Letters to the editor

Jay Maharaj! PAMHO AGSTP!!!!

All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!!!

How r u Maharaj??? How’s your health going?? Are you following any Ayurvedic o Naturopathic doctor??

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!!! Just posted about our bodily, brother ass, condition of life! -[;0]]/\___

We follow Jayananda Das, Rupanuga Das Dr. Singh's adivce.

Well here I’m fine, trying to effort myself and chant better rounds.

Maharaj I wanted to ask you some

questions, I heard you saying that professional gamblers have certain type of connection with Paramatma, and I read that with non devotees He acts as a witness and sanctioner, and with devotees the friendship relationship is added, so my question is what is the relationship gamblers do have with Paramatma, and up to what Rasa one can relate with Him under that category of tattva.

ASA - We are always guided by the Paramatma. Soul is resting on the nine or so types of life airs, and we desire and the P'atma 'smells' the fragrance of our desires and directs the car.

Like three year old sitting on daddy's lap thinking he is driving the car.

O.K.

Don't know what kind of Rasa it is. Somebody may be a neophyte pure devotee. Have made some progress in last life to even Nistha, no? Yet, stumbled into Tamasic Karma so s[he]it is riding along on this professional gambler's trail but internally has some Buddhi, Bhava, background sense that there is a Goddess of Fortune and that she does have a Lord (??!) and she favors people who do progressive things with the profit?

O.K.??

Well regarding the shelter request, well I asked you some months before and you said I had to wait until 6 months have elapsed since I started chanting the 16 rounds and following the regulative principles, and I did so, that’s why I asked for shelter once again.

HpS - We really liked being ISKCON Diksa guru for nice people, especially if we were very much in a Siksa relationship, but even now we are struggling with a headache. Trying to squeeze through simple Siksa duties of few nice Posts to the Blog, DTC(UT)Spain production meeting, BOEX Bhakti vedanta standards, quick meeting with Abiseka Das...

... so, we have to give up some of these services to younger men, like you!

Become ISKCON Diksa guru!

Well hope you are well!!!

Hare Krishna :)

your servant,

Federico :))

Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva,

AGTSP PAMHO

I hope you're well and in good health. I read that you'll soon go to Houston and stay for 3 months. Jaya! AGTSP! I also read that you watch videos on YouTube about the life of Salvador Dalí, he's a fascinating artist, very special, he was an idol and source of inspiration for Rodrigo and his mystical surrealistic poetry.

I'm writing to inform you that the musical project SIT PROPERLY 108 was already released on October 10 through the digital distributor and the first single “Soy uno de Verdad” (I'm a real one) will soon be available on all platforms, currently it's available on Instagram, Facebook , Tik Tok, Youtube Music, Amazon, Apple Music, iTunes, Jaxsta, and many other digital stores, Spotify is the last to publish or the one that takes the longest between 5 and 7 days from the release date. I send to you a link to listen to the song on Youtube Music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6XVeblRyS8

The artist's review is as follows: SIT PROPERLY 108 is a Hare Krishna Emcee. A conscious and spiritual message predominates in his songs with mixtures of rhythms inspired by Hip Hop culture, including sounds of Trap, Afrobeat, Reggaeton, Dancehall, Funk, Gospel, Rock, Pop, musical instruments from India, mantras and voice samples of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the leading spiritual master of the Krishna consciousness movement all over the world.

It has all been very complex, but thank God we can move forward little by little. The plan is that from now on there will be a monthly release, the next 3 songs are almost finished and their respective releases are already scheduled, which will be during November, December and January. There are 6 more songs in production stage and I continue writing, reading, researching, experimenting and seeking inspiration from Srila Prabhupada to carry out this project that is very important to me.

Simultaneously, I'm studying the current functioning of the music industry, copyright, related rights, discovering my own communication marketing strategy, to execute everything professionally, I have everything registered and verified in the official institutions in charge, intellectual property and rights author societies, always prioritizing the quality of the message and the sound quality in my songs. Of course keep working on my personal vocal practice and with my teacher, advancing in the development of my technique, polishing my style, improving the flow.

