Letters to the editor

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Querido Gurumaharaja por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias.

Muchas gracias por sus enseñanzas diarias a través de su ejemplo. Nuestras humildes oraciones para que su energía entregada a Śrī Kṛṣṇa sea buena para su sankirtana.

Compartimos el reporte de la salud de nuestro hermano espiritual Akinchana Krsna prabhu.

Tenemos contacto con su padre, el señor Ramón Franco, quien tiene mucho respeto por UD y la comunidad Hare Krsna, a la que conoce aproximadamente desde 1970 ... y tiene la sospecha de haber visto directamente a Srila Prabhupāda en Ciudad de México. El señor Ramón está entregando información a algunos devotos que lo han contactado. Toda la familia de prabhu son muy amables y están cuidando a Akinchana Krsna en el hospital debido a un serio problema en los pulmones, lo único que solicitan son las oraciones de acuerdo a nuestras prácticas religiosas.

Reporte del 22 de Diciembre

El médico reportó a la familia la buena noticia de un importante avance dentro del cuadro serio de salud, Akinchana Krsna ya está respirando por su cuenta y esperan poco poco ir retirando los aparatos y medicina de apoyo, y que muy pronto pueda mostrar más progreso; a través de un audio que queremos compartir por este medio su padre informa que no tiene coma inducido pero si medicina para dormir para que él pueda percibir la energía espiritual de sus amigos, lo han visto apegado a su japa a pesar de las dificultades lo que inspira a su familia a agradecer que sea un devoto de Dios y no pierda el tiempo en otras cosas, así que expresan con mucho agradecimiento que sea un devoto, están profundamente agradecidos por las oraciones de los devotos y agradecimiento a usted porque tienen la certeza que este pequeño pero gran avance es por las oraciones de los devotos, su padre es muy conciente que son pequeños avances y lo está tomando con una paciencia ejemplar.

Akinchana Krsna prabhu siempre nos ha hablado de su amistad con muchos practicantes de vida espiritual y ahora los estamos viendo unidos en oración, especialmente en la orden Sufi estan orando constantemente por él y porsupuesto los devotos de Krsna.

Solicitamos a nuestros hermanos espirituales que por favor nos acompañen con más oraciones y canto de rondas por Akinchana Krsna prabhu.

Compartimos foto de Akinchana Krsna prabhu en uno de los servicios que más quiere, el rey Prataparudra.

Vuestra aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd.

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Gurumaharaja, please accept our respectful obeisances.

Thank you very much for your daily teachings through his example. Our humble prayers that his energy given to Śrī Kṛṣṇa will be good for his sankirtana.

HpS/ASA - Thank you! The same to you and 'the other half of the orange'.

We share the report of the health of our spiritual brother Akinchana Krsna prabhu.

We have contact with his father, Mr. Ramón Franco, who has a lot of respect for you and the Hare Krsna community, which he has known since approximately 1970... and has the suspicion of having seen Srila Prabhupāda directly in City of Mexico.

HpS - We had delightful talks with him. As i remember he was working with Volkswangon.

Mr. Ramón is providing information to some devotees who have contacted him. All of Prabhu's family are very kind and are taking care of Akinchana Krsna in the hospital due to a serious lung problem, the only thing they request is prayers according to our religious practices.

HpS - With attached photos in front of us we will chant japa for his spiritual perfection!

Report of December 22

The doctor reported to the family the good news of an important advance within the serious health picture, Akinchana Krsna is already breathing on his own and they hope to soon remove the devices and supportive medicine, and that very soon he will be able to show more progress;

Through an audio that we want to share through this medium, his father reports that he does not have an induced coma but he does have sleeping medicine so that he can perceive the spiritual energy of his friends.

They have seen him attached to his japa despite the difficulties, which It inspires your family to be grateful that you are a devotee of God and do not waste time on other things,

so they express with great gratitude that you are a devotee, they are deeply grateful for the prayers of the devotees and gratitude to you because they are certain that This small but great advance is due to the prayers of the devotees, his father is very aware that they are small advances and he is taking it with exemplary patience.

Akinchana Krsna prabhu has always told us about his friendship with many practitioners of spiritual life and now we are seeing them united in prayer, especially in the Sufi order they are constantly praying for him and of course the devotees of Krsna.

HpS - 🙂

We request our godbrothers to please accompany us with more prayers and chanting of rounds for Akinchana Krsna prabhu.

We share a photo of Akinchana Krsna prabhu in one of the services he loves most, King Prataparudra.

Your aspiring servant

Asta Sakhi dd.

