Letters to the editor

On Saturday, May 5, 2018, 3:02:42 AM CDT, Paul OSullivan, prana das wrote:
Hare Krishna Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisnaces. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
1.       I am requesting information about the status of sales of SV series including the picture dictionary (Which the Goloka Trust now have as an asset in their portfolio)

2.       The status of the SV 2 publication – printing and distribution plan

3.       Audit figures of available stock in hand – full break down

4.       Plans for completion of SV Bk 3

5.       Overall plan for the future development, marketing and distribution of the materials.

Please note that we have no official position on the IP of the Sanskrit materials – nothing is yet signed.

I would suggest that in light of the responses to the above questions we might review the current status quo. Whatever will be best for the interest of all stakeholders, most importantly, the potential end users.

I have been going to contact the US Goloka Foundation for a long time, but unfortunately, my health had taken a turn for the worse and I had obvious other priorities. When I received the diagnosis I was Vice Principal of the New Govardhan School in Australia, in charge of the secondary college. Now I will perhaps focus on personal projects, tutoring and online development as I can no longer make long term commitments to school expectations.

Although they are keeping my position open I don’t see myself back in that role for a long time to come, if ever again. Therefore, I have a renewed interest to push the Sanskrit agenda and I have some channels to achieve some degree of success. I have had recent communications with the CEO of Avanti schools (before diagnosis)  as well as home schoolers in Australia who are still keen to take the resources. I am confident that other ISKCON Schools will be interested once we have a complete package for them to utilise (and they know it is available).

Let’s have another look at the IP and make a realistic decision on where it will best flourish and serve as many stakeholders as possible. It is no use if the resources simply gather dust in someone’s godown for the next 20 years. However, if the resources are moving and the projections look healthy then no need to change the status quo. That’s a decision that will be best taken by your core members in the Trust, whom I have full respect for and faith in your decision-making capacities. You are all much more experienced in number crunching than I will ever be and therefore I leave it in your capable hands.

Please get back as soon as possible as I have to begin a new chapter in my life. I am currently in Malaysia, 3 weeks into an Ayurvedic treatment for cancer and will be finished here in 2 weeks time. I will fly back to Melbourne and either start Chemo or remain solely on the Ayurvedic medicine depending on the progress of the tumour. Either way I will be anxious to get back into some form of livelihood, depending on Krishna’s master plan of course.

Ys Prana dasa

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ASA - Hare Krsna,

Prana Das et al,

First please accept our humble obeisances and in general we have been talking about you and your good fortune. Lucky rascal!   Got notice of your transfer.  Probably end up being a classmate of Nimai in Nadia. Get milk sweets made by Mother Saci. Damn rascal!  Leaving all of us here in Tennessee.

In general, I and NIOS don't have much going with the Sanskrit initiative directly. We bought about 30 or the full sets a few years ago. We tried about three different schemes to get them moving, even translated the Teachers Guide into Spanish, but nothing systematic is happening. Krsna Culture in Texas continues to sell the few sets we have with them.

The Goloka Foundation is not doing anything yet. We are keeping it running as a place holder only and any work right now is being done through NIOS, which again is some beginning, though serious efforts by RGD and Mother Ambica.

They are using your system to some extent in Goswami School in Houston I think. Harilila Das will respond about that.

Personally I am always trying to develop systematic education based upon NOI. I have wanted for a long time for someone to develop a little Sanskrit education booklet that will be the same pocket size as the NOI.

Hari-venu had a little intro that helped me a lot.

I think there is a BIG difference between Sanskrit learning for old folks (above 7-years old) and kids who grow up with it. At 30-years or any age we can develop a Practical Knowledge, something we can use in our practices of investigation and preaching, but real fluency usually seems to have to start from childhood, no?

Very happy to hear from you and be of any service.

HpS - ASA - NIOS (Goloka Foundation (A Texas non-profit corporation))

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope you are in better health.

