Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Gurudev, please accept my humble obeisances ____o_

All glories to Srila Prabhupada🌷

All glories to you🌼

Because of you, I begin to understand Srila Prabhupada's books. I remember hearing your classes for the first time and feeling how everything became to have sense and depth meaning.

Because of your effort to keep us busy in Krishna consciousness, to constantly inspire us, to be so exemplary and transparent is reason that I can make some advance in spiritual life.

Your words guide me through this vast philosophy, in which I would be lost if it weren't for the perspective you show us.

The power of your realizations give strength to my faith.

You are a living proof that this process is genuine and works. Your unconditional love, your patience and generosity feed my bhakti creeper, which struggles to grow in the middle of so many weeds.

I want to offer you my existence, I want to leave all selfishness, illusion and obstacles to be a useful particle in this great Sankirtan movement.

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Your apprentice servant

Vrshabhanu Nandini dd

P/D: Happy Birthday!!

HpS - Thank you. Trying to answer all the letters!! Thank you, but 90% of our potency is just the mercy of Srila Prabhupada to do something with bad tools! AgtSP~~~ You explain things in your circle now! "Yare dekha tare kaha..."

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias,

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada,

Todas las glorias a Usted.

Gracias a usted es que pude comenzar a entender los libros de Srila Prabhupada. Recuerdo escuchar sus primeras clases y sentir como todo cobraba sentido y mayor profundidad. 

Gracias a su esfuerzo en mantenernos ocupados, en constantemente inspirarnos, en ser tan ejemplar y transparente, que yo puedo hacer algún avance. 

Sus palabras me van guiando en medio de esta filosofía tan vasta, en la cual estaría perdida si no fuera por la perspectiva que usted nos muestra. 

La potencia de sus realizaciones fortalecen mi fe.

Usted es la prueba viviente de que este proceso es genuino y funciona. Su amor incondicional, su paciencia y generosidad alimentan mi planta del bhakti, que lucha por crecer en medio de tantas malas hierbas.

Quiero ofrendarle mi existencia, Quiero desprenderme de todo el egoismo, de la ilusion y las trabas para ser una partícula útil en este gran movimiento de Sankirtan.

Su aprendiz de sirviente

Vrshabhanu Nandini dd

On Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 12:12:25 PM CDT, Hanumatpresaka Swami wrote:

Esteemed Maharaja, Maharsi Atul-krsna Das,

Paoho....

Agt SP!!!   Here we are still restrained to Murfreesboro, TN.  We are making progress in uprooting our demoniac tendencies, by the unlimited mercy of His Divine Grace, and association of ISKCON devotees...

Here is the link for a SB class given by H. G. Gandharva Das. He is our 'disicple', a university professor for 25-years, a real gentleman, excellent wife.... Peru.

We are having regular SB classes daily.  This is our idea of what makes a BhVaibhavin: Association with people who like to hear and explain and contemplate the SB and, and then have developed the systems, techniques, for that association. Of course, the first is given by Srila Prabhupada, daily SB class!!!

• About 51-devotees on-line now for our ASA SB class.
• Bi-lingual.
• Focusing on Argentina for three weeks, so it is 5.30-6.30AM (<img src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f62c.png" alt="Emoji" height="16" width="16"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f62c.png" alt="Emoji" height="16" width="16"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f62c.png" alt="Emoji" height="16" width="16">)

We

are

try - ing to develop the Question Bank for Cantos One and Two based up these principles: Sadhu-sanga, Study Techniques, Content. It is taking a while...  We are studying like a BhVai student would study, so what ever questions we develop will be relevant to such a person.

Wish we could go faster.

Not aiming for perfection.

Just trying to get a decent product off for the BOEX (and our own Anjana Suta Academy).

We sent the First Canto work to you.

I finished SB 2.1 today. It has been of such personal benefit for me!  Gandharva Das has questions for Chapter Two and Isvari-radha Devi Dasi has been working on Chapter Three.

So...

... now we should be able to work out the Short Answer Closed Book and Open Book Essay/Oral Defense questions for the end of the Canto on this First Module: SG ==> MP.

Then.... depending on your advice, we will just review our work in terms of the Vidyapitha's manuals and go ahead to Module Two.... Brahma to Narad!!! Going to    Goloka!!!

Ooof!

His lecture demonstrates the FULL DIDACTIC and PEDALOGIC background of this questions. He explains (5) five kinds of university level questions.

He speaks English fluently.

The class is in Spanish and English.

So...

...... please tell us how we can improve our relationship with the BOEX work, MOE work in Hispanic world, and if you think I am right that we should start to turn THE BIG GUNS of the MOE [BOEX] on poor little Gandharva Das and blast him for the EC etc.

