Letters to the editor

Tulasi of Boise sent Balabhadra Das poetic summary of SB 10.20 [LOB].

We will ask BBDP to send e-copy to us for posting in ASA[e].

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Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!

Gurudev, muchas gracias por todo Su servicio y ejemplo. Por su disciplina y determinación.

HpS - ASA -- 99.999999999% es austeridad de Srila Prabhupada.

Espero que todos sus proyectos de servicio a Krsna se sigan realizando con éxito.

ASA - Gracias!!! La misma para Vd.

Le escribo para reportarme. Ya estamos en nuestro nuevo hogar, un lugar muy agradable para continuar con nuestros servicios.

Seguimos con el curso Bhakti Sastri, ya tomé los primeros exámenes de los primeros 6 capítulos de Bhagavad-gita.

En BVB estamos en exámenes de los capítulos 5, 6, 7 y 8 del canto 3.

Estamos dando clases todos los días de Srimad-Bhagavatam a través de zoom y canal de Youtube de "Departamento Educación". Tenemos una asistencia de 4 a 9 devotos y devotas como oyentes. Y 8 devotos y devotas que damos las clases. Hoy comenzamos con el capítulo 2 del primer canto.

Uno de los oradores nos sugirió no dar las clases públicas, sino solo para devotos. ¡Qué piensas?, ¿es mejor dar las clases de SB sólo para devotos y no públicamente?.

ASA - SB 2.2.12 ultimo parafo ayuda tomar decision. Usually only initiated devotees or serious Bhaktas come to the SBclasses, so we can use our common sense. Consult with good devotees and decide what content should be in the classes. Yes, there are advanced topics that SP did not discuss, in the books.

Jagannatha Caran, continúa con sus estudios de Ingeniería y BVB y su servicio en administración.

HpS - En proxima carta communica que tipo de engineria! Como utilizar para Krsna.

Sukadeva e Indira están asistiendo a la escuela diariamente, y cantando japa antes de entrar.

Escuchando Krsna Book antes de dormir. Indira está asistiendo a clases de Odissi en el templo.

Sé que visitará México en el 2023. Nosotros estamos planeando viajar pronto, quizá podamos coincidir con Su visita 😊

HpS - Si, aprece Mejico va a ser sitio disponible para muchos. Es un bromo, Mexico es una suburbia de Los Angeles.

Estaba pensando en las actividades piadosas. Las Gopis y otros asociados íntimos de Krsna dicen, que quizá ellos han ejecutado muchas actividades piadosas en vidas pasadas para poder asociarse ahora con Krsna.

En el BGcapítulo 6, Srila Prabhupada explica que quienes han ejecutado servicio devocional sin llegar a la perfección, nacen en familias de trascendentalistas, pero que es un nacimiento muy raro.

Pensaba en mi situación. Quiero ejecutar servicio devocional toda mi vida, y quiero aumentar mi servicio, pero no sé si logre la perfección en esta vida. ¿Es posible para mi nacer en familia de devotos o quizá tenga la fortuna, sin ser perfecta, de volver con Krsna?.

HpS - Maybe you will take birth as a very favorite parrot of Mother Saci.

Gracias Gurudev por darme la oportunidad de escribirte.

Tu aspirante a sirviente

Priya Sakhi Devi Dasi

ASA - Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna. We just made carrot potato soup for Lord Nrsmha deva's 4.00PM offering. Everything in the blender and boil it!!!

We really miss the Temple. Alameda.



Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

My personal sadhana is going well Guru Maharaj, especially after Sadhu Sanga kirtan retreat. I feel a boost. I also spent a day with at Radhika Raman Prabhu's and it was wonderful.

I am chanting 16 rounds and following the 4 regulative principles. I am doing the FMP on most days and trying to make it so that i dont miss.

Thank you so much for giving me and my parents your association in April. It was a blissful afternoon and my parents were overjoyed that you could spend that time with us.

