Three months in perspective from a servant in Monterrey-México.

1 year, 11 months ago by guimo in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports


Hare Krishna, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. With my deepest obeissances, to His Holiness Hanumat Presaka Swami and devotees.


March 2023 was the most merciful month for disciples and aspirants-to-disciples as we could serve Gurudeva in the best state of being aware that is Krishna Consciousness.


I felt really appointed all the time for I was embraced by the vaishnava community while serving here and there with small tasks.


The program in the Universities where neat, whith compact groups with high influence over the students and society. Recently I got a message from a teacher at UdeM that told me she and some collegues still chant Hare Krishna! I stand a servant of your servants: Govinda, Lalita, Anandamaya, Gadadhar and their sweet associates from NIOS, Institute for which I was invited officialy by Abhiram Prabhú to serve as academic in the field of Sociology of Eating.


Finca Nueva Goverdhan opened Her gates to guests for four weeks in El Retiro Trascendental ASA, and we where exctatic to live even a moment on Hare Krishna community programs, acompanied by the Big Nandita Bovine Mother and astonished by Agni Hotra as inaugural ceremony. Some videos where filmed, we are still working on the edits for a Documental.


Centro de Prédica Krishna Balaram in Huerto de los Leones (All Glories to Lord Nrisimha Deva orchard!) was also inaugurated in an extatic Festivity. Gadadhar, and other devotees like me are currently serving at Huerto de los Leones' Sunday Sankirtan at noon. A fluid place, few devotees but always attentive.


Currently trying to serve from my position, following HpS on Social Media and his Bhagavad-gītā seminar, the Principles and Sadhana and sharing with a variety of different devoted personalities in a challenging world full of realizations, full of mercy!


Thank you Maharaja and sweet devotees!

Sincerely: Your developing servant.

Bhakta Guillermo Sepúlveda.


HpS - Super. We still have your beads for 1st initiation. Have you been following standard for six months. Your secular name is Guiermo Sepulvida? We can exchange some chats on Whatsapp?

Forest beauty!

Hare Krishna!

Please accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to you!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!


Hare Krishna Maharaja,

Thanks so much for sharing about the state parks. I'm here at Finger Lakes State park, it's a beautiful place to chant and read.

I was going to go on a Japa walk, but then my camping neighbor saw me and asked if I was Buddhist. We got to talking and he said that he read Bhagavad Gita As it is!

I gave him a copy of "If attacked I'll chant Hare Krishna", and a temple song book. we read from Srimad Bhagavatam and Light of the Bhagavata!


It was really beautiful to show the pictures from the LOB in the middle of a forest with all the birds chirping.


ASA - "Chir Ping" 🐦 . . 🐦


I thought of you when the page turned to the picture of the renounced monk. And then I also remembered the LOB seminar in Boise.


HpS - Wonder Filled Book!! 😆


I guess I just wanted to say thanks for everything. I appreciate you so much and it's really beautiful out here!!

Hare Krishna!!


Part Two

I'm here at the RVC [Rupa-anuga Vedic College] and I had a conversation about the training program.

They are sleeping from 9p-3am. (So this is kinda late for the "get up early and get your rounds done" program...) (what do you think??)


ASA - No, that is fine. Get your rounds done early can be before Mangala arati, before breakfast, before 10AM, 13-before breakfast . . .


Then a full morning program and other programs during the day.

The focus here is teamwork and chanting during the brahma murhurta, and they have an amazing program of reading, book distribution, and Harinam every day!


HpS/ASA - Super!


This program is so blissed out!! It's the spiritual world!!!!


ASA - Discussed enrolling?


Your servant,

Jaya Hari Das


ASA - More!

Now Argentina in

Hari bol, Guru maharaja, AGTSP please accept my humble obeisances.


Now I am in Argentina (Bhakti Sashtri), it has been somewhat difficult to adapt to the rhythm and especially to the small details that living in an asrama has (such as sleep close to some one that it is common for others to snore and not being able to sleep well all night) or the typical problems that have a bathroom when it is shared by more than 4 people, but other than that the classes and the place are lovely,


ASA - !


Maharaja Dhanvantari Swami gives some very good classes on the Bhagavad-Gita, we are now in Cordova with Devaki and Mitravinda who have been very good hosts. Well, I've also been singing my 16 good rounds (although sometimes it's kind of complicated) and following the 4 principles.


Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja.

May health be with you and without much more to add.

AGTSP and please accept my humble obeisances again :D. 


HpS - Thank you 1,000,000 times for sending this news. Did you meet with Deva-vrata and Mataji and others in Cordoba?

