Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj,
Pamho
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I would like to request some of your time in the next days to propose a parallel but light project to your stay in Peru and last stay in South America physically, Gurudev. I think that 18 minutes is enough for me to present to you.
I think that it could have a great impact on the future generations as the movie and actually, it would be a perfect complementary resource to the movie.
Abstract
Here is a summary of my pitch, presentation, to you:
The world deserves an online Courses series by Hanumatpresaka Swami as a speaker 🔊.
The idea is to provide unprecedented lectures recorded in excellent Full HD quality image, with good edition, audio quality, use motion graphic animations to explaining the ideas even better, mind mapping with the summaries to download after, complementary materials, readings and videos recommended, etc.
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The themes would be selected by the speaker, obviously. Because we know that the themes would be unprecedented indeed.
We had a meeting with Arjuna and Abhirama the last weekend, and Abhirama think that's a good idea, however, and definitely the topics should cover the main topics of the movie: Bhagavata Curriculum, Science and the Vedas, Carl Jung and Bhaktisiddhanta, Interfaith Dialogue and ... forget the last one.
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Platforms
There plenty of platforms to release material like this. Another option is to have our own. Some close examples of this are bhaktisupport.org (Mahatma Maharaja) culturadelbhakti.com (Param Padam Prabhu). The farthest examples are mindvalley.com (personal development courses) or artofintrovert.com (courses about philosophy and art).
We think that we need to include tests, assignments, tasks to do it to pass the next modules -something like a B. Sastri but much shorter- would help.
I have to study about this, and of course, there is a lot of information about instructional design but e-learning, despite is not new anymore, is starting a new age now with this new, massive and easy-to.use platforms.
Collateral Benefits
On the other hand, some projects like NIOS or whatever you want could receive funds in the future because of this kind of high-level content from you, sold online.
Examples
I have one experience related here, to share with you. Julian Ugarte, the Socialab CEO, who visited you here in Chile, created a platform called Essentials promoted by his B company Socialab.
There, in essentials.socialab.com he put courses from his mentors, gurus and friends, and he created a kind of diploma a couple of years ago.
His main Guru, Dr. Humberto Maturana, gave the initial course there. Maturana left his body recently and Ugarte convinced a big organization related to social security -and which have more or less 50.000 Companies affiliated, which is more than 3 million people, to give this diploma for free to all of them. I'm one of them.
Another example is My wife who is taking a big course from a group of professionals mainly from Mexico about parenting, though now is converted in a community too. One payment in the year and she have access to the big program in the year, with lectures and exercises already recorded, and it has a cheaper way to renew. She has several online meetings about specific topics related to the main theme also.
She is so grateful because she has learned from top professionals and real parents, and in Spanish. They share there the updated research about parenting and it has been useful even for me.
Myself, I have taken courses specifically for Adults with ADHD by Juan Sanguesa (Spanish), an expert with a clinical psychology degree from the Universidad Católica and Certified Mindfulness Instructor from UCLA, USA and from Author of the book Thriving with Adult ADHD: Skills to Strengthen Executive Functioning and Therapist, Phil Boissiere MFT (English). And their content is so good that value almost every cent I have invested. And your is, of course, even greater.
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I Think that due to you are so humble, hardly you would allow a name like this, so I'm writing here more about the idea than the final name of the branding.
Besides, but related to the big themes, We think that ISKCON itself need more from your guidance. And for them, we could create mini-courses. Just one example, this one module only for future sannyasis of ISKCON, practical contents like:
- How you can chant your first 16 rounds of the day before Mangala Arati.
- How you keep your ashram until the end - Practical Advice.
- Advantages of second language learning.
I'm just inventing here. The idea is that you put the specific contents and modules.
Why is this?
In my humble opinion, you're a very special and unique preacher in ISKCON. I think that the world and ISKCON need more from you in the future.
Why this format?
Is good for Brahmanas because it gives them the opportunity to have systematic learning, step by step, allowing to the students going together with the teacher in the same flow of thoughts.
Because for non-English speakers helps a lot to see the mouth moving, they can understand better and is a good way to learn a new language, attend courses of your interest. Of course the subtitle is obligatory.
Is a simple format for new generations. A work, published by the National Literacy Trust in the run-up to World Book Day, shows that in 2019 just 26% of under-18s spent some time each day reading. This is the lowest daily level recorded since the charity first surveyed children’s reading habits in 2005.
Secondly, a Forbes article published on May 2nd, 2020, that "Online learning has shown significant growth over the last decade, as the internet and education combine to provide people with the opportunity to gain new skills. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, online learning has become more centric in people's lives.
The pandemic has forced schools, universities, and companies to remote working and this booms the usage of online learning. Even before the pandemic, Research and Markets forecasts the online education market as $350 Billion by 2025, so the numbers might be updated after analyzing the growth impacts of COVID-19 on the online learning market."
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On the other hand, I think that despite the books will continue to be relevant, now and in the future the learning will integrate with similar formats like this. For example, I was explaining interesting ideas to a CEO of a good company here like 6 years. And he said then to, I would pay if someone makes a good summary of the book that you're commenting about instead reading myself. And now services like getAbstract, Blinkist and the Spanish 12 Minutos, which provide these services, are raising more and more.
In Which way is different from Movies?
Because this format could help Brahmanas and people that the movie motivate them to go deep. And going deep with a Swami as a teacher is another experience.
Am I want to drain my Guru in his final months in the continent?
So No, not at all. The idea is that besides first meetings about planning the content, you just stop to give the short 10 minutes-recordings periodically. It should be light and funny work for you, And by the way, To accomplish this I would go happily to there with my equipment and I could get more and I can be your personal researcher. Actually, We can move with the family there for at least 3 months from January to march.
Conclusion of the request
I'll be honest with you, Guru Maharaja, you're the most impressive person that ever met in this lifetime. I think that is sad that your physical presence will not be here anymore in some years more. And I think that your hours of lectures will be consumed for people that already met you, however, the world at large in the future need the Hanumatpresaka Swami wisdom box in a most digestible package.
And who is better to select this topic than the speaker himself in his maturity?
And as a journalist and consumer of online courses, I think that I can contribute there. Again, I could be there for at least 3 months or even more if is necessary, and if you and the devotees can tolerate me.
I would appreciate and I will be so grateful if you allow me to present this project in a short presentation, Gurudev.
As always, thank you so much for pushing us to serve Srila Prabhupada and being a small part of the Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Sankirtana movement all these years. Please continue pushing us for our whole life.
Your faithful servant.
Jagad Guru Das
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This is not a small idea, project! This is a
HUGE PROJECT
It seems like we could integrate it with the movie and our team, DIRECTOR, but it would require a lot of work. Let us see what the other members of ASA/Blog say, no?
Chanakya Pandita: Victory comes from good advice and good advice comes from many counselors.
Now FEP - Gaura arati!!!
YOu have made us pause to think!!!!!
What do others think? LaD/RrDD??? et al???
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