Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada !! All the Glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami !!

I am making this report on a 108% Auspicious day as it is the Glorious and Transcendental appearance of Sri Krishna. HAPPY JANMASTAMI TO ALL !!

I have tried, through Saday Nimay Nitay, to concretize the AGREEMENT OF COMMITMENT for the event ART AND SACRED 2018, but, on the one hand, Walter was on vacation in Europe (we talked, he is very enthusiastic about the Event and has accepted to be co-director of the Organizing Committee). Ramón is participating in the celebration of the 400 years of the departure of Santa Rosa de Lima. We have invitations to attend your conference at the Municipal Theater in Lima on Wednesday, August 23, we are going to go with Walter and Luis Torino. And finally, Oscar has been promoted to receive the NATIONAL CULTURE PRIZE in the creative category, on August 25, the process is finished, this is the most important recognition given to an artist in Peru, so I humbly apologize for the delay of this email, I wanted to write you with more successful results, but, from experience, I can say that these will be seen starting of the first days of September.

ADVANCES:

We have defined the main contents of the event:

1) SACRED IMAGES: Exhibition of pieces of art. At this point Ramon has proposed (Oscar, Walter and I agree) that it is a sample rather than quantity of pieces, a sample of few pieces, but well representative of the sacred art of Peru, India, China, Japan and Egypt. It's okay?
HpS = ASA -- Yes!

2) SACRED SCENIC ARTS: The INTEGRO GROUP will carry out an interdisciplinary staging. At this point, we are evaluating the literary basis of this activity.

HH Hanumatpresaka Swami to suggested DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA by Miguel de Cervantes.

Héctor Béjar, THE MOTIVES OF THE WOLF by Rubén Darío

Oscar Naters, THE SACRED BOOK OF THE ANDES Translated by José María Arguedas.

Ramón Mujica told me that this Friday 18 was going to give his proposal

Duration: between 40 - 50 min.

3) SACRED SOUNDS AND DANCES

4) SPECIAL EDITION OF SOLARIS No. 3.

5) INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM THE ART AND THE SACRED

As for the film, Oscar told me to inform him that due to the contest, from next week he will devote himself fully to the pre production, talking with him and Ramón we saw that a key point are the questions of the Dialogues, perhaps the blog is the best way for all to contribute to define, what are the key questions to present ART AND THE SACRED, for example: How to encourage everyone to start or develop their spiritual life? The next 15 days we hope to receive your suggestions, thank you very much.

To finish, we just uploaded the video of last year's event, here the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IDfcJPg_M

ASA - Thank you so, so much for this upload, we can really use it.

I will try to report every 15 days to maintain a more fluid and constant communication by this means.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, his useless servant, Abhiram Thakur das.

EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO, PRIMER REPORTE

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!! ¡Todas las Glorias a Hanumatpresaka Swami!!

Estoy haciendo este informe en un día 108% Auspicioso como es la Gloriosa y Trascendental aparición de Sri Krishna. FELIZ JANMASTAMI A TODOS!!

He tratado, Saday Nimay Nitay mediante, de concretar el ACUERDO DE COMPROMISO para el evento EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO 2018, pero, por un lado, Walter se encontraba de vacaciones en Europa (acaba de llegar, ya hablamos, está muy entusiasmado con el evento y ha aceptado ser co-director del Comité Organizador). Ramón está participando en la celebración de los 400 años de la partida de Santa Rosa de Lima. Tenemos invitaciones para asistir a su conferencia en el Teatro Municipal de Lima el miércoles 23 de agosto, vamos a ir con Walter y Luis Torino. Y por último, Oscar ha sido promovido a recibir el PREMIO NACIONAL DE CULTURA en el rubro Creatividad, el 25 de agosto acaba el proceso, este es el reconocimiento más importante que se le da a un artista en el Perú, así que humildemente le pido mil disculpas por la demora de este correo, quería escribirle con resultados más logrados, pero, por experiencia, puedo decir que estos se verán recien a partir de los primeros días de setiembre.

