Letters to the editor

Querido Gurumaharaja:

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias! 

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Muchas gracias por ser una gran inspiración en la misión de Srila Prabhupada. que el Señor Nrsimhadeva siempre lo proteja.

En coordinación con los devotos del templo tenemos estas propuestas para Usted , para su pronta visita al yatra de México .

Diciembre 

SEMINARIO DE SANKIRTANA 
Sábado 24 ( día de Maha sankirtana) 
7:00 pm 

Sesión I 
"Las glorias de Sankirtana" 
SS. Hanumatpresaka Swami 

7:40 pm Entrega de premios

Martes 27  
6:30 a 7:00 am 

ASA - Media hora por la manyana? ? ? 

Sesión II 

"Técnicas de Sankirtana" 

Miércoles 28 
Sesión III 

6:30 a 7:00 am 

"Técnicas de Sankirtana" 

Domingo 25
12:00 am
Ceremonia de fuego Posible iniciaciones,  matrimonio de Saranagati y Amara Prabhu. 

4:00 pm 
Clase de Bhagavad Gita  

Lunes 26 
4:00 a 6:00 pm 
SEMINARIO ADORACIÓN A LA DEIDAD

Martes 27 
11:00 am 
Maha Harinama y distribución de libros 2:30 pm prasadam para todos en casa de un miembro de la congregación vaisnava. 

Jueves 29 
Celebración de Vyasa-Puja en el Templo

Quedamos atentos a Sus observaciones.

Disculpe nuestras ofensas por favor. 

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente 

Asta Sakhi dd

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Querido  Gurumaharaja:

Por favor acepte nuestras reverencias!

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

El día de hoy, en la tarde, envié una carta con las propuestas de programas para México.

No había leído Su carta del 4 de Noviembre, por favor disculpe.

Nos parece perfecto! 

Sábado 24 de Diciembre

7:00 pm

" De Cristo a Krishna" 

- relación con regalos, Sastra Dana etc. 

*cada año se organiza piñata y posada navideña, al final de la clase, buen ambiente navideño. 

Puede ser sábado 24 y Domingo 25 ? 

Quedamos atentos. 

Por favor disculpe la ofensa de no leer a tiempo Su carta. 

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente 

Asta Sakhi dd.

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ASA - Hare Krsna.    Cada Dia programa por la Tarde, no? 24-29. 25, Domingo, programa tradicional de Navidad de Mexico.  27 - Programa de Sankirtan y Hari-nam a las 11AM.   6.30AM - 7.00AM eso es un error?

Pienso no temas separadas pero solamente: Conferencias cada noche xxx - xxxx a cerca de Kristo a Krsna y Vuelta; Sankirtana y Adoracion de la Deidad..  Mas de Diksa, Matrimonio, Premios, todo.

Esta bien???

Mooo Chas Gracias las esfuerzas de todos.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva,

Please accept my respecful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada !

Well[,] I finished studing e[E]nglish last year and I have forgotten even more[many] things so I hope I wont [won't] make many mistakes. There is [was] always a continue [continuous] strive [strife [struggle]] to finish our good rounds at [on] time and [but] now that I came back to Chosica there is more time to chant better without homeworks [singular, no 's'] to present for the following day, everyday. As You know I left Cusco and it was like four weeks ago, before leaving I tried to leave my documents ready if I wanted to come back to Cusco and continue studing in the second semester  because I ap[p]roved [passed] all the courses of the first semester when I went to Cusco when You Gurudeva where already here in Chosica, however, everything happened so fast that I couldnt do everything, so all of this makes me think that if I come back to Cusco I could start since the begining, of course, if Krsna wants me back. The reason I came is because we are doing Harinama everyday with some devotees and then we can probably go to the Holy Dham next year ! s[S] o far, is kinda difficult to believe this is going to happen, however, we wont [won't] stop and we will give our best because Maya is very, very strong and we can clearly see that she works trying different ways and we feel so weak because we have ups and downs all the time. We hope all this three hours daily of Harinama during six months will purifies [purify] us enough to get to the Holy Dham, we know Harinama is as strong as Krsna Himself because there is no difference between Them, however, if it is not the moment  we will keep preparing ourselves to be ready when the moment comes.  Finally, we are nothing without Your and devotees blessings[,] so we are going to strive to be worthy to receive them.  Que el Señor Nrsimha Deva lo siga protegiendo.

