Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna adorable Gurudeva! Please accept my humble obeisances eternally 🙏👣🪷🎵 All Glories To Srila Prabhupada! All Glories To You Our wonderful Gurumaharaja!!🙏👣🪷🐝🌲💃🏻

I'm cursing the time it took me to get ready to dance because I couldn't see Sri Sri Gaura Nitai in his celebration (although I saw them in Mangalartik and help in the Pujari!!!!) and I couldn't be in his class live Gurudeva!! in Gaura Pournima!!!!

after mangalartik enter the pujari! who gave me mercy to take second initiation!! , it was wonderful, the most wonderful thing I have felt in several years!!... Then I wanted to go to cook with the devotees, a Hindu!!!, another wonderful moment, then the ecstatic Harinama Sankirtan!!! with You!!!!, .. but then my material body was exhausted, what a anger... and I had to dance!! ,

the devout who did Dance Odissi, decided at the last moment that she would not dance with me and they warned me, rested a little and began to prepare to dance when the kirtan began. The devotee Odissi helped me change but wonderfully I was anxious to get down to the program, I should have taken advantage of her anxiety to go down together, but I preferred her to be happy going down soon. And I prepared myself the last thing that was missing and then when your class arrived I had finished Gurudeva...!!! I felt so bad... but I tried to recover for my service.

I know I can't be in everything, but how can I not be in your class during Gaura Pournima?!!!!=, I horrify myself !!!.. And since I'm not going to be in a flour with my beloved Gurudeva?!!! I always think that I would like to have been born with the clothes and jewelry set ready to dance at any opportunity. I think it's part of my sankirtan that makeup is good to enhance gestures, and well-placed jewels so they don't fall while you dance, and if I do this fast... everything goes wrong, I wasn't born to do everything fast or to eat fast... 😃

Please forgive me for not having witnessed your adorable sweet presence during the wonderful class of Gaura Pournima. Although I will see the video I know it will not be the same. Every time I am more surprised by the force of time and my forgetfulness that every moment does not return.

🎵💃🏻🪷🎵🙏👣🏞️🪷🐝❣️🌲💃🏻

Before leaving my beloved Santiago Mandir, I wanted to say goodbye to you (although I didn't want to leave your adorable lotus feet 😭). I once heard a devotee say that the programs with you helped her stay grounded... and I instantly thought: it's the opposite for me 😊... my feet want to fly away... and I don't pay attention to my earthly situation... which isn't good if you have to be a mother, wife, preacher... (one side of the coin, of course). So I decided to arrange my trip to the bus station and take care of the last things at the ashram so I could say goodbye peacefully.

But when I arrived, you were no longer there... I also confess that I am too shy to speak in public or in front of several people. The moment of mangalartik with you and your permission to sing to Tulasi Debi, your kindness, was a beautiful farewell. I now say to Krishna: why do you give me so much nectar if you are going to take it away afterward? You are so cruel! Why is my house so far from the temple? I am meditating that my greatest happiness is kirtan and dance, and this visit made me see it very clearly.

Thank you for your time in reading this letter, Gurumaharaja. My devotion to You grows ever more wonderful and profound🪷💦

🙏👣🪷🙏👣🪷

Please forgive any unintentional offense in this letter. You are my soul and my life. Without you, I would be dead... while still alive.

Trying to be a better disciple, mother, friend, to please her lotus feet and those of Srila Prabhupada. Please bless me, so be it, the most important thing is that I want to return home where everything is love, dance and eternal sing for Govinda who loves us the most!!

Japa Prati Jalpa Radha Devi Dasi.

HpS - Hare Krsna. We could only ready the first half of this letter in detail. 🙂

In general, I was also very sorry that I could not see your offering to Gaura Nitai, but I was also exhausted.

This is spiritual life, no?

The Maha-mantra gets us our of Maya, but then It helps us understand what our priorities are in the Spiritual World.

Yes, we cannot do everything.

Going to give BG class now!

Thank you!

Your association is a regular part of our Sankirtan.

Always hoping Franco and Gopal are finding their place in the eternal Sankirtan of Gaura Nitai.

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I hope you are well. I recently tried to send you a personal email, but I am not sure if the address I have is still current. Because the message is very personal, I preferred not to post it publicly here.

Could you please let me know the email address where I can reach you?

Thank you very much.

Your servant,

Kirtida Devi Dasi

HpS - ASA - We looked, agtSP, through our yahoo.mail account after three weeks, and could not find any letters from your good self.

We do not use email much.

Send us your WhatsApp address here.

We will not post it, but will send you our WhatsApp number for individual communication 🙂.

