Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna,

Dear ISKCON educator and leader,

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

The Ministry of Education invites devotees to a symposium designed to bring together via Zoom/Online with the global ISKCON-members involved in Education:

We are delighted to inform you that the ISKCON Ministry of Education, will be hosting its 2nd Annual virtual Global Symposium of Education “Viplavah 2021” on July 29th 7:00 PM CDT/ July 30th 5:30 am IST until Aug 1st 2021 via the Zoom/FaceBook/YouTube Live mode.

We were very encouraged by the huge number of devotees who participated in Viplavah 2019, 2020 and so on. We hope this event will be beneficial to all of you.

You can register for this event here. https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vcuCtrjkoH9AT4P7zTX-56DQN-5l998OG].

Viplavah 2021 will be able to provide ISKCON educators and leaders around the world another opportunity to connect with other educators serving in Srila Prabhupada’s mission and

expand their frame of reference by hearing from and sharing with them.

We are hopeful that this virtual symposium step will help us fulfil the desire of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada for education within ISKCON.

Viplavah 2021 will host up to 200 participants via ZOOM. We would like to invite you to join us. And if you are able to speak in this event or contribute or have any questions regarding the conference, then email us on [email protected] or [email protected] so that we may clarify the open questions.

Viplavah 2021 Global Education Symposium

Dates: July 29th – Aug 1st 2021

Location: Zoom – https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vcuCtrjkoH9AT4P7zTX-56DQN-5l998OG

FaceBook Event – https://fb.me/e/7a2FdM4JK

Event Type: Ted-talk style presentations for 15 mins followed by 10 minutes Q&A with each speaker, Interactive engagement.

Agenda: The detailed agenda and list of final speakers shall be circulated around the end of June 2021 / July 1st/2nd week.

Thank you. Hare Krishna.

Your servants,

Tapana Mishra dasa

Balimardana Das

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A devotee often spreads Hare Krishna in their work place without trying.

I came to work yesterday at the Clark Stadium in Plano. Hayes told me that he had gone to Kalachandji's twice on Saturday. He went to Kalachandjis for lunch and dinner.

Fuzzy the motor director groaned about getting old,🗿 so I told him about how the body goes through 6 different transformations while the self always stays the same. 🤔 He said "yeah thats right."💡 like he was already in on the knowledge of Bhagavad Gita. 📚 50 years of the Krishna Consciousness movement in America has gotten  many people to think in terms of Srila Prabhupada's books.🦉 Especially when it comes to life and death💀 as Srila Prabhupada is the only one with all the answers. 🗿

Remember when the devotees in North America discovered that they could buy record albums for a dime each by artists that were unsellable,like freddy fender.💽 The devotees would drive around 🚙🎤 and sell people a stack of the records with one of Srila Prabhupada's books,📖 for various donations. 💰

Tom the forklift driver told me that he really appreciated the experience of getting a bunch of records that nobody else had, from a Hare Krishna guy .

I bought a portable Blue-tooth speaker from Navadvip. It was stolen while charging backstage  So I replaced it with a Sony that is really loud.

This morning while working at Starplex, from Youtube, I put on the" Vrindavan 1974 "album with Kausalya singing and the work crew listened to the whole album while putting up spotlights and such.

Then I put on the Radha Krishna Temple and Yamuna's voice filled the area. Eventually during the middle of the Hare Krishna Maha mantra Paul the crew chief asks "Mishra, what the &*&% are we listening to?"

I replied "Bengali music."

Paul goes, "bungalow golly?"

And Timmy the supervisor guesses,"christmas carols?

And Paul says "Krishna carols."

They did not ask me to turn it off so the crew heard the rest of the Kirtan.

ASA - MBD is like 70-year old Sunday Feast sweets: Better every year.

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AGTSP paoho.

With Sriman Caitanya-carana Das request it looks like the next Monk's Podcast will be Friday, July 2nd, 7.30AM Nashville time, 6PM India time.

Contact us if you want to join as part of the audience.

Even though there are no questions from the audience, it helps us to have association of ASA friends, members and intelligent enemys.

Oink! 🐷 Tired as 10-tired animals.

Ooof! Yet, happy. Only have to chant and have all knowledge of what to do.

How is it with you?

Answered a bunch of letters.

Exercised until our legs feel fettered.

Let us chant some more....

About one hour with Radhika ramana Das, catching up on the Calendar development for August, New Biharvan, ASA Camp.

Where is Sita?

How can we convince Her that we are actually messengers of Her Lord?

Benevity Fund won't cash the matching grant from Micron for Srinivasa Acharya Das because the full name for NIOS would not fit in the payee field. Abhaya and I will call them tomorrow.

Lord had a big baked sweet potato, pint of fresh orange juice, fried walnuts and hot milk and an apple for breakfast an tea today.

Good night.

Hare Krsna.

The world in more pure because of the mercy of Srila Prabhupada!!

Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept our humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada

We wrote from

Iskcon Mayapur Dham ,

we came from Vrndavan 4 months ago, I have been serving on Mayapur TV, broadcasting Mangalartik live in Prabhupada's samadhi in the mornings and translating videos for Spanish Mayapur TV.

My wife was iniciated by His Holiness Niranjana Swami Maharaja, now her name is Amala Sundari D.D.,

HpS - Very nice!! Congratulations! Now more progress!!

She was sewing clothes for Gauranga Simantini in Jagannath mandira and also for Radha Madhava astasakis in vasanta pancami, and she washes and irons clothes every day for her spiritual master. Our Saddhana is getting better, now I need think in rent, bills, clothes, bhoga, work, bussines. etc, but im lerning more and more.