HpS - It is. AGTSP.  Paoho. It will probably be about three weeks before it is fully recovered if we are good!

I would like to apologize for not informing you about the situation and for not approaching to talk about it. Thank you for your infinite mercy.

HpS - Situation with The Esteemed Tattva-vita Das.      Yes!    Is good to include guru, family, friends in these relations. They are very powerful and very, very dangerous. We can get damage that can last for a life time!!!   Also benefit in the same degree.

Sincerely, after know him for a couple of months, I felt in love with him. I would like to have a formal relationship with him. We made a lot of mistakes, as you know, about what we did and said, but now we want to do the things properly under a guidance. In the other hand, I won’t like to cause more disturbance to the family.

We talked with p. Abhirama, few days ago. P. Abhirama recommended him to travel abroad for a while.

I beg for your instructions and what you think is better for everyone in order to the advance of the spritual life and the service to Krishna.

Thanks a lot for your mercy and association.

Your useless servant,

Rukmini dd

HpS - ASA --- You are a very good person, Rumini Devi Dasi. Anybody who has you as a friend, daughter, wife, sister, mother, employee ...   is very lucky.   Just be careful.   We need a letter from Tattva with his ideas about this relationship.   Do you want to associate?   Exchange ideas, letters?   See each other at the Temple?  Is this all with the goal of entering Grhatha ashrama together!?

O.K. We go to Friday night program now.     Wait for news from the Tattva.

Hare krsna 

Soy guillermo de los cocos (cordoba,argentina) estoy viviendo cerca ambarisa das. queria mandarle mis humildes reverencias espero que se encuentre bien justo hoy ambarisa nos vino a visitar y nos agrego para nos podamos comunicar con uste desya le estamos muy agradecido por su asociacio muchas gracias Maharja

HpS - Jaya!!!!  Era muy inspirador visitar a Ambarisa, Madhavendra, las Damas y bebes y todo Vds. en Cordoba. Claro, muy bien oir de Vd.    Quantos anyos tiene. Esta carpentero, Brain Surgeon???

All Glories to Sri Guruji Maharaja and Gouranga Mahaprabhu

Radha Krsna Ki Jay and Goura Bhakta Vrnda Ki Jay

HpS - All glories to Srila Prabhupada and B. S. Damodara Swami!

Please accept my humble obeisances unto Sri Guruji Maharaja’s padmacharan that  yestarday, Sunday the 29th April 2018 we three members went and participate Narasingha Jayanti at Imphal ISKCON Manimandir.

HpS - Jaya!!!!

Morethan 300 prabhujis and matajis assembled at the closing function with arati then prasadam. The function started from the 28th morning upto evening of 29th. The function ended at 9.30 pm.

In all my letters, I did not used the word URGENT because all the information is not urgent. I have read Dr. Sarada D D's letter with Guruji's answer in the blog and saw the vedeo. In the Rasa-Lila the artist are seniors it will be better if boys and girls below 13 will be the suitable.

HpS - Yes, I also noticed that but it was still very good video. We showed it in Mexico and it has generated a lot of interest. We must fight Maya in the area of culture.

It is my simple observation. The Rasa Lilas performed by Sri Krsna and Gopis are all ages of below 13, it was mentioned clearly in Bhagavatam and other related books.

I want to know Guruji's opinion of publishing Srimad Bhagavat Gita As It Is of A.C. Prabhupada  translated by Partha Sarathi Das into Manipuri. Now I am doing the work of proofing from manuscript to printed book form.

HpS - I don't know how well Prabhuji has translated.  You can see that for yourself. If the translation is good then it sounds very nice. You can use it for a lot of teaching in Manipur. You can even take individual puports and distribute those according to time and circumstance.