Of course, because of our Ashrama as Sannyasis, whomever you are taking shelter of as Father, Husband, Grown up son, et al must take part in the communications. 👍

Thank you.

Hare Krsna.

ASA-E -- Guru, Diksa, HpSwami

Hare krishna 🙏

por acepte mis humildes reverencias 🙇

Todas las glorias a Srila prabhupada

Todas las glorias a usted

Espero se encuentre muy bien de salud,hace unos días estando conectada en el horario de japa joe en línea,usted me pregunto si tenía nombre espiritual (Diksha) le contesté que aún no, que esperaba fuera muy pronto,la verdad es que mi respuesta fue esta porque considere que no era el medio apropiado para hablar más sobre el tema.

Hace algún tiempo hiba a escribirle para pedirle que usted fuera mi maestro espiritual iniciador (Diksha) pero empeze a leer las cartas publicadas en el blog que usted ya no estaba iniciando y por tal motivo ya no le escribi.

Considero importante mencionarle que estoy en conciencia de krishna aproximadamente hace nueve años y desde hace ocho años hago 16 rondas diarias y llevo los cuatros principios regulativos, siempre que tengo la oportunidad me conecto a japa joe y al programa de la mañana mangala arati , dependiendo del lugar donde usted se encuentre,escucho sus clases que quedan grabadas, a las clases del día domingo casi no me he podido conectar por temas de trabajo...

S.S Hanumatpresaka swami 🙇Usted tendría la bondad de darme refugio y ser mi maestro espiritual iniciador por favor 🙏..

Su Aspirante a Sirvienta

Claudia Garcia Hernandez

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Hare Krishna 🙏

Please accept my humble obeisances 🙇

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to you

I hope you are in good health. A few days ago, while I was online during Japa Joe time, you asked me if I had a spiritual name (Diksha). I replied that I didn't yet, but that I hoped it would be very soon. The truth is, I answered this way because I felt it wasn't the appropriate medium to discuss the matter further.

Some time ago, I was going to write to you to ask you to be my spiritual initiator (Diksha), but I started reading the letters posted on the Blog and saw that you were no longer initiating anyone, so I didn't write to you.

I feel it's important to mention that I've been in Krishna consciousness for approximately nine years, and for the last eight years I've been doing 16 rounds daily and practicing the four regulative principles. Whenever I have the opportunity, I connect to Japa Joe and the Mangala Arati morning program, depending on your location. I listen to your recorded classes. I haven't been able to connect to the Sunday classes much lately due to work commitments.

His Holiness Hanumatpresaka Swami, would you be so kind as to offer me refuge and be my spiritual guide and initiator? 🙏

Your Aspiring Servant,

Claudia Garcia Hernandez

HpS - Hare Krsna! AgtSP. Thank you so much for your letter.

It is just a fact that our body is old and cannot handle the Karma of initiation. Srila Prabhupada says that anyone who does a ritual ceremony takes Karma.

We were supposed to die about December 23, 2024 but we started taking cardiac medicine, following Ayurvedic prescriptions etc and that seems to have helped.

So, we started traveling again.

Then, there are people like yourself, like Carlos Rold here in Chile, who have been aspiring for initiation from us for years and are finally ready, and we thing, "Well let us just initiate them as a special case", but then we think of the result, like thinking of the result of eating one more piece of pizza and the result it not good.

Your request seems kind of like asking a six year old to please drive you to the market in the auto.

😆

On the other hand, we can act like Siksa guru, give advice, even how to relate to Diksa guru.

Any devotees you know who are initiating?

Thank you.

Are you in Mexico, Leon?

Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, all glories to your service, and all glories to all the Vaiṣṇavas.

I am writing with a repentant heart to beg forgiveness for the time I have wasted and the many opportunities for service that I have neglected. I can see more clearly how laziness, distraction and attachment to material comfort have covered my intelligence and caused me to fall short of your instructions and expectations. Whatever progress I have made is only by your mercy, and whatever distance has come between my ideal and my actual life is entirely due to my own lack of sincerity.

I deeply regret my sinful nature and carelessness that have arisen in my rebellious thoughts, words and deeds, and I pray that you may kindly overlook these faults and allow me to begin again.

By your mercy, I have understood that human life is very short and extremely precious, and that every moment not used in Kṛṣṇa’s service is simply a loss that can never be regained. Remembering Śrīla Prabhupāda’s emphasis on strict sādhana and practical engagement in devotional service, I feel ashamed that I have not fully taken shelter of the process you have given me and have frivolously allowed myself to become victimized by maya.

