Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna respected Gurudeva.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada !!

All glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami !!

We have started the process of indexing SOLARIS in the international sphere of academic and scientific publications. This implies editing two numbers a year (minimum) one in June and another one in December. In addition, the articles are going to be evaluated to guarantee contents of high quality. Our research area revolves around the development of the human spirit cultivation. This indexing allows SOLARIS to be listed in a worldwide query database. This will make the magazine have a higher and higher impact factor.

SOLARIS indexing offers several advantages:

• Much greater world visibility.

• Access to the magazine from various places in the world (in fact, we have started in LATINDEX, which is a regional online information system for magazines in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal).

• Use by the academic community. To measure the use that the community has given to an article, it is used an indicator called IMPACT FACTOR that relates to the number of citations that the article receives from other uses.

• Stimulates the location of peers, which allows academics from other parts of the world who are investigating the same or similar topics to commit to our projects.

• It is achieved a greater exchange about our research at national and international level, and with this, greater progress and depth is also achieved related to the study and knowledge of human development and spirituality, in general, and to the cultivation of the human spirit, in particular.

PROFESSORS WHO HAVE COMMITTED, SO FAR, TO WRITE IN SOLARIS No. 5

Ramon Mujica / Patron of the Cervantes Institute of Spain

Brijesh Rawat / National Rehabilitation University - Lucknow, India

Itzel Diego Barrier. / ITESM - México

Eduardo Gastelumendi / PUCP – Perú (not yet confirmed)

Bernardo Nante / USAL – Argentina (not yet confirmed)

Héctor Béjar / UNMSM - Perú

Paula Miranda / PUCP-Chile

Denis Kolobov / Tchaikovsky Conservatory - Russia

Miguel Polo / UNMSM - Perú

Verónica Castillo / PUCP – Perú

Rosario Godensi / Montessori - perú

The mothers Lalita-gopi, Govinda pramodini and Gopi-Radha will make the reviews of the books in this issue and mother Purnamasi, of Spain, would make a text of her experience as a devotee, mother and educator, (it can be a narration or a fiction)

On Sunday, March 1 I inform you about the academic sankirtana here and Ramavami (also, as SOLARIS, it relates to RAMANAVAMI)

Good news: The CEAS of San Marcos and the Jesuit University said yes to the Declaration of participation in THE EDUCATION AND THE SACRED 2020, JAY NIMAI-NITAI

That is all for now.

Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva, his insignificant servant, Abhiram Thakur a Das

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HpS - ASA --- Very nice! What is the Calendar for article? When will you have synopsis of the articles? Have you sent a suggestion of differene themes for the magazine?

SOLARIS RUMBO A LA INDEXACION

Hare Krishna respetado Gurudeva, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias

¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!

¡Todas las Glorias a Hanumatpresaka Swami!!

Hemos empezado el proceso de indexar SOLARIS en el circulo internacional de las publicaciones académicas y científicas, esto implica editar dos números al año (es lo mínimo) uno en junio y otro en diciembre, además ahora los artículos van a ser evaluados para avalar contenidos de alta calidad. Nuestra área de investigación gira en torno al desarrollo del cultivo del espíritu humano. Esta indexación permite que SOLARIS este listada en una base de datos de consulta a nivel mundial, esto hará que la revista tenga un mayor y más elevado factor de impacto

La indexación de SOLARIS nos ofrece varias ventajas:

·        Mucha mayor visibilidad mundial.

·     Acceso a la revista desde diversos sitios del mundo (de hecho, hemos empezado en LATINDEX, que es un sistema regional de información en línea para revistas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal).

·        Uso por parte de la comunidad académica. Para medir el uso que la comunidad le ha dado a un artículo, se suele utilizar un indicador que se relaciona con la cantidad de citas que recibe el artículo por parte de otros usuarios, esto se denomina FACTOR DE IMPACTO,

·        Estimula la localización de los pares, lo cual permite que académicos de otras partes del mundo que estén investigando el mismo tema o temas similares se comprometan con nuestros proyectos.

·     Se consigue un mayor intercambio a nivel nacional e internacional sobre nuestras investigaciones y con ello se logra mayor avance y profundidad en el estudio y conocimiento del desarrollo humano y espiritualidad, en general y del cultivo del espíritu humano, en particular.

