Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna

Paoho Jay Gurudeva!!

Muy feliz por participar en mangala con Uds. mis hermanos, re hermoso arreglo de Krsna este año, vivo cerca al templo de chosica,  soy vecina de devotos  y puedo ir siempre a cantar rondas, comer prasadham, después voy a trabajar, un día decidí que no debía desviarme de la educación lo cual considero que es mi vocación y muchas ofertas de trabajo y una cerca al templo de Chosica, entonces estoy trabajando con niños de 4 añitos en un nido del estado, es una experiencia maravillosa, a esa edad la gente en transparente como un papel, pura y muy amorosa, cantar, jugar, contar historias, hacer manualidades, cuidar, orientar y amar a los pequeños, es como ser media mamá, una hermosa experiencia, y me queda tiempo para la distribución de libros, lo cual ya es parte de mi vida, puja y estudios.

ASA - Krsna tiene un buen plan para todos.

Por otro lado estamos con NIMSAR en el Encuentro de educación la cuenta regresiva empieza, mi servicio es de recepción y búsqueda de donantes, por lo que pido sus bendiciones para tener éxito en este esfuerzo, esperamos una respuesta próxima de devotos de Ecuador, y tenemos muchas opciones de alojamiento en Chosica, al final los más beneficiados serán todos los devotos de la región, por ello espero que todos puedan tomar muy en serio la necesidad de contribuir en la educación de todos los devotos como única solución para afrontar el presente y futuro con más oportunidades de crecimiento espiritual y material tanto personal y social.

Esperamos que su predica y salud sea favorable. Y cómo encontró India, podremos ir pronto verdad?

Krsna lo bendiga siempre

Su hija que lo adora:

Yugala Kishora Dasi

PD: le envío fotos de los reyes, devotos entusiastas en harinama de Miraflores y los niños del nido

ASA - AGTSP. I think we go to India in February and stay for two months, then visit Europe on the way back.

Super fotos!

Super, super, super sus programas con los ninyos pequenos. Adelante. Siempre mantener un "journal" de sus dias. Y leer lo despues.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Please receive my obeisances dear Gurudeva.

Gurudeva, by your mercy I am improving my sadhana with 16 rounds and 4 principles. Twice a week I attend mangala arati assisting Their Lorships and I continue doing my service in Asa kids. My sons are very enthusiastic in their spiritual life. 8 year old Mukunda chants two rounds and 6 year old Muni starts chanting without finishing a round yet. We have a small program with aratik and after we have a lecture on the bhagavatam. Iam trying to follow mother Aruddha dd’s instructions on homeschooling. We now finish the third canto on the pastimes of Kardama Muni and Devahuti. They brought us to the place where they resided to the floating palace Kardama Muni prepared for Devahuti; the lake Bindhu Sarovara formed with the tears Lord Vishnu shed. This is very entertaining for the kids. Afterwards we have Spanish and mathematic classes. We have ups and downs. There are some days when I feel we are going on the right track and others I think the day was a disaster but I continue with confidence.

Asa Kids Sunday programs are flowing very favorably. We have 18 kids inscribed every seminar sometimes even more. We created a small group formed by mothers which are members of a family and we gather periodically to give classes to the kids such as mridanga and cooking classes with prabhu Uddharana das. A lot of consciousness has been raised regarding children education in ISKCON Mexico and ALL THIS IT’S THANKS TO YOU GURUDEVA. Prabhu Vidagdha and I your servant have the desire to go to the congress in Houston and visit you with our kids. In these coming days we’ll go to the USA embassy to request our visas. We beg for your blessings so we get them and we can be in July with you in Houston. Thank you Gurudeva.

Your Servants Vidaghda das y Gopi Radha dd

HpS-AGTSP paoho. We sent back the invitation letters that M. Lalita-gopi asked for. I think you can communicate well through Govinda pramodini DD en Houston. You education news is very very nice. We remind ourselves, "yad yad acarati sresthas...", our example is the most powerful form of our teaching. If we live lusty lives then we will communicate that to  our friends and students and contaminate them.