AVANCES:

Hemos definido los principales contenidos del evento:

1)IMÁGENES SAGRADAS: Exhibición de piezas de arte. En este punto Ramón ha propuesto (Oscar, Walter y yo estamos de acuerdo) que sea una muestra más que de cantidad de piezas, una muestra de pocas piezas, pero bien representativas del arte sagrado de Perú, India, China, Japón y Egipto. ¿Está bien?

2)ARTES ESCENICAS SAGRADAS: El GRUPO INTEGRO realizara una puesta en escena interdisciplinaria. En este punto, estamos evaluando la base literaria de esta actividad.

SS Hanumatpresaka Swami ha sugerido DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA de Miguel de Cervantes.

Héctor Béjar, LOS MOTIVOS DEL LOBO de Rubén Darío

Oscar Naters, EL LIBRO SAGRADO DE LOS ANDES traducido por José María Arguedas.

Ramón Mujica me dijo que este viernes 18 iba a dar su propuesta

Duración: entre 40 - 50 min.

3) SONIDOS Y DANZAS SAGRADAS.

4)EDICION ESPECIAL DE SOLARIS No. 3.

5)SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO

En cuanto a la película, Oscar me dijo que le informara que, debido al concurso, a partir de la próxima semana se va a dedicar de lleno a la pre producción, hablando con él y Ramón veíamos que un punto clave son las preguntas de los diálogos, tal vez el blog sea el mejor medio para que todos contribuyan a definir, cuales son las preguntas claves para presentar EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO, por ejemplo: Como animar a todo el mundo a iniciar o desarrollar su vida espiritual?, Durante los próximos 15 días esperamos recibir sus sugerencias, muchas gracias.

Para finalizar dos puntos más: 1.- Acabamos de subir el video del evento del año pasado, aquí el link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IDfcJPg_M 

Voy a tratar de reportar cada 15 días para mantener una comunicación más fluida y constante por este medio.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, su inútil sirviente, Abhiram Thakur das

HpS -ASA -  Muchismas gracias sus esfuerzas. From our viewpoint unless we have the dialogs every two weeks the project will not go ahead. I am 100% focused on the movie, Art and the Sacred - A Pilgrim's Progress. We sent a detailed letter to Dr. Kalyankumar Chakravarty. Our next step depends very much on how he responds, if he can take up the work of developing the IDEA for the movie.

We are still thinking of basically a trip from Peru to New York, London (Spain), Delhi and meeting importan people along the way for their ideas of how we can enhance the production of Art within this world that will define, animate and satisfy our Spiritual aspects.

Of course we are thinking of this in a lot of depth and cannot exist without inspired input from others such as you, Oscar, Anandamaya, Jagat pavitram, Nitai-gaurasundara Das ......

Again, thank you for your really great sacrifices for all these projects. This has been the result of the sacrifice of many people and Krsna knows to heart of each of us.

The fotos are wonderful. We hope we can download them and use them!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! All Glories to Guru Maharaj HpS.

Hare Krishna.

PAMHO Guru Maharaj......the Lettuce feet is forever trying to leap thousands and thousands of oceans!!How do we get a glimpse of them??

Just talked to Dr. Samaresh. Will call him back later in the evening to get the details. Time.....time.....oh! sweet time...you are just the stumbling block....3 days....just 3 days...I feel like crucifying myself!!

Would like a cultural night for an hour or so....the movie can be screened....Ras dance....martial arts. Was thinking of involving Clinical Psychology staff and Psychiatry doctors for a seminar...Dr Samaresh will be able to guide us better.

1st Nov is such a great day to arrive at Imphal......Hari Uthaan....earlier we used to see carts being drawn in the middle of night ...with aarti . We still do that..but on a very small scale. We had been specifically invited by one of my friends to hold a kirtan at their house . They have a temple.....dates at least over 100 years...much older than that....we are going to have kirtan there. Would Maharaj be too tired to lead the kirtan there ...that would be in the evening?

Thank you so much for the lovely foto!!! That would be a lot better than being crucified!! hahaha....