You news is always URGENT but it is a sad fact that while traveling we are meeting dozens of people everyday who want to talk. When we go to Manipur we talk with all of you and only answer URGENT letters on this Blog.   It is so nice to hear from you. I think of Mani-mandir and Thoubal.   Of course, our body is exhausted after all this travel but at heart we seem to be stronger than ever and already improving. We will sit here for three months and then go to India in the Spring of next year.  More news in a two weeks!

Your ignorant servant,

Yamunesvara Das

HK Pamho

As your eyes go Gurudeva?

HpS - ASA -- We saw a very good eye-doctor in Mexico and he gave us strong program of medication. They are about 40% better but still need improvement. We will see local doctor, devotee, friend here tonight.

. . . as a child I suffered a lot from the view the doctors say that you have to cure it immediately because it can cause damage. I trust that the super servant of Peru in Mexico solved that problem quickly. I thank you very much for all your association and inspiration to serve the devotees, we went to visit the son of Mother Ganga to the hospital, (reminds me of my father's health who is stable, but as dependent as a baby), I felt Very happy to see how Krsna is very protective of this young man who receives the unconditional love of his parents, we hope that he will improve very soon.

HpS - Our respects to Mataji and the family and we hope the situation is a very strong push for purification!

I followed his instructions and I will wake up earlier to sing full rounds before going to work, so I feel stronger and with more spirit of preaching, in my job as a secondary teacher and sixth grade teacher I have the opportunity to address topics of indirect preaching Sometimes we have left an analysis of a fragment of Srila Prabhupada's books, and when the young people ask confidential questions we can respond by citing them as sastras, so I am somewhat motivated, we are also with Prabhu Karuna in his project of the course of Brazil in the area of ​​education, maybe one day not too far away we have a school for all where Srila Prabhupada's books are also taught, and their facilities are used for events, courses for adults, sympathizers, hopefully soon.

HPS - Srila Prabhupada says that we can make rapid progress!

Fiannually, ... If Mr. wants to leave, who stops him ?, the son of a devotee with the help of the Municipality will make a

Nice festival with stage, with varied stand, all day, we wanted to organize something like that but the time and distance is always complicated, but at the end of the harinama we will have a pada-yatra this Sunday with Bhakti Sundar Swami, and for that we ask for your blessings for this program to be a success, and so maybe it can be done every year, it will improve the image of the temple and attract more devotees, that is the plan.

HPS - Hare Krsna!!!   We hope the festival is great success. Krsna sends many nice, new people and reinforces the old ones!!!

Definitely although astrology says that everything is adverse in this period, I believe that we can face the trials and obstacles in spiritual advancement and have a stable mind by just following their instructions, so we will not act stupid and we will be happy to serve in spite of everything.

HpS - Adverse astrology is bigger opportunity to serve.

Although Prabhupada arrived at a nice party of Mr. Nrsimha and even the devotees were not so aware of what that meant, now I feel more protected in his presence and a simple standard will be established and he will buy all the necessary paraphernalia, to serve him properly.

Thank you very much Gurudeva, thanks to you I am active and I see that our yatra will come out thanks to the reading of Prabhupada's books and study programs and projects. That a stage of rebirth be initiated in our yatra and in the international movement.

I hope you are well,

Haribolo

His daughter who adores him:

Yugala Kishora Dasi.

HpS - ASA -  Thank you. We will try to do five letters today.

HK Pamho

Como va su vista  Gurudeva, de niña sufrí mucho de la vista los médicos dicen que hay que curarla de inmediato pues puede generar daños. Confío que la super sirvienta de Perú en méxico solucionó ese problema velozmente. Le agradezco mucho por toda sus asociación y la inspiración para servir a los devotos, fuimos a visitar al hijo de madre Ganga al hospital, (me recuerda a la salud de mi padre que está estable, pero tan dependiente como un bebe), me sentí muy feliz de ver como Krsna protege mucho a este joven que recibe el amor incondicional de sus padres, confiamos que muy pronto mejorará.

