Letters to the editor

Jaya Gurudeva!!! Please accept my humble obeisances 🙏💖 All glories To Srila Prabhupada!!

We spoke with the president of ISKCON Córdoba, and he told us that Prabhu Devakinandana Das is organizing a Ratha Yatra! We got in touch with him—our spiritual brother—and he said he plans to hold the festival in early December. We would so love for You to be there, Gurudeva! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

HpS/ASA - We all would like to be there by media if not physically. Our body will probably be back in Houston ISKCON by then!!

We are missing your association at Japa Joe; we are without internet these days.

ASA - You don't need internet to talk to JC!

We sent the material to the coordinator at Siglo 21 University. What wonderful material, Gurudeva.

Thank You very much.

Prabhu Devaki Nandana also mentioned to us that he has a space where You can stay.

And despite the imperfections of our home, we would also love to welcome You, Gurudeva.

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👣🪷🌹🌷🌻🌹🌷🌻

We eagerly hope to receive Krishna's mercy and to have Your association, Gurudeva!

Always trying to please him:

Rjpjdd

HpS - Thank you for the invitations, but we seem to be carried around by Krsna in a basket now. We are scheduled to be in Latin America from last week in October to last week in November.

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva 🙏🙇‍♀️

Please, accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

Because Upendra prabhu is currently in India and not have access to his computer, he asked me to post the information about Sunday ASA Workshop on the blog...

For ** September 20, 2026 (Sunday) class. Nikunja Bihari Prabhu has graciously agreed to do seva of Spanish translation for class. Mitravinda Mataji agreed to a backup translation seva for class, in case there are some technical difficulties.

We will start reading from ML ** 20.190 to 20.190 to 230

The class will be at 7:30 am Peru time.

Thank you.

ASA - Tom Brown. Houston is the same time as Lima, now!

asa[e] hanumatpresaka lila, sankirtan communication.

WHATSAPP [ASA CHATTER]: While moving South like a giant wave, did the monkeys chatter and sing like a flock of birds? I am here, I am here? The moment to moment communication to coordinate the search. No stone left unturned.

BLOG: Every day the monkeys would regroup for the night and discuss the days sankirtan, search.

KAPI DHVAJA: At the end of the month they had to report to Rama and Sugriva

O.K.???

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you, Guru Maharaja.

Guru Maharaja, we sincerely pray that, by the desire and blessings of Sri Sri Radha Govinda, your health may improve very soon.

HpS - AgtSP. Our health is good? Why do you think we had any special problems? Maybe some small downturns at time because of things like our Tennessee tour, but in general for our age (!!!) is is good. Thank you.

Hope you can say the same, by Krsna's mercy and that your Sankirtan and your friends, family and community are experiencing the same.

Guru Maharaja, I would also like to humbly offer some contribution towards your treatment in Udupi. Kindly let me know how we may transfer the money and whom we should contact in this regard.

Ranchor Das. Please ask us in ASA Chatter, Whats App Group for his details.

Guru Maharaja, I had been planning to come to Udupi and Bangalore to serve you personally, But unfortunately, I will not be able to come this time because of my mother’s severe health condition. Kindly forgive me for this.

My mother, Padmashri Devi Dasi, is in a very serious condition. My mother and I are planning to go to Radhakunda on 19 September 2026 so that, if the Lord so desires, she may leave her body in the sacred shelter of Radhakunda. Her condition is very critical, and it appears that she may not live much longer. She has almost stopped eating for quite some time due to a severe loss of appetite.

Guru Maharaja, please kindly bless her so that she may always remember Sri Sri Radha Govinda, especially at the final moment of her life. We humbly seek your causeless mercy and blessings again and again.

Please bless us, Guru Maharaja, so that we may always remain engaged in your service and attain the service of your lotus feet, birth after birth.

Your humble servant,

Manjuali Devi Dasi

Silchar , Assam, India

HpS - If I pull a single hair on someone's arm they notice, "What are you doing??".

Krsna is conscious of everyone, especially a devotee like your, our, Mother!

Do what you can do personally by keeping her in contact with Krsna Katha!!

Hare Krishna Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Thank you so much for pushing this Ayurveda program. We feel that Ayurveda will be more and more relevant in health care in the future. And a great opportunity for preaching. Actual industrial system is falling apart. It becoming inefficient, expensive and difficult to access.

