave me: “It is him we must follow, we are here to help you in your mission” (He said while pointing to Srila Prabhupada's murti).

I just wish I could follow your instruction and be a useful soldier to you and Srila Prabhupada in this transcendental mission. Thank you so much.

Always at your service

His would-be disciple

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

ASA - 🙇 Even if we don't get it all correct in this lifetime. Certainly SP will tell his senior devotees to drag us onto the boat for the next destination. Will we all recognize each other as dogs in Nimai's Sankirtan in Nabadvipa?

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"[11/22/2023 2:54 PM] R R D D: Hare Krishna maharaj ji 

My Pranam’s on your lotus 🪷 feet 👣 🙏

How are you maharaj ji

Sorry Maharaji for disturbing you 🙏

Maharaji I would like to invite you at my home for prasadam on Monday noon 🕛 

Maharaji I am begging in front of you to please accept the invitation.

Your servant 

R R D D 

From 

ISKCON Bharata-varsa Sanga"

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!!! paoho.... thank you for your kind attention! We are overwhelmed.

First is that we just got here to ISKCON Hugh's Town and have moved from one room to another in just two nights, and engaged very enthusiastically 👍 in the Academic Calendar of Romapada Swami's LOB seminar and Temple fesitivals!

Ooof. 🙂

Maybe schedule for a little bit later in the future???

In general, we almost 100% have to work on our Calendar etc. Here in our Blog to keep everyone on board.

Is O.K.?

HpS/ASA

Dear Guru Maharaja,

please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you for always encouraging words in your responses.

Situated in a whirlwind of Kali Yuga consciousness, I attempt to cultivate the tender bhakti creeper (better say sprout).

I said it few times, that I do not want to burden you much with many of letters. So, I write from time to time. If having some inquiry, I wait a bit, research the possible answers, and (specifically if nothing comes about), then, write you.

I am doing a detailed study of Bhagavad Gita and observed that in 1.1. purport, second sentence, SP writes: "There (in Gita-mahatmya) it says that one should read Bhagavad-gītā very scrutinizingly with the help of a person who is a devotee of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and try to understand it without personally motivated interpretations. "

I went back one page to SP's Introduction where he cites the Gita-mahatmya. There it is easy to see the "scrutiny" idea, but nowhere could I read or imply the association of other devotees or anything similar. I find it interesting that SP first mentions (in the first sentence of his BG purport) the Gita-mahatmya and then says that there exists something which is not. According to my momentary understanding.

Another interesting point is that this is the only place SP mentions Gita-mahatmya.

And another interesting point is that it is a text coming from Adi Sankaracarya.

One background to my question is the perspective that I (we) have about SP's exactness in knowing and citing sastra and texts that uphold it.

If you think that I could understand, would you like to comment to the above?

Thank you!

Your servant Namacarya Das

HpS - AgtSP. I have had very similar experiences. I even had some thoughts just like yours on these specific texts.

I seem to remember that the full translation of the Gita Mahatmya was not in the earlier BG As It Is.

I wonder what is the actual original Sanskrita. I think a translation is in other book like Science of Self Realization. Maybe the 'other devotee' idea is from a commentary by Visvanatha Cakravarti.

I have basically the same observations and questions that you have. Cannot add much on this particular point.

Wonder when the purport was written. In the USA. Thinking that is SP was writing it in India he would have be very literal in his work because he expected scholatically inclined Indian readers.

As we remember discussions with Radhika-raman Das, he said that he and Krsna-ksetra Swami got this invitation from Columbia University Press to write summary of SB with specific extracts which would become a standard study book for university students.

It was wonderful, but, they were worried that they would have to give a scholarly and less devotional translation than Srila Prabhupad was doing.

Then, to their surprise, the first thing they discovered was that whether it was impersonal or personal, the translations that SP was giving were just the translations that our Acharya's had given.

So, any distortion to religious translation with their fault, not his.

Then going further to the standard Sanskrit dictionaries comming down for centuries, the religious, personal, translation of the word was the first one given. The impersonal translations were not the primary meaning of the words!

So many questions to answer, yet the first principle of the SB is: Reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all.

That's so fine, no?

Hare Krishna 

Dandavat Pranam 

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to our Jagat Guru Srila Prabhupada

All glories to H.H. Hanumat Presaka Swami

All glories to all devotees 🦚 

I bow after you dear Guru Maharaja, following your online mercyful Programs with enthusiasm!

By Your mercy, this aspirant is currently co-offering the traditional Sunday Program and sweet devotees like Gadadhar Gosai Prabhu, are co-offering the new Wednesday Program at the recently renewed Centro de Prédica Krishna Balaram; a Holy Land for the atmic seekers, as mostly new devotees are showing up by the day to serve the Lord! 

For that service, we do have the blessing of having guidance of veteran devotees, like the venerable Adoksaya Das Prabhu.

Also H.H. Guru Prasad Maharaja visited us and suggested an auspicious weekly day for the new Program (the above mentioned Wednesday), which is running smoothly.

In other subject, we know your travel schedule... but we also believe that everything is possible, so you might consider the possibility to come to Montemorelos once more, to be served by Monterrey México Yatra!🐵🙏🏼

ASA/TB-BW et al -

🐶

Haya Chihuahua! Caramba!

