Letters to the editor

AgtSP.

Paoho & Bw.

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We 🤔 think that today is the anniversary of the disappearance if Sriman Raktaka Das.

He is the first disciple we initiated for KRSNA and Srila Prabhupada.

He enlivened so, so many people in Krsna Consciousness.

He managed so many Yatra, pilgrimage, tours for us and devotees in India.

He left his body on Ekadasi during Katyayani-vrata, Keśava mas, in Vrndavana. He went to join Krsna on some planet in the material world where Krsna was personally incarnate?

He hosted us, about 8-devotees in his hometown of Fazilka, took us to the Flag Down ceremony at the Pakistan 🇵🇰 border and then an evening Kirtan, lecture and cups of Halavah at the town assembly hall.

Super.

Kolkata, Mayapura, Manipura, Lucknow, Naimiśaranya, Vrndavana, Delhi together.

Hope to see him soon.

🙁 🙂 🙁 🙂 🙁 🙂

Hare Krsna. Hare Rama

Hare Krsna gurudev!! 😇

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias y sean todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!! 🙏

Espero que usted esté muy bien, con energía y buena salud para emprender este nuevo viaje España-India-España.

Lamentablemente no puedo ir a verlo, era mi plan pero no el de Krsna/mi karma. Mi mamá de 84 años está viviendo conmigo desde marzo, es un gran desafío pero una gran bendición para ella, comparte todo con los devotos y a veces canta Hare Krsna! 😀

Ella lo recuerda con mucho cariño cuando lo conoció en el templo de Urquiza, Buenos Aires.

Hace un mes comencé la carrera de Psicología, se que estoy grande para recién comenzar pero estoy contenta, espero terminar.

Mis rondas y principios están bien, sin muchos cambios. La compañía de Deva Vrata das (como amigo) es una gran ayuda en todo sentido, él es muy entusiasta.

Los devotos de aquí somos sinceros, con dificultades de todo tipo (quién no las tiene), un poco flojos, pero queremos avanzar y nos tenemos cariño y nos ayudamos cuando nos necesitamos. Recientemente vino a vivir una familia vaisnava con 3 niños, que se suman a los 7 que ya hay.

Mi economía sigue escasa pero tenemos lo necesario.

Gracias por su compañía, por su guía, por su presencia gurudev. Usted, Srila Prabhupada y los devotos son mi familia, sólo quiero estar con ustedes eternamente.

Lo veré en su viaje a través de los ojos de otros devotos!!

Más éxitos de los que ya tiene, que Krsna siga elevándolo más y más.

Su discípula que lo quiere mucho.

Campaka Lata dd.

HARE KRSNA!!

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Hare Krsna, gurudev!! 😇

Please accept my respectful obeisances and all glories to Srila Prabhupada!! 🙏

I hope you are doing well, with energy and good health to undertake this new trip Spain-India-Spain.

HpS - ASA -- Very sorry for delay in answering this letter. Very, very sorry!

From Twitter etc I guess you know why.

Wish we could do more.

Unfortunately I cannot go see you, it was my plan but not Krsna's/my karma. My 84-year-old mother has been living with me since March, it is a great challenge but a great blessing for her, she shares everything with the devotees and sometimes chants Hare Krsna! 😀

HpS ' Super, SUPER, SU SU SUPER! 😃

She remembers him fondly when she met him at the temple in Urquiza, Buenos Aires.

A month ago I started the Psychology degree, I know I am old to just start but I am happy, I hope to finish.

My rounds and beginnings are fine, without many changes. The company of Deva Vrata das (as a friend) is a great help in every way, he is very enthusiastic.

The devotees here are sincere, with all kinds of difficulties (who doesn't have them), a little lazy, but we want to move forward and we love each other and help each other when we need each other.

HpS - Incredible. Srila Prabhupaada's energy is all over the world.

As other movements fall apart eg. Industrialization, Lord Caitanya's will flourish.

Krsna will give all of you a part, no???

Recently a Vaishnava family came to live with 3 children, which adds to the 7 that we already have.