Articulistas de SOLARIS No. 5

Ramon Mujica / Patrono del Instituto Cervantes de España

Brijesh Rawat / National Rehabilitation University - Lucknow, India

Itzel Barrera De Diego. / ITESM – México

Eduardo Gastelumendi / PUCP – Perú

Bernardo Nante / USAL – Argentina

Héctor Béjar / UNMSM – Perú

Paula Miranda / PUCP-Chile

Denis Kolobov / Conservatorio Tchaikovsky – Rusia

Miguel Polo / UNMSM – Perú

Verónica Castillo / PUCP – Perú

Las madres Lalita-gopi, Govinda pramodini y Gopi-Radha van a hacer las reseñas de los libros en este número y la madre Purnamasi de España haría un textimonio de su experiencia como devota, madre y educadora, (puede ser una narración o una ficción)

El domingo 1 de marzo le informo sobre el sankirtana académico aquí y Ramavami (también, como SOLARIS, se relacionara con RAMANAVAMI)

Buenas noticias: El CEAS de San Marcos y la Universidad Jesuita dijeron sí a la Declaración de participación en LA EDUCACIÓN Y EL SAGRADO 2020. JAY NIMAI-NITAI

Eso es todo por ahora, Hare Krishna querido Gurudeva, su insignificante sirviente, Abhiram Thakur das. 

Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

Dear Gurudeva, some time ago, I approached you to request your permission to divorce my husband.

You told me: "This is Kali Yuga, no marriage is 100% good ... But maybe we can make the best use of a bad bargain (bad ganga)". So, to clarify my understanding ... I would like to ask. Gurudeva Is it better to keep a marriage even when we can have failures?

Long time, before thinking about divorce, I talked with several devotees ... I remember that an older devotee (lady) who is divorced and has remarried and divorced told me: 

"Dont get divorce, because in the future maybe you will look in some one else what you think that was better in your last relation, and maybe you will find someone... But many times the second is worst than the first... It is better to keep trying with your husband, he has virtues and defects... But you have them too, No?

You alredy know each other and if you want you can help each other."

So, what does the best use of a bad bargain (bad ganga)?

On the other hand you told me "Divorce does not exist in the Vedic culture ... There may be separation but there will always be a union ..."

Now that I separate from my husband, I think I know why; it seems to me that one acquires the habits of the other person, hobbies, gestures, tastes, friendships and family, so I think that all of this merges ... So there is such a deep and subtle exchange of essence that it is difficult to completely detach from the other person ... isn't it?

HpS - Yes... People have to understand that getting married is like the rain falling. Once it begins to flow you can't put it back.

I heard in a class that you said that when we finish a marriage, those who follow you are only a continuation of the first ... How does that happen?

HpS - ??? I think the question is too subtle for a good translation? In Spanish??

Now, despite all that, I think there are some marriages that do not take place ... So, my question is under what conditions is a Krishna Conscious Divorce acceptable?

Dear Guru Maharaja, please excuse me for distracting you with these details. Thank you very much for your merciful instruction.

Your servant

Kintsukuroi

HpS - Hare Krsna, Kintukuroi!! Very nice to meet you and talk with you! I didn't "divorce". I took Sannyasa and after six years, which is third class but Dharma in Kali-yuga, my wife got remarried, to a nice person it seems.

It is a very specific situation. It is different for different people. You should talk with us and five more nice devotees. Main thing is increasing connection with Krsna. What will do that. Is the husband dead, taking Sannyasa, having big moral falldown, disappeared with no, news? These are reasons the Vedas give a basis for divorce. Other details. What about these things? Waiting for your answer! Please continue with the KDPC!!! Otherwise we cannot handle our mail!!! Thank you!!!!

Hare Krsna

PAMHO

AGTSP

All glories to you guru dev

I hope you are recovered in your body energy.

HpS - As we advance day by day by day.... Like donkeys ... in Krsna consciousness, it becomes better and better.

We have spoken with Jagad Guru in Chile to coordinate your visit to South America. He has told us that your stay in Chile would be between April 29 and May 12.

