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[8/29, 10:17 PM] Yamunesvara Das - Manipura: Hare Krishna, Dandavat Pranam.

How is Guruji's health? Is there any plan to visit India especially Mayapur and Brindavan next year? Please advise me to increase Radha Krishna Prema.

: During Goura Purnima. I am reading Prema Bilas in Manipuri translation. The characters of Srinivas, Naratom and Shyamananda are the next Avatars of Shri Gouranga, Shri Nityananda and Shri Adwaita Prabhu.

HpS - AgtSP. Paoho. Sankirtan!

At our age, our only realistic plan is to really consider that each breath maybe our last.

So, we are working on practical plans to be chanting Holy Names whether our gross body is here or there.

Please help us keep our subtle body with Guru and Gauranga in Radha kunda, Manipur, Nabadvipa.

Doctors estimate that with medication and mechanical enhancements we should be functioning at our current capacity for three maybe five more years.

So some discussion is there amongst the ASA Supreme Undiferentiated Absolute Commado to visit Spain and Radha kunda like January or February with Yadunandana Swami.

Dear Maharaja and devotees;

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru and Gauranga.

On Sunday, August 24, 2025, at 7.30am, Houston time (CST ~~ time zone), we will continue reading Chapter 15 (Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya offers Parsadam~~Madhya Lila); verse 15.128 onwards and we might be able to cover about 40 verses.

For August 24th class H.G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu has graciously agreed to do translation for CC notes and Lakshmana Prabhu has graciously agreed to do translation for Maharaja's class. Thank you to H.G. Mitravinda Mataji for always joining session to be back up translator if there are technical issues.

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

Your Servant

Upendra Dasa

HpS/ASA - 🐵!!

CURRENT ASA CALENDAR

2025 August 5th

Daily

• 12.40AM - Rooster Crows!
• 12.50AM - 3.30AM -- Japa on line at https://meet.goto.com/898954813.
• 4.30-5.30 AM - ISKCON Houston Temple for Mangala arati, Spanish language reading of NOD, Tulasi Puja, Japa and little chatting at meet.goto.com/jayarama108-vip. Temple program is also at youtube.com ISKCON Houston.
• 5.30 - 9.45AM - Flexible. More Japa. Temple/Ashrama. Reading, preparing for class, class, breakfast, checking mail and meet with devotees, Calendar Development, SANKIRTAN. Napping.
• 6PM - 8PM - Maybe Temple program, meetings with devotees.
• 8PM - Radha Natabara, Nitai-gaura-sundara Das, Zoom Group, about three to four times a week.
• 8.40PM - Sleeep!

Regular Events

• Sunday Festival.
• Presenting SB Class Wed/Fri and one Sunday Festival a month.
• Bilingual SB Workshop with Upendra Das and HpS Sunday 7.30-9.00AM
• Hawaii SB class once a month at 11AM.
• Hearing Temple SB class live or online.
• ISKCON Board of Examinations Thursday 9.00AM

August

Camping in ISKCON Houston until 22nd.

22nd, Friday (until 13th September) Nashville, Middle Tennessee.

22nd - Pravine meet us at airport about three pm and go to The Boro.

23rd, Saturday - Join Ramesh et al Bhakta vrksa in the Boro.

30th Saturday - Ramesh unless it is rescheduled for next day.

31st - Radhastami in the Boro or with Yoga Soul [?] in Nashville!

September

• 3rd - Ekadasi
• 4th - Vamana/Jiva Goswami
• 5th, Friday - Bh. Vinode Thakura Appearance Day.
• 6th, Saturday - NIOS Board of Director's Meeting AM. House warming program in College Grove for Abhiseka Das and Family PM.
• 7th, Sunday - Vrndavana Forest with Gayatri Das et al, travel to Murari Farm Sunday evening with Parampara Das and camped there for one, two, three [?] days. Mooo!
• 12th, Friday - Back to the Boro.
• 13th, Saturday - Back to ISKCON Houston (Camped in the Gunja Room in the Sannyasi Ashrama, 3402 Radha Lane, Houston, Texas 77018 until mid December).

MIDDLE TENNESSEE trip has lots of room for development. We are working out transportation, accommodation. We have our 902 Hillcrest Camp which can maybe accommodate guests. We can stay in Grhastha ashramas but not alone in the house with ladies. Maybe visit Franklin while we are in College Grove. Visit Murari more often for day visits.

Accepting invitations for Mangala arati (Full Morning Service) and always inviting to join our ASA FMS at 902 Hillcrest Drive if not going out.

BODY, MIND, SPIRIT

• Body expected to be steady with hearing aid, heart medication and maybe cataract surgery for three to five years. After that expecting some more adjustments, new body. Maybe die at any moment.
• Mind less local awareness but Intellect developing.
• Hari-kirtan/Japa, Spiritual development advancing as Srila Prabhupada promises. Mostly like Hanuman in Kali yuga. Sitting on Arjuna's flagstaff. Roaring from time to time. Dreaming of Sankirtan. Responding to questions, invitations, sleep walking.