My finances are still scarce but we have what is necessary.

Thank you for your company, for your guidance, for your presence gurudev. You, Srila Prabhupada and the devotees are my family, I only want to be with you eternally.

I will see you on your journey through the eyes of other devotees!!

More success than you already have, may Krsna continue to elevate you more and more.

Your disciple who loves you very much.

Campaka Lata dd.

HARE KRSNA!!

HpS - Thank you so much. We are trying to answer more mail better.

You news is like sunlight.

Yes, Yes, Deva vrata Das as a friend is very nice person.

He has been 90% of any success we have had on this trip so far.

You get news from Twitter and ASA Carnival and this Blog?

You have any animals?

You are guru for you classmates.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Please accept my obeisances

From 2023 until July of this year, I have been taking courses on the digital age while simultaneously producing “Stories of the Universe” with my own images created using artificial intelligence. Since I had been unemployed for 18 months, I decided to return to work at Huawei (a Chinese company). Now, I have less time available, and it is likely that I will complete my spiritual project by July 2025, in both English and Spanish.

Considering past experiences, I prefer that my project not be under any official branch of ISKCON but rather create my own program in service to ISKCON. The name I am proposing for my project is: “Spiritual Revolution.”

Currently, I am serving at ISKCON Miraflores and trying to adapt my spiritual life to the working world.

I humbly request your advice and blessings for the project I am undertaking.

Thank you very much, Guru Maharaj, for being a source of inspiration.

Hare Krishna

Jagat Pavitram das

(Lima - Peru)

HpS - AgtSP. We cannot give much detail as we don't, can't, now too much about the project from our position.

Have you discussed it at all with your GBC Regional Supervisor, H. G. Mathuresha Das?

You can send him clips, links and see what comments he makes.

If you cannot get a practical response from three GBC Secretaries, then you can go to Srila Prabhupada directly.

He has not died.

He is living forever in his books.

You know this?

Any devotess are looking at your results and commenting?

When you look at what you are doing after a few weeks does it make you happy?How do you judge it?

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you for your responses to my letters recently

HpS/ASA - No glories to our slow response to them lately!!!

Gave our excuses just now in the last letter to Balabhadra Das.

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. . . . and thank you again for the secret link to the 5th movie. We’ve watched a little bit already and will see the whole thing tonight:)

It might be a silly question but I’ve always been curious about this certain Kala: Udaka vadya

Maybe this is a perverted version or similar thing?:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=06Qm-Z5OsHw&pp=ygUlQnJhemlsaWFuIHBsYXlpbmcgZmx1dGVzIGluIHRoZSB3YXRldA%3D%3D

Your aspiring servant,

Nitisara das

HpS/ASA - The link took us to Hermeta Pascoal??? playing music on coca-cola bottles in his underpants with several young men.

Was correct?

Have never seen anything more crazy in our life.

Yet, was also nice.

Nice sound.

Nice sensual ambience.

Maybe we can do it next year in Radha Kunda!!

Of course, the turtles in Radha Kunda may drag us in to the lake and drown us.

What is the recent news.

We [weak] will respond quickly.

Sharing pizza with Balabadra Das the 14th of each month?

Temple festivities?

Your Big Band sound?

Babies Big Babies sound?

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!!! Paoho.

If you have been able to follow us on Twitter etc. you probably know why we are sadly, SADLY, S A D L Y, slow is commenting on thei Blog-post.

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Hare Krishna, Maharaja, please kindly accept my most humble obeisances; all glories to his divine grace, Srila Prabhupada; all glories to your good self for being so devoted to pleasing Srila Prabhupada with your own devotional service; all glories to all the devotees of the Lord, who have devoted their lives to the spreading of the chanting of the holy names of the Lord.

ASA 🐵 🐒 🐒 .. 🐒 ❣

This morning my rounds are finished; although I confess that lately, perhaps 50% of the time I have had to wait until evening, to finish with my japa.

I struggle with maintaining the same standard that I so eagerly started out with after my return from Houston last January: God only knows how I am able to maintain the little that I do.

