Replying to https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11602/
.Hare Krishna.
Dear Guru Maharaja, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, Please accept my humble obeisances unto you,
The event will start tomorrow 7th October Wednesday.
Your understanding is very well Gurudev. Indeed, your participation in this PUC (´P` because "Pontificia", of the Pope) event called "Coloquio Internacional de Naturaleza y Sacralidad" (International Colloquium on Nature and Sacred) Program is 21st October - 19:45 hrs. Chilean Time ( www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/chile/santiago is a useful and bonafide webpage to convert the time ).
Tom Brown - ASA -- Well, actually, it is not correct. We have 6.45PM Nashville time on our Calendar. Which is 18.45 Nashville, which is 20.45 Santiago. Bllllllsfftttttp! 😬
.... So it is 5.45PM - 6.05PM Nashville time. 🙂
The time frame is just 20 minutes (TED Talk-style - sāndra-ātmā — "whose nature is very condensed")
The content of the HPS presentation
I didn't get that you were asking me about your proposal. I think that the idea is very accurate to the public who will attend.
In fact, the BG is known already by this audience so, hear this technical approach from the BG, is very authoritative and advanced way to start for a swami who will speak about this book.
The quotations from Srimad Bhagavatam are perfect because are a good example of how this Bhagavata culture see the ideal situation of the world and how it was, actually.
In one moment I thought is not too much but then I realized that the time frame is a very short, so now, on contrary, I think that is a very focused message and that's good.
Humble suggestions
In my humble opinion, a wink [nod] or a little reference to some of the points in common between Bhagavata culture and Mapuche culture and perspective - or at least, Inca culture- about "nature and the sacred" would be unexpected but very well received if you make it.
TB - The first problem is that we have no firm idea whatsoever about Mapuche culture! What is it? Do they worship The Great One who Eats Dried Banana-chips on Ekadasi? Why is it important to the audience? Are they Mapuche? Or are they afraid of Maphuche??? Help!
For that, I recommended already check this extract of the interview to the researcher and our friend's mentor, Gastón Soublette speaking about the deep values of the mapuche culture.
TB - Awww!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N27LAd9 06yM
TB - Awk! GrONk... BlooK .,., & Black! The link does not work! 😭
Tried it five times. Just defaults to general Youtube.com and President Trump kissing..... babies... Searched "Gastón Soublette" and got over a dozen interviews of a very wise old man with a very large white beard! Same for you? Please send us the correct link!
Other way to get some insights is the presentations of the TABLE 2 - entitled "NATURALEZA Y SACRALIDAD: TRADICIONES INDÍGENAS" - 14 th October, 17:30 hrs.
TB - Seems too late for the dull brains of Brother Ass etc. and probably some funny foreign language, and probably not focused enough for our efforts. We're pretty stoopid here.
The three presentations of that day will be in Spanish, but Carlos Rold is ready to make a good three summaries of each for you, to facilitate you can get some good insights to quote or re-think something to relate to your own presentation.
TB - O.K. Very good Not more than 2,000 words and then we can ask questions! We will sound very intelligent!!
Again, this is not requested at all, I just think that could be something very unexpected and it let a "buena sensación" about vaisnava wisdom and our desire to build stronger bridges.
TB - Really, our desire to participate in these programs is first to listen and THEN to speak!!! God is too big for one religion, society, planet!
On the other hand, to mention about vegetarianism it could add useful new ideas to whose people who ignore that the concept of animals rights actually is coming from India historically, and that perspective is.
TB - I think it is indicated in the description of Yudhisthira Raja! We will look for it.
Finally, dear guru maharaja, remember our proposal to design your final presentation. 2 DAYS before the event is enough for us because they requested one day before the day.
Maybe three days before, 18th October, if you are interested in to show the "premiere" to the ASA crew.
TB - By 15th October. Maybe we make it our presentation for Sunday with ISKCON Alto Peru. https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11650/
Book Distribution
Regarding your question, I think that Light of the Bhagavata is not available physically, I mean, I have some but just a few physical, 3 or 4 I think.
BBT Spanish Books are not yet for Amazon Kindle officially. Only Bhagavad Gita.
Science of Self Realization or the Spanish BBT book "Ecología y Supervivencia" 80 pages I think it would be good. The SSR is already in vedabase.com in spanish.
But one way that I think that would be interesting is put a link (with bit.ly tech to know then how many people enter in it in the moment, and afterwards) where the people could download an extract (for example SB 1.10-4-6) in pdf/epub formats or event the entire Light of Bhagavata or Science of Self Realization in spanish (in a unoficcial way, I can prepare it). What do you think about it?
TB - The vedabase.io link to BG 7.4 and SB 1.10.4+ could be included. They can can communicate with you all, no? Then you can filter the interest and we can expand our citations and send books accordingly? We could also include a bibliography, "further reading'!
Anyway, I think that we should focus in just one or two book.
TB - 💪
Good leader of many Apes!
The event opening tomorrow 7th October
Finally, the Opening Event is tomorrow 17:00 hrs. Chilean Time, and our friends and organizers, Claudia Lira and Elvira Ríos, will present the aims of this event, so, it would be very nice if you can join. This will be a few minutes anyway. So, if you can join, the "coordinates" are here but also everyone can join registering themselves here:
TB - 5PM Santiago, 3PM Nashville. Ententaremos.
bit.ly/35mQGQ0
Or just watch on:
www.facebook.com/InstitutodeEsteticaUC
General Description of the Event and the Institute
Institute: "We teach about valuing and appreciating culture and the arts. Aesthetics, is a branch of Philosophy linked to disciplines such as Letters, Photography, Cinema, Music and many more. We study symbolic systems and cultural diversity.:
[Official post on its Social media pages about the event] "All invited to the colloquium Nature and Sacredness: human stillness and connection with life carried out via Zoom. A call to share knowledge and reflection on the experience in religious education, the performance of rites, the investigation of art and cultures and the concrete actions of projects in development, which allow dialogue between the various manifestations. An international meeting that seeks to reflect on the return to the interior for the external expansion of nature, appreciating the interrelation of dualities (female-male, natural-supernatural, sacred-profane, religious-secular) that allow harmonic balance. Details in estetica.uc.cl "
Registration Link: bit.ly/35mQGQ0
Any question, please Gurudev just ask I'm your servant.
TB - We just asked HpS, and he asked Gurudeva, and HpS said that as far as he can understand Gurudeva, Srila Prabhupada, asks that you be a good boy and chant "Hare Krsna". Nice service!! AGTSP!
Personally we want to say that is nice working with you, and we can see that we ALL have a lot more work to do to be super professional devotees but... https://vedabase.io/es/library/sb/9/10/20/ !
