Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP

PAMHO

I hope this meets U in really good health !!!

HpS - ASA -- About 50/50.

We really miss iur daily  association. !!!

I do not know what will be the future in education in Iskcon peru.. Everything is not well organized. Too much politics, ego.. pffff. My desire and my calling is to be an educator but if things continue like this.... regarding to your question .. Yes I would love to teach in Houston !!! Let's see what Krsna wants. But I have the feeling that peru will not be my permanent resident [residence].

I would like to continue teaching SP 's books 

I continue with FMP.. Bhadra Vardhana & Sananda, Indulekha, isvari, carlos rold join. Association is everything ! I also join through skype with Dhanya lalita in the evenings we share our experiences and also chant 4 rounds.

HpS - ASA -- You will certainly develop mystic powers from this.

I am.on vacations. I continue giving gem therapy. we preach a little bit. I use the little cottage that is in my garden for doing therapy. I feel good helping others.

Today we fast nirjala till 1pm

My mom and sisters are sick.. but the 3 of us continue with enthusiasm!!  3 ladies one dog and now one kitty. We are like draupadi and  say: Hey Govinda !! Hope U are there!!!

Thank U for all iur inspiration

See U in June

Your useless servant

Candramukhi dd

HpS - It is 11.17AM. Up at 2.15AM, chanting, P A C K I N G, 20-people offering Dandavats, donations, cloths, flowers. 45-minute drive at 4.30AM through the jungle to the airport. Check-in.. ... arrive Guwahati. 20-more devotees. Lunch/Breakfast. Check in . SCREAMING over the loudspeakers. Pushing in the lines. Security. Almost droping computer.

Some chest pain, but not much.

Calling, recalling, discusssing NIOS joining Sthapatyam magazine of Vastuveda as a publisher. Sending letter to them. Now 1-hour until flight. The announcements are so loud that they really hurt the ears.

Battle of Kuruksetra.

Kali-yuga is like a storm, but you have your umbrella. Use it. Get nice things done. They will last. Give others umbrellas and teach them how to use them.

Out respects to the Start Meeting Sanga!  What gems do you use?

O.K.   Continuing with our Sankirtan.

Hare Krishna Maharaj

PAMHO. AGTSP!

I am very much concerned (and convinced) that I have caused an aparadha to you due to my Vyasa Puja offering.

Please forgive this neophyte! KC is not always easy for me (if at all), and I am constantly overwhelmed by the material modes of nature. It is of course no excuse, but rather an explanation of my offensive tendencies.

I thought it may be helpful to reveal a bit of my worldview of ISKCON in the spirit of 'guhyam akhyati prichati'. I mean no offense, and feel I should have been more straight about this with you from the outset, but I am constantly besieged by the mode of passion, and therefore am constantly making mistakes.

I beg your pardon in this regard.

Your servant,

Janardan-hari das.

HpS - Hare Krsna!   I don't think we have been able to see it yet. If we did, it didn't strike us as offensive. It is important to see both the good and bad qualities of people and organizations, then we can help them!

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, we have your update through - DTC 21 (Sa). We are happy to see success of events.

    In Pune, we are continuously in touch with local temple authority and fixing your schedule, and
    communicated your message about ISKCON education.

    Below are progress, as of :
    1. Accommodation has been fix for you and me.
    2. Still in process of finalizing the events.
    3. HG Radhyshyam Prabhuji may not be available during your visit.

    We have a meeting again today with temple authority then we will have a conference call with you.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - ASA -- Thank you very much!  If H.G. Radhashyama Das will not be available then maybe someone who is confidential with his ideas of education will be available.

DTC 21(SA)

[Especially written so that ART Das can forward is to Ramon]

1.12AM – Brother Ass is doing pretty well. It is rather cold here in village, Ananda Bazaar, cold and foggy mornings. We are typing on our platform-bed under a THICK blanket with our arms sticking out. We have a room in The Tribal Guest House. Now the water has ceased to flow but the one lamp and one plug, across the room, are working. No heat. There is a wedding party gaily blasting their music across the village.

At 4AM we will take a sponge bath from a bucket of well-water, go to Mangala-arati in the Temple down the hill, dance to keep warm and insure good digestions and at 6.30AM we leave for Silchar. It is about 60Km from here but the road moves like a snake in the jungle, so we won’t arrive until noon.

So far this India Tour has been very productive. Three weeks completed, three weeks to go, a good way to die.