HpS - Thank you, Prabhu Vanamali Das et al, so much. We hope that everyone can help Bh. Guiermo in Monterey also. Thank you!!!

Hare Krsna. Blank letter!!!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

So I just started calling the bead the "Radha bead" because of my own personal speculation...I'll put some reasons here!

Krsna bead on top of the mala...

Every bead a Gopi. ....

Radha and Krsna are always together...

Radharani is the principal Gopi so She would be first and right next to Krsna??...

Astasakis separated by the string, 8 beads in....

What do you think Maharaja? Is this totally out of left field? I don't have any sastric proof for this...I kinda just started saying this was the "Radha bead"..but actually so far you are the only person I mentioned it to!

HpS - As far as we understand, the knot above the Krsna bead may represent the Princes of Vraja, Smt. Radha, and the first eight large beads are Her expansions, the eight principle expansions of Smt. Radha. 😃

The ashram is great. Everyone is really nice and accommodating.

Rupak, Abhay, and I went on book distribution yesterday and we ran into a couple of super nice people.

One of the men asked, "What color do you think Jesus really was?" I told him that I don't know too much about Jesus, but I know he's the son of God. Check this out (pointing to a picture of Govinda in the Bhagavad Gita).

See. Krishna is a very dark blue like a monsoon cloud being struck by lightning.

But temples can't use this color for the Deity so they use black...that means that God is black with a white girlfriend!!

They were cracking up so hard and he took a Bhagavad Gita!!

I basically was just repeating from when you were telling us all that there were two devotees at a convention and one of them said this! So thank you!!

He also said he had a dream that he saw God, except he couldn't see Him because of a super bright light emaninating from HIm..

Sounded legit to me...

HpS - ASA -- 👍 Super legit. From psychology etc it seems that many people have supernatural, religious, experiences but they have no, perspective to understand or remember them, and at best they think it was a 'psychotic episode'.

My Sadhana is okay!

16R+, B4 -4, 4P

Your aspiring servant,

Jaya-hari das

HpS - Krsna is our only defence!!!

Hare Krishna querido Gurudeva.

Acepte mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las Glorias a Srila prabhupada.

Le escribo esta carta desde Ciudad de México para comentarle que sigo cantando mis 16 rondas diarias, siguiendo mis principios, atendiendo a mis Deidades Gaura Nitay y mi lectura.

Continuo con el cuidado de mi mamá que tiene 91 años, ella ya está demasiado cansada UD y mi dulce Señor Sri Krishna me han dado la fortaleza y la salud para poder seguir apoyándola.

A veces me da tristeza verla en ese estado pero es parte del proceso de vida, UD me dijo que el cuidarla es parte de mi servicio y lo cumplo.

Krishna me ha prestado un automóvil para poder trabajar y poder mantener el cuerpo y el alma juntos , en el cual procuro distribuir libros, trabajo por momentos como me lo permitan las demandas de mi mamá. Pero aquí estoy poniéndole entusiasmo mientras habite este cuerpo material. Espero que esté gozando de muy buena salud para su servicio a Śrī Krsna. Mil gracias por su infinita misericordia.

Acepte mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias Gurudeva.

Todas las Glorias a Srila prabhupada 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Su sirviente : Mukunda Gaura Pranadhana Das🙏🏼

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Hare Krishna, dear Gurudeva.

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I am writing this letter to you from Mexico City to tell you that I continue to chant my 16 daily rounds, following my principles, attending to my Gaura Nitay Deities and my reading.

I continue to care for my mother who is 91 years old, she is already too tired. You and my sweet Lord Sri Krishna have given me her strength and health to be able to continue supporting her.

Sometimes it makes me sad to see her in that state but she is part of her life process, you told me that taking care of her is part of my service and I fulfill it.

Krishna has lent me a car so I can work and keep my body and soul together, in which I try to distribute books, I work momentarily as my mother's demands allow me. But here I am putting enthusiasm into it as long as it inhabits this material body. I hope that you are enjoying very good health for her service to Śrī Krsna. Thank you very much for her infinite mercy.

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances Gurudeva.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Her servant: Mukunda Gaura Pranadhana Das🙏🏼

HpS - Are you reading for her? Do friends visit for Kirtan? Certainly she is closely connected to you and all your Sankirtan. Her body may be old, but her determination to go out with you on Sankirtan in spirit can be strong!

Hare Krsna respected Gurumaharaja 🙏

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

Please accept our humble obeisances and respects.

There have been some months since we did not write you and I want to inform you about us (our little family) and service here in La Perla- Callao.

