Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Maharaja and ASA team

PAMHO AGTSP!

All glories to the sankirtana of ASA team!

I hope that all team are very well.

I will always appreciate the example of life that you give us. You remind me of the great general Bhisma always ready to die for Krsna and despite the difficulties that the big donkey causes, you share your realizations with us. I do not know how long Krsna will allow us to be able to associate with you for this I pray to Krsna to be able to appreciate and value you and the teachings that I receive.🙏

HpS - The same to you and more of it!!! What is the news of H. H. Bhakti-bhusana Swami?

Thinking of the time (kala) and thanking the mercy that you have granted to the female devotees of being able to express their achievements of the SBG (tuesday class). I thought it would also be nice if the male devotees had an opportunity to present their achievements with the SBG.

This would allow devotees to associate with you through SBG receiving your comments or feedback. I think this would be a great opportunity for them. For this I ask to you and please forgive my audacity or offense, if you can to give only 1 Monday or 2 so that the Spanish-speaking devotees can expose the SBG.

-I propose Monday because it is the only day that correspond to spanish.

-Fridays correspond to Srinivasacarya p, and he does it very well, shares many teachings and reflections and he comments about SP classes.

This is a humble request that is what you consider best.

I also want to ask your permission so that on Tuesday November 17,SBG class will be bilingual, since apparently it is easier for Madhumanjari dd to speak English more than in Spanish, there would be a translator for her. Do you agree?

HpS - Certainly!! We also think that there is a lot of adjustment we can make to our Daily SB reading. It is a matte of devotees like you ... and me... making suggestions.

Note: SSBBS is it is getting better.

HpS - Aaaah! Our desires are immediately answered.

He already wants to travel but doctors say no, that he has to be resting for at least 1 more year. So now my GM is in the process of agreeing to stay one more year in the Cologne temple, although who knows with the character that he has it is likely that he will travel before or planned. He always preaches in the BG mood, surrender first. He says: without surrender there is no progress.

I suppose that something of the German mentality must be there, he once told me that the concept of more or less, it cost him to understand because he understands something is good or bad.

Sri Nrsimhadeva protect you. (Your Deity is very beautiful)

with appreciation and affection

ys Isvari R dd

HpS-ASA - I think Srinivasa Das has started to organize other speakers on Friday. He had Laksmana agraja Das speak, no? He is the organizer for Friday now, not the designated speaker, no? Of course, it is very good for him to present!! Such nice community of devotees we have.

I was trying to offer one class a day, morning or evening. Maybe to much.

We are doing Mon, Wed, Sat mornings now.

One consideration is that we are trying to coordinate our activities with the Ministry Of Education (MOE) and for that we have been working on the Bh Vai curriculum. It looks now like we will focus ASA SB studies to the Bh Vai Canto Six evaluation to normalize the candidates for Bh Vai in San Jose, California; Houston, Texas and even in South America.

With Gandharva Das and Bali-mardana Das, Hari-lila Das et al we have been moving this forward.

That will influence who is giving classes what days.

More news soon, but I agree with your ideas to have more of our Latin speaking devotees giving classes!!

Dear Maharaja: Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

In relation to your last questions in the post you sent me: ”How are you? Are all psychologists crazy? Are you crazy for Krsna?”

Unfortunately, I must confess that I continue to suffer from the disease of material madness, but with the help of you and the other great Vaisnavas I have faith that I can be cured.

Regarding the class, the structure is the following:

30 min: Your dissertation

45 min: Questions and answers (can be more if you like) We have successfully tested this new, more interactive and participatory format, which gives more prominence to questions and answers, in terms of increasing audience and participation. The connection will be made by Jagad Guru das with you on the day of the class.

The translation will be done by Cintamani Devi Dasi.

Yours in Srila Prabhupada's service.

Your servant Madan Mohan das.

ASA(TB) - See you in a few hours!!!!! Your servants!

• Que tus rebaños se multipliquen y se amplíen los sacrificios en tu altar.
• Mögen sich Ihre Herden vermehren und die Opfer auf Ihrem Altar sich ausdehnen.
• لتتكاثر غنمك وتتسع الذبائح على مذبحك.

Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Dear Maharaja: I am writing to remind you and confirm your class on Friday October 23, 7:30 p.m. Chile time, with the topic, Srila Prabhupada: "His vision of modern society", which will be broadcast by Iskcon Chile. Your servant Madan Mohan das.

