Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna, Prabhu,

AGTSP!   Paoho.   Last we met was at the ILS, no?  The program in Peru with the National Library in  June/July 2018 is roughly as Radhika described it below.

When I was in India in Jan-Feb we all met with ICCR, Lalita-kala Academy and other cultural groups. Yuddhisthira Govinda Das at Delhi Temple described your Sankirtan success with ICCR etc.

ICCR suggested that they could send 5-scholars artists for this "Art and the Sacred Symposium". Beverly Zabriske, who came 2016 says she can get the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York to come and looks like we also have a very good shot at Francis Clooney, Director of Harvard School of Divinity.

The hang-up has been Peruvian politics, administration. The Director of BNP (Biblioteca Nacional Peruano) has changed three times since January. All favorable but could not get it nailed down for the use of the Library for 2018, although they are the co-sponsor in June for "The Psychology and the Sacred II".

Just yesterday we decided to go ahead trying to get them as our venue, which is very possible, but not to wait. Our other contacts are getting cold.

So, this week we will try to get a hard agreement with the Ambasador, Sandeep Cakravorty. He is our friend. An excellent scholar. Excellent organizer.

With his participation we would then go and fix the five scholars from ICCR. At that time we could also put your excellent art exhibition in the packet for Lokeschandra to consider.

We would have a full exhibition hall at the National Library, or if we have to move to another Venue, probably even a better exhibition space although a smaller presentation hall (350 not 512).

However, we could also investigate satellite exhibits in Cusco, Arrequipa, Trujillo, La Paz etc and/or the show traveling after the program in Lima.

That is why I wanted to contact you now.

I will be in Peru-Chile from the 21st June -- 26th July. Maybe you could even be in Lima then. We have very, very well connected friends who could also get corporate sponsorship from Banks et al.

"Psychology and the Sacred II" will be 26th in BNP and then 27th and 28th June in Jesuit University and San Marcos University (oldest in South America).

How does this fit into your plans??   Perspective?   [HELP]

Even if you can't come to Lima 21st-28th June (then we go to Chile) or 12th-14th July (then we go to Bolivia) or 24th-25th July, we could all get on the phone with the Ambassador, Banks, National Library etc.

Please use the address we are writing from to respond. It gets filtered directly into this kind of work and call or text us at +1 209 505 3219.

If you go to youtube.com and use the keywords, "Psychology and the Sacred 2016" you can see a short and medium size professional clip of the last event.

Thank you,
Paoho
HpSwam - NIOS

From: Martin Gurvich [Mahaprabhu Das]

To: HPS; Ravi Gupta  
Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 1:47 AM
Subject: Re: Art and Sacred in Peru
 

Sounds very interesting.

We would need to discuss practical issues like:

Dates, venue ( is it a real art exhibition space)

Budget available

Etc etc.

The best exhibit I have is called Forms of Devotion- The Spiritual in Indian Art. We usually get financial support from the ICCR to bring it to different countries. But you would need to see if the Indian embassy is willing to do the needful to get funding. You can see Forms of Devotion website.  www.formsofdevotion.org

We also have a wonderful film that just came our and a 2nvolume set book.

Ys

Mahaprabhu dasa

On Mon, 8 May 2017 at 06:04, Ravi Gupta  wrote:

Dear Mahaprabhu Prabhu,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I hope you are well. I am writing to you in regard to the possibility of an art exhibition in Peru. My Guru Maharaja, Hanumatpresaka Swami, is organizing a symposium on "Art and the Sacred" in collaboration with the National Library of Peru, the Jesuit University in Lima, the Indian Embassy, the devotee community in Peru, and other organizations. We will invite scholars from South and North America, and I am also planning to participate. The event will happen about a year from now.

Last year, Maharaja organized a similar symposium on "Psychology and the Sacred," hosted by the National Library, and it was a great success with excellent academic presentations, cultural programs, and full house audience. We will build on that success for "Art and the Sacred" next year.

Maharaja and I have seen your wonderful exhibitions of sacred art (in Radhadesh and Florence). We thought that this would be an ideal opportunity to bring a traveling exhibition to Peru, as you have done at other places.

I wanted to connect you with Maharaja to begin the conversation and explore possibilities. I have copied Maharaja on this email.

Thank you,

your servant,

Radhika Ramana dasa

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.
Por favor reciba mis reverencias.
Gracias por su respuesta.
Seguiremos su instrucción y haremos lo que me indica. Este Domingo es el baño del Sr. Jagannatha, le ofreceré como me indica Maha Prasadam y el domingo 7 habrá una ceremonia de fuego para Él.

Pedimos con humildad sus bendiciones para la celebración 15 de Ratha Yatra en Ciudad de México será el 21 y 22 de mayo.

Su aspirante a sirviente

Akincana Krsna das

HpS - ASA -- Super!   Jaya, Jagannatha! Esperando tocando la corazon de muchos!   El Alcalde!

Nos vemos 21st Junio. We will make a movie?  Gifts, photo, USB, for Peru, Santiago?

PAMHO!!

Thank you so very much of your letters.

It's sometimes a test of faith, huh, ...........Not too much spare time now, for I engaged in putting up again the 3d-printer, extruding one (watching for powder one, if it could be part of the service, seva).

Still extruder , even though in library is same kind of here, must be fixed. Queue is almost one month long. I have 3d files for very nice version of  Tesla turbine, it is something extraordinary, even though history hasn't treated this invention well, as haven't many of his inventions.

It is quite similar, in my thought, that is Victor Schauberger's implosion effect, in which he says whole nature works, not in explosion. This is still even hair raising, what Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati said about the Vedic Planetarium. 4 stories. movin............. star wars... no.. hehe.... but yes... it means antigravity (at least finally). I know some examples how technically some more hostile forces have made them. Schauberger was finally in 1935 persuaded by one such force to make the box with the fire inside, from vyaamanika shastra.

