Letters to the editor

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Hare Krishna, Dear Gurumaharaja,

Please accept our sincere obeisances

All glories to srila Prabhupada

Gurudeva, this letter is a report on the progress in Nueva Govardhan Monterrey, as well as Sankirtan programs as your visit approaches in March 2023.

In a friendly manner it has been decided that the administration and decision of the local activities will be done by the team in Monterrey: Gadhadar Gosai and his wife Anandamaya mataji, Lalita Mataji, Bhakta Guillermo, and Govinda Pramodini. Of course with your guidance.

Gadhadhar gosai Prabhu and Family wants to extend their welcome to all devotees who want to visit, all can connect with him at +52 81 2445 8048, email: [email protected]

Nueva Govardhan has a 80% progress, working with the surrounding resources that krishna provides. We are building with ecological construction technologies with bamboo from the area, we are near the river. Krishna always sends new people to collaborate in some way in the sankirtan. We are in the construction of roads through the different forests. 3 geodesic domes in progress, and we are expected to have 5 with capacity of a family per dome. We are improving the educational spaces, greenhouse, gosala, temple room...Also today they installed fiber optic internet...

Apart from the main house we now have another house for matajis thanks to the help of enthusiastic devotees hearing about their visit.

We are designing permaculture systems and very happy as a family collaborating to serve all the devotees.

Regarding Sankirtan, Two of the most important Universities in Mexico (located in Monterrey) confirmed that we can do programs with them:

• Tec de Monterrey - March 15, from 3 to 5 pm, auditorium with capacity for 60 people.
• UDEM - March 16 from 4:00 to 5:25 pm, auditorium with capacity for 80-100 people.

The theme that both universities were most interested in developing is "Cultivation of the Human Spirit", in a conference format with questions and answers.

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As an option, the possibility of showing the film "The Light of the Bhagavata" at UDEM the following week after the Sankirtan on March 16 is open. This is for the general public. What day do you consider auspicious for the screening to take place?

HpS/ASA - Look at the Vaisnava calendar and then consider the secular situation and yes, show the movie.

We can use selected verses from LOB for the two lecture programs and then invite people to join the cultural program: Kirtan, Movie, Kirtan/ Prasadam.

Also, some Tec de Monterrey directors would like to have a session to implement the cultivation of the human spirit in the teaching of students.

We require to know what date you consider auspicious to propose to them. It can be a week before or a week after Sankirtan on March 15.

HpS - Again, we have no preference.

We believe that this could be a good beginning of the relationship between NIOS and the Universities of Monterrey.

HpS - The Avanti schools in England have a very formal, detailed, working relationship with Cambridge University called Camast as far as we know.

The project in Monterrey could become formally connected with the university.

A program for the protection of cows and animals and theatre & art are also being developed and we look forward to providing you with more details in the next report.

ASA - If you go to

http://www.jayarama.us/archives/

You will see many files that start with "LOB". They all have materials for development a Cultivation of the Human Spirit symposium.

http://www.jayarama.us/archives/lob-sym-production.doc

Is like a production guide. The wave has come? Are we ready?

Hold on!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=krsqU2HFJkw

We are attentive to your advice and instructions Gurumaharaja

We attach the dates of the sankirtan activities so far and some photographs of the University spaces.

Hare Krishna

New Govardhan Team, Monterrey, Mexico

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Hare Krishna querido Gurumaharaja

Por favor acepte nuestras más sinceras reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Gurudeva, esta carta es un informe sobre el progreso en Nueva Govardhan Monterrey, así como los programas de Sankirtan a medida que se acerca su visita en marzo de 2023.

De manera amistosa se ha decidido que la administración y decisiónes de las actividades locales estarán a cargo del equipo de Monterrey: Gadhadar Gosai y su esposa Anandamaya mataji, Lalita Mataji, Bhakta Guillermo y Govinda Pramodini. Por supuesto con su guía Gurumaharaja.

Gadhadhar gosai Prabhu and Family quieren extender su bienvenida a todos los devotos que quieran visitar, todos pueden conectarse con él al +52 81 2445 8048, correo electrónico: [email protected]

Nueva Govardhan tiene un 80% de avance, trabajando con los recursos circundantes que proporciona krishna. Estamos construyendo con tecnologías de construcción ecológica con bambú de la zona, estamos cerca del río. Krishna siempre envía gente nueva para colaborar de alguna manera en el sankirtan. Estamos en la construcción de caminos a través de los diferentes bosques. 3 domos geodésicos en proceso, y se espera tener 5, con capacidad de una familia por domo. Estamos mejorando los espacios educativos, invernadero, gosala, sala del templo... También hoy instalaron internet de fibra óptica... Ahora tenemos otra casa para matajis gracias a la ayuda de devotos entusiastas al enterarse de su visita.

