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Jaya, Sri Krsna!

Esteemed Professor, Harsh et al,

We hope this finds you in the best of spirits. We have been working with some heroism during the last few weeks and there is much more progress than we deserve to see. We will try to call Professor tomorrow with Dr. Ravi. Our system is very sensitive now and just to keep full respiration we have to be very strict with diet etc.

Below and attached are our draft of our Welcome Address for the book release, and the letter for the Abhivandan committee. Please tell us if we need to adjust them or just start over.

Also, we are ready to book our tickets for India and Europe. Here are the suggestions:

Flight 1: Wed, Feb 17, Newark, NJ (EWR) to Delhi, India (DEL)

Flight 2: Wed, Mar 30, Delhi, India (DEL) to Brussels, Belgium (BRU)

Flight 3: Mon, Apr 18, Brussels, Belgium (BRU) to Newark, NJ (EWR)

We would land in Delhi on the 18th night and leave in the earlier hours March 30th.   We would suggest going East first to Kolkatta, Manipur, Mayapur and then West to Mumbai, Baroda, and finally Vrndavan before leaving from Delhi. How does this seem to your good self. You are our "Principal Advisor".

HpSwami

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Welcoming Address

Bharatiya-sanskriti Ceremonial Book Release

and

Seminar on Ancient Indian Education and Man-making in the Modern World

Hanumatpresaka Swami (Huber Hutchin Robinson)

General Secretary  - NIOS North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies

Chancellor Mukundakam Sharma, Professor-Doctor Samaresh Bandhyopadhyay exceedingly learned and esteemed scholars, and friends, 

Although very unqualified we have the honor of welcoming everyone to this Bharatiya-sanskriti Ceremonial Book Release, and Seminar on Ancient Indian Education and Man-making in the Modern World. We have been active members of NIOS (North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies) since its inception and by good fortune we had the unexpected opportunity of visiting India at this time. Our latest publication, Bharatiya-sanskriti, was ready for release and the various Officer, Directors and Members of NIOS took this as very auspicious, deciding to take advantage of our presence for this Release Ceremony.

While auspicious in one respect it has proven a little problematic in others since it has required us all to work very quickly to arrange this ceremony. So please forgive us for any inadequacies in this event, which on the whole seems to have come together quite well.

NIOS was founded on the premise that the world has adequate resources in its different cultural traditions to solve the major problems facing it now, creating a situation of peace, prosperity and friendship with a common cause. We feel that India especially has a very essential role to play in these efforts. It is one of the oldest civilizations with so much of the fundamental principles and practices that have given it longevity intact.

With these principles in mind we were honored to publish a felicitations volume for Prof. Samaresh Bandhyopadhyay that was itself ceremoniously released May 2102. The ceremony was co-sponsored by the Indian Museum in Kolkatta and a seminar on the title of today’s volume was organized as part of the event. The three days of contributions from many fields of India culture were thought to be so valuable and timely that we entreated Prof. Bandhyopadhyay to become the editor for a volume including these contributions. The range of topics was so wide that only a scholar of Professors breadth of knowledge could do justice to the job.

After so much heroic work, the book now stands before us as a tangible fact, giving timely insight into what treasures we can mine from India’s philosophical, educational, medical, political, artistic and other heritages. It includes contributions from esteemed scholars in North and South America, Europe and India, and speaks with great authority and penetration.

Without much more to say, let me on behalf of NIOS again, apologies for any shortcomings in the arrangement of this ceremony and extend the heartfelt greetings of our President, Dr. Ravi P. Singh and the other very distinguished members of NIOS. We hope to work more and more co-operatively with everyone who has contributed to these efforts to date and see more publication and education of all kinds in these areas.

Thank you.

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Abhivandan Letter

 NIOS
North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
2129 Stratford Rd; Murfreeboro, TN 37129; USA

Esteemed Organizers, Prof. Dr. Samaresh Bandhyopadhyay Felicitations Committee et al,

We are writing this to inform you that we have received several dozen copies of Abhivandan, Dr. Prof. Samaresh Bandhyopadhyay Felicitaions Seminar. They have come within several 80-pound boxes of our treasured Pracya-prajna-pradip with no indication in which box they are located. So it has  been a challenge to get the boxes open and find them. We are trying our level best to distribute all of these valuable publications and meeting with meritorious success, but as we suspect you are very aware, the modern world is becoming more and more inclined to transient pleasures and finds little interest in things of more lasting worth.

We feel that this is definitely a situation that can be addressed with good results and so we are continually determined to carry on with these efforts. Currently among our publication and other efforts, NIOS is sponsoring online libraries of classical Indian literature, excellent Sanskrit study and looking forward to an enormous Conference on the Psychology of the Sacred with the Peruvian National Library in June of 2016 during which we plan to approach ICCR for tickets for Indian scholars, especially Mr. and Mrs. Bandhyopadhyay to participate.