HpS - No! See the letter we just posted to him! Suggesting, 15 April to 29th April, but we could arrive our leave a little earlier, if things are happening. https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/10919/

We are organizing your visit with Rati Manjari dd in Buenos Aires, Would be from April 8 to April 29, 30?

HpS - See above.. 😀

Are you coming from Peru on April 8? and returns on May 12, 20 or 25? After your stay in Chile, you return to Argentina and then return to Peru?

For your Visit to Argentina We can organize with Bernardo Nantes a presentation at the Human Vocation Foundation, we also have a exhibition of Indian photography that may interest him to show in their building and accompany the event.

HpS - Yes! Of course, we should start discussing the themes that are important and have indevidual meetings with people and then more public events to inform broader public.

We can also organize in the University of Salvador With Carlos Rua (director of oriental studies) and Bernardo Nantes (dean of the university of philosophy and oriental studies) some presentation or seminars. Carlos Rua has told us that he offers us the University, their classrooms, auiditoriums and advertising from the university. These events can be for students and the general public as well as special guests.

The Indian ambassador to Argentina has expressed her [his] pleasure in meeting him and meeting again. We could organize a meeting.

if you want during your stay we could record the videos of the ASA encyclopedia or any project in which we can help you

thank you Guru Dev

your servant Ambarisa Das

HpS - Yes, very nice. Are the above dates O.K. We have to fix them very soon because time is getting very short! The lets communicate a lot here to have nice discussions. Nice discussion is one that leads to more nice discussions.

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Finally, I can write you well. This week was one of the worst in my job. I used to have an assistant but three weeks ago the company promoted her, because an emergency in the other branch, since the father of the chief of the other space was evicted so she travel to the north of the country to stay with him until the end.

Sometimes this kind of things helped in the workplace to have a more philosophical topics in the lunch break, that give us the chance to share things like:

– Oh, My mother died too.

– Oh, really, man, we didn’t know. So sorry.

– But it wasn’t a too much terrible thing. She was a God’s devotee. When doctor said to her that she would die in 6 months, her replied something like OK. That’s it. We will finish then. And the doctor reply that always when he gives the bad news the people react in a very very very not calm and easy-way either, at all.

And my colleagues reply: What? She doesn’t put herself under a powerful treatment like chemotherapy. –No, this would be an expensive thing. He just approaches to a doctor who work in alternative system who recommend to her became vegan. She did it. Finally, she lives one year and half more. SO, when the died is close this kind of things are part of the conversations. The people reflect about it.

Max Delporte, the startup founder who borrowed us the computer, explain to me for example that he’s no completely afraif of death but is afraid about the death of others.

Anyway, Is supposed that someone else will coming soon to be my assistant again. But ultimately my boss and I we are inventing a new position for me again, coming back to my last position, taking care of the whole community and the culture of iF (Ideas Factory), but now of the 8 branches. We’ll see.

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So, the news that you can come here arrived with surprise and happiness in the devotees.

29 th Arriving Santiago

30 th Last details of program

May 1^st “International Women Day” in Vaisnava Tradition

Srimati Sita Devi’s (consort of Lord Sri Rama) Appearance and Srimati Jahnava Devi’s Appearance.

Like HDG Maharaja post recently

https://www.hdgoswami.com/chronicals/letters/the-suppression-of-women-in-iskcon/

HpS - Hmmm. It is very general, no?

Definitely, there is a negligence of our movement regarding the women. And this could be very harmful in Chile. I remember one my college female teachers confessed to me that she felt very enthusiastic with Krishna Consciousness in her student days, but when she went to the temple honestlyy she was shocked after to see that the women were outside the temple, despite the raining, and the men were inside, warming. It seems that the explanations to her then, were much worst. I lived a similar thing a couple of year ago when I invited some of my classmates, one Brazilian women included to the ISKCON Hyderabad. The prasādam room of women was not too much light, no images of Krishna in the walls, and even not too much clean.

So, this attitude against women in our movement could be very harmful to our development so your idea to talk about this is such a cleaver and very necessary idea.

