Letters to the editor

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Querido Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias

Acá bhakta Rodrigo de Santiago de Chile. Esta carta es un reporte que debí enviar hace bastante tiempo. Le pido disculpas por mi torpeza.

Lo importante de esta carta es que:

Estamos felices por su visita, estamos felices por estos 12 días que usted estará con nosotros.

En cuanto al servicio para usted:

Se han realizado muchas reuniones grupales para intentar ver cómo podemos servir de mejor manera a usted y a su prédica.

Muchos devotos y devotas están muy motivados y con deseos sinceros de hacer servicio, escuchar sus clases y poder estar con usted.

En las reuniones y también por email se han intercambiado muchos puntos de vistas, opiniones diversas y distintas, pero esperamos que todo salga bien con su agenda y programas.

Jagad Guru tiene el calendario oficial de toda su visita y madre Priya Sakhi tiene la lista de todos los servicios y de las personas que han tomado esta responsabilidad.

Hay un equipo especialmente integrado para trabajar directamente en sus conferencias: Madre Pundavanika dd, Prabhu Arjuna, Jagad Guru, Prabhu Parasuram, Prabhu Carlos Rold y yo.

Pensamos que este año la difusión será un poco diferente. Especialmente las conferencias “HAMLET y ARJUNA” y “CARL JUNG”.

Se ha creado una ficha de inscripción donde cada persona interesada debe enviar sus datos personales. La idea es que con esto podemos armar una muy buena base de datos, y así saber qué personas van a las conferencias, en qué trabajan y durante el año invitar a estas personas a distintas actividades y programas.

HpS - Aparece muy bien. Todos sentiendo no cvonocido en esta mundo.

Pero además pensamos para la conferencia “Hamlet y Arjuna” invitar a personas como profesores, escritores, poetas, periodistas, estudiantes, directores de editoriales y otras personas relacionadas con la cultura y la literatura en particular.

RAÚL ZURITA si va a participar con usted en la conferencia “HAMLET y ARJUNA”. Jagad Guru y yo estuvimos con Raúl. Él todavía se acuerda mucho de usted y nos dijo: “Lo que yo quiero es escuchar al maestro”.

Raúl Zurita está viajando mucho, recibe invitaciones de muchas universidades y otras instituciones a nivel internacional. Raúl Zurita llegará a Chile el día miércoles 5 de julio, un días antes de la conferencia.

Durante la reunión que Jagad Guru y yo que tuvimos con RAÚL, se agendó un almuerzo entre usted y él para el mismo 6 de julio para conversar y hablar un poco antes de la conferencia. Ya se están viendo los detalles de este almuerzo, será en un restaurant vegetariano "El Huerto".

Sería muy bueno si usted escribe a Raúl para saludarlo y tomar contacto entre ustedes: Este es el correo personal de Raúl (por favor no publicar)  xxx

HpS - Me gustaria hablar mucho con Raul format una estrategia bueno para el presentation!

De la misma manera se está trabajando en relación al público que pueda ir a la Conferencia sobre Carl Jung. Prabhu Carlos Rold ha estado haciendo muy buenas gestiones y gracias a eso, la conferencia será en el “Centro Cultural de Las Condes”, un lugar muy hermoso. Es un lugar donde Krishna Sambhanda ha dado conciertos para 200 personas aproximadamente.

Jagad Guru tiene el detalle de toda su agenda. Entedemos que usted llega este jueves, sería maravilloso que el equipo de conferencias pueda tener una reunión personal con usted.

HpS - Claro que si. Llegamos 11.50PM Miercoles.

Carolina, esposa de Jagad Guru, diseño los afiches de estas dos conferencias.

pd: Hace muy poco Jagad Guru estuvo con usted en Estados Unidos, el mismo dia de su regreso a Chile, la  madrina de Jagad Guru dejó el cuerpo, su madrina también era como su madre. Él ha estado haciendo servicio, pese a la tristeza de la partida de su madrina. Hace unos pocos años atrás dejó el cuerpo la madre de Jagad Guru.

Esperando no olvidar nada importante y con muchas ganas de verlo,

su aspirante a sirviente, Bhakta Rodrigo

HpS - Pienso Krsna tiene mucho atencion por su Vida. Tiene que accepter que todo pasando con Vd tiene una perspective profundo. Vamos a escribir a Sr. Raul.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

All glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami!!

Please excuse our limitations for not going the budget before, we are trying to do our services in the modality of goodness, but given the circumstances we are more in passion-kindness than in kindness-passion, in relation to SOLARIS, for the Nitay-Gaura Sadaya mercy is already coming to print, we just made the design at 1.08 am and the number of pages this time is also 108, this year's budget for this edition is US $ 1080 (although it's a bit more, we'll try to cover it somehow, we have faith in the chanting of the Holy Names).
HARE KRISHNA GURUDEVA, his insignificant servant, Abhirama Thakura dasa.