HpS - AGTSP. It is good that you wrote to remind us, because we completely forgot! So, that is 5.30PM our (Nashville, Tennessee) time. Again, we should not do VOI (Voice Over Internet). We can share our screen, but the audio should be through a local, USA, telephone connection!

How are you? Are all psychologists crazy?

Are you crazy for Krsna?

Radhika-nagara Das wrote:

Saturday, October 10, 2020, 01:57:19 AM CDT, Dandavat Pranams Maharaja, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you very much!

Kindly find attached the Student Handbook along with another guide.

Would you be able to take one more Unit, if it is available?

Ys, Rnd.

-=-=-=-=-

HpS - So, we are planning for February next year. That is 4-months from now and at 72-yers old I cannot promise that I won't be dead or senile demented, but otherwise we will do it.

1. I see your manual. It is 121-pages? Will take some time to review.
2. I see Gauranga-darshana Das, Vidya-pitha Manual. We have been doing some close work with them. Is good tool.
3. We can log on on ZOOM but as of now we cannot do the Voice Over Internet (VOI). We just do the screen over internet and the voice by telephone call in. It burns too much Data otherwise. So.... do you have a Zoom account that has a USA number that we can call? That is essential.
4. We could do another session. That would seem to be our limit. Two sessions, and probably all that anyone could tolerate of us.
5. Can our Anjana Suta Academy students join as observers?

Hare Krsna! May all the Mayapura Cobras come to your Kirtans and show their hoods, but not bite.

On Monday, October 5, 2020, 04:04:45 AM CDT, Radhika Nagara Das wrote:

Dear Hanumat Preshak Swami 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrila Prabhupāda. 

On behalf of the Mayapur Institute, I would like to invite you to teach part of our Bhaktivedanta course the upcoming semester.

This year all our courses will be online via ZOOM call.

Classes run from Monday to Friday, 4-6:30 pm, IST. 

Mon Feb 15 – Sat 19 

Sri Advaita Acharya Apperance Day- Fri Feb 19

Unit 14

Mahārāja Yayāti, Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead

canto 9 chap 19 to 24 

(End of canto 9)

We would be greatly honored by you participation in the course.

Kindly let me know at you earliest convenience.

Thank you.

Your servant,

Rādhikā Nāgara Das

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. It is so, so, so, so..... nice to hear from you. It seems possible. this is 2021, no?

Replying to https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11602/

.Hare Krishna.

Dear Guru Maharaja, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, Please accept my humble obeisances unto you,

The event will start tomorrow 7th October Wednesday.

Your understanding is very well Gurudev. Indeed, your participation in this PUC (´P` because "Pontificia", of the Pope) event called "Coloquio Internacional de Naturaleza y Sacralidad" (International Colloquium on Nature and Sacred) Program is 21st October - 19:45 hrs. Chilean Time ( www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/chile/santiago is a useful and bonafide webpage to convert the time ).

Tom Brown - ASA -- Well, actually, it is not correct. We have 6.45PM Nashville time on our Calendar. Which is 18.45 Nashville, which is 20.45 Santiago. Bllllllsfftttttp! 😬

.... So it is 5.45PM - 6.05PM Nashville time. 🙂

The time frame is just 20 minutes (TED Talk-style - sāndra-ātmā — "whose nature is very condensed")

The content of the HPS presentation

I didn't get that you were asking me about your proposal. I think that the idea is very accurate to the public who will attend.

In fact, the BG is known already by this audience so, hear this technical approach from the BG, is very authoritative and advanced way to start for a swami who will speak about this book.

The quotations from Srimad Bhagavatam are perfect because are a good example of how this Bhagavata culture see the ideal situation of the world and how it was, actually.

In one moment I thought is not too much but then I realized that the time frame is a very short, so now, on contrary, I think that is a very focused message and that's good.

Humble suggestions

In my humble opinion, a wink [nod] or a little reference to some of the points in common between Bhagavata culture and Mapuche culture and perspective - or at least, Inca culture- about "nature and the sacred" would be unexpected but very well received if you make it.

TB - The first problem is that we have no firm idea whatsoever about Mapuche culture! What is it? Do they worship The Great One who Eats Dried Banana-chips on Ekadasi? Why is it important to the audience? Are they Mapuche? Or are they afraid of Maphuche??? Help!

For that, I recommended already check this extract of the interview to the researcher and our friend's mentor, Gastón Soublette speaking about the deep values of the mapuche culture.

