Letters to the editor

Maha Mantra at Radha Nila Madhava Dahm Diwali 2023

https://youtu.be/y6g8umpMKJU?si=jkpljK2QHrtzFyec

ASA/UG -Hare Krsna! This link goes No Where??!

[3/30/2025 4:11 PM] Abhirama Th Das: HARE KRISHNA, GURUDEVA, PFANHR, TLGASP!! TLGAusted!!

Today I sent another letter to Dr. Samaresh Bandyobadhyay; I await his reply. Right now I'm hard at work, designing two medical books for Primary Health Care. The author studied medicine at San Marcos and Harvard. She is a believer, intelligent, and pious.

She may be elected dean of the Faculty of Medicine, which would allow us to try to introduce Krishna consciousness to that important faculty.

Gurudeva, besides practicing and preaching yuga-dharma, is there anything I can do for you now? I'm attentive.

Thank you for remembering your insignificant disciple. JAY SRI RAMA!!!!

HpS/ASA

Hare Krsna/Hare Rama.

So very, very nice to hear from you.

Such good news.

How do you find the new WhatsApp Community? 🐵 🐷 🗿

Thank you so, so much for joining the FMS at GoToMeeting.com 382 688 053.

So Much.

[we think of running away to lima, santiago, bsas at times.] 🛫

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2.26am r[2/16]

can you please send us a Microsoft-Word edition of tpp that we can share with others if possible?

your, agtSP, servant

Dear Maharaja and devotees;

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to Guru and Gauranga.

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, at 7.30am, Houston time, we will start reading chapter 12 (Madhya Lila), verse 12.169; we will be able to cover about 50 verses.

Thank you to H. G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu for doing Spanish translation on March 23 for CC reading notes and Maharaja's class. For March 30, class: H. G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu has graciously agreed to do Spanish translation for reading notes on CC. H. G. Lakshmana Agraja Prabhu has graciously agreed to do Spanish translation for Maharaja's class.

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

Your Servant

Upendra dasa

HpS ASA-💪💪💪🦍

Today is Srivas Thakura’s Appearance Day

Srivas Thakur (Srivas Pandit) is one of the most important personalities who assisted Lord Caitanya in His pastimes. As the treasurer of the Holy Name, he would select the participants in Lord Caitanya’s confidential kirtans. He is Narada Muni, and he is Madhumangala in Krsna Lila. He was very attached to the Holy Name.

Once Lord Caitanya even declared that He appeared in this world by hearing Srivas Thakur loudly chanting the Holy Name of Krsna. Srivas Thakur is a humble and natural devotee of the Lord. The main quality in his heart was simplicity. Simplicity means lack of pride, the total absence of selfishness, at the same time it also means very simple faith and trust in God’s ways.

He appeared in this material world for the benefit of the conditioned souls in the mood of a devotee, He played a significant role in Lord Caitanya’s pastimes by spreading and protecting the congregational chanting of the Holy Name. It is from his house, Srivas Angana, that the congregational chanting of the Holy Name, the Sankirtan Movement, flooded the entire land of Nabadwip.

Srivas Acarya was also a married man! But he would always remember Krsna. Getting married is not an obstacle for a Krsna-Conscious life, because the only worrying possibility is to forget Krsna. But Srivas Thakur, together with Advaita Acarya, gave an example of being Krsna Conscious and having a family.

Srivas Thakur and his wife, Mother Malini, had very close relationships with Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya, when He was known as Nimai Pandit, the greatest scholar in the land of Nabadwip, would often challenge Srivas Thakur. Srivas Thakur was disappointed by this and once told Him, ‘What is the use of all this Sastric knowledge if one does not have the love for Krsna?’ To which Lord Caitanya replied that He would become a devotee if Srivas Thakur prayed to the Lord for Him. From this, we understand that it is only by the mercy and blessings of the devotees that we can become one as well and learn who Krsna is.

Srivas Pandit and his family members were so dear to Lord Caitanya that He chose Srivas Angana for manifesting His different pastimes. It was in the house of Srivas Acarya where Lord Caitanya would perform kirtans every night, and where He showed His Viratrup, Vishnu form, to Srivas Thakur and his family members. Mahaprabhu manifested His Mahaprakash Lila there for the first time by revealing Himself as Lord Nrisimhadev, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Anyone who was coming to the sessions of these kirtans was blessed and attained Krsna prem. The only qualification that one had to have to enter the house of kirtan was an absence of duplicity or an offensive mood towards the devotees.

