Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!

Guru Maharaja, espero que se encuentre muy bien.

Disculpe por no escribir antes.

Seguimos dictando Bhakti Sastri (Néctar de la Devoción). Tenemos 17 estudiantes 😊

Vamos a dar otro curso para discípulos a fines del mes de mayo.

Seguimos ayudando con programas para los niños para los festivales grandes. Clase, actividad (decorar corona del Señor Nrsimha, Pinta caritas y Prasadam). Envío algunas fotografías.

Seguimos estudiando BVB. Vamos en el canto 3 capítulo 28.

Seguimos impartiendo clases del SB 6 días a la semana, organizado por el Comité de Educación (Yo reemplazo al orador (a) cuando no puede dar la clase).

Me doy cuenta que además de los cursos, dar clases de SB o BG es un servicio muy bueno, porque me conecta mucho más con la prédica. Entonces, a veces doy clases.

Tengo mucho servicio pendiente y no logro abarcar todo.

¿Si no hay prédica significa que no hay pureza? Me refiero a predicar a otras personas, que no tienen CK aún.

La madre de un compañero de curso de Indira, se hizo devota. Ella está sufriendo mucho en su vida matrimonial. Casada con un "demonio". CK la hace feliz. Está cantando japa y dejando el cigarrillo. Ya es vegetariana y está esforzándose mucho.

Bueno GM, no tengo mucho más que contar.

Muchas gracias 👏

Su sirviente

Priyasakhi DD

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Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories be to Srila Prabhupada!

Guru Maharaja, I hope you are well.

ASA - AGTSP paoho. Ha! Ha! Hare! This body does not get diseases, this body is a disease.

Our health is like your health. Right now fighting with fever, sore throat, choked respiration from allergy, etc, but happy that we can associate with devotees for Sankirtan.

Here or in Goloka, Sankirtan.

Sorry for not writing earlier.

We continue to dictate Bhakti Sastri (Nectar of Devotion). We have 17 students 😊

ASA - Super! What chapter? Where is report from Gandharava Das on Waves of Devotion translation.

We are going to give another course for disciples at the end of the month of May.

We continue to help with children's programs for the big festivals. Class, activity (decorating Lord Nrsimha's crown, Face painting and Prasadam). I send some photos.

ASA - 2 x Super.

We continue to study BVB. Let's go in song 3 chapter 28.

ASA - Sx3 - Devahuti!

We continue to teach SB classes 6 days a week, organized by the Education Committee (I replace the speaker when he can't give the class).

ASA - Sx4 - What part of SB.

I realize that in addition to the courses, giving SB or BG classes is a very good service, because it connects me much more with preaching. So sometimes I teach.

I have a lot of service pending and I can't cover everything.

HpS - Vaidhi bhakti means learning how to prioritize our service. Occupy others.

If there is no preaching, does it mean that there is no purity? I mean preaching to other people, who don't have CK yet.

HpS - Yes, the more pure we are, the more force we have, but we should also see what we are actually doine. We may not be Rupa Goswami, but we are working, trying to contact with innocent people. As long as we are chanting HK we are advancing!

The mother of a classmate of Indira's, became a devotee. She is suffering a lot in her married life. She married a "demon".

HpS - Everyone in the material world is a demon unless you are an Avatara or Paramahamsa, no? 😁 Some of us a married to big demons. Others to little demons. Of course, some of us are demons taking our medicine.

CK makes her happy. She is chanting japa and putting down the cigarette. She is already a vegetarian and is trying very hard.

HpS - It will influence here family!

Well GM, I don't have much more to tell.

Thank you very much 👏

your servant

Priyasakhi DD

HpS - Thank you. Such enlivening news for everyone. We we will look at other mail! Let's go together.

¡Hare Krsna!¡ Querido Guru Maharaja, por favor acepte nuestras rendidas reverencias!

Todas las Glorias sean a Srila Prabhupada, y todas las glorias a usted que nos guía en el camino que nuestro Divino Acarya ha establecido. 🙏🌻

Orando porque la salud de su cuerpo sea favorable a su Sankirtan, aun después de esta intensa y larga gira. Escribo como parte del equipo de ASA Carnaval, para enviar nuestro reporte de actividades:

Nuestro objetivo es concentrar, compartir y conservar una buena parte del material que usted ha generado, como una fuente de motivación para involucrar a la audiencia en el trascendental Sankirtan de Srila Prabhupada, el estudio y difusión de los libros de Su Divina Gracia, así como una participación activa en su misión.

