Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaja, Prahalada Nrsimha Prabhu et.al,

PAMHO. AGTSP

Today vedabase.com has become popular among those who study gita, bhagavatam regularly and even in some general online forums. For instance see this link for reference to vedabase.com in many of the forum posts: https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/search?q=vedabase.com Thank you Prahlada Prabhu and Maharaja for your efforts on this site!

However there is one thing that is lacking and I noticed several times but never bothered to pass on the feedback. The presence of vedabase.com in google search results for gita and bhagavatam verses is pretty week [weak]. Most of the times non BBT affiliated sites are at the top and I rarely see vedabase.com.  For instance check these links that search for 'bhagavatam' and 'bhagavad gita' key words:

• https://www.google.com/search?q=bhagavad+gita
• https://www.google.com/search?q=bhagavatam

I did see that Vedabase.com is accessible to google crawler but may not be built optimally. Here are a few pages from google that will help in improving vedabase.com presence on google:

1. www.google.com/webmasters/ --> Search console help
2. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/34397?hl=en --> Get your website on google

Your insignificant servant

Srinivasacarya dasa

HpS - Thank you. We will see if Swami Prahlada catches this. If not then we can try Yahoo.   We have to fight Maya in the world of Media.

         TLGASP. Hare Krishna querido Gurudev, por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies.  Muchas gracias por su contestacion a mi anterior carta, aqui le mando algunas fotos, disculpe que no se poner el power point, con nosotros han comprado, Mahavirya, Narayan, Dayal, hemos plantado  principalmente muchos platanos, toda clase de frutales, peanuts, yucca, vegetales, flores para nuestras deidades.

Por favor acepte este humilde poema dedicado a usted querido Gurudev;

                                                     Sembrando vas las semillas de la Salvacion

                                                     en el nocturno abismo de nuestras frentes

                                                    con el canto auspicioso de los Santos Nombres

                                                    del Senor Supremo.

                                                   Como rumor propicio de una fuente de agua,

                                                   cristalina y pura, asi son la fuente inagotable,

                                                   del verdadero conocimiento,que con amor nos entregas. 

                                                  Despiertas al dormido, que vive muerto,

                                                  despejas las sombras,vana voluntad de la ignorancia,

                                                   iluminas nuestras vidas senalando el camino,

                                                   que aunque a tientas por la obscuridad que gobierna este mundo,

                                                   podemos con Fe, seguir en el, guiados por su hermoso , claro

                                                      Canto, amado y eterno Gurudev.                                                                                     

Disculpe Gurudev, las faltas, no son muy buena con la computadora.Maharaj por favor considere la posibilidad de darnos su misericordiosa Asociacion, aqui en Pamashto,a mediados de abril, que regresa a Peru, hariamos las coordinaciones con la Universidad para que de una clase o dos.Que Krishna lo conserve en buena salud,quien intenta servirlo de corazon, Apurva Sundari DD.

HpS - Hare Krsna!!!!!    Muy bien oir de Vd.    Como esta el Yadu Das, todos. Aparece tiene las mejor ofrendas en el mundo para Gaura-Nitai, Krsna-Balarama!

Mas fotos.  Noticias de sus relaciones con su pueblo!  Recetas!

Dear Guru Maharaja

Pamho AGTSP!

Now is the end of the sankirtan Book Distribution Marathon of december, start the maraton of Summer <img alt="wink" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/wink_smile.png" title="wink" width="23" />

The Score was 4320 little books and 20 bg 

chile 2017

the score of Japataton was 32 round

now the 6 of february we have a tiket to india ( my desire is complete your instruccion ,may be this year, to will go to Mayapour Dham) we will travel with Harinama ruci making sankirtan Harinama in the holy dham, after 23 of february taiwan, Philipine, Honk kong an europe in march, after in June we will make sankirtan for colect to the  Ratha Yatra in panama, after september Mexico with Harinama ruci team, october and november, paraguay chile urugua y Brasil, and next December the marathon i dont know mabe i will be die, is good?

HpS - For a devotee, any day is a good day to die (change bodies)!

...you like this plan of sankirtan?

