Letters to the editor

URGENT: 1st. report EDUCATION AND THE SACRED

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

All glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami!!

Sorry for the delay of this report, I am a little sick and exhausted, but, for your mercy and that of Sadai Nimay-Nitay we are improving.

HpS - Yes, we are sorry that we do not have Sat-Cit-Ananda bodies, but your sincerity is a challenge for many of us.

 At the moment we have two managements in parallel:

1) The sending of the HONOR DIPLOMA and RECOGNITION LETTER from the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of San Marcos to Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay, for which on Wednesday, March 6, the Rector of San Marcos Dr. Orestes Cachay Boza is sending an email to the ambassador of India in Peru, Mr. Mandarapu Subbarayudu, asking you kindly to send, by diplomatic pouch, these two documents to the Governor of Bengal Sri Keshari Nath Tripati for him to hand over to Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay on Friday 22 or Saturday 23 March,by the mercy of Sri Nityananda, we hope it will be the day of the presentation of the book ŚIKṢĀDARŚA.

HpS - That is very good. Because of the medical situation of Prof. Samaresha's good wife we may have to adjust the schedule, but if we stay in touch then it should be a very wonderful event.

2) A CONVENTION OF ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL COOPERATION, for three years, between the Rector of the National University of San Marcos and NIOS, the basis of this agreement is EDUCATION AND THE SACRED. At present we are presenting, with Miguel Polo, the Project of the Agreement to the School of Philosophy, by the mercy of Sri Gauranga we hope that it will be approved on March 20, then the Resolution of the Dean's Office of the faculty and finally we will subscribe the agreement between the rectorado and NIOS. The Rector and his principal adviser they agree, but, we need to do the formal part and comply with the legal protocol of the university.

HpS - So it may be signed on Gaura-purnima! From your side we are working on the Symposium with devotees in India, the Ministry of Education and are trying to specifically get a good interview of Dr. Samaresh this weekend that can serve as a strong impetous for the Symposium. 

CALENDAR AND COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES

We are talking to Miguel Polo, Walter León and Oscar Naters and we all agree to suggest that the best dates to develop your academic sankirtan in Peru is in June, in those days we would do talks, interviews and preliminary activities on ¿What is sacred? and What is Education? and What is the relationship between Education and the Sacred?

HpS - Mathuresa Das has retreat in Bolivia the last week in June. We can also do a strong outside event in Bolivia at that time on Ed. and the Sacred.

From the perspective of the sacred. Why educate? How to educate?

Is any type of Education sacred in itself?

What kind of Education leads us to the Sacred?

HpS - We will post the interview questions we are asking Dr. Samaresh here on the Blog. 

And the 1st SYMPOSIUM INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND THE SACRED for the end of October or the first week of November.

HpS - Yes. We will go to Spain and India at the end of September for the MOE work.

Finally, we hope to have ready 500 copies of Jayam No. 3 and 20 copies of the book "Twirl Your Beads: Collected Writings of Hanumatpresaka Swami, 2017" for Gaura purnima and with Miguel Polo we will launch the call for SOLARIS No 3 in Ramanavami. It's okay?

HpS - We must ask Dr. Samaresh about Solaris 3 also. Yes, that date is good for launch! 

Gurudeva on the day of your Vyasa-puja, I made you this short poem, please, accept it as a modest offering from your insignificant servant who aspires to become your first-rate servant

HH HANUMATPRESAKA SWAMI, Savior of fallen souls

Fact of Bhakti and compassion

born its Guide and Association

before, sought love among screams and illusion

I wandered lost without any orientation

now, I cling to its instruction

because that is, the real solution

 OM TAT SAT

HpS - Thank you! The Google translation is a little difficult but the feeling and even idea does come across!! We are in Kolkata again. It is tough: Food is different. Our body is old. Travel is very dificult and even dangerous, but good facility to chang early and go to class!! That gives us STRENGTH.

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1er. informe LA EDUCACIÓN Y LO SAGRADO

Disculpe por la demora de este reporte, estoy un poco enfermo y fatigado, pero, por su misericordia y la de Sadai Nimai-Nitai estamos mejorando.

