Letters to the editor

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a thousand 🐒s dance insane, the sun is shining but still nice rain.

DIVYA SNANA

even a 🌈 !

did you send some poems to this Blog today 🐸?

Rtvik! Rtvik!

You must pay.

To hear three poems, one you must say.

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Some graphics also, to bray "Hurray"! [KRSNA] 🐎 🎠 🎠

can you write, can you draw?

can you sit in simple awe?

KRSNA dances on Kaliya's hoods,

scattering unplanned motherhood!

hare krsna, hare rama, , ,,., .. hare krsna, hare rama.

jaya SRI vrndavana Dhama.

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in vrndavana village, in dvaraka streets, every evening there are multitudes of beats of festivals inviting everyone to join the racuous fun.

leave this body behind.

join Nila madhava for a wonderful time, dancing for Him with others.

Hare Krishna dearest Hanumatpresaka Swami Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupad♥️

Do You need me to write ✍🏼 another letter, I'm not sure that You acknowledged receipt of the yesterday's one?

Yours sincerely,

Your eternal servant, Sébastien

HpS - AgtSP.

We are old and blind, and our dog is dead, but we have the stick of the instructions of the saints to keep us climbing.

We stopped initiating because we cannot handle the Karma of accepting disciples.

Tried, but it was making us very sick.

Doesn't mean we can still continue as Siksa guru.

In the USA we have been suggesting H. G. Radha krsna Das in Houston, and His Holiness Yadunandana Swami in Spain (bi-lingual) as two of devotees whom we consider very adequate Diksa gurus under the shelter of Srila Prabhupada and his ISKCON.

We cannot get to WhatsApp nor email very well except for individual details to correspondences that we have already address dress dressed here in our Blog, Blog, Blog.

Which avoids redun dun dundancy.

I mean like six people have asked us about initiation in the last few weeks, so many of them and I hope more will read this small answer to your enquiries and find it answers there requests also.

How do you maintain yourself??

Very nice welcome to our Blog.

Bhadra Vardana Das m'a raconté qu'il était présent lors de la visite de Srila Prabhupada en France. La visite de Srila Prabhupada avait été organisée et annoncée avec une grande empressement, et la salle était pleine d'environ 300 Parisiens.

Il a expliqué qu'il régnait une atmosphère de suspicion, de doute et de sarcasme typiquement français, mais SP s'est levé devant l'auditoire avec une grande majesté et a déclaré : « J'ai entendu dire que les Français sont très attachés à la révolution… alors… je propose…

Une révolution.»

BVD a déclaré que l'auditoire était tout simplement effondré : « Vive le Swamiji !»

Il a ensuite donné une longue et excellente conférence, pendant laquelle l'auditoire est resté absorbé, réfléchissant et prenant des décisions pratiques.

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Please accept my eternal obeisances to the blessed dust of your merciful lotus feet.

HpS - AgtSP. We can recognize the dust of his lotus feet and through them the situation of others.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to You, who always guides us toward our eternal service!

I hope you are well and happy in the company of our merciful Sri Gauranga and Sri Nityananda!

_ Because a letter from Your disciples is a window into how each of us is doing, I assume that You read my letter before I edited it for the last time, and thus I broke the window through which You can mercifully see me and help me.

 _ I edited it, 1 trying to make it shorter, because whenever I write I worry knowing that Your eyes are strained reading each line we write and 2 because it seemed to me that You feel more comfortable when I only touch on one topic in each letter.

I say these last two paragraphs with the "confidence" of the intuition I have, just like before getting on that bus where that person threw the stone at us, "something" ☺ my Krishna... I felt a voice telling me: get off here, we're going to do other things, it's still early, get off, get off, get off now, now... and I thought at that moment... it's my stupid mind... And when we walked a few blocks and I heard something like a bomb exploding and the windows shattering!!!..... I said to myself... it wasn't my mind!! .. it was You!!! and I ignored You.

 That day I wrote my letter where I tried to comment on the prasadam you requested at Anvesaka, I was going through a very, very difficult time, although I believe Krishna was smiling.

My heart was absolutely aching, and I don't think I expressed myself well. Please forgive me. Sometimes I tolerate harsh words (I'm still learning to see a person's heart and not just their words), but they come from kind-hearted people who, in reality, are placed there by my Krishna for many purposes, such as for me to learn how to live in this world and to detach myself from everything other than Him. He is everything. It is to change my perspective... and that is and was His mercy at that moment. So, while I was recovering from this... I wrote.

Thank you for praying for My Gurudev. If I understand little by little, it is only because of You.

 Afterward, everything resolved successfully, but I'm beginning to understand how truly difficult this world is if we stop seeing Him for even a moment. His wish, that is His love!