HpS/ASA - The feeling was very mutual. We spent about 1/2-hour preparing. Decorating!

Was very nice.

Hope they are realizing Lord Chaitanya's vani.

We had Rath Yatra and Panihati festival in Atlanta last week and it was ecstatic.

I saw in the Kapi Dhvaja that you'll be in India from September to January. Thats great news Guru Maharaj. I am also visiting India for my Visa stamping at the end of October and will be there till end of December.

If you'll be there in Vrindavan during Kartik, i'll also plan to be there for at least a week during my trip so that i can have the good fortune of participating in parikrama with you.

HpS - We can coordinate a calendar. We may be able to accomodate some guests in Radha kunda for a few days!

Also, with regards to your travel Guru Maharaj, i wanted to ask if there will be someone at the ashram in Boro while you are out of the US for the better part of a year? If its going to be empty, can we put the Wi-fi on hold like we did during your South America trip last year?

Your humble servant

Srirama Krishna Das

HpS - Jaya! paoho.... No one will be in the Ashrama, so maybe best to terminate and restart again when we are back from India (?) next Februrary, March? Whatever is best.

If we terminate, then they have to come before we leave town, because there is stuff to pick up for them.

We can always us the hot spot on our AT&T service.

Your Brother and Sister in law are here. They are a wonderful example to everyone.

Focus in becoming purified so that you can help Krsna in His Sankirtan. Everything else will follow automatically like the sun rising every day.

Thank you.

Hare Krishna Maharaja & obeisances!

AgtSP!

The Jung center has agreed for your program.

It will be presentation plus dinner.

They’re thinking to do it donation based. Are you okay with this? Please let me know so w can respond to them.

Thank you!

Ys

GBDD

HpS/ASA - AgtSP! Paoho.... 🐒 🐒 🦍🐒 What day and time is the program? Can we video tape the presentation and edit a copy for them and us?

Here is the link to promo for DTC-1 that show the quality of our work: http://vimeo.com/ondemand/dtc1

Id it to far removed from the theme of the lecture?

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Nayanamrta Das has us scheduled for morning SB classes 23rd, 25th, 28th and 30th of June. July is not yet scheduled.

Of course, we want to consider with Raula, Pablo et all about using these in our DTC video.

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GBDD - Also Devender Krishna & Sumitra Radha Prabhus would like to do a program at their home. Would you be okay doing it on a Fri evening?

HpS/ASA - How delighful! As we mentioned in the previous post, Hari-lila Das has directed us to do a "NoI, Tava Pache Pache" seminar each Friday night.

So, Friday the 1st of July might be nice. If we get CoVid (##!) then that gives us two weeks to recover before the flight to Madrid, but should be outside in the fresh air with sufficient spacing etc, no?

Thank you!

asa[e] - sastric studies

Our current suggestion for BhSastri etc. diploma evaluations:

I think many examination systems might work.

The one SP suggested seems to be a simple start-up system.

All along we have been stimulated by an immediate system which is two parts.

1. Multiple choice (including T/F) questions that can be graded by a machine and developed, and with those, a few fill-in-the-blank questions of like 25-characters max. 

Then the grader would just have to read the short answers (eg. who is Arjuna's father? "Indra") without struggling with handwriting etc.

2. Open book essay questions that the candidate would present before a panel of examiners and sample audience in like like ninety-minutes (eg. we give like 25-essay questions for each canto of which 15 are mandatory. Then the panel selects like five at the beginning of the 100-minute session, and from their written essays makes presentations, and answers questions.

Impossible to fake in that kind of situation, no?

Of course, a lot of details to be adjusted but basically like that.

Computerized multiple choice (25 character) questions and orally presented open book essay questions.

Phone Text:

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

Paoho!AGTSP! We are now in Florida... arrived a few minutes ago👍🙏🙇🏽‍♀️

CcD-SDD

HpS-ASA -- Who do you know there? Who are the leading men?