Letters to the editor

 Krishna beloved Gurudev Please accept my humble obeisances .All glories to Srila Prabhupad.I'm in Vrindavan Dham chanting 16+good rounds going on Vrindavan parikram every morning.A few days ago was on monolith parikram around Govardan hill.Please let me know when you'll be back to Vrindavan or ty Delhi.

I'm flight back to Serbia 8th of November

I would be so happy to have Your association again before I live.

Your humble servant

Indradyumna das

HpS - looks like we will he back to Delhi ok the 7th at noon maybe we few meet then. To airport at evening.

AGTSP

PAMHO

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja!!!

Le escribo a Ud. para pedirle una bendicion especial para el alma de mi abuela, Irma Ibañez, que abandonó el cuerpo el dia de hoy. Ella fue un alma piadosa que me inspiró en la musica, la espiritualidad y el amor. Muchas muchas gracias por leer mi mensaje.

Mis reverencias a Ud.

Ys

Devarsi Narada das

HpS - Hare Krsna!!!!!  Hare Krsna!!   Claro Ella coshecha los resulatados de su propia buen character y tambien de Vd. Pienso es bein cierto que Ella va por arriba.   So puede tener su foto en el Fiesta de Domingo y offer Prasadam and some words of sincere glorification that will be very nice. Something like that.

HK PAMHO

Dear Guru Maharaja we have been in our work bubble and BS course, and we learned something late from the bhaktivedanta course, the fact that it is in English may be an obstacle, but we found a solution, if you send us the class recording, ppt or documentation, we translate it already we have translator, and we ask him / it exactly once a month, in the afternoon it can be a Wednesday in class of Gaura aratika 7 PM, a class with the equipment Bhaktivedanta in Spanish, or with translator as you want it. P. Abhirama is interested and will join more devotees, please my only desire is to study Srimad bhagavatam with you as my teacher, life after life, and it is the only news that gives me real enthusiasm and will help me to improve my service, is miserable soul has no other joy apart from this please accept our request, many devotees will be happy.

Prabhu Puspa Gopal travel to India.

Thank you very much Gurudeva Krsna protect it

hola bolo

His daughter who adores him:

Yugala Kishora Dasi

HpS-ASA -- Ya que estamos en India, no se que va a pasar con el curso de studios de SB, pero espero Srivasa Pt. lo mantenga y estara grabado en Start Meeting. de all puede bajar todos. podemos mantener communication!!

HK PAMH

Querido Guru Maharaja hemos estado en nuestra burbuja del trabajo y curso BS, y nos entereamos algo tarde del curso bhaktivedanta, el hecho que sea en ingles puede ser un obstáculo, pero encontramos una solución, si nos envía la grabación de la clase, ppt o documentación,  lo traducimos ya tenemos traductor, y le pedimos ecarecidamente una vez al mes,  por las tarde puede ser un miércoles en clase de Gaura aratika 7 PM, una clase con el equipo Bhaktivedanta en español, o con traductor como Ud. lo desee. P. Abhirama está interesado y se unirán más devotos, por favor mi unico deseo es estudiar el Srimad bhagavatam con Ud. como mi maestro, vida tras vida, y es la única noticia que me da real entusiasmo y me ayudará a mejorar mi servicio, está alma miserable no tiene otra alegría aparte de esta por favor acepte nuestra petición, muchos devotos estaremos re felices.

Prabhu Puspa Gopal viajar a india.

Muchas gracias Gurudeva Krsna lo proteja

hari bolo

Su hija que lo adora:

Yugala Kishora Dasi 

Dear Guru Maharaj PAMHO AGTSP I received this mail and I am very happy and exciting to meet you soon. I was thinking for long time for my second initiation but was shy to ask you about it.

I don't know what are you decide about initiation of Sahil,nephew of Raktak Dasa,maybe we can be initiated together

I'm surrender toYour and Krishna's mercy and praying Lord Krishna and Balaram to be initiated in Vrindavan.

Your servant and disciple

Indradyumna das

Hare Krishna

HpS-ASA -- Let us discuss it here with all the devotees. Do you have any Brahmana association?

