Letters to the editor

HK PAMHO Gurudeva, I am infinitely happy about your upcoming visit to Spain. For a moment, I resigned myself to just seeing you again in the United States.

The day I verbally presented my proposal for sankirtan at universities, Maharaja Yadunandana appointed me as a service coordinator. From your experience and my own experience, I remember that administering in ISKCON, even a small position, is like trying to teach cats to scratch. That service takes up a large part of my time. I'm doing everything I can to accomplish my goals for the rest of the year. For now, I'm already at a library in Alcalá de Henares. I hope this is the beginning of my field research work. That's the first step. We'll go slowly but surely.

On the other hand, I saw your travel itinerary to India. In less than a month, you'll be traveling to five places, not all nearby, and it will surely be all by plane, not counting Spain and Chile. After having been in Houston for a whole year recovering your health, I'm worried. Perhaps, instead of traveling to five places in India, you'll only go to Radha Kundha, or two, or three places at the most. The rest of the devotees can do the full tour. Maharaja has already announced a tour here, which means many people will be traveling, which means more fatigue, different foods, different temperatures, and little time to adapt.

I am very grateful to Krishna for allowing us to associate with him for a longer time. At the same time, if, as disciples, we are unable to care for him, we are of no use; it is a great frustration. For your sankirtan, your service to Srila Prabhupada, I ask for more breaks. That way, Hanumatpresaka Swami's sankirtan will last longer.

I wish I could travel with you. That is what I most desire: to return to India and continue my pilgrimage and seva in the dham. However, I urge the organizers to be prudent, so I ask:

How many classes does HpS teach each week, and how long will they last?

What is your diet? How many times do you eat a day?

What should you avoid to take care of your heart?

I hope I'm not being impertinent, but it's best to ask you so that devotees are aware that we shouldn't overdo it with stressful schedules. And thus, I can help you in your phase of meditation on the holy names and enthusiasm for filming.

My apologies for expressing this concern.

Your servant:

Yugala Kisora ​​Dasi

(The White Lion[ess] of Brihuega)

HK PAMHO Gurudeva me alegra infinitamente su próxima venida a España, por un momento me resigne a solo volver a verlo en Estados Unidos.

El día que expuse verbalmente mi propuesta de sankirtan en universidades, Maharaja Yadunandana me dio el servicio de coordinadora de servicios, por Ud. y experiencia propia, recuerdo que administrar en ISKCON, así sea un cargo pequeño, es como intentar enseñar a arar a los gatos. Ese servicio abarca gran parte de mi tiempo. Estoy haciendo de todo para cumplir mis objetivos en lo que resta del año. Por lo pronto, ya estoy en una biblioteca en Alcalá de Henares, espero que sea el inicio de mi trabajo de investigación de campo. Ese es el primer paso. Iremos lento pero seguro.

Por otro lado, vi su itinerario de viaje a India, en menos de un mes, va viajar a 5 lugares, no cercanos, seguro será todo por avión, sin contar España y Chile. Después de haber estado en Houston todo un año recuperando su salud, por ello estoy preocupada. Tal vez, en vez de viajar a 5 lugares en India solo va a Radha Kundha, o dos, o tres lugares como máximo. El resto de devotos puede hacer el tour completo. Aquí Maharaja ya anunció un tour, eso significa que van a viajar muchos, lo cual genera más cansancio, diferentes comidas, temperaturas y poco tiempo para adaptarse. 

Estoy muy agradecida con Krsna por permitirnos su asociación por más tiempo, a la vez, si como discípulos, somos incapaces de cuidarlo, no servimos, es una gran frustración. Para su sankirtan, su servicio a Srila Prabhupada, le pido más pausas. Así el sankirtan de Hanumatpresaka Swami durará por más tiempo.

Ojalá pudiera viajar con Uds. es lo que más deseo, regresar a India y continuar mi peregrinaje y seva en el dham. Más hago un llamado a la prudencia de los organizadores por ello le pregunto:

¿En la semana cuántas clases da HpS y cuánto tiempo de duración?