Will call up Yamuneswara Prabhu soon.

Your hopelessly helpless servant,

Sarada Gaurangi Devi Dasi

P.S. We will surely reimburse the tickets.....so sorry for not being prompt enough. Please forgive me.

HpS - ASA -- We talked with Dr. Samaresh and he suggested that we suggest a few titles for one external lecture. The time is short so a lot of it will be be with personal dealings with disciples friends et al. Of course, people can join US when we are in the other parts of India also. The external University program would of course be open to ISKCON members, no?

Prof. said that you wanted something new for Manipur, something that had not already been done in another part of the world, but we would like to show the work that is going on in other parts of the world and how Manipur can make a very significant contribution to these programs.

1. Science, Psyche and Spirituality - The Encounter of Prof. C. G. Jung with the Mysticism (Yoga  (Bhagavata Culture))) of Ancient India.
This and the following title run on parallel lines. Depending on the audience we can give a brief introducion to Carl Jung and the making of modern psychology down to cutting edge devlopments, the case for Platonic Ideala, Kantian Categories or Nietszche and Jung's Archetypes which preceed rational life and are extremely well presented in the Bhagavata tradition of Sri Caitanya and his followers to the present day. This includes the work from the previous years, current year and next year from Peru etc.

2. Psychology and the Sacred.|
See above.

3. Cultivation of the Human Spirit, Light of the Bhagavata.
This is a symposium based upon the BBT Light of the Bhagavata that was originally designed for a Conference in Japan in about 1962 on Cultivation of the Human Spirit. It has first class two meeter art pieces in the finest Chinese traditon. A 35-minute movie by the winner of the Latin American Oscar Awards for Best Director and of course the Bhakti-vedanta Purports to the Srimad Bhagavata Texts.

4. Aristotle and Bharata Muni, the Contrasts, East and West, in the Nature and Role of Theater in Society.
This is the natural follower of Seminar (1) above. All of these can be adjusted to Manipuri character and intellectual character. Dr. Samaresh has seen it in the Gaudiya Math presentation. It is very practical and would inspire Manipuri people to ofer their culture to the entire world.

5. Art and the Sacred - A Pilgrims Progress.
This is the next big project NIOS is undertaking. How we must fill our world with art that will define and inspire us to experience the spiritual aspect of our being. It is aimed at being an epic movie with participation from colossal artists and scholars. Manipur could join this and the presentation would introduce the audience to the current content of the project and participants.

HareKrsnaHareRama!

Todas las glorias a Radha Krishna y  Sri Goura Nitai

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Querido Gurudeva

por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

¡Feliz Janmastami!

Esperando que se encuentre muy bien, le escribo esta vez por algo más personal.

HpS - ASA -- Su vida personal es mas Surrealista!  Prov0cative!

Cuando usted estuvo presente en Chile yo no estuve muy bien de salud, creo que mi cerebro funcionó un 50%,  pero ya me siento mejor.

ASA - Si eso es 50% pienso va a ser Albert Einstein si funciona todos los 'cylinders'.

Recuerdo una conversación donde usted mencionó algo de las entidades sutiles. No entendí muy bien esto, además es un tema que acá en el Yatra de Santiago no se habla mucho.

Yo he pensado mucho en esto. Entiendo que hay muchas dimensiones y realidades paralelas, hay cientos de Semi Dioses que no podemos ver, pero están presentes y a veces podemos sentir.

HpS - Las cu-cu-cucarachas puede ver nosotros, seres humanos?

Hay entidades que están para ayudar a las personas como los Semi Dioses, los Gandharvas y las hadas, pero también hay entidades que no son favorables.

ASA - Bhutas, pretas, kusmandas.

Por skype usted me dijo que hay información sobre este tema en las Sastras y que hay muchas especies de seres sutiles negativos como Bhutas, Pretas, Kusmandas, Viniyakas... ASA - Si.

¿Estas entidades sutiles cómo pueden influir en las personas? ¿Cómo pueden influir en la mente de las personas? ¿Y qué se debe hacer en estos casos?