By the mercy of your instructions a week ago we received the Deities of Gaura Nitay 12 inch in wood, that we sent to do here in Kolkata, and we want to do the installation on June 24 in Purnima, we are preparing the dresses, the guests, the prasad, the decoration of the altar, etc.

(we already make the instalation was so special kirtan abiseka, food for life and harinama, complete program in so special Purnima, the moon was sooo beautifull, was pink same like the clothes of Gauranga this Day!! Gaura candra ❤❤❤❤)

Dear Guru Mahara we would like you to give us a name for the Deities, I will send you photos now and after the installation too.

On 1^st of July we have tikets to traveled to South America, Colombia, my mother has given us an apartment in a city that is on the Atlantic coast of the country, the city is called Santa

Marta, we have the desire to take Mr. Gauranga and Nitianda and expand His glory, give Mayapur Dham to others,we want to open a preaching center and a Harinama Sankirtan program.

which thinks Dear Gurudeva?.

Thank you very much for your care and affection

Your Servants

Vrajendra Kumara Das and Amala Sundari Devi Dasi

HpS - I think you should look at your Deities and see if They are happy. Chant, chant, Japa, Sankirtan all day and then look at Them after that and ask Them for advice.

Send us news of your new Ashrama, neighbors.

Nitai Saci-dulal???

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asa-e (section on laddu gopal below); Laddu Gopal

Hare Krsna querido Gurudev, acepte mis humildes y sinceras reverencias a sus santos pies de loto.

HpS - ASA - Piese de lobo?? 🐺

TlgSP!!!! HpS - !!!

Estas últimas dos semanas viajé a Orlando USA por invitación de Yasodanandanesvari y Vidusaka para conocer a Syam Krsna Gopal Das, perdone por no haberle informado, creí que no se concretaría el viaje por motivos de pandemia, llevamos 4 meses conociéndonos virtualmente y pasamos la fiesta del Señor Nrsimha haciendo servicio para la clase de SS Trivrikrama Maharaja, realizamos sadhana, fuimos al Templo de Naimisaranya en Miami, donde obtuvimos darsan de las deidades, luego viajamos a Alachua donde compartimos con devotos latinos, comunidad, muy hermosamente organizada, con deidades bellísimas y servicio muy determinado.

ASA - Esa es una oración larga. 💪 💪 👍 💪

Allí tuve la bendición de recibir a Gopal Laddu como regalo de una madre que es pujari y que me otorgó ese servicio para purificarme y avanzar en mi vida espiritual. Me autoriza Gurudev para servir a Laddu Gopal en mi sadhana matutino?

HpS - He is not exactly in our Sampradaya. As we worship Krsna with Radha, Pusti-marge sampradaya worship Krsna with Yasoda, and Laddu Gopala as their principle deity. There was a Laddu Gopala diety on the altar in Dehli temple but they decided He should only be present for Janmastami as we understand.

So, I would say it is nice on you personal altar, but not for the big institution. Talk with devotees about simple worship. If you take second initiation it can be more official.

También tomé darsan en el centro de prédica de Gainesville, las guirnaldas de jazmín del cabo realmente purificaron mi mente y mi corazón.

Luego viajamos a Santo Domingo, donde pude emocionarme con la dulzura de Sus Señorías Sri Sri Gaura Nitay y donde me conmoví mucho, muchísimo con la precariedad y austeridad del templo, ruego a Radha y Krsna que envíen a un matrimonio brahmana cualificado, entusiasta y con cualidades administrativas a aportar a ese Yatra.

Ya me encuentro en Chile haciendo la cuarentena en un hotel por 5 días por lo que he podido estar en FMP, leer, cantar, siento que estas realmente son unas vacaciones, ya que no he tenido quehaceres domésticos y donde me he alimentado adecuadamente.

He vuelto con muchos compromisos, que espero usted acepte como ofrenda, terminar el curso de discípulos que no concluí, pero que si tengo claro en mi corazón. Volver a asistir al pujari una vez a la semana y semana por medio quedarme para mangala Arati, también aportar cortando vegetales una vez a la semana en Alimentos Libres una ONG que se está concretando acá en Chile. Seguiré decorando para las fiestas de agosto ya y día a día tomar la santa asociación de FMP, cantar mínimo 16 rondas diarias Krsna mediante.

Con Cristóbal mi hijo aún intensionando mejoras para su vida, sigue rebelde, me comunique con Mandhara Sakha para que puedo apoyarlo y guiarlo con herramientas para su desarrollo positivo y solo me queda orar... Recordábamos a madre Saci con una devota mayor, sin embargo ella se purificaba con las proezas del Señor Caitanya.

Prepararme día a día para poder servir mejor en esta misión, donde muchas veces, no valoramos lo que tenemos hasta que lo perdemos y donde es bueno siempre agradecer lo que hay para que Radharani le diga a Krsna que estamos aquí para dar lo mejor de nosotros mismos en la casa que nos dejó Srila Prabhupada para vivir en el mundo.

Estamos leyendo con Syam el Canto 3 del Bhagavatam como instrucción suya a él, también estamos leyendo por las mañanas el Canto 1, para ir avanzando juntos y mejorando nuestra comprensión espiritual, él ha sido una potente inspiración para mi determinación y hábitos diarios devocionales🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Mis reverencias eternas Gurudev, felizmente agradecida y rendida a sus pies de loto.

Laksmiradha DD.

HpS - Keep advice from local devotees. 4-principles, 16-rounds.... !!! Perfection. Best wishes for your son!