Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna, dear Gurudev, PAMHO, AGTSP!

According to your itinerary, you will be in Chosica on Sunday, November 1st, and Sunday, November 8th.

If everything goes according to plan, we could hold festivals in Chosica on those two days. I have already spoken with Karuna Krishna Prabhu about this, and he thinks it is a fantastic idea. November 1st is the Radha-kunda festival, and on the 8th, we could celebrate Govardhana Hill (which falls on Monday the 9th). This is just a humble suggestion.

hps/asa - AgtSP seems great.

On another note, a few weeks ago we resumed our Harinama service in Chosica. I had the blessing of conducting that program for nearly two decades, but then I faced health issues. My femur had shifted further into my hip, and I went through several difficult years. At the end of last year, I was finally able to have surgery, and everything went very well. I began walking well again and realized that Krishna had healed me so I could resume my Harinama service! The Lord's ways are magical! My wife, several devotees, and I have committed to holding Harinamas every two weeks, and it is working wonderfully!

I hope Lord Caitanya is pleased with us. We are making plans to improve the program with new ideas!

Please give us your blessings, dear Gurudev, so that this service may be pleasing to our dear Srila Prabhupada and to you!

Perhaps we can go out with you when you visit, to flood Chosica with the Holy Names! And prasadam, too—we always distribute it when we go out on the streets. People, especially the children, respond with great affection. They always recognize us on the street!

Thank you for all your encouragement and blessings for your humble servant,

Laksmana-agraja Das (LAD)

hps - there is no higher service that kirtan in the streets and parks of Chosica.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, AGTHpS, PAMHO

On Monday, along with P. Abhiram, P. Gita Govinda, and Palika dd, we gathered to arrange your visit to Peru. Thank you sincerely for including us in your letters to the younger devotees. This year marks two decades since my second initiation; it feels like time has flown by so quickly. 

We understand that you expect us, as your disciples, to take on greater responsibilities, and we find it challenging yet rewarding to fulfill the honor of being your disciples.

We conducted an initial meeting; as soon as we have a formal proposal for your schedule, we will share it with you through this medium. 

Personally, I am grateful to Krishna for a life filled with peace, balancing work and the fellowship of devotee friends. Tomorrow is Radhastami; we look forward to assisting Her in Krishna's service

We miss Ulyses; we now have Zeus, and my sister recently adopted another puppy, Apolo, to keep Ulyses company (his ashes are in my garden, where he always resided).

I was assigned as a class mentor. Today in addition to teaching English. I talked to the youngsters about bullying, which has regrettably grown throughout Peru along with an increase in suicide rates, particularly among college students. I told them about my personal experiences and explained that keeping a spiritual life is crucial for remaining strong, in addition to receiving psychological care.

That's all for now

We hope to reunite with you soon.

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

hps - AgtSP. Paoho. thank you for this letter!

hope you see how intense our schedule is.

like yours.

all of our readers.

working on asa calendar.

now Ayurveda is 97% time consuming.

think NoD, Bhakti Vaibhava level, will be strong part of our Oct-Nov, Latin America travel.

try integrate with all ASA scholars.

parampara Das.

use Waves of Devotion in Spanish.

give diplomas.

Hare Krsna 🍇

Treatments started in earnest yesterday, but before that we had our Añjana Suta Academy (ASA) Full Morning Program, 1:30-3:30am was Japa meditation. Then prayers and hymns online, Mangala-arati, and Srimad Bhagavatam textual studies. Breakfast at the Ashrama cafeteria, and first consultation with medical staff.

Anantesvara Das did detailed and strategic plan with them and the first massages and enemas were planned for 3pm.

With permission we got lift from local Iskcon temple and visited traditional Madhva-acharya temple of Udupi Krsna before that.

The whole day was extremely powerful experience and by late in the evening and early this morning we have some mild diarrhea.

🙂

Hare Krsna 🍇.

Maybe we will post even as frequently as the three Sandhyas.

Up for Japa Joe at 1.30am with 7-17 devotees joining us for 16 rounds of rosary 📿 .

Very effective. Very progressive psychological and spiritual progress.

Mangala-arati hymns and meditations, at 4.30am, online.

Little horizontal rest then two local bananas, 40 ml fresh cows milk, teaspoon raw sugar.

The Ashrama, compound is very nice. Tropical with banana and coconut trees. Directly fronting on the Arabian ocean.

Very nice arquitecture. Yoga Hall. Temple.

Friendly competent staff. Many doctors with standard Bachelor diploma in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery.

Nurse came and took blood.

Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna!

Hare Krsna.

It, the position of the Sun is 9.10 Post Meridian.

At Maitreya Ayurveda Ashrama near Udupi, India.

We were packing and finally leaving New Vraja Mandala, ISKCON Brihuega, Spain, with Vaidya, Anantesvara Das, at 6.30AM.

Purnamasi devi das and Bh. Maite drove us to the Madrid airport.

Then fight to Heathrow, which is a kind of hell for transit passengers, but excellent by directors to transit millions of passengers.

Heathrow to Bangaluru, India. Ten hours in the dark.

1-1/2 hours from airport to ISKCONTemple, fantastic reception, bath, wash and spread laundry, SB class to packed enthusiastic hall.

Back to the airport and fly to Manglalor.

Drive 1-1/2 hour to Udupi Ashrama.

Ex, Ex, Exhausted. Very, very low energy but good. Lot of serious fasting.

Ashrama appearance, excellent, fresh coconut upon reception, bath, discovered we have lost our right hearing aid. Some hot milk from local cow.

Tomorrow at 7AM doctor will take blood.

Very good perspective with AES Das et al on what we are trying to accomplish by this trip and documentary.

Thank you. Hare Krsna.

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Tom Brown,

-ASA- AgtSP.... Whoop! Whoop!

Many times HpS has warned not to go beyond Canto 2 if one is still burdened by gross material desires.

ASA - SB says. Not just desire but actual activity. SB 2.2.12? 13?

In the last two years, however—whether by the blessing of HpS or perhaps due to the weakening of upastha-vegam through disease—we have begun to feel that we may carefully proceed beyond Canto 2.

This inclination was further strengthened by the association of a Mādhava saint in Varanasi, who strongly urged us to take full shelter of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Looking back, several recent experiences have deepened this inspiration:

• After watching the Mahāvatār Nṛsiṁha movie, we were struck by the softness yet firmness of Prahlāda Mahārāja. It strongly reminded us of the same combination of softness and firmness we see in our separated son.
• Seeing ourselves in the educational classroom, especially surrounded by youth of 20–25 years.
• Recognizing the presence of a large Hiraṇyakaśipu within ourselves.
• And finally, contemplating HpS’s Deity of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva.

These reflections have inspired us to undertake a careful, threadbare analysis of the Seventh Canto—particularly the emotions and interactions of Hiraṇyakaśipu, Prahlāda, Ṣaṇḍa (the teacher), and the schoolmates.

We feel we need the permission, blessing, and empowerment of HpS before proceeding.

Kindly communicate this request to him.

If possible, please also share any notes of HpS (such as TPP / BHVAI) or any study guide related to these themes.

Your servant,

trying to be Das of Hayagriva Avatar, but may be happy to be just a caballo for monito

ASA - Yes, yes. Go ahead. a honey bee following Prahlada Swami.

Try to send stuff.