Su aspirante a sirvienta,

Sita Lalita Devi Dasi.

HpS - ASA - Thank you for the news. As you can see your English is quite good, just some practice to correct some details.
Yes, chant Hare Krsna as much as possible and pray to Krsna to help you to advance very practically in devotional service. It should be fun and exciting, lots of progress everyday!
Send more news.

Who goes on Hari-nama?  Where do you go?  What type of people do you meet? ..

Dear Maharaja,

PAMHO  All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

My dear friend, it sounds like your Chicago visit went very well even though it was so cold.  Sounds like the Chicago devotees are doing a lot of great activities.  Our little center is struggling right now and we may be out in the cold.  The owner of the Yoga studio who generously allows us to use her facility once a week for a very low fee has moved.  She purchased and remodeled a new facility which is not working out as well as before.  We failed to keep control of the children the first night there and she is very protective of her brand new studios.  She actually saw the children acting up with her new security cameras!  So we are on a short leash.  But the rooms are smaller and I don't think the shiny new facilities are a good fit for us.  In her old rented studios she didn't care much when the children broke something.  Where ever we go it will be conciderably more expensive so we are up in the air right now.

I watched a good on line talk by Dr. B. Alan Wallace on the brain, mind, and intellegence.  Much of it was over my head.  Some things he discussed were about scientific and medical studies.  Most researchers believe the mind and the brain are the same thing (which he does not).  Many believe the only way to explore the mind is with medical instruments like brain scanners.  The extreme ones believe there is no such thing a consciousness and self examination is impossible.  I loved one of his arguments.  He said if the brain is just an amoral body organ like the liver or gallbladder than we are not responsible for our actions.  How can the scientists respond to that?

Praying Krishna continues to bless you, Dave

HpS - So nice to hear from you.  If you have to meet in people's homes or wherever it will be O.K?  No, just go on with the essence which is to get together and Kirtan, Lecture, Kirtan, Prasad more and more!!

We will look for the B. Alan Wallace lecture.   Yes, it is a very good point, no?  Once it was thought that the liver was the seat of consciousness, no?
The SB gives nice details of how the Atma contacts the visually experienced body by going through different levels.   We are going right now for "Psychology and the Sacred" at Virginia Commonwealth University. We hope to distribute a lot of  Nectar of Instructions, and then engage people in following the advice therein!

Writing anything?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Alan_Wallace

We will read more about him and hope to contact him!  Our video clip on the Youtube is our best propaganda now!

Hare Krsna Dear SS Hanumat Presaka swami.

PAMHO. AGTSP

We are very happy to know about your preaching in Chicago. We wish everything goes very well for you.

Here 2nd report:

1.-With respect to Atmananda d. We are sending written reports and i waiting for a meeting at November I (isvari dd)... Divya priya dd only she came one time.

2.-With respect to Chosica temple. Karuna Krsna p said: That he will be giving seminars for Temple and Nimsar give courses.

3.-Gandharva d is preparing a manual teacher and manual student of Introducction to Bhakti yoga, for this Jiva sakti d gave us his material.

NIMSAR need to have teaching material.

4.-Candra mukhi dd, will be representing NIMSAR in Brazil, she already started to prepare.We thought it would be a good topic: Educator profile.

For teaching of vaisnavas courses, it is no enough to be a teacher career, a required a certain character and competence.

Sri Nrsimhadeva protec you

Thank you very much

HpS - Hare Krsna. Thank you for your Report.  We are a little bit delayed, no?   This is 8th November and the Report is titled 2nd October.
<img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />         ... we are all to blame, and we are all trying, like children trying to cook a cake for their Father's birthday. Their Mother is always watching and really doing the cooking.
We are in Richmond, Virginia now.  The education program is so disorganized from our perspective. Top to Bottom. So we go back to us-Prabhupada-Krsna and then we can actually get some structure and then we can share it with you and others!