Adored Gurumaharaja:

What I like most about the day is listening to You live, Your chanting, Your rounds, Your words... The truth is, sales had gone very, very poorly for me those weeks, and I couldn't charge my phone. And when I could, the 4 degrees below zero cold arrived, and I couldn't leave the house at that hour when You do mangalartik (because I only have a signal outside the house in the yard).

I tried to see the good in not having internet. It makes me appreciate Your company and that of the Vaishnavas more and more.

Once, when I took a cold bath at the beginning of winter, I couldn't move my back or neck, and I got scared. I want to keep dancing! So I try to protect myself from the cold... Sundays are too nectarean, the pastimes narrated by Prabhu Upendra and You! I downloaded the classes, but feeling the thrill of knowing You are live at the same time is very exciting. Truly, Krishna consciousness is the most exciting thing I have ever felt and feel in my life. The sweetest thing for my heart.

I love knowing You are there; I log on especially to download as many of Your classes as I can, Your WhatsApp Anvesaka, Your blog, and read Your responses. I really like meditating on them, trying to understand what You want to tell me. Sometimes I think, if I don't understand what You want to tell me and You leave soon... how will I know what You meant? I will find my Krishna in my heart, through Your beautiful name. You will tell me... how will I thank You? As You say; I will see You again!!!...!!! Jay Sri Gurudeva!!!

Every word You say is important to me. "Travel with us" 🙏❤ Of course, that's what I want most, even if it's only through the internet.

This communication is truly good and necessary for me ❤, but it can never compare to the fortune we had of being able to see you and be blessed with your transcendental gaze. You connected me with Srila Prabhupada and our sweet Krsna. Eternal thanks!!!!! Beloved Gurudeva!!! 🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤

I'm sending you this bhajan in this tune... I find it so, so beautiful... I hope you like it:

https://youtu.be/2x1oAr2Rw9o?si=2y5RL66t3vG-d5Ie

HpS/ASA - Thank you! Please send more as you find them.

We feel there are mistakes in matching the meter with the meaning.

Meaning.

MEANING.

M E A N I N G.

Trying to please your sweet heart by always serving and worshipping that sweet dust that emanates from your immaculate lotuses, like your feet, Jay Gurumaharaja!

 All glories to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, I ask you, Srila Prabhupada, to ask Him that I may dance to His adorable songs 🎶🙏❤

HpS/ASA - Expressing the meaning of the words!

Your eternal servant:

🔥 Japa - Prati - Jalpa Radha Devi Dasi

Hopefully your eternal friend Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON!!!!

Best wishes for your family!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVmzEJJ6AAY

Hare Krishna Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances, hundreds of times. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.  

First , I want to thank you for your absolute  sankirtan, your example of resilience, and inspiration. And congratulate for your recent title Bhaktivedanta, Gurudeva, his intelligence, devotion and absolute dedication is so admirable. Thank you for such a beautiful thesis. I pray to Sri Krishna for protecting your health and your heart!  

Forgive me please Gurudev, for not having written to you in a long time. It’s not easy for me, I feeling insignificant in my activities or reports, But I try my best effort for read  your posts, and having you on WhatsApp now feels so closer, thank you for this  opportunity. I sabe all your drawings, are gold. 

Currently, I am in the stage of married life with my husband Ricardo, caring our son Baladev, soon he will be 3. Year old. We live in a very peaceful community in Hidalgo, not near to temple, but helps to raise with peace. Though we live a little bit far from devotees, I stay in contact with good devotee friends, and this help to maintain absolute faith in Sri Sri Radha Krishna, especially Sri Nrisimhadeva, who gives immense strength and courage when fears invade. Sometimes I feel frustrated for not have a constant spiritual life, but I will never stop trying Gurudev.  I can’t, the life without Sri Krishna it’s not life. 

We have the deeply desire to visit you in the USA Gurudeva, and beg for your blessings, because without it would be impossible, and  any difficulty could be easily overcome, cause are so many hehe, 

We hope and pray it may not take too long time to achieve it . 

Thank you, Gurudev, for your infinity mercy that I’ve experienced. Many years ago on this spiritual process, I had strongly desired to visit you in other countries. And Sri Sri Radha Krishna and your causeless mercy, I experiment that mercy truly is. I will eternally treasure in my heart the opportunity to have followed you—to Madrid, Brihuega (Nueva Vrajamandala), Florence (Villa Vrindavan), Radhadesh in Belgium, and the ultimates was India (Mumbai). So just Thank you. I will strive to achieve the greatest mercy: to see you again. For now, I will look for the opportunity to follow your connections online; I will not give up to trying.

I pray for your health for many more years, dear Gurudev 🙏, and I hope to write again soon.  

Hare Krishna

Satyabhama dd

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!... paoho... can you attach a clip of 25-maha mantras??

Thank you!

If we follow the four princely pals and chant hare krsna and read srila prabhupada's books for people, we are making a great GREAT G R E A T ! contribution to spiritual life.

