Letters to the editor

Dear Guru Maharaj, 💐💐

Dandavat pranam Guru Maharaj, 🙏🙏

Please accept our most humble obeisance, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Guru, Sri Sri Goura Nityai.

We pray unto the lotus feet of the Almighty lord Sri Sri Goura Nityai that Guru Maharaj lives long healthy and successful in all of spiritual activities so that all of disciples become luckiest by serving your lotus feet.

HpS - That is maybe a curse. Maybe better to die very quickly and go to Goloka and have all of our followers do the same. 

 We are pleased to inform that last 28.12.2019 is the very auspicious day of Guru Maharaj vyasa puja, we around 60 devotees of different different disciple like H.H. Bhakti Swarupa Damodara Swami, H.H. Bhakti Vyasa Tirtha Swami, H.H. Jay Pataka Swami, H.H. Bhakti Subhak Swami, H.H. Bhakti Charu Swami, were assembled together to celebrate the festival there at Silchar (Assam).

HpS - Ahhhh! We miss Silcar!!!!

Besides this, We are doing House programme,

Nrsimha Chaturdasi,

Janmastami,

Radhastami

etc. altogether under the direction of the HH Bhakti Ananda Haridas Goswami Maharaj.

We regret that we are very late to send this message into the blog. 

Hare Krishna, 

Guru Maharaj, Dandavat pranam. 

Thanking you and assuring you of our best services un to your lotus feet always. 

Your insignificant services, 

Pratap Rudra Das and his Family on behalf of Cachar, Sonai, Chandamleikai, Asaam, India devotees.

HpS - Ha! Ha! Ha! You are sorry that you are late sending it!! Just see how long it took us to answer it!! Get the Secret Priority Cod from the Kapi Dhvaja (Letters to the Editor) and get faster attention!!!! We love Silchar. How is the District Forestry Officer?

Hare Krsna,

Please accept our most humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We wanted to share some comments about todays morning discussion.

In regards to how devotees can preach within their profession as a doctor, psychologist, counselor, etc.. Our thoughts are within a therapeutic setting it is most conducive to follow some Vedic standards to help preserve the devotees' mind and purity.

For example, because therapy or having a medical visit with a patient is a confidential atmosphere, we suggest a female doctor or therapist to request female clients if possible.

This of course, is not always possible and especially with therapy, the plethora of what is going on in someones mind and desires comes out.

Another topic of interest is when is it appropriate to encourage the use of psycho-tropic medications and when is it not. We like to help clients come to the mode of goodness standard through the most natural means possible. Sometimes therapies such as REBT, CBT, DBT, solution focused therapy, Adlerian therapy can help clients understand how to best control their mind and desires. Also encouraging them to increase their spiritual coping skills such as prayer and studying their Bible or following their yoga routine can help, but if they want to take pharmaceuticals due to extreme distractibility or depression, should we encourage it?

HpS - Don't know? Guess it is O.K. in some circumstances. I read from ONE book that Srila Bh. Siddhanta Sarasvatis said, that Bang, Marijuana might bring someone to a higher consciousness by allowing them to see things from a non-concrete perspective, but it would definitely have bad side effects, so it should be abandoned as soon as possible and actually never be taken up if they could do Nama Japa, or meditate on the Virata Rupa etc. May be it was a bogus book.

If it could mean saving them from suicide, this seems to make sense.

HpS - Yes...

But otherwise, we are sometimes unsure. It seems if someone is a devotee, we discourage it. But what if someone is a devotee and may be suffering from a diagnosis such as bipolar disorder? There seemed to not be time this morning to talk about this subject, but we are curious about your thoughts on this subject.

HpS - Like we say it is a very detailed topic but yes in general it seems to be correct for certain people.

Another awesome topic brought up was engaging those in systematic study according to their level of motivation. I would say with our group due to possible time constraints, independent reading is at times hard for the group. So we encourage reading two texts independently. We also read together and review points of interest found in the texts we read independently and re-read these points again. Besides sharing our answers to the study questions and answering a general topic discussion question, we are mostly reading.

It seems this is a great way to avoid speculation and to have any group come together for the purpose of association and to improve our motivation to study and read, even if they lack a qualification or title such as Bhakti Vaibhava or Bhakti Sastri.

Devotees who are sincere and following devotee standards could lead the group and correct any philosophical questions or deviations new comers attending the group may bring up.

HpS - Yes.

It also is nice if there is at least 3 devotees such as Sudevi, Lalita, and I, and if we are not able to answer a question properly, we usually ask our husbands then share with the group the answer.

