Letters to the editor

9th Report of THE ART AND THE SACRED

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada !!

All glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami !!

First of all, allow me to apologize for this long absence in sending reports to the Blog. I speak with you every week, but, I know that your communication and organization system of your Sankirtana revolves on the basis of the Blog, therefore, I sincerely ask you to excuse me for this long delay, I will try to be regular by sending reports every two weeks.

HpS - ASA -- Yes!   Thank you so so very much. I guess the main point is that we, Hanumatpresaka Swami, only have a small part in the organization these programs in the Anjana Suta Academy. We apologize that we have not been able to communicate that enough.

Especially in "Art and the Sacred", it very much depends on working with NIOS, as a branch of ASA. Unless we get regular coordination of the work through this Blog we will get into very big problems. Now with just three months until this program things are becoming crucial.  This work is so important for all of ISKCON. This program is one of the premier programs in all of ISKCON.

In relation to the advancement of ART AND THE SACRED, this is the program that we are advancing:

I INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ART AND THE SACRED

October 24, 25 and 26. Mario Vargas Llosa Auditorium, of the National Library of Peru.

PROGRAM

Next week we have a meeting with Ramón Mujica to refine the names of the Symposium days (welcome suggestions). And then with Miguel Polo to see the progress of SOLARIS No. 3, Krishna through, we hope to have the magazine ready in mid-September.

The brochure of THE ART AND THE SACRED have already been received by Beverley in Bogotá-Colombia, there they will distribute them in the VIII Latin American Congress of Jungian Psychology.

For the artistic presentations we have a good reception with the embassies of India, Japan (Flute and Harp) and China (Erhu, the Chinese violin), also our Sufi friend can present a dance of 10 minutes.

That is all for now. Hare Krishna respected Gurudeva, his insignificant servant, Abhiram Thakur das.

HpS - Yes, just 13-weeks to develop all of this. Even less since a lot of the work should be done in Solaris.
We sould suggest that we focus on Solaris to organize the participation, who will join us, and what will be the content of the Symposium.

Participation
We want to reach new people and get them involved with our programs, our ideas, our books, our community, our discussion. We want to involve the ISKCON National Council.

We want to develop more relations with old friends.

Content
You list the event as just these three days in the evenings. Won't there also be other pre-events and even events during the day?

Who has confirmed attendance? How will we host them?

Is your budget suficient?

Please send copies of the contract with the National Museum to the Blog. It is essential. We really HAVE to have these in your next report if we want NIOS to participate. They are a slow bunch in many ways.

We would suggest we start and finish each evening with a musical/dance item and then divide the rest of the evening into two parts as you have done, but we would suggest starting with a longer presentation, say 40-minutes with one presenter and then 20-minutes for questions and answers with the audience and the other participants. Of course, we want to have audio record of everything so we can make movies, articles for Solaris.

In the second half we have would suggest three panelists of twenty minutes each and then twenty minutes of questions and comments by other panelists and the audience.

Themes can answer Hector's three questions:

1. Describe the community with which you identify yourself.

2. Describe what is sacred in that community and

3. Describe how Art allows members of the community to realize the Sacred.

To this we could add the topics:

4. Describe how Art in your life and community, or in the life of some one else, for example, Stanislavskii,  has or is being used to realize the Sacred and to communicate the Sacred to others.

5. Can the world be happy, free from wars and violence, without profound realization of the Sacred through Art?

Esteemed Blog members. Please join in this project. Help the Thakura and his marvelous associates: Nitya-kishori, Luis Tunino et al.

Organize this Symposium in other places, Arrequipa, Chile.

We will arrive Lima about the 24th September. We would love to join other events for this topic in Lima and I think we would also go out to La Paz and Arrequipa. We are discussing this with Mathuresha Das.

What do the members of the National Council etc. think.

24th October we would go to Santiago and come back about one month later. Stay in Lima maybe only one or two nights.

Thank you again. Thank you for the pictures. Hope your family, body and business are go very well.

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9no. Informe de EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

¡Todas las glorias a Hanumatpresaka Swami!

En primer lugar, permítame disculparme por esta larga ausencia en el envío de informes al blog. Hablo con usted todas las semanas, pero, sé que su sistema de comunicación y organización de su Sankirtana giran en base al blog, por eso, sinceramente le pido me excuse por esta larga demora, tratare de ser regular haciendo envíos cada dos semanas.