Since our last report we have sought to gain insights from our committee of distinguished members on what topics and questions to ask about ART AND THE SACRED for their interviews in India and Australia on their journey from September to November.

Looking for a conceptual consensus among our members (which is art and which is sacred are controversial issues) we can say briefly that Art is an activity entirely linked to the spirit, the emotions and the conscience and the Sacred is what brings us back to our original existence, which connects us with the transcendent, with the spiritual. On this basis these are the contributions:

HÉCTOR BÉJAR / THEME: THE IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT IN ART AND THE SACRED
Questions: 1. In what way do you believe that works of art regardless of their EXPLICIT purpose can express a sacred message. 2. Who are the most representative authors for you who express EXPLICITLY a transcendent, artistic and sacred message in the plastic arts, literature, theater, cinema,  etc.

WALTER LEÓN / THEME: LINK AND EVOLUTION BETWEEN ART AND SACRED
Questions: 1.- What is the link between art and the sacred, 2.- How has the thinking of art and the sacred EVOLVED. 3. Art and the sacred is a response to the yearnings of being, or is a hope for a better world, or both.

WALTER OJEDA / THEME: INTEGRATION AND CONNECTION BETWEEN NEUROSCIENCES, ART AND SACRED
Questions: 1.- The  mandalas  can be a means of INTEGRATION between art and the sacred and 2.- What are the CONNECTIONS between neurosciences, art and the sacred. 3 .- on what basis is the artistic experience and the experience of the Sacred.

Abhiram Thakur  das / THEME: THE NATURE AND ESSENCE OF ART AND THE SACRED
Questions: 1.- It is the CREATION of the universe an artistic and sacred act. 2. Art and the sacred are ESSENTIALLY experiential experiences, what is the role of consciousness in this experience. 3. - What is the relationship between soul, art and sacred.

We also talked extensively with Ambarisa  prabhu from Argentina and agreed that this documentary has, mainly, three ingredients: 1.- your interviews with personalities from the academic and cultural community. 2. - The event to be held in Lima-Peru and 3.- THE PROGRESS OF A PEREGRINE, that is, the journey or the journey of his sankirtana loyal and determined to Srila Prabhupada, one of whose characteristics is to connect the intellectuals with the books of Srila Prabhupada.

For the following report we hope to have the contributions of Ramón Mujica, Miguel Polo and Gandharva, we also have an interview with the Director of the National Library,
to see the calendar and sponsorship.

That's all for now. Hare Krishna GURUDEVA, his useless servant, Abhiram Thakur das.

URGENTE: 2do informe 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!!

Desde nuestro último informe hemos tratado de obtener las perspectivas de nuestro comité de miembros distinguidos acerca de que temas y que preguntas hacer sobre EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO para sus entrevistas en la India y Australia, en su viaje de setiembre a noviembre.

Buscando un consenso conceptual entre nuestros miembros (que es arte y que es sagrado son temas controversiales) podemos decir brevemente que el Arte es una actividad enteramente ligada al espíritu, a las emociones y a la conciencia y lo Sagrado es aquello que nos lleva nuevamente a nuestra existencia original, lo que nos conecta con lo trascendente, con lo espiritual. Sobre esta base estos son los aportes:

HÉCTOR BÉJAR / TEMA: LO IMPLICITO Y LO EXPLICITO EN EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO

Preguntas: 1.- De qué manera cree usted que las obras de arte independientemente de su propósito EXPLICITO pueden expresar un mensaje sagrado. 2.- Quienes son, para usted, los autores más representativos que expresan de manera EXPLÍCITA un mensaje trascendente, artístico y sagrado en las plásticas, la literatura, el teatro, el cine, etc.

WALTER LEÓN / TEMA: VINCULO Y EVOLUCIÓN ENTRE EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO

Preguntas: 1.- Cual es el VÍNCULO entre el arte y lo sagrado, 2.- Cómo ha EVOLUCIONADO el pensamiento del arte y lo sagrado. 3.- El arte y lo sagrado es una respuesta a los anhelos del ser, o es una esperanza para lograr un mundo mejor, o ambas.