HpS - For us it is one of several important issues. For example, the development of our Sanyasa ashrama so that they find real Brahminical engagement, because real, fearless leaders, is also and important issue to me. Of course, they are related. It Sannyasa ashrama is leading, then we will not tend to see people prominently from a bodily concept, no? 

One example of the leading Chilean feminist movement

On the other hand, I talked with Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur -and with Kishori Mani a little bit- and we all had the same conclusion, is a very sensitive topic to cover if we pretend to invite people outside because we have really extremist feminist women here.

I would like to share one example about how the way how is lived this philosophy here is particular and even, that even it gives examples to abroad.

I say philosophy because, for example, the book co-authored by our known David Haberman, now is entitled “Thirteen Theories of Human Nature” (Oxford University Press), because the seventh edition adds a chapter on feminist theory to those already there like Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Plato, Aristotle, the Bible, Islam, Kant, Marx, Freud, Sartre, and Darwinism.

“Las Tesis” is feminist Chilean collective -Valparaiso specifically- that created a song called "The rapist is you" but is a protest with movements. There is an English slang for that: “flashmob”. The people sung something, and the people make a particular movement connected with the words. And it become completely viral in the world, literally thousands and thousands of women replicate this musical protest.

I’ll share some of the links of worldwide press covering of the phenomenal when arrived it to their countries. A general clipping:

BBC: Las Tesis feminist protest song of Chile goes global

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-50751736/las-tesis-feminist-protest-song-of-chile-goes-global

The Guardian: Chilean anti-rape anthem becomes international feminist phenomenon (Dec 6^th, 2019)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/06/chilean-anti-rape-anthem-becomes-international-feminist-phenomenon

Indian Times: Kolkata Women Sing Bengali Version Of Chilean Song 'Rapist Is You'

https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/viral-video-kolkata-women-sing-bengali-version-of-rapist-is-you-to-protest-pms-visit-504102.html

CNN: Women staged a flash protest outside the courthouse where Harvey Weinstein is being tried

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/10/us/weinstein-flash-mob-new-york-trnd/index.html

Aljazeera News: -Chile's 'A rapist in your path' chant hits 200 cities: Map

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/chile-rapist-path-chant-hits-200-cities-map-191220200017666.html

The Times of India: An Anti-Rape Song to address violence against women

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/pune/an-anti-rape-song-to-address-violence-against-women/articleshow/73773284.cms

Euro News: ‘A rapist in your path’: This Chilean feminist anthem is spreading around the world

https://www.euronews.com/2019/12/07/a-rapist-in-your-path-this-chilean-feminist-anthem-is-spreading-around-the-world

EFE News: India adapts Chile's feminist protest song amid rapes, deaths

https://www.efe.com/efe/english/portada/india-adapts-chile-s-feminist-protest-song-amid-rapes-deaths/50000260-4127667

The Guardian: ‘The rapist is you!’: why a Chilean protest chant is being sung around the world (Feb 3th, 2020)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/03/the-rapist-is-you-chilean-protest-song-chanted-around-the-world-un-iolador-en-tu-camino

“From Santiago to Nairobi and Tijuana to Stockholm, women in hundreds of cities worldwide have executed a Chilean choreographed feminist performance protesting sexual assault, victim-blaming and state violence.” (Source: Aljazeera News)

HpS - We looked at the first three articles but none of the video clips. I have to smile and say I am afraid of being Assaulted by the videos! 

Two options

So, after the conversation with Visvanath we had a conclusion:

One option is to have a festival for the internal public, devotees. Covering the mindset of devotees. Maybe participative, with talks. Actually, this day is free day, because is the Day of Employee, is a free day.

A good place to do it is the temple, but Of course, we have a serious division here in Chile now, and the 30% maybe 35% of devotees don’t attend the temple in protest, so maybe be is better to find a neutral but big place to invite to the devotees to know more about the misconception and the evidence about the presence of women in the history of our tradition and movement. 

Other option is making the public event, probably not in the temple, and invite to general people to understand that our view about women is much wider that they think. Vishvanath suggest invite one or two female devotees to talk there to share their experiences with the public there.

What do you think?