TB - Awww!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N27LAd9 06yM

TB - Awk! GrONk... BlooK .,., & Black! The link does not work! 😭

Tried it five times. Just defaults to general Youtube.com and President Trump kissing..... babies... Searched "Gastón Soublette" and got over a dozen interviews of a very wise old man with a very large white beard! Same for you? Please send us the correct link!

Other way to get some insights is the presentations of the TABLE 2 - entitled "NATURALEZA Y SACRALIDAD: TRADICIONES INDÍGENAS" - 14 th October, 17:30 hrs.

TB - Seems too late for the dull brains of Brother Ass etc. and probably some funny foreign language, and probably not focused enough for our efforts. We're pretty stoopid here.

The three presentations of that day will be in Spanish, but Carlos Rold is ready to make a good three summaries of each for you, to facilitate you can get some good insights to quote or re-think something to relate to your own presentation.

TB - O.K. Very good Not more than 2,000 words and then we can ask questions! We will sound very intelligent!!

Again, this is not requested at all, I just think that could be something very unexpected and it let a "buena sensación" about vaisnava wisdom and our desire to build stronger bridges.

TB - Really, our desire to participate in these programs is first to listen and THEN to speak!!! God is too big for one religion, society, planet!

On the other hand, to mention about vegetarianism it could add useful new ideas to whose people who ignore that the concept of animals rights actually is coming from India historically, and that perspective is.

TB - I think it is indicated in the description of Yudhisthira Raja! We will look for it.

Finally, dear guru maharaja, remember our proposal to design your final presentation. 2 DAYS before the event is enough for us because they requested one day before the day.

Maybe three days before, 18th October, if you are interested in to show the "premiere" to the ASA crew.

TB - By 15th October. Maybe we make it our presentation for Sunday with ISKCON Alto Peru. https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11650/

Book Distribution

Regarding your question, I think that Light of the Bhagavata is not available physically, I mean, I have some but just a few physical, 3 or 4 I think.

BBT Spanish Books are not yet for Amazon Kindle officially. Only Bhagavad Gita.

Science of Self Realization or the Spanish BBT book "Ecología y Supervivencia" 80 pages I think it would be good. The SSR is already in vedabase.com in spanish.

But one way that I think that would be interesting is put a link (with bit.ly tech to know then how many people enter in it in the moment, and afterwards) where the people could download an extract (for example SB 1.10-4-6) in pdf/epub formats or event the entire Light of Bhagavata or Science of Self Realization in spanish (in a unoficcial way, I can prepare it). What do you think about it?

TB - The vedabase.io link to BG 7.4 and SB 1.10.4+ could be included. They can can communicate with you all, no? Then you can filter the interest and we can expand our citations and send books accordingly? We could also include a bibliography, "further reading'!

Anyway, I think that we should focus in just one or two book.

TB - 💪

Good leader of many Apes!

The event opening tomorrow 7th October

Finally, the Opening Event is tomorrow 17:00 hrs. Chilean Time, and our friends and organizers, Claudia Lira and Elvira Ríos, will present the aims of this event, so, it would be very nice if you can join. This will be a few minutes anyway. So, if you can join, the "coordinates" are here but also everyone can join registering themselves here:

TB - 5PM Santiago, 3PM Nashville. Ententaremos.

bit.ly/35mQGQ0

Or just watch on:

www.facebook.com/InstitutodeEsteticaUC

General Description of the Event and the Institute

Institute: "We teach about valuing and appreciating culture and the arts. Aesthetics, is a branch of Philosophy linked to disciplines such as Letters, Photography, Cinema, Music and many more. We study symbolic systems and cultural diversity.:

[Official post on its Social media pages about the event] "All invited to the colloquium Nature and Sacredness: human stillness and connection with life carried out via Zoom. A call to share knowledge and reflection on the experience in religious education, the performance of rites, the investigation of art and cultures and the concrete actions of projects in development, which allow dialogue between the various manifestations. An international meeting that seeks to reflect on the return to the interior for the external expansion of nature, appreciating the interrelation of dualities (female-male, natural-supernatural, sacred-profane, religious-secular) that allow harmonic balance. Details in estetica.uc.cl "

Registration Link: bit.ly/35mQGQ0

Any question, please Gurudev just ask I'm your servant.

TB - We just asked HpS, and he asked Gurudeva, and HpS said that as far as he can understand Gurudeva, Srila Prabhupada, asks that you be a good boy and chant "Hare Krsna". Nice service!! AGTSP!

Personally we want to say that is nice working with you, and we can see that we ALL have a lot more work to do to be super professional devotees but... https://vedabase.io/es/library/sb/9/10/20/ !