Letters to the editor

Today is the Disappearance Day of Jiva Goswami 

Śrīla Jīva Goswāmī (1513 - 1598 CE [85-years!]), born in Ramakeli, Bengal, is one of the foremost Vaiṣṇava ācāryas and a principal follower of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Renowned as the chief theologian of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism, he combined vast scholarship with spotless devotion. From an early age, he mastered the Vedas, Nyāya, Mīmāṁsā, and Vedānta, yet renounced worldly life to dedicate himself entirely to bhakti.

Śrīla Jīva Goswāmī firmly established Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as the natural commentary on Vedānta-sūtra and the essential summary of all Vedic knowledge. In his monumental Ṣaṭ-sandarbhas, beginning with Tattva-sandarbha, he systematically demonstrated that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the supreme pramāṇa (evidence) for understanding Absolute Truth. Through flawless scriptural logic, he conclusively established Śrī Kṛṣṇa as Svayaṁ Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with Śrī Rādhā as the embodiment of the highest divine love.

His writings harmonize rigorous philosophical reasoning with ecstatic devotion, illuminating the soul’s eternal relationship with Rādhā-Kṛṣṇan and guiding practitioners toward pure, unalloyed bhakti. Within Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s movement, Śrīla Jīva Goswāmī served as its philosophical backbone, preserving and systematizing its teachings centered on the congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. His legacy continues to inspire generations to cultivate surrender and attain pure love of God.

ASA - He wrote 400,000 verses, no? 4 x the size of the Mahabharata! Seems like he never grew up. Always in the mood of a small boy!!!!

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble Obeisances at your divine lotus feet.

HpS - AgtSP!!!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to the most auspicious appearance day of your Holiness.

Guru Maharaja, by your merciful glance this insignificant soul has got a chance to begin its spiritual life and been a part of monkey family. In this 3 years of my Krsna Consciousness life, i have achieved a lot and realized a lot. All the auspicious moment what has come to my life it has come by your causeless mercy.

On this most auspicious day i humbly beg you to continue to shower your blessings on me to make me instrument in serving Srila Prabhupada's mission. Please forgive my offences and give me intelligence to carry

on my spiritual life under your Holiness's shelter.

Aspiring to be your humble servant

Vanara-rani Anjana DD

HpS - Hare Krsna!!! AgtSP. Where are you all now?????

Srila Prabhupada is like any great sage mentioned in Chinese history. He lives in a different world, no?

Hare Krishna, dear gurudeva. Pamho AGTSP!

While you are in Spain and India, it will be very difficult for me to follow the programs. I will be able to see the classes at ASA Carnaval. With Raman Reti, we are doing our program personally. She is still in Chile until her return on January 12th.

My leg and hip are ok. I almost walk with no help.

HpS - You can kick small dogs? (Of course, you should not, only threaten them if they are threatening!)

What happened to the MOE website project? I am waiting to be able to help spread the word about MOE's activities in Spanish. Frankly, the information and dissemination is almost nonexistent, and there isn't much interest in education here. We are focused on festivals and deities, not much on preaching and education. There are attempts, but not enough. We must ask ourselves why this is happening, what the mission of ISKCON, of Srila Prabhupada, really is. Perhaps I am wrong in my perception, I don't know. But that's how I feel. I spent your Vyasa Puja at home. I offered blueberry ice cream and carrot cake and meditated a lot on your instructions. My wife gave the main class at the Santiago temple and spent it with the devotees.

I hope to continue improving in my studies and my classes. For now, I've had all the Bhakti Sastri classes in PowerPoint format. I also have the Bhaktas course, which we call Introduction to Bhakti Yoga. I also have all of Cantos 1 and 2 of the SB in PowerPoint format. We are progressing with Bhakti Vaibhava. We are about to finish Canto 2. Next year we will begin Canto 3. your study guides have been fundamental to my classes.

I think we should review the Bhakti Vaibhava questions. I feel that the questions focus on details that aren't very relevant, for example, some Sanskrit terms that we don't usually use. I think the questions get lost in the details and don't address the fundamental and commonly used issues as Srila Prabhupada demonstrated. Again, perhaps I'm wrong.

We hope to see you in Peru and share a little with you in the form of vapu. I think we are doing the vani quite well.

Thank you very much for your patience with me, and I hope to one day please you with my service.

ssLAD

HpS - Jaya!!! Hope you can see some of the severe austerities that our body, buddy, donkey is faced with in this travel. Almost as bad as you are facing!

Makes us love Krsna, no?

Yes, education in ISKCON is in diapers, no? Yet, Harvard and Oxford are worse, no? They are not even teaching people which hand to eat with, what to speak of other bodily functions. IN general they are teaching the mind is the product of the brain and they we actually don't exist.

