Over 150 titles of the Goswamis' writings, translated from the original Sanskrit by His Grace Kusakratha Prabhu, are now available through this online bookstore: http://www.rvc.edu/store

You will find there a list of titles such as: Srila Jiva Goswami's Sri Krsna-Sandarbha, Kavi Karnapura's Gaura Ganodesa Dipika, and Srila Sanatana Goswami's Hari Bhakti Vilasa as well as Sri Gopala Tapani Upanisad, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura's Caitanya Bhagavata, and much more.

Kusakratha Prabhu, a direct initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, joined ISKCON in 1969. We are grateful to Kusakratha Prabhu for bringing to light the original works of our Gaudiya Vaisnava Acaryas including the Six Goswamis of Vrndavana

The following message from Hari-sauri Prabhu is an update on Kusakratha Prabhu's health, written September 2, 2003:

I last saw Kusakratha prabhu at the end of July in Vrindavana (I have been back in Australia since August 4). He was thinner and the swelling on the lymph glands of his neck was visibly larger than when I saw him in February, at the time when he was diagnosed with throat cancer. His voice has continued to change somewhat also.

Despite this, he is in very good consciousness and he is still quite active. He goes to the temple every day from his room near the Radha Raman temple to take prasadam with the devotees. By Krsna's mercy he was not in any pain when I saw him either.

He is trying to get some of his own poetry recorded freehand in over 150 small notebooks, digitized, but this is proving to be a bit of a challenge because it is difficult to find someone who can type and read his handwriting and who has the time to transcribe his work. He was considering recording the writings so that they could be easily transcribed, but with his throat in such a condition it may not be possible.

Your humble servant
Hari-sauri dasa

© dipika.org September 16, 2003