Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja!!!

AgtSP

PAMHO

Forgive me for the long time with no news,

HpS - AgtSP!! I think that is something we both have to apologize for, no? Of course, to some degree we just have other priorities that we need to do.

... after stopping my relationship with that young lady I was a bit lost, I stopped chanting all of my rounds and I didn't got any plans after that, was very hard for me because I think I was very attached to her but always Krsna does the right thing.

HpS - I think it was right thing, not to think about going into Grhastha ashrama with her as your partner. As we have heard and seen, for the wife to be older than the husband is very, very, big challenge. Srila Prabhupada's comment is that it is lot of work for wife to have natural respect and deference for husband who is younger than her. Maybe requires God Himself to intervene.

Yet, it does not mean that you cannot look at someone like her as a big sister.

So after that experience I moved out to a temple in Germany called Goloka Dhama, they were amazing and the deities took my heart, I was there from the 27th of August till the 29th of September.

HpS - Long time!

Now I'm living in New Mayapur in France and probably I will go back to Germany for a few weeks to get some money and be able to travel to see you in Spain.

Anyways Krsna is always has a plan and now that I'm here I something really nice just happened, I meet a not so old mataji (maybe 40 years old) that wants to open a Gurukula in New Mayapur, for some reason I was speaking to her and I told her that I'm the oldest from 8 siblings and that I can speak 4 lenguages (Spanish, Portuguese, English and German with intentions to learn at least 3 more) and she invite me to form part of the teacher group in the Gurukula, of first she told me to ask for your blessing and also start so do some online studies so I be a teacher with certifications.

Also since a few time I was thinking to be a teacher but the "modern" way of giving classes is totally unattractive for me so I think is a good chance to be a teacher in a safe devotee enviroment.

That Gurukula if Krsna allows it will start in September of the next year.

Also how are you?

HpS - As you describe it, the situation seems nice. What age students would you be teaching? I think it might be good for you and the school to make a commitment for a specific time, eg. one year. two years.

To start even for a few months.

Then do it even if there is some difficulty, and everyone reevaluate after the time is finished.

Not to join with an open ended commitment.

I always ask for you health but also how do you feel?

HpS - Our health is very good for a 77-year old American Donkey. AgtSP!

I'm now chanting all of my rounds going to morning program every day and doing Cow seva in the Goshala, also I'm taking care of the seva of 2 kids, they kind of remember me to some of my siblings.

HpS - Big Brother! 👹

Please accept my most humble obeisanses.

Hope that health is good at this time.

Haribol :D

ASA - =[;0]/\___ Send some news about the Yatra next month.

Please accept my humble obeisances to the dust of Your adorables Lotus feet🙏🙇🏻‍♀️🌺🎵🌹💐💖

🎵💐💖🌹All Glories To Srila Prabhupada!🎵💐💖🌹

🎵💃🙇🏻‍♀️🌹💐💖🙏All Glories To You our Spiritual Master 🎵💃🙇🏻‍♀️🌹💐🙏

When I read the last verse you posted on Anvesaka, about chanting the holy name, I felt worried, because I don't remember asking your permission to increase the number of rounds. I only remember being excited when I read that Srila Prabhupada said: Never decrease, always increase. !!!! This motivated me a lot. And that's why I increased my chanting. As you say; Better late than never. So I ask your permission, the dust of your feet, to increase my number of rounds! and to always be able to perform the days of Ekadasi vrata better and better. In general, to increase the quality of my service to You.

Thank you very much, eternal thanks Sri GuruMaharaja ki Jaya!!!!!!!!🙏🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🙇🏻‍♀️🌹🌺💐💐🌺🌹🎵💃🎵💖🌹🙏

always trying to please the adorable and sublime dust of His lotus feet:

Radha Japa Prati Jalpa Devi dasi 🌹

HpS/ASA - I guess, agtSP, we can chant more rounds any time and it does not mean that we have to chant that number of extra rounds the following day.

if we make some formal commitment to chant more rounds daily, then we have to do that.

we can make a promise to chant more rounds during this kartika month, but not every kartika month, no?

i guess you and others have our permission to chant more rounds like that.