(We got other candidates also.)

Thank you!

May you be the Masters of a Million Monkeys.

HpS - ASA 

(Photos: Members of ASA Supreme Absolute, Undifferentiated Comando Attached.)

Hare Krisna Gurudev. Pamho.

Acabo de recibir este email de Nityananda prabhu de Portugal.

Es una invitación para dar una clase de Isopanisad.

No se si ésta dirección de email será buena.

Se lo pasaré por whatsapp también. El blog es algo lento.

Su sirviente, Jayanta Das

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Querido Jayanta prabhu, por favor acepta mis humildes reverências. Toda glória a Srila Prabhupada.

Como estás prabhuji? Como va la familia? Espero que todo esté muy bien con ustedes.

Prabhu, hemos creado un grupo de estudio de los libros de Srila Prabhupada online. Somos unos 18 en total de várias partes del planeta. Estamos estudiando ahora el Sri Isopanishad.

Tu crees que SS Hanumat Presaka le gustaria dar una clase del Sri Isopanishad al grupo. La plataforma online es la ZOOM. Si Maharaja estubiera de acuerdo le daríamos el link para entrar y también el podria invitar a los diferentes discipulos e seguidores de su lista de emails por toda parte del mundo.

Las clases las damos los Lunes, Miércoles y Viernes. El horário es a las 19,30 españolas.

Quando puedas pregunta a tu Guru Maharaja sobre el tema. Desde nuestro grupo haremos propaganda a todos los templos y diferentes grupos de whatsapp en España y Portugal

Un abrazo prabhu

Tu sirviente, Nityananda das

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HpS - ASA -- ¡Gracias, Jayanta Das! Eso sería 12.30 para nosotros. Es correcto, pero ya tenemos la carga máxima de clases diarias.

Hmmm

¿Tal vez podríamos hacer su clase el viernes y repetir el contenido el viernes por la noche en nuestro horario regular?

Hmmm

¿Quién traduciría? ¿Es Zoom con un número de teléfono de EE. UU.? De lo contrario, no funcionaría para nosotros. Demasiados datos.

¡¡Gracias!!

Estimado Professor Ferrar,

Ap kaisa he!?   How are your students?  Have some them graduated and married and become responsible citizens?     We continue our efforts in the battle of the forces of good against the forces of evil, sitting in the little village of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  The Managning Editor for the next issue of ISKCON's Ministry of Education Journal, Viplavah, read your article and said that she was very gratified, but she thought that i would be best to put it in the next issue, which is academic. Our Oxford Professor, Ravi Gupta also wants it for the 2020 Fall issue since that is his academic issue. Is that O.K.?

You can see an excellent summary of our efforts at www.jayarama.us/news.htm. That is esoteric.  ISKCON is mesoteric and NIOS is exoteric. That is our Solaris Journal. With your permission we will first publish the article in Solaris this next month, it is being reviewed as an Indexed Journal, and then in Viplavah in September. Thank you for your excellent work.

Esteemed Dr. Professor S. Bandyopadhyaya, Brahmacari Purusottama-kesava Das et al,

Hare Krsna!!!     We are struggling to stay alive in the little village of Murfreesboro. and move forward, NIOS, ISKCON Ministry of Education, Latin American GBC and our own esoteric Anjana Suta Academy work.   ...    We have organized our ASA bulletin as our basic platform of communication: http://www.jayarama.us/news.htm, and this month is anniversary of 20-years of publication.  In this last issue especially, God's mercy and some real pain on our part, we were able to put all the work in 91% clear perspective.

Please look at it as you can and give us your criticism!!

Very specifically: Prof. here is a link to the very nice effort to place your Bio-data on Wikipedia. Our worker, Carlos Rold, from Chile, has faced different challenges but seems we are 87% ready to see it posted: https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11123/

Number Two - PK Das, where are you? Professor, everyone is asking about you!   Can you also make a post to the Blog eg. Twenty-first Century Brahmacaria in ISKCON?    What was the conclusion about the NIOS-ISKCON Kolkata account?  NIOS has a substantial debt to Professor and his team for printing, editing last book.  If all the remaining funds had best go to ISKCON Kolkata, O.K.   Or if we can get our official reps in India eg. Sashi Prakasa Sing, Deputy Attorney General for Central Government, Uttar-pradesha to send an Invoice to the Temple. Or just have Prof. Sri Hari Das send proper compensation and adoration to Prof. that is another option.