Querido Gurumaharaja: 
Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias !
Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! 

Reporte de servicios
II Congreso Norteamericano de educación con ISKCON

- Vrsabhanu Nandini dd ha sido muy amable con nosotros en ayudarnos con la edición del video de invitación. 
https://youtu.be/2Ke92D3WDy0

- Gopi Radha dd, Krsna Kirtana das, Vrajendra Kumara dasa, Lalita Madava están ayudando con la difusión. 
- Por ahora usamos una página de información en Facebook y hacemos invitaciones personales. 
- mantenemos contacto con Govinda. 

Lista de participantes 
Distrito Federal: 
Lalita Gopi dd y su hijo Hari dasa 
Aristasena Dasa
Saranagati Dasi

Monterrey: 
Bhakta José ( estudiante de Psicología enviado por la Junta Directiva ) 
Lalita Madava 

Tulancingo: 
Govardhanesvari dd ( Lic. Comunicación )
Hadai Pandit Dasa ( comenzando Lic. Educación ) 

Algunos devotos están haciendo trámite de visa, Govinda tiene otra lista. 

Itinerario México. 
Distrito Federal : 3 al 8 de Agosto 
Monterrey : 8 al 12 de Agosto. 

INVITACIÓN DE TULANCINGO
Actualmente la comunidad de devotos de Tulancingo está reorganizando el proyecto de un Centro Cultural, en el que la educación y entrenamiento de devotos es una prioridad para este nuevo comienzo. 
Tenemos una comunidad infantil de aproximadamente 10 niños. 

Objetivo a corto plazo: iniciaremos programas educativos semanales para los niños,  para empezar, acondicionaremos un área física en el centro cultural. 

Objetivo a largo plazo:
Construir una escuela avalada por organismos oficiales externos para facilitar la educación de la comunidad y ofrecer a la población de Tulancingo en general una alternativa educativa de calidad que contribuya al desarrollo integral. 

Recurso humano : Devotos con gran interés por el tema: Navakishor das (Líder del Centro Cultural y uno de los devotos con más tiempo dentro del movimiento, en nuestra comunidad); Dinanath das (Lic. En Artes visuales, actualmente es docente); Tania Vargas (actualmente estudiando el 2do año de Piscopedagogía); Nathaly (Lic. E Administración) , colaboradores : Givardhanesvari dd y Hadai Pandit dasa 

Invitación
Una parte fundamental para lograr estos objetivos es sin duda las bendiciones, guía y consejos de devotos con más experiencia en este tipo de programas, por ello estamos comenzando a trabajar para obtener los recursos necesarios e invitar a devotos como Su Santidad Hanumatpresaka Swami . que puedan exponernos en conferencias, seminarios, etc., cómo comenzar, mantener y hacer crecer los proyectos de educación para el cuidado y crecimiento de nuestra sociedad ISKCON.
Atte: Centro Cultural Bhaktivedanta Tulancingo. 

Gurumaharaja queremos preguntarle si además del DF y Monterrey también sería posible visitar Tulancingo para presentar el reporte del II Congreso de Educación junto a sus representantes enviados ( Govardhanesvari dd y Hadai Pandit das ) 

Realmente son pocos días para 3 lugares, nosotros quedamos atentos a Su misericordiosa instrucción. 
Disculpe las ofensas por favor. 
Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente : 
Asta Sakhi dd. 

HpS - ASA ---- TlgaSP.  Por favir accepta nuestras reverencias humildes. Si es insuficiente tiempo visitar Tulancingo, pero esperamos encontrar ellos mientras estamos en ciudad Mexico!!

                 HARE KRSNA DEAR GURUDEVA:

                 PAMHO,AGTSP!!

                I HOPE YOU FEEL MORE ENERGETIC SOON.

                WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PRACTICAL RELATION-SHIP? (YOU WROTTE THIS IN YOUR LAST E-MAIL).

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP Paoho.  I don't have easy access to the last mail so can't make any "practical comment" on what we meant by "practical relationship".  Hmmmm.  

