Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - ASA -- And ours at yours!

    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    As per previous communication, GBC meeting will be in Ujjain from October 9-17, 2017.

    We need below information for to make clear plan :
    1. How many days require your involvement in meeting? what would be the dates.

ASA - Thank you for this effort!  We asked Sesa Das, our GBC Secretary and he said these things were not yet fixed. That is not surprising since it five months ahead.
    2. Where you would land (on September 27, 2017)? Delhi or Mumbai ?

ASA - Delhi, Sir.
    3. Do you have any other engagement other then GBC meeting?

ASA - We will be going to Australia for about 10-days. Then the other days we will be developing our Sankirtan. Right now that is especially focused on this International Symposium on 'Art and the Sacred', June 2018, so we would visiting contacts in Delhi, Kolkata etc. We are not sure now who they would be.
    4. Do you have plan to visit Kolkata or other places?

ASA - Yes, but as mentioned above it is not exactly sure where yet.

    while, Pune Senior b'chari would like to hear you for 4-5 days. They are not available in Kartik.

    Please let me check again with senior b'chari in temple .

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - ASA  --- Thank you for your systematic efforts. Maybe we all meet with Senior B'caris in Vrndvana during Kartika.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP

PAMHO

As far as I understand Nandulal d is from Houston right? Do we have to see his accomodations also? Does he know where to stay? I asked PkD.  He is kind of free.  You know!!!!

He told me that he can be with him from around 2pm. We are looking also for other options !!!

Thanks for occupying us in service

Trying to be useful

Candramukhi dd

HpS - ASA -- Thank you.   Also, talked with Abhirama.  I think he can co-ordinate the accomodations.  Its always a danger for single young ladys like your good self working with handsome young men like Nandulal et al without including some married Dude etc in the equation, no?

BEWARE THE WITCH!
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Hare Krsna, Prabhu,

AGTSP!   Paoho.   Last we met was at the ILS, no?  The program in Peru with the National Library in  June/July 2018 is roughly as Radhika described it below.

When I was in India in Jan-Feb we all met with ICCR, Lalita-kala Academy and other cultural groups. Yuddhisthira Govinda Das at Delhi Temple described your Sankirtan success with ICCR etc.

ICCR suggested that they could send 5-scholars artists for this "Art and the Sacred Symposium". Beverly Zabriske, who came 2016 says she can get the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York to come and looks like we also have a very good shot at Francis Clooney, Director of Harvard School of Divinity.

The hang-up has been Peruvian politics, administration. The Director of BNP (Biblioteca Nacional Peruano) has changed three times since January. All favorable but could not get it nailed down for the use of the Library for 2018, although they are the co-sponsor in June for "The Psychology and the Sacred II".

Just yesterday we decided to go ahead trying to get them as our venue, which is very possible, but not to wait. Our other contacts are getting cold.

So, this week we will try to get a hard agreement with the Ambasador, Sandeep Cakravorty. He is our friend. An excellent scholar. Excellent organizer.

With his participation we would then go and fix the five scholars from ICCR. At that time we could also put your excellent art exhibition in the packet for Lokeschandra to consider.

We would have a full exhibition hall at the National Library, or if we have to move to another Venue, probably even a better exhibition space although a smaller presentation hall (350 not 512).

However, we could also investigate satellite exhibits in Cusco, Arrequipa, Trujillo, La Paz etc and/or the show traveling after the program in Lima.

That is why I wanted to contact you now.

I will be in Peru-Chile from the 21st June -- 26th July. Maybe you could even be in Lima then. We have very, very well connected friends who could also get corporate sponsorship from Banks et al.

"Psychology and the Sacred II" will be 26th in BNP and then 27th and 28th June in Jesuit University and San Marcos University (oldest in South America).

How does this fit into your plans??   Perspective?   [HELP]

Even if you can't come to Lima 21st-28th June (then we go to Chile) or 12th-14th July (then we go to Bolivia) or 24th-25th July, we could all get on the phone with the Ambassador, Banks, National Library etc.

Please use the address we are writing from to respond. It gets filtered directly into this kind of work and call or text us at +1 209 505 3219.

If you go to youtube.com and use the keywords, "Psychology and the Sacred 2016" you can see a short and medium size professional clip of the last event.