Please Dear Gurudev, accept my humble obeisances to beautiful and mercifull Your Lotus feet!🏵🌺🌹🌷🌼🙏

All Glories To Srila Prabhupada!!!🙏🙇🏻‍♀️🌹🌺💖💐❤️

All Glories To You, Gurumaharaja!!!🙏🙇🏻‍♀️🌹🌺💖💐🎵❤️

Dear Gurudev, we just read about your search for actors, etc. I would truly love to be part of your team, only if you consider that I could be a tool in Your service. I would really like you to use me in the service you desire🙏

What is needed? What are the requirements?

Eternal thanks for always inspiring us and engaging us in loving service.

Please forgive any offense inadvertently caused in this letter🙏🙏🙏🏵🌺🌹🌷🌼🌻💐

Always trying to please You:

Japa Prati Jalpa Radha devi dasi

HpS/ASA - Thank you. Please read the letter from Ambarisa Das with relevant news!

Hare krsna dear Gurudev

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Please accept my humble obeisances

Regarding and in response to letter https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/15797/

HpS/ASA - I remember we met in the Transit area when you both were returning from India. Vijaya govinda Das was recovering from some intense anxiety attack, and had taken some help from the medical staff in the airport.

We are too far away from this situation to offer practical, detailed advice.

yes, dear Gurudev, we cross paths on the international zone (transit area of the airport) back in 2022 in Lima, Peru (your very last visit in Peru).

I would like to clarify that incident a little further: I was standing in the check-in line when I suddenly began to feel a very intense abdominal pain. I went to the restroom, but the pain increased so much that within a few minutes I lost the ability to speak or even breathe normally. I could not call for help, so I just lie down on the floor waiting for assistance. By Krsna´s mercy, the airport medical team quickly arrived and also my entire family came.

The medical doctor performed a point-of-care test on me (probably to rapidly detect COVID or drug abuse), while my dad assisted me with a massage. After about 20 minutes been on the floor, I begin inhaling and exhaling without difficulty and feeling kind of relief, but still bewildered by this unusual situation.

Then medical doctor said it was an anxiety attack and I may continue my trip. she asked if this had happened before, my mom reply that it had never happened to me. At that moment, i was simply grateful to be alive and respiring again, I couldn’t think on argue back the medical staff, just wanted to say thanks and continue my trip. then I took a brief pause before continue traveling if the pain continuous and I could need more medical assistance, then right after that our paths crossed at the airport.

Once back in Paraguay, I went to hospital to get comprehensive medical exam, and the diagnosis was very clear: biliary colic caused by gallstone, which requires surgery (as I had already mentioned this in a previous letter: https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/13677/).

HpS - Super news. Thank you!!!

Later, in December 2024, I had another similar episode of biliary colic when i was at the ISKCON Asunción temple, which led to an emergency surgery. By Krsna´s mercy, the surgery was successful.

In conclution, this incident at the airport was not a sign of emotional instability, nor a panic or anxiety attack, I have never suffered from such conditions or attacks or any psychiatric condition like this, in fact it was a medical issue -biliary colic by gallstone (Acute cholecystitis)- nowadays successfully treated surgically. I will attach medical reports that confirm all of this.

HpS/ASA . Next Vijaya Das may come back and make some contrasting description of the situation from his perspective.

My belief is that the entire letter does not reflect Narayani’s true voice, thoughts or will. instead it seems a letter influenced or even manipulated by someone else. That is my perspective. Therefore, I cannot directly respond to the specific points of that letter. I would rather safeguard and protect Narayani’s privacy and dignity above any other issue.

HpS - Thank you.

still i remain fully available to continue and resolve this matter in a private dialogue, not for my sake, but for the well-being of all parties involved.

Regarding the legal aspect of the divorce proceedings, I also think this is not the right place to discuss such matters. that aspect shall continue in the local judicial system.

HpS - Again, thank you. We agree. We had an exchange of WhatsApp letters on this with some of the people involved in conflict and others involved as mediators. Of course, this goes on in Krsna's lila as Rama and the Battle of Kuruksetra also. In Vraja it is refined and the conflict is delightful.

Within our devotional community of this blog, my desire is to keep the focus on devotional service to Sri krsna. so If further clarification is required, please do not hesitate to contact me. i will remain always disposal towards constructive dialogue.

kind regards

thank you

your servant

Vijaya Govinda das

HpS - Thank you!!!!