We hope that through our esteemed Principal Advisor and generous friend, Prof. Dr. Samaresh Bandhyopadhyay, we can keep in touch with you all on this matter of Abhivandana and the other efforts we are making

Sincerely,

Hanumatpresaka Swami

(Prof. Huber Hutchin Robinson)

Mobile: +1 209 505-xxxx

Hare Krsna Maharaj, PAMHO, AGTSP
Neigh!! neigh !! hourse tocuhing belly on ground. dandvat      Jaya!! jaya!!! to the monkey ,piggy, wise cat and brother ass. You may ask Swami ji to read slowly in section if he wishes to.

Hari bol to bhakta Daniel!!!     Hope he becomes crazy for Chaitanaya,, and goes to Donald Trump.    Tell him hey fellow be a Hare Krsna - you will win!!!!

Coming to serious note!!!multiple  issues our intelligence is multi branch.... but not sinful.... yet great acheivement!!!!

First issue:
We were thinking we would help you in studying/presenting PdP from Danda-Veda perspective on Sat morning for ISV SB class.

The motivation is that we have a son and very eager  to train him in Politics and administration.  According to one trainer in Personality plus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Littauer)  our son is Powerful Cholerics (60%)  and Popular Sanguine (15%).

So how can we help ?

HpS - AGTSP!!!!!!!        Well, keep doing what you are doing!    This Saturday we can discuss the content of the colloquia. We will present Bhisma deva, SB 1.9, this Sunday.

We thought we will present topic of "Questions by Dying Emperor of World" on 31st oct.

HpS - ASA --- Yes, Satuday let us fix this!

Second issue:
Can you write the three reasons you think VAD is required ?

HpS - We came to this conclusion by our own intelligence then we heard one class where Gaura-govinda Swami said the same thing: 1) We are not pure devotees so we need to do it so we have civilized patterns to fall back onto when we fall from the high-wire act of pure devotional service, 2) It is the best way to organize the Sankirtan party. Some are administrators, some are artisans... So we can use these skills in the Sankirtan,  3) It is the best example to set for people who can't appreciate Bhagavata Dharma immediately, "Oh, see how the Hare Krsna's live in their community and have higher vision revealed to them and are happy in this world. We shall live that way also."

Third issue:
Can you explain the way while chanting (may be for years) one feels prana coming in from stomach to higher levels ?
and from mouth to throat ... basically its part of your lecture in Hawaii.

HpS - You can feel with insight where your consciousness is. We want to do something, so we look to our stomach for the energy. We go to eat something, but instead we can "feed" our heart. Eat for your heart, eat for your soul, what about eating does your stomach know.   Illicit sex of course makes all the internal life dull, base.  O.K?

Fourth issue:
Have you looked at the Univ list ?
HpS - Yes, it looked fine. We are moving ahead by Krsna's grace. We died in 2014, so things have to go along a community pace.

Fifth issue:
Here is link for SB books for children based in Chennai   http://www.srivaikuntaenterprises.in/shop/

Sixth issue:
what should i think when i chant guru astak but look at deities ?

HpS - "Dear Hara and Krsnah, we are standing before you as beasts, but we worship a Group Leader, Guru, who is like this, this, this. Please allow us to do Sankirtan for You!"
 

Seventh issue:
have your calendar for India being fixed?
ASA - No, we are pushing Rama-giridhari Das to fix his dates now. We were waiting for the results of the interim GBC meeting and it did make things clear.
Really principle issue is having a meeting between NGD, HpS and Dr. Ramon Mujica. He is Director of Peruvian National Library. If he will put this June Symposium on High Priority, then so will we. Then visit to India etc. is for that goal eg. meeting with ICCR in Delhi etc. Bhakti caru Swami said that he is 100% behind us.

Eight issue
How monkey would like to whip the horse ? (this is not buddha horse hence needs whip)

HpS - ASA  ---  Our character is that we seldom whip anyone. We can never ask anyone to do other than what we are doing.
So, we whip ourselves, to get up early and have Full Morning Program.  Of course, 16-nice, nice, rounds & four principles strict.   Happy life.

Then so much comes from associating with team members like you.

Salute to You and your team..
Horse

HpS - Self aggrandizer!   Please salute your wife for us.  Nice palamino, but our Donkey is stiff competition.

Hare Krishna Dear Maharaj!! reciba mis mas humildes reverencias, todas las glorias a A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Antes que nada quiero contarle que estamos viviendo mi hijo Gabriel (Krishna Das) y Yo (Kristina Donoso) en el Santo Dam Mayapur,

ASA - AGTSP Paoho.  You have been for some time, no?  Architect with the TOVP.

intente hacerlo como me dijo en Madrid vinimos por tres meses, pero como todo se dio muy facil como para quedarnos nos quedamos.

A Krisna Das lo acetaron en la escuela de Mayapur SMIS esta estudiando muy feliz y le gusta mucho ir al templo tocar kartals, mirdanga.  Yo empece a trabajar nuevamente con Vaikunta Nitai en el MDS (Mayapur Design). Estoy feliz con te servicio!