Actividades:

* Continuamos con las transmisiones a través de Facebook https://www.facebook.com/asacarnaval

Estamos trabajando para incluir el titulo y descripción de todos los videos, así como separar por listas de reproducción. En esta plataforma también pueden encontrarse fotografías (Compartidas por múltiples devotos), noticias sobre sus programas y algunos enlaces externos.

*Tras nuestra platica en Nueva Govardhana; hemos puesto en marcha el canal de YouTube “ASA Carnaval” https://www.youtube.com/@asacarnaval

Como respuesta a la necesidad de respaldar el contenido y a facilitar el acceso al material por otros medios. Además, YouTube brinda la opción de resaltar momentos clave de las clases o conferencias, lo que nos ayuda en nuestra tarea de indización y consulta.

Este canal pretende ser una especie de biblioteca, un sitio de búsqueda y consulta en el que todos puedan tener acceso a contenido que les resulte útil. En muchos casos el audio o el video no son de muy buena calidad. Sin embargo; entendemos que ASA Audiovisual, proporciona material selecto, con mayor fineza y mejor edición, que atraiga a publico distinguido.

Hasta el momento hemos subido poco material al canal de YouTube; algunas clases, entrevistas y conferencias entre las que destaca el “Foro celebrado en el palacio legislativo en México” en su reciente visita al yatra. (https://youtu.be/We09Rge_FTw) Además de algunas clases en español dadas por Su Divina Gracia. 

Algunos Desafíos:

Sabemos que una de nuestras principales labores es facilitar la localización de temas importantes para la audiencia, por eso estamos trabajando en la indización. Rogamos nos disculpen, estamos avanzando muy lentamente. Adjunto un archivo con un pequeño progreso.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wwrOywwqci1IEkJsz3s055t0bGLIqRbj/edit#gid=543568292 (*En los encabezados de cada columna, encontrará un pequeño triangulo verde, favor de utilizarlo para filtrar el contenido de su interés)

Algunos proyectos:

**Isvari Radha Mataji, sugiere que elaboremos resúmenes de contenido de las clases para facilitar la consulta. Sabemos que es un gran reto, pero mantendremos esta propuesta como una de nuestras metas principales.💓

*Para beneficio de los hispano hablantes, Candra Mukhi Mataji, traducirá uno de los exaltados seminarios que Radhika Raman Prabhu, ha dictado.

*Además estamos trabajando para que pronto podamos compartir, las conferencias que, hace algunos años, usted dicto en el GBC College.

*Nikunja Bihari Prabhu, también colaborará traduciendo algunas clases al español.

*Por otra parte; Parasurama Avatar Prabhu, nos ha dicho que tal vez pueda compartirnos la grabación de la conferencia que recientemente dicto en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Mientras que Govinda Pramodini DD y Rancor Prabhu, también nos han dicho que compartirán material audiovisual de esta maravillosa Gira. En cuanto esto ocurra, lo subiremos para beneficio de todos.

(Muchas gracias a todos por sus incansables esfuerzos🙏🙇)

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Recapitulando: 📌

Nuestras Plataformas 💻

https://www.facebook.com/asacarnaval

https://www.youtube.com/@asacarnaval

https://issuu.com/asacarnavalhps

Para mejorar su búsqueda consulte:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wwrOywwqci1IEkJsz3s055t0bGLIqRbj/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106345441462837247827&rtpof=true&sd=true

Contacto:📨

[email protected]

Equipo coordinador:

Isvari Radha Devi Dasi / Abhinanda Das / Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

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Gurudeva aprovechamos para rogarle, si es posible, comparta con sus sirvientes las grabaciones de su participación en el seminario de SS Bhakti Raghava Swami.

Muchas gracias por todos sus esfuerzos para involucrarnos en el Sankirtan de Srila Prabhupada, gracias por su ejemplo que nos motiva a intentar ser útiles de algún modo. 

A sus órdenes, su aspirante a sirviente

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

ASA Carnaval

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Hare Krsna! Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept our obeisances!

All glories be to Srila Prabhupada, and all glories to you who guide us on the path that our Divine Acarya has established. 🙏🌻

HpS - We hope others are also guiding!!!

