Letters to the editor

The Boeing 777 has two engines.

Each one produces about 130,000 pounds of thrust.

We got a seat on one (the 777, not one of the engines). It was about to take off. Chocks-off, Push-back, Rotate.

Guess it rotated at about 140 mph.

Then Bertram Russell, the Duck, who was sitting on my right, asked the Baboon on his right if he minded if he smoked. The Baboon said, "Yes", it disturbed him greatly. He could not breath properly!

Bertram said that he also did not smoke, that it was the same with his breathing, but he wanted to know if the Baboon was a clean fellow.

"Oh", said the Boon, "Good question. Glad you asked".

They then began to take off their shoes and sit up in Ardha-cakra-asana and chant.

Hare Krsna.

Hare Krsna. . . .

Hare Krsna.

Hare Krsna. . . Hare Rama.... Hare Rama.... and the plane went faster and faster.

"Do you know where you are going", asked Duck?

"Well, of course," said Boon, "don't you"?

"No, not really", said Duck, "we are just following the Anjana Suta Academy instructions given in their Blog".

Oh, said, Boon. What do they say?

Boil some potatoes, add 1/3-cup of p-nut butter and three tablespoons of oats, and boil-it, -D.

Then - B?

Let it cool a little and offer it to Lord Nrsmhadeva, -D

Then - B

If He leaves any remnants, we honor them and get amazing, feathered, magnificent powers, to spread the Sankirtan movement of Srila Prabhupada, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.

Everyone will go to Krsna and be able to convince others to go there also, Goloka, His planet. For example, take for example, we live in a place called Moo Freeze Burro. We get up by 4AM and sit by the riverside and chant the sacred, 15th century, Bengali, Guru astakam and dance in ecstasy before our altar to God. - D

Isn't it cold -B?

No, it is inside a building, the river is an electronic river. Then we read the KRSNA book or other BBT books and then we go out and Krsna sends innocent people to hear the Gospel of Sri Caitanya! Hari Bolo!

Recently one lady came over from the Boy's and Girl's Club across the hollow and asked if we could come and talk about God to all the Staff and Kids. We said, "Yeah", and went back with her and told them that when God came to India about 5,000 years ago, He showed His very intimate abode, forest.

Yeah, He has shown His abode, like heaven, in the Koran or Bible where He is called Visnu, but there He has to be THE KING and everybody goes, "Uuuu! Aaaaa!" and bows to Him and can't understand that it is Love that attracts Him and not respect.

"What is love, " asked one of the Kids.

"Well, says I (Bertram Duck), you can experience it your self. I'll chant a Mantra, Hymn, that I got from my Bishop, Guru, you listen, and then you chant it, and I'll listen. That way we can share the picture.

"A mantra, a hymn, is like a picture made of sound, You just listen and then you can see God, Krsna's, own abode.

So, we chanted for about one hour and then somebody had a question, "What do the words mean"?

-D, "Hare" is "Oh, Hara". She is like Quan Yen, Mary. She is the merciful Mother who connects us to the Father, "Krsna", and "Rama" is the Logos, Teacher, Guru, who connects us to God.

-K, what is the difference, if they both connect you to God?

-D, one is like the Mother and the other is like the Brother. They both know the Father, but they are just different ways to love Him.

-K, Oh. Some of us go home now. Can we teach the Mantra to our family?

-D, Yes,

-K, Thank you. See you soon??

-D, Yes, yes, we are just in the trailer home across the dell.

-D, so that's how it happens. The Boy's and Girl's Club, the old shopping mall across the street.

Hmmm! Hrrrrrng! Clack...

They all chant'n Hare Krsna, and never look'n back.

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Uncle Gismo - Imagine your neighborhood all becoming devotees. Don't think it won't happen! Don't think it won't happen!!!

Querido Gurumaharaja

Por favor acepte mis reverencias!

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Madre Gopi Radha encontró en el cuarto de su casa la revista Sthapatyam, recordamos que la estuvimos llevando a los programas de predica. 

Se la debemos enviar o para quién es? 

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna!!! AGTSP. pfanrh. Desculpa la demurra respondiendo a cartas. Despues de volver a nuestra Campamiento Base estuvimos con energia super, super, bajo. Eso es normal. three-four months in viaje. Pero aparece que estamos recuperando y tenemos un ano mas de esta modo de Sankirtan.

Posible El Aristasena Das puede tomar carga de la Stapatyam para la predica con las artistas y universidades. No para distrubuir, pero para mostrar el tipo de trabajo que hacemos NIOS.

