Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna, dear Hanumatpresaka Swami. My name is ... [Edited by HpSwami ASA] I writing in the name of my friend Trivikrama Das, from Chile, who is pass away two month ago, and for recommendation of Jhagad Guru, from Iskon Chile.

He (Jhagad) said to me that you were the spiritual master of Trivikrama and I could tell you -with all the details- what is going on, and you will understand.

A couple of weeks after Trivi left us, he make contact to me like a medium (I'm not used to be a medium before that). He ask me some favors, like talk to some people to say goodbye and answer some questions that all of us had, for keep his journey lighter I guess. 

But with the pass of the weeks, he didn't go away. We start to have a better communication and he can told me something about a Karma that we had in common from past lives, and that "we" broked in this one, with his dead and this "work" that we made together.

A couple of days ago he make contact with me again, for say goodbye. He told me that he "had been called", and he was very happy.

But yesterday he made contact again to ask for help, because after we say goodbye something happen, he can't kept his journey and was trapped in an awful place where he is suffering so much.

He told me that he wants to talk with his Spiritual Master, because "he will know what to do" but he told to me that was Jhagad. 

Today we talk to Jhagad and he told me to write to you looking for help for my friend.

I appreciate so much if you can help me to help him to stop his suffering, or if you can help him directly.

I appreciate too if you don't publish this article, because I think is very personal.

I attached a photo of Trivi, in case of you don't remember him.

Please let me know if you need more context or whatever.

I'm sorry by advance if I was rude or unorthodox in some way. I'm not actually a devote, but I respect so much your philosophy and Trivi, in some way, more than my closer friend, is my spiritual master now, and I' would do anything for his rest and peace.

Thank you so much!

HpSwami ASA - Thank you, Hare Krsna.

Since we are Sannyasi these things in this association are shared.

Of course your esteemed name we can keep confidential.

Thank you for letter.

Full concern for Trivikrama.

Certainly seems Jagad Guru Das is also his spiritual master.

Please send some photos of him and we can all chant HH/HR while looking at them.

That should give him shelter, guidance, association, motivation.

Thank you.

Hare krsna my remenbered and beloved Gurumaharaja🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🏵🌷🌼🌻

Please accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🏵🌷🌼🌻🌹🌷✈️

All Glories To Srila Prabhupada!!!

All glories to You!!!

I hope this finds you well and happy in your wonderful Govinda consciousness.

Please forgive me, the last time I entered Your wonderful FMP, I had to leave in a hurry because Franco warned me that it was time to break ekadasi and he took my phone, then (as always) I no longer had a signal and then my few days of connection ran out😊

I sent a letter to Him asking what He would like me to do for His Vyasa Puja. I am still waiting for His reply. I can celebrate His Vyasa Puja and birthdays all year round 😀🌹🏵🌷🌼🌻🙏

For now I tell you that I was able to know that the 1st day of the year was His sacred Vyasa Puja! So I made a simple puspanjali with many photos of Him and our beloved Srila Prabhupada! We offered flowers, incense and prayers (I don't have photos) but I repeated before His picture the same words that came from my heart and that I wrote in my annual report. I'm still worried. Were you able to read it? I didn't get a response from Him in my 2023 or 2024 annual report either and I wonder if you read them? I would be happy to know if that was the case, even if I don't have His merciful response🙏

Until I know what you would like me to offer you, I made a video singing Je Ringo Prema Dhana from Sri Narotama das Thakur. And another video explaining the meaning of this sublime song.

They are here:

Song:

https://youtu.be/ZY9Uc8edaWI?si=BV2uThwVazH0uiXs

Meaning in spanish:

https://youtu.be/lOiaGeE4biU?si=Zk1sPnGIpjTnt66g

I hope to always please You, Srila Prabhupada, and the Vaisnavas.

I'm still trying to figure out what it means: 🐎🚗✈️ ... should we travel ..? or should I move faster? ... please I would like to know. Excuse my lack of understanding.

I hope you had a beautiful Vyasa Puja celebration. I still long to cook and for You to eat. I'm not satisfied with just Your Photo. Even so, we only offered a Cake and some cookies to Your photo. But I still hope to have the opportunity to celebrate it better although I will never do it as You deserve.

Trying to please him forever:

J.P. Radha dd

hps - asa --- we read the annual reports, though slowly.

same, you can see by this letter that we try to answer all the blog posts!

big priority for us.

with the progressing glaucoma is more and more strain to look at the screen.

we just like sankirtan news,



🌿🌸🌿Jaya Gurudeva!

Toda Gloria a Srila Prabhupada!!

Jaya Sri Sri Nitay Gourasundar! 🌿🌸🌿

Gurudeva por favor acepte mis reverencias postradas a Sus Santos Pies.

Gracias por compartir sus sadhana con nosotros cada día, realmente es una misericordia incalculable y una inspiración para todos. Lo sé!