                I WILL DO THE TRANSCRIPTION AS FAST AS POSIBLE...

HpS - ASA --- Don't do it stressfully. Just see how it goes and report, no?

               ON THE OTHER HAND CLAUDIO NARANJO COMES BACK TO BERKELEY THIS WEEK I WONDER IF YOU COULD HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM, OTHERWISE I WAS THINKING MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE IT BY SKYPE. 

HpS - Who is he??  We will look for him on the internet.

WITH THE DESSIRE TO BECOME SINCERE...

              YOUR ASPIRANT TO SERVANT.

              SANANDA DD

HpS - We also!!

Hare Krsna Gurudeva, pamho, Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

I hope that you are well and that you will have a very good trip . May Lord Nrsimhadeva protect you in all directions.

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!!   paoho....  We answered another letter on the same topic while we were traveling, no?   Now we can get to this one. We are very busy in Tennessee but at least not traveling every few days!

I continued editing ( slowly) the videos of the NIOS tour 2015. I upload 2 of them for you to see them before I publish. If you wish you can tell us your opinion so we can improve them.

HpS - AGTSP   paoho.  We will look at them tonight when we are at NGD's house. We don't have a good enough connection to watch them from our ASA Office. Thank you. 

1-Trailer Jung:  Argentina (Cordoba y Bs As) y Chile. 

http://youtu.be/GT0XmD6N7cU

2- Trailer Jung Cordoba.

http://youtu.be/rp-Ogjpj7_g

The image quality is not good as the original video, later I'll fix that.

The full conference at the National Library of Chile is also finished but I could not upload it yet. We will do it soon from better internet connection.

HpS - So much of our effort in these Jung's things was based upon starting a dialog with our contacts in Peru. A little bit happened but now it is like 97% stopped.  We are very much re-evaluating our educational efforts. Our Sankirtan has to go on in the association of devotees. With whom do we share our passions for preaching? Srila Prabhupada? Others?   Without Sankirtan everything else has no motivation, especially in the Kali yuga!

Talking about me, I'm not having a good time. The four principles are ok, but finish with the 16 rounds is 10 times harder than before. I do not feel connection with the holy name ... I'm not going beyond the surface and I can not reach deep introspection.  And I feel stupid and lazy because I know what I have to do to improve things ... but  I fail.

Last night I dreamed  that you phoned us and when I answered I heard you chanting japa. So I thought _ah! is FMP´s  time! And I woke up just before the alarm in time to go to Start Meeting.

Muchas Gracias Gurudeva.

P/D: I attached some pictures from the construction of the asram.
My father came a few days with his truck to help us. We collect stones from the way enough to make the foundation.

intentando ser su sirviente/discipula 

Vrsabhanu Nandini dd

HpS - Yes, is very, very nice to see your names in the list each morning.

Text 7  and 8 of NoI talk in detail about this level of chanting, service.

Sometimes we have no Karma-yoga motivation, so we don't chant serve, because it is not our 'nature'. This was Arjuna's situation, no?  He could not walk away from the fight. His karma was there. So, his yoga had to be there. In Chapter Six, Yoga ladder verse (?) Prabhupada says that in the beginning we are attracted to a certain kind of service, but later we fall in love with Krsna. So, if we can come to the Jnana-yoga level that is more secure than the Karma-yoga level. Then I can serve because I understand this is Krsna's desire, even if I don't feel it 'karma'. Of course, that kind of yoga will gradually give you a taste that goes beyond being a girl. You will become a sexless philosopher.
That is interesting thing for Grhastha ashram or even being someone's "daughter".
"My daughter is a sexless, intellectual", but as it goes on that Jnana-yoga enriches our Karma-yoga and then we become a sweet, philosophical wife and daughter. In he beginning there is natually a little tendency toward impersonalism.

Super fotos!  Become the Prince and Princess of your District.

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

HpS - ASA   ---  This is the third and most recent report that we are reading.