HpS - It seems fine. C0-ordinating with GBC authorities?  Seems fine.  One year traveling with Kirtan and book distribution.

Krsna is laughing with my plan i know, but i need dream and make some arrengenments for make sankirtan or maya make a plan for me.

you are the source of nectar and inspiracion in my live, thanks for prai to Krsna for me, all the satisfaction and happiness that i have achieved in sankirtan  and the  8 people who came to the temple it is my humble offering at his lotus feet.

your eternal Donky

Vrajendra Kumara Das

HpS - Books, books, books!     I got a book from you, or some other sankirtan devotee. I read it carefully. I am still reading it carefully.  It takes even weak devotee beyond the mind and senses very quickly.  Sankirtan.  Make Sankirtan devotees by the association of Rupa-Raghunatha.

Toda gloria a Srila Prabhupada

Por favor, acepte mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias!

Hare Krishna Maharaja!

Ayer fue una noche inolvidable en el programa de Bhakti Vriksha realizado en el Callao. Es una estrategia de predica donde puede involucrar a toda la familia y a los hogares de nuestros vecinos. Es una dinamica cientifica de una hora y media de duración aproximadamente para lograr bhakti yoga en sadhu sanga para estar fuerte durante toda la semana. 
Espero que se encuentre bien
Su sirviente

Caturatma das

HpS - ASA -- Estamos pensando mucho que hay buen devotos en Callao, entonces hay super posibilidad aumentar la predica, ISKCON, por alla.

URGENT: 4^TH report ART and the SACRED

ASA - Hare Krsna!   This is not URGENT... It is late!<img alt="laugh" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/teeth_smile.png" title="laugh" width="23" />

Hare Krishna respected Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances
¡All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!
¡All Glories to you!!

By mercy the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Sadai Nimai-Nitai, we already have the agreement signed and sealed by the Director of the National Library of Peru to perform ART AND THE SACRED from 24 to 26 October 2018. Now, with Walter and Ramón’s help we are writing formal letters addressed to India, China, Japan and Russia embassies trying to get their sponsorship and participation.

Through this agreement we can upload the NIOS bilingual videos to a network of the Ministry of Culture that has more than 500,000 users, but, a requirement they have, is that our video should have more than 1000 visits, so we humbly ask the members of the blog to help us spreading the word and thus meet the goal of more than 1000 visits each. The links are the following:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G25tmFeMRxo&t=3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dx_aHNMxT4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IDfcJPg_M&t=20s

HpS - O.K. We visit!

As well, for your South American Sankirtan tour in March-April 2018, we are managing with Jesuit University Antonio Ruiz de Montoya to carry out a conversation about "POETRY and MUSIC, PRABODHANANDA SARASVATI and NAROTTAMA DASA THAKURA: Sacred Art in Classical India in the XVI century ", and the presentation of the film "ART AND THE SACRED, the journey of a pilgrim".

Next week we are going to meet Walter León to start doing the bilingual (printed and digital) promotional brochure of ART AND THE SACRED, we hope to send you the content and design proposals for the second week of January. We are making with Miguel Polo the call to SOLARIS No. 3. and also managing in some institutions their sponsorship in carrying out all activities.

Gurudeva to try to make regular reports I have asked a bhakta for help, he has accepted and will write each ekadasi, with the pseudonym "Ajam, the horse".

Gurudeva, allow me to humbly offer you a few words for your Auspicious Vyasa-puja No 70. On Tuesday the 19^th, we had in our asrama, a beautiful meeting where Héctor Béjar, Oscar Naters, Ana Zavala, Walter Leon, Emma Zevallos and some 10 devotees were present. After puspanjali they were asked to define in two words their appreciation about you and these were their comments:

Héctor Béjar said "Spiritual Quality"

Oscar Naters said "Persistent and wise"

Ana Zavala said "Playful and Kind"

Walter León said "Brave and Spiritual"

And Miguel Polo could not attend, but he said on the phone "Enthusiast and Dialogant Attitude"

Respected GURUDEVA, you are a Genuine Guru because you are a legitimate and exemplary disciple, I humbly ask you to forgive my offenses and my clumsiness, sincerely, I am trying to surrender my heart to you and get a drop of your niskapata-kripa.

