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Hare krishna, Gurudeva, PAMHO, AGTSP. I just wanted to share my experience of my visit to my home town (birth place).

I had recently had a great chance of visiting my 87 years old mother in Nepal.

I was very happy to see her very healthy chanting every day at least 16 rounds of Japa despite of her age.

I spent 8 days with my mother and my other relatives who are chanting at least 4 rounds.

HpS - OM Bhur Bhuvah Sva.

SB 10.47.63 !!

As my preaching service I have been offering regular Bhagavad-gita discourse for latest 15 months.

ASA - ❗

All together we have about 50 participants all from remote villages and the class is through ZOOM IN Nepali language. In the beginning I had promised to them if they follow the 4 regulative principal and chant at least 4 rounds I will personally take them to Vrindavan and Ayodhaya.

After spending 8 days in Nepal we started our journey as promised

To Ayodhaya and to Vrindavan 18 hours of trip.

First we visited the birth place of Lord Ram and had beautiful darsan of Ram lala. From there we went to Sarayu ganga where Lord Ram along with his 3 brothers performed regular pastimes as Lord krishna did in yamuna. Next we went to the famous temple of Sri Hanuman ji also known as HANUMAN GADHI.

At this place Lord Ram had asked Hanuman to guard Ayodhya in his absence while he was in 14 years of exile.

After completing our darsan we proceed to Vrindavan for 12 hours of trip. We arrived in Vrindavan at 9 pm and took rest

After eating prasadam.

Next morning it was first day of Kartik and our schedule for next 5 days was tight as we had planned .

Day 1- we all went for mangal arati and started our journey 5:30 to Varsana parikrama.

We started our parikrama from vanukund to barsana parikrama, Prem sarovar, Nanda gow, Ter Kadhamba' and Aseswar mahadev.

In the evening of same day performed Vrindavan parikrama.

Day 2- Gokul,

Again after mangala arati we started our trip.

First to Bhattron rai (in this place the Braman patnis feed krishna in the forest)

Then we went to Akrura ghat(her Akrura took his midday snan while taking Krishna And Blaram to Mathura)

-Then we went to Dauji

-Radha Ranis birth place

-Chinta haran

-Brahmanda ghat

-house where krishna stay for 2 years

-Okhal bandan (where krisna was tied up)

-Raman reti and at last Mathura(jail where Krishna was born.

Day 3 kama ban

-Badri nath

-kedarnath

-gangotri

-jamunotri and different place in kamiya ban.

ASA - Ashokavan??

Day 4 Govardhan Parikrama and bathing in Radha kunda.

It was wonderful experience lot to share but difficult to share.

Your humble servant

Rupanuga siddhanta das

HpS - Incredible!!!! Simply incredible. Hope you had inspiring Krsna Katha!

You offer so much from the outside but then Krsna offers so much for each pilgrim from the inside!

This is changing the world.

Giving more and more opportunity for people to go back home.

Jaya Srila Pravupadaki Jay,

Jaya Guru Maharajki Jay,

Gurudev🙏,

Please accept my humble obeisances un to your lotus feet.

HpS/ASA - The same to you!!

We are extremely happy to learn that you are coming to India in the month of January, next year. We will try to have your kind darshan either at Imphal, Manipur or at Mayapurdham.

ASA - We expect the itinerary this week!

My home is at Hailakandi district of Assam state, INDIA.It is about 300km from Iskcon temple, Manipur, 1250 km from Mayapur and 100km from Chandam leikai. Here in our locality we have total of 6 disciples of Gurudev, 10 disciples of Sripad Maharaj and 4 disciples of Byas Tirtha Maharaj. By the mercy of Lord Gauranga and Gurudev we are trying to practice Bhakti.

We pray Lord Gauranga for the sound health of Gurudev.

Hare Krishna

Your servant

Chaitanya Dham Das

Dt.- 25-10-2025

HpS - What kind of work are you doing? How do you maintain yourself?

TlgaSP Pamho! 

Querido Gurudev! Feliz Govardhana día!

Nos alegra saber que usted está cada vez mejor. 

Yí Lin tiene 4 años y medio, y es Chilena China (su padre es de Henan, cerca de Beijing) 

El contacto con él es una vez por mes. 

A Yí Lin le gusta Iskcon y también su cultura, desde una perspectiva más ancestral y artística.

Gracias por preguntar por ella, es usted muy misericordioso. Ella siempre lo tiene presente.

Mis reverencias querido Gurudev! 

Que El Señor NrsimhaDev lo siga cuidando.

Con cariño, Edd.

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TlgaSP. Pamho!

Dear Gurudev! Happy Govardhana Day!

We are happy to hear that you are getting better and better.

Yi Lin is 4 and a half years old and is Chilean-Chinese (her father is from Henan, near Beijing).

We contact him once a month.

Yi Lin likes ISKCON and also its culture, from a more ancestral and artistic perspective.

Thank you for asking about her; you are very merciful. She always keeps you in mind.

My reverences, dear Gurudev!

May Lord NrsimhaDev continue to take care of you.

Love, Edd.

HpS - Thank you so much!

It seems that much of Chinese culture can take to Krsna consciousness in a very natural and profound way! Eg. "Light of the Bhagavata".

Best wishes in expanding your Sankirtan like lightening!

PAMHO AGTSP!! A all glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!!

how are you Maharaj?? How’s your health doing?? Are you still in the US?? How is your audition??

hps/asa

~ our health is great, for a 77-year old u. c. berkeley hippy body, directed by srila prabhupada since 1974.

~ as stated in the Calendar... 😕 we are bay, bay, baysed in iskcon houston until 17 december!!!

~ h[ear] ing. is same as above!