Dear Gurumaharaja, we are working hard in organizing the August event. We intend to support the event with a number of articles written by different devotees in their respective specialized subjects, so that some of them can be read before or during the conferences of Saturday morning and the other will be part of a booklet  published by NIMSAR, in conjunction with the conclusions and commitments. The papers should not exceed 400 words, this is a theoretical or technical input, as appropriate, to contribute to broader perspectives to stimulate discussion. We are on topics such as:

Sanskrit Education in children - Prana dasa
The homeschooling alternative - Arrudha Devi Dasi
Promoting youth leadership in ISKCON - Radhika Ramana Dasa
Sastric personal training education - SS Yadunandana Swami
Education in the grhastha ashram - HH Srila Virabahu
Education in Krishna consciousness for beginners - SS Swami Hrdayananda

. . . and other related topics to be discussed during the conference.

On the other hand, we are moving in the NIMSAR legalization issue before the Peruvian state, there are some alternatives that are driving mother Isvari and Prabhu Abhinanda, all related to the formation of a civil association, initially unrelated to educational issues because that would mean a long process with the Ministry of Eduación. Once the the Association is consolidated  we would extend our activities to educational issues. It is the right and easiest thing , we think.

We are also organizing a conference cycle divided into three main topics: education for children, education for youth and sastric education to be exposed in the temples of Lima and Chosica by members of NIMSAR from June 20 until the last week of July . The conference will promote the event to go so, to make them more attractive we should discuss Prahlada Maharaja, Nimai Pandit and Rupa Goswami, respectively.

Finally, next sunday we will be coming together with the  NIMSAR partners group to work on the themes of youth leadership in ISKCON, we believe that this issue is important and we want to clearly focus our efforts on young people. We read in an article published by Kaunteya dasa, through the Ministry of congregational development of ISKCON, that successful religions prevail in time because they have managed to integrate their young efficiently, giving them responsibility and giving them voice in making certain decisions.We must consider how education and NIMSAR can contribute to the solution of this problem removing it from the administrative and policy to make it a dynamic educational need.

Gurudeva, we look forward to your comments
I hope your travels are turning positive.
We always pray to Nrsimhadeva for your care.

Your happy servant

Gandharva dasa

HpS - AGTSP.   Have you seen our Blog reports of the educational work in India and Radha-desa and the work for the Congress here at the end of July?  Unless Srila Prabhupada's books are integrally and obviously a part of these events it becomes too weak to satisfy the self. We are supposed to discuss all this with Laksmana and Abhirama Das tomorrow. Seem you should contact Mother Lalita-gopis Devi Dasi about coming for the event from Mexico. She and other Mexican devotees will attend the Houston meetings July 31st, preach about them with us the week after in Mexico and so maybe she could just continue with the same thing in Peru with a recreational visit also.
The topics you have chosen for the above persons seem good don't always  seem to match with their current passions. You should make personal contact with them before you give them an exact theme, no?

Personally I like your association, Laksmana's association, Yugala's, Omkara's, Yamumesvara's, Om Purnam's, Patrak's, Raghunatha's, Miguel Polo's and so many devotees in Peru. We would eternally want your friendship, service association, ever expanding, but these institutional things seem to be lacking basic principles, no? Again, for example, ASA does not have a letter of approval from any ISKCON, GBC approved, organization in Peru - not the national Junta, ISKCON Chosica...  We asked for this months ago and explained that it is not proper for us to do programs as a branch of ASA in Peru without this authority. So at this point we should formally stop all programs in Peru, such as NIMSAR, as "Branches" of ASA until that relationship is clear, no?

What do you think?

We can still meet as friends without formal approval, but ISKCON in Peru has to be organized enough to deal with things at this level of institutional reality or really in our opinion we should communicate with the GBC that the Yatra is dysfunctional. This is our opinion. We are asking for your opinion and the opinion of others. I think that we, ASA, based in Tennessee are acting properly in this regard. We have a formal and functional relation with our GBC Secretary, Tamohara Das, and our local branch, NIOS.
Waiting eagerly for your thoughts.

HpS, Tom Brown, Buck White et al.