Estamos diseñando sistemas de permacultura y muy felices como familia colaborando para servir a todos los devotos.

En cuanto a Sankirtan, Dos de las Universidades más importantes de México (ubicadas en Monterrey) confirmaron que podemos hacer programas con ellas:

Tec de Monterrey - 15 de marzo, de 3 a 5 pm, auditorio con capacidad para 60 personas.

UDEM - 16 de marzo de 4:00 a 5:25 pm, auditorio con capacidad para 80-100 personas.

El tema que más les interesó desarrollar a ambas universidades es “Cultivo del Espíritu Humano”, en formato de conferencia con preguntas y respuestas.

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Como opción se abre la posibilidad de proyectar la película “La Luz del Bhagavata” en UDEM la semana siguiente después del Sankirtan del 16 de marzo. Esto es para público en general. ¿Qué día considera usted auspicioso para que se lleve a cabo la proyección? 

También a algunos directores del Tec de Monterrey les gustaría tener una sesión para implementar el cultivo del espíritu humano en la enseñanza de los estudiantes. Requerimos saber qué fecha considera usted auspiciosa para proponerles. Puede ser una semana antes o una semana después del Sankirtan del 15 de marzo. 

Creemos que este puede ser un buen comienzo de relación entre NIOS y las Universidades de Monterrey. 

También se están desarrollando un programa para la protección de vacas y animales y teatro&arte y esperamos brindarle más detalles en el próximo informe.

Estamos atentos a tus consejos e instrucciones Gurumaharaja

Adjuntamos las fechas de las actividades de sankirtan hasta el momento y algunas fotografías de los espacios de la Universidad.

Hare Krishna

Equipo Nueva Govardhan, Monterrey, México

AgtSP

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Especially by efforts of Sri Hari Das, Subhadramayi Devi Dasi, but so many more devotees such as Vipina Vihari Das et al,

1000-copies of TPP have been printed and delivered at R./116,000.

We decided list price will be r./300 each with discounts for special cases.

Now we want to produce a Vaisnava Verse Booklet from the Appendix that can be printed as a separate NOI size booklet for carrying with you at times to refresh memory of essential verses.

Then we have 4-lectures videoed in Houston, introducing the book as a study resource for study.

Then, we hope to lecture on, read and explain the entire TPP while we travel to Imphal, Silchar, Agartala in Manipuri while it the translatin is being recorded, and then print that.

Then, we are already trying to collect more information to put into the next edition.

Dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!

We finally reached India after 3 years! We can't wait to come and meet you in Radhakunda. We hope and pray that your energy levels are good. We watched your katha on Srila Prabhupada before his disappearance day. It was so very instructive to us on how a disciple should make the instructions of the Spiritual Master his life and soul and how you have taken the instructions you heard from Srila Prabhupada and have made it your life and soul.

We are currently in Pune near Sri Sri Radha VrindavanChandra temple. We are with the devotee (Madhuri Rasa Mataji) who helped Divya take up Krishna Consciousness when she was in Pune before we got married. Divya had promised Radha VrindavanChandra that she would bring me to Them after our marriage. It has taken us 4 years to come. In the morning today, I got the opportunity to do Srila Prabhupada's Guru Puja in the temple. I really feel it was your mercy Guru Maharaja because there are so many wonderful devotees here and I don't know anyone here to recognize me and ask me as a matter of courtesy. We have been doing Srila Prabhupada's Guru Puja service in Dallas for 4 years and see it as Srila Prabhupada accepting our service.

Before arriving in Pune, we were in Thiruvanantapuram. Divya's elder brother lives there and they just welcomed their first child. They named her Sankirtana. We also visited the Adi Kesava Perumal temple and took dust from the place where Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to recite Brahma Samhita. We leave Pune tomorrow to Nagpur to meet Divya Sri's parents. She has not seen them for 3 years. Her father lost his hearing last year when he got COVID and she has not even been able to speak to him properly. It will be good for her to spend some time with them. On 19th we travel to Delhi where we'll meet up with Radhika Raman prabhu and my friend Caru Nimai Prabhu from ISV, and travel to Radhakunda together. Ranchor prabhu has very mercifully arranged accommodations for us in Radhakunda next to your asharam. We can't wait to come and meet you and be with you Guru Maharaja. We will be there till 24th evening and leave to Delhi along with Radhika Raman prabhu. On 25th we travel to Mayapur and return to Chennai on 29th.