¿Cuál es su dieta?, ¿Cuántas veces come al día?

¿Qué debe evitar para cuidar su corazón?

Espero no cometer ninguna impertinencia, sin embargo, es mejor preguntarle a Ud. para que los devotos sean conscientes que no debemos excedernos, con itinerarios estresantes. Y así, ayudarlo en su etapa de meditación en los santos nombres y entusiasmo por filmación. 

Mis disculpas por expresarle esta preocupación.

Su sirviente:

Yugala Kisora Dasi

(El León blanco de Brihuega)

HpS/ASA - Venerable Lioness, Yugala kishora Devi Dasi.

We remember that Srila Prabhupada said that he is lady disciples should be like Lions on the street but like lambs at home. 😆

Thank you for all the nice Sankirtan news, and suggestions for traveling Sankirtan in the future.

90% of recovering our health from our stay in India and Spain at the end of last year, was coming to the more mechanized, and warmer environment of ISKCON Houston.

There are advantages and disadvantages in ISKCON Houston, Nashville, Boise, Mexico, Santiago, Madrid, Radha-kunda.

You have learned, no... that both the advantages and disadvantages are advantages if we are strong in our Krsna Bhavan amrta.

DAILY SCHEDULE AND DIET

This is adjusting. We try to communicate what is happening.

90% of our current diet and schedule is adjusting around getting up by 12.40AM for Japa.

Is wonderful result.

For us.

Maybe not for Grhastha of others.

Have to talk more about diet and agenda as our visit approaches.

Yes, it is a short visit to India.

It is a very strong echo of the VIP Tour that we developed with Hector and others.

We would go along as a VIP tourist, not a director.

If Hector was satisfied with the arrangement at 80-years old, then should be O.K. for us.

Main group might go for some programs and we would go for other, meeting with devotees.

Certainly in good contact with Yadu Swami and will publish the plan as it develops for your and others comments.

We land on Christmas day with Papa Noel, and then we have some time to recover and work on Sankirtan event to present when we return from India, before we leave. Eg. we might meet with some faculty and friends from Complutence about a symposium on Cultivation of the Human Spirit before we go to India, with presentation planned for after we return!

Is Subal Das still cooking???

Will try to send a paper letter tomorrow!

Thank you!

Hare Krsna

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to you, Gurudev, and your Sankirtan

I have read your messages in the WhatsApp group regarding the search for directors, technicians, etc. for the NIOS Media Development recordings. We wanted to let you know that both myself, Vrsabhanu Nandini, and my family are available and willing to help and collaborate with these projects wherever needed. We would also have no problem traveling wherever necessary. We are very happy to be able to assist and participate. Thank you very much.

Your servants,

Vrsabhanu Nandini DD and Ambarisa M Das

HpS/ASA - Thank you very, very, very, very, very...... very much!

We are working on the Calendar for next quarter, Jan-March.

We should be planning these International programs one year in advance. We must say that it is not only our shortcoming, but others also are not ready to plan so much in advance.

We would liked to have had a travel partner to Madrid from Dallas, but now the price of a second ticket has probably gone up a lot!

🙂

We will see what is happening.

Trying to get the rest of the Calendar more fixed and then we will know what is happening about Spain, India etc.

Maybe we can work more closely in the March segment when we may be landing in Chile.

With that, we would like to visit Lima and Yadu Swami would like to visit Argentina!

Will Hari vamsi also join?

Please accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet GuruMaharaja!🐾 🪷 🪷 🪷 🪷🌺 🌹 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🙏🏻🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🏻🙇‍♂️🙏🙇‍♂️

HpS - AgtSP!!! Are you sure we have lotus feet! You are such an advanced devotee that you can see that?! Wonderful. I was thinking that maybe I have lotus roots, and am a blade of grass in Vaikuntha, Goloka?

Maybe lotus hooves.

Well, obeisances to your lotus feet of your Siddha deha form also.