HpS - AGTSP. Paoho. I tell many people about my experiences with Feminism in Chile. It seems we should do both. Have an internal program and an external program. You would know better than I how we could arrange both so that there is no disturbance to Srila Prabhupada's community. [I don't find Amara-gauranga Das' number on my Whatsapp anymore! Can you send it here. I won't publish it].

Whether they are male or female, some people are demons and some people are Godly, deva/asura, so we avoid the demons, offer our ideas to the innocent and share ideas with the devotees, and LOVE K-R-S-N-A! [Picture below].

5^th Jayananda Disappearance.

There is a devotee very active around him here.

6^th Nrsimha Caturdasi: Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva

The gurus always spend big festival in the big temples like Buenos Aires or where there are Radha Krishna deities like Chosica. And always here in Chile the big festivals a lot of people come, a lot, but the lecture is given by ourselves. It would be so nice that you could received all this people from outside that come here.

The devotees could encourage themselves to have a Drama , never does in the last years.

Second week.

The first days of the second week could be to organize and meeting to the big program of November, 1st,2^nd is already planned the event of the Religious Department of the Católica. The idea would be meet them finally in may.

Regarding the Colloquium canceled in November, The Universidad Católica teachers tell me that now in march they will have a meeting again to fix the date of the . Summer holiday is going on now here. But Elvira told me that they re planning the Colloquium to May and June. So, with Arjuna think that if we help them to organize this event about taking care the environmental from the spiritual perspective, they could convince of putting before, in the middle of may, like 19th may, it would be nice because you could be here.

Excuse me for the extension, it happens when I let pass too much time without writing you.

Your eternal servant,

Jagad Guru Das.

HpS - I am not sure what the actual dates are that you are suggesting for Chile. I think they are the same as ours.

April

1-15 -Peru

15-29 - Argentina

29-13 May - Chile

13-28 Peru

Is rough idea, but we should fix it soon. If others can't fix their dates then we should fix ours and then let them adjust to ours as they can. Light in the Darkness. Ha! Ha!

If it is necessary we could return to Lima later, like 20th or even 22nd if it is very important.

What do all of our readers think. It is one month in Peru and only two weeks in Chile-Argentina. Better is like 2.666 weeks each one?

His Holiness Hanumatpresaka Swami will give Srimad Bhagavatam Class this Thursday at 6:00 AM, Hawaii time on https://e-sanga.org/. Here is how to join the class.

Dial-in number (US): (319) 527-2528

International dial-in numbers: https://stme.in/i/esanga

Online meeting ID: esanga

Join the online meeting: https://join.startmeeting.com/esanga

For detail on the class and to listen to past recordings please visit: https://e-sanga.org/classes/srimad-bhagavatam/

Hare Krishna, dear Gurumaharaja. Pamho. AGTSP!

This one just to invite you to spend Rama navami Festival in Chosica.

We will prepare a very nice festival since we have Sita-ram-laksmana-hanuman here. Seems appropriate, right? And weekends in Chosica are nice as well. Even you can stay the first part of your tour in Chosica. I mean, you arrive and stay in Callao and next day you go to Chosica like in the afternoon when we usually celebrate Rama Navami festival (from 4.15 onwards)

Then you can stay, if you want, from thursday to sunday 3pm more or less. I think is more healthy for you than running around for Lima, at least this first part of your trip. Then, next weekend you can visit the other centers, Wilson, San Borja, Miraflores, etc. That's my suggestion. Please consider it. If you agreed, we can do nice programs. Maybe a seminar on VAD on friday (Very appropriate since we just celebrated Lord Ramacandra as ideal king and ideal husband), and an education thing on saturday, and Fiesta de Domingo. I think is a nice idea. We'll work hard to do a nice weekend program. That's my humble suggestion. Please, it will be nice for your health and for our benefit.

Your servant,

Laksmana-agraja das

HpS - ASA ...We have been discussing this with other devotees also! Yes, we should show our Rama-raja, the government of Rama to the world!

Thurday is for the whole world!! Yet, not to many people can come on Thursday, no? So we can celebrate Thursday at home, (your home, Sita Rama especially at home in Chosika) and then M. Kausalya can bring the "baby' out on Sunday!??

ie. Work in in Lima Th, Fri, Sat and then spend Sunday early morning until night in Chosika.?