On 1-Jan, we are celebrating our father's 70th birthday (Bhimaratha Shanthi), we have our visa appointment at the US consulate on 18-Jan. It is taking one month for the passports to be returned with the visa stamp nowadays. We will get our passports back from the US consulate with our visas stamped sometime around 18th Feb. We have booked our return tickets on 23rd Feb back to Dallas. On 27th Jan, Srirama is getting married. Divya and I have been going around and distributing wedding invitations this time, since it is getting difficult for my parents to do so.

In between all this, I have been working also. It is the first time I have come to India for such a long time. Usually, it is for 2-3 weeks. Day before yesterday, I was texting Nrtya Kisori mataji that I was missing the Dham and the devotees in Dallas and immediately, we met a devotee from Dallas in Radha Kunjabihari temple yesterday. Krishna has been very kind and merciful and we can't attribute it to anything else other than your causeless mercy Guru Maharaja!

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

ASA - https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/11/4-5/

It is cold here!

Maybe for Divya's health you should stay in India?

We thank you so much for the news!

Dear Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP!

Tentative date to receive Vrndavana printed TPP is 10th.

Meanwhile we are trying to line up pre bookings. Here are some ideas on how to distribute the book once it’s out. Please let us know your esteemed thoughts 🙏.

1. We may host a 3 day seminar teaching from this book Dec 22,23,24 (VP being last day). Devotees will have opportunity to get TPP personally autographed

ASA - Thank you all! You can see in the VP calendar suggest in parallel post that there will be some promo at VPuja.

I was thinking we might get out for Parikaramas the days before VP.

Then we could present the book on those.

2. We may circulate a page in audience to get names for autograph.

ASA - Hmmm. Just requires pen and paper to implement.

3. We are trying to put the book for selling on Amazon.in

4. After discussion with some devotees who seek spiritual books, we suggest to place cost of book: 300₹, special occasion discount: 200₹.

ASA - We had similar thoughts.

5. We might ask vrindavan temple book shops and VIHE and online book stores, BBT to place their pre-booking orders with us.

ASA - Yes.

6. We may ask for book reviews written/recorded by HG Bhurijan Maharaj, HH Radhanath Maharaj, HH Sachinandana Maharaj, HH Rasamrita Maharaj, HH Jayadvait Maharaj, HH Gopal Krsna Maharaj, and HH Kadamba Kanan Maharaj.

ASA - Yes. Reviews and suggestions from different people! They need to be approached personally.

Please let us know your thoughts on this. If any other devotees would like to contribute, please share ideas 🙏.

your servant,

Subhadra Mayi DD

ASA - One idea is that it is not a timed book. So, we printed 1,000 copies so that we would have a stock in India for maybe one year.

Devotees visiting can take some back to their countries.

What about Rasabhihari Lal and Sons?

Seems we need a stock in Mumbai and other places where we have friends with clear promotional information, like who to contact for orders and how to pay.

Thank you so much.

Thanks to your Uncle...

Hare Krishna Guru-Maharāj,

PAMHO. AGTSP!

I refer to your last instruction regarding the preaching centre in Vienna, Austria.

I just spoke on the phone at length with Vrajajana dās Adhikary in Vienna (Temple President), regarding my offer to perform service there indefinitely.

He explained that presently they are doing the minimum programme consisting of Sunday Feast, Wednesday BG class and Harinam. It sounds as though the location and amenities are adequate for me to stay there full-time and that there is scope for more regular programmes.

My offer was to help whichever way I can to support the existing programmes and expand it where possible.

To this end, we have agreed that I shall stay there for at least a couple of weeks as of Monday, 28 November 2022 and then discuss more permanent preaching plans thereafter.

I await your blessings to the foregoing proposal, so that I may pursue it with full enthusiasm.

Your servant,

Janārdan-hari dās.

HpS/ASA - From half the planet away and thus very little knowledge, we think that it seems fine.

Why not start one evening program a week like Wednesday of Thursday.

Then, later if things get hot, add a full Saturday morning program for intermediate level devotees.

Focus on how people can get a taste od chanting Maha-mantra and teaching SB.

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Gurudev, if you have extra copies of tava pache pache with you. HG Rituraj Krsna Das Prabhuji wants to purchase...it's not available in Indian Amazon.com

ASA/TB - We are printing in India now.