Letters to the editor

Hare Krisna beloved Gurudev,
Please acept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Here we are at Eseiza airport, soon mangala aratik in SM, we are heading to Pay Roo, meet with CMDD and her family, devotees , Rupanuga das, and of course Sri Sri Radha Madhan Bihari.

I want to ask you about your current sankirtan work in education and with Carl Jung. What is the purpose of both programs? What is your goal with them?

What kind of programs are more suitable to accomplish your goals?

What we should do in order to help you better?

Shall we read Carl Jung biography? Is this program only to psychologist? or more like a bridge to bring people in general to KC?

Shall we make research about education in our local countries? I found out that Peru is number one in education with the 79% of his population finishing high school. Of course we aim to another type of education.

How important is for us to study Bhakti Sastri and Bhakti vaibhava in order to push education in ISKCON?

We are in good communication with our gothbrothers/sisters in order to organize your south american tour. I'm trying to cooperate with everybody, cordoba, bs as, chile, peru.

Our plan is to make a short visit to cordoba, very very short to bs as so we can go to chile for the symposium.

Please enlighten us so we can help you better.

Trying to serve you.

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - AGTSP!  Paoho. Are you still in Peru? How was the visit with everyone?
You have asked many questions. Would take a long time to answer in some ways. In general the answer is there in the INtroduction to the Upadesamrta: We want to study the literature left by the Six Goswamis (Srila Prabhuapda's Purports) so that we can help Lord Caitanya in His mission of giving the Science of Krsna to the world.
In that respect we have to understand our spiritual level and our material nature. Carl Jung is a good area for us to work. Srila Prabhupada appreciated him. The practical results just go on leading us forward and help us to refine how we want to approach him.

Lord Caitnya took Sannyasa from Mayavadi sampradaya to reach a certain audience.

If your nature reacts then yes, read Jung's biography. Is nice perspective for a devotee. Abhirama Das in Lima has good copy.

Our approach is to re-read the biography, Tavistock lectures and now we have found some of the Jung Journals and some good articles there. We had so much to do with these other education programs in ISKCON such as primary school, but we are reducing that and also the administrative work in Bhakti Vaibhava etc. We now have time to start reading the Journal article. One we read introduces a very nice scholar and he gives references to other Jung works on Oriental psychology and how to realate to it.

So, that is how we shall go ahead.

Main thing is to meet the people, meet the people, meet the people. As we learn about Jung and his followers lets meet with them. That's all:

We remain pure by our Sadhana
Krsna sends innocent people (Jungians et al)
They remain patiente  to understand the actual situation of this material world.

SANKIRTAN

Hare Krsna Maharaj

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

I'm soo happy Maharaj. Just learnt that you're visiting Chicago.  It has been years since I had your association, way back in Boise sometime. Planned to be in Boise around the time you were visiting but somehow it never happened.

Not sure if you remember, but i'm so thankful to you Maharaj. Hope your health is doing good. Can't wait to see you! Praying to be of some service unto your divine self.

your aspiring servant

Priya-carana Dasi

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!       paoho. I think I remember that we had some association in Boise, with your good-selves and then some few letters later, no? Yes, we are working on Chicago!  Estasa-krsna Das is supposed to send the first round of the Calendar to the Blog and then we can all edit it together.

ISKCON is all light!

Iskcon is eternally under the shelter of Srila Prabhuapada's lotus feet.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.
All Glories to Sri Sri Gauranga Nitiananda!
All Glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to you!
All Glories to devotees

Please accept my humble obeisances to your feets my eternal shelter.

Gurudeva, 16 round ok, sometimes 20, bad quality, have to improve. 4 principles ok.
I have some news, the festival DIWALI goes on, Many things to organize but I doing my best effort to can make all my responsibilities in the better way.
Just starting to work with Srinivasa Acarya in your Webpage.
The devotees give me the mercy to make some service in your visit and I keep fixing some programs in your Buenos Aires Calendar.
Started to talk with JagadGuru Prabhu about education symposium, to present it here in Argentina and for inspire the devotees to go to Chile in January.*Gurudeva I trying so hard to be a educated person, to make of this program part of my personality to be representative of your preaches line. Srila Prabhupada say The purity is the force, you are so worthy of that. Thats make me understand many things about my compromise, please bless me to improve.
Monday -  Mangala Aratik full program and Adi Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Buenos Aires Mandir Breakfast. Have good relationship with devotees of the temple, I really appreciate can associate with them.
Talking to Abhirama and Vrisabhanu about Miguel Polo Book.

HpS - Aaaaah! Very nice.
Next week will start to help with ratha Yatra Chariot.