En relación al avance de EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO este es el programa que estamos avanzado:

I SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO

24, 25 y 26 de octubre

Auditorio Mario Vargas Llosa, de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú.

PROGRAMA

La próxima semana tenemos una reunión con Ramón Mujica para afinar los nombres de los días del Simposio (bienvenidas las sugerencias). Y luego con Miguel Polo para ver el avance de SOLARIS No 3, Krishna mediante, esperamos tenerla lista la revista a mediados de setiembre.

Las separatas de EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO ya las recibió Beverley en Bogotá- Colombia, ahí las van a distribuir en el VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Psicología Junguiana.

Para las presentaciones artísticas contamos con una buena acogida con las embajadas de India, Japón (Flauta y Arpa) y China (Erhu, el violín chino), también nuestro amigo sufí puede presentar un baile de 10 minutos.

Hare Krishna respetado Guru Maharaja, su insignificante sirviente, Abhiram Thakur das.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva!

AgtSP

Jay Guru and Gauranga!

I wish You are fine in all aspects Maharaja.

Upon initiation, I have spoken with the authority, Yadunandana Swami, to be able to initiate myself when you are here, if there is no problem with the discipleship course (it does not have to), and he has told me that not from him, there is no problem in the recommendation, and in that I am initiated, if you see it well.
I beg you to please accept me as a formal disciple initiated.

HpS - ASA -- Sounds fine to me. The Disciple Course should be simple and even useful.

Maharaja, I know very well that I am a demon ... yes, it is the type of body I have ...

HpS - But an amiable demon! <img alt="devil" height="23" src="https://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/devil_smile.png" title="devil" width="23" />

But by one question or another, I have no doubt about Krsna and its powers. And for one question or another, I'm almost 100% sure that my time of not doing things right to finish.

HpS - ASA -- We also hope to improve!   All the faults we have cause burden to Srila Prabhupada!

In the same way that in the past I told you, I was not sure about the initiation, because I was not sure of doing things at the level of initiation on the street, alone and married. In the same way, I say to you, that now I am almost completely sure of being able to initiate myself.

About the trip to India and Peru, it is possible that I have to do some papers in Spain at the end of February, it is possible that I do not, but I do not think that I would risk going to Peru to return to Spain right away, so maybe I made a pilgrimage through India and Nepal until mid-February ... so maybe we will not see each other ... I feel very sorry ... maybe if you go to Manipur?

HpS - Yes, you would like that. They would like you!!  You could preach nicely.

I deeply regret all the problems that I give Maharaja, but really when I am alone, and I practice spiritual life, I am very well, even with the principles.

HpS - In general, we have to learn to be alone (with Krsna and Guru), even when we are with others. Our association is not perfect, neither is the association of others who are not pure devotees. So we all have to learn to get regular purification by full morning and evening program.

See you soon.

'are Krsna!

After a long hard struggle we have fixed our dates.

September
12 - Madrid to JFK to Nashville

13 - Viva Kultura (Indra dyumna Swami) Nashville

21 (Fr)  Vamana-dvadasi - Nashville

22(Sa) Nashville to Houston (IAH) 1-2.45PM [$135], Appearance of Bhaktivinode Thakura.

23(Su) Houston, Disappearance of Hari Das Thakura

24(Mo) Houston (IAH) to Lima 4.30-11.00PM, Visvarupa Mahotsava, Sannyasa Srila Prabhupada, Anniversary of NOI. (21 November return) [$550]

NOW ... shall we go to Santiago 26 October to 20 November?

ART and the SACRED

Querido Gurudev: Pamho. Toda Gloria a Srila Prabhupada y sus seguidores fieles.

HpS - Jaya!!

Espero que se encuentre bien de salud cuando reciba este mensaje.

HpS - Como Vd. Cada ano mas viejo el cuerpo pero espero mas inteligente la alma!

Ayer estuvo Yadunandana Swami en casa, en el programa Sat Sanga de los viernes. Estuvimos comentando lo de su viaje. Nuestra propuesta es:

- Llega al aeropuerto el dia 30 /08. Lo recogen desde NVM y descansa allí (mejor que en Madrid).