Thank you.

Here I was remembering you these days :) it’s been a while since I don’t write you.

Well thanks to you and Krishna things started to work better.

I was dismissed from the position I had in my parents company, so I started working freelance with the digital marketing. Now I have 1 client and running some ads to gain as much as I can handle :)

Things are going better with my friends, been going out with one girl friend of the group, Fernanda, she’s a really fine lady, an educational psychologist, really considerate, sports woman, polite, educated, well behaved, and very loving above all, we did some rollers skating and went for dinner some times. She’s been of great help with dealing with my child’s trial, and I’m supporting her with the breaking up of her last relationship.

We get along really well.

I’ve praying to Krishna a bit harder and seeing instant results, I can’t believe how well works to outpour my own feelings to Krishna.

I’m still studying Portuguese and practicing sometimes with Fernanda.

I kept attending to some roller skating groups and most of the days I go there I return home so happy that I need less hours of sleep.

I’m still listening to a lot of Christian music. It’s the only music I listen to.

And I play and sing some tunes with the guitar.

I wish I could meet you some time.

If I ever raise the funds enough to travel to the US I will for sure go to your classes and cook you some berfis [burfi].

HpS/ASA - Where are you Camped??? We should be in Europe and South America the beginning of next year.

Been cooking for my friends a lot of Prasadam!!

It feels so good to give it away!

Maharaj I would like to please ask you a short question, what does involve the process of Vandanam in practice? And how do you find offering spontaneous prayers while chanting Japa?

HpS - Is this a good resource: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/5/23-24/#bb45392

Personally our Japa is rather mechanical for the first 16-rounds. Yet, we begin to have some moments of intensity and feeling. Also, the intensity and focus is improving a lot. So we can start to try to chant with feeling more clearly.

We are really trying to just chant with intensity and melt our heart.

Then we see that our real sentimental nature will arise and the details, and kinds of prayers eg. if we are a blade of grass in Braja, maybe we will be chanting for a little more rain or a certain kind of sunshine, will naturally arise.

Well send you my best feelings!!

Hope you are always well!

Federico

HpS - Where are you?

Hare Krsna, Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, pamho

I hope this meets you in good health and happy.

The gallbladder operation I had in January has brought me some problems with my digestive system. Almost every month I suffer a decompensation. I have to do more analysis.

HpS/ASA - 🤔

Maybe, agtSP, it is the beginning of THE END. Maybe Ulysses will attend your cremation?

What kind of body, buddy, will you have in your next birth?

A celestial beauty with dozens of young men willing to sell themselves as your eternal slaves to your beauty?

A clever, funny, austere, learned Sannyasi?

Wife of Indra?

Lord Brahma???????

The important thing is that this does not prevent us from chanting our rounds and following the principles strictly.

ASA - Super Woman! 💪

👧

Two weeks prior to his fifteenth birthday, Ulysses experienced vestibular syndrome, a neurological illness. It has left consequences, but he remains as cheerful and smart as ever.

I will be able to preach a little to my pupils at my university because of Netflix.

My students studying audiovisual communication, will be given an assignment that requires them to evaluate the Netflix film Mahavatar Narsimha. In terms of photography, special effects, etc., but they need to see the movie and learn a little bit about the Maha Avatar's background in order to construct the piece.

ASA - ❗

Watching the movie I remembered how you told the story of Lord Varaha. It was very amusing

I am attaching the youtube link so that you can watch the trailer grrrr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7OxDaU_qcA

On Netflix we can also watch Kuruksetra

How beautiful is the relationship that Krsna has with his pure devotees. How long do I need in order to achieve that level of devotion? But every day counts.

HpS - Hare Krsna..... Hare Rama..... Hare Krsna.... Hare Rama!!!!

I hope I can have the mercy of your vApU association soon.

HpS - Earthly forms or celestial forms.

Trying to be your disciple

HpS - Trying to be your disciple!

CMDD

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

Guru maharaja,

We watched this video on the ISKCON Ministry of Education YouTube channel about Guru tattva from HH Bhani Swami

https://youtu.be/J5gtm15q3nY?si=q7M_mJ4KcR9Tdbp_

Would you please take a look at it and let us know your thoughts. I found it interesting and would like to hear from you about it.

Your servant,

Nanda-braja das

Ps. here is a video of the presentation, I haven't watched it yet, just the q&a.

https://youtu.be/kSFXTV7TV7A?si=-eZHGp02CfpcrcrJ

HpS/ASA - We, agtSP, looked at it.

It is, a very interesting istagosthi.

of course, we have commented that we feel like we were Chinese, Mexican monks in our last lifetime, and we are technically natives of the Oriental pacific island Guam.

so it seems natural that we have so much affection when we hear from Bhanu maharaja, who is from oriental tradition.

we feel we have a very common perspective with him in so many ways.

one point about uttama Adhikari being a sadhaka. in waves of devotion dhanurdara swami explains a text from BRS that talks about the uttama Adhikari being a saddhaka and he explains that there are two senses for the word. one is someone who is following the rules and regulations as service and the other is someone who is acting in terms of the mellows of devotional service but is still not completely beyond the boundaries of the material structure.

so many statements from SP about guru, no?

it is like easy to make practical decision.

any special thoughts you have in terms of the istagosthi?

Nanda. - One specific question: what do you expect, ask and desire of your disciples who may take on the a role of a siksa guru?

HpS - That is included above, no? Jayananda Das would start casual conversations with people wherever he would go, and then he might comment by saying that his old grand daddy said... and then gives some statement from srila prabhupada.

so we act as Siksa guru differently as the situation demands.

I think Maharaja comments that there are no rituals for accepting someone as a Siksa guru.