Espero que tenga un hermoso día en esta trascendental fecha de la aparición del Señor Nityananda. Jaya!! Jaya!!!

Gurudeva, solo quiero preguntarle , en su experiencia y conocimiento, que sucede con los practicantes de Bhakti Yoga que en esta vida no pueden ir al Santo dham?

Nosotros estamos bien, animados, siempre entusiasmados. Es increíble como, por la misericordia de Srila Prabhupada, tenemos la oportunidad siempre de acercar almas a la Conciencia de Krishna.

Gracias a usted también Gurudeva.

Por favor disculpe nuestras ofensas.

🌿🌸🌿Que El Señor Krishna lo cuide y proteja de cerquita. 🌿🌸🌿

*le comparto una foto con la santa devota GURU GOVINDA. Tuve la bendición de conocerla en mi paso por Iskcon Santiago. Admirable la determinación y el entusiasmo infinito que tiene para servir a esta misión.

Su sirvienta, Jahnava Devi dasi. 💙

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🌿🌸🌿Jaya Gurudeva!

All Glory to Srila Prabhupada!!

Jaya Sri Sri Nitay Gourasundar! 🌿🌸🌿

Gurudeva please accept my prostrating obeisances at Your Holy Feet.

hps/asa - i understand, agtSP, that in our original forms we all have holy, sat cit ananda, feet. now we seem to have rather ordinary clean feet. how about your good self???

but srila prabhupada is pulling us, so maybe some value in watching feet of iskcon members, no?

Thank you for sharing your sadhana with us every day, it really is an incalculable mercy and an inspiration to all. I know!

asa 🐷 You see good qualities even in hypocrites. agtSP and his iskcon.

I hope you have a beautiful day on this momentous date of the appearance of Lord Nityananda. Jaya!! Jaya!!!

Gurudeva, I just want to ask you, in your experience and knowledge, what happens to the Bhakti Yoga practitioners who in this life cannot go to the Holy Dham?

We are fine, encouraged, always enthusiastic. It is incredible how, by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, we always have the opportunity to bring souls closer to Krishna Consciousness.

Thank you too Gurudeva.

Please excuse our offenses.

🌿🌸🌿May Lord Krishna watch over you and protect you closely. 🌿🌸🌿

hps/asa - thank you prabhu!!! your association is very powerful energy for us.

we hope you go on to more and more perfection... bhaktivedanta...

in a very, very, very general sense, it seems to us that there is a certain potency in dragging our gross bodies to the holy dhamas eg vrndavan and mayapura...

eg. mitra vinda, divya drsti dd et al.

sincere desire to go there and transportation miracle may happen!!!

yet same level of sincere effort may produce same or even more realization by serving in iskcon centers outside of india. 🎏

o. k.?

*I share a photo with the holy devotee GURU GOVINDA. I had the blessing of meeting her during my time at Iskcon Santiago. Admirable is her determination and infinite enthusiasm to serve this mission.

hps/asa - we wish her all success and hope she has completely beaten into eternal oblivion the shocking experience she had when she was attacked by piyari mohana possessed by satan!!!

and if anything like that ever happens to her or me or you in the future we will scream, "hare krsna, hare rama" 💥 and satan will end up like dhenukasura!!!

hope pmd also has paid for his mistakes!

o.k?

Your servant, Jahnava Devi dasi. 💙

Hare Krsna beloved Gurumaharaja🙏🏵🌷🌼🌻🌹🌷 please accept my respectful obeisances to the adorable dust of Your feet. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! All Glories to You my beloved Gurumaharaja!

Of course we can record 1 minute of our usual Gurumaharaja japa and send it! . Thank you for giving us Your mercy of wanting to listen to us🙏❤ 

Please tell me how I can send an audio here, because it seems that You want me to send it to you here and I still can't find a way to attach it. 

Thank you very much! 

I will try to send an audio of Franco, Gopal and myself. 

Eternally grateful for Your good wishes for us. 

 Now that I am re-reading the book of life of our dear Acarya Prabhupada, I really like this mantra that He chanted to initiate His first disciples:

Om apavitrah pavitro vā

Sarvāvastam gato 'pi vā

Yah smaret Pundarīkakşam

Sa bahyābhyantarah śucih

Śri Vişņuh Śri Vişņuh Śri Vişņuh

"Without purification or purification, or even after passing through all situations, one who remembers the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the lotus-eyed one ❤ becomes cleansed inside and out."

I didn't know that just by remembering Him, we become so purified! I am always amazed at how merciful Krsna is, our master of the senses who brings arrows of flowers... all I want is to remember Him eternally, sheltered in the sweet dust of His merciful Lotus feet remembered Gurudeva.

I feel that our real happiness is in letting the master of the senses be our master again, so be it! Om Tat sat. I ask for Your blessings again and again to always remember and never forget.

Please forgive any offense in this message.

Trying to please the adorable dust of Your adorable Lotus feet Gurumaharaja :

J.P. Radha DD.

