Letters to the editor

Dear Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP!

Here are the three categories as requested by you:

*MFA/PHD*

1. Requesting recommendation letter for MFA from USC for Filmmaking from your esteemed self, Indian Ambassador of Mexico, Gauranga Pr director of GEV, Purushottam Lila Prabhu, director of Mandi IIT etc. (end of May)

HpS - Please Whatsapp us the details of what we should write.

2. Make 30 sec demo reel showing clips of movies I’ve directed to submit to producers/directors in Hollywood (recommended by Yogi from Houston) (July)

3. Produce more 1 character/goddess short films (costume, background and English narrative) in India (End of 2023)

4. Researching/Ph.D. from IIT Mandi in Monitoring Impact of Mudras, chakral-yogic postures and odissi movement, and pranayama on dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin levels of the human body (2023-2027/8)

*Visiting/Adjunct faculty Title*

5. Applying for Visiting Faculty and Researcher under IIT Mandi’s Indian Knowledge Systems and Mental Health Applications program (June 2nd week)

6. Create application for Adjunct faculty position in top 20 dance programs in USA uni: make 30 sec dance demo reel, show online course video pedagogy, curriculum, theory book draft, workbook draft (June end)

8. Teaching/making 3 credit course on odissi dance in Fall semester and 1 credit course in Summer to 20 PhD students

*Natyasala Academy Director Goals*:

8. Aiming for 100,000 followers on Instagram (classical Indian odissi dance channel) by collaborating with larger accounts (end of 2023)

9. Make Hanumat Preshaka drama script (by end of May)

10. Make composition and choreography with Manipuris and then shoot outdoors and in auditorium as this short film prequel for your film series (end of 2023).

11. Get funding for bringing troupe to USA/Mexico through: Indian Ambassador in Mexico, Consulate General of Houston, DG ICCR Delhi, USA dance university faculty

12. Create spiritually augmented Odissi dance BFA MFA for American university: pedagogy, cirrriculum, books and video lectures. (32 hrs lecture videos completed. 500hrs lectures shoot/edit remaining)

13. Make odissi dance theory book (first draft ready)

14. Complete Odissi dance workbook (first draft I showed to you in Houston)

15. Completing Bhramara gita voice recording

16. Complete 12 dance productions (towards main ISKCON festivals). Please show us your ppts.

These are the projects I’m currently focused on. Please advise if you feel some are missing or some need to be removed or priorities reassigned. Thank you for engaging us in such wonderful service! Each of these are long projects, I hope we can accomplish them soon so we can receive your esteemed feedback! I’ve been aiming to chant all my rounds before Mangal Aarti or in Brahma-muhurta now, due to your extreme mercy!

YAS,

SM DD

HpS - ASA --- AgtSP. Thank you. We hope you get partners for these plans, and your plans develop in terms of the Hollywood Directors, or PhD mentors et all that you get.

First, let us know what are the parameters for the PhD recommendation letter.

ASA $$$

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Bhoga-...6(6)

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Donations-...800(800), Nila-madhava Dhama, Houston.

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Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I know we have an everlasting relationship, but I think it's hard for many of us to think about the moment when you will leave your body. That is why I always wish to follow your instructions and serve you in this way, despite the physical distance.

As for a previous letter, about my "inspiration in the heart", I think that I am not pure enough to trust it. I prefer to continue strengthening my intelligence.

My sadhana remains regular: 16x4 - Reading - Arcana - Online sastra study with Vaisnavas - Some days of sankirtan (but little) - Prasadam (although sometimes I also eat bhoga). And well, I also don't have too regulated schedules with waking up in the morning.

The truth is that Krishna has credited me with several different qualities in this incarnation. Most of my life this has been a problem, as he didn't understand how to channel those abilities, and I didn't know what I should do in this incarnation.

Already in several letters he told you about my conclusions about my nature.

Today I understand that I will always be doing different things, but I think it is necessary to give direction to all these activities.

I think that direction is the ARTS.

After spirituality, what moves me the most in this material world is artistic expression and creativity.

My experience in the arts comes from childhood, but I never took it seriously, it has always been as a recreational activity, a hobby. I think it is time to dedicate myself to it and make this my livelihood and my contribution to preaching.

When the temple authorities can solve my situation and I can apologize to mother Guru Govinda and the rest of the congregation, my wish is to start my career as an artist.

After working and gaining experience in the cultural industry, I would like to create a cultural and creative development project that at the same time functions as a preaching system to present Krishna consciousness through the arts.

The idea is that in the future many other artists will be encouraged to participate and can help the expansion of Krishna consciousness through artistic expressions.

If I get your blessings, that will surely come true.

My obeisances Gurudeva

Your servant

Piyari Mohan das

HpS - ASA --- Your attitrude seems good now. We hope to hear comments from other members of this Blog. If I am assaulted in body, words or mind by someone, then I should think what apology with body, words, mind is really just so that I can really forgives them, and have practical relation with them again.

Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your beautiful lotus feet adored Gurumaharaja.

ASA - En este verso, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī le aconseja al devoto ser lo suficiente inteligente como para distinguir entre el kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, el madhyama-adhikārī, y el uttama-adhikārī. El devoto también debe conocer su propia posición, y no debe tratar de imitar al devoto que está situado en un plano superior. https://vedabase.io/es/library/noi/5/#bb5954

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to You, my dear Gurudeva!

