Letters to the editor

08/27/16  Esteemed Guru Maharaja:  All glories to Srila Prabhupada!  Please acceptmy humble obeisances.

1.     Yes I can do some editing.  Thank you for the offer of this seva!  If there are questions on my part, I will be able to contact Monkey or Piggy via text, phone or personal e-mail, no?  If so, please send me an attachment so I can take a look at the project.  T.Y.

ASA - We are just getting to the actual work now. We are supposed to have all the files, now we need to open them and then we can start send to you if need be.

2.  By Krsna's mercy, ISKON Sac Janmastami program went smoothly with 200 attending!!!! I will request Dave P attach photos to another e-mail within 2 days.

ASA - Jaya!!!!

Best I can do.  YR attended with Mother Lucille.  Was sooo good to see her!!!  She looked the same; recently broke a toe so is coping with that.  Said she has rented out their previous house and she cannot go back there for grieving.  She has stayed in 26 different places during the last year.  I guess with Narayan Maharaja devotees, 2 weeks at a time.  I will contanct her soon.  She's a dear.

HpS - Please give our respects!   Can she join our Blog?

3.     "Iron Woman."  I like that!  The iron has put me on my feet but I'm still tired alot and need too much rest.  Chanting is very nice.. Hoping energy will improve in time as I begin to store more iron reserve in bone marrow.

HpS - We have never had any problem with being vegetarian for over 40-years. If there was a Vitamin B-12 deficiency of something like that you think it would have shown up by now.  Every Body is different.

3.    Hummmm... leave body.  Not sure this event is immenent.  However maintaining body is getting disgustingly time consuming.

4.     Jai Radhe!  Jai Krsna!

Your useless servant,

Kalindi Devi Dasi

HpS - ASA --- Thank you for news from New Jagannatha Puri.  Second week in June is the plan for  Seattle, Education with ISKCON.  We could come to Bay Area before that. Muck around in autos and then all get on the Amtrac and ride together on the Sunset Limited to Seattle.

"We would have liked for people to chanted differently etc. but we expect that maybe until we get to Goloka we may still find imperfections in the Kirtan's etc as far as we are concerned."

Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please, can you tell what you mean when you say that you would like that people chant differently etc. ?
Thank you.
Your servant Namacarya das

HpS - ASA -  Hmmm.  There are many things in Kirtans that we would like to be different. We would like that our Kirtans would be different.

1. The Kartals are played on beat. Sometimes, Indians will play they in a completely asynchromous manner and it is very hard to chant in group then.

2. Prabhupads said, "First I chant and then you listen, then you chant and I listen, this is Hearing and Chanting". It is a very intense kind of group yoga. Improvisational Theater training does similar things, but often the leader just chants and then doesn't listen to the response but goes on chanting, or he stops chanting but is not really listening to the response, nor are the responders really listening to his leading, so it becomes two paralletl mono-logs. Has some value. May take your to take birth in India is a pious family.

People engage in other discussions during the Kirtan and it makes it hard for us to concentrate.

The chanting is for sense gratification. albeit celestial sense gratification. If we chant the name properly then the Form Manifests everyone starts looking at the Deities.

Often the drum covers the Holy Names.

We don't realize that the Holy Names are people and that chanting is really calling a real person and that They can answer with Their Form, Qualities (smile), Associates and Lila.

We got a lot of room for our own improvemt.
 

Sorry I am just now publishing at the blog. Just recently I could clearly understand that in addition to constantly communicating directly with you, it is important to communicate via blog, by doing so the rest of the community which encompasses your Sankirtan may not only be updated but also may actively participate and thus develop and improve our service.

