Letters to the editor

Nitai-Gaura, Radhe-Shyama, Jaya Krsna-Balarama!

AGTSP!  (paoho)   By the mercy of PND we have the ASA Blog again. It is now 5.10AM, Monday, 17 December. We are in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in our ASA Trailer-Camp Office.

Oink!       Oink!                Whoop!   Whoop!

We've not got much to say: Many people, many projects, one Mantra, Hare!     We must do some more Japa to keep our 25>28/day on beads.

         Pause, to chant one Mantra during any work.  Chant while you work. Make chanting your work and let everything else flow from it.

                   Vande guroh sri caranaravindam.

    Japa, 64-rounds/day.   25 on beads, or more, and the rest as you type, cook, dance, your flute with all the other boys play. 
 

           Hare!    Krsna!                         Hare!  Rama!!!

 

    AGTSP   paoho.   Our Blog may be working again.  I got your call I will respond by phone.

PAMHO/AGTSP

It has been a good while since I've been in contact with you! But I have been thinking of you and the lovely guidance you've given me pertaning to Upadesamrta... (which is why I'm writing again). It was also very nice to finally meet you in person at TKG's vyasa puja/book release in dallas!

So anyway...

I am as usual reading NOI every day and wanting to increase my understanding of the text and want to know what you think of a few things.

What do you think of reading BV Narayana Maharaja's translations of the Anuvrtti/Piyusa-darsini-vrtti commentaries? 

         ASA - AGTSP!   paoh.  I think there is no formal institutional rstriction again them.   I think it is a rather individual things how we relate to devotees such as Narayana Maharaja. As far as his translation of the Upadesamrta commentary by Bh. Siddhanta Sarasvati goes I think is simple, clear and quite useful to go deeper into Srila Prabhupada's work.

There is also this commentary by Radhika Raman Gosvami in this same translation, should we read his comments?

      ASA - Same comments as above.   Smile.  Smile. 

and lastly, when are you coming to texas next? I can arrange some nice things to do here!!!

    ASA - www.jayarama.us/kd/cal.txt     we type with more smiles.   Only for two nights in January but hope to be in Houston for two weeks in June.

your servant, Gauralila Dasa (Rtadhvaja Swami)

                Jaya!   AGTSP!    All success for your Sankirtana!  !                    !!!

There is also additional archaeological evidence posted on this other site: http://www.stephen-knapp.com/recent_archeological_finds_confirming_Vedic_history.htm If anyone is serious about pursuing these ideas they should probably get his book.

Dear GM PAMHO

As requested, i have posted the link below about the timeline of Krsna's pastimes: http://stephenknapp.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/time-line-of-lord-krishna-supported-by-science/

This seems to provide some evidence that supports what we have learned in Vedic Scriptures. I am not sure how much this would hold up in an academic environment, but it certainly is intriguing from a Vaiṣṇava perspective.

The search for confirmation of a historical view outside that of the 20th century Western worldview is certainly a task which Srinandanandana Prabhu has put a lot of hard work into and it may be a good preaching tool in opening up the minds of those willing to listen.

YHS, Tcsd

         ASA - HpS -  Jaya!!  AGTSP   paoho....   Oink!     Oink!   We are just walking out he door in Guayquil so we have just captured the link and will take it with us!          We agree with your epistemelogical analysis, even Newton said that science can give an indication but it takes scripture and bhakti yoga from Guru to experience the truth beyond doubt.

Send more news as you get it.  We had BIG university program last night and they liked citations like this very much!

Dear Maharaj:

Namaste, etc.

1. What is a nakshatra? It is a group stars close enough to be called a constellation. There are 27 such groups that the moon moves through each month on a daily basis.

   ASA -  AGTSP  paoho.  Ooof!     Daily basis we have monthly movement.  !! ? Confusing!

However, when it comes to full moons, there are only 12 plus every 3rd year an extra one (adhik masa) in a single year. This can be very easily seen as the full moon moves through the 12 constellations of the zodiac (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, ..., Pisces) in one year's time; thus the Vedic constellations are portions of the 12 constellations of the zodiac.   ASA - Brother if you have a Day Job keep it. Your vebal description of optical motions are too

hard to follow. How can the full moon move throught the twelve signs of the Zodiac?  We thought that we moved through them one month at a time?

2. Go to www.astroviewer.com and click on "Interactive night sky map" and when the button labeled "Start Astroviewer" click on that. Next, select Ecucador, Quito. Since Quito is located on the equator (which divides the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere of the Earth), this is a great place to watch the full moon advance each month through the 12 constellations of the zodiac.

3. You'll need the dates for the full moons so go to www.timeanddate.com and select "Moon Phases"; then, select Equador, Quito for 2012. Plug these dates into astroviewer and you will see the advancing moon. This will show you that each and every full moon is uniquely identified with certain background stars; ie, the various constellations of the zodiac. Since the various nakshatras are foreign to us Westerners, the constellations of the zodiac work best for us as an introduction to the basic concepts of the lunar calendar.

4. You should also note that from Jan/09/2012 through Dec/28/2012 there are 13 full moons, starting and ending with the constellation of Gemini. Make sure you select constellation names, "latin" and that you select show celestial equator. It is important to note that the stars of the night sky are seen as comprising a sphere that surrounds the Earth globe.

5. Please let me know when you have completed lesson one. This will help you start your journey through the French Alps!

Ys, Saranga Thakura dasASA -  Whoop Whoop.  Co completely incomrehensible.   Why are you giving us 101  beofre 1AABC.   101 is for third year students!!    Laos the damn robot has a terrible internet connectin here in Guayaquil.  We cant even see what we ar typing until one minute ater we type it.    HpS Swami is cahint Japa acrooss the temple rom.  It is like Mayapura here.  We are abov eht Centinanial Plaza.  There is lots of fruit and lots of people to talk to .Do you get 16 rounds done before 10AM in the moringing?So nice to hear from you!!!!