WALTER OJEDA / TEMA: INTEGRACIÓN Y CONEXIÓN ENTRE LAS NEUROCIENCIAS, EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO

Preguntas: 1.- Pueden las mándalas ser un medio de INTEGRACIÓN entre el arte y lo sagrado y 2.- Cuales son las CONEXIONES entre las neurociencias, el arte y lo sagrado. 3.- sobre qué bases se da la experiencia artística y la experiencia de lo Sagrado.

Abhiram Thakur das / TEMA: LA NATURALEZA Y LA ESENCIA DEL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO

Preguntas: 1.- Es la CREACIÓN del universo un acto artístico y sagrado. 2.- El arte y lo sagrado son experiencias ESENCIALMENTE vivenciales, cual es el papel de la conciencia en esta experiencia. 3.- Cual es la relación que existe entre alma, arte y sagrado.

También dialogamos ampliamente con prabhu Ambarisa de Argentina y coincidíamos en que este documental tiene, principalmente, tres ingredientes: 1.- las entrevistas de usted con personalidades de la comunidad académica y cultural. 2.- El evento a realizarse en Lima-Perú y 3.- EL PROGRESO DE UN PEREGRINO, es decir, el viaje o el camino recorrido de su sankirtana leal y determinado a Srila Prabhupada, una de cuyas características es conectar a los intelectuales con los libros de Srila Prabhupada.

Para el siguiente informe esperamos tener los aportes de Ramón Mujica, Miguel Polo y Gandharva, también tenemos una entrevista con el Director de la Biblioteca Nacional para ver el calendario 2018 y su auspicio.

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna!   AGTSP.

1. Most of the translations are good. Some mistakes. Yours is not so good.

2. From these we would take:
   a) HISTORY: Has the relationship of art and the sacred improved, evolved, to the present time? How have the relationship between art and the sacred been at different times and in different cultrures. Can we see things that historically and culturally that make for a healthy relationship between Art and the Sacred.

   c) What is "Sacred".? What is "Art"?

   d) Is some art sacred in itself and other leading us to the sacred?

   e) Who are some of the artists whose work is most sacred for you?

   f) What is your relationship with Art and the Sacred?

Eso es todo por ahora, Hare Krishna GURUDEVA, su inútil sirviente, Abhiram Thakur das.

Why Solochana das would have been killed ...

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna. Nanuk Ji.      Srila Prabhupada is with us. We are doing Sankirtan with his living direction.    We see many problems in ISKCON, but we see so many positive possibilities directly with Srila Prabhupada and with our friends in ISKCON and even with the Insititution, which we don't expect to be much more than and insititution, Varna-ashrama-dharma, which is not going to be perfect in Kali - yuga.

Are you a disciple of Prabhupada. I mean do you follow his discipline?   Up early, Mangala-arati-kirtan, SB, Sankirtan, 16-rounds, four principles?

Then we want to associate with you.  If there is only fault finding and not glorification it is Mayavada view, not this, not this.

Not Mayavada, not Sahajiya.  Isopanisad, both seeing faults in material world, Institutional ISKCON, and good qualilties.

We personally talked with the Pulitzer Prize candidate who wrote 'Monkey on a Stick' after serious investigation of this stuff. Other very serious journalist. There conclusion was not that Cakradhari and Tirtha presented a bad case for ISKCON. It presented a bad case for the Navy Seals in not being able to integrate their trained assasins back into normal life.
 

Our experience does not paint the Insitituion or its Institutional leaders anywhere as black as you present. Maybe we are wrong, but we only seriously listen to critics who are living a popular alternative. Who are involved in book distribution according to their nature and ability.

So, many problems but complete possibility to associate with Srila Prabhupada and get his opinion on anything.

Just one specific example. A personal friend is Akruranatha Das. He was lawyer when Hansadutta sued for copyrights to the BBT publications. Also, Vedaguhya Das.  From them we understand that Hansadutta won copyrights for all pre-1977 books, but then sold them to Vedaguhya, who has been publishing them. The BBT International was the legal name for the BBT as Prabhupada wanted it.

Yes, if they dropped "fairies" out of later editions we think that is probably wrong.

Many things wrong. We are just tying to get our little area right and see the wrongs deleted almost automatically in our area.

O.K.?

Chanting rounds and following principles??