As I see it we have to differenciate two different approaches in promoting Ayurveda.

One is the traditional one, represented by the asta vaidya families from South India who push more gurukula system for learning and make emphasis in tradition and esoteric aspects. I think the documentary you are going to film goes in that direction. Documenting your Daivi Asraya Cikitsa will show very nicely Ayurvedic cosmovision.

The other aspect is the academic approach represented by Ayush Ministry of India and other gubernamental departments like CCRAS (where I studied with Dr. Acintya Mitra disciple of the great Brahmananda Gupta who Dr. Samaresh introduced me, thanks to you).

We have more contact with that aspect of Ayurveda.

My goal is, since I'm introducing ayurveda in the medical university environment, is to make in the future Memorandums of Understanding with this institutions in order to get certification of the Ayurveda Training Accreditation Board - ATAB and with Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda - ITRA in Jamnagar Gujarat which is the Collaborative Center of WHO for traditional medicine.

This will create a high-level inter-institutional cooperation, giving us many opportunities, to present our perspective.

That is how I see the Ayurveda field for preaching.

Thank you Gurudeva,

Your servant,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - Thank you so much.

Gives us 99.999% improvement on what we are trying to to do with/for you and Fernando in Chile etc. with this Tour.

I think Anantesvara Das is really pushing to show the Gurukula perspective even to the industrialized educators and state administrators, who really want the traditional thing as much as we do, so they can synthesize it with the current reality on their larger scale as you are doing.

More news coming.

Hare Krishna.

Dandavat Pranam H H Hanumat Presaka Swami Guru Maharaj.

Please accept my humble obeisance unto Your Padma Charan in the C.C. Madhya 8.230 clearly mentioned " gopi-anugatya vina .....nahi paya vrajendra-nandan".

Translation: "Unless one follows in the footsteps of the gopis, he cannot attain the service of the lotus feet of Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja. If one is overcome by knowledge of the Lord's opulens, he cannot attain the lord's lotus feet, even though he is engaged in devotional service.

Again in the purport: "Those attracted by the conjugal love between Radha and Krishna must follow in the footsteps of the gopis. Only then is it possible to enter into the Lord's service in Goloka Vrindavan and directly associate with Radha and Krishna.

Guruji I have read other slokas also 228-229.

Yes, I know it is quite difficult practice as a human being in this material world but I am just trying to follow the food steps of the Goswamis.

Everything is possible only when Guru's Asirvad is available. Please keep me in Your Padma Charan.

Your fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das and 

Yamuna Manjari

HpS - Hare Krsna. So nice to have your perspective here. Manipura has so much to offer to our global Sanga.

From our little perspective, the Nectar of Instruction is such a nice Parampara gift from Rupa Goswami through Narottama, Bhaktivinode Thakura, Bhakti Siddhanta, A. C. Bhaktivedanta.

Of course, Nectar of Devotion, Bhakti-rasamrta Sindhu is the complete science.

NOI is pretty complete summary of NOD.

NoI starts with Vaco vegam manasa vegam... with very detailed modern purport by Srila Prabhupada and Bhakti-siddhanta Prabhupada.

Then Rupa Goswami and Prabhupada go through more details up to Text 8. Then it directly deals with Raganuga Bhakti.

Before that we are following in the footsteps of the Gopis.

They show us how to live externally like regular people in Braja, Nanda maharaja's village, and by that we start to develop our internal life more and more.

It is like putting water and nutrition externally on the plant with the plan that it will develop fruit on that basis.

So, where are your good selves?

So, https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/7/#bb5983 , starts the different levels of personal development in following in the footsteps of the Gopis, the Goswamis, adau sraddha, sadhu sanga, bhajana kriya... in modern terms.

About three paragraphs.

Where are your good selves on those steps?

Do you know this Super Essential Verse, adau sraddha... Prabhupad cites it all the time. It is a key, key, key verse by Rupa Goswami.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/10/#bb1200

Yes, maybe we are 85% fixed in Mangala arati, early Japa, so, yes, we can start higher stages like Nistha and Ruci, but we are not yet fully on that platform. Still have some work to do to finish off all the lower attachments. That the Goswamis show us how to do.

Rupa Goswami had to renounce his government employment.

What are your thoughts about this?

Jay Govinda Ji.