ASA - Chanakya Pandita said, one person is good for Puja and meditation, two people is good for study, three for music, four for travel and for making war, as many as you can get.

Let us know what you think of this standard? Newcomers and those interested in reading may have too low of motivation to participate in a formal Bhakti Sastri program, thus, a reading group like this can be the alternative. We are starting Light of the Bhagavat tonight!

ASA - Yes.... Seminars on one book one one theme eg. Rupa siksa, Chapter 19 of the Madhya lila are very useful and popular. Of course, you could relate them with a larger diploma, but that is not necessary.

Thank you Gurudeva!!

Your lowly servant,

Kamagayatri Dasi

ASA-HpS - Thank you. Life is very short, so keep some general priorities and then improvise. Live life one day at a time.

Hare Krsna, Prabhus,

AgtSP. Paoho.

Today, every Dvadasi (day after Ekadasi [ Dasi = 10, so Eka Dasi = 11 and Dva Dasi = ???]) is the dealine for posting events on the Kapi Dhvaja Calendar. Put "KDCalendar" in the Title field.

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Hare Krishna Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Can you please provide an email address where I can send you the Gurukula file?

Thank you,

At your service,

Nikunja Bihari das.

ASA [email protected]. Confirm that we get it, please.

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja,

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

We are in nice community of the devotees, New Ekacakra - Slovakia. Most of the time I spend here on construction of the house now, hoping we can move there in autumn. Japa is good, but sometimes finishing at night.

Thanks to hard work of Mitravinda Mataji there is Spanish NOD on vedabase.io now:

https://vedabase.io/es/library/nod/

Your servant Prahlad Nrsimha das

HpS-ASA - AgtSP. You have a house in the village of Nanda Maharaja also!?

Yes. ... Krsna pushed right into the Spanish NoD today. She is pioneer for millions! It is so, so, so nice!

So nice!

We will read it daily in FMP. Will promote it!

Thank you. Srila Prabhupada must be profoundly satisfied.

Hare Krishna respected Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

All the Glories to You!!

At the moment we are at 85% of the SOLARIS edition number 5, for the mercy of Sadai Nimay-Nitay we hope to meet the goal of having it ready in June. Here is a summary of what is advanced.

SOLARIS No. 5

ARTICLES IN SPANISH DELIVERED

1.                 THE UNDERSTANDING OF TEACHING IN THE KAMAKURA ERA OF TWO OPPOSITE BUDDHISMS BETWEEN YES / Rebeca Maldonado (Mexico) [ASA -"Yes"???]

2.                 FROM INTERCULTURALITY TO INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE. THE BUDDHA CARRYING THE CROSS / Miguel Ángel Polo Santillán (Peru)

3.                 IMAGE OF EASTERN SOCIETIES AND INDIA IN THE PERCEPTION OF LATIN AMERICAN AUTHORS / Murad Ahamad Khan (India)

4.                 EDUCATION, NATURE AND THE PARADIGM OF THE SACRED / Héctor Béjar (Peru)

5.                 EDUCATION AND NARRATIVE / Luis Amaro (México)

ARTICLES IN SPANISH TO BE DELIVERED (deadline May 31)

1.                 SUSTAINABILITY AND RETURN TO DIVINE WISDOM THROUGH CHILD'S EDUCATION / Rosario Godenzi (Peru)

2.                 Itzel Barrera (Mexico)

INTERVIEWS

1.                 (in Spanish) Miguel Polo interview with Berta Meneses, professor of chemical sciences and theology (Spain) currently in style correction

2.                 (in English) Interview of Professor Hanumatpresaka Swami with Patricia Llosa (to be held between May 13 and 15)

ARTICLES IN DELIVERED ENGLISH

1.                 YOUR SEED HAS BORNE FRUIT / Paloma Vaquero (Spain)

ARTICLES IN ENGLISH TO BE DELIVERED (deadline May 31)

1.                 HUMILITY, A CONNECTION BETWEEN EDUCATION AND THE SACRED / Samaresh Bandyopadhyay (India) [ASA - What is this one??]