I guess it's because I know that I have nothing else to live for, especially at this late date of my life.

What else am I going to do?

What could I possibly hope to gain?

HpS/ASA - You could go back to school and get a Poppa John's pizza franchise and become rich an buy 50-new hats for your wife, and go to Rome for a vacation, and ... 😆

There is nothing in this world that comes close to a life of devotional service. Nothing else has ever made any sense to me: so the idea of anything else is virtually meaningless and non-existent in my mind.

In those evenings when I am trying to finish my japa outside, I sometimes find myself looking on the ground, not wanting to step on any living entity. I find myself staring at them crawling along, just trying to get along from one place to the next. Watching them move along the ground, I have wondered "how many times I must have been born in such a tiny body?" It is in those moments that I suddenly realize how it is that this material world truly is a dangerous place. It's a big world when you're just an ordinary person in life trying to get from one place to another: and what to speak of being in the body of an insect!

I was remembering how during the 80s there was a lot of talk about "the next war." I was a full-time pujari in Denver back then, and I used to think to "Let it come now, whilst I am on the altar doing arotika! Whilst the devotees are all gathered in the temple room, engaged in a loud, boisterous kirtan: with everybody smiling with full confidence in Prabhupada and Krishna, and chanting HARE KRISHNA! I imagined myself being on the altar and performing arotika, with my ears being shattered by the loud chanting, feeling that same confidence. Those were the days, when my imagination would run wild with fanciful ideas of being fully absorbed in that final moment of catastrophe, and going back to Godhead: I'm not so much fanciful and imaginative these days.

HpS - Yes... if we can't preach then die and continue with the same service in Goloka.

Today, I live with the reality that my life has been lived, at least for the most part; fearful of my failures as a devotee. I live with the reality of still struggling to chant nice rounds, still dealing with my sinful desires; and now dealing with the realities of old age, and it's concomitant factors. Just the other day my wife asked me "if we are going to die alone." I was a little taken aback by her question, because I realized that that possibility is certainly there. The sadness and the anger of feeling abandoned and rejected by a community of Vaishnavas still burns painfully in my heart and mind. I know of devotees who have given their lives in service to Prabhupada, and yet they died alone.

I look at a lot of things in life very differently these days. As I drive around for Uber I see so many small children happy and content with their simple world of play, without a care in the world: confident of their shelter of mommy and daddy being close by. I look at older children, busy with the same mindset, only now in pursuit of more sophisticated interests. I see young adults engaged in trying to enjoy themselves in the prime of their lives: completely unaware and uninterested in knowing how vain and how temporary it all is. I see older, retired adults, busy with the same pursuit of trying to enjoy, just like when they were younger? How is it that they are still looking for the same happiness, still trying to enjoy in old age doing the same things?

I watch old people walking down the sidewalks, hunched over with their walkers or canes. They look so lost and so lonely, knowing that they have lived their lives. I wonder if they ever ask themselves what happened to them, or what's next in this final hour of life. I feel a great sadness for them. I pray that Krishna protects me. Am I really any different from the rest of the world? With the exception of wearing tilaka, chanting Hare Krishna, and observing the regulative principles: not really. Looking at them, I can understand why King Kulashekhara prayed the way that he did: "smaranam kutas te: How will I remember You at my hour of death?" I wish I could say something or do something that would make a difference in their lives, but I feel so helpless in helping myself.

With these thoughts rushing into my mind during my japa, it becomes more apparent to me how there really is no such thing as shelter in this material world, outside of the process of devotional service, the lotus feet of the spiritual master, and the association of devotees. I have been trying to meet my needs for devotee association by attending live online classes, but nothing compares to the smile on the face of a devotee knocking at your door. I keep close friendship with certain devotees here in Boise, sharing prasadam in each other's homes. I still distribute books to as many persons as possible. I placed another order for several hundred assorted books with the temple, for distribution whilst driving. I am still awaiting their decision, whether or not they will support my ongoing sankirtana efforts.