I hope you are in good health and happy in your wonderful Govinda consciousness.

I am always trying my best to achieve the beautiful consciousness of love for our Krishna❤ thank you Gurudev for guiding me to Him and his friends!!

I send you a comment about song 1 cap.4 verse 22

I felt very lucky to read this meaning and was surprised that even though I had read it several times, I don't remember understanding it. I really liked the attitude of the bull, which was the personality of the religion.

I did not know that identifying the author of the acts is as sinful as the one that he does sinful acts. I think understanding this helps a lot to not get angry or hold resentments with anyone. It helps us understand that in case of gain or loss both are Krishna's grace.

ASA - In English, Christian culture, it says, "Hate the sin not the sinner".

I also thought that this meaning could be a bit strong if someone has gone through very difficult situations... they will always get angry with the author... how could we help in those cases?

ASA - It is for Uttama adhikari. For Madhyama adhikari: "Se espera que el devoto que no es un neófito ni un mahā-bhāgavata (un devoto altamente avanzado), sino que ésta en la posición intermedia del servicio devocional, ame a la Suprema Personalidad de Dios, haga amistad con los devotos, favorezca a los ignorantes y rechace a los envidiosos y a los demoníacos.", https://vedabase.io/es/library/noi/4/#bb5913 " Avoid the demoniac en the character of devotees and develop friendship in terms of their purification.

I also think that it is so important to ask krsna for protection in both cases be it gain or loss.

It is said that krsna gives us protection through intelligence... and since we all have different types of intelligence... some women should trust our intuition?... it is said that intuition and modesty are protection in women.

ASA - Castida y recatada! Comenzando en etapa de Dvija, podemos comenzar confiar en nuestra intuition, pero con confirmacion de Guru, Sadhu, Sastra.

And finally, now it is very fashionable, the constellations, healing of cakras, etc. Those things really help to connect with ourselves and our intuition?

ASA - https://vedabase.io/es/library/noi/3/#bb5876 maya tatam... Jaya.

I always believe that chanting the well-sung maha mantra will help us more than all this, but I ask if these things really help because I see many people doing these things.

ASA - As much as you can chant Maha-mantra, do that. It will dictate using other Mantras or systems of purification.

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I feel very excited and inspired by his films Gurudev!

How can I help spread the word about him? We just bought the first one and we are going to see it!

I would like to be able to collaborate with you

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Once they told me that my dance videos were very hippies🙂 .. I thought that the video Radha and the bee has many defects .. I put the dedication to you at the end (I had edited everything and I realized at the end .. and yes something was moving, the whole edition was going to move...)..and it's very long...we beg your feet to be able to know the defects of this video to better edit the next ones.

Many people comment that the festival that was held in the limestone "city where we live, was very beautiful, despite the fact that there were not many people (I sent photos to you) We hope to do another one... maybe in the nearby city where there are the slaughterhouse of cows. Sometimes I go to that city and see how the cows are taken in trucks... it is painful to know that they take them to kill them.

ASA - Yes, but they were killing cows and now they have become cows, no? Still try to help them!!!

I am sending you photos of the last festival we participated giving a dance workshop and presenting some choreographies.

It was in Villa Belgrano, a city about 4 hours from our home.

Please forgive any offense in this letter.

Thank you for your time respected Gurudeva.

Please accept obeisances from franco and gopal.

Your eternal servant aspirant:

Jpjr dd

HpS - ASA - Thank you. Hare Krsna~~ More Japa. Now. 2.37AM

Hare Krishna, Maharaja & Dear Devotees;

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to Guru & Gauranga.

As per your instruction I am writing following message.

Next week on Saturday morning class, we are going to start reading onwards from Adi Lila -- 10.85 verse. Thank you for you valuable association.

YS

Upendra dasa

ASA - AgtSP!!! Paoho.... Super. We will look at it and come to class prepared.

Hare Krsna Maharaj! And welcome back to Tennessee area, Hari Bol!

Please accept my humble obeisances 🙏

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga,

All glories to Srila Prabhupad 🙏

It was nice to have your association at Nrsimhadev Caturdasi program Saturday 🙏 Pravine Prabhu was real happy to meet you.

HpS = We felt bad that there was not so much time to associate more with devotees, especially you.

I'm doing some book distribution and meeting people who are interested in murfreesboro area, also in Nashville some young people have started chanting. They visited Murari Sevaka with me a number of times.

ASA - Maybe we can visit Murari with you also.

Yes, Maharaj, so the last letter I mentioned at Murari Sevaka there is Mitravinda Mataji and her three daughters who stay at Murari Sevaka.

Jvarajit Prabhu is a Prabhupad disciple who visits and helps them with cooking for the deities each week also.

Mitravinda Mataji was asking if you would like to visit Nitai Gauracandra's temple sometime, Murari Sevaka. I could take you with Pravine Prabhu also on a weekend if you would like. If you wanted to give a class or just visit possibly, maybe our murfreesboro devotees could join too?

HpS - As we said, it seems like a possibility, but right now we are just getting this ashrama in The Boro going. It is doing pretty well.

What dates would be good for others?

These are just a few thoughts, just trying to serve Krsna's devotees. Hare Krsna Maharaj 🙏😊