Appreciating Scripture?

3 years, 10 months ago by hps in Special Category A

CMDD kindly sent us a link to an interesting discussion on Herman You Ticks. It is inspiring but at 25-minutes we left watching.

We feel it is good to see Krsna-ksetra Swami and Professor interact, and there minds and hearts, but for more depth it needs a chart of content before the video, and more scripted questions.

TB/BW


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8Eu1niaGo

Proposed itinerary for Boise trip

3 years, 10 months ago by Nick Delffs in Calendar Development

Hare Krishna, Guru Deva, please accept my respectful obeisances, and all glories to Srila Prabhupada! 


Here is the proposed itinerary for your stay in New Biharvan Dham:


5th(thurs)- 7pm Gita class? 


7th(sat)- Home program at Balabadra Prabhu’s at 5:30pm. Hamlet and Arjuna? 


8th(sun)-Small Ratha Yatra festival around the temple then Sunday feast lecture at 11:30am-12:30pm


11th(wed)- Program at our home 6pm(not far from temple). Many Neighbor’s here are pantheist type of people and there is a lot of nature around us so I was thinking a class on Light Of The Bhagavata would be really great. What do you think?


13th(fri) - Home program at Jiyad Nrsinga and M. Prema Lila’s home?

ASA - AGTSP .... Accept our obeisances. How far is that??


14th(sat)-Rafting. I have a few boats reserved for this day and I think we can definitely fill them with devotees. 9:45am-3pm is the duration of the run. Very beautiful part of the Payette river. Mellow class 3 rapids. Professional guides that have been doing this particular run for many years.


ASA - Super! We need little deities of Radha Krsna????


15th(sun)- Sunday feast lecture 11:30am-12:30pm


16th(mon)- Chi Gong and Kirtan program. Can you lead us in the Hanuman Goes To Lanka poses?!

HpS - I hope I can lose some fat before then, but I think so.


18th(wed)- Pavitraropana Ekadasi. Small Jhulana Yatra festival and Krishna Book reading.

HpS - Then every night after that. Can be in others houses.


19th and 20th(thurs and Fri)-NOI work shop. M. Kamagayatri will organize. 


22nd(sun)- BALARAMA PURNIMA festival and anniversary of Radha Bankibihari installation. Anantarupa Prabhu will speak, Badrinarayan Maharaja will send a video for us to play and M. Arudha will send something written for one of us to read aloud. I am also going to ask Radhika Raman Prabhu and Gopal Hari Prabhu to send something in if they cannot attend. 


What do you think Maharaja? 


*There will be full Mangala Arrti followed by Bhagavatam class every morning and arrti every evening.


HpS - Super. We can broadcast.


Would you want to walk to the Boise river and back with devotees in the morning sometime? Evening would be nice too.


HpS - Yes. We can video it.


I also want to mention that I will have high quality recording equipment if you wanted to record anything for Dairy [Diary] Of A Traveling Creature-The Last Trip. Also, I’ve recently worked with a professional film maker here in Boise that might be interested in helping the project. If that is at all something you are interested in.


HpS - Very much. In the three weeks in Boise we can innaugurate Boise's participation that will continue through Peru, Nashville, Spain....


We are all very much looking forward to your visit Maharaja. Thank you for engaging me. 


Your aspiring servant,

-Nitisara das


HpS - ASA -- We had long talk with Murari and Kama gayatri Devi Das (and their kids), and


We are trying to fix the dates that Radhika Rama Das can visit. I think it will be the first week in August. With him, then we can try to have teleconferences with scholars such as the Jungians et al.

The Second Week could focus on, Cultivation of the Human SPirit - Light of the Bhagavata. Buy a case from the BBT,

Last week on "Three Minute with a Genius - The Upadasa amrta of Rupa Goswami". Got a case.


We see this as a plateau in the development of New Biharavan, the most important center in ISKCON. One generation is stepping back, another is stepping forward, so we have to have good questions, interviews, publications, from the first generation. What was their vision? What was the result? Pitfalls to avoid. Gold mines to mine. What will be their participation in the next phase?

Invitation to Portland

3 years, 10 months ago by govardhana in Calendar Development

Hare Krishna maharaja,


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


Nitisar Das was recently visiting Portland, Oregon and mentioned your plans to visit Boise in August (I believe).

We would love to extend an invitation to come down to Portland and would be happy to cover the cost of travel. We just opened Portland Bhakti Center on New Year’s Day and our developing congregation would be so fortunate to have your association.