Gurudeva, I offer you this poem as a sign of my eternal gratitude

HANUMATPRESAKA SWAMI

He who sends Hanuman as His messenger

In this world you suffer

under a mantle of selfish illusions

Darkness takes over our desires

And it ties us with unbridled lust

You arrived in autumn and turned it into spring

You accompany the Sun that evaporates ignorance

You taught us that dawn is the clue and the key

fruit of Bhakti, son of Bhaktivedanta Swami, star of the dawn

Hare Krishna respected Gurudeva, your insignificant servant, Abhiram Thakur das.

URGENTE: 4to Informe EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO

Hare Krishna respetado Gurudeva, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias
¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!
¡Todas las Glorias a Usted!!

Por la misericordia Srila Prabhupada y Sadai Nimai-Nitai ya tenemos el convenio firmado y sellado por el Director de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú para realizar EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO del 24 al 26 de octubre de 2018. Ahora con la ayuda de Walter y Ramón estamos haciendo cartas formales a las embajadas de India, China, Japón y Rusia para tratar de obtener su auspicio y participación.

Por medio de este convenio podemos subir los videos bilingües de NIOS a una red del Ministerio de Cultura que tiene más de 500, 000 usuarios, pero, un requisito que nos piden, es que el video tenga más de 1000 visitas, así que humildemente les pedimos a los miembros del blog que nos ayuden a difundirlos y así cumplir la meta de más de 1000 visitas de cada uno, los links de los videos son los siguientes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G25tmFeMRxo&t=3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dx_aHNMxT4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IDfcJPg_M&t=20s

También, para su gira de Sankirtan a Sudamérica en marzo-abril 2018, estamos gestionando con la Universidad Jesuita Antonio Ruiz de Montoya hacer un conversatorio sobre “POESÍA y MÚSICA, PRABODHANANDA SARASVATI y NAROTTAMA DASA THAKURA: Arte Sagrado en la India Clásica del siglo XVI” y la presentación de la película “EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO, el viaje de un peregrino”.

Con Walter León nos vamos a reunir la próxima semana para empezar a hacer el folleto bilingüe (impreso y digital) promocional de EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO, esperamos enviarle las propuestas de contenido y diseño la segunda semana de enero. Con Miguel Polo estamos haciendo la convocatoria a SOLARIS No. 3. También estamos gestionando en algunas instituciones su auspicio en la realización de todas las actividades.

Gurudeva para tratar de hacer regular los informes le he pedido ayuda a un bhakta, él ha aceptado y va a escribir cada ekadasi, él va a escribir con el seudónimo “Ajam el caballo”.

Gurudeva ahora permítame ofrecerle humildemente unas palabras por su Auspicioso Vyasa-puja No 70. Nosotros tuvimos en nuestro asrama el martes 19, una bonita reunión donde estuvieron presentes Héctor Béjar, Oscar Naters, Ana Zavala, Walter León, Emma Zevallos y unos 10 devotos. Después del puspanjali nosotros le pedimos que definan en dos palabras su aprecio a usted, estas fueron sus respuestas:

Héctor Béjar dijo “Calidad Espiritual”

Oscar Naters dijo “Perseverante y Sabio”

Ana Zavala dijo “Lúdico y Bondadoso”

Walter León dijo “Valiente y Espiritual”

Y Miguel Polo no pudo asistir, pero por teléfono dijo “Entusiasta y Actitud Dialogante”

Respetado GURUDEVA usted es un Guru Genuino porque es un Discípulo genuino y ejemplar, humildemente le pido que perdone mis ofensas y mis torpezas, sinceramente, estoy tratando de rendirme de corazón a usted y obtener una gota de su niskapata-kripa.