Ya programa en casa de Nitai gaura sundara Das. Esperamos mas energia y mas Sankirtan pronto. Gracias!!! Super exito en todos su programas de Sankirtan!!!!!!!!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!! All glories to Guru Maharaj HH Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaj!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj!

Please accept our humble obeisances at Your sweet lotus feet.

HpS - Where did I put them!??? They must be in Goloka!

Happy Vyasa Puja dear Guru Maharaj,

HpS - Happy we hope for Vyasa!

We are sending some pics taken at the Sri Radha Damodara temple , Toubul on the 72nd vyasa puja of HH Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaj. Please accept our humble offerings dear Guru maharaj. Sending you pics of the offerings...glorification by HG Radhacharan Prabhu, HG Banamali Prabhu and our godbrothers and godsisters.

Distributed NOI , Message of Bhagavad (in local language), Mahaprasadam ....nice kirtan by HG Gadadhar Prabhu.

Your servant always,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - We lookat pictures!!! Very nice!! Many nice cakes!! We pass them on to Krsna!!!! Krsna-kakes! Krsna and His friends run in the forest!! Then they are so hungry!!!!!

Chant Hare Krsna under the authority of Srila Prabhupada!



Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva AGTSP PAMHO

Yesterday we went to Chosica to celebrate your Sri Vyasa Puja.

My personal experience: I was in charge of the Raja Bhoga Artik. As soon as I entered to the altar Lord Caitanya dropped one Champa that He was carrying. I really loved that moment. Yasoda dd helped me.

HpS - Yulisa, Yahaira, .. ? Who is the third??

There were 130 preparations. All the guests went back home really happy. Even Ulysses and my cats got a portion Maha prasadam 😃🐵

All were very committed to the service. Neverheless we have to improve a lot. I guess that we need a kind of board who take charge of the things between the Godbrothers. On the other hand I have the feeling that there are lots of jealousy and machismo ha ha ha.

HpS - Those with the Greatest Machismo are the easiest to control, no?

I got a new Japa bag in order to inspire me to chant jajjajajajajaj. I need to have something fancy in order to get inspiration. As you always say Everybody is different.

HpS - ASA -- But Monkey and Piggy have decided that you-all are VERY DIFFERENT. Always keep looking for special jewelry for Radha rani!! Distribute the remnants as Prasadam.

Please bless us with your association

See U soon

Trying to be your disciple

Chandramukhi dd

HpS - Hare Krsna. 2.42PM. We are sooooo tired!!! Why is that??? TB: Because you have been traveling like a young man for three months, idiot. Relax. Recharge your "cell phone" one more time then get a new one!!!!! https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/6/27/

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP PAMHO

I saw the celebration of your Sri Vyasa Puja it was great I wish I were there.

HpS - It was great and I was glad to be there and I also wish I wasn't there. We are not substitutes for Srila Prabhupada but we are also not unrelated to him. We do represent him! We should push, push, push our representative ability!!!!!!

Gurudeva on Christmas I received terrible news My University is going to be closed.

HpS - That is great!!!! Now we can just sit down and chant Hare Krsna and live on whatever little Prasadam Srila Prabhupada sends us. He took Tamal krsna Goswami to another body, because he needed him!

The SUNEDU, that is an University audit body, determined that my University, Alas Peruanas, must closed. They have standards that we do not passed. Anyway I was been working there since 2003. I feel devastated. More than 60 000 students need to go to other University.

UAP had a very bad administration, there were a lot of corruption involved. I am looking for a job. Or maybe start my own business. This year I lost many important things for me. I do not what my father do in this situation.

I do not know what Krsna's plan is.

HpS - Get up early and listen to everyone sing about how great He is!!! Have you faced the fact that you will die, with no strength or resources. It will happen. So let us accept it, then see what association Krsna sends us.

I have always wanted to move to Nova Gokula and live there. That place attracts me more than India.

I really miss the feeling of relief and joyful that I had when I traveled with you

Well it is all that I have to inform you.

See U at FMP

I have insomnia

Trying to be your disciple

Chandramukhi dd

HpS - Lord Caitanya had insomnia! He would grind His face against the wall and chant Hare Krsna! This is a movie. It is not real life. You cannot starve to death in a movie. Hare Krsna!!!! Let us see what amazing things will happen next!!

Hare Krishna, dear Gurudeva. Pamho, AGTSP!

I hope you had a good day on your Vyasa puja.

HpS - It was very intense being the object of so much attention!

