Hare Krishna, Siksha Guru Maharaja, please kindly accept my most humble obeisances; all glories to Srila Prabhupada; all glories to your good self for your own exemplary years of selfless devotional service; all glories to all the devotees of Lord Chaitanya.

My rounds are done this morning, and Bhagavatam class from Hawaii will commence soon. It's only now that I am able to find time to write some thoughts.

My mind is still occupied with recollection of your most recent visit to our home here in Boise.

As I had mentioned during prasadam, your association, along with the association of the other devotees present at that time helped to make our home into an ashrama once again.

It brought back memories very nice programs of hearing and chanting and prasadam with devotees very kindly blessing our home with their association.

Now it seems like we are strangers to them: the same Vaishnavas who were always welcomed to our home.

It's so painful that I can't really put it into words, and I'm trying to understand how it came to this.

I try to chant nice rounds every morning: sitting quietly in front of my altar, with my ears plugged for amplification between the ears, with incense burning, and some quiet flute meditation playing for ambience.

I feel very lucky to have such an domestic environment for my devotional service. A couple of Bhagavad gitas went out this week to passengers. One was a successful gentleman who seemed really lost in his life. He gave an extremely generous tip for accepting Bhagavad gita. The other was a girl who had an emotional breakdown, and seemed to be somewhat disoriented, as if under the influence of some drug.

She happened to see a copy of Bhagavad gita and asked if she could have it. I took it as Krishna saying "give it to her," and so I did. She was very grateful whilst she continued crying.

There is so much more that I want to share; so much more that needs to be said, but I fear that I will annoy you with a long drawn out letter. I can see from my own practical experience how my whole spiritual existence is dependent on the shelter of the spiritual master. Please kindly forgive me for my many offenses. Please don't give up on us: my wife and I. How should we live, where shall we go and what should we do if we lose such kindness, shelter and mercy?

Your lowly servant,

Balabhadra dasa

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. Dhrtarastra was painted as a very nice person in many ways, but he had some bad results from previous activities. Karna was also a great person. Krsna glorified him in front of Arjuna after he died, no?

In some aspects I feel that we are all pushed by Krsna to realize the He is our only friend.

Every other friend is just a friend in that relation to him.

Lettuce look at another Blog Post.

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP

First of all thank you very much maharaj for allowing me to do little service of accepting the donation for your hearing aids from across the world.

It was such a great experience connecting to devotees from different part of the world and see there eagerness to serve guru, initially thought it is easy to get money in US account but realize it is not simple, just for example money from Argentina got rejected couple of times and not got deposited to my US bank ac because of there heavy restrictions despite providing lot many information, ultimately we have used the PayPal.

For Indian devotee they ask it is easy if they can transfer to Indian bank ac, so I share my Indian bank UPI id, surprisingly got so many number of deposit in my ac in couple of days that bank has block my UPI id :) and rejected last couple of transection. it means Indian bank ac security is working :).

We have received total of $7931.56

from Chile $1061

India $952

Peru $828

Argentina $750

Spain $643

Mexico $531

Australia $450

and remaining from USA

Top 3 individual transection we have received were $1000, $500 and $450

For complete transection details please find attached the excel sheet. I have already transfer $5900 to HG Srinivas Acharya prabhuji to settle the bill.

Please let us know if I have to transfer the balance money to someone account or we should keep it for your future service.

Thank you very much again !

Hare Krishna

In your service

Devendra Krishan das

HpS - AgtSP. Please accept OUR humble obeisances. As we have said before we have felt rather embarrassed about this. Yes, the hearing aids do work well. Yes, there are cheaper ones available but the medical professional devotees here affirmed this arrangement quite firmly.

Guaranteed for like 5-years and expect they will last for seven. Maintenance and further test is included in price.

Pray to God that the devotees all get proper benefit from their investment!

I guess everyone would want you to just keep the balance for other Anjana Suta Academy expenses that we all agree upon.

Maybe some publishing etc.

.Hare Krsna.

asa[e] guru-tattva

One of our initiated disciples has been approached by local co-gbc secretary of his country and region to take on the role of a Diksa guru in ISKCON.

We have been asked to approve of this.

We have had some very productive discussion with the GBC man and the disciple and committed to writing this document.

For us Guru-tattva is an unlimited, ever fresh topic. Lord Nityananda, Balarama, can be taken as the original Gurus (although we have read Srila Prabhupada commenting that Lord Caitanya is the spiritual master of all spiritual masters).

Lord Balarama is unlimited and ever fresh.

So, for us Guru-tattva is a very pragmatic reality. It is not a matter of sentimental speculation nor imaginative ecstasy, rather practical activity in the foreground of spiritual life.