HpS - AGTSP paoho. This world is full of problems. I need to improve. You need to improve. Everyone needs to improve. I will talk with NGD for his decision on the budget. To me it sounds reasonable. How many copies?

Hare krsna Dear Maharaja,

PAMHO. AGTSP

First of all I want to thank you for all your efforts and dedication to the educational symposium in Seattle.

You must be very very tired but happy, you remind me of Lord Siva always thinking about how to help others.

Here is briefly the following:

1.-SSBBS will be visiting Arequipa from Wednesday 12 to Friday 14 July.

SSBBS said that it is best that you take charge of the class on Friday, July 14, as the educational issue is a very important topic and you are an expert on this branch.

Already communicate this to Lad and prabhu said that then that day will be held the 3rd Educational Encounter, it would be from 5 to 8pm in Wilson.

2.-With respect to initiation of B Anka has come difficulty to find location for the ceremony.

In Chosica can not be done because they affect the feelings of Dvija dd (she does not oppose initiation only asks not to be in Chosica), and in Wilson authorities do not give an answer.

Other possible places are: Arequipa, Cusco, Callao.

3.- Day Saturday 24 june,10 am, Yamunesvara prabhu will present you 4 aspirants to refuge are: Juan Espejo, Lourdes (wife of Juan), Rukmini (daughter of Tarangaksi dd) and Miguel angel. They have given the exam of refuge and have taken the courses of Introduction to bhakti yoga and Disciples in ISKCON, at the moment the 4 are in services of: kitchen, preaching and pujari.

I asked that you send the letter of recommendation to your mail but it seems that Yamunesvara p prefers to deliver the letter to you personally.

Sri Nrsimhadeva protect you

with affection

ys and spiritual niece

Isvari dd

HpS - Thank you. AGTSP!   paoho.  We can do the ceremony most anywhere if we have the letter. Of course, it is nice with the most devotees!  We hope to spend as much time as possible with Maharaja.

Dear Guru maharaja,
please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Will there be Europe StartMeeting meetings while you are travelling?

Your servant Namacarya das

HPS-ASA -. Today, yes. Then  we can discuss it.

Dear Maharaja

PAMHO AGTSP

Please don’t be in any anxiety about us. We are very laid back people down under. 10 days is great. We will arrange some nice programs, not intense.

So you are still thinking around October 17^th for arriving in Australia? This is a good date. No specials dates. We will build programs around what ever you can give us. Universities stop teaching end of October and 1^st week of November. We will arrange a variety of programs, some for devotees and some for new people. 

We are well. Last weekend we hosted 30 of my generation devotees and their children at our home for kirtan, open Krishna conscious philosophical discussion and prasadam. It was different to the classical method due to the attendees and the use of innovation. My good wife cooked with the help of her saintly parents and I wrestled a room full of minds. We learnt a lot through this attempt.

Second daughter appearing mid August. First daughter in Gurukula and growing rapidly. I’m a very proud dad. Please give them your blessings.

Ys

hps-asa -- wonderful. We fix dates in next few days.

PAMHO AGTSP

Just checking in with you about Australia in October. Last I heard from you was 18 Oct - 1 Nov -- Australia (2 weeks).

Do you have any specific engagements arranged in Australia for example meeting with scholars? If so we can arrange your tour around them. 2 weeks so maybe 1 week up north (Brisbane - Murwillumbah) and 1 week down south (Sydney -Melbourne)? 

On a side note are you familiar with the work of Dr Jordan B Peterson? He is a clinical psychologist and a professor at the University of Toronto. Carl Yung is a strong influence for him. He does kind of Psychology and the Scared presentations but using the Bible stories.

Ys

Dhruvananda Das

HpS - AgtSP Paoho. We have been so anxious to talk with you all. If you have been following the DTC et you can see that we are struggling with a ton of different service demands: Friends, family, ISKCON, Seattle conference, Peru conferences, NIOS fund raising.

Old age.

How are you?

Put "URGENT" in the subject field for you answer.

We arrive India like 27th September and then leave November 8th. We must spend a few days at the GBC meeting 9-17th Oct, Kolkatta is available after 2nd October (end of Durga puja). Considering all the other work, 10-days in Oz seems the proper balance.

Are there any days that are better for you or worse or forbidden for us to visit Oz. We have no specific people to visit right now, but we will continue to look.

Please give us your essential intelligence in these matters as soon as possible and then we can start to book tickets and fix other dates in India.

HpS - ASA!