Letters to the editor

Esteemed Dr. Professor S. Bandyopadhyaya, Brahmacari Purusottama-kesava Das et al,

Hare Krsna!!!     We are struggling to stay alive in the little village of Murfreesboro. and move forward, NIOS, ISKCON Ministry of Education, Latin American GBC and our own esoteric Anjana Suta Academy work.   ...    We have organized our ASA bulletin as our basic platform of communication: http://www.jayarama.us/news.htm, and this month is anniversary of 20-years of publication.  In this last issue especially, God's mercy and some real pain on our part, we were able to put all the work in 91% clear perspective.

Please look at it as you can and give us your criticism!!

Very specifically: Prof. here is a link to the very nice effort to place your Bio-data on Wikipedia. Our worker, Carlos Rold, from Chile, has faced different challenges but seems we are 87% ready to see it posted: https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11123/

Number Two - PK Das, where are you? Professor, everyone is asking about you!   Can you also make a post to the Blog eg. Twenty-first Century Brahmacaria in ISKCON?    What was the conclusion about the NIOS-ISKCON Kolkata account?  NIOS has a substantial debt to Professor and his team for printing, editing last book.  If all the remaining funds had best go to ISKCON Kolkata, O.K.   Or if we can get our official reps in India eg. Sashi Prakasa Sing, Deputy Attorney General for Central Government, Uttar-pradesha to send an Invoice to the Temple. Or just have Prof. Sri Hari Das send proper compensation and adoration to Prof. that is another option.

Number Three - Prof.   a) How can we get Pracya-prajna articles into Solaris? b) Are there scholars that you know who would like to contribute to Solaris. It is in process with Prof. Miguel Polo et al of being reviewed for becoming academically Indexed Journal. We are poor as church mice but we can honestly offer proper honraria for articles. c) Abhirama et all want a(n series of) bio-graphical interviews of your good self. I have been trying to get the international media working with Ambarisa Das in Argentina. He and his wife are well respected, professional, video editors.  Remember the one we did quickly at the Gaudiya Matha?  That was edited and shown at the last Symposium, Education and the Sacred. Can we make a few interviews?  Are there some topics that appeal to you? One topic is why does one become a historian, especially of ancient culture?

Hector Behar ran successful Journal on Political Science for twenty years and suggest that we "Partner" with like five other Journals that, along with Solaris, will give a very serious view of the topics we are trying to communicate. We started with Bellas Artes from Lima last issue. We give them a page at the end of our Journal and they so the same for us. Who else, Stapatyam?

Srinatha Krsna Das wrote to us:

Dear Guru Maharaja

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

Sorry for the late reply Gurudeva. The last week has was crazy. We are trying to consciously go though grhasta ashrama one last time so as to not have this desire again. Buying a house has definitely helped with that! It was a painful process but we could clearly see that Krishna was helping us all along. It is incredible how Krishna communicates if we try sincerely to hear Him. It is only through your association and mercy that we are able to have tangible experiences.

We should definitely plan on going ahead with the Japa book Guru Maharaj. Divya Sri said she will help. I will take care of the publishing.

Radhika Ramana Prabhu can oversee it although he doesn't have to be deeply involved till we finish the TPP book. I already spoke with him about this in brief sometime back and he was excited about the book. He said if we had about 7500 words, we could make a nice book. It is currently at about 2900 words.

Srinivasa-acarya prabhu can also be involved if he has time. He wrote a very nice Meaning of Vyasapuja essay for the Vyasapuja offering book. He can expand on a the section in Japa Joe, where you mentioned texts and purports from Srila Prabhupada's books. You can then go over it and do a round of editing.

I can coordinate the entire thing and do some editing as well Gurudeva.

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

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HpS - ASA --- AgtSP! paoho.... Whatever Krsna wants!!! It seemed to have some value and was relatively developed. Japa Joe. Then the next article would have been. "Return of Japa Joe", then "Japa Joe Goes to Harvard", then "The Joe's Last Round", then "The Son of Japa Joe".

😎 Maybe first step would be for Srimati Divya-sri Devi Dasi to make some comments?

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Obeisances

We are preparing all for tomorrow, FMP singer [5.30 Chile time], translator for the class of Srinivas Acarya das [7.30 Chile time] and all about the conference "Día Internacional Vaisnava de la Mujer".

Here we have the information of the event:

Friday, May 1st, there is an auspicious celebration for the Srimati Sita Devi and Jahnava Devi's appearances, two great women of the Vaisnava tradition of east. We invited to join us in this commemorating, to other great contemporary women, exponents of Bhakti Yoga; Malati devi and Rukmini Walker, both early Srila Prabhupada's disciples.