We follow Srila Prabhupada as Diksa Guru by chanting 16-enthusiastic rounds daily and following the 4-principals strictly; taking formal initiation from him according to the process of probational time period, GBC standards, fire sacrifice, beads, name etc; and anyone following us following Srila Prabhupada is a qualified ISKCON Diksa Guru.

To be Diksa guru for Harinama, Gayatri and Sannyasa Diksa, you must have received the Mantras properly and be practicing those ashramas yourself.

You will be the only Diksa guru for the disciple. Srila Prabhupada is Founder-Acharya for everyone in ISKCON. If you are not an Uttama adikari then the people you are initiating must have personally accepted Srila Prabhupada as an Uttama adhikari guru. Disciple may and most naturally will have many Siksa gurus, but of course they cannot conflict with your relationship with disciples as Diksa guru. Usually the principal Siksa guru becomes Diksa guru, though as in the case of Dhruva and his Mother Suniti, this could not become the case because she was a woman and his mother. So, as Diksa guru you will most likely be a principal siksa guru, but maybe not.

From very practical experience of doing the job for many years, talking with and seeing others do the job, and now seeing younger men take up the job, we can now see and suggest within the perspective of the Bhaktivedanta Library and Purports a few things.

Of course, we do not think we are perfect and want to hear the suggestions of others.

Again it is a deep, every fresh topic.

1. It is a formality, though not a meaningless formality. Anyone who does any ritual sacrifice for another eg. marriage, funeral, diksa takes Karma. Are you ready, young enough, strong enough, healthy enough to do this?
2. We really think it is a job to be performed between like 40 and fifty years old.
3. Ideally one should have their Bhakti vaibhava diploma for giving Harinama diksa, and their Bhakti vedanta Diploma for Gayatri diksa.
4. Advanced grhastha couple should take vanaprastha.
5. Wife should be fully enlightened and agreeable to the role.
6. One should should contemplate accepting Guru daksina and Vyasapuja worship. In our experience Srila Prabhupada even approved of pious householders washing the feet of Brahman ISKCON devotee guests if the devotees accepted this honor, and had the strength to take that responsibility for their hosts, but make your ideas and application of these formal honors public.
7. If you are proposed for this job, talk with at least six other senior devotees for their opinion and approval. Look at your Yatra and make up a list of people whom you feel are as good as or better qualified to do the service to ISKCON than you.
8. Become a qualified Siksa guru, even taking the diplomas established by Srila Prabhupada, then you can accept Shiksa disciples, even giving them advice about who, and how, to accept and reject as Diksa guru. We see this as a much more natural position and formality for ladies than Diksa guru, though ladies becoming Diksa gurus is not forbidden in our tradition, as is Sannyasa or wearing a sacred thread.

Thank you.

Hope this is useful for Srila Prabhupada and his ISKCON.

Dear Maharaja and devotees;

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru and Gauranga.

On Sunday, July 27, 2025, at 7.30am, Houston time (CST ~~ time zone), we will continue reading Chapter 15 (Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya offers Parsadam~~Madhya Lila); verse 15.26 onwards and we might be able to cover about 40 verses.

Thank you to H. G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu for doing Spanish translation for class on July 20, for reading notes of CC and Maharaja's class. For July 27th class H.G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu has graciously agreed to do translation for CC notes and Lakshmana Prabhu has graciously agreed to do translation for Maharaja's class. Thank you to H.G. Mitravinda Mataji for always joining session to be back up translator if there are technical issues.

Maharaja, thank you for engaging everyone in reading systematically books of Srila Prabhupada.

Your Servant

Upendra Dasa

HpS/ASA - - Hare Krsna. AgtSP. Of course, all sincere ISKCON devotees are feeling pressure to study Srimad Bhagavatam with Lord Caitanya as our teacher, and this is a dynamic situation.

We must be improving our Bhagavata Sanga and system, responding to the changing environment and our personal development!

😃

Hare Krishna Maharaja

Acepte por favor mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias 🙏🏻

Espero que se encuentre bien de salud 🙌🏻

Soy Narayani Gaurapremi Devi Dasi, quisiera pedirle perdón por escribir en su blog por este tema que me involucra.

Es con respecto a la carta del Prabhu VGD, donde me menciona como su esposa, Quisiera aclarar que no soy su esposa, ya que estamos divorciados hace un tiempo. 

Yo debí concretar mi divorcio desde mucho antes, pero no lo hice por miedo a que se comportara como lo está haciendo ahora. A pesar de eso no me gustaría exponer los otros motivos públicamente.

Quisiera aclarar también que no ha habido ningún trato indebido con el Prabhu AMD, por el contrario siempre hubo respeto de su parte. 

Me siento muy apenada por haberlo involucrado en esta situación. 

