Letters to the editor

Jai, Sri Krsna!

Esteemed Professor, Master Harsh et al,

Here we are still in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Our health is still very delicate with need to rest as much as 9-hours in a day now.  Our best medical advice is that we have to continue to adjust our work to live according to our Donkey's age.

In this regard we are basically working to develop a list of priorities and schedule that we can maintain personally and then responding from that perspective to the suggestions of others.

As of now this NIOS work is one of the very topmost priorities for us. We have had a series of discussions on maintaining the functioning of NIOS by shifting its operation to Texas and joining a broader educational corporation there, Goloka Education. This is taking time and energy and we shall be sending you particular notices on this.

Of course we have had our local work with Dr. Ravi and the big Celebrate Nashville Festival this weekend.

I received the final bill from Ma Saraadia press and now we only wait for the general accounting for this one project from your good self.

In this maze of NIOS work two projects seems prominent to us: Distribution of the books we have and the co-operation with the National Library of Peru on the annual journal, "Solaris", and an international conference on "Psychology of the Sacred". Both of these are moving along well with very, very senior scholars and editors. Particularly we have a meeting scheduled by phone tomorrow night with the Director of the Library, who has been beleaguered by hosting the International Monetary Fund, with Presidents and Representatives of 50-nations in Peru. He has written an EXCELLENT paper on the history of religion and psychology and at this point we are looking for someone who wants to go ahead very, very seriously in a dialog between Sri Caitanya's Bhagavata School and Occidental view of nature with this perspective of Jung. Unless we get this the journal and symposium will not have life. Can you help in this?
 

Besides NIOS and its administrative work, there is of course our personal Sadhana, without which we would be dead.  We keep that from 4.30-5.30AM On-Line and are committed to four classes on SB and BG weekly in Spanish and English.

These classes we feel should satisfy our very great debt to our ISKCON disciples and students.

Finally, we have our obligations as members of the Executive Committee of ISKCON'S Ministry of Education but we feel that those are being satisfied by their relationship with the aforementioned Sadhana Bhakti publication and education work.

Of course, there is more work to be done, structuring our strategy, but in-spite of all these challenges we are making tangible progress.

We will try to call both you are Harsh tomorrow and look for any mail from you as soon as possible.

We are anxious to hear about any work you are doing and if Pranava Das has contacted your good self.

HpSwami

NIOS - ASA

From: Srinivasa-acarya Das <[email protected]>
To: HPS Bhaktivaibhava <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2015 4:54 PM
Subject: Document on online learning

Respected Guru-Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances at our feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Attached is a document from an online english writing offered at http://www.coursera.org by MSJC ( http://www.msjc.edu ). It's pretty good in describing about five types of online learning, types of activities involved, expectations of students etc. I strongly feel it will be useful in your service in ISKCON education. I particularly like the various classifications and the terminology used in the document in describing the online learning.

Your insignificant servant

Srinivasacarya dasa

All dead now!      We only want to rest and let our body recover a little energy then maybe we can make some plans on our own.     We have pushed Bhakti Vaibhava, Initiations, ISKCON Management, NIOS etc.  But our energy is low.   Donkey is old.   So now we will just look to cultivating our own little internal programs and see if they naturally get bigger from inside and from the outside we will not push now, fix calendars now, but if some one calls us, we will see if our little atma can join them.

5.19 PM.   We just finished 1/2-hour talk with Ambarisa Das.  Things much more clear now.   What we are lacking is a central conversation partner. We were thinking Eduardo might like to do it, but it hasn't developed. Without that, Suta and the Sages, Narada and Vyasa, we have a good stage and lighting but no content.We will discuss that tomorrow with Ramon Mujica. ​

HK PAOHO 

Querido Guru Maharaja

Aqui algo ansiosa por la continuación de cursos BV, ante todo mil disculpas por no poder ponernos de acuerdo rapidamente, hable con LAD y tiene disponibilidad de lunes a miercoles en la tarde, puede ser de 4 PM para abajo, esta bien ese horario para Ud. SEr ser así eternamente agradecida, Jagat y quizas Gaurangi, quienes han cumplido con todos los requisitos previos,  esperamos que puedan participar, tenemos algunos proyetos de predica personales vinculados a la distribucion de libros y cursos BS y BV, sueños por hacer realidad, en fin estamos entusiastas, y buscando equilibrar y hacer ajustes en nuestra vida, para servir lo mas que podamos, entendemos que nuestra predica es mas externa y en funsion de eso actuaremos, mil disculpas una vez mas por ser tan caidos, mejoraremos. 

Su hija que lo adora:

Yugala Kishora Dasi

HpS - Jaya!   TlgaSP.    Somos realment muy, muy, muy bajo de energia.   Si esfuerzamos como durante el viaje a Sud America es casi cierto vamos a bajar la energia aun mas y. . .

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      L     oooP>>>>   Dejar esta cuerpo.    Ha!    Ha!   Entonces tendre remos buscar otro sistema de Educacion por Distancia.