We want so much to visit. Was so magical being there for all the programs, transcendental Dhama, but... but... but... we cannot see how it is possible for our body to make such a trip. Even the 2-hour domestic travel from Tennesse to Texas was exhausting. Amazing, yet good, makes us wake up our transcendental life. Our hear tis always with you!

If that happens, we would be extremely glad to focus firstly on an efficient trip from the nearby Houston to Nueva Govardhan and then, to your next destination, and managing everything in respect of a nice Vyasa Puja, devotee accomodation and broad formalities.

Anyway, servants being servants, we just paid attention to follow your nectarean instructions 🥭

Feeling graceful for your holy association, servants of your servants!

Guillermo Sepúlveda (Bhakta Guimo),

Gadadhar Gosai Das.

TB/BW - Pictures!!! Great Saints from Mexico spreading Srimad Bhagavatam.

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Hare Krishna

Dandavat Pranam

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

Todas las glorias a nuestro Jagat Guru Srila Prabhupada                                       

Todas las glorias a S.S. Hanumat Presaka Swami

Todas las glorias a todos los devotos 🦚

¡Me inclino ante ti, querido Guru Maharaja, siguiendo con entusiasmo tus misericordiosos Programas en línea!

Por Tu misericordia, este aspirante actualmente co-ofrece el tradicional Programa Dominical y dulces devotos como Gadadhar Gosai Prabhu, están co-ofreciendo el nuevo Programa de los Miércoles en el recientemente renovado Centro de Prédica Krishna Balaram; ¡una Tierra Santa para los buscadores átmicos, ya que en su mayoría nuevos devotos aparecen cada día para servir al Señor!

Para ese servicio, tenemos la bendición de contar con la guía de devotos veteranos, como el venerable Adoksaya Das Prabhu.

También S.S. Guru Prasad Maharaja nos visitó y sugirió un día semanal auspicioso para el nuevo Programa (el miércoles mencionado anteriormente), que se está ejecutando sin problemas.

En otro tema, conocemos tu agenda de viaje... pero también creemos que todo es posible, por lo que podrías considerar la posibilidad de venir a Montemorelos una vez más, ¡para ser atendido por Monterrey México Yatra! 🐵🙏🏼 Si eso sucede, estaremos encantados de centrarnos primero en un viaje eficiente desde la cercana Houston a Nueva Govardhan y luego a su próximo destino, y gestionar todo con respecto a un agradable Vyasa Puja, alojamiento para los devotos y amplias formalidades.

De todos modos, siendo siervos, solo prestamos atención para seguir tus nectáreas instrucciones 🥭

¡Sintiéndome agraciado por vuestra santa asociación, servidores de vuestros servidores!

Guillermo Sepúlveda (Bhakta Guimo),

Gadadhar Gosai Das.

Hare Krishna maharaj mis reverencias 

Se que hace mucho que no escribo y quería pedirle disculpas por eso, y también quería dar mi reporte de estos últimos meses, en febrero viaje a Irlanda de el norte, estuve trabajando algunos meses en un pueblo que se llama portrush es muy pequeño pero muy bonito, lo triste es que estaba lejos de la asociación con los devotos y algunas veces me sentía un poco desmotivada y también un poco perdida, dentro de mis posibilidades me mantuve en contacto con una devota mayor que conocí cuando estaba en bhaktivedanta manor y también seguía los programas por la mañana desde mi ordenador, mis rondas no siempre fueron perfectas y a veces me costaba levantarme temprano por que algunas noches salía tarde de trabajar y mi cuerpo se sentía cansado, hace algunas semanas volví a nanda gram y al tener asociación con los devotos me hizo sentir un poco mejor, aunque es un poco distinto a lo que me acostumbre y la falta de privacidad me está haciendo pensar un poco en que pasos debería tomar en torno a mi camino y que hacer. 

Le dejo unas fotos de hoy mis reverencias y espero que esté bien de salud 🙏🏻

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Hare Krishna, maharaj my obeisances.

HpS - By the His Divine Grace, Srila Prabhupada, our respects to you!

I know that it has been a long time since I wrote and I wanted to apologize for that, and I also wanted to give my report on these last few months.

In February I traveled to Northern Ireland, I was working for a few months in a town called Portrush, it is very small but very nice, the sad thing is that I was away from the association with the devotees and sometimes I felt a little unmotivated and also a little lost, within my means I kept in touch with an older devotee whom I met when I was in Bhaktivedanta Manor and she was also still programs in the morning from my computer, my rounds were not always perfect and sometimes it was difficult for me to get up early because some nights I left work late and my body felt tired.

A few weeks ago I returned to Nanda-gram and having association with the devotees, it made me feel a little better, although it's a little different than what I'm used to and the lack of privacy is making me think a little about what steps I should take around my path and what to do.

HpS - Yes. We have also had similar experiences. Sometimes very lonely, but we had our Deity of Lord Nrsmhadeva with us and would do Mangala arati and Gaura arti for Him and read Him stories from the KRSNA book, so although it was tough we could make it through.

All this is preparation for death when we become very morose, and we need cheerful connection with our Dieties to learn to live again in that private atmosphere!

I leave you some photos of my bows today and I hope you are in good health.

HpS - That's all! 😃

What, where, how, who is Nanda-gram?

Are you getting secret internal wisdom and power to communicate the spiritual world into whomever you meet?

Are you always following behind Lord Nityananda?