ASA - Como nosotros podemos influenziar las cucurachas? Cuando entramos en la concima y start the light...   Mejor refuguio es cantar HK/HR sin desviacion, "Eso no funcunciona!".  No importa si funciona o no,voy a servir a Krsna y cantar, HK/HR sin desviacion....

En relación a las entidades sutiles hay muchos surrealistas que también sabían de estas cosas, que existe otra realidad. Muchos surrealistas eran videntes. Por ejemplo, Roberto Matta * hablaba de “los grandes transparentes”.

Y dentro mis surrealistas mujeres que mas admiro, dos de ellas pintaron acerca de esto. Leonora Carrigton y Remedios Varo.

Leonora Carrigton nació en Inglaterra y Remedios Varos nació en España, pero ellas vivieron en México por años  hasta el día de su muerte. André Breton dijo que México era el país más surrealista de todos.

Como muchos surrealistas, Leonora Carrington estuvo encerrada en un hospital psiquiátrico cuando joven.

Buscando en google encontré estas imágenes/pinturas que tiene relación directa con la existencia de seres que no podemos ver.

Gurudeva me gustaría mucho que usted me pueda hablar de estas cosas.

Mañana es Janmastami! Y está de visita en Santiago Srila Virabahu Maharaja.

Por favor reciba mis dandavats.

Su aspirante a sirviente,

Bhakta Rodrigo Hernández Piceros

*Roberto Matta es el Surrealista Chileno más importante de toda la historia. Nació en Santiago el 11 del 11 del 11. (11 de noviembre de 1911)

ASA - Fecha bein raro! Todo eso es una pelicula. Somos espiritual no materia. No somos caraters en a movie.

You should be the most sane person in South America. Then it would be Sur Realismo!

Unos enlaces a art surrilista!  Los fotos adjuntadas son super!

Informacion acerca de su esfuerza: https://www.vedabase.com/es/sb/6/8 

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Hare Krsna Gurú Maharaja, reciba mis respetuosas reverencias.

ASA - Nos es igual!

Bueno, como siempre seguimos en Huancayo,

ASA - No deseas nada mas!

. . . . seguimos sobreviviendo. Tuve unas dificultades con mi salud, ya no como frituras, ni harinas, el arroz lo estoy dejando de a pocos. Estoy comiendo cosas mas sanas y orgánicas.

ASA - Cuidado no se convierta en un conejo: Gadia El Mal Conejo.

Bueno, por otro lado nuestro sadhana es 5 am mangal artik, 16 rondas de japa, 4 principios regulativos, luchando con mi lujuriosa mente.

ASA - Tiene que apreciar lujuria es el deseo perturbado llevar cosas disfrutable a Krsna!

Mucha política en Huancayo entre los devotos mayores, muchas diferencias y ofensas. Esperamos que algún dia mejore todo esto.

ASA - 2-minutos despues de su muerta.

Prabhu Jagat Bandhu viene a Huancayo para el mes de septiembre, dará unas clases de Srimad-Bhagavatam y Bhagavad Gita, también una conferencia en la Universidad (aún por confirmar).

Vi la carta que le respondió a mi esposa y me ayuda a tener más inspiración en los libros de Srila Prabhupada y en el sankirtan.

Bueno Gurú Maharaj me despido. Hare Krsna.

ASA - Ayer estuvimos comprando una caja de NOI y otor de Luz de la Bhagavata del BBT.   Oink!   "Stack them up were you can see them and get them out".

Su restaurante, snack, atraya nuevo gente? Clients regular?

All glories to Sri Sri Goura Nitay
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna Maharaja,
How is it going? How is your health? I imagine the body tired but its awareness as high as ever. How merciful to be able to associate with a pure devotee, and to be sheltered at the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada.

ASA - Always a struggle with the material nature, no?   On the other hand Her sitimulation can also help us to engage in devotional service. Purify your reactions to Maya, don't give them up!