Srivas Thakur is jiva-tattva, the only one in Sri Pancha-tattva. He represents a pure devotee.

At the end of the prayer to Pancha-tattva we have a line: ‘srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda’ where the ‘gaura-bhakta-vrnda’ means, ‘all the devotees of Lord Caitanya, beginning with Srivas Thakur’. There is a reason, why we are praying for the mercy of Srivas Acarya and all the devotees. He is giving us access to the Sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is opening the door for us!

On this very auspicious day of his appearance, let us beg at the dust of his divine lotus feet to allow us to spread the congregational chanting of the Holy Name all around the world. Join us!

HpS/ASA - So nice. Thank you! Maybe you can be a teacher in Nabadvipa in your next life, with Nimai????

Many new things in this biography. Were from it is?

Hare Krishna, dear Gurudev, please accept my respectful obeisances.

This is Nadiya N D, reporting after a long time.

HpS/ASA - Better, agtSP, late than never!!!!!!

I want to inform you about what I'm doing in my spiritual life. I wake up between 5 and 6 am and start cooking for my household deities. I offer fruit and vegetable extract, nuts, a subji, brown rice, chapatis, vegetable salad, chopped fresh fruit, and water.

ASA - A feast.

In the evenings, I prepare some snacks for my deities, samosa, pakoras, cookies, cakes, etc.

I have eliminated all refined foods like sugar, salt, and oil from my diet, and I prefer to cook everything at home.

I also do hatha yoga, a little dancing, and drink plenty of water.

Resuming the reading of the Bhagavatam, Canto 4, chapter 1. 14.

I'm studying English five times a week.

My family is doing very well; I have a very good relationship with my father and brother.

In the evenings, I chant 16 rounds, following the four principles, fasting for Ekadasi and festivals, and bathing my deities once a week. I have a devotee association and regularly visit an ISKCON temple.

That's all, gurudeva. May you have a beautiful Gaura Purnima.

May the merciful Caytania Mahaprabhu bless me so that I can continue chanting rounds, engaging in seva, and having the association of devotees.

Atte.

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi.

HpS/ASA - Very nice. So, many other things will develop from this basis. Hope to hear of your association more. Where you are etc.

Your pictures are so nice!

We added three at the end.

You seem to be recovered from so much pain??!!!

Hare Krsna beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

I hope this meets you well.

I had problems with the gotomeeting app. My phone couldn't update it, that's why I haven't been connected to the FMS. I think it's also due to the fact that Mercury is retrograding

I'm also still a little sad about the whole situation of ISKCON Peru. This is my own Kuruksetra

Last Saturday Palika, P Caturatma, Patraka and Jambavan came to visit me for my birthday...

It was a very nice meeting, their association keeps me enthusiastic

Regarding the WhatsApp group, we already shared our ideas along with Parasurama in our WhatsApp group. The decision is always yours. Whatever is offered, we are here to help.

HpS - Thank you for the news. Association. How is your Sister. Other biological family. 🌴?

We really feel like we are moving to a new platform in life.

You can see the Notice in the other message in this Blog from Steve Brown about setting up a Whatsapp Community.

Let us see how it works.

In this phase, hanuman is no longer looking for Sita, Kali-yuga, in his big form. He is dreaming.

So, we take that as our participation in many ways.

Draupadi was not satisfied with ISKCON Hastinapura either. She wanted Yuddhisthira to rise up a fight.

So did Bhima and Arjuna.

They were only restrained by Yuddhisthira's adhesion to Dharma.

When Yuddhisthira was satisfied that they had followe Dharma to the limit, then he was willing to fight, but he knew and the others finally realized, that the solution was not going to be deep felt satisfaction of revenge.

So what is awaiting ISKCON Peru for "the Pandavas and Draupadi"?

4P. 16R ok

HpS/ASA - Super Girl! (How is Super Dog)?

Rama Navami is coming ¡¡¡ Please your blessings so I can have the opportunity to take darshan from SIta Rama Laksman Hanuman

HpS - Hare Krsna! Hare RAMA! Share you darshana here. Hope it is a great festival. Hope we are invited to attend.

Our job is ok but a little bit demanding

We are paying attention to your calendar I hope to be able to visit soon

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS - Yeah. If not in Nabadvipa in our next bodies, then maybe around Janmastami, Radhastami???????

One more letter then Snooze? 9. 36PM now. Hope CCD et al still with us!!