The result is that this Friday at 4:00 p.m. (New York time), we will have an online seminar where Malati and Rukmini, along with Hanumatpresaka Swami, will reflect and dialogue from the concept to the spirituality of women in our society.

This is a free online event but with limited spaces as it will not be broadcast on open platforms. Therefore, we cordially invite all those interested in booking a space, to inform themselves about the presentations and to register for free at iskcon.cl/womensday/

Facebook event or comunicaciones at iskcon.cl for more direct communication:

https://www.facebook.com/events/237168120824676/

At what time you return to Argentina in Saturday, we have also class of Srimad Bhagavatam in the Chile time this day?

Thank you Gurudeva

Your servant

Pyari Mohan das

HpS - Awk!!!! Such a nice letter, but we didn't post it in time. The KDPC is potent, but then you can draw our attention to things even more intensely with Whatsapp message to look at the Blog post and even a comment in the Chat in the FMP! Thank you so much for this effort. More. Failures are the stepping stones to success.

Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!

ART Das and Raul from Peru have suggested a movie of the "Diary of a Traveling Creature". Suggestion and answer at: www.jayarama.us/archives/dtc-raul-200502.pptx

All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to HH . Hanumat Presaka Swami Guru Maharaj! Please accept our humble obeisances at Your sweet sweet sweet Lotus feet!

ASA - I guess if Srila Prabhupada mercifully gives His Lotus Feet to someone, then that person can be said to have sweet lotus feet. AGTSP!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

We discharged the last Corona positive patient just a couple of days back. Just 2 positive cases but had to put all the people under lockdown. As of now, Manipur becomes the first state in India to be COVID-19 free. Thank you Guru Maharaj. We are glorifying the Karuna virus...teaches us to revive our Vaishnava roots!

We had been conducting social awareness programme on the importance of using face mask, how to put it correctly, how to dispose, sanitisation....how to make sanitizer at home and social distancing. We distributed face masks and then prasadam....going house to house ...requesting them to stay home....chant...pray for all. In the lockdown and curfew...we are given curfew pass for doctors....so we get to attend mangal arti. We are attending SB classes...just 4 0r 5 of. We are in SB 3.20.8

Those on heavy duty....like the police...get to honour prasadam. They feel happy.

Today just after mangal arti we are going to distribute prasadam to whoever we find on the highway....the few we will find will be on emergency or essential services. We strictly follow the regulations of lockdown. HH Jaibhima Das Prabhuji and HH Ramanuja Das Prabhuji accompany us....we have a restriction that not more than 3 persons can travel in the car.

Encouraging our new aspirant Nilanda Ningthoujam to write to you dear Guru Maharaj....she was so happy to receive your reply last time.

Sending some photos .

We remember you all the time dear Guru Maharaj

Your insignificant servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - Thank you for this news!! We drew a smile and monkey nose on our face mask! What are the first three biggest causes of death in USA every year?

Esteemed Piyari-mohan Das,

AGTSP. Paoho. Thank you for the very long letter with so many thoughts, questions. We will try to write more about these themes in the DTC. One point that really struck me is the post of Temple Commander. This is a title that Srila Prabhupada used. I think that the Temple President was more like a older, respected Brahmana who could represent the Temple on developing its strategy and the Temple Commander was the direct, on site manager.

Of course, a lot of management is leading by example. Other than that it is like learning to be a cook for Krsna, or a Pujari, or a street book distributor etc.

The main thing is that unless it is based upon Vaisnava relations it is practically impossible in Kali-yuga. BG is the instruction to do your Ksatriya duty, but as service to Me, Krsna.

We chant Hare Krsna and work together as friends. Those who are not on the Madhyama level have to be innocent, willing to accept instructions based on the scripture and Acharya's instructions.

Whatever service we take the Supreme Lord personally takes the responsibility to see that it is successful. I have been Temple President several times. It is not my nature and Krsna appreciated that and I did not do it well naturally, but it was necessary, so we did it.

Most important thing is Vaisnava relations, we (like to) hear and discuss SB together. chant Japa, Kirtan together and then spread these things together.

1. So, chant and get good intelligence from the Supersoul.
2. Talk with about five or six nice devotees about what specific service you should do.
3. Look for instructions that you can personally take to heart from Prabhupada's books

Of course, Temple, GBC authorities can fit into #2, but in any case we always have proper relationship with the Administrative side of our institution, even if that means fighting to correct polluted management situations.

There can be no ISKCON as a healthy institution without GBC Secretaries and Sannyasis.

You are also doing the magazine. It seems very nice. Again, 1, 2, 3 above. We are committed to Vipalvah as General Editor for this year. Everyone knows this, then we want to be only a resource on the advisory board.

Live in the temple, share an apartment outside, stay with parents etc. etc. We can't give too much detailed advice because we don't know the details.

Let us look at some other letters.