Praying that the health of his body is favorable to his Sankirtan, even after this intense and long tour. I am writing as part of the ASA Carnaval team, to send our activity report:

Our objective is to concentrate, share and preserve a good part of the material that you have generated, as a source of motivation to involve the audience in Srila Prabhupada's transcendental Sankirtan, the study and dissemination of His Divine Grace's books, as well as an active participation in its mission.

HpS - We have done some, but hope we can include material by so many other friends and members of ASA.

Activities:

* We continue with the transmissions through Facebook https://www.facebook.com/asacarnaval

We are working to include the title and description of all the videos, as well as separate them by playlists. On this platform you can also find photographs (Shared by multiple devotees), news about their programs and some external links.

*After our talk in New Govardhana; We have launched the YouTube channel "ASA Carnaval" https://www.youtube.com/@asacarnaval

In response to the need to support content and to facilitate access to material by other means. In addition, YouTube provides the option to highlight key moments of classes or conferences, which helps us in our task of indexing and consultation.

This channel is intended to be a kind of library, a search and consultation site where everyone can access content that is useful to them. In many cases the audio or video is not of very good quality. However; We understand that ASA Audiovisual provides select material, with greater refinement and better editing, that attracts a distinguished public.

So far we have uploaded little material to the YouTube channel; some classes, interviews and conferences among which the "Forum held in the legislative palace in Mexico" stands out on his recent visit to the yatra. (https://youtu.be/We09Rge_FTw) In addition to some classes in Spanish given by the Divine Grace of him.

Some Challenges:

We know that one of our main tasks is to facilitate the location of important topics for the audience, which is why we are working on indexing. Please excuse us, we are moving very slowly. I attach a file with a little progress.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wwrOywwqci1IEkJsz3s055t0bGLIqRbj/edit#gid=543568292

(*In the headers of each column, you will find a small green triangle, please use it to filter the content of your interest)

Some projects:

**Isvari Radha Mataji, suggests that we prepare summaries of the content of the classes to facilitate consultation. We know it is a great challenge, but we will keep this proposal as one of our main goals.💓

*For the benefit of Spanish speakers, Candra Mukhi Mataji will translate one of the exalted seminars that Radhika Raman Prabhu has given.

*We are also working so that we can soon share the conferences that you gave at the GBC College a few years ago.

*Nikunja Bihari Prabhu will also collaborate by translating some classes into Spanish.

*Besides; Parasurama Avatar Prabhu has told us that perhaps he can share with us the recording of the conference that he recently gave at the Complutense University of Madrid. While Govinda Pramodini DD and Rancor Prabhu have also told us that they will share audiovisual material of this wonderful Tour. As soon as this happens, we will upload it for the benefit of all.

(Thank you all so much for your tireless efforts🙏🙇)

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To recap: 📌

Our Platforms 💻

https://www.facebook.com/asacarnaval

https://www.youtube.com/@asacarnaval

https://issuu.com/asacarnavalhps

To refine your search see:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wwrOywwqci1IEkJsz3s055t0bGLIqRbj/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106345441462837247827&rtpof=true&sd=true

Contact:📨

[email protected]

Coordinating team:

Isvari Radha Devi Dasi / Abhinanda Das / Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

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Gurudeva, we take this opportunity to ask him, if possible, to share with his servants the recordings of his participation in HH Bhakti Raghava Swami's seminar.

HpS - ASA -- Mostly we just listened. I think the only way to do it would be to work with Maharaja's team. I hope we develop more relationship with Maharaja's effort and NIOS. Then there might be more substantial content.

Your work seems very nice. Our only thought is that Srila Prabhupada has given us a cup to take some nectar from the ocean of nectar of Srimad Bhagavatam and associated literature. All we ASA are trying do is be an "ASA", handle for the cup.

Thank you very much for all his efforts to involve us in Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan, thank you for his example that motivates us to try to be useful in some way.

At his command, his would-be servant

Karuna Shakti Devi Dasi

ASA Carnival

JAYA SRI SRI GURU AND GAURANGA !!

ALL GLORY TO SRILA PRABHUPADA!! and his loyal and fixed disciples like you.

We are in the final stage of the edition of SOLARIS No. 7.