We met with Dr. Kalyan Kumar, Dr. A. P. Dutta and Śriman Yuddhisthira Das in Delhi. Respectively they are Director of the National Academy of Fine Arts (Kalyan Academy), Director of the Indian Council on Philosophical Research and Assistant Director of Communications for the ISKCON-Birla Foundation Glory of India Cultural Complex. We can develop our NIOS publications and symposia with all of them.

Next we went to Chennai and participated in a symposium on The Bhagavata Purana – Its Art and Its Impact, co-sponsored by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and the University of Madras. We were variously informed about the research and appreciation of the Bhagavata though illustrated manuscripts, the millennial tradition of different scholastic-yogic commentaries and made our own presentation titled: PASCHATYA DESA TARINE – Śrimad Bhagavatam and the Scientific Mind Set. We have a pile of Name Cards and contacts to process of related scholars.

Next Kolkatta where we of course were deeply involved with the ISKCON Albert Road Temple and Professor Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadyay, Principal Advisor to NIOS, and former Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture at University of Calcutta. With the former we did several lectures on the Bhagavata, introduced our NIOS work and lectured at Asutosh University to a packed room of 120-Psychology students and five professors. They will begin to study Jung and participate in writing for Solaris projects. With the later we focused with intensity on the next academic book by NIOS, SIKSHA-DRSA – Education in Ancient India and Man-making in Modern Times.

Finally, hours of flying and driving in the Himalaya foothills from Kolkata to Ananda-bazaar. It is a kind of Shangri-La if we look at the industrialized world. Milk and fruits and vegetables, grains and beans, houses and heat still come from the local fields and forests. Here we joined The 11^th Annual Festival of Loving Exchanges as a Sannyasis-guru, Chief Guest.  Both sides of the rode were lined with men and women, boys and girls, with candles, Kirtan, when we arrived. The Kirtan is with drums and gongs illuminating the traditional hymns and prayers.

We formally Baptized, gave Diksa to twenty serious students and again joined the lecture and ritual Kirtan process along with local ISKCON Pandits. Our cell-phone provider, Voda-phone, does not work here, so we have had excellent chance to rest our eyes – Simple and Refreshing.

Tomorrow we will have internet connection and we can see if Prof. Shamdasani from the Philemon Foundation has answered our letters. If not we are already drafting one more letter. We have been promoting the Foundation wherever we go and we consider Jung essential for building this bridge between East and West. We are looking for friends who share this appreciation to divide up the work necessary . Beverley Zabrieskii of the Foundation has already given us good reading materials to work on. We need more Officers, Directors, Advisors for NIOS in the USA.

2.00AM – Review this Diary Post and “Chant One Round”.

Dear Maharaj hanuman Presaka Swami y devotos,

Mis reverencias desde la helada Ginebra.

Jay Srila Prabhupad!

Estoy probando con este mensaje si reciben este mensaje.

Muchas gracias.

Su sirviente,

Bhadra Rupa d

Hare Krsna, Hare Rama.

Still in room 404, ISKCON Kolkata, Guest House.
Yesterday, Monday, we left the temple at 6.30AM in the company of Raja-gopal Agrawaal or someone of a similar name. Uber driver from Indianapolis 500.

Went to where was Prabhupada's birth place. Five story walk up to 25 university students living in ISKCON Student's ashrama. About 400-students in different ISKCON Kolkata University Ashramas.

Kirtan, class, discussion about NIOS.   Fight to get to Asutosh College, 100-years old. Hall was full: 120 students and 5-professors, 75% girls (!).

Wanted to lecture for 45-minutes and then Q & A, but they kept pushing so was 1-1/2-hours, and now planning for more programs, even writing for 'Solaris'.

Back to the Temple!  6.30AM - 2.30PM.    Aaaaaaargh!    Had to rest Brother Ass.

Sunday was the same. SB, Sunday Feast Lecture, sold 41-LOBs, every day working on next book with Dr. Samaresh, promoting NIOS.

Now, tomorrow we fly... Zoom!   Zoom!  Zoom! to Agartala, North East, Jungle, Head-hunters, followers of Lord Caitanya for 300-years. Temples of straw. Hari Bolo!

We just look at the mail, for any URGENT letters and hope to get to it later.

Lot of stress, but we rest.

As long as we get up early and get good rounds done, then we always can help a little with the Sankirtan.

7.28PM
We just saw Dr. Samaresh off. He had to go back to the Asiatic Society and then home.

Chest pains are like 93% reduced.