My wife and I would like to initiate some sort of preaching efforts out of our home, such as a retreat of some kind, but I have never been blessed with any measure of success when it comes to starting things, even for the sake of preaching. How should I understand that? We have ceased renting out our rooms to karmis. It has been very contaminating for our consciousness over the years, renting to non-devotees who have no interest at all in krishna consciousness. In addition, I wonder if I will ever have your association again? I know that I haven't been a surrendered soul, but I have always been very, very grateful for your kindness, and how you have encouraged me over the years. I feel lonely at times because you seem so far away, and there's no knowing when or if we will ever see each other again. To whom will I share my heart when you are gone? It all seems and feels so sad, so lonely, so painful.

I will close here, hoping that I have not said anything to offend your good self, or anyone else. I pray to Krishna and your good self to kindly forgive me for all my offenses: whether they were done knowingly or unknowingly.

Your lowly servant,

Bbd

HpS/ASA - Long letter!! 😆 We ran through it all.

Very nice.

This was a long time ago.

Please write with your current situation!

Essential truth, conciselly expressed.

We want to know.

Many ISKCON devotees are in exactly your situation.

Krsna is calling on you to offer solutions to these challenges for every one!

Hare Krsna! Querido Guru Maharaja, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada, Todas las Glorias al Guru Parampara

Todas las glorias a Sri Vrndavan Dham!

Orando porque que la energía de su cuerpo sea favorable a su Sankirtan. Le agradecemos de todo corazón por su incansable servicio a nuestro Divino Fundador-Acarya, gracias por su ejemplo y guía que alimentan nuestro entusiasmo.🌻 Felizmente, le seguimos en Twitter, el blog y por la misericordia de varios devotos, estamos tratando de seguirle y seguirle tanto como es posible. 🦆🦆

En visitas previas a esta gira como Richmond: Rama Krsna Andana Prabhu, ha sido el corresponsal principal y en Houston, Unmada-vidhayini mataji es quien siempre comparte fotos y videos, Jaya-Hari Prabhu es también un colaborador muy activo además de múltiples devotos que le han visitado como Gopi Radha DD, Candra mukhi DD, Janardana Das, Sugopi Devi entre muchos otros.

En España: Yugala Kisora Dasi, es la corresponsal de cabecera, Bhaktin Maite, Carlos Rold, Deva Vrata Das, Jayanta Das y otros vaisnavas colaboran activamente enviando fotos y videos.

Durante su visita a Sri Radha Kunda, Gaura Gadadhara Devi Dasi fue la corresponsal principal, transmitió para vuestros seguidores la mayor parte de las clases, Manjuali Devi Dasi y Bipin-bhari prabhu también contribuyeron activamente; Fotografías de todos ellos además de Gadadhara Gosai Das y Deva Vrata Prabhu nos trasladaban a su divina presencia. Les estamos muy muy MUY agradecidos. 🙇🙇

Todo el contenido está en la página de Facebook (ASA Carnaval) y paulatinamente estamos subiendo estos contenidos al canal de youtube. Por ahora, comparto los enlaces a youtube de las visitas más recientes. (España continúa siendo actualizado)

Visita a Sri Radha Kunda 2024

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLywBBTDt5o5QTfD8NmMnbyMUSkJNweM5K

Visita a Nueva Vrajamandala 2024

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLywBBTDt5o5SHHAy3lvHqWBYbAyCEUc1N

Aquí algunas de las fotos de la visita a Sri Vrndavan Dham (Enviadas por diferentes colaboradores, ya mencionados) https://photos.app.goo.gl/rzf3cmczRTY8oDHE9

Muchas gracias por mantenernos conectados con usted y este trascendental movimiento de Sankirtana de Srila Prabhupada. 🙏🏼 Oro sinceramente a nuestro misericordioso Señor, me permita tener eternamente vuestra misericordiosa asociación. 

Esperando ser de utilidad. Siempre a sus órdenes.

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi 🙇

ASA Carnaval

(Equipo coordinador de ASA Carnaval - Isvari Radha Devi Dasi | Abhinandan Das | Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi)

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Hare Krsna! Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, All Glories to Guru Parampara

All Glories to Sri Vrndavan Dham!