Gurudeva le ofrezco este poema en señal de mi eterna gratitud:

HANUMATPRESAKA SWAMI

Aquel que envía a Hanuman como su mensajero

En este mundo se sufre
bajo un manto de ilusiones egoístas

La oscuridad se apodera de nuestros deseos

Y nos ata con lujuria desenfrenada

Usted llego en otoño y lo convirtió en primavera

a Usted lo acompaña el Sol que evapora la ignorancia

Usted nos enseñó que el amanecer es la clave y la llave

fruto del Bhakti, hijo de Bhaktivedanta Swami, estrella del amanecer

HARE KRISHNA QUERIDO GURUDEVA, su insignificante sirviente, Abhiram Thakur das.

HpS - Tan mucho depende en esta momento si Oscar puede relacionar bien con Hector y podemos producir esta collection interelacionado de Kalyan, Hector (Radhika y Beverley) pronto.   Proxoma Ekadasi.

Respected Guru Maharaja
Please accept my humble obeisances at your feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and you.
1) My parents joined us in Vrindavan from Warangal, Telangana. While in Vrindavan We went by taxi to Ludhiana Rathayatra on 12/17/2017. We started little bit after midnight and had 8.5 hours drive. By some causeless mercy my father received first initiation from His Holiness Gopala Krishna Maharaja.

HpS - Jaya!!!

My father, Krishna-bandhu dasa, sends his respects to you and is seeking your blessings and mercy so he can be fixed up in Krishna Consciousness.

HpS - We hope he sees opportunities for Sankirtan in his current situation and they expand.

2) We had wonderful time in Vrindavana. Thank you so much for your blessings for the visit and instructing us about Vrindavan. I could have just stayed in Krishna Balaram Mandir. The mangalarati was the most concentrated and blissful experience in the temple. I felt at home reconnecting with my 6 month stay few years ago.  I did Vrindavan parikrama on foot and remembered how we walked on the same road to Govindaji Mandir and some of the things you told us. We visited Gosvami temples, Radha Kunda, Shyama Kunda, Barsana, Nanda gaon, Ter Kadam, vrinda kund and some places around Govardhan. I got a flower from Jiva Gosvami Samadhi on his disapperance day. For your vyasapuja we had simple celebration with Krishna Balaram's Rajbhoga maha prasad. There was one unexpected guest (scholar Mukunda Datta Prabhu's wife). We distributed peda sweets to some people near our guest house and fed bananas to cows near the temple. Also Yasodamayi mataji (elderly mataji who used to live in Berkley temple but now in vrindavan for about 3 decades) conveyed her respects to you and thanked you for your guidance long time ago.

HpS - As I remember she did not want to go to Vrndavana even for a visit, but myself and others thought that it would be perfect for her, so she agreed out of pressure.   Went, came back, closed out here accounts in the Western world, moved to Braja and never came back.

As a family we all did Govardhana Parikrama in car and next day I did on foot. From Radha Kund to Kusum sarovar I had very nice association of Radhika Ramana Prabhu, Gopal Hari Prabhu, Aruddha Mataji, Srinatha Krishna Prabhua and few other devotees.

HpS - Boise East. Krsna West?

Later I was off on my own so I can walk non stop and prepare for departure the next day. Walking alone staring at Govardhan and thinking of some Krishna book pastimes was ecstatic! At times I was so close to Govardhan and felt intimidated in awe and reverence! Praying He will give me residence near Him at the feet of  you and other acaryas. 

3) We came to Warangal, Telangana on Dec 25th. There is a nice Jagannatha-Baladeva-Subhadra, Radha-Nilamadhavam and Gaura-Nitai temple here. My parents built a house and moved next to the temple; it's a good vanaprasta setting for them to soak themselves in Krishna Consciousness. I have been attending lot of temple programs; nice morning and evening programs, morning and evening classes and kirtans! With all the travel I got sick with bad throat. I could hardly speak probably because I may have said lot of bad words in the past! I missed our saturday classes and will try to catch up with the recordings and hope to join live from 1/13/2018.

Your inignificant servant
Srinivasacarya dasa

PS: Sugopi had great time making garlands for Krishna's flute and singing in Prabhupada's samadhi. One day she fed jaggery balls to 70 cows. They didn't have enough and demanded more pulling on her skirt. Picture attached :)

HpS - Maybe they were trying to take her to Nanda Maharaja's police chief and make a complaint.

Thank you so much for this report. It is like light on our path!!!!!!