The promotions and all the new material, songs, video clips, events, etc., that will be published can be reviewed at any of the following links:

https://www.facebook.com/sitproperly108

https://www.instagram.com/sitproperly108/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFN1Xz3RHZP7eJrC3Sj4ZA

On Tik Tok Spotify and on all social networks and digital stores SIT PROPERLY 108

I want to offer you my musical and audiovisual production services. Here I can entrust work to those friends who make up my team in this project; if you were in Chile we can record you reading a book or giving a class, for example, with first class audiovisual equipment high quality microphones and nice people working and helping (we are using Neumann, an old German specialized brand); but what we can do right now is that if, for example, you send us the audios with your voice, here we can edit them and refine the sound quality, we can also mix audio with video or pictures and edit.

Would you be willing to come to Chile during January, February or March? Here at Iskcon Chile there is a lot of enthusiasm and we can do a campaign to pay for your tickets and stay, it will be a success, here they always ask “when will Maharaja come again?” I ask you to please forgive me if my proposal does not apply, it's just an idea and a strong desire to see you again and be able to do a little more Vapu-seva.

Thank you very much for everything Gurudeva, in my next reports I'll tell you about the service I do in the temple, about the bhakta and disciple courses and a general report.

Please accept my respectful obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

HARE KRISHNA!!!

Your aspiring servant,

Carlos Rold.

HpS//ASA - AgtSP!!!

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We mention our calendar in the last and every 'Kapi Dhvaja'.

Travel to foreign countries is very hard.

Maybe we find some studio in Houston. We need to drink more water and dance, physical work. We have to dissolve this body so that KRSNA can use it for other bodies.

We make note to review URL above.

Send more Sankirtan news and watch ours and then we can link as our inspiration crosses paths in Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan.

DTC - UT series is coming into the final editing stages.

Of course, there are INTENSE discussions of artistic style etc.

Here are the posts we made to the Directors, Producers et al on WhatsApp:

[9/20/2023 5:02 PM] : Gracias Senyor! We have been struggling to survive the last few days. We are doing programs every two months with NIOS Nashville, but that means that people are coming from Florida, California, renting houses, and so we have intense activity as hosts.

[9/20/2023 5:03 PM] : Then, we were not doing anymore travel, DTC, <<ULTIMATE TRIP>>, after we got back from India but were getting so, so, many requests to travel and visit people.

[9/20/2023 5:06 PM] : Finally, we got our feet on the ground, after like two, three months in our Base Camp, Nashville, and #1) We realized that we cannot travel alone anymore. Those days are done. The travel exhausts us and we get disorientation, vertigo, to even the point that we could black out. So we agreed to visit Richmond (East Coast) and Boise (West Coast) for like aweek each if some one would pick us up and drop us off.

[9/20/2023 5:06 PM] : Did Richmond. Was a killer but so, so productive.

[9/20/2023 5:10 PM] : Now we have been in Boise for 48-hours after an 8-hour, four-airport journey. They have planned a strong cultural program, and people are flying in from Seattle, San Francisco, Atlanta et al to see us. Just spent 1-hour with Lokannatha Das. We worked together with a fantastic traveling puppet theater, "Purnima Puppet Theater", for like four years, and this is first chance we have had to consolidate everything with him. He still has the marionettes in boxes, and has pretty solid Parkinson's disease, but he is a transcendentalists, so he understands that even though his normal bodily functions are disturbed, he can find ways to still use his body to create and communicate by using innovative methods.

[9/20/2023 5:12 PM] : What really, really is happening is that I am staying in touch, building my understanding or our audience for DTC-UT. So I feel that my opinion of winding up the production of the videos and heading into the distribution stage is well informed.

[9/20/2023 5:13 PM] : I think I have one perspective on our audience, one part of our audience. I think Raoul, Pablo, Abhirama have other audience they know.

[9/20/2023 5:14 PM] : Now I have been motivated to show the movies to others and get their unprompted opinions. You saw the strong, favorable review that Gopinatha Das (HP Exec) gave.