En estos momentos tenemos dos gestiones en paralelo:

1) El envío del DIPLOMA DE HONOR y CARTA DE RECONOCIMIENTO de la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas de San Marcos al Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay, para lo cual el miércoles 6 de marzo del presente, el Rector de San Marcos Dr. Orestes Cachay Boza está enviando un correo al embajador de la India en el Perú, sr. Mandarapu Subbarayudu, pidiéndole tenga a bien enviar, por valija diplomática, estos dos documentos al Gobernador de Bengala Sri Keshari Nath Tripati para que él se los entregue al Dr. Samaresh Bandyopadhyay el viernes 22 o sábado 23 de marzo, por la misericordia de Sri Nityananda, esperamos que sea el día de la presentación del libro ŚIKṢĀDARŚA.

2) Un CONVENIO DE COOPERACIÓN ACADÉMICO Y CULTURAL, por tres años, entre el Rectorado de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San marcos y NIOS, la base de este convenio es LA EDUCACION Y LO SAGRADO. En estos momentos estamos presentando, con Miguel Polo, el Proyecto del Convenio a la Escuela de Filosofía, por la misericordia de Sri Gauranga esperamos que salga aprobado el 20 de marzo, luego se tramitaría la Resolución del Decanato de la facultad y finalmente se suscribirá el convenio entre el rectorado y NIOS. El Rector y su asesora principal están de acuerdo en hacer el convenio, pero necesitamos hacer la parte formal y cumplir el protocolo legal de la universidad.

CALENDARIO Y ACTIVIDADES COMPLEMENTARIAS

Estamos hablando con Miguel Polo, Walter León y Oscar Naters y todos estamos de acuerdo en sugerir que las mejores fechas para desarrollar su sankirtan académico en Perú es en junio, en esos días haríamos conversatorios, entrevistas y actividades preliminares sobre ¿Qué es lo "sagrado"? ¿Qué es la “Educación”? y ¿Cuál es la relación entre la Educación y lo Sagrado?

Desde la perspectiva de lo sagrado ¿Para que educar? ¿Como educar?

¿Algún tipo de Educación es Sagrada en sí misma?

¿Qué tipo de Educación nos conduce a lo Sagrado?

 Y el 1er SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL LA EDUCACION Y LO SAGRADO para fines de octubre o la primera semana de noviembre.

 Finalmente, esperamos tener listo 500 ejemplares de Jayam No. 3 y 20 ejemplares del libro “Twirl Your Beads: Collected Writings of Hanumatpresaka Swami, 2017” para Gaura purnima y con Miguel Polo vamos a lanzar la convocatoria para SOLARIS No 3 en Ramanavami. Esta bien?

Gurudeva el día de su Vyassa-puja le hice este corto poema, por favor acéptelo como una modesta ofrenda de su insignificante sirviente que aspira a llegar a ser su sirviente de primera clase.

SS HANUMATPRESAKA SWAMI, Salvador de almas caídas

Hecho de Bhakti y Compasión

brota su Guía y Asociación

antes, buscaba el amor entre gritos e ilusión

vagaba perdido sin ninguna orientación

ahora, me aferro a Su Instrucción

porque esa es, la verdadera solución

OM TAT SAT

Dandavat Pranam,

Hanumat Presaka Swami Marsha & Ananda Bhakti Haridasa Goswami Maharaja!

As You had suggested earlier that both HpS Maharaja and Yourself wants to give asirbat my daughter and witness the Manipuri tradition of marriage ceremony on the 13th March, one day after HpS Guruji Maharaja reach Imphal. I whole heartedly invites for the ouspicious occasion. Please communicate me the confirmation for early arrangement.

Yours fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - We are very honored for the invitation! Please confirm our participation with Sarad-gaurangi Devi Dasi and the Temple Authorities such as The Sadhu Das.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

I hope U are fine. If I am honest, I really miss You all so much. I just had seen some pictures from U in India and listened to some classes.

I am a little concern about two topics from P Karuna Krsna das letter

First Topic:

I have 2 Bhakti Sastri students they are MALE haha, One is married (Mandali Bhadra das) we just interact like teacher and student, and is long distance education. He has already written to You about this in the blog.

The other student is Jiyada Nrismha das long distance again. I do not agree that the tutor has to be prabhus for prabhus and ladies for ladies, or at least evaluate each case.

I do not know other cases but in my case I am not interested in Romeo and Juliet topics. I just want to follow U, Srila Prabhupada and take care of my mom.

HpS - It is just more simple if men and women outside the family don't converse alone. If they do then there should be someone present who is the shelter of the lady. Is O.K.?

