Hare Krishna!
In La Paz 13,333 feet at the airport. No air. No brains. Headaches of the critically insane.
Venomous spider bite and your blood runs lame. Steroid anti-venom, your stomach dances on vomit lane.
Hurray! Krsna!
Potent local politics prime the stew, but if we are sincere Krsna sends good ideas to you.
Viplavah #5
A Heavy Academic Issue.
HpS - Retires as Acting Editor for Viplavah after issue #4. Then he is asking Jiva Goswami Das in Houston to step up to the plate as Temporary Conditional Acting Editor, but for Viplavah#5, Radhika-ramana Das is going to be Guest Editor and make it A Rigorous Academic Issue.
At least one fully academic article and then a list of academic programs related to the ISKCON Ministry of Education and plans and opportunity to develop such programs.
One such program is:
https://www.unspecial.org/2018/03/tradition-a-museum-object/
Dr. Luis de la Calle.
We hope he can work with RRD and JGD to do a seminal, annual, academic issue of Viplavah.
You want to get involved?
We want to be involved. Maybe we can be an Emeritus Accting Editor.
Dear Guru Maharaj,
We put a lot of efforts in to arrange the calendar to inform you, but we couldn't post yesterday, and in our meeting, Arjuna told me that we should write just about Art and the Sacred before. So we are here doing it.
I have attached .png picture with a large mind map with the timings, day by day, is more visual but is 4mb., So here is a .pdf version in the nube with the text used in the mind map also, and at the end of the document is the text. Also here is the .png. (so no image attached)
You always say that people are first and then the other things, so We start with people first:
Art and the Sacred SCL 2018
Name of the speakers and the topic/titles of their talks
Descriptions of the speakers
Raúl Zurita - Not confirmed his specific topic
(description in our post of july: node/9517)
Cecilia Montero - Aesthetic Kidnaping
MONTERO studied sociology and worked as an academic at the Catholic University of Chile until her departure to France. PhD at the University of Paris VII, she began a career as a researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). Upon her return to Chile in the nineties, she worked in study centres (ILO, CIEPLAN) and taught at the Catholic University, later becoming a full professor at the University of Chile. Being director of the Department of Public Policies, she decided to change her life and created the Espacio Indigo cultural centre. She is the author of numerous publications in the area of economic sociology. In the last time he has dedicated himself to exploring the relationships between science and spirituality.
Cristian Contreras - The value of the Vedas
Journalist and has a PhD in "Filosofía de la Ciencia" from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. In the last four years, he has become famous due to his appearances on POTV, speaking about ancient cultures, myths, mysterious energies of the universe, anti-matter and religions.
Claudia Lira - Nature and Beauty: The aesthetic experience of the serenity like experience of the sacred.
"Naturaleza y Belleza: La experiencia estética de la serenidad como experiencia de lo sagrado"
Professor Lira is PhD in Philosophy, mention in Aesthetics and Theory of Art, Universidad de Chile; She is a Master in Theory and History of Art, Universidad de Chile (2002); Degree in Aesthetics PUC (1992) and Professor of Philosophy, U. Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (1991). She also has postgraduate studies in Andean Culture. CBC, Cusco - Peru (1995-97 and 2001); in Sciences of Religion. UHC (1993-94) as well as in Neuroscience and Meditation (2013-2015).
Denis Kolovob - The sacred in Bach
Oringaly from Smolensk, Russian. There he began his violin studies at age 6 at the Special School of Music, with Master Olga Zemliakova and graduated in 1994 with Gold Medal. Then, he studied violin at the Conservatory of Tchaikovsky of Moscú with maximum distinctions. He teaches now at the Universidad Mayor and he's the honoured Director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Cultural Institute of Providencia and other several orchestras in the Chile, Argentina and he has played at Cuba and Russia in the last years also. He's a member of ISKCON also and his name is Devarsi Narada
Paula Miranda - You already know about her. She will present the same topic that in Lima (Violeta Parra)
Hanumatpresaka Swami
Day 1 DELEITE CONTEMPLATIVE, MEMORIES AND FEELINGS OF A PILGRIM
Day 3 The influence of the Bhagavata Purana in the eastern world
PROGRAM
Day 1 - Corporación Cultural de Las Condes
La experiencia poética y la música de la trascendencia
Same place last year. 200 people capacity.
We will have Claudia Lira, Paula Miranda and Denis Kolovob. We are thinking to have your participation with the same conference that you will have in Peru. Our plan is 30 minutes to everyone and 5 minutes for you, considering the translation. What do you think?
Day 2 - Cine Arte Normandie
Un ejemplo de la espiritualidad de oriente en el 7º Arte
Very nice Cinema. We had the 600 people capacity.
"Cine a Luca" Luca is a colloquial way to say 1000 Chilean pesos. Our friend Mildred Doll, manager of this cinema is agreed. She was interested in to have the Hare Krishna movie there. So, we took advantage of the Bhaktibusana Swami and managed an event to relaunching the movie in this new cinema. Almost 300 people go there, paying 2.000 Chilean pesos (3 USD) in the first day. And last week we were invited to participate in the installation of deities there. A lady was there, chanting the maha-mantra, helping. And she met de devotees in this cinema in this event. Mildred is mature lady very close with the cultural scene in Santiago and Chile in general. He likes Krsna a lot.