After the event “Psychology and the Sacred I” we have had several meetings at different levels, some with you and Miguel Polo, others with Ramón and also with some members of SATTVA, and then our priorities have been settled:

1. Distribute the SOLARIS magazine in Spanish as much as possible and position it as the communication media for announcement and participation for the Mega-event of the century: ART AND THE SACRED for June 2018.
2. To finish the English version of SOLARIS. All the articles are already translated into English, we are still missing the summaries. What has been concluded is that the English version is going to have small differences in relation to the Spanish version (presentation and summaries). The goal is to have it ready, printed and in the USA by early December.
3. To sign an agreement with the BNP (Biblioteca National del Peru) in order to carry out the “Psychology and the Sacred II” in June of 2017. This event would not have the same traits as the one this year, but will mainly become the stepping stone for the Mega Event ART AND THE SACRED (June 2018). We are as of now defining its contents, any suggestions are welcome.
4. Be ready for the first week of November, the Organizing Committee  for the event ART AND THE SACRED and in about 15 days we will post the official invitations to form the Central Council and the rest of the commissions.
5. <pre data-fulltext="" data-placeholder="Translation" dir="ltr" id="tw-target-text"> Note : Beverly Zabriesky , Eduardo Gastelumendi and Cecilia Montero, have written and expressed their support, participation and contacts for the event "ART AND THE SACRED"</pre> That is all for now. Thank you very much for your association and inspiration, your insignificant servant, Abhiram Thakur das.

HpS - ASA ---  Our comments at the bottom!

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

Disculpe que recién publique en el blog. Ahora tengo claro que además de comunicarme directamente con usted constantemente, es importante la comunicación a través del blog, ya que, de esa manera, toda la comunidad que está en torno a su Sankirtan puede estar al tanto de las cosas y además puede participar activamente y así todos desarrollamos y mejoramos nuestros servicios.

Luego del evento “La Psicología y lo Sagrado I” hemos tenido varias reuniones en varios niveles, algunas con Usted y Miguel Polo, otras con Ramón y también con algunos miembros de SATTVA, entonces han quedado fijadas nuestras prioridades:

1.- Distribuir la Revista SOLARIS en español lo más ampliamente que se pueda y posicionarla como un medio de comunicación, de convocatoria y participación para el Mega-evento EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO para junio de 2018.

2.- Terminar la edición en inglés de SOLARIS. Todos los artículos ya están traducidos al inglés, solo faltan las reseñas. Lo que ha quedado claro es que la edición en inglés va a tener pequeñas diferencias en relación a la versión en español (la presentación y reseñas entre otros). La meta es tenerla lista, impresa y en los EEUU para los primeros días de diciembre.

3.- Firmar un convenio con la BNP para realizar en junio del 2017 “La Psicología y lo Sagrado II”. Este evento no tendría las mismas características que las de este año sino principalmente está orientado a servir de actividad previa al Mega-evento EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO (junio de 2018) entonces estamos definiendo sus características, cualquier sugerencia es bienvenida.

4.- Tener listo, para la primera semana de noviembre, el Comité Organizador del Mega-evento EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO para lo cual en 15 días haremos las invitaciones oficiales para la conformación de la Consejo central y el resto de comisiones.

Nota: Beverly Zabriesky, Eduardo Gastelumendi y Cecilia Montero, recien han escrito y manifestado su apoyo, participación y también con contactos para el evento “EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO”

Eso es todo por ahora. Muchas gracias por su asociación e inspiración, su insignificante sirviente, Abhiram Thakur das.

HpS - ASA --- Super!  SUPER!   . . .  S U P E R! . . . . . .     In this Blog we can all know what is happening.

So by beginning of November we need and Organizing Committee for "Art and the Sacred".  this is September. So we can talk with people about that and if they can commit themselves to being on that Committee and working. We are committed.

I talked with Dr. Samaresh about AandtheSacred and he said the as everyone else: It is a big topic and we have to focus on specific aspects. As a historian of Ancient History he said that every ancient culture that he has every know had a relations between art and the sacred in their culture.

O.K.

More news as it comes.

Hare Krsna querido Gurumaharaja.

AGTSP.

PAMHO.

Mi esposa y yo seguimos viviendo en la comunidad de Campina Grande ayudando a Dhanvantari maharaja con los cursos de Bhakti sastri,  Bhakti vaibhava y otros. Maharaja Dhanvantari es muy determinado en el cuidado a los devotos y en la educaciòn, asi que estamos con mucho servicio. Full time.

Yo continuo trabajando de programador freelance, eso me permite vivir aqui, viajar y trabajar.