😆

I am trying to continue with Atul and the Summative examinations for Bhakti sarva bhauma. The have adopted many strategies in trying to develop education in ISKCON and now it is to get the leaders involved with study, testing, diplomated, then the followers will follow.

Formal education through Srila Prabhupada's books actually works! You can teach.

Then, also, there is the Third Hispanomerican Congress on Education scheduled for Santiago and on line.

After that we will come to Lima with Radhika raman Das so we can do whatever is possible to spark interest in reading books and writing dramas!

Peru is such an artistic place. It should lead the world.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru Maharaj, H. H. Hanumat Presaka Swami Guru Maharaj. Please accept our humble obeisances at Your sweet lotus feet.

HpS/ASA - ... and our obeisances at your sweet lotus feet. I think in this world neither of us have sweet lotus feet. Especially after walking in socks for a few hours!!!

Yet in the spiritual world we must have sweet lotus feet or hooves or roots, no?

Hare Krishna, dear Guru Maharaj,

What a relief to find our name in the corrected second list....never really aspired to be first in anything in my life.....

ASA - Just checking to see if anyone is reading our Blog posts! 😃

Thank you Guru Maharaj, being in a female body, oftentimes, sentiments take over , time and again logic brings me back to my senses and for this please accept my humble obeisances unto Your lotus feet again and again.

Matajis are giving their best for the Raas offering. How would Guru Maharaj wish this offering to be presented? At the Sri RadhaKrishnachandra temple or elsewhere? The matajis are aspiring devotees...we have never had this kind of group, our only desire is that Srila Prabhupada, Sripad Maharaj our dear Guru Maharaj and all the devotees are pleased with our little humble effort. Except for our teacher, Mataji Romila none of them are expert , professional dancers. All of them simply want to perform Vasanta Raas as an offering to Gurudev. Everyday we share few mins of video recording of the dance practice and we have been doing this for the past 4months. Kindly give us the courage and strength to please you dear Guru Maharaj.

HpS/ASA - We don't have female bodies but reading the above emotions, are taking over our mind. So many thanks.

Maybe we can talk on phone when we arrive in Mumbai. Just two days now. Seems Mani mandir is the best????

Audience will be many devotees from Spain. They have one of the best dance traditions in Europe.

We are eagerly waiting to serve Guru Maharaj and everyone accompanying Guru Maharaj to Manipur.

We wish to serve Guru Maharaj at Sri Radha Kund too. Merciful Guru Maharaj, we feel Your divine presence and love, I am least qualified to receive such guidance, protection and love.

Giving my presentation for TTC 1 and 2. Choosing the topic " Genesis of Karmic reactions" for my presentation. Seeking your blessings always.

HpS - Kuta, Bija, Phalam???

I remain,

Your unqualified, insignificant servant,

Sarad Gaurangi DD.

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!!!!! Vasanta gi purnima ooooo ooooo oooo oooo!!! ... Lakpishi...

Querido Gurumaharaja

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Jaya Gaura bhakta vrnda!

Leímos el blog y estamos muy felices de saber que existe la posibilidad de su visita a Ciudad de México el 27 de Marzo y pasar el fin de semana con nosotros, he conversado con prabhu Janardana, con algunos hermanos espirituales y devotos del Yatra, por supuesto todos estamos muy felices con la noticia de esta posibilidad. Prabhu Vanamali le extiende la bienvenida al templo de Sus Señorías Radha Madana Gopal y la comunidad que lo tiene muy presente. Esperamos que se logre la compra del ticket, nosotros también podemos apoyar en todo lo necesario. No queremos ser una carga sino ofrecerle una calida y amena bienvenida, porsupuesto podemos continuar afinando los detalles.

Muchas gracias por esta consideración, la misericordia no la merecemos pero si la necesitamos.

Muchas gracias!

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta

Sakhi dd

HpS / ASA - Hare Krsna. You can see that we just posted the ticket information here on the Blog. Zoom! ZOOM! Z O O M ! 🛫

Krsna is Urukrama, the big actor, no? What do we have to offer anybody! If we are inspired by the Parampara we can do something!!! They are so merciful that maybe we can all engage in Sankirtan those days.

Let us see if any plans arise.

It is three months from now!!

Thank you all.

'are Krsna!!!!!

AgtSP!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! [paoho/bw] . . . after 17hours and 25minutes we finally have tickets for Lima to Mexico, Mexico to Houston (IAH).

Lim:>Mex on friday the 27th on Latam 2472 (8.45AM - 1.50PM).

Mex:>Iah on Monday the 30th on United 1085 (4.40AM - 8AM).

Think H. G. Janardana Das will travel with us.

Nios will certainly pay travel costs for Travel Companion for HpSwami!

Hari Bolo!!!

Even Pigs have wings.