Involved In

• ISKCON Houston, Cinema Resources and Production Department, development with Dean Pablo, Master Abhaya Joshi and Temple Administration.
• ASA Encyclopedia with Srinatha Krsna Das.
• NIOS with Dr. Samaresha, Srinivasa Das, Abhisheka Das et al.
• Can go out for local programs if we are back in the same bed by nightfall.
• Maybe travel to ISKCON Boise, Richmond/Murfreesboro, ... ... Chile ... ... ... ... Spain/Radha-kunda....?.??.

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Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja!!!

Now I'm at the temple of New Mayapur in France, is lovely I really like here and is way better than Germany

https://youtu.be/aCETDX0xQ8w?si=7EMcckvWEeMqfsMy

HpS/ASA - Thirteen years, ago! AgtSP.

In this class (I could not find the minute) you said in one moment "Germany is not a place for human beings" and I remember I was hearing your class and think "this is so true, I feel it so much" and then you were explaining about why, like the temperature, the people, etc. But it's real, I was really unhappy there, almost no spiritual realization or reaally hard to have some.

HpS - Did I say, that? Of course, the whole material world is not a fit place for a human being, so why distinguish Germany.

I think I may have been referring to the climate. Just like the desert is not fit for human beings.

Guess humans live naturally where there are coconut palm trees.

Polar bears where there is snow.

I miss to hear your in person, was one of the few real joys of being here.

HpS - [Some private comments that we answered in private]

Now here I'm thinking to start an agricultural proyect, you think is a good idea?

HpS - In general it is good if it is for Krsna and specific, local, involved devotees agree!

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🍎 🍍 🍌

Also maybe help with a Bakery that is going to start, you think is a good idea?

ASA - Same as above. Chant Hare Krsna to see if the Holy Names like the idea. Consult with local devotees for their advice.

Please send me your thoughts, and also, can I write you in whatsapp? I remember that you give me your number a few months ago in Spain.

HpS - We get too many letters on WhatsApp, unless the topic is discussed in general here first.

90% of the letters we get on WhatsApp are 90% about things that can be discussed 90% here for the benefit of 90% of the correspondents.

Then we, 🐵 🐷 🌴 can handle the 10% of details on WhatsApp.

Please take care, I miss you.

Trying to improve sankirtan, is hard in France, specially when you don't speak French hahaha.

HpS- Sharing smile, walking upright, chanting Holy Names is all Sankirtan.

Saturate yourself with nectar and then you will share it everyway you act.

Dear Maharaja and devotees;

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru and Gauranga.

On Sunday, August 03, 2025, at 7.30am, Houston time (CST ~~ time zone), we will continue reading:

Chapter 15 (Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya offers Parsadam~~Madhya Lila); verse 15.70 onwards

we might be able to cover about 45 verses.

• For July 27th class H.G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu has graciously agreed to do translation for CC notes
• Lakshmana Prabhu has graciously agreed to do translation for Maharaja's class.
• Thank you to H.G. Mitravinda Mataji for always joining session to be back up translator if there are technical issues.

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

Your Servant

Upendra Dasa

HpS - ASA -- AgtSP!!! We do not have to decide what or when to read. Srila Prabhupada's books are like the Holy Names Themselves. They are sweet, and supremely educational wherever you open them and read!

Vidya vadu jivanam.

Read and that reading will organize your thoughts about how to read more and more systematically.

Then we will have systematic, logically organized, knowledge of Sastra, become Uttama-adhikari and then people will spontaneously say, "Oh, my God, who is that person!", just upon seeing us!

AgtSP and Lord Nityananda.

Dear Maharaja and devotees;

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru and Gauranga.

On Sunday, July 27, 2025, at 7.30am, Houston time (CST ~~ time zone), we will continue reading Chapter 15 (Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya offers Parsadam~~Madhya Lila); verse 15.26 onwards and we might be able to cover about 40 verses.

Thank you to H. G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu for doing Spanish translation for class on July 20, for reading notes of CC and Maharaja's class. For July 27th class H.G. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu has graciously agreed to do translation for CC notes and Lakshmana Prabhu has graciously agreed to do translation for Maharaja's class. Thank you to H.G. Mitravinda Mataji for always joining session to be back up translator if there are technical issues.

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

Your Servant

Upendra Dasa

HpS/ASA - - Hare Krsna. AgtSP. Of course, all sincere ISKCON devotees are feeling pressure to study Srimad Bhagavatam with Lord Caitanya as our teacher, and this is a dynamic situation.

We must be improving our Bhagavata Sanga and system, responding to the changing environment and our personal development!

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