Prior to the movie, Cristian Contreras would present the value nowadays of the Vedas. He have spoke on TV about this.
The idea is to replicate the program with Bhaktbusana Swami, and is that you answer the question of the journalist or the public directly due your direct connection as a disciple of the main person of the documentary. We are thinking in invite a lot of people because is almost free but is not. Our calling would be more to be more massive than academic.
Day 3 - Teatro iF
La Divina Literatura y la Estética de Oriente
This is the place where I work. A collaborative platform of entrepreneurship and innovation. Cool neighbourhood, a lot of designed and nice stores.
350 people capacity.
This is the last day, and there is an event at noon at the same place, so we can't star too much early, we put 7pm. This day will be Raúl Zurita, Cecilia Montero and you. The idea is the format here change a little bit in relation to the formal and academic of the Tuesday. The idea is to have a more conversational mood. So, after the talks, the idea is to have a conversation with question promoted by Cristian Contreras or another journalist.
Our original proposal, considering that we thought the triad about ART and THE SACRED: First Day; Theory, Second Day; Analysis of Praxis, Third Day; Live the Art. In this context, we proposed for you, the second day and the topic would be the influence of the Bhagavata Purana in art and culture of the eastern world. But, we had changes of places and different things, so put this new subtitles in grey. So, you could say now what would be your suggestion in this dilemma, what do you preferer present this day?
And finally, Our idea is to have a big and short concert at the end with several instruments also. And Maha Mantra even at the end. Or just instrumental from the professional devotees. What do you think?
Thank you so much for letting us serve despite our deficiencies. Arjuna, Rodrigo and Carlos are putting a lot of effort into this program. Now Piero is participating too and the whole spiritual family here is anxious to become part and help. We will mention in another post.
Regards.
Hare Krsna.
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AgtSP We don't have any practical knowledge of the influence of the SB in Asia. Other topic might be … ART AS MEDITATION AND MEDITATION AS RELIGION.
The list and description of the patients and their contributions seems good, although we could not read It in detail.
Which books will we have for distribution, TLC? NO IKK
AGTSP
paoho...
Brother Ass got two spider bites. Spreading out. Maybe our flesh will rot and we will have to live in an ant hill for two hundred years.
Our eyes have recovered much.
General health is pretty good.
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We have been in Peru for five days. Seems like several lifetimes. We look for URGENT letters and answer them. Beyond that we just haven't got the facility. We can push our selves, then we have to eat more and our eyes get tired and can't focus and we start to get headaches which at 70-yeats old can mean a brain strike for our Donkey.
Full morning program. Fighting with our new teleconferencing system: www.gotomeeting.com, but in general it seems much better than startmeeting.com. It works our our Window's phone!
We went with Abhirama th. Das Thursday to see Prof. Miguel Polo. His house is like a museum. Solaris, the flagship journal of NIOS, is coming out. Good articles. Interesting. Useful.
The Symposium, Art and the Sacred, is rolling. The airplanes start coming in 21st October. The houses are leased. Our September, October, Latin America calendar is becoming clear. Today we go to Chosica but only for one night. Sunday come back and go to the airport at 10.30PM for La Paz...
Hare Krsna, Hare Rama.
We finally got 90% of the Yahoo mail. Still got information frm Srinatha Krsna Das to process.
Got a head ache so time to stop.
No blog mail beyond this letter.
Tom Brown Buck White et al
Hare Krishna Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!
All glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami!!
The symposium program was defined at 108%:
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM THE ART AND THE SACRED
Mario Vargas Llosa Auditorium of the National Library of Peru-BNP
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24
1st SESSION / Theme: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ART AND THE SACRED
Art as a way to transmit sacred knowledge.
DELEITE CONTEMPLATIVE, MEMORIES AND FEELINGS OF A PILGRIM
Hanumatpresaka Swami (USA)
SANTOS, ERMITAÑOS AND THE LANDSCAPE IN SACRED ART VIRREYNAL
Ramón Mujica (PERÚ)
FOOTPRINTS OF THE NUMINOUS IN ART AND DREAMS
Patricia Llosa (PERU)
SACRED ART AND THE ORIENTAL PHILOSOPHY
Héctor Béjar (PERÚ)
TRANSCULTURAL PROCESSES IN THE ART SACRO DE LA DANZA CONCHERA IN MEXICO
José Luis Valencia (Mexico)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25
2nd SESSION / Theme: THE NATURE OF BEING AND ART
Eternity, knowledge and bliss.