Gurudeva with all thats services, I not prioritized the Sastras studies and some days I even cannot read :(

The next year I will change my plan and start again to finish the Bhakti Sastri Course. Less service, more service, you agree?

HpS - Maybe you die before that and then you will have to take one birth in Vrndavana as a Donkey with Cakori Radha before you can take birth in ISKCON again. So make big plan for next year but make some little plan for today. Start reading EVERYDAY one page or such from one book: Krsna book, TLC, CC... O.K?  Which book. Read it before you take breakfast  or such.

I have so present one appreciation of Mahatma Maharaja, when I talked some things with Him, he told me I'm not balanced, and it's true.
And the most important thing... I try to make all of this thing with a good consciousness, but I can see I'm not surrender to Krsna, I don't know if I make them with my ego, my mind or what, but I not do them with my heart. And I'm worry about that. Why I'm afraid to surrender to Him? Why I'm so attach to my confort zone? I always meditate about BG 4.42: "Therefore the doubts which have arisen in your heart out of ignorance should be slashed by the weapon of knowledge. Armed with yoga, Oh Bhārata, stand and fight." How my intelligence will cut it if I not use it.  I think a lot about Ma sucah - do not worry. Why I can't just transcend?
Gurudev, I really need your instruction. I know that what I do is not enough.
I feel about the only things who have a real value in my life is whats i do for u, nothing else. Is that feeling false? If it's so strong, why I'm not surrender?  How can I improve my service?
Sorry Many questions.

HpS - Seems you should take little practical steps like the reading plan above! We come to the human form after hundreds and millions of lifetimes. So lets not be disturbed if it takes a few years to be pure devotees.
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Gurudeva, the next week I will start to close all the meetings outside of the temple . Please give us yours and Srila Prabhupada blessings for can make it in the better way.
Gurudev you want to give interviews? Because on this way we can organize it from now with specific times and themes. Please let us know.

HpS - We can usually consult with devotees after the morning and before the evening program, but they should ask their question in class in a general way first.

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Gurudev you're present in each service each japa each moment in my life, I pray to Krsna and to Srila Prabhupada, deeply for stay always focused on your lotus feet, my eternal shelter. Only you by your mercy can show me the way.
HAPPY KARTIK!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for my long letter. Thank you for your time.

Your disciple who want to be your servant. sorry for all my mistakes in this process. Please give me your blessing to always stay with the devotees.
Rati-Manjari Devi Dasi

HpS - Thank you for the news. Yes, priority. When do you get your rounds done?

Hare Krsna

AGTSP

Al l glories to you Guru Dev

All glories to the Sankirtan movement and misión of Srila Prabhupada

 we were talking wit Sarad Bihari, Nikunja Bihari Prabhu, Rati Manjari and local devotees from Cordoba about the organization and ideas of your calendar to Argentina .

we dont have answer from Jagad jivan prabhu about your visit to paraguay?

HpS - AGTSP! Thank you. Paoho. No, visit to Paraguay. Is too complicated...

  wed 7 of january

arrive to Buenos Aires

tus 8

you can take a flight to Cordoba and go to Balarama Puri camping, you can meet there with Dhanvantari Maharaja and Param Padam Prabhu and more than 50 devotees.

friday 9

Balaram Puri

 saturday 10

Ratha Yatra en Carlos Paz (cordoba) you can travel with Dhanvantari Maharaja to the festival

sunday 11

we are organizing with one devotee psicologist (Deva Govinda Prabhu) from Cordoba a meeting with all profesionals medical Doctor, psicologist and other profesionals who are very very interest in the vedic culture, yoga and ayurveda indeed this devotee Deva Govinda it s teaching ayurveda to them in a center of healing. so these person  have interest in Jung, the vedic culture and yoga. Deva Govinda Prabhu will be the link and the person who continue in the cultivation of these profesional if you can present the point of view of the Jung conference to them. what do you think?

HpS - ASA - Perfect. distribute LOB, TLC and NOI.

monday 12

Birth day. Happy Birth day Guru dev!!! ASA aniversary

celebration Cake.

We have conection with the profesor of sanskrit in the cordoba university, and probably others head professors in the universitys. if you have interest we can organize a meeting and involve local devotees to continue in contact with them. what do you think? or return this day to BS AS

ASA - Try to invite them for the program on Sunday also, no? Yes, Monday in Cordoba to close things. Meet more people.

 tuesday13 or wed 14

flight to Buenos Aires

ASA - Tuesday.

thursday 15

radio shows: FM mantra and the progam “combustible espiritual”-Ari Paluch- you already be there in those programs.

friday 16

C.G.Jung conference

 saturday 17

cultural festival(indian cultural fest)

sunday 18

sunday feast –education in Iskcon 1-

monday 19

education in Iskcon 2

tuesday 20

wed 21

flight to chile

NOI movie

it s a great idea, if you think that i can participate in the proyect, i will be happy helping in the elavoration of the movie.  we can start with cleaning some noise in the audio, that there are nice coming from a computer recording. i think you have many ideas for this movie.