• We have a small altar with Goura Nitay and Prahlad Nrsimha deities that Caturatma prabhu worships in the morning and offer fruits for breakfast and a preparation for lunch everyday.
• Since 2021, I have been working in a new company that sells instruments for quality control at chemical laboratories and this year Caturatma is working with us in the distribution and delivery. This is small company with 5 people there and we also distribuited prasadam to them in special events. They like a lot alfajores Tulasi.
• Our daughter Parvati is studying Philosophy at San Marcos University and she finished her first year with good grades. Six months ago, she stopped her Bharatanatyam classes because a foot injury and now she feels better. By the other side, she is traveling to India because she has an invitation for Ananga Manjari´s marriage, she is her dance teacher (mataji Hare Krsna´s daughter). It will take place in Jaipur and five Gopesvara dancers are traveling with her, they are planning to visit Vrindavan for a few days and then they will travel to Chennai where they will take some classes in January and finally go back home in Feb.

HpS - ASA - So nice!! But be careful. Krsna may keep her there!

• In Sep, I suffered an accident when I was going down the stairs at home so we fracture a metartasial bone of my right feet. It was a painful process and finally I am walking again with the help of phisical theraphy. HpS - I think 90% of the people in the world have this experience before they die!
• This month, Caturatma is distribuiting SP´s books and yesterday I accompanied him to sankirtana - aprox 40 small books were distribuited in our district. HpS - Hearts made happy. Hearts made happy! Forever!

This is a brief report about us and we are very grateful for your mercy, we really appreciate to take your association attending FMP and saturday SB classes. This keep us enthusiam with our 4 principles and chanting our rounds, sometimes I feel that this group is like the Death Poet Society - chanting in early morning and listening Krsna´s katha.

Thank you very much Gurumaharaja and please forgive our offenses.

Trying to be useful,

Caturatma Goura Das, Parvati dasi and Palika devi dasi

HpS - Thank you.

Hare krishna, le ofresco mis Respetuosas reverencias todas las glorias a Srila prabhupada todas las glorias a usted🙏

Como esta?

Gurumaharaja sigo haciendo 16 rondas sigo los 4 principios, lei el tava pache pache, estoy leyendo el canto tercero - parte primera del srimad bhagavatam, el bhagavad gita capitulo 4, también leí las enseñanzas místicas de la reina kunti, el libro de la reina kunti lo empecé a leer después que fui iniciada por usted, ya que las pruebas empezaron, la prueba más grande fue que no me podía levantar temprano al programa de la mañana que usted realiza virtual, al parecer después de tanta lucha y muchas oraciones al señor nrisimha, estoy más estable en mi servicio.

Le canto y hago oracion al señor nrisimha por su salud para que usted pueda seguir con el movimiento de sankirtana del señor caitanya bajo la guia de Srila prabhupada, también oro para que proteja su servicio devocional.

Espero que cuando lea está carta se encuentre muy bien, estos son mis deseos, ya que al estar usted bien me hace muy feliz.

Su aspirante a sirvienta

Jaya Prema Sakhi Devi Dasi

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Hare Krishna, I offer my Respectful obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupada all glories to you🙏

How are you doing?

HpS/ASA - Every day, agtSP, paoho, is a Battle of Kuruksetra, no? Get shot with arrows. Lose some fights. Not a brave as we should be, but make some effort, get the mercy of His Divine Grace, see progress in our sense control, becoming Goswamis, and perfect servants of our Sankirtan Leader, Saccinandana!

Gurumaharaja:

1. I continue doing 16 rounds, I follow the 4 principles,
2. I read the tava pache pache,
3. I am reading the third canto - part one of the srimad bhagavatam,
4. the bhagavad gita chapter 4,
5. I also read the mystical teachings of queen kunti,

The book of queen kunti I started reading it after I was initiated by you, since the tests began,

the biggest test was that I could not get up early for the morning program that you do virtually, apparently after so much struggle and many prayers to Mr. Nrisimha , I am more stable in my service.

HpS - Wonderful. Santa Teresa of Avila is pleased with you!!

I sing and pray to Lord Nrisimha for your health so that you can continue the sankirtana movement of Lord Caitanya under the guidance of Srila Prabhupada, I also pray that you protect his devotional service.

I hope that when you read this letter you are feeling very well, these are my wishes, since your being well makes me very happy.

Your would-be maid

Jaya Prema Sakhi Devi Dasi

HpS - Where are you? Who are your associates? How do your maintain yourself? What is your Sankirtan? 🙂

Thank you!

Be a Great Saint