Que nuestro Señor Sri Krishna lo proteja siempre 🙏🏻

---

Hare Krishna Maharaja, 

Please accept my most humble obeisances 🙏🏻 

I hope you are in good health 🙌🏻 

I am Narayani Gaurapremi Devi Dasi, and I would like to ask forgiveness for writing on your blog about this matter which involves me.

It is regarding the letter from Prabhu VGD, where he refers to me as his wife. I would like to clarify that I am not his wife, as we have been divorced for some time.

I should have finalized the divorce much earlier, but I didn’t do so out of fear of him behaving as he is now. Despite this, I would prefer not to publicly disclose the other reasons.

I would also like to clarify that there has been no improper conduct with Prabhu AMD; on the contrary, he has always treated me with respect.

I feel deeply sorry for having involved you in this situation.

May our Lord Sri Krishna always protect you 🙏🏻

HpS-ASA - AgtSP. Thank you for this gentile letter.

As we mentioned in response to his letter, as Sannyasis we can be involved in these Grhastha matters only with the help of participation from responsible ISKCON Grhastha men, so we have had some sincere communication with Vijaya and Ananda about involving such other devotees to distinguish reality from illusion for the welfare of all.

Thank you and hope your life in this Sankirtan movement is well also!

Hare Krishna, Dear Gurudev, Thank you for your time and for keeping a small reminder of who I am.

I deserve it, haha.

Yes, it was here in Spain. I haven't been to Lima in eight years. But I'm planning to go there at the end of this year.. I stopped dealing with the fines a long time ago; I now work at a Europcar car rental company.

A few days ago I visited New Vrajamandala, and thanks to a brother, I learned that you're located on the outskirts of or near New York. Is that correct?

On the other hand, what you say is true, except that insects, despite being much simpler or more basic, never act with hatred, revenge, or a desire to destroy for the sake of destruction, nor do they kill for pleasure, power, hatred, or ideology. Apparently, according to Fromm, it's a pathology specific to human beings. He identifies it as a tragedy exclusive to our species. Anyway...

Fortunately, we hope this pathology will transform into love, so today we have an altar at home again, with Gaura-Nitai, Jagannath, Baladeva, and Subhadra, a small Murti of Prabhupada, your photo, and that of Bhakti Bhusana Swami, the master of my partner and wife Devayani.

The truth is, I'm a little slow with the rounds. I'm not even getting to 16 yet, pffff!!! But I think it's just a matter of time. There are also battles in the mind, right? How could I approach this situation?

Well, for now, this is my news. I have nothing more to say, except that I always remember you.

Is there still anything I can do for you?

With love and affection,

Bhadra Vardhana.

HpS/ASA - Thank you, Prabhu. AgtSP!!!!

1. Our Base Camp for many years was Nashville, Tennessee. It is rather far from New York. USA is VERY big. Nashville is like 2-1/2 hours by direct flight from New York. We have a movie on Vimeo about Nashville as a good place for a Teacher Training College for ISKCON. It is in the USA Middle-South.
2. We remember that Srila Prabhupada said that if the trees could walk, they would take over the world. Trees and bushes look so peaceful, some offering fruits and flowers, but we imagine that if we suddenly saw them transformed into human bodies they would be like crazy, lusty, savage brutes, ready to kill, eat, torture foe sadistic pleasure, everyone that they could catch and we would feel grateful that they were chained by one foot to the earth. So, this lust and destructive gratification in there amongst the insects, but they enjoy it almost like vegetables. They are FORCED to experience their gratification. Forced to give external good and bad products. Maybe some little Karma. We see vicious chimpanzee, dogs, though mostly dogs do not have the level of free choice like humans, but to some degree, if they have a good master, then they can be in the mode of goodness, and feel shame and regret when they have been greedy and lusty and angry, no?
3. Practically, getting back to 16-rounds a day, our Acharya's standard, he discusses it in one letter and even in the NoD. We have cited this many times and would like to have an Encyclopedia ASA, that collects all this advice of ASA, HpS, Monkey, Piggy, UG et al. Maybe six different GOOD devotees have tried to collect stuff and like us failed. Maybe Tom Brown can do something in his old age. Yet, in general, Srila Prabhupada says that if we try, we can get back to the standard. Even try to catch up the rounds we missed. He recommends fixing some vow that you really know with your honest introspection that you can keep. Eg. I will chant 12-rounds a day until Janmastami! Then when you mind whines and says that it cannot do it, you tell your mind, sit down and stop this whinning and do it! Then we get the experience, remember the experience, that chanting 16-nice rounds is the greatest thing I can do for money, Sankirtan, family service, health!!

O.K. Thank you. 8.54PM. We look at some of the Annual Reports and chant our Gayatri, sunset is like 9PM here, now.

We have been mostly Camping in Houston since December!!