Seguí sus instrucciones y me despertaré más temprano para cantar rondas completas antes de ir trabajo, así me siento más fuerte y con más ánimo de prédica, en mi trabajo como profesotra de secundaria y tutora de sexto de primaria tengo oportunidad de tocar temas de prédica indirecta, a veces hemos dejado un análisis de un fragmento de los libros de Srila Prabhupada, y cuando preguntan los jóvenes preguntas confidenciales podemos responder citandolos sastras, por ello estoy algo motivada, también estamos con Prabhu Karuna en su proyecto de del curso de Brasil en el área de educación, tal vez un dia no muy lejano tengamos un colegio para todos donde también se enseñen los libros de Srila Prabhupada, y se aprovechen sus instalaciones para eventos, cursos a dultos, simpatizantes, ojalá pronto.

Fianalmente,...  Si el Sr. desea salir, ¿Quién lo para?, el hijo de un devoto con ayuda de Municipalidad hará un 

Bonito festival con escenario, con stand variados, todo el día, quisimos alguna vez organizar algo asi pero el tiempo y distancia siempre es complicado, pero en la salida del harinama tendremos pada yatra este domingo con Bhakti Sundar Swami, y por ello pedimos sus bendiciones para que este programa sea un éxito, y así tal vez ser pueda hacer cada año, va a mejorar la imagen del templo y atraerá  a más devotos lugareños, ese es el plan. 

Definitivamente aunque la astrología diga que todo es adverso en este periodo, creo que podemos afrontar las pruebas y obstáculos en el avance espiritual y tener una mente estable por sólo seguir sus instrucciones, así no actuaremos como estúpidas y seremos felices sirviendo pese a todo. 

Aunque Prabhupada llegó en una bonita fiesta del Sr. Nrsimha y aun los devotos no estaban tan concientes de lo que eso significaba, ahora me siento más protegida en su presencia y se establecerá un estandar simple y comprará toda la parafernalia necesaria, para servirlo apropiadamente.

Muchas gracias Gurudeva, gracias a Ud. estoy activa y veo que nuestro yatra saldrá adelante gracias a la lectura de los libros de Prabhupada y programas de estudio y proyectos. Que se inicie una etapa de renacimiento en nuestro yatra y en el movimiento a nivel internacional.

Espero este bien, 

Haribolo

Su hija que lo adora:

Yugala Kishora Dasi.

Hare Krishna Maharaja,

PAMHO. AGTSP!

Maharaj thank you for answering the letter I sent in early March (via the site).

I simply wish to let you know my Sadhana has been strong now for the past six months (since your visit to the Gold Coast) and my job is going well.

I am feeling much steadier.  :)

I also have prospects of marriage and have received the generous blessings of Srimati Saradiya Rasa Dasi's guru maharaj, Indrayumna Swami for this to proceed.

Naturally I beg for your blessings too in this matter, in order to proceed.

HpS - All I can say, is "Hare Krsna!  We don't know Mataji or even yourself to be of too much use in blessing or warning against the Holy Union, but I really feel that she must be a nice person and you seem to be a very nice person, so it should be a big step forward in K. C.   Grhastha ashrama is to prepare for Vanaprastha Ashrama.

Please also instruct me how I may offer any remote menial service to you.

HpS - Just send interesting news from time to time of yourself, family, Yatra, and universe!!!

Your struggling servant,

Janārdana-hari dās.

PS - I have also been able to gain access to my super fund (401K), and have a legal way of utilising this to start a Bhakti Centre in Burleigh Heads, QLD. I am now looking for a lease, (and have my eye on some nice 24" Gaura-Nitai Deities in Jaipur). Begging your blessing for the success of this project.

HpS - ASA -- Sounds very nice!   Just let people see who you are and what adventures you are finding that they can join!   Send an update in a few weeks.   Read other letters and posts here.  Especially the bi-monthyly Kapi Dhvaja at the web-site.

Thank you!!