Ahora estoy iniciando cosas como puedo manenter si dano al hermano asno, y ayudando otros en sus proyectos como puedo si ellos acercarsan a mi.

Realmente no hay mucho actividad iniciativa para BhVaibhava de nuestra base in San Jose en comunicacion con nostros. Yo he iniciado como 6-llamadas y mantenemos esta participacion Sabado por la manan, pero no hay otros iniciativos fuertes sino por unos devotos, com Vd para adelantar el proyecto.   Tambien hay criticas fuertes de Presidente del Templo de la programa, entonces hay mucho hacer.

Voy a adelantar personalmente, como todos de nosotros tenemos hacer, y con esta perspectivo buscar realciones con otros.

Ahora, pienso nececitamos una clase en Espanol cada ano, por lo cual todo el mundo puede participar. Ya aparece como Sabado por la tarde es buen hora comenzar para todo el mundo.

Claro, podemos relacionar con diferentes tema, como BhVai. El contenido es abierto, pero si tener una clase para solamente Vd, yo y LAD, y no incluyir todo el mundo, aparece no bueno.

Desculpa idioma horrible.  Es otro problema para mi.   Es como Vd tratando hablar en Portugues, no?

Esforzamos con una clase en Espanol cada semana, Sabado por la noche, para un tiempo, no?  Depuese de unas semanas podomes ver los resultados y adjustar.​

Hk Paoho

Mis reverencias Gurudeva

RESPECTO un BV español Sábado SE LE complica  LAD Y JAGAT podría Ser Lunes a las 7 PM es buena hora para Ud.? podría ser otro día si no puede, toca Revisar el C4, SEGÚN Las Guías que nos Envío, y AÚN Falta enviar las Guías del 5 y 6 de canto. 

Muchas gracias por su misericordia, 

Hari bolo!

Su hija Que Lo adora:

Yugala Kishora Dasi

HpS - Jaya. Hay otro post de usted. Voy a leer y responder alla a ambos.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, AGTU, PAMHO

I hope this meets U in really good health ¡¡

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna!     AgtSP!     Well, it seems your hope is a little ridiculous since we are in the material world, no?     Everyone, including Krsna seems to have died in our present situation.  Ha!   Ha!    Hare!                 The old people in Dvaraka were filled with youthful energy because then saw Krsna and Balarama daily.          Body not old 'till you dead!   (If you use it for Krsna)   Prabhupada's last words were ecstatic, no?

Gurudeva today I did not join SM due to yesterday I worked until 11pm , I was cooking, doing household chores etc and I was exhausted, my mother is worst... sorry I am too lazy I wake up at 5:13 am but I just chant japa by my own.. I will join Hawaii class today.

HpS - AGTSP   I like those classes!     If we can't crawl to the computer I guess we have and excuse.    I'm a lazy guy.   I do a full morning program and then relax half the time after that. People like you have to do a real days work and morning program.  You are our inspiration!

16/4 ok, I am reviewing SB verses catur sloki, it is amazing due to I studied them before reviewing them is pretty easy and the purports are too powerful I feel happy within my heart. Mangal artik I tried to join everydady SM.

HpS - We get eternal substance from whatever studies we do, no?

Sankirtan: Abhiram called us¡¡ I was so happy I am going to be part of the group who will help about the event in June ¡¡ Communication will be my service ¡¡ 

HpS - We talked for 1-1/2 hours on Monday about the program. Some details, but a lot of strategic considerations also.​

I will start pujari in wilson one sunday a month starting this sunday..It has been almost 9 months since I did not perform pujari I am kind of nervous.. 

Radhastami was amazing ¡¡¡¡ very wonderful decoration, bhajams, lots of mahprasadam ¡¡ sadhu sanga... Gaura gadadhara asked me to lead an Abhishek in the temple room  for my Sri Radhika so that ALL devotees, guests etc may have the opportunity to bathe Sri Radhika , it was amazing all devotees, specially the guests , you can see on their faces all the bliss that they were feeling ¡¡¡ And then from the main altar the pujari who was leading gave me a fruit garland ¡¡ And it was amazing because I was desiring that.. and GM honestly it was the mangoe, and the strawberry most delicious I have ever tried ¡¡¡

I am kind of sad.. my karma has changed ja..¡¡¡ I received the news that I am going to work until the end of January .

So I can not join U and the devotees for the tour in South America :(

But maybe I can run away some days ¡¡ following the footsteps of Jagad Guru ¡¡¡¡ who was in lima back to chile and then appeared in Tarapoto :)

I am  just going to wait your schedule and try to join U and  devotees   in some dates ¡¡¡

Thank U GM, please kindly forgive my offenses

Trying be iur disciple 

Candramukhi dd

HpS - Yes, we will write a separate post about Calendars today.   So many nice pictures!   Keep listening to your Mom. Understand what story in the SB she is in and then help her!!!!!     In her next lifetime maybe she will be Srila Prabhupada's cook like Mother Yamuna!