All that remains is the approval of the content of the "Cultural Portal", which is a chronicle of the event held at The Asiatic Society, in Kolkata, India, on September 16, 2022.

This event was held in honor of Professor Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay and is in recognition of his outstanding educational career and contributions in the field of ancient Indian history.

First there is a bilingual summary of the ceremony and then the development of it is detailed.

We are awaiting delivery of the English translation of the document to immediately send it to Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay with a copy to you.

By the mercy of Lord Nityananda we hope that Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay will give it his go-ahead soon so that we can have the printed version ready for distribution this May.

As we have had an involuntary delay in Issue-7 and trying to meet the goal of having two issues of Solaris a year.

ARTd met on Friday, April 28, with Miguel Polo, our Director, and with Dr. Héctor Béjar one of our main advisors. In the meeting, the contents of the previous numbers were analyzed and based on that they agreed to propose as the theme of No. 8: EDUCATION, NATURE AND THE SACRED. Alright? any suggestions?

HpS - We can see no harm in it and have a lot of faith in your choices. 👍👍👍

For SOLARIS No. 8 we already have 5 items:

1. Claudia Lira: RESONANCE, SERENITY AND SYNCHRONICITY: JUNG AND CLASSICAL CHINESE THOUGHT.

2. Héctor Béjar: THE PARADIGMS OF A HOLISTIC EDUCATION.

3. Paula Miranda and Elicura Chihuailaf: POETRY, NATURE AND THE SACRED.

4. José Luis Valencia: THE AZTLAN SPIRITUAL PLAN, Symbols of the Chicano resilience movement.

5. Interview with Francois Vallaeys: THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERS IN UNIVERSITY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

For SOLARIS, an important goal is for 40% of its content to be articles in English, as on average each edition has between 9 and 12 articles, which means that in each issue of SOLARIS we must have 3 or 4 articles in English, Please, any suggestions to reach that goal?

That's all for now, HAPPY AND HELPFUL NRISIMHA CATURDASI!!

Bhakta Manuel.

 HpS - On behalf of the Supreme Undifereniated Comando of ASA we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Your sacrifice along with Miguel, translators, authors etc. has been heart rending. Trying to distribute a journal like this is like trying to distribute water in the middle of the African desert.

Thank you.

We pray that Guru-Gauranga inspire your progress and carry you when it is to hard.

Thank you!

Respects to everyone.

Hope to see them soon.

¡¡TODAS LAS GLORIAS A SRILA PRABHUPADA!! y a sus leales y fijos discípulos como tú.

Estamos en la etapa final de la edición de SOLARIS No. 7. Solo falta la aprobación del contenido del “Portal Cultural” que es una crónica del evento realizado en La Sociedad Asiática, en Kolkata, India, el 16 de septiembre de 2022. Este evento se realizó en honor al profesor Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay y es un reconocimiento a su destacada trayectoria educativa y a sus contribuciones en el campo de la historia antigua de la India. Primero hay un resumen bilingüe de la ceremonia y luego se detalla el desarrollo de la misma. Estamos esperando la entrega de la traducción al inglés del documento para inmediatamente enviárselo al Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay con copia a usted. Por la misericordia del Señor Nityananda esperamos que el Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay le dé su visto bueno pronto y así tener la versión impresa, lista para su distribución, este mes de mayo.

Como hemos tenido una demora involuntaria en el número 7 y para tratar de cumplir con la meta de tener 2 números de SOLARIS al año, ARTd se reunió, el viernes 28 de abril, con Miguel Polo, nuestro director y con el Dr. Héctor Béjar uno de nuestros asesores principales. En la reunión se analizó los contenidos de los números anteriores y en función de eso acordaron proponer como eje temático del No. 8: LA EDUCACIÓN LA NATURALEZA Y LO SAGRADO. ¿Está bien? alguna sugerencia?

Para SOLARIS No. 8 ya tenemos 5 artículos:

1.      Claudia Lira: RESONANCIA, SERENIDAD Y SINCRONICIDAD: JUNG Y EL PENSAMIENTO CLÁSICO CHINO.

2.      Héctor Béjar: LOS PARADIGMAS DE UNA EDUCACIÓN HOLÍSTICA.

3.      Paula Miranda y Elicura Chihuailaf: LA POESÍA, LA NATURALEZA Y LO SAGRADO.

4.      José Luis Valencia: EL PLAN ESPIRITUAL AZTLAN, Símbolos del movimiento chicano de resiliencia.

5.      Entrevista a Francois Vallaeys: EL PAPEL DEL VOLUNTARIADO EN LA RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL UNIVERSITARIA

Para SOLARIS una meta importante en es que el 40% de su contenido sean artículos en inglés, como en promedio cada edición tiene entre 9 y 12 artículos, eso quiere decir que en cada número de SOLARIS debemos tener 3 o 4 artículos en inglés, por favor, alguna sugerencia para llegar a esa meta?

