Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna, Dear Devotees,

PAMHO, AGTSP.

Steve Brown here, sub-divisional secretary of Tom Brown. 🐵

As you may have heard, Tom Brown, Hanumat Presaka Swami et al are replacing Twitter with a Whatsapp Community.

The Community name is anveSika - HPS Updates. There are a few Whatsapp Groups created that will be part of this anveSika - HPS Updates Community.

If you live in USA or Canada please join this Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JjUV5GtZ1u6CkJ8hjzx37M

If you live in Latin America please join this Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/E1AhFXc1ZsWKyKWCP8RqiQ

If you live in Mexico please join this Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CoX72drYK280CcN3k9pwZ2

If you live in India or Australia please join this Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LtqCHz9QqXT99VSk9BxjGu

Spain or Europe this Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EWkPLJEDdpFCJfJekfkTbe

Any other place on this planet or any of the planets mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana, please join this General group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IFKaYDJvQhF4UxzYxSwm43

There is also a group for eccentric Academics which will be shared individually.

All of the above Groups are just to receive of announcements from the WhatsApp Community. No member chatting. Use the Blog.

The group admin, from the same region, can validate people requesting to join.

Admin will speak same language, be some one the requester may know.

Finally all test groups used so far will be removed from the community. So, please join one of the above groups to be part of these announcements.

Steve Brown

ASA[e] Bhaktivedanta Library; asuri brahmana

[3/21/2025 8:52 PM] Harilila Das: Hare krsna Maharaj

My humble obeisances. In 

SB1.3.10, it is mentioned that kapil muni gave an exposition of the creative elements and metaphysics to asuri brahmana. 

Who is this Brahmana? Is there any pastimes regarding this? 🙏🙏🙏

[3/22/2025 3:17 AM] HP Swami - Prof HHR: I having same question. 

🐘

AgtSP.

[3/22/2025 3:25 AM] HP Swami - Prof HHR: Visvanatha Cakravarthi just says, "Asuri is the name of a Brahmana".

[3/24/2025 7:30 AM] Harilila Das: My Pranams Prabhu. The Puranic encyclopaedia says — Asuri was an ancient Maharsi. He was the acarya of Kapila Sankhyadarsana and the guru of the maharsi Panchashikha. Once Asuri had a full vision of God. He gave many precepts on spiritual matters to other Maharsis.

[3/24/2025 7:32 AM] Harilila Das: The 👆is partial answer to the questions I received from Hari Parshad prabhuji.

Todas las glorias a Goura Nitay

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Querido Gurudev comienzo mi reporte contestando lo que me pregunto con respecto al tratamiento con aceite de marihuana es efectivo este tratamiento considerando dos puntos

1, que sean aceite sin thc y sean bien preparada

2 qué estén supervisado por el doctor tratante en mi caso tomo por mucho años medicamentos por eso yo debo tomar aceite y pastillas a la vez e ir bajando la dosis de pastillas de a poco.

La madre que necesita de esta información me puede llamar o hablar directamente mi número es+51912457926

Con respeto a mi sadhana esta muy bien cada dia perfeccionando en ello, leyendo cada día a las devotas y en nuestra casa, adorando a nuestras deidades, decorando, haciendo joyas, comprando bhoga,una vez a la semana regalamos bolitas en Chosica, también en el templo de Chosica a veces me piden dar clases así que muy feliz por siempre mejorar lo que hago.

Estoy con trabajo independiente, haciendo clases de natación, fisioterapia, acá en Perú además de lo hago para Chile

En la fiesta de Nityananda Trayodasi estuvo muy bello ofreciendo hermosas preparaciones, linda decoración y repartiendo el prasadam a familia y personas

Mi familia esta muy bien hablo dos veces a la semana por video llamada

Muchas gracias a Srila Prabhupada y a usted por inspirarme cada día a mejorar mi servicio y ser una buena representante de la conciencia de krishna se despide su sirviente Raman Reti Devi Dasi

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All glories to Guru Nitay

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Dear Gurudev, I begin my report by answering your question regarding the marijuana oil treatment. Is this treatment effective? Considering two points:

1. That the oil is THC-free and well-prepared.

2. That it is supervised by the treating physician. In my case, I have been taking medication for many years, so I have to take the oil and pills at the same time and gradually reduce the dose.

Any mother who needs this information can call me or speak directly. My number is +51912457926.

HpS/ASA - This is for traumatic electrical brain storms?

With respect to my sadhana, it is going very well. I am perfecting it every day, reading to the devotees every day and at our house, worshiping our deities, decorating, making jewelry, buying bhoga. Once a week we give away little prasadam balls in Chosica. Also, at the Chosica temple, I am sometimes asked to teach classes. So, I am very happy to always improve what I do.

I'm self-employed, teaching swimming and physical therapy here in Peru, and I also travel to Chile.

At the Nityananda Trayodasi festival, it was beautiful, offering beautiful preparations, lovely decorations, and distributing prasadam to family and friends.

My family is doing very well. I talk twice a week via video call.

Thank you very much to Srila Prabhupada and you for inspiring me every day to improve my service and be a good representative of Krishna consciousness. Farewell, your servant Raman Reti Devi Dasi.

HpS/ASA - Thank you! This movement has so many different kinds of people in all different kinds of positions and people can see that it is effective.

We can go on more and more improving. Of course, some people have attachments outside of the four principles so that cannot live on Srila Prabhupada's land, but by his direction we can make arrangements for everyone.

Hare Krishna Dearest Maharaj,

Paoho! AGTSP!

Yesterday, we celebrated Snana Yatra. Here are some photos below!

HpS/ASA - Srila Prabhupada is fighting impersonalism. Here we have God with a form and frock!