2.                 A BHAGAVATA PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION / Ravi Gupta (USA)

REVIEWS

1.                 TRANSCENDENTAL DIALECTIC, The interweaving of Vedanta Philosophy in Greek Civilization / Dolores Chávez

2.                 UPADESAMRTA, The nectar of instruction / Gina Cervantes

Some questions:

1.      Miguel Polo agrees to meet virtually every 2 weeks for 30 minutes to meet as Editorial Committee, please, what day and what time could you? [ ASA - Let us discuss]

2.      As part of the indexing we need an article evaluation team, for the Spanish part they are: Héctor Béjar, Dolores Chávez and Miguel Polo (a specialist in sociology and literature, a specialist in communication and a philosopher). For the English part we suggest to Ravi Gupta, who else could they be? You can also invite an academic on a certain occasion (this team is necessary to prove the validation of the articles in pairs) [ASA - Also need to discuss. Now the topics of discussion are becoming clear]

3.      Do we start the management through EXPORTA FACIL to send 50 copies of SOLARIS No. 4, when the quarantine ends, do we continue with the management? [ASA - If this is the way we sent them last time, it seems good!]

In the next report we will send the details of the entire management to index SOLARIS.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, his worthless servant, Abhiram Thakur das.

HpS - Jaya! This is so useful. Now we, ASA, have a document on which we can work. I will call you in a few minutes.

En estos momentos estamos al 85% de la edición de SOLARIS número 5, por la misericordia de Sadai Nimay-Nitay esperamos cumplir la meta de tenerla lista en junio. A continuación, un resumen de lo avanzado.

SOLARIS No. 5

ARTÍCULOS EN ESPAÑOL ENTREGADOS

1.                 LA COMPRENSIÓN DE LA ENSEÑANZA EN LA ERA KAMAKURA DE DOS BUDISMOS OPUESTOS ENTRE SÍ / Rebeca Maldonado (México)

2.                 DE LA INTERCULTURALIDAD AL DIÁLOGO INTERRELIGIOSO. EL BUDA QUE CARGA LA CRUZ / Miguel Ángel Polo Santillán (Perú)

3.                 IMAGEN DE LAS SOCIEDADES ORIENTALES E INDIA EN LA PERCEPCIÓN DE LOS AUTORES LATINOAMERICANOS / Murad Ahamad Khan (India)

4.                 LA EDUCACIÓN, LA NATURALEZA Y EL PARADIGMA DE LO SAGRADO / Héctor Béjar (Perú)

5.                 EDUCACIÓN Y NARRATIVA / Luis Amaro (México)

ARTÍCULOS EN ESPAÑOL POR ENTREGAR (fecha limite 31 de mayo)

1.                 SOSTENIBILIDAD Y RETORNO A LA SABIDURÍA DIVINA A TRAVÉS DE LA EDUCACIÓN DEL NIÑO / Rosario Godenzi (Perú)

2.                 Itzel Barrera (México)

ENTREVISTAS

1.                 (en español) Entrevista de Miguel Polo a Berta Meneses, profesora de ciencias químicas y teología (España) actualmente en corrección de estilo

2.                 (en inglés) Entrevista del profesor Hanumatpresaka Swami a Patricia Llosa (a realizarse entre el 13 y 15 de mayo)

ARTÍCULOS EN INGLES ENTREGADOS

1.                 YOUR SEED HAS BORNE FRUIT / Paloma Vaquero (España)

ARTÍCULOS EN INGLES POR ENTREGAR (fecha limite 31 de mayo)

1.                 HUMILITY, A CONNECTION BETWEEN EDUCATION AND THE SACRED / Samaresh Bandyopadhyay (India)

2.                 A BHAGAVATA PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION / Ravi Gupta (USA)

RESEÑAS

1.                 DIALÉCTICA TRASCENDENTAL, El entretejido de la Filosofía Vedanta en la Civilización Griega / Dolores Chávez

2.                 UPADESAMRTA, El néctar de la instrucción / Gina Cervantes

Algunas consultas:

1.                 Miguel Polo esta de acuerdo en reunirnos virtualmente cada 2 semanas por 30 minutos para sesionar como Comité Editorial, por favor, qué día y a qué hora usted podría?

2.                 Como parte de la indexación necesitamos un equipo de evaluación de artículos, para la parte en español son: Héctor Béjar, Dolores Chávez y Miguel Polo (un especialista en sociología y literatura, una especialista en comunicación y un filósofo). Para la parte en ingles nosotros sugerimos a Ravi Gupta, quienes más podrían ser? También se puede invitar a algún académico en cierta ocasión (este equipo es necesario para acreditar la validación de los artículos por pares)

3.                 Empezamos la gestión a través de EXPORTA FACIL para enviar 50 ejemplares de SOLARIS No. 4, cuando acabe la cuarentena continuamos con la gestión?

En el próximo informe enviaremos los detalles de toda la gestión para indexar SOLARIS.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, su inútil sirviente, Abhiram Thakur das.