Continuamos cantando las 16 rondas, 4 principios, programas matutinos. Estar orientando/educando personas nos obliga a ser ejemplares (acaryas). Tambien entramos 1 vez por semana a servir a Sri Sri Maha gaura nitai, y hacemos servicio de adoracion diario a Govardhan sila.

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En marzo de este año Mitravinda y Yo fuimos invitados para participar de los cursos del GBC-College en Mumbai. Ya hicemos la primera parte presencial y la primera parte on-line. Ahora estamos yendo para Mumbai el 24 septiembre. Vamos a pasar 14 dias haciendo la segunda parte de los cursos del GBC-college.  La idea es poder traer los cursos del GBC-College Para Latino-America, en nuestro caso para Brasil.

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Luego de los 14 das en mumba, vamos 5 dias para Vrndavana y despues retornamos para Campina grande, ya que el curso de Bhakti sastri de este año termina en Diciembre y tenemos que cumplir nuestro deber en el instuto Jaladuta.

Finalmente no fue abierto el foro para compartir material del Bhakti vaibhava. Ustes sabe algo al respecto?

Hoy es Janmastami aqui, estamos todos muy contentos y entusiasmados.

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Reverencias.

Su sirviente, Devaki-nandana das.

HpS - ASA - Jaya!!!   La programa en Mumbai es in Ingles, no?      Estamos trabajando con Param-padam, todos about this 3rd Hispanic SYmposium on Education. It should be in Brazil about May, April 2o17. Sharing Bhakti-vaibhava materials could be done there, but also you can contact Laksmana-agra-ja Das in Peru. He is translating it. What we have is still in the developmental stage but it should help you.

Our respects to Maharaja!   We really miss his association.  Our respects to the other half of the orange.   Please send more wonderful news like this as it comes.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - Lettuce feet.

    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, Thank you so much.

    In response of http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/6795

    You have asked few questions about Second Initiation details, below are my comments.

    March 28, 2016 was the exact date you gave me Second Initiation.

HpS - AGTSP!!!   paoho... We just downloard the guru-tattva.txt file fromthe web page. Added your second initiation data and then saved it to our USB drive. We hope to add the other initiation data from Janardana-hari Das, Etasma Das et al and then post the updated file this next Purnima. Thank you.

    Preaching at work is slow. But two small class on BG going on. (Purpose of class is analytical study).

    Yes, i am thinking of going directly into Sannyasa life, no Grhastha life.
    
your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - O.K. We go to your next letter.  Preaching at work can take the form of discussing Pantheism. Krsna says that He is the taste in water, the light of the Sun. So when these are discussed with an offenceless attitude it elevates the consciousness of the people and then they can go to the next stage.

Hare Krsna SSHPS

PAMHO AGTSP

I hope you have good energy.

I forgot report the following:

1. Baladeva p said it is no necessary for NIMSAR’s teacher to take TTC3, only they need TTC2 because the BS of NIMSAR dont have as finality develop the 12 principles of VTE. (our focus is different).

We just need TTC2 and it is very probable we take the course next year with Parampadam p and Baladeva p here in Lima. (We are in talks).

2. Our connection with National Council is Jiva sakti d (Charge of Education Commission), but several months ago that they do not meet together (they met recently when there where changes). And Jiva sakti d also was as disabled.

Recently I spoke with Jiva sakti d and he will return to perform her (his) duties and then we begin to coordinate face to face meetings with National Council. (very probable it will be mid September when new council take functions).

3. Parampadam p went away (travel), recently come back next week and he coordinate with Jagad guru d for to see the next meeting.

4. With respect to BS guides and Lad, I comment briefly

In May I had a meeting with Chosica Council for talking about educational issues, in this moment Nityakinkari dd (Council treasurer) :

_she made a remark to the BS  guidelines. For she it was no good.

_Lad is not good teacher

_and she compare all with Escuela Vaisnava.

The BS guides are very good level, invite to introspection and analysis but she do not understand it and i explained to her in many times that next year we will have new BS guidelines (with more elements).