A smile that makes socks rock!

This movement is becoming the most powerful community in the world!!!

Catch the wave.

Find our position!!!

Querido Gurumaharaja 

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Todas las glorias al movimiento de sankirtana de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu y sus devotos! 

Tenemos la confianza y agradecimiento de que el Señor Nrisimhadeva lo proteje en su sankirtana. 

Preferimos no escribir para no saturar su correspondencia y valioso tiempo, tenemos algunos desafíos en cuanto a la salud que podrían mentalmente volvernos inestables sin embargo estamos entendiendo que conforme pasan los años naturalmente tendremos que aprender a usar más la sabiduría que otras habilidades de la juventud, es difícil, sin embargo Krsna tiene Sus planes supremos...

Usualmente leemos Twitter/X, parece que el 90% les parece práctico el grupo de WhatsApp, lo que sea más útil para su sankirtana está bien para nosotros, estamos para intentar servirle.

Cada aplicación tiene ventajas y desventajas, si la decisión es WhatsApp por favor tomenos en cuenta para esta maravillosa asociación. 

En WhatsApp hay grupos interactivos y también grupos configurados para que sean informativos en donde únicamente el/ los administradores pueden enviar mensajes y material con la finalidad de evitar saturar el almacenamiento del equipo, esto es útil cuando hay un foro grande y mucho entusiasmo en la comunicación.

Nos gustaría conocer un poco más de estas propuestas por favor y ser parte. 

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente 

Asta Sakhi dd 

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Dear Gurumaharaja

Please accept our respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to the sankirtana movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and his devotees!

We are confident and grateful that Lord Nrisimhadeva is protecting you in your sankirtana.

We prefer not to write so as not to overwhelm your correspondence and valuable time.

HpS/ASA - Thank you! We are all trying to accommodate each others limitations, no?

We have some health challenges that could make us mentally unstable. However, we understand that as the years go by, we will naturally have to learn to use wisdom more than other skills of youth. It is difficult, however, Krsna has His supreme plans...

HpS/ASA - Old age is a good friend for a devotee. We are learning to live without food, water, air, thoughts... these will gradually and completely go away soon, no? Yet, Buddhi is more permanent, and even though that may be carried to the next life, if we must, want to leave the Bahiranga shakti, then we must give up Buddhi and Ahankara also!

Jaya!

We usually read Twitter/X, and it seems that 90% of them find the WhatsApp group useful. Whatever is most helpful for your sankirtana is fine with us; we are here to try to serve you.

Each app has advantages and disadvantages. If you choose WhatsApp, please consider us for this wonderful partnership.

On WhatsApp, there are interactive groups and also groups configured for informational purposes where only the administrator(s) can send messages and material, in order to avoid overloading the device's storage. This is useful when there is a large forum and a lot of enthusiasm for communication.

We would like to learn a little more about these proposals, please, and be a part of it.

Your eternal aspiring servant

Asta Sakhi dd

HpS/ASA - Karuna shakti D D also wrote about this and we gave more details in that letter. Is O.K.?

Maybe Mexico is going to be next World Super Power with ASA Group and a transcontinental canal? 😃

So, nice to hear from you.

God intoxicated Mad women!!!

9.30PM.

Moderate headache.

One more letter!

Hare Krishna, Gurumaharaja 🙏🏻

Por favor acepte mis reverencias 🙏🏻

Jay Srila Prabhupada 🙏🏻

Dear Gurumaharaja, the reason for my letter is because our stay in New Vrajamandala is becoming increasingly difficult. The phrase the authorities always tell us, "THERE IS NO PLACE FOR GRIHASTRAS HERE," is becoming more and more true in our daily lives. I struggled and endured until I couldn't take it anymore. We wrote a letter to the community, formalizing what everyone in NVM knows: that we live in a space that is too small (we have to take out the mattress to open the door) and that it used to be a garbage dump. We cleaned it up.

I am the daughter of a lawyer; I explained my case and supported it. Beforehand, I asked seven brahmanas, as you once told me; I asked seven families who lived and still live here. Therefore, I came to the conclusion that it's best to leave this place.

I'm already married; I can't always live in the house of my spiritual family. Prabhupada says that the grihastras should contribute to the temple, .. my husband and I should not continue living off Iskcon.

We do not want to be a burden or a nuisance to anyone (although the letter affected several of the administrative board) I repeat: I am the daughter of a good lawyer, my father taught me to tell the truth to defend what is right.

The administration no longer has normal spaces for us to live, and we accept it. It is time to go out into the world and work.

My husband and I are grateful but it is now necessary to leave.

HOWEVER I made it very clear that our commitment to supporting the hostel service is to maintain the only source of income for NVM and my husband maintains his service taking care of the 92-year-old devotee who gave and gives everything to the NVM rural project.

In short, WE WILL NOT LEAVE THE SERVICE BUT WE WILL LOOK FOR A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF NVM 🙏🏻

**Le envío una copia de la carta que envié a la comunidad

En medio de Troya, su discípula de tercera clase Yasoda Devi Dasi

** Espero poder volver a verlo en NVM...yo no dejo de pensar en usted siempre es mi refugio espiritual Gurumaharaja 🙏🏻

HpS/ASA - Hare Krsna. Thank you for this news. We guess you are back in NVM from India.

What you describe sounds accurate. We guess your husband is of the same mind.

We talked with the Brahmana leaders of the Houston community, Temple President and authorities, State and Federal government and now we plan to be based in Houston until Janmastami.

If things really fall apart the railroad track in one block away and we can just leave all shelter and start walking East along the track toward Braja!

Thank you!!