Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP

PAMHO

I hope iur health is Ok

Thank U all so much for iur association.

I was wondering why are so many devotees depressed.... sad... I was in this situation before . They are my friends, my brothers and makes me feel a little sad as well... Sananda dd listens to me .. she has such a huge heart that she put up with my terrible mind... So that enhances me to try to help others  But actually is a good thing isn't it? Because that means that we little by little get detached from this material world... 

I am one week delay on my rounds... yes the week of the Symposium..  But we little by little will catch up on them.

Also catch up on my BS classes... Read SB review pada padma.. SB is nectar nectar nectar

Gurudeva please may U be so kind and tell me the dates U will be in India on February 2017?? 

The book that U gave to us SP in Mexico is so so nice... It is on my drawer and I am reading it little by little.. Thank U all so much..

Yesterday we were on the Sraddha ceremony of Jambavan's mother we stay up until 1 am that is why I did not join FMP.. The sound of Houston channel.is very bad.. so please GM if U can join through SM when U give classes that will be great... 

Thank U all so much

Trying to be iur disciple

Cmdd

HpS - ASA --- Jaya.  Thank you for your letter. We are still fixing our Calendar. Looks like we will go to Houston, South America, in December and January. Then we will go with Rama-giridhari Das to India like the beginning of February. Feb 9-19th is the Guru, GBC, Sannyasi meeting in Mayapura. Besides that maybe Kolkatta, Bombay, then back through Spain. It depends on how strong is our body.

O.K. We join through SM for our Houston classes. We are 14-rounds behind right now, but also catching up.

Become an Uttama adhikari this week.

Hare Krsna.

AGTSP.Paoho. 9.19pm. Shyama arati, Nila madhava temple. 100 people here.

Goodnight Radha Krsna.

Symposium finished.

Exhausted. First chance to rest since we got here, for two hours.

Maybe we have time for Blog letters now. They are big priority.

Hari Bolo.

Program Schedule

Day 1: 21^st July, 2016 

Chairman of this session: Ramgiridhari Dasa

Time

Event

Speaker

6:00 PM – 6:05 PM

 Invocation

Goswami Academy Children

6:05 PM – 6:10 PM

Reading from Srila Prabhupada’s Instructions

H.H. Hanumat Presak Swami

6:10 PM – 6:25 PM

Welcome Address

H.G. Shyamsunder Dasa

6:25 PM – 6:40 PM

Event Inauguration Address

H.G. Sesa Dasa

6:40 PM – 7:10 PM

Keynote Address

H.H. Hanumat Presak Swami

7:10 PM – 7:30 PM

Formal Introduction of all the participants

7:30 PM – 7:40 PM

Announcements & Other housekeeping agendas

Ramgiridhari Dasa

7:40 PM

Supper at Govinda’s Restaurant

NOTE:  All participants are requested to attend full morning program on all the days of the Education Conference.

Day 2: 22nd July, 2016:

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM: Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.H. Hanumat Presak Swami 

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast

Morning Session: 9.30 AM to 12.30 PM

Chairman of the Session: H.H Hanumat Presak Swami

 Time

Event

Speaker

9:30 AM – 9:35 AM

 Invocation & Settling down

9:35 AM – 10:25 AM

Presentation: Fostering Greatness

H.G. Sesa Dasa

10:25 AM – 11:15 AM

Presentation: The Spiritual-Material Education Dichotomy

H.G. Sakshi Gopal Dasa

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Break

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Presentation: Opportunities & Challenges for Leaders in the field of Education

H.G. Nityananda Dasa

12:20 PM – 12:30 PM

Announcements

Ramgiridhari Dasa

12:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Lunch at Govinda’s Restaurant & Rest

Morning Session: 9.30 AM to 12.30 PM -- Afternoon Session: 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Chairman of the Session: H.H Hanumat Presak Swami

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Group Discussion(s) – Challenges being faced in Education Initiatives

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Group Presentations & Discussions – Challenges being faced in Education Initiatives

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM

Snack Break

4:45 PM – 5:35 PM

Presentation: Growth Mindsets Amidst Challenges

H.G. Subhra Devi Dasi

5:35 PM – 6:25 PM

Presentation: Sunday School Curriculum

Ramgiridhari Dasa

6:25 PM – 6:30 PM

Announcements & Housekeeping Agenda

6:30 PM

Supper at Govinda’s Restaurant

Day 3: 23^rd July, 2016:

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM: Srimad Bhagavatam Class by H.G. Sesa Dasa

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast

Morning Session: 9.30 AM to 12.30 PM

Chairman of the Session: Ramgiridhari Dasa

 Time

Event

Speaker

9:30 AM – 9:35 AM

 Invocation & Settling down

9:35 AM – 10:25 AM

Key note Presentation

H.H. Hanumat Presak Swami

10:25 AM – 11:15 AM

Presentation: Increasing your Capacity: Strategic Planning

H.G. Gopi Gita Devi Dasi

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Break

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Presentation: The Making of Synergy Learning Academy

H.G. Namapriya Devi Dasi

12:20 PM – 12:30 PM

Announcements

Ramgiridhari Dasa

12:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Lunch at Govinda’s Restaurant & Rest

Afternoon Session: 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Chairman of the Session: H.H Hanumat Presak Swami