Praying that your body energy is favorable to your Sankirtan. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your tireless service to our Divine Founder-Acarya, thank you for your example and guidance that fuel our enthusiasm.🌻 Happily, we follow you on Twitter, the blog and by the mercy of several devotees, we are trying to follow you and follow you as much as possible. 🦆🦆

In previous visits to this tour, such as Richmond: Rama Krsna Andana Prabhu has been the main correspondent and in Houston, Unmada-vidhayini mataji is the one who always shares photos and videos, Jaya-Hari Prabhu is also a very active collaborator in addition to multiple devotees who have visited him such as Gopi Radha DD, Candra mukhi DD, Janardana Das, Sugopi Devi among many others.

In Spain: Yugala Kisora ​​Dasi is the main correspondent, Bhaktin Maite, Carlos Rold, Deva Vrata Das, Jayanta Das and other Vaisnavas actively collaborate by sending photos and videos.

During her visit to Sri Radha Kunda, Gaura Gadadhara Devi Dasi was the main correspondent, she transmitted most of the classes for your followers, Manjuali Devi Dasi and Bipin-bhari prabhu also actively contributed; Photos of all of them, as well as Gadadhara Gosai Das and Deva Vrata Prabhu, transported us to their divine presence. We are very, very, VERY grateful to them. 🙇🙇

All the content is on the Facebook page (ASA Carnaval) and we are gradually uploading this content to the YouTube channel. For now, I am sharing the YouTube links of the most recent visits. (Spain continues to be updated)

Visit to Sri Radha Kunda 2024

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLywBBTDt5o5QTfD8NmMnbyMUSkJNweM5K

Visit to New Vrajamandala 2024

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLywBBTDt5o5SHHAy3lvHqWBYbAyCEUc1N

Here are some of the photos from the visit to Sri Vrndavan Dham (Sent by different collaborators, already mentioned) https://photos.app.goo.gl/rzf3cmczRTY8oDHE9

Thank you very much for keeping us connected with you and this transcendental Sankirtana movement of Srila Prabhupada. 🙏🏼 I sincerely pray to our merciful Lord, to allow me to have your merciful association eternally.

Hoping to be of use. Always at your service.

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi 🙇

ASA Carnival

(ASA Carnival Coordinating Team - Isvari Radha Devi Dasi | Abhinandan Das | Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi)

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HPS/ASA - Hare Krisheema!

The electricity died in our wing of the Castle yesterday and we had to decamp in the dark to another room.

It is fine.

Wonderful!

Krsna-krpa.

Yet, we tried to write a comment to this first class Blog post without our portable keyboard and after 15-minutes of writing we lost the whole thing!

Now we got into our old room and they are trying to fix the electrical failure and got the portable keyboard and are writing again.

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First, I guess we 🐵 🐷 🐀 want to thank all the participants who are broadcasting the ASA Carnival Media.

We feel our activities may be contaminating people rather than helping them, but... by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, maybe all of us can act like dancing dogs in his traveling circus and do useful things for the King 👑 of Vaikuntha!

Abhinandana Das - How is your Brahma-muhurta? Sankirtan? Leading a local band?

Srila Prabhupada has made us all GBC Secretaries of our Bead Bags for a minimum of 16-rounds/day, no?

In general, we apologize that commenting on and posting Blog posts is slow, but in part it is our bodies age and situation and otherwise our insincerity.

In one week now we are back in the USA.

We are quite conscious that at any moment war can come to our own neighborhood with global weapons in the hands of many unstable people.

Maybe no more internet, so do our Sankirtan locally. Die and continue with our Sankirtan in the original ISKCON (New Braja Mandala) just like we are doing now!!?

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Our health is great. Of course, our body is old 70% non-functional sensually and mentally, but our intellect seems to be improving.

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Lectures Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.

Public program at the Municipality on the 30th.

Every day now, packing for trip to USA, Richmond, Nashville, Houston...

SANKIRTAN.

4:00PM. - A few more Blog letters, then bath and Temple Room?