Este servicio de trabajar como arquitecto en Mayapur, me lo instruyo Guru  Maharaj Jayapataka Swami hace 4 anios en Cochabamba Bolivia. Estoy siguendo los pasos necesarios para tomar iniciacion con Gurudeva Majaraj Jayapataka.

HpS - Muy bien..

Por eso le pido que me autorice a pedir Refugio con Guru Maharaj Jayapataka Swami , me de su bendicion y usted Mahraj siga siendo mi Siksha Guru .

Tuve un suenio muy bello con Gurudeva M. Jayapataka: me pedia que apoyara mi cabeza en su hombro, me tomaba de la mano y me decia "yo te voy a cuidar y a proteger, no temas apoyate en mi". Luego se levantaba y jugaba a dar patadas muy altas a los devotos, y jugaba muy feliz!

reciba mis reverencias.

Su sirviente

Kristina Donoso

HpS - ASA ---- Jaya!   Very interesting dream.   Hope we see you in Mayapura.   We should be there in February.   We hope Gabriel finds good examples to follow also!!!

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias ! 
Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada ! 
Querido Gurumaharaja :
Hemos visto que ya consiguió  buen ticket a Chile. Nos alegra mucho. 
En días pasados visitamos Tulancingo y los devotos siguen muy entusiastas en el tema de educación, también desean alguna presentación académica de Su parte, y muy buena recepción y prasadam con mucha devoción como acostumbran. Hay buenas propuestas. 
En D.F estamos muy atentos para conocer las fechas de Su llegada en Diciembre como Ud mencionó o las fechas que Ud señale, con las bendiciones de Sri Krsna. Perdón por anhelar  tanto su asociación vapuh. 
También nos esforzamos mucho en la asociación Vani. Claro siempre pensamos evitar demasiado viaje y centralizar los programas en un lugar a donde la mayoría podamos ir. 
Quedamos atentos a Sus instrucciones. 
Disculpe las ofensas por favor. 
Vuestra aspirante a servidora : Asta Sakhi dd

Hare Krsna Guru maharaja,

AGTSP!

We hope you feel better from pain GM,

HpS - ASA -  AGTSP!!!!    Paoho...    "Pain is fear escaping from the body" - Marine Corp

We are improving little in Japa, but we keep chanting too fast maybe, like the world is going to end...

ASA - Are you trying to finish your rounds quickly???

Nice to have all this asociation from all spiritual family.

HpS - ISKCON, ISKCON, ISKCON - Founder Acharya, Ki Jai!​

Our husband is out of the country working for the past 3 months, coming back in 3 months more, really hoping less!

HpS - Please!! Give your regards to him and tell him that whatever little association we have had with him has always been wonderful.

All children homeschooling, which is a little of a nightmare sometimes. working from home (2 jobs), we are improving programs at the temple. all principles ok, but we drank chai couple of times, we really needed de energy. most of the day we are like zombies rooming around. and we felt really bad about it, because we liked it.

Guru Maharaja, we had a meeting on sunday with temple authorities and finally after years of talk, we are ready to set an all girl gurukul in vrindavan (i would prefered to be mix) and we are in charge of investigating and try to put togheter the curricular program. so we have a degree in education, but is most reserch than field.      so our experience is inclining us to try to use a gideline in a more "unconventional" way... we studied professor Paulo Freire's work, madam Montessori and A. S. Neill... and a whole lot of Noam chomsky and Humberto Maturana.  We need to talk with some teachers of succesfull Gurukulas and Curricular professional. because this need to work, yes or yes.  and it better be good, because im about to dedicate my life for this mission, wich we have always run away from, but Radharani keeps puting it in front of our face, over and over.

they (authorities) are telling us that boy Gurukula is moving to a different location soon, new buildings are to be finish soon, and they will give us some place in the old gurukula.

any suggestions?

we have a meeting this sunday 5pm we are prepering Powerpoint of our ideas.

Please Guru Maharaja, give us blessings so this works, so i can work... this has to hapen (we think)

on another subject:

question:

so in college we studie some theater. we liked the work of konstantin stanislavski. we always had a thought.... and in his books, his metodology he talks so much about emotional memory. we read the NOD and we think it is somewhat alike... to feel what we can't remember or what we are not feeling in the moment. and how to get in touch with them... also the mood (as we think) of Bhaktivinod Thakur?... are we  crazy to think that its alright to try to "feel" certain "devotional" emotions thru internally  focus  in the emotions portraited by great devotees (example, their songs and poetry?)

Hoping we can become better instruments,

Cakori Radha Devi dasi (sahajiya)

HpS - You need to get Danudhara Swami's, "Waves of Devotion" and Viola Spolins, "Improvisation for the Theater". You can contact Prana Das with Goloka Education in Mumbai. His Skype name is "Prana