SACRED SOUNDS: MUSIC AS A REVELATION IN THE VAIṢṆAVA TRADITION
Ravi Gupta (India)
SACRED WORD AND POETRY: MISTRAL, VIOLETA PARRA AND CHIHUAILAF
Paula Miranda (Chile)
SPIRITUALITY IN THE SOUND AND MUSICAL DIMENSION
Dolores Chávez (Mexico)
THE CONTEXT OF THE SACRED IN PERUVIAN ART
Juan Pedro Egoavil (PERU)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26
3rd SESSION, Theme: THE SACRED IN THE ART
Knowing the transcendent and enjoying the transcendence
THE SACRED ART OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA: its history, philosophy and expressions
Dhruva O'Shea (Australia)
EL AYLA - MUSIC AND THE SACRED IN THE ANDEAN POPULAR TRADITION
Nilo Velarde (PERU)
THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SACRED IN THE FOLKLORIC DANCES OF THE OLD PERU
Emma Carpio (PERU)
FROM THE NATURE OF ART, TO THE ART OF NATURE
Raúl Zevallos (PERÚ)
SOLARIS is now in the stage of design and layout really is very beautiful. We have established ART AND THE SACRED in Bolivia and Arequipa the coordinations go well, when you come on the 24th we will refine the details.
That is all for now, HARE KRISHNA GURUDEVA, your servant, Abhiram Thakur das.
ASA - We are in the airplane. Looks good. We will discuss more details when we get Lima tonight!
14avo informe EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO
El programa del Simposio quedo definido al 108%:
SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO
Auditorio Mario Vargas Llosa de la Biblioteca Nacional de Perú-BNP
1era SESIÓN / Tema: RELACIONES ENTRE EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO
El arte como camino para trasmitir conocimientos sagrados.
DELEITE CONTEMPLATIVO, RECUERDOS Y SENTIMIENTOS DE UN PEREGRINO
Hanumatpresaka Swami (USA)
SANTOS, ERMITAÑOS Y EL PAISAJE EN EL ARTE SAGRADO VIRREYNAL
Ramón Mujica (PERÚ)
HUELLAS DE LO NUMINOSO EN EL ARTE Y LOS SUEÑOS
Patricia Llosa (PERÚ)
EL ARTE SAGRADO Y LA FILOSOFÍA ORIENTAL
Héctor Béjar (PERÚ)
PROCESOS TRANSCULTURALES EN EL ARTE SACRO DE LA DANZA CONCHERA EN MEXICO
José Luis Valencia (México)
JUEVES 25 DE OCTUBRE
2da SESIÓN / Tema: LA NATURALEZA DEL SER Y EL ARTE
Eternidad, conocimiento y bienaventuranza.
SONIDOS SAGRADOS: LA MÚSICA COMO REVELACIÓN EN LA TRADICIÓN VAIṢṆAVA
Ravi Gupta (India)
PALABRA SAGRADA Y POESÍA: MISTRAL, VIOLETA PARRA Y CHIHUAILAF
Paula Miranda (Chile)
LA ESPIRITUALIDAD EN LA DIMENSIÓN SONORA Y MUSICAL
Dolores Chávez (México)
EL CONTEXTO DE LO SAGRADO EN EL ARTE PERUANO
Juan Pedro Egoavil (PERÚ)
VIERNES 26 DE OCTUBRE
3era. SESIÓN, Tema: LO SAGRADO EN EL ARTE
Conociendo lo trascendente y disfrutando la trascendencia
EL ARTE SAGRADO DE LA AUSTRALIA INDÍGENA: su historia, filosofía y expresiones
Dhruva O'Shea (Australia)
EL AYLA – LA MÚSICA Y LO SAGRADO EN LA TRADICIÓN POPULAR ANDINA
Nilo Velarde (PERÚ)
LA MANIFESTACIÓN DE LO SACRO EN LAS DANZAS FOLCLÓRICAS DEL ANTIGUO PERÚ
Emma Carpio (PERÚ)
DE LA NATURALEZA DEL ARTE, AL ARTE DE LA NATURALEZA
Raúl Zevallos (PERÚ)
SOLARIS está ahora en la etapa de diseño y diagramación realmente esta muy bonita. Hemos establecido El ARTE Y LO SAGRADO en Bolivia y Arequipa las coordinaciones van bien, cuando usted venga el 24 afinaremos los detalles.
Eso es todo por ahora, Hare Krishna Gurudeva, su sirviente, Abhiram Thakur das.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to Sri Sri Goura Nitay
My obeisances Maharaja.
I want to thank you for your always so clarifying answers, I appreciate it. I will have more progress in this topic and I will tell you how I have been working on it. I want to use Vaisnava psychology and philosophy for this, is it adequate?
HpS - Yes. Being an ISKCON devotee. Following the general process. Is great. If you need some specialized physical or mental help then being a devotee you can see that and then have good intelligence who to pick for a doctor.
On the other hand, I want to tell you that in the month of November Maharaja Dhanvantari Swami visits us, apparently they will be together on the same date in our yatra. I have thought about taking advantage of the instance and asking for refuge, although I think that would be complicated since I am involved in supporting the cases of sexual violence that have occurred, for which we have been very badly cataloged for creating protocols and forming a protective team Vaisnava I hope that this is not a difficulty, please give me your blessings so that with the mercy of Srila Prabhupada I can take refuge in my spiritual master and go forward on this path, which I promise that every day I do my best.
HpS - Hare Krsna!!! We will be very happy to see Maharaja!
No more to say for now! I say goodbye Maharaja. Already counting the days to have your association in our country.
ASA - Photos attached.