Now we are working on the NOI as a Vaisnava Verse Book. We are doing it as a Power Point Show. We will present it Saturday!!

Please send us any news as it developes, Yatra, Family, Goloka!

Dear gurudev,

Some news about the congress.

1. Just today we received the final invitation from the devotee encharge of Vraja Bhumi, Nrisimhananda, to Hanumatpresaka Swami and other one to Rama Giridhari prabhu. He already reply and said that he could answer the next week. Are you received this letter well?
2. HpS - Yes we got a letter from him but we also got one earlier. We asked before into what airport we should book our ticket. We will need a Visa, no?  Anything else.   Did his invitation go to Rama-giridhari Das???
3. The dates to the Congress will be:
   1. 19^TH Wednesday > 21^TH Friday April morning > Private meeting about curriculum and exams in “Bhakti” Programs.
   2. 21 ^TH Friday evening > 23^TH Sunday noon, Festival to the South American Community of devotees. A different name?  
   3. HpS - ASA -- "LEARN SOMETHING" In one lecture Prabhupada Srila Prabhupada commented that we should come to these classes not just as a ritual but also to learn something. Then he looked at the audience and said, "All right, come as a ritual but also try to learn something". So come to teach, learn something based on Srimad Bhagavatam and how to apply it in Sankirtan, Primary School, Congregation Preaching etc.
   4. 23^TH Sunday evening > 23^TH Wednesday morning, workshop and led conferences and talks to brahmanas, teachers devotees, temple presidents, brahmacari and bhakti vriksha leaders, etc.
4. My “not complete task” now is the aims and secondary aims of the congress with this general planning that I put above to Chandramukha Swami. But when this work is done I’m planning make a brochure in .pdf with a nice design to invite senior devotees. It will be finished this same week. Could I show you this advance this Monday 7:30 pm?
5. HpS - A little earlier?  We will have some evening program here. We are in Washington D. C. hour. Main thing is who has committed to come and what they want to hear and explain.
6. Baladeva and Param Padam, Ananta Sayana sent to me their topics in the congress. But in my last travel to Italy I missed my phone, and they sent to my throught whatsapp. So now I ask them again in mail. So now, I only should ask the topics to Dhanvantari Swami, Aravinda, Rama Giridhari, yourself.
7. HpS - We want to discuss preaching and teaching in the universities, especially with Psychology and the Sacred, and the ISKCON Ministry of Education which includes Pre and Primary School, and Sastric Education.
8. Dhanvantari Maharaj says that if we invite devotees like Hridayananda das Goswami (in his condition of senior preacher in South  America) or Jayapataka Swami (in his condition of the GBC) could be complicated to the organization because, like too much devotees could come, also a lot devotees could leave the place after this devotees leaved and that even he should go outside because he would be like a host because they would be at Brazil.
9. HpS - ASA -- Seems true, but maybe they could do a video clip for the program!!!!!!!

Prices

1. This is the minimum cost for Vraja Bhumi with prasadam included, according the place when the devotees sleep. (To 10 guests will be free):

1. Festival Congregacional

Viernes – Domingo = 2 noches y 3 días.

1. Chalés= 570 Rs / $120.997 / 181 USD
2. Hotel = 480 Rs / $101.892 / 152 USD
3. Hare & Camping = 300 Rs / $63.683 / 95 USD

ASA - Damn cheap, Bobba!

1. Brahmanas y Ksatryas

Viernes – Miércoles = 5 noches y 6 días.

1. Chalés = 1140 Rs / 362 USD
2. Hotel = 960 Rs / 305 USD
3. Hare (some devotees houses) & Camping = 600 Rs / 191 USD

1. Ksatryas

Lunes – Miércoles = 2 noches y 3 días.

1. Chalés= 570 Rs / 175 USD
2. Hotel = 480 Rs / 148 USD /
3. Hare & Camping = 300 Rs / $63.683 / 92 USD

Hare Krsna gurudevm thank you for encourage us to serve.

HpS - ASA --  The ASA Absolute Undifferiniented Commado is Please With You!  Go ahead with full intelligence. List of Participants and their topics. We will prepare.

Photos below.