And I know how your Highness's [My Holiness, Ja, Ja!] own country has made them, not exactly but. It is 3 machines in triangular shaped, 72 meters one side, craft. The machines are mercury whirl type machines(20.000 or some times in a minute), and would cause 88% antigravity.

HpS - ASA -- We had a copy of D. N. Shukla's, "Vastu" 1 & 2, and I remember he mentioned them not so much from the technical aspect but from the social significance. The way he described it was as something like the Ferris Wheel and the 1893 Chicago World Exhibition. The King with family would sit in it and it would go round slowly in  circle and then rise into the air and then come down and everyone would watch and applaud. Then the King and the Family would go and judge the Giant Pumpkin Competition and the rest of society would try it.

Dr. Sukla's comment was in terms of Vedic India had all these things but they considered them toys. Technology was for simple living and high thinking.

The problem usually, if this all is a magnet type craft, is that it would make the time go slower in the craft and in the vicinity of it. That is the theory. But actually Tesla knew still more, for his disciple Ott made UFOs flying with gems and first electricity, but finally even with light, big big crystal and light, says his disciple Ralph Ring, who I tried to contact. With no result still.

Personally..... I guess, Maharaja. I just have to learn to remember right. Thank you so much. So very much of your patience. The green colour. I mean was the patience...     4 stories.... wow.............      everything can be arranged. That's for sure :) Maharaja :). yellow.  To warm it up, I engage us, the people, to do Tesla Turbines and Tesla valvulars with 3d-printers,,,,,valves with no moving parts.......! 

As attachments Tesla Ifo picture (Ott too with real photos, that one), with no own power source, but the source he thought would have been the towers similar to the Wardencliffe tower. But that would still have been too easily centralized power, is my still my thought, at least in present days. But what do I know about these... a little, I know about power. Only my own hate.... but Maharaja I am excited... we are excited. What functions there is Krishna ......   such a nice watch Prabhupada wears.

HpS - Two watches, no???

P.S. It is in Gremlings movie that when they eat first time they develop from those little furry Gismos to the real GREMLINGS,,  hahaha. yes. many thoughts about technology it brings. And that couldn't be but Krishna as paramaatma who gave these signs. Is what I can see from here...   Prabhupada is so great, as are his watches too :) :) :) I have sometimes difficulties to remember though that it is all Lord Caitanya's mercy, so I wanted to participate in culture making too, by a puppetry, and the play is selected to take away the bad dreams. All glories to Lord Caitanya, and Prabhupada. HK

HpS - ASA -- Thank you.

Leave Houston 3PM, 27th September, arrive Delhi like 10.45PM the next day.

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Leave Delhi 3AM, 8th November, arrive Houston, 1.30PM

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. . . Six weeks.
Visit Kolkatta, Vraja, Ujjain (GBC Meetings), Mumbai...??

!! AUSTRALIA (for Ten Days) - Just need a round trip ticket, Mate!!

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Oink!   HAre Krsna!

We offered orange juice, raisins with walnuts, and then boiled carrots and potatoes with salt and butter to Lord Nrsmhadeva.

Last night was program at NGD.  Every Firday when they are there and no one is too sick. Only about 8-people came because many had to go to a funeral.

Seems to us that our joints get stiff from one week or two of not dancing, but given a hint, everyone wants to send the Holy Name deep into them.  Hope it reaches the heart too, soon.

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Next week and the week after the following week NGD and family will be in Chicago and at the Kirtan mela. We will be ALONE!!!!

Maybe some one will invite us too tea.

Workshop this morning was so nice.   Getting practical work done.

No contact with RGD for several days. Several projects floundering.

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You can see the letter for Seattle.

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Seems the 2018 Symposium in Peru is also finished. No commitment from the National Library, but as long as we have life we can preach!

Now buy India ticket!  Abhirama, Yugala, CmDD ... LAD... Anandamaya...    Ananda vardana ...  Bhadra gopal.... everyone should go to India, Bharata!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

First of all, thank you very much for your letter, and sorry for answering so late, but from 27th april to 1th may, I have been with Yadunandana Swami Maharaja in Avila, to attend the bi-annually meeting of "Encuentro Iberico de Yoga" organized by the portuguese yoga association, and I didn't check the email this days. It has been a very nice experience.

HpS - Jaya!   Preaching to Maitreya Muni et al.

Talking about the link "understanding about Diksa guru", I have read it completely and I accept it. I only have one question, the next day of the annual report is 13th January 2018?

HpS - ASA -- No, Dec. 19th. "Our" Vysapapuja Day. Always day before Disappearance of Jiva Goswami. We will put notice in the Blog and hope that we get lots of other reports even before that.

Currently I keep on following all the principles and chanting the 16 rounds (but still not of good cuality [quality], I hope it will change in future) and attending Mangala arati, and morning program in Nueva Vraja Mandala, and will be here until 11th May to attend GBC meeting (following the request of Yadunandana Swami), then will come back to Torrevieja (Alicante) and will come back to Nueva Vraja Mandala at the beginning of July till the end of July. This weekend I'll start Bhakti Sastri course with Yadunandana Swami.

On the other hand, of course I would like to have a closer contact with you, not only formally for Diksa, so I would like to ask about the posibilities of visiting you where ever you are (USA, Peru, India) in future and maybe spend some time in an Ashrama doing seva (as I'm doing in Nueva Vraja Mandala).

ASA - If you look at the Calendar in the Kapi Dhvaja you can see our program and start to think about plans to join with us. Of course, we hope to get to Spain as soon as possible. Then we can all be together on the transcendental plane.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

Bhaktin Maria

ASA - Nice photos!   More and more interest in Yoga.