Instead of using my time for hearing, chanting and service, I have too often allowed myself to be distracted by temporary goals, self-aggrandizement and sense enjoyment. Now I am praying for the strength to give up these tendencies and to realign my life completely with your instructions.

With this mood, I wish to humbly submit one earnest request at your lotus feet. I desire to dedicate myself as a full‑time brahmacārī in your service, under your guidance and under the authority of your representatives. I understand that this ashram requires strict celibacy, simplicity, obedience, and full engagement in devotional service, rising early, attending maṅgala‑ārati, chanting the prescribed rounds, following the four regulative principles, and accepting whatever service is given without personal consideration. Knowing my conditioned nature, I do not trust my own strength, but I have faith that by your mercy and by the association of serious devotees, I can be re‑trained and gradually become a useful instrument in your mission.

Therefore I beg you not to reject this fallen soul. Please kindly engage me in whatever full‑time brahmacārī service you consider appropriate, be it temple service, preaching, menial work, or any other duty that will help purify my heart and keep me always close to the shelter of your instructions. If you so desire, I am ready to adjust my external situation, relocate, or accept whatever austerity is necessary to live as a proper brahmacārī in ISKCON, always remaining loyal to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s society and to your lotus feet. Kindly correct me, guide me, and chastise me as you see fit, but please never withdraw your mercy from me. I am presently in the United Kingdom but also have a passport for Australia, where I was initiated (via ritvik) in 2018.

Your aspiring servant and unworthy disciple,

Janardan-hari dasa.

HpSwami - Hare Krsna. We cannot immediately place your form and actions.

Under what circumstances did we initiate you??

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.🙏

All glories to you and Srila Prabhupada. 🙏

Thank you so much for your encouragement 🙏🙏

Here is the general prayer request from the temple:

Dear devotees,

Hare Krishna

I have been informed that Mitreya Rsi prabhu (Michael Parr), a disciple HG Radha Krishna Prabhu, will be undergoing a spinal surgery tomorrow that will be performed in two stages. One surgery will be performed on Monday (2/16/26) and the second one on Thursday (2/19/26)during the same week. The surgery is to reconstruct aspects of his spine including placement of spinal rod, pins, screws, and spacers. He will be an inpatient for at least a week, if all goes well, he will be discharged on Sunday, 2/23/26. He will then transition to physical therapy.

Please keep him in your prayers for a successful and speedy recovery.

And here is one reply:

Hare Krishna I came in Monday and with Krishna's mercy I will be discharged today (Friday). Mondays surgery went well Thursdays was delayed and lasted three hours plus . The pain is strong but is being managed by medication for the most part. I've been up and walked so I'm doing well thank you. I hope to make it to the temple within a week or two. I miss it greatly.

He goes very often to the nightly Bhagavad Gita class and yes I think he was in some branch of the military.

One time you started a sketch book and gave it to me to add to it. Then it went to Bhakta Angel, and finally it was to be completed by him as the last person in the "art chain".

Thank you Guru Maharaja!

Your servant,

Jaya Hari das

HpS - Yes, agtSP, I think he is the former Navy Corpman that we all know and love.

Gave us apple juice that went to Lord Nrisimha.

Thank you.

Certainly hope his body is aligned perfectly with his service.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada 🙏

All glories to Parama Karuna Sri Sri Goura Nitai

All glories to HH Hanumatpresaka Swami 🙏🌻

Hare Krishna, Maharaj HpS 🙏

Please, accept all my respect, gratitude and obediences.

Yesterday, in the Japa Joe program. You asked us about Vartman Acarya. Is our Vartman Acarya our Founder Acarya, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada?

Thank you, millions of times, for your mercy, inspiring association, priceless prayers and blessings for all of us.

Thank you for these amazing and useful tools: daily programs with your guidance, Vedabase and this blog 🐸

The greatest blessing of Krishna for me in this life is to have the devotee's association like yours, who to teach us how serve and love properly to our dearest Srila Prabhupada.

Jaya Srila Prabhupada 🙇

An enthusiastic servant's apprentice of you 🙏

Annie from Lima

Thank you 🌻

HpS/ASA - Vartman means path, road, in Sanskrit language as dictionary says.

To our comprehension it is a Siksa guru, who gives us advice how to get on the Path to Goloka.

We are pushing through the dense jungle trying to go to Goloka and someone explains that there is a nice path that we can take. Eg. They tell us where is an ISKCON center etc.

This can be Srila Prabhupada directly and/or other people like you or me.

Next comes Diksa guru and then Sikha guru(s) who guides us after Initation.

First chapter of Caitanya Caritanmrita focuses on this.

If you can, send some photos of your self and associates et al.

Thank you.