Maharaja, I was silent for some months without writing anything. The truth has had ups and downs, spiritual life is like a roller coaster, and this last time I've been a little low, my energy, my mood, I have not sung well my rounds, I've had negative thoughts. I avoid feeling guilty, understanding that carrying a spiritual work is difficult, sometimes you just have to have will and keep going, in the fight with the witch.

ASA - Jaya! You must have worked for Mother Teresa in your last life.

However, I am following all the regulative principles, except for the singing of my rounds, which is weak, but day by day making the effort to continue with more force.

HpS - If you don't finish them, then keep track of your debt and when you have the chance make them up!

Please give me your blessings Maharaja not to fall. Could you give me some instruction as to how to follow my Sadhana with more enthusiasm and commitment?

HpS - I don't know your specific situation, but a three very general principles are 1) Associate with devotees, 2) Associate even more with devotees and 3) Call devotees on the phone for friendly talks.

With regard to services, with Abhimanyu Das we are running Food for Life, we are already part of the service globally, being advised by very loving devotees of Cordova and Australia. The team has grown a lot, there are more and more devotees who want to join, whether with donations or providing in the kitchen. We have had some mishaps, such as conflicts, which I believe are inherent in our material condition, the ego in the middle, wanting to have reason all the time and seeing the negative in others, unsaid words, and the result? The conflict, but my learning is to practice tolerance, patience and empathy, I can still obey the devotees who sing Hare Krsna.

HpS - NOI-3, Enthusiasm is more important than tolerance, try to find out what is the cause of the conflict and turn it into a cause for harmony!   Super Chica with her cat, Super-kitty!

Also we are with the kitchen of the Sunday party, the care program for devotees and cooking one day a week to the deities at the time of Brahma Muhurta. We are happy, and personally, I pray Jagannatha much to take me on duty, and from one day to another begins to take many services, which arrived without looking for them personally. I hope to serve Srila Prabhupada properly and that he can feel satisfied,  the service is what does not allow me to fall and keeps me steadfast in my love and thought towards Sri Krsna.

On the other hand, I tell the authorities of the temple of Chile my intention to take refuge with Maharaja Dhanvantari, clearly there are a number of requirements, which I fulfill, only need to take the course of bhaktas. I think that at the moment they are even more demanding than previous years, giving the feeling in the environment that there are many obstacles to take shelter or initiations, stressing a little relationships, I just hope that that improves and the deals are with love and from the trust.

And as far as my material life is concerned, I change jobs again, I'm in a school helping children with "special needs" who are part of an "integration project" I'm also in charge of "school coexistence" This, until our Travel to Brazil to go with Maharaja Dhanvantari be concrete, please give us your blessings.

Maharaja thank you very much for your patience in reading our letters, for solving our questions, for our doubts, for helping us clear our minds, for helping us to advance spiritually. My obeisances Maharaja, I am eternally grateful to have the possibility of associating with you, that it is my Siksa Guru, that brings us closer to Krsna, to have the possibility to be a witness of his Sankirtana, of his preaching. Many thanks Maharaja,

From Chile, in separation
B. Ma. Soledad.

HpS - ASA -- The Indian friends like very much to participate in  Food for Life. Quite rightly they do not like to give money, but will come and cook, distribute, and then when they see a need for bhoga, a vehicle, they will join together and buy it!!   Mehra bharata mahan hai!   My India is great!!!  It can be the very greatest.

Keep up the effort, you will learn how to be an ISKCON woman following the Leader, Srila Prabhupada, personally.

HAre Krishna Querido Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias Toda Gloria Srila Prabhupada

El motivo de mi carta era solicitarle que me pueda enviar Su ofrenda A Srila Prabhupada para poder leerla a los devotos en el Vyasa Puja De Srila Prabhupada que festejaremos mañana Publicamente domingo 20, intente conseguirla por medio de mis hermanos espirituales pero no me han contestado aun.

Esta es mi segunda Carta por que el internet se me corta y no se si le llegan y tampoco veo la confirmacion del envio

A Su Servicio Adi YAjña Das

HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna!  It is at this address: jayarama.us/archives/170224vyasapuja.docx

Reverencias to everyone!!!!