Second topic:

About the comittee in Chosica, about your visit and stay there. I have received a LOT LOT of complaints about your visits:

Some says that the circle is really closed, that some devotees can not reach You, etc

On the other hand I know that if one is interested in approaching You they must write here, and talk with your servant, etc

So my request is that the comittee maintains communication with the devotees in Lima. I am in charge of communications when You are in Peru. I have good relationship with Artd so I guess that there is not going to be any problem. But I have to write all this issues in public so most of the devotees have peace in mind and in their hearts.

HpS - Part of the fact is just the physical reality. Vyasadeava could not "reach" Narada Muni, but when the opportunity was there he asked his questions. Krsna arranged the meeting. We try to make our limited selves available by this media. By traveling to Peru. We give classes in Lima, Cuscso, Arrequipa, Wilson and people can approach us during the classes. We also make time before the classes. Of course, we have to always remember Mangala-ananda Das' comment, "After seven years of being initiated by you I have realized that you are not my psychologist, you are my Guru", and what kind of Guru. Good questions for this Blog and classes. Thank you.

Thanks Gurudeva, looking forward for FMP with your very good self.

I had a very nice Nityananda Trayodasi. I was in charge of the Abhishek. Thanks for your mercy

Your useless servant

Candramukhi dd

HpS - If your service is useless, we are all less than useless. Thank you.

On ‎Saturday‎, ‎February‎ ‎23‎, ‎2019‎ ‎12‎:‎33‎:‎43‎ ‎PM‎ ‎IST, Carlos Figueroa <[email protected]> wrote:

His Holiness Hanumat Presaka Swami

Receive my respectful obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada !!!!

As you are already aware, Prabhu Gandharva has been accepted by the National Board of Peru as representative of the Ministry of Education of ISKCON

Therefore, Myself, as the Director of Education of the Peruvian Yatra, had some meetings with him, developing projects and ideas for implement and improve spiritual and academic education in the temples of ISKCON Peru.

 We had three meetings in Chosica. In the first meeting,(only us) we talked about three points:

a) To develop a school of Brahmanas in the facilities of the Chosica Temple. This project I presented at a meeting of educators where you were present, in Lima, 2 years ago and I also presented it to the National Board. Everyone agreed with this idea. The school of Brahmanas is an ambitious project, so we have to be realistic and start it in stages. The inspiration to build this school is to follow the study models of the Radhadesh College, with Vaisnava theology courses, Vedic philosophy, etc etc and we will also take as a model the Mayapur Brahmanas school that forms Pujaris and priests trained in the worship of the Deity. Soon we will be meeting to work on the courses and curricula of this school.

b) Work with the MOE, making contact with its managers, to meet all the requirements that ISKCON requires to follow the official courses for first and second initiation

C) To develop an ecological project in the garden of our property, fostering dialogues and conversations about spiritual ecology

We also had a second meeting with mother Yugala Kishori. We three, my person, Prabhu Gandharva and mother Yugala, formed the educational committee of the Temple of ISKCON Chosica  2 years ago and since then we have met periodically, talking about many ideas and work plans. Mother Yugala is a good devotee and always collaborates, but occasionally travels and is absent. She also plans to travel to India, but always collaborates with Education at ISKCON Chosica. In that meeting we talked about several important technical aspects about the requirements that the MOE requires to follow and give the official courses, both in Chosica and in the Wilson Temple. Mother Yugala has volunteered as a teacher of Bhakti Shastri in Chosica for devotees. The idea is that we think it better for the teachers of Bhakti Shastri courses to teach these courses to devotees of their own kind, Prabhus to Prabhus and mothers to mothers. This is not a strict rule, but complaints have been heard from some devotees who use the courses as a pretext to make their students fall in love and that is not correct.

We also had a third meeting with Prabhu Lakshmana Agraja. Our intention, both of Prabhu Gandharva and mine, is to work in harmony with Prabhu Lakshmana, but he must agree to work in coordination with us. The courses can not be given by independent educators who do not report their results or explain their work methodology to the authorities. Prabhu Lakshmana is of an independent nature and we have not yet managed to agree, but we will continue to meet with him.

A pending issue that has been discussed is the need to meet with the other educators of the Peruvian Yatra, Prabhu Jiva Shakti, mother Ishvari, mother Candramukhi, Prabhu Jagat Pavitram, etc., etc. We agree that this meeting is important, but here we must point out the following, so as not to cause confusion; There is no such thing in the Peruvian Yatra as a "Zar" in Education, Prabhu Gandhrava as representative of the MOE will act as a link between that ministry and the Peruvian Yatra. My person, in my capacity as Director of the Ministry of Education, I am only the coordinator of the requirements demanded by the MOE, etc., with the authorities of the Temples and before the National Board, who is finally the one who decides and approves the policies be implemented in the educational area. All meetings with educators from other temples such as Wilson's will be meetings to listen to suggestions and ideas, but the final decisions on these issues will be made by the temple authorities.

