Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaja Ji

Please Accept My Humble Obeisances, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

I am also trying to get hold of him [Dr. Aloka De] but so far no luck. As soon as I come in touch with him I will inform you Maharaja Ji.

HpS - ASA - Super!!

Search says he is in Kansas City, VA, Medical Center but no luck of getting hold of him yet.

HpS - NOI 3!

I am currently residing in St. Louis, MO. We are in central standard time ( CST) so 5:45 PM our time will be 3:45 PST.

ASA - Huh??? We are in Nashville! Also CST (Actually, CDST, no???)

We do not stream zoom program during lecture on YouTube but program get recorded. Recording is later posted on YouTube and Facebook. In case if there are devotees from outside who would like to join your next week session then that won't be a problem. I will send the zoom link prior which you can share with devotees interested to join. I am fine with any topic you would like to talk on Maharaja Ji

HpS - O.K. Send ASAP because I don't want to broadcast it through twitter because there is some chance The Evil Ones have been using that announcement station to hack the organizers if they are Hindoos.

Who will be the audience? Any doctors, lawyers, Indian Chiefs? Gandharva Veda? Music, Dance, Drama???

"You are the Most Important Preacher in ISKCON!"

Your Servant

Ramacarya Das

Querido Gurudev: Pamho. Toda gloria a Srila Prabhupada y sus seguidores fieles.

Espero que se encuentre lleno de entusiasmo cuando reciba este mensaje. Hace casi dos meses desde mi ultima carta y, aunque he visto que usted está muy muy ocupado pienso que está bien mantener la comunicación regularmente.

Ya llevo dos meses sin trabajar y ya estoy oficialmente "jubilado laboralmente". Eso favorece que esté mas activo en actividades de vaidhi bhakti como lectura, japa, sadhu sanga, etc. Ahora puedo leer todas las cartas del blog, antes solo leía algunas, creo que estamos dando pequeños pasos en la dirección adecuada y si seguimos así sólo el tiempo nos separa del objetivo. Cuando lleve seis meses con el nuevo sadhana (ahora llevo sólo dos) lo compartiremos para recibir ordenes, opiniones, quejas, etc.

Como ya sabe estamos en un grupo de estudio del Bhagavad Gita en español con otros hermanos y hermanas espirituales de América (Perú, Argentina, etc) y otros buenos devotos de España y otros lugares. Soy muy consciente de que su agenda es inhumana, pero quiero que sepa que, aunque en el viejo continente no seamos tan expresivos emocionalmente, le echamos mucho de menos y nos gustaría que pudiera estar al menos un día con nosotros en el grupo de estudio. España también existe.

No debe sentirse presionado en su agenda ya que aún estamos en el capitulo 1 y vamos con tranquilidad. Normalmente el viernes es el día de los invitados especiales, pero si no puede cuadrar ningún viernes podría ser un lunes o jueves. El horario es 6,30 pm hora de Madrid. Han participado devotos desde EEUU como Guru Prasad Swami, Rambhoru devi dasi (esposa de Prithu prabhu) Urmila devi dasi, etc, y también de otros lugares (hoy tenemos a Purushotraya Maharaja). Pienso que si hay algún problema de origen técnico o tecnológico seguro que se podrá resolver. Sería para todos nosotros en general y para mí en particular un gran honor y placer que pudieramos tener su asociación y apoyo en esta empresa.

Por lo demás, ya hemos retomado de nuevo el Sat Sanga presencial y lo estamos haciendo al aire libre, en el rio o en la montaña. Ya echaba de menos ver a los devotos cara a cara y poder tomar prasadam con ellos en la naturaleza.

Bueno, la carta es, circunstancialmente, un poco mas larga de lo habitual y espero ser mas conciso en el futuro.

Muchas gracias por su amable paciencia y por ser como es.

Su inepto sirviente

Jayanta das

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Dear Gurudev: Pamho. All glory to Srila Prabhupada and his faithful followers.

I hope you are full of enthusiasm when you receive this message. It's been almost two months since my last letter and although I have seen that you are very very busy I think it is okay to keep up communication regularly.

HpS - ASA --- We think that your thoughts are perfect. AGTSP!!!!!

I have been without work for two months and I am officially "retired from work". This encourages him to be more active in vaidhi bhakti activities such as

• reading,
• japa,
• sadhu sanga, etc.

Now I can read all the letters from the blog, before I only read some, I think we are taking small steps in the right direction and if we continue like this only time separates us from the objective.

When I have been with the new sadhana for six months (now I only have two) we will share it to receive orders, opinions, complaints, etc.

As you already know we are in a study group of the Bhagavad Gita in Spanish with other spiritual brothers and sisters from America (Peru, Argentina, etc.) and other good devotees from Spain and other places. I am well aware that his schedule is inhumane, but I want him to know that although we are not as emotionally expressive in the old continent, we miss him very much and we would like him to be able to spend at least one day with us in the study group. Spain also exists.

ASA - Without Spain, Cervantes, El Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, in his journey to the Pole Star, where is there light in this world????? 😠 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo7VlD66ISM ..but... when do you meet? When can we join you??? Tuesday night is good, but that is like 2AM for you???? Saturday morning for us???? Equals 2.30PM for you? Nashville, Houston x Madrid..