Please consider my request and let me know if you have any questions or would like to discuss our program here.


Hari Hari!


your servant,

Govardhana das


ASA - Hare Krsna!!! Sri Sriman Go var dhana Das. Now our Donkey, Body, has 72-American Hippy years on it. It is barely moving. We can see the "Exit" sign just 3-years down the road. So.... we will just be going to Boise, stay there for three weeks. If anyone wants to visit us then please make arrangements with Niti sara Das!


White water rafting for Radha-Krsna!!


Juhlana Yatra!!


Of course, we can do online programs while we are there that will be in almost the same time zone.


In general, we have many online programs so that ISKCON (Im)portland can come up to its full potential.

Picture attached.

HpS - ASA!

Some Temporary Insanity in Chile

3 years, 10 months ago by hps in Personal Sadhana Reports

"COMUNICADO DE ISKCON CHILE A LA COMUNIDAD 


Querida comunidad vaisnava de Iskcon Chile. 


Por favor acepten nuestras humildes reverencias,

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! 


Mediante este comunicado queremos aclarar los hechos ocurridos hoy en dependencias de nuestro templo Iskcon Chile. 


Pyari Mohan Das es un devoto que reside en el templo hace 2 años. Hace muchos años él padece depresión bipolar, cuando está medicado mantiene la enfermedad controlada. Durante los últimos meses en el templo, él pensó que podría estar bien sin medicamentos, por lo que suspendió su uso de manera irresponsable, sin informar a la administración. Siendo consciente de padecer esta enfermedad, como adulto, ocultó la información. 


Debido a esto, el día de hoy él tuvo una descompensación grave, atacando a Guru Govinda Devi Dasi de manera grave, tanto de forma verbal, fisica y sexual. Ella se encontraba cocinando para la deidad en el templo. 


Afortunadamente, habían otros devotos en el templo, quienes pudieron reducirlo y llevarlo al área psiquiátrica del Hospital Félix Bulnes, donde se encuentra internado en este momento a la espera de un diagnóstico. 


Queremos informar que estamos prestando todo el apoyo necesario a Guru Govinda, quien se encuentra ciertamente afectada y shockeada por la situación que vivió. 


También estamos acompañando a Pyari Mohan en el psiquiátrico a la espera de su diagnóstico. Por el momento él tendrá prohibida la entrada a las instalaciones del templo debido al peligro que puede significar su estado con suspensión de medicamentos. Los devotos pueden orar por su recuperación y mantener el resguardo necesario frente a esta lamentable y gravísima situación. 


Como miembros de la administración y juntamente con madre Guru Govinda estamos haciendo la denuncia ante Carabineros.

Atentamente,

Administración Iskcon Chile"


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HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho We received this from devotee in Santiago and have not had direct contact with the administration in Chile.

As we understand the situation it could be mostly mistakes because of ignorance or there could be an element of personal responsibility involved in the situation.

Looking at the reality of mental problems there can be explosions of insanity that we do not expect or can control.

On the other hand, we can not take our medication knowing that this puts others at risk.

Which is the case we don't know.

We were thinking that Mother Guru-govinda Dasi could be traumatized to the point of paranoiac withdrawing from ISKCON, devotee association, but we were humble, proud, enlivened to see her in Mangala arati etc the next day.

We hope that Piyari-mohan Das is also doing well.

If he was the victim of his previous Karma, then we hope that people can tell him that and let him know that we all want to help him correct any mistakes and learn to defeat this problem forever.

Hare Krsna

Hare Rama.

Monk's Podcast #2, Carl Jung / Bh. Siddhanta's View.

3 years, 10 months ago by hps in Calendar Development

Whats app

[10:46 AM, 6/22/2021]

Caitanya-carana Das: Maharaj, thank you so much for your association today. Can we plan the next podcast on Carl Jung sometime within the next 1 or 2 months?


[12:53 PM, 6/22/2021]

Hp Swami: Thank you. Yes. Certainly. When is good for you?🌻


C-cD: Pranam.

Let's do it as soon as we can.


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ASA - We have space in our schedule for several weeks, to come. We are trying to arrange a dialog with the vital Jungian, Philemon Foundation, community during our August visit to Boise, Idaho, Sriman Radhika-ramana Das' home.


If we could do a dialog with Monk's Podcast before that then

we could use that to develop the

ASA/Philemon

work.


Do you have any goals for your

Sankirtan method?

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