Report from Santiago de Chile
HARE KRISHNA Dear Guru Maharaja !!
AGTSP
PAMHO
How is your health?
ASA - Srila Prabhupada said (they say), 'This body doesn't get diseases, this body is a disease.' We are purifying our material attachments, using this material attachment.
And, where on the planet are you right now?
ASA - We are sitting our our big, old, donated desk. It has three drawers on each side. This way we sit cross legged and then our feet don't swell up. Also puts us as high as the window and we see all the cars going by which keeps us awake. Where are you sitting?? Planet desk, Murfreesboro Tenneessee, "The City Dedicated to Creating a Better Quality of Life".
I'm writing to you because 3 different subject matters, but, off course, in some way they are all connected.
1. I sent you a letter on december 5, telling you my experience working on the Ratha Yatra Festival, and you said to me the 2 following instructions: "Next write about a Sunday Festival in Santiago. Distribute this letter locally." So, until the moment, I have concreted only the second instruction that you gave to me. Last wednesday, january 15, I could translate our letter and sent it first to the email group that your chilean disciples use to communicate, and later I posted the letter on the Facebook group we use to coordinate the Ratha Yatra communications, there are almost 500 devotees in that group. Was amazing to do it, many devotees reacted and posted comments about the letter, they really love you, some friends and family said to me phrases like "Maharaja is a surreal genius...".
ASA - You letter was nice. You should be a Journalist.
2. Saturday, january 20, we had an online meeting with your disciple PND. He showed to me how to do the importation from english to spanish on Vedabase. The first mission he gave to me is to import the second chant [canto] of the Srimad Bhagavatam. So far I have been able to import chapters 1 and 2, they are already imported! I realized it is a lot of work, easy to do, but takes time, but I love to do it, I feel this is a blessing to me, I'm a writer, I love words and language, this is a job for me! While I was importing, I readed every verse of the conversation between Sukadeva Goswami and Maharaja Pariksit. I have no more words to describe my feelings about it, just gratitude. What a conversation they had! My heart resounds and vibrates with every word they share... someone like me does not deserve this... All glories to Srila Prabhupada !!
ASA - ...and how many more people will be able to read it because of your effort!
3. My brother in law, Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur Das, during the past year, was working on organizing a tour to India, about yoga and ayurveda, in association with a travelling agency. So, the opportunity to get a low cost ticket to travel was presented to me. I have never left Chile and I have never traveled by plane. I have to ask for permission in court and the procedures are flowing positively. If everything goes well, I will travel with the group on February 14. But I will not participate in the tour with them. If everything goes well my plan is to go to Vrindavan and be there during 2 months and later come back to Chile. If I do this, I probably can not travel to visit you during your visit to South America. What do you think about, Guru Maharaja?
HpS - ASA --- Hmmm. Going with devotees who have some knowledge of ISKCON India is very useful. To go alone is like going to New York city alone. Vrndavana may still be cold then. Again, you have to know who to meet. We can give you some help. Of course, it would be nice to see you when we are there. So we are kind of in the middle. It is nice to get a chance to go to Vrndavan, but better with a guide and we will miss you when we are there. Chant Hare Krsna, talk with some more devotees and you can make a good decision, both seem possible to me.
And my last question in this letter! May you let us know how will be your travel itinerary during 2018?
ASA - jayarama.us/kd/cal.htm
Many thanks, Guru Maharaja, for your patience with this foolish human being and, please, forgive the mistakes I commit (and without etiquette) in my communication to you. I really wanna be your disciple someday.
HARE KRISHNA !!!
Your aspirant to disciple and servant,
Carlos Rold.
HpS - ASA --- Yes!! Report on the Sunday Feasts in Santiago!