[9/20/2023 5:15 PM] : Now I would like to download DTC-India here, and work out a Critic's Screening. Then, for me, I think my perspective on uploading to Vimeo and public marketing would be done.

[9/20/2023 5:19 PM] : Also, in perspective of the whole series, I wanted to see the second half of DTC Spain before forming more ideas and criticisms. Again, I see many options. One that half the studio world has seemed to use is: Studio Cut and Director's Cut. I may not be the best. I think we have some funds to cover our costs for some more editing, but for me and everyone, I think that it is not just money (money is Radha) but also how people see the personal value of investing more time in the series, the project.

[9/20/2023 5:23 PM] : I like criticism from sincere people. It is tough but I like it. I am eternal and maybe my efforts don't deserve a documentary consolidating what I have done in this lifetime. O.K. Jesus and Maria like my efforts 🙂 and are always giving criticism motivated and taking what I have done, we have done, and making eternal improvements. At some point we WILL achieve Escape Velocity and then the whole cosmos opens up to our space ship.

[9/20/2023 5:23 PM] : 💪💪💪🐮

[9/20/2023 5:24 PM] : 🤖

[9/20/2023 5:25 PM] : So... ArtDas... we need another link to download DTC-India. The one you sent has appeared to have expired. We want to show it here. Radhika Raman Das arrives tomorrow or Friday and stays until late Sunday or early monday.

[9/20/2023 5:26 PM] : Then we want to look at DTC-3.

HK Maharaj! Dandavats! PAMHO AGTSP! All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!

how are u??

ASA - This is T. Brown/U.G. HpSwami died and went to hell/heaven. We are answering his mail. Hope this is really a 'Hot Topic' or we will sling Electro Magnetic Curses, flying like thunder-bolts to make you rich, famous, and seductive!! 🐒

🐒 🐒

This is Federico Molnar, by a Rati Manjari dd’s suggestion, I signed up with another email in order to freely speak about a hot topic and so my letter won’t be published.

This letter contains information I wouldn’t like to be revealed in public, I beg you don’t post it on the blog.

T. Brown - Hmmph... Please write back describing the content in general terms. Then we can send it to the proper bureau for Confidential Contact.

Thank you!

Hurry!!

[CONTENT DELETED AS EXPLAINED ABOVE]

kindly,

your servant,

XXX

ASA - Your servants, Brown and White [HpS].

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Follows the current Final Credits for the DTC-UT (India).

Please, please, please help us include participants and collaborators.

Don't be shy.

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DTC-UT India

FINAL CREDITS

Directed by

Raúl Zevallos

Hanumatpresaka Swami (Theme and Technical)

Director of Photography

Pablo Rivasplata

Executive Producer

Abhirama Thakura Dasa

(Alejandro Salazar Rodríguez)

Editing

Pablo Rivasplata

Music

Sriman Havi Das (Ilan Chester) / Album: Symphony of the Soul)

Ananta Sri Das / Álbum: Lotus)

Om Bhakti Group / Raga Ahir Bhairav,

Atma Group / Breaking the Glass

Participants

H. H. Hanumatpresaka Swami (Prof. H. H. Robinson)

Héctor Béjar Rivera

Raúl Zevallos Ortiz

Ranchor Krishna Dasa (Rinku Shivpujan Gupta)

Govinda Pramodini D.D. (Govinda Ramírez)

Abhirama Thakura Dasa (Alejandro Salazar)

Technical Assistants

Jayanta Das

Adirasasa Das

Krsna-murti Das

DELHI:

Interviewees

Sriman Sashi Prakash Singh

Collaborators

H. H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja, Regional Director ISKCON

Ms. Mónica Cecilia Campos Fernández, Head of Chancellery of the Embassy of Peru in India

Yuddhistira Govinda Das

Dristi Gopi Devi Dasi

KOLKATA:

Interviewees

Ananga Mohan Das

Héctor Béjar

Collaborators

Sumanta Rudra

Balarama Lila Das

Sundar Gopal Das

Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay, Eminent Educationist

Dr. Swapankumar Pramanick, President of The Asiatic Society

MAYAPUR:

Interviewees

H. G. Hari Sauri Das

Prof. Hector Bejar

Collaborators

Atul Krishna Das

Mayapur TV

Vrajendra Kumar Dasa & Family

Dhruvananda Dasa, Daneshwari Dasi, Saraswati & Suryani

Vira Gopal Dasa & Goura Gadhadar Dasi

MANIPUR:

Collaborators

H. H. Haridas Goswami

Sadhu-bhusana Das, Manimandir Temple President and all of the Bhaktas, Priests, Organizers and Music and Drama Associations

Saradha Gourangi Dasi

Ramanuja Das

VRINDAVAN:

Interviewees

H. H. Asita Krishna Swami

Sripad Padmanabha Goswami, Radha-raman Mandir

Collaborators

Vipina Bihari Das

Krishna Swarup Das

Sri Hari Prabhu, Syama Sakhi Mataji & Subhadra Mayi Devi Dasi

Tungavidya Devi Dasi

Sukadeva Das, President Radha-kunda Gopal Manidira

Our heartfelt thanks to

To the directors of NIOS for their constant support

Bhaktivedhanta Research Centre, Kolkata

Bhaktivedhanta Institute, Manipur

ISKCON Kolkatta Temple

The Asiatic Society, Kolkata

Bhaktivinode Asan - ISKCON Ultadanga

Mayapur Caitanya-candrodaya Temple / Mayapur TV

Baghbazar Gaudiya Math Kolkata

Krishna Balarama Mandir – Raman-reti, Vrindavan

Bhaktivedhanta Ashrama – ISKCON Govardhan

And to all those who made possible, directly and indirectly, the making of this film.

To all, from our heart, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

© North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies – NIOS, 2023

A Tennessee, USA, Non-profit Corporation

www.NiosNimbus.Org

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you for your answers and for not letting go of my hand despite my setbacks. I feel that you are my best friend on this planet, since you are the representative of the Supreme Friend, Krishna, but I feel like Arjuna seeing the universal form.

HpS/ASA - 🐒 AGTSP! ! . . !

Well, maybe in my next birth I will have a better body and mind to serve you better, without making so many mistakes.

HpS/ASA - Ditto! 👍

I have some questions:

1.- You suggested I do yoga to improve my meditation, but when I practice it I feel pain in the joints that I have affected, perhaps it is because I do not do it properly or I am not constant.

However, I really like Chi Kung, which is similar to Tai Chi, and it doesn't bother me when I practice it. Do you think that chi kung serves in the same way as yoga for that goal?

HpS - I don't know the details. In general, Dancing for our Chanting is the best Pranayama, but considering the modern circumstances, we don't see that these practical systems are bad! Also chance to give KC association to fellow students and teacher!

2.- There are 4 dogs in my parents' house and sometimes I have had to give them dog food, which is made from meat. Is it okay for me to feed them? I say this in the sense that with this action the killing of animals is still being perpetuated.

ASA - Very strong statement by Srila Prabhupada in https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/7/37/.

Tell people that because of the details of your religious principles and personal feelings of compassion you don't get involved in killing, transporting, cooking, serving animals.

3.- When one achieves liberation, does the false ego disappear or is one simply so elevated that one no longer identifies with it even though it is still there?

HpS - Different levels of liberation. Taking "false ego" as "ahankare" it is there is the beginning phases and has some influence but it is reduced as we go from first to second to third initiation. At second initiation it is under control, but is still there.

When we leave the material atmosphere it is not there.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/7/#bb5987

🙂

4.- The soul does nothing more than wish, the modalities are the ones that act through our mind and body in each action, but when one performs a Krishna conscious activity, does it follow the same operation or is the soul the one that is acting directly?

HpS - Who is riding the bicycle? Father holds it up in every way while the child sits on it in the beginning, but child becomes more and more responsible as he matures in his senses and skills, no?

We are always small, but as we become sincere then Maya ceases to engage us through external energy and Radha takes over. Then She realizes our desires of service.

Thank you very much Gurudeva

I wish I could always remember you

be able to serve you

And to be able to intensify my devotion towards Radha and Krishna

your servant

Piyari Mohan das

Hare Krsna!!