All Glories To Srila Prabhupada !!!👏👏👏💐❤️🎵🎼

All Glories to You adored Gurudeva!!!👏👏👏👏🎵🎼❤️💐🌺🌹

I want to tell you that I am very happy because thanks to Mother Astasakhi Devi Dasi, who shared with us a Vaishnava calendar app—an app that works perfectly offline!—we have started reading the biographies, etc., of all the Vaishnava festivals. I have been trying for a long time to download each festival, each appearance of a Vaishnava, to read their biography and learn more. I love learning about these days in great detail. We were able to read about the life of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, the life of Haridas Thakur, and the appearance of Jiva Goswami! We continue reading about his life and about Vamana Dvadasi. I hope you had wonderful festivals, Gurudeva! I wish you always be happy. We still have a long way to go to learn to honor each sacred day like these! I believe it is infinite! Jaya GuruMaharaja! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

HpS/ASA - We got it also. It is wonderful. It also tells us when is B. Muhurta etc!

We read in FMP that you might be coming to Latin America? Chile, Peru? Franco told me he hopes we can travel to Chile to have darshan with You. On the other hand, I confess that since the last time you came to Cordoba, I really wanted you to visit our home. I've dreamed that you've come here and that many devotees have come! But again, I'm so idealistic... my house is not comfortable at all, so small... although the land is medium-sized, and I always think that devotees could come and stay in tents... but it might be austere for them... The most important thing is your health, Gurumaharaja, and I think it's so good what I've heard that perhaps you will stay in a fixed place for the three months that your visa allows. On the other hand, when I look around where I live, it is so beautiful. There is the river right in front of the house, and although it is not clean, the good thing is that it rains often and clears up. Since I first came here, I thought that with the devotees, we could organize riverside programs because it's an open campground.

Sometimes it reminds me of Chosica.And I remember you said it would be good to buy the part of the land next to the temple so it would be bigger. And I think: How much longer will I be alive, Franco? Will Gopal stay here alone? I'd like this place to be for Srila Prabhupada and His ISKCON💕

Eternal thanks, Gurumaharaja. Please forgive any offenses here, any offenses in the programs, my misuse of the keyboard. But the devils are in the details, as you said.

May the dust of all devotees' feet allow me to always chant the holy name. Jay Gurumaharaja!

I keep running after you chanting Hare Krsna!! Ohe Vaisnava Thakura!!! Doyara Sagara..!

🙏🙇🏻‍♀️🌹🌺🎼🎵

Japa Prati Jalpa Radha Devi Dasi

PD. I tried to shorten this letter and edited it. I apologize at your lotus feet if I caused you any inconvenience.

HpS - Thank you!!! We still had to scan it, to not lose chance to answer other letters, but we got the essence and the sentiment.

Thanks to Sripada Franco!!

Really we are not sure that we are not going to die at any moment.

Eyes, respiration, ears, heart are all old.

Natural.

Live Old Age so that your bodily elements can be nicely composted and recycled to make new bodies to satisfy the ambitions of the creator of this school.

We just plan to chant Hari Kirtan more and more, internally and externally.

Cooking carrots is a dance.

Yet, we do tend to see tendencies, and, considering the general medical conclusion about our body and it's medical condition, then maybe we go to South America again.

Maybe we go over the border to Mexico October 2-21 when Oscar and Anna are there???

Maybe we go to Spain second week of January for some time and during that, join Yadu Swami trip to India.

Maybe!

For sure, have a Campsite reserved in ISKCON Houston Sannyasi Quarters until December end.

Thank you.

Dear Maharaja and devotees;

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

On Sunday, September 07, 2025, at 7.30am, Houston time (CST ~~ time zone), we will continue reading Chapter 15 (Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya offers Parsadam~~Madhya Lila); verse 15.169 onwards and we might be able to cover about 40 verses.

Thank you to H. G. Mitravinda Mataji for willing to doing Spanish translation for class on September 07, for reading notes of CC and also to H. G. Lakshman Agraja Prabhu for willing to do Spanish translation Maharaja's class.

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

Your Servant

Upendra Dasa

ASA - 🐵 🐒🐒🐒🐒

[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 - 🐵!!