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Group Discussion(s) – Strategic Planning for Education Projects

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Group Presentations & Discussions – Strategic Planning for Education Projects

4:30 PM – 4:40 PM

Snack Break

4:40 PM – 5:15 PM

Presentation: Creating Pathways

H.G. Hari Guru Dasa

5:15 PM – 5:50 PM

Presentation: Creating Education Resources

Ramgiridhari Dasa

5:50 PM – 6.25 PM

Presentation: Lil’ Krishna Kidz

H.G. Ananda Vrindavan Devi Dasi

6:25 PM – 6:45 PM

Summarizing the Action Items

H.H. Hanumat Presak Swami

6:45 PM – 6:55 PM

Closing Address by H.G. Sesa Dasa

6:55 PM – 7:00 PM

Vote of thanks by H.H. Hanumat Presak Swami

7:00 PM

Supper at Govinda’s Restaurant

Day 4: 24^th July, 2016

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM: Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Ramgiridhari Dasa

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast

NOTE: The conference formally concludes after breakfast.

Hare Krishna Maharaj

PAMHO. AGTSP!

I have just finished my final initiation exam, paperwork and have received my Letter of Recommendation from Ajita Prabhu (please see attachment). 

Govinda Caran Prabhu has confirmed that he will be able to conduct the initiation on Tuesday 19 July at approximately 9:30am-10am (Aust. time). We hope we can recieve name confirmation and any other details you wish to add via Govinda's email ([email protected]), by Monday 18 July evening Australian time. Otherwise we can postpone if necessary of course.

I have not asked for a Skype hook-up as I do not wish to add to your burdens, and am satisfied with the current arrangement. Thank you.

Lock and load, hari-haribol!

Your servant,

Jay.

HpS - Hare Krsna. Please excuse our delay.   As you know we were drowning in the Symposium and then the Five Cities tour in South America. It was very, very usefule, but the finale was 34-hours without laying down to sleep and then when we got to Houston, just as intense. Yesterday BAD chest pains. Doctor says, slow down or get a heart attack.

O.K.         Just put, "urgent" in the letter header and well answer very quickly.    The basic ISKCON rule, Brahminical rule, is that I should chant one round on your beads. Can you mail them to HpSwami; 2129 Stratford Rd.; Murfreesboro, TN 37129; USA?   We will be there August 1st, and stationed there until December. I was trying to avoid this but seems essential.

Hare Krsna.

We are about to explode. Maybe there were too many peas in our porridge today.   It is 5.49PM.   We have already had two or three pretty intense programs today and now we will have a birthday party for Abhi Thakura's good wife, Maria. Then we will go to the airport and chant rounds until midnight, fly to Mexico. There are about 25-devotees here and increasing. So often so many devotees want 'just one minute Maharaja' at the last minute, but really they want to explain their specific situation, often in great emotional detail, and then receive a solution.
Mangala ananda said recently, "After seven years I have realized that you are my Guru, not my psychologist".  If you have both it can be a very happy life (forever).

Hare Krsna.

What does Krsna want (to play)?   We can be the center of attention of hungry wolves, or people offering us money, or ... but really it is Krsna who is the center, so we can just relax and let him direct us as He likes.

Lao Tzu - One should conduct then affairs of the Empire in the same way a beggar would fry a small fish.

Hare Krsna.

Agt Guru and Gauranga!!!

Agt Srila Prabhupada!!

Hare Krsna Maharaja!

I´m Budanath das, from the little mountain.

I hope you are very good in all aspects

I have spent many days trying to write, but I can not find something to say that is not nonsense.

The other day on the 50th anniversary of Iskcon, I had the best day of my life.

A drop of nectar fell on me, and I had a very strong personal experience, that still hits me. Maybe it's silly

For some matter, time and space, on all the time, were canceled and it seemed that lived a sociable conversation, outside the logic, where at peak times, material image sparkled and was part of a conversation or reality that had nothing to do with what was seen, except for the presence of Paramatma.

In the plains, like today, Paramatma seemed to have a thousand faces and mouths, they observed objectively, but aware of everything

Something drives me to find this present, mystical, behind everything, including sensory logic

It was like looking back to childhood friends. No sense to use logic

There is only one way to repeat that experience, that ever-present reality ... 16 rounds, 4 principles, and service

It has given me great enthusiasm experience. Enthusiasm

I hope I can go mad for Krishna one day, or tomorrow, or today, and forget everything. I think that Krsna likes to ask that.

I try to be more regular writing, and especially reading

In a week I tell you that I have read and how long. Follow your tweets, blog, nectar

Lack done much in the kirtan, bhajans, festivals, devotees, pure souls. I will try to buy a Harmonium.

Thank you very much for everything

Tulasi is very well.

Yours, Budanath das.

Hare Krsna.

HpS - As I understand from Academic Psychological studies, many people have these 'psychotic' experiences, or 'religious' experiences, but they seem to be natural experiences. With the perspective of SB we can use them., Narada muni describes his experience in SB 1.6, no?

I have had experiences like this some times. As you say, by good regular Sadhana we can become quite purified quite rapidly and experience a more profound perception of the world.

Yes, we find that reading leads to writing, leads to trying to read systematically. Let us try to get Sita out of the clutches of Ravana. Let us try to get many the innocent souls out of this world. We have to look for them then...