- El dia 31 sale en un tren AVE a Barcelona (31,01,02)

- El dia 03/09 JANMASTAMI, despues de la clase de la mañana en Barcelona vuelve a NVM (03,04,05,06)

-El viernes 07 va para Madrid hasta el dia 12 que vuelve a EEUU. (Quizas el viernes podemos hacer en mi casa un programa Sat Sanga (pienso que siendo el Ratha Yatra el sabado, el Templo estará algo agitado)

Espero sus comentarios para que le saquen los billetes de tren NVM-BCN-NVM. Tambien para hacer algín cartel anunciando su visita.

Recomendaré a los Templos que paguen los viajes internos y que le den  un mínimo d e50 eu/dia. Esto pagaría la mitad del viaje. Pediré a los discipulos que aporten algo aparte para que el viaje no tenga números rojos.

Sin mas se despide

su sirviente

Jayanta das

HpS - ASA --  Muy bien oir de Vd.    Gracias a todos.    Calendario aparece muy bueno. Con los devotos podemos presentar Upadesamrta.  Si alguien quiere viajar con nostros en el Ave, muy bien!         Para Sankirtan extexior podemos ser representantes de "Arte y lo Sagrado", el evento fin de Octubre en en Peru y medio de Noviembre en Chile.

O.K.?     Podemos enviar materios didacticos. Para NOI podemos tener diplomas, inscripciones.   Bastante trabajo pero hay tiempo.

Para "Arte" busco contactos de eruditos, artistas, poetas, locos para Dios, de nuestros contactos y Vd. de suyas.

Distribuir muchos libros a ellos. Tiene "Enseñanzas del Señor Caitanya", "Luz de la Bhagavata"?

Vamos a tener "Solaris", nuestra propio revista, para distribuir.

En esta perspectivo, muy bien, hospedaje por la noche en NVM pero si hay alguien encontrar en la dia, 30 Agosto, cuando llegamos, en Madrid, muy bien. 

O.K.  Nuestra general?   Listo sus soldados?  Que pasa con Sananda Devi/Bhadravardana Das?

Hare Krsna gurumaharaja. Por favor acepte mis reverencias a sus pies y sean todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada. Espero que usted esté muy bien.

HpS ! TlgaSP!

Primero quiero pedirle disculpas por no comunicarme con usted durante mucho tiempo.

HpS - Si... Es gran pena..

Y que ahora lo haga por una inquietud que tengo con respecto a la discusión que hay en el yatra de Argentina con respecto a la legalización del aborto. Lamentablemente hay muchos devotos a favor de esto. Lo que me inquietó es un post del faceboock que puso Syama Kunda das discípulo suyo se lo copio tal cual:

"... es obvio cual sería la posición del Acarya ....pero si la mujer decide hacérselo de todas maneras? No creo que SP diría - bueno ahora pudrete en el infierno y espero que salga mal y te mueras... creo q la compasión sería lo más lógico y diría - hazlo en un lugar seguro y después ven y canta hare krsna con nosotros..." 

Yo me he quedado sin palabras y sin saber que hacer. Por favor tal vez usted pueda ayudarnos. Muchas gracias.

Su bienqueriente y discípula, madre Campakalata dd.

HpS - No puede entender la  español de SK muy bien. Pero en SB 1.9. Instrucciones de Bhisma a Yuddhisthira Srila Prabhupada dice que tenemos que seguir Parasara Dharma Sastra y el dice aborto voluntario por una mujer  es igual matar a una vaca.  Puede ser como una mujer llevar un bebe a un sitio secreto y matar lo.

 Claro hay detalles. Era loca? La bebe en la vientre purificada? Era violada? Visitado a un bar y violada o mientras su esposo proteja.

Ofensa 7 es realizar actividades pecaminosos y espera protegida por Krsna.

Hare Krishna Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I changed background color for now. Please let me know if the background is more tolerable to your eyes or if I should make it darker or different.

When I will be doing theme for new version of this blog I will definitely use some useful background color. 

Your servant Prahlad Nrsimha das

HpS -  It is perfect. Before the background light was so bright we couldn't see the letters. This is great.

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,

Krsna, Krsna, Hare Hare // Hare Rama....   Reach the roots of your power!