You should not feel pressured into your schedule as we are still in Chapter 1 and going calmly. Normally Friday is the day of the special guests, but if it cannot fit any Friday it could be a Monday or Thursday. The time is 6.30 pm Madrid time. Devotees from the USA such as Guru Prasad Swami, Rambhoru devi dasi (wife of Prithu prabhu) Urmila devi dasi, etc., and also from other places have participated (today we have Purushotraya Maharaja). I think that if there is any problem of a technical or technological origin that can be solved. It would be for all of us in general and for me in particular a great honor and pleasure that we could have your association and support in this company.

HpS --- Aaaa! We should have read ahead! O.K. We can cancel our Thursday program with Hawaii, 11.30AM and visit Spain, 11.30AM (=6.30PM Madrid). 9th or 16th would be O.K.?

For the rest, we have already taken up the actual Sat Sanga again and we are doing it outdoors, in the river or in the mountains. I already missed seeing the devotees face to face and being able to take Prasadam with them in nature.

HpS - After two weeks personal quarantine after our air trip from Boise, Idaho, we have been walking daily with NgD. We keep life two meters distance and seems healthy! Actually in Thailand, the social rule has always been that Monks and Ladies should keep enough distance that if they both raise their arms at the same time their fingers will not touch.

Sexual agitation. The ultimate pandemic.

Well, the letter is, circumstantially, a little longer than usual and I hope to be more concise in the future.

ASA - https://vedabase.io/es/library/cc/adi/1/106/ The quacking of swans is always sweet to hear.

Thank you very much for your kind patience and for being the way you are.

Your inept servant

Jayanta das

Your more inept servants, HpS - ASA, AgtSP!

Hare Krsna, esteemed Hanumatpresaka Swami maharaja,

PAMHO. AGTSP.

(To avoid confusion, please read in English only.)

Regarding your kind question:

"What was your idea about the name: Solar Es...?

It is aimed at being and academic periodical."

I actually didn't write "Solar Es". I wrote "Solaris". (It must've been wrongly rendered "Solar es" in Spanish by the automatic translation service.)

It is a play of words derived from the visual design of Solaris and the texts which describe the character of the jornal: "Intercultural Journal" and "Contributions for a new culture"--both sentences I found dispersed in the cover and the following page (Solaris 4/4 Oct 2019, provided by P. Abhirama Th. d.)

1. Solaris, means "pertaining to the sun" in Latin. That is solar, in English.
2. I simply articulated those two sentences following Solaris.
3. Solaris connotes "effulgence," "enlightenment," etcetera.
4. So, "Solaris" is "Enlightenment," "Solaris" is (divine) "Effulgence."
5. Just by changing the colour of the syllable "is," one can read simultaneously "Solaris" and "Solar-is" (no translation). And, with the other two sentences, one could understand that "Solar-is-Intercultural-journal," and that "Solar-is-Contributions-for-a-new-culture," because this intercultural journal aims at reflecting the enlightening divine radiance of God by means of contributions for a new culture.
6. It is a visual articulated sutra, aforism, or apotegma. That was my intention: to show form the very logo design that your magazine is spiritual thinking expressed in terms of refined intelectual honesty. No improvisations.

Please see the attached photo.

Thank you so much, maharaja for your precious time and attention. I'm sure ISKCON is blessed with so many complementary talents, and, if mine suits the goal of your excellent journal, I would be happy.

Your humble servant,

Gopa-swami dasa [GPS]

HpS - ASA --- Thank you for your effort. Just spent 1-hour talking with Abhirama Das about Solaris etc. Everyone liked your ideas about design, (but in the end considered that most of what they are doing now was better). 😁

"Orangutans are skeptical of changes in their cages,

And the Zoo Keeper is very fond of rum!", Simon and Garfunkel.

Abhirama Th. Das is hoping you can work with Solaris more in editorial sense, from what I understand. If you can help, it is great!!!

Girivaradhari Das: Hare Krsna! Dear Gurudev, Dandavat Pranam. Jibesh Das Prabhuji wants to submit some amount in your account.

Please advise, Thank you

HpS - ASA - AgtSP!!!! Paoho.... So, nice to hear from you! We don't know how to transfer money from him to our USA NIOS account. If he can give it for local ISKCON work and supervise how they use it, that is wonderful, for us, for you, for ... https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/31/14/

... and send us news of the use!

Subal Das, ISKCON Berkeley,

Please accep my most humble obediences. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you Guru Maharaj.

How are you? We hope everything is well with your health. We miss you and especially at this times Guru Maharaj. Hare Krishna.

HpS -- We are fine! 🙂 There are no obstacles for devotees!!! Only new oportunities. After Krsna killed Putana, they burned her body and it made a good smell!

How, who, is the family? Spiritually? School, Work, Religion!

Monkeys come,

Monkeys go,

But Rama-lila will always grow!

Because it is so much fun! Radha-Krsna, Gopa-Gopi, Want to play it in Vrndavana from Sun to Sun.

It takes place in Kamyavan.

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Energy has be down to 5%. So we must chant slowly to pay the rent.

This Donkey is a rental car,

But if you use it properly it can take you far....

..... back home, back to godhood.

Hare Krsna. See you in 1728+++ Got 40 pages of 80 done for the DTC(p). Dedicated to CC, Subhra, Nandu, Syamasundara, Sarva... In Nila-madhava Dhama which is eternal!

Lettuce chant and join the 8PM Kirtan here in the Boro!