Also i explained that Lad uses the method constructivism and only there is 2 students have complained about him and Escuela Vaisnava and NIMSAR are different methods and both are educational options.

Then I suggested she takes BS with Escuela Vaisnava but she ignored (it were 3 times that she complains about the same), too I suggested to Lad do not teach to her BS but he continued.

In July NIMSAR asked permission to Chosica´s Council for to give BV presencial course. They answer (letter send for Nityakinkari dd) that lad and the guides (BS and BV) must be inspected of academic devotees (chosen by them)

We decided do not give presencial BS or BV in Chosica temple for now only online. We had Communication course and 2do Educational meeting there, then it was no time for discussion.

About communication between Lad and SG Jagajivan p we dont know.

5. Our vision is the same like you help and preach in Merconorte.

6. A question, Caitanya Candra d he wants to be president of NIMSAR? or is your proposal?

7. If you let me, I prefer write in English to improve.

Sri Nrsimha protect you

Thank you very much

HpS - ASA -  Thank you so much for your Report. I talked with LAD for 1-1/2 hours this morning. We discussed a lot of things. It was a very good meeting. We are pushing him and Abhirama and others to communicate here in the Blog with you and others.
Point "6." - I feel that we should present this kind of letter to Caitanya Candra Prabhu and the Council. What do you think?:

Esteemed CCD, Peruvian National Council et al,
Congratulations on taking the responsibility again of President of the National Council. We have nice memories of meeting with you in the Office in Chosica with NIMSAR devotees et al.
We only hope to be of service to you. We heard that someone said that we said, that M. Ganga was, that we said ...    Basically, as a Sannyasi anything we actually say about politics we publish right in our Blog, www.hps.monkeywarrior.com, and basically we have very emotional affection for all the devotees in Lima, Mataji, Yamunesvara, Lakmana, Caturatma, Omkara . . . .
We only want to work as friends with everyone.

Within that perspective, with this letter, we are presenting our humble ideas for Sankirtan in Peru, Merco-norte, the world.

1. NIMSAR is a Branch of our Anjana Suta Academy, which is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and Tamohara Das is our GBC-Secretary. We only want to work in Peru if we have friendly relation with the National Council and also also formal letters of agreement describing the institutional aspect.

2. The general idea is that NIMSAR should be like the VIHE in Vrndavana, the Bhaktivedanta College in Radha-desa etc. There are so many institutions like these established by devotees like Bhurijana Das, Saunakya Rsi Das, and even Srila Prabhupada, that are meant to work in full co-operation with the local Temples. NIMSAR would aim to serve Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador with Sastric Education and also Daivi-varna-ashrama-dharma education in the form of Teacher Training, Educational Administrator Training, Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education, and as well even practical eduction in Motion Picture Production and other fields.
Like the Mayapura Institute, Mayapura Academy, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Bhaktivedanta College, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies, Nimsar is proposed to take care of these multi-national educational necessities. Of course, the Peruvian National Council might want to come up with the same institution, and then personally I have no problem closing our Branch in Peru and working with the National Council's structure.
On the other hand, this administratively independent, harmonious. model is one that is very successful and accepted all over the world. The Temple educational Branch is also working in many place, Russia, India...

What would you like to see personally?

What would the Junta Nacional like to see as an Institution?

Certainly, NIMSAR would be super happy if every member of the National Council was a member of Nimsar and if you wanted to do the work as President of NIMSAR it would certainly be a wonderful possibility as far as I am concerned.

Please contact us about any of these matters. Our real communication is mostly through our Blog, then we get the advantage of being able to work on things as a community, and then (at great personal expense) we can handle "private" details though Yahoo.

Other point is our work with Sattva, Abhirama Thakura Das, and the National Library of Peru, CONCYTEC, San Marcos University etc. This has grown over the years and is just our personal Sankirtan. Again we are always inviting everyone in ISKCON to read about Carl Jung and Srila Prabhupada's dialog etc, and join these efforts.

Please write us about this also.

I think we will be visiting Peru about May, April next year and we hope to be based in Peru from 2019-2022. 2022-2024 in Braja and 2024 leave our body.