My respects to Maharaja.

Yes, ashrama life is challenging, but it is easy in that you are carried along without any effort in following the standard principles, no?

Sankirtan

1 year, 11 months ago by shatakshi in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

Dear Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP!


Here are the three categories as requested by you:


*MFA/PHD*

1. Requesting recommendation letter for MFA from USC for Filmmaking from your esteemed self, Indian Ambassador of Mexico, Gauranga Pr director of GEV, Purushottam Lila Prabhu, director of Mandi IIT etc. (end of May)


HpS - Please Whatsapp us the details of what we should write.


2. Make 30 sec demo reel showing clips of movies I’ve directed to submit to producers/directors in Hollywood (recommended by Yogi from Houston) (July)

3. Produce more 1 character/goddess short films (costume, background and English narrative) in India (End of 2023)

4. Researching/Ph.D. from IIT Mandi in Monitoring Impact of Mudras, chakral-yogic postures and odissi movement, and pranayama on dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin levels of the human body (2023-2027/8)


*Visiting/Adjunct faculty Title*


5. Applying for Visiting Faculty and Researcher under IIT Mandi’s Indian Knowledge Systems and Mental Health Applications program (June 2nd week)


6. Create application for Adjunct faculty position in top 20 dance programs in USA uni: make 30 sec dance demo reel, show online course video pedagogy, curriculum, theory book draft, workbook draft (June end)


8. Teaching/making 3 credit course on odissi dance in Fall semester and 1 credit course in Summer to 20 PhD students


*Natyasala Academy Director Goals*:

8. Aiming for 100,000 followers on Instagram (classical Indian odissi dance channel) by collaborating with larger accounts (end of 2023)

9. Make Hanumat Preshaka drama script (by end of May)


10. Make composition and choreography with Manipuris and then shoot outdoors and in auditorium as this short film prequel for your film series (end of 2023).


11. Get funding for bringing troupe to USA/Mexico through: Indian Ambassador in Mexico, Consulate General of Houston, DG ICCR Delhi, USA dance university faculty


12. Create spiritually augmented Odissi dance BFA MFA for American university: pedagogy, cirrriculum, books and video lectures. (32 hrs lecture videos completed. 500hrs lectures shoot/edit remaining)


13. Make odissi dance theory book (first draft ready)


14. Complete Odissi dance workbook (first draft I showed to you in Houston)


15. Completing Bhramara gita voice recording


16. Complete 12 dance productions (towards main ISKCON festivals). Please show us your ppts.


These are the projects I’m currently focused on. Please advise if you feel some are missing or some need to be removed or priorities reassigned. Thank you for engaging us in such wonderful service! Each of these are long projects, I hope we can accomplish them soon so we can receive your esteemed feedback! I’ve been aiming to chant all my rounds before Mangal Aarti or in Brahma-muhurta now, due to your extreme mercy!


YAS,

SM DD


HpS - ASA --- AgtSP. Thank you. We hope you get partners for these plans, and your plans develop in terms of the Hollywood Directors, or PhD mentors et all that you get.

First, let us know what are the parameters for the PhD recommendation letter.

Hari Hari!

1 year, 11 months ago by keving in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

Hare Krsna Maharaj! And welcome back to Tennessee area, Hari Bol!


Please accept my humble obeisances 🙏

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga,

All glories to Srila Prabhupad 🙏


It was nice to have your association at Nrsimhadev Caturdasi program Saturday 🙏 Pravine Prabhu was real happy to meet you.


HpS = We felt bad that there was not so much time to associate more with devotees, especially you.


I'm doing some book distribution and meeting people who are interested in murfreesboro area, also in Nashville some young people have started chanting. They visited Murari Sevaka with me a number of times.


ASA - Maybe we can visit Murari with you also.


Yes, Maharaj, so the last letter I mentioned at Murari Sevaka there is Mitravinda Mataji and her three daughters who stay at Murari Sevaka.

Jvarajit Prabhu is a Prabhupad disciple who visits and helps them with cooking for the deities each week also.

Mitravinda Mataji was asking if you would like to visit Nitai Gauracandra's temple sometime, Murari Sevaka. I could take you with Pravine Prabhu also on a weekend if you would like. If you wanted to give a class or just visit possibly, maybe our murfreesboro devotees could join too?


HpS - As we said, it seems like a possibility, but right now we are just getting this ashrama in The Boro going. It is doing pretty well.

What dates would be good for others?


These are just a few thoughts, just trying to serve Krsna's devotees. Hare Krsna Maharaj 🙏😊