Memorial Day

May 26, 2025

AT THE VEDA FOUNDATION MEMORIAL FOR MAHARAJA BHAKTI CARU SWAMI

Deland to Ksetra-jnana

Dear Maharaja Hanumat Presaka Swami,

please accept my humble obeisances, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Responding to the prior Sadhu Sanga queries, yes, we did have a full size Srila Prabhu Murti there, all else was pretty much digital, aside from Tulsi’s and a few Shalagram Shilas.

DRIVING WITH VAISNAVA’S

After our Sadhu-Sanga blast, we went to Deland for Srila Prabhupada and Maharaja Bhakti Caru Swami’s (BCS) Memorial Monument celebration. Seems Srila Prabhupada is also included on any BCS events, such is BCS desire. We were only an hour and a half drive away from Orlando, and were honored to bring Gopinath Acarya Prabhu, his wife, Lethita from Houston. Everyone was glad to come to this event, though I had some hesitancy.

PRE-EMPT

Had a concern about how much seva was to be required and I was not well enough prepared for it. I only had some yogi pants, kurtas and such, no tools what so ever. Turns out I was used for electric fan assemblies, and they were needed, it was hot. The Memorial started at 1 pm, we got in a little early, to assist where we could, though there were mostly local devotees around cooking, arranging patios and getting water out, the small group of enthusiastic locals kept Spirits up.

It was Surprising that there were no disciples at the staging area. Then a couple of Prabhupada’s disciples did show up, Maharaja Jayadvaita Swami (JAS) and Maharaja Candramali appeared.

Regardless, Feelings of disparity were still coming to me, were anymore Vaishnava’s coming?

I knew it was an improv’ Memorial schedule to take advantage of the Sadhu Sanga turnout, but the more distant locale and short notice invites may have been too impromptu.

HpS/ASA - We got an invitation but it was very late. We suggested to join online with our small contribution but the decision was that many people were coming from the Sadhu sanga and it was going to be invivo, live only.

TRICKLE DOWN ETHICS

Walking towards the stage at the enclosed patio over the boathouse, I meet another guest and realize it’s Dr. Graham Schweig, aka: Garuda Prabhu,, the good Doctor had his seat at the front, while I’m comfortably sitting on the last end of the bench seating,.. noting JAS and Garuda were giving each other full eye-contact. This event may have been their first time to get together since their last “book editing” conversations.

As I prepared for the Memorial event to unfold, there seemed to be a few more elderly Vaishnava’s surfacing at the tents entrance to the patio.

Maharaja Sachinandana’s tall smiling figure was there,

and then an old Soul comes to the foray,

Prabhu “Guru Das” Adhikari!

He arrives as the guest speakers start sharing their sweet pastimes on Maharaja Bhakti Caru Swami.

Now Radhanatha Swami comes to the patio center. Maharaja BB Govinda Maharaja is on the opposite side bench seats, Maharaja Bhakti Prabhava Swami, and Maharaja Purushottama are coming in too.

Guru Das was having difficulty getting a seat, so I gestured to him to take mine, he refused, then I took the seat cushion and shook it and wiped down the seat with my handkerchief placed the cool side of the cushion up, and re-offered. It was a deal he couldn’t refuse... we both just smiled.

YE’ OF LITTLE FAITH

During the session, somber and personal tales are shared with each guest speaker, a lot of influences with BCS, he really is a Vaishnava’s Vaishnava.

Then, looking behind me from my new seat, I saw the entrance was getting even more crowded. A majority of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples were locked up in the kitchen cooking the offerings for today’s event.

Everyone was out, and it was getting packed! My shallow expectations were quelled and the restoration of the Vaishnava’s eternal potency revived,

just an amazing get together on this lone abandoned Christian campground, now being revitalized by sincere devotees and disciples of BCS,

even the cows were even mooing.

INSATIABLE CONCLUSION

The tributes flowed for hours, then the Memorial dedication was called for; everyone was heading to the eastern central portion of the Veda Foundations land. A fresh and sturdily built stone and mason tower was erected, and it was time for Agni Yajna. Maharaja Sachinandana was having difficulties getting over to the Memorial, so I offered to escort him over, carefully voicing permission and passing, we managed to blaze a trail in for him. The Yajna began, Salutations and sincere oblations abound, kirtan to accompany, was most ecstatic!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Then the Prasadam Hall was wide open! Superb entrees, Lasagna and sweets galore, Srikand, Rasa Mali’s and ice cream too. A perfect conclusion of a Memorial if I ever saw one, we filled to our delight, then we packed a plate and drove to Daytona Beach for a soak in the ocean... with such an event-filled weekend, we needed a break.

All Glories to the Vaishnava’s ! !

Your servant in training,

ccd

NEXT LETTER; NIRJALA EKADASI.

HpS/ASA - Thank you so, so, much!!! Just like being there.

THANK YOU!

M O R E!