I honored you that day by going to the temple to Mangalartik; chantig many rounds; reading more about Srila Prabhupada; preparing my class on Thursday 26; giving a guru tattva-ASA class. Then I went to my house and made an exquisite Peruvian preparation that I shared with my niece (almost daughter) Destiny and with my mother.

HpS - Jaya! What was the preparation???

I have already sent you my personal report and now I send you the summary of my ideas about my participation in education at ISKCON by 2020. Points that we have been discussing with you and those in charge of education.

BHAKTI SASTRI

I have been teaching BS for 10 years. I have been developing the ASA program with some improvements. I would say that I am quite familiar with ASA ideas. I have been listening to you since 2001 when I met you just the day of your VP in January of that year.

So, I will give a final BS of one year, ten months, from March to December 2020. I will put all my effort to renew it once again and offer the best of myself and what I have learned from you. For example, each student will give a short class about each book with power point. Students will take oral exams of the verses, etc.

At the beginning of March I will take the exam to the group that is finishing 2019 and I will summon the students of two groups that could not take the exam.

I will also summon students who could not complete the course to join 2020 with the possibility of validating the parts they managed to develop in the past so that they can take the exam at the end of 2020.

I will also give the opportunity to older devotees to take the March or December 2020 exam prior to some training and delivering of their summaries and essays.

I hope that the administrative aspect is a help and not an obstacle to do all of the above. M. Candra Mukhi would be the examiner.

2021 will begin another era with a new BS program.

BHAKTI VAIBHAVA

I want to be actively involved in the improvement of the course. I agree with your ideas and based on that I will give my suggestions. I hope to be part of a more specific working group.

HpS - We are very, very weak. We are trying to develope the Bh. Vai. program in relation with the online course from Govardhana Ecovillage.

The suggestion of examination by Canto seems great to me. I plan to start teaching a new group in March. When the time for the exam comes I will give my previous students the opportunity to take the exam (They are like 15). Previous training. Again, I hope the administration will help meet these goals.

HpS - Me too! They are struggling just like us.

We also have to clarify the subject of essays and other requirements so that the old students, starting with me, will catch up with the new requirements. This administrative issue is a problem. My students are eager to study and have their certification. It would be a shame if the administration does not help this task.

HpS - If there are problems with the GBC administration we can always do something just among friends to evaluate ourselves and even give certificates, eg. the ASA Golden Banana of Everlasting Knowledge Award.

From 2021 I will only dedicate myself to BVB and my personal educational project.

DISCIPLES COURSE

In 2020 we will give a face-to-face course for those who wish to co-facilitate to be official ISKCON teachers. I will also join others I guess.

There are devotees who ask me for the online course, so we will give one last online course as well. Then those who have trained will be in charge.

We have also innovated that course since the time of NIMSAR. Something important was to include Ravindra Svarup prabhu's book among other things that I implemented later. It seems to me that some elements are still missing. For example, something basic is an analysis of Gurvastakam, etc.

OTHER COURSES: FACILITATION, COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION.

I think it's time to have our own facilitators of those courses. It is very cumbersome and expensive to bring devotees from abroad. I think there are local devotees who would do very well.

Which leads to the issue of facilitator certification. So far it is requested that they have to co-facilitate to teach the course. I think this may be for devotees who are vocation educators and not professors it self.

There are devotees who are educators by profession and it would be enough to take the course to teach it. This situation has generated a kind of monopoly of some foreign facilitators that has prevented us from continuing to grow. This must end very soon.

HpS - Write to the Blog with your specific ideas for each small step. Inch by inch it is always a cinch!

I also have developed several workshops that I have directed in Arequipa, Cuzco, La Paz and Cochabamba (Bolivia). I'm good at it.

In ISKCON-Education Peru (Since they have killed personal and group initiatives, which I think is terrible because it has resulted in slowness and incomplete vision, etc.) we must create a curriculum that includes other things that we ,educators, have developed these years with local certification or something. If we are allow, because I really do not see the capacity for dialogue and convocation.

HpS - How about working with the Gandharva and the Karuna Krsna Das?

In any case, I will continue to help in whatever I can and in whatever they allow me.

I think there must also be other types of initiatives supported by ISKCON. If not, each one will look for ways to develop their own educational dreams. I've already started.

Thank you for your patience.

Your servant,

Laksmana-agraja

HpS - Go ahead with your own programs 100% and see how that inspires you to try to work with the institution. If you find that there is no one in the institution but Srila Prabhupada who understands you, it is normal in one sense, but if you have a relationship with Srila Prabhupada you will be like him. He was ready to teach and learn from anyone.