Eso es todo por ahora, FELIZ Y UTIL NRISIMHA CATURDASI!!

Bhakta Manuel.

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva 🙏🏻

Please, accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

Here is the current schedule of devotees for leading kirtan on Full Morning Service:

● MONDAY: H. H. Hanumatpresaka Swami.

● TUESDAY: Apsara Gopi devi dasi, Mitravinda devi dasi.

● WEDNESDAY: Yugala Kishora dasi, Jagad Guru das.

● THURSDAY: Tarangaksi devi dasi, Caturatma das.

● FRIDAY: Abhinanda das, Deva Vrata das.

● SATURDAY: Isvari Radha devi dasi, Karuna Sakti devi dasi.

● SUNDAY: Candramukhi devi dasi, Parasurama Avatara das.

Any suggestion to improve, Gurudeva?

Thank you.

Your servant:

Mitravinda dd.

ASA - Super. Please send it each Ekadasi.

Dear Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP!

I requested my husband for maintenance as you advised but he refused. I found he’s researching how to get visa processed based on abuse report. I wanted to peacefully pass time, not make first attack move, but I also don’t want to put myself in dangerous place in terms of my legal records. Should I file a report to the police now? Or should I wait for further attack from him?

YAS,

Yajnaseni DD

HpS/ASA - Hare Krsna. This is the same point as before. No one can give specific advice without specific knowledge. We do not know the details of the immigration laws. We do not know the details of the Indian marriage laws. We do not know the reliability of the sources about your esteemed husbands legal actions. He said, she said, they said.

You may be stepping into the situation of attacking someone and starting a conflict when they in reality had not done anything.

For us to acquire detailed knowledge of this situation would requiere hours of work, and probably even traveling to different places and interviewing different people.

We did this for the Peru gurukula, GBC Regional Body for complaints about corruption by the local officers.

Took hours and hours of work.

So, again, develop practical team of localized people to use for localized advice.

"Victory comes from good advice, and good advice comes from many counselors", Chanakya Pandita.

Do your best. Krsna will do the rest.

Don't spend too much time on these topics, but keep your Sankirtan as your main focus.

O.K.?

Tom Brown: We received a following important communication from devotee in one ISKCON community. We have edited it for practical use in this here Blog!

"Hare Krsna beloved Gurudeva,

AGTSP

PAMHO

Thanks for your letter to the Regional GBC. You are right. During the former investigation that you worked so much to organize, in the end, nobody presented a formal complaint against ABC Das.

Nevertheless, there is something much more deeper here. We do not understand why some GBC authorities support him in the way the way they do.

(Personally I am really sorry to bother You with all these things.)

So for the sake of ISKCON Xyz we will continue with the investigations.

At this point we do not know if our Zonal GBC will meet with us.

I do not know if I can act as friends as with ABC Prabhu and his friends as you suggested.

I trust My Friends and at the end of the day I do not trust them.

Many devotees are expressing themhselves in social media and they erase those comments.

Why do they not want to answer the requests or doubts of the community of devotees? What are they hiding? Anyway..

So sorry for bothering You. We Will continue until we see what Krsna wants

JAYA SRI RAMA 

In service

DEF Das

Tom Brown, Buck White et al.

Hare Krsna, Prabhu! AgtSP. Paoho. Yes, if you smell a rat you should definitely investigate, but remember the sagely advice of Mulla Nasreddin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasreddin) whom Srila Prabhupada also cited:

"One should not engage in an argument with a fool, because people may have a hard time distinguishing which one of you is the fool!"

If you feel that devotees, Jiva souls, are infected with material consciousness, greed, lust, anger, pride, then try to help them, but don't get involved beyond your strength.

Don't get too close, but don't get too far.

The people you save today may be the people who save you tomorrow.

Thank you!!!

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