Number Three - Prof.   a) How can we get Pracya-prajna articles into Solaris? b) Are there scholars that you know who would like to contribute to Solaris. It is in process with Prof. Miguel Polo et al of being reviewed for becoming academically Indexed Journal. We are poor as church mice but we can honestly offer proper honraria for articles. c) Abhirama et all want a(n series of) bio-graphical interviews of your good self. I have been trying to get the international media working with Ambarisa Das in Argentina. He and his wife are well respected, professional, video editors.  Remember the one we did quickly at the Gaudiya Matha?  That was edited and shown at the last Symposium, Education and the Sacred. Can we make a few interviews?  Are there some topics that appeal to you? One topic is why does one become a historian, especially of ancient culture?

Hector Behar ran successful Journal on Political Science for twenty years and suggest that we "Partner" with like five other Journals that, along with Solaris, will give a very serious view of the topics we are trying to communicate. We started with Bellas Artes from Lima last issue. We give them a page at the end of our Journal and they so the same for us. Who else, Stapatyam?

Hare Krishna Maharaja!

PAMHO

AGTSP

AGTHPS

At the end of this message: proposal of new text about Dr. Samaresh biography for Wikipedia.

Thank you very much for letting me try to be an instrument of our Eternal Lord.

I just wanna be your servant,

Carlos.

HpS - ASA --- Thank you for the patience to deal with our sincere but slow moving efforts. Thank you. Sent your the very nice PDF of the award ceremony for Professor and the accompanying bio-data. If you integrate that with this information, especially citing a source besides NIOS, then it should pass the Wiki-police, no?

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Samaresh Bandyopadhyay (born May 3rd 1942 in Calcutta, now called Kolkata) is an indian Doctor of Philosophy, scholar and professor. He belongs to an illustrious family of scholars famous for patriotism and philanthropic activities. In his youth, Professor Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay was a brilliant student of the University of Calcutta. He has received several scholarships, research fellowships and a gold medal for classifying First Class First at B.A. (Hons.) in Ancient Indian History and Culture. University of Calcutta is his alma mater and he served in that institution for over four decades in different academic areas and retired in 2007 as a professor emeritus. He has written 10 books, 25 essays and more than 300 research articles published in indian and foreign specialized magazines. 

He has made several featured contributions to different aspects of Indology in specific areas such as Literature, Numismatics, Epigraphy, Architecture, Iconography and Sculpture. In 2002 he was the General President of the Numismatic Society of India, later, during 2003 he was the General President of the Epigraphical Society of India, and in 2012 the General President of the Indian Art History Congress. His work is considered as an invaluable contribution to the study of the History of Science.

He is associated through different functions (Honorary Fellow, President, Vice-president, Advisor, Editor and Member) with different learned institutions in different states of India and other countries. Professor Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay is now a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, also a Member of the Advisory Board of Sthāpatyam (Journal of the Indian Science of Architecture and Allied Sciences) from New Delhi, and he is the Principal Advisor of the North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies (NIOS), USA, which promotes worldwide the study of the History of Science building bridges between the ancient knowledge from West and East.

One of the outstanding Indologist of present times, Professor Dr. Ian W. Mabbett of Australia, have been published two books in his honor: "Abhivādana (A Volume on Aspects of Early Indian History and Culture in Honour of Professor Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay)", published in 2008 in Kolkata; and the second, entitled “Prācyaprajñapradīpa (Professor Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay Felicitation Volume on Early Indian History and Culture)”, which is commended as “a precious gift in the new millennium to the scholars of Early Indian History and Culture”, published in 2012 in U.S.A.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS:

- Āchārya-Vandanā (D.R. Bhandarkar Birth Centenary Volume), edited by Professor Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay, released by the then Prime Minister of India, Her Excellency Indira Gandhi, and commended as "one of the best Indological publications of the century and the best of the type" by Sir Harold Bailey of Cambridge University, U. K. 1985.

- Thoughts on Synthesis of Science and Religion, also edited by him with Dr. T. D. Singh of Berkeley University (U.S.A.), incorporates contributions from as many as five Nobel Laureates. (YEAR OF PUBLICATION?)

- Bhārara Saṁskriti (Presentations at the Three Day International Seminar on “Importance of Early Indian Culture in Making a Better World”), published from the U.S.A., 2015.

AWARDS:

- Nelson Wright Medal of the Numismatic Society of India (Varanasi). 2012.

- Honorary Fellowship of the Ancient Sciences and Archaeological Society of India, Mysore, Karnataka. (2014?)

- Jñānanidhi, of the Government sponsored Academy of Sanskrit Research, Melkote, Karnataka. (2015?)

- Sir Achārya J. C. Bose Memorial, Bose Institute Main Campus (Kolkata) for his outstanding contribution to the history of science and archaeology. 2016.

REFERENCES:

- www.niosnimbus.org

- www.caluniv.ac.in