Kali yuga is the age of quarrel and hypocrisy.

So, 

when we fight (for example, among devotees), we follow the yuga dharma 🙂

HpS - Actually that would be following the Yuga adharma? No?

Or...

When devotees argue (endlessly in meetings and wherever), they’re just proving the Bhāgavatam true. A perfect demonstration!

HpS/ASA - Yes. Yet, we have to distinguish which level of ISKCON we are talking about, no?

ISKCON of Life Member, uninitiated congregational members.

Initiated devotees fallen from their vows eg. Dvipa bandhu. Prabhupada Bandhu.

Initiated devotees following the standard involve in the unavoidable arguments that come on the administrative service.

The Manjari's assisting the Sakhis who are in the competition to dress Radha better than Candravali's arguments.

😆

Please accept my humble obeisances to your beautiful lotus feet: Pushpanjali to them!!!💐🌹🪷🌻🪷🌹🌼🌺🪷💐🌼🌹🌺🌻🪷💐🌹🌺🌼🌹🌻🪷All Glories To Srila Prabhupada!!! All Glories To You my Spiritual Master!!!

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. Paoho. We scanned your respected letter and followed one of the links to the Krsna drama but couldn't focus on it very well.

Local programs are absorbing us right now!!!

Hare Krsna.

Thank you for all your wonderful responses! You always go out of your way to respond and help us as best you can. It's perfect for me; your answers are comprehensive, wonderful, and thought-provoking. I hope to reciprocate your kind treatment forever.

Here I am sending You a photo of my small but sweet Radhastami celebration. That day I had no connection and could not join your class... I still wish to find it, as well as the one for Janmastami and the one of Sri Prabhupada's appearance celebration.

I am sending You these links. One is from the Radha Krsna series, where the mantra: Gange ca Yamune caiva.. is chanted loudly🩷... then from the same series, a part of the rasa lila, and the other is how Sri Mahadeva enters the rasa lila! and how his deity Gopesvara is there... I would so love to visit these places!!!

Balarama always takes care of Krsna. I hope it makes him laugh a lot. There's a part where they're searching for Radha and Krsna in the forest, and Balarama warns Krsna in a very funny way that they're close :

https://youtu.be/CqEqAD3xXXU?si=M6YyPG5tL9KCoCEE

Gange ca Yamune caiva : very wonderful!

https://youtu.be/TnaDuJpTlr0?si=z8yxfgM7eZN_wAqh

A part of the rasa lila :

https://youtu.be/0VWDcAw2XAY?si=cLG6Mnz4_xCsBzkm

Sri Mahadeva enters the rasa lila! 😃:

https://youtu.be/c5ygxpvy2fs?si=xWlPvBrM1JV99-80

In this Radha and Krishna series, as far as I can understand, Jatila and Lalita or Vishaka are playing the villains. It's funny to see this. Thanks to Srila Prabhupada, I can understand things as they are. But I like to see the details of things here, the humor, etc.

🎵🌹🌼🌺💐🎵🌹🌼🌺💐🎵

I'm also sharing some drawings of Bheem, the idea is that he's BalaRama and he's so strong! It's very funny and today I showed them to Ladhu Gopal so he could see. They don't speak, but they're very easy to understand, they're wonderful! I hope he likes them:

https://youtu.be/fi8S-jFcco8?si=gHUVgm2VrF_4TthX

Please forgive me for any offense I may have unintentionally caused in this letter. Get well soon! May you be happier and happier! Jaya Gurumaharaja! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

Always trying to please You:

Japa Prati Jalpa Radha Devi dasi

P.D

I wanted to tell you that I remembered that on Janmastami and Srila Prabhupada's appearance day I was connected to your morning and afternoon classes, but since there was no translation, I thought I hadn't heard it, even though we recorded it!!! . On the day of radhastami, unfortunately for me, I didn't have a connection that day and I couldn't listen to your wonderful class! .. I'm very sorry because that day the devotees couldn't transmit it, so I couldn't download it.

If anyone recorded the Rashastami class, I would appreciate it if you shared it with me, and I would share my recording on Janmastami and Srila Prabhupada's Appearance Day. Thank you so much🙏🌹🌺💐🎵❤️