Thank you,
Paoho
HpSwam - NIOS

From: Martin Gurvich [Mahaprabhu Das]

To: HPS; Ravi Gupta  
Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 1:47 AM
Subject: Re: Art and Sacred in Peru
 

Sounds very interesting.

We would need to discuss practical issues like:

Dates, venue ( is it a real art exhibition space)

Budget available

Etc etc.

The best exhibit I have is called Forms of Devotion- The Spiritual in Indian Art. We usually get financial support from the ICCR to bring it to different countries. But you would need to see if the Indian embassy is willing to do the needful to get funding. You can see Forms of Devotion website.  www.formsofdevotion.org

We also have a wonderful film that just came our and a 2nvolume set book.

Ys

Mahaprabhu dasa

On Mon, 8 May 2017 at 06:04, Ravi Gupta  wrote:

Dear Mahaprabhu Prabhu,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I hope you are well. I am writing to you in regard to the possibility of an art exhibition in Peru. My Guru Maharaja, Hanumatpresaka Swami, is organizing a symposium on "Art and the Sacred" in collaboration with the National Library of Peru, the Jesuit University in Lima, the Indian Embassy, the devotee community in Peru, and other organizations. We will invite scholars from South and North America, and I am also planning to participate. The event will happen about a year from now.

Last year, Maharaja organized a similar symposium on "Psychology and the Sacred," hosted by the National Library, and it was a great success with excellent academic presentations, cultural programs, and full house audience. We will build on that success for "Art and the Sacred" next year.

Maharaja and I have seen your wonderful exhibitions of sacred art (in Radhadesh and Florence). We thought that this would be an ideal opportunity to bring a traveling exhibition to Peru, as you have done at other places.

I wanted to connect you with Maharaja to begin the conversation and explore possibilities. I have copied Maharaja on this email.

Thank you,

your servant,

Radhika Ramana dasa

Leave Houston 3PM, 27th September, arrive Delhi like 10.45PM the next day.

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Leave Delhi 3AM, 8th November, arrive Houston, 1.30PM

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. . . Six weeks.
Visit Kolkatta, Vraja, Ujjain (GBC Meetings), Mumbai...??

!! AUSTRALIA (for Ten Days) - Just need a round trip ticket, Mate!!

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Hare Krsna / Hare Rama!

Thank you Visvambara Das et al, (SEE LETTER BELOW)

KALA

15th - 18th June 2017

Thursday Evening - Reception: Temple Hosts (Eg. President, Harivilasa Das), Sesa Das (Rama-giridhari Das) Ministry of Education, Protocol Officer.

Friday Morning - Srimad Bhagavatam Class (???), Topic 1 - Chairman: HpSwami, "Philosophy and Strategy of Education with ISKCON" (Presentation about 20-minutes, Contribution Discussion from Everyone. Chairman and others can make the Presentation)

Topic 2 - Chairman: Visvambara Das (And one other?!), Early Education (Pre, Primary, Secondary)

Topic 3 - Chariman: Partha Das / Uttama Devi Dasi (Grhastha Vision Team), "Varna-ashrama Education, Preparing for Marriage, Preparing for Sannyasa" 

Friday - Afternoon - Gay and Delightful Workshops to be decided. These of course can be topical groups such as Early Education, but they can also invite expert contributions eg. Early Education can Invite Sastric Education for 15-minutes.

Friday - Evening - Cultural - Entertainment. Suggested: "The Taming of the Shrew" with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, with short intro by HpS on Teaching and Shakespeare in the Guru-kula

Snore!!!!!!!!

Saturday

Srimad Bhagavatam (???  Maybe Vaisesika Das on line)

Topic 1 - Chairman: Radhika Raman Das - "Studying and Preaching in the University and Academic Environment". This will include reports of the incredible results. Orienting Early Education to send students on this route etc.

Topic 2 - Chairman: Hari-lila Das (HpS) - "Sastric Education". Report of Results in USA and World. Discussion of how this fits with other topics eg. Early Education.

Topic 3 - Chairman: Rama-giri-dhari Das (Ananta-rupa Das). "Education in with ISKCON in the Western Hemisphere - Building a Global System". This will include Latin American Devotees who will be involved with Tele-conferencing and a Simultaneous Translator.

Saturday Night - Cultural Program (???)

SUNDAY

Srimad Bhagavatam (??)