ASA - Can you all start with the clip about the front page and adjust the sound and add some images. Make it attractive to Carl Jung. Can be simple.

 Report

the sunday 5 of october we present in Villa Giardino , Cordoba in a cultural center the L.O.B movie and Book with a debate, music with nice devotees playing songs and the maha mantra. also very nice prasadam. the place belong to a public librery.  like 22 nice person in the event plus the devotees. they were very happy and with sincere interest, we distribute like 10 L.OB books 5 LOB movies. and some vegetarian books

Vrsabhanu nandini dd and I were invited to participate in diferent radio shows and we had the oportunity to share Krsna and spiritual concepts and invite the people to these programs.

tomorrow we go again to the radio to talk about mantra yoga and Bhagavad philosophy

thank you guru dev for teaching us have to share Prabhupada mercy to others.

we hope to became a better person and instrument 

your servant Amabarisa Das

attached some photos

HpS - AGTSP!!! Sankirtan! Meet people who can meet others. Sankirtan in hell. Planting seeds.

Hare Krsna
AGTSP
pamho

Ok. Gurudev I'll talk with Ambarisa Maharaja Das about the first week. 
I'm starting to prepare the invitations to psychologists and I want to know what you think about if we put 3 simple themes, like topics?
I don't know, 3 important points what you want to talk about in Jung meeting. ¿What are you would choose?
I call to Dhanya Lalita DD to participate with lali, Luis and me in this project. She is psychologist.
¿What jung's book you think we have to start to read for understand your preach w/Jung? To be sincere, I'll recomend it to the psychologyst who will work with us.
Thank You.
 

AGTSP - paoho, please contact Abhirama Thakura Das and get a copy of the Bio-graphy translation of Carl Jung that Miguel Polo has. He says it is much better.

Then read that. It will not only be interesting to see his view of the subtle and spiritual world in terms of the Bhagavata but it will also help you with your own personal psychological issues.

1. Jung's cosmolgy and the achetypes of the Bhagavata.

2. Jung's legacy, who has taken up his work and how has it progressed.

3. Practical techniques of introspection.
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other theme:
My Japa get bad, I will effort to recover soon, sorry for that. My fault it's intolerable. 4 principles ok.
I´ve prepared with one friend, Diwali Fest, where many persons can offer a lamp to damodara, we're so excited.
We rent a place who is close to 2 Bhakti Vrksas here in Bs.As. and the festival is oriented to new people, and on this way if they want to learn more can go there and they will take a "safe" context to be cultivated in KC. 
For all of it happen, we really need your blessing. 
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Thanks for always engage me in KC. Sorry for my many mistakes.
I hope some day please you Guru Maharaja, like you please to Srila Prabhupada. Thanks for be the perfect example.
Your disciple who want to be you servant,
rati-manjari devi dasi

HpS - ASA - Yes, bad Japa is spiritual death!!!!  We will write about NOI movie project. Please watch for it!

Hare Krsna !
All Glories To Sri Sri Gauranga Nitiananda!
All Glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. 
All Glories to you.

please accept my most humble obeisances.

Gurudeva, how are you? How is your health? Hope it's fine :)

I talking with Ambarisa M D and  Sharad B DD,  to make your calendar:
JAUNARY
14 - WED - Not confirm yet if you will be in Bs.As.
15 - THU - Radio (maybe 2 programs)
16 - FR - Psicólogos. Only prominents like 3 or 4 persons.
17 - SA - cultural day.
18 - SU - Fiesta de Domingo after, educación day I.
19 - MO - Educacion Day II.
20 - TU -
21 - WED - depart to chile.

cultural program will be one of them:
India fest.
Indian embassy. Starting to make contact, not confirmed. 

16 rouns ok. 4 principles ok, started read SB 1st chant. started to cook breakfast to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai in the temple. Organizing your visit, and other programs, please Gurudeva bless me to keep always engaged in Krsna Consciusness and for take the association of vaisnavas.

Thank you Guru Maharaja for give us the chance to serve in Srila Prabhupadas mission.
Hope can always serve U. Each little effort and advance is for your mercy!

ys.
rati manjari dd

HpS - AS - Jaya! AGTSP paoho. Thank you! What about the first week????  Let us see if other devotees have suggestions.