Finally, an idea that we have discussed, is to form in Chosica a special committee to coordinate your activities when you give us the blessing of being with us. That committee would be formed by myself, Prabhu Gandharva, Prabhu Abhiram and Prabhu Uddhava. Of course, we are at your disposal and we always ask for your blessing and instructions on all this.

Thank you for having the patience to read all this.

Your Servant and admirer

Karuna Krishna das

HpS - Thank you, Prabhu. Your efforts are like a breath of air for us drowning people. We have been slow in answering because of these 12-hour a day meetings with the Ministry of Education, traveling and preaching in Indian universities etc. Hard but effective. Such good results to offer to Peru Yatra et al.

All of your ideas seem fine to us.

We will distribute this letter. Please send letters to Blog. It is so much more efficient.

Dear Maharaj,

please accept our obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope you’re very well and healthy.

I'm already in India (Goa) with a group of 11 people, mostly with a Yoga/Ayurveda background. We have been taking Panchakarma treatment, and Ayurveda therapy course. It has been very well and nourishing.

We are arriving in Vrindavan, if the Divine Couple allows us, 15 feb by noon. We will be heading to KB Mandir and Radha Raman the same day.

HpS - We are in India and in Vrndavana. We leave for Delhi the 15th by 11AM. Ha! Ha! Hare!!! We can wave as we pass on the road!!

I know you’re going to be also in Vrindavan the same days we are, so I wanted to humbly ask if you could give some class or something to the group; surely the association with an exalted Vaisnava as you, in the holy Dham, will create a profound impression on them.

Please if you could, give me some dates so I can start to manage our activities there considering your timings.

HpS - We work like an ass to always keep our calendar updated on the web-page. look there maybe we will meet other place. Text us on our cell phone.

May all be auspicious to you! Bahut shukriya! :)

Your aspiring servant

Vishvanath CT dasa

Hare Krishna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP

PAMHO

Gurudeva ¡¡¡¡¡ How are You? I follow your DTC, and sometimes devotees share a video of U in India, I listened to a class in Pune, we missed You all so much.

Our sadhana was kind of messed up, my mother almost left her body twice, and we have to run from our house to the hospital, etc pfff illness is one of the worst miseries in life, we can not do anything. I am not attached to her body, I know that for a reason she is still with us, so I am just there by her side. I have to chant lots of rounds, I was so so tired and stressed, so in youtube I found one priest who preaches with humor, he is a Franciscan. He is too great, the way he teaches us using easy terms how his life is an example of what he says, and most importantly that he is not interested in stay here in this material world helped me a lot. And then I realized that I can not fall in love with a man unless he is in love with God, is the way I am, despite all the spoiled that I am, and the fancy way I like to wear, if someone is connected and in love with God is the glory to me.

I used to dedicate songs of love to Nityananda Prabhu, and then when I saw that he does the same thing jaja I felt so please

I know that you are too busy there put I will put the link in here of his Youtube channel, maybe some of us gain benefit from him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-KWPCw4bo

I am also reading SP books, but in videos I feel much more connected. Nityananda Trayodasi is comming so I will take advantage of that.

I am very thankful with everything even with the cancer because it is teaching me how to be patient, merciful,and that I am too selfish.

Gurudeva please pray for us, for be more determined in helping me and then others in this spiritual path

By the way I do not have a relationship with him hahaha, I was just expressing that if I fall in love it is going to be with a man of God. I write to him in public and make some comments that's it

I am teaching BS online, It is very nice to feel SP's company and guidance too

Thanks again

Your useless servant

Candramukhi dd

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna, Candra-mukhi Devi Das. Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna. Get up early and get your rounds done!!! A full-morning program. Join some party. Do and online program. Invite devotees to spend the night with you.

Then everything will be great.

We did 2-hours of class for the VIHE Bh. Vai. students yesterday.

What we seein Pune, Vrndavana, is that the Bh. Vai. students here are no more advanced than we are in the West. Get to work. The more purified we are the more we can explain what is this material world to others, no?

Thank you for the link.

Would this Franciscan appreciate Srila Prabhupada's company?