Breakfast of Fraternal Felicity

Closure Session with Summation and Action Items

NOTES: You can see that this is going to be a tight, intense, powerful program. We will need the Chairpeople to start collecting input, discussingn topics, so that this meeting is just a moderate part of the pre and post work.

We are available. We will be in Boise and San Jose the weeks before.

As an action item we would very much like to see the selection of an Editor for a Periodical: Education with ISKCON in the Western Hemisphere.

PURUSA

Who is joining?

Physically

Sesa Das, Rama giri dhari Das

Harivilasa Das, HpSwami, Seattle Devotees, Synergy School! Ananta-rupa Das

Visvambara Das, Gopi-gita, Subra DD, Dallas Gurukula,

Ananda Vrndavana DD, Hari-lila Das, Kartamasham, Uttama DD and Partha Das.

On-line:

Mother Aruddha Devi Dasi, Radhika-raman Das, Nitya-ananda Das Prabhu (Dallas, GBC North American Chairman), Srivasa Pandita Das (Sastric Education ISKCON Silicon Valley). Devotees from Latin America such as Candra-mukhi DD + Lalita-gopi DD (PhD both (Mexico Yatra)), Laksmana agraja Das (et al Peru), Jagat-guru Das, Param-padam Das, Baladeva Das, Mathuresa Das (GBS Zonal Supervisor) (Running Schools and Education in South America), 

We will broadcast this schedule now and invite more participation on line. The connection, in the shadow of Micro-soft, should be excellent.

TRANSPORT AND ACCOMODATION

Temple can house 15-devotees in devotee homes:

We count -

HPS, RGD, SESA, Partha - Uttama, Kar, Vis, Subra, Gopi + Nitya, Hari-lila, Anantarupa, Ananda V Mataji.  Any others?

That's thirteen.

Airport is like 45-minutes from the Temple.

HpS, Hari-lila Das, Anandavrndavana DD are arriving at Seattle airport from San Jose at 2.37PM on Delta 5738.

Please send your itenarary ASAP and try to combine things for easy travel.

FINAL WORDS

This program is about 51% organized, but we are all Brahmanas, right?

We have just brushed the surface describing the intense qualifications of the people coming and the programs that are in motion.

We hope that the sound of Krsna flute is everyone's dearmost companion during all these days!

HpS

From: David Aguilera 
To: 13- primary schools et al
Sent: Saturday, May 6, 2017 10:10 AM
Subject: ISKCON Ed Conference Agenda
 

Dear Friends,

Hare Krishna. I hope this email finds you all well.

Subhra and I had the opportunity to meet with Hanumatpresaka Maharaja by phone to discuss the upcoming ISKCON Education Conference in Seattle on June 15 - 18. The general agenda that is shaping up seems to be morning presentations with afternoon breakout sessions. 

We want the time we spend in Seattle to be worthwhile. A thought Subhra and I had was for the school leaders to spend the afternoons together supporting each other by presenting relevant topics and sharing our experiences. The idea is for us to come away from the conference having had the opportunity to connect with each other and to bring back ideas from the discussions that we can use to help improve our schools.

I have put together a Google Sheet for us to start compiling what we want to talk about:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16gQ7WtbgyYaoLO5NG7GO4vNNwxOKL0ouGAAleHXfCCk/edit?usp=sharing

I encourage you to start plugging in topics as they come to mind. Don’t hesitate to duplicate topics that someone else already put in. If the same topic comes up multiple times, we will know this is something that should go to the top of the discussion list.

Another thing we want to have on the agenda is to allow time in the morning sessions for each of us to give presentations about our schools: introduction, history, current status, accomplishments, and challenges. Let me know if you are interested in doing a presentation, so I can work with Maharaja to put them in the morning agenda.

These are just some ideas. None are set in stone. Your thoughts on the formatting and how we best spend our time is much appreciated. 

I am looking forward to finally getting together with all of you (knock on wood).

Yours in service, 

Visvambhara Dasa
Head of School
Bhaktivedanta Academy
 

Hare Krsna.

Nandulal Das will arrive on same plane as us in Lima and will leave back to Houston same day we leave for Santiago.

Who wants to help him with his visit. Very, very nice person. He owns an elephant.

Go sightseeing in Lima.

Shopping.