HpS/ASA --- AgtSP. I don't know how to send audios. maybe abhirama Das in Lima can help!!!! Super...!

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja.

Dandavat Pranam.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

With a heavy heart, I wish to inform you that my father-in-law (Guru Sekhar) left his material body yesterday. I humbly request your prayers for his souls spiritual journey.

Thank you for your kindness and blessings.

Haribol!

YHS

HpS//ASA - Hare Krsna! Subal-sakha Das informed us during the Full Morning Program and we asked for a picture of Sriman Guru Sekhar. Now we have received it.

Now, myself, other Blog participants can chant Holy Names while thinking of his material form and hope that we create a nice beacon for his perspective on the Bhuvar and Svar platforms that might be useful to him.

hkhk.... interesting shirt. what was prabhuji's consciousness, bhava, attitude toward life?

Hare Krsna! Querido Guru Maharaja

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias ¡Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

Orando siempre por su bienestar, me disculpo por importunarle🙏, quisiera consultar sobre un tema que me aflige:

Recientemente una persona que fue cercana a mí, se quitó la vida.

Todo ha sido muy doloroso, pero lo que más me perturba es la forma en la que partió, temo el destino al que se dirige y quisiera preguntarle ¿Además de cantar los santos nombres, de orar por él, hay algo que pueda hacer para ayudarlo?

Guru Maharaja, en esta situación la familia enfrenta gran dolor, confusión, culpa, mucho enojo (incluso contra Dios) y también mucho temor, pues incluso en la tradición católica se dice que debido a que el suicidio es un pecado grave, el suicida irá al infierno... 😞

Muchas veces, el corazón de los dolientes se tranquiliza un poco confiando en que quien parte, llegará a un destino superior. Pero en este caso no se tiene ese consuelo, por lo que la partida es incluso más dolorosa y aterradora.

¿Cómo podría uno encontrar consuelo ante este escenario?

¿Qué puedo decir a los dolientes ante ese temor que incluso yo tengo?

Él era solo un adolescente, no era devoto y, debido a su entorno, tampoco era muy religioso, pero en esencia era noble y bondadoso, nunca imaginamos que tomaría esa decisión... Llegue a pensar que quizá, si él hubiera estado más cerca de Dios, no habría tomado esa decisión. Luego observé que, aunque poco se habla del suicidio en nuestra comunidad, no somos ajenos a esa problemática. Así que me gustaría conocer un poco, para poder ayudar en caso de ser necesario.

Muchas gracias querido Gurudeva, implorando su guía e instrucción, siempre a sus órdenes

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

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Hare Krsna! Dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances, Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

Always praying for your well-being, I apologize for bothering you🙏, I would like to consult on a subject that afflicts me:

Recently a person who was close to me, took his life.

Everything has been very painful, but what disturbs me the most is the way he left, I fear the destiny to which he is headed and I would like to ask you, besides chanting the holy names, praying for him, is there anything I can do to help him?

HpS//ASA - AgtSP... Paoho... Chanting Holy Names in front of his picture and offering Mahaprasdam is super, super, super, no? Do it your self and with other devotees.

Of course, if he starts appearing in dreams with special needs you can respond to those.

Eg. One 24-year old devotee in Spain committed suicide (mental problems) and left some little children, babies behind. Her friends were all having dreams that she was feeling great guilt about leaving her babies, so they asked for permission to have a seance, and did it. She was present and all the girls together made a promise that they would see that her babies had lots of motherly love.

No, more dreams.

Guru Maharaja, in this situation the family faces great pain, confusion, guilt, a lot of anger (even against God) and also a lot of fear, because even in the Catholic tradition it is said that because suicide is a serious sin, the suicide will go to hell... 😞

Many times, the hearts of the mourners calm down a little by trusting that the one who leaves will reach a higher destiny. But in this case, there is no such consolation, so the departure is even more painful and terrifying.

How could one find consolation in this scenario?

What can I say to the mourners in the face of this fear that even I have?

HpS - Every situation is different. We see Vaisnava acharyas fasting and quiting their bodies to go to follow the Great Dancer, Lord Gauranga. This is suicide, no?

Every situation is different, but in general the Acharya's scriptures tell us it IS NOT A SOLUTION.

Best help is what we said above.

If Catholic there must be rituals. Say a Mass for him!!

He was only a teenager, he was not a devotee and, due to his environment, he was not very religious either, but in essence he was noble and kind, we never imagined that he would make that decision... I came to think that perhaps, if he had been closer to God, he would not have made that decision. Then I observed that, although suicide is rarely discussed in our community, we are not alien to this problem. So I would like to know a little, in order to be able to help if necessary.

Thank you very much dear Gurudeva, imploring your guidance and instruction, always at your service

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

HpS - Tell the family what is our perspective in our religion and look for the same thing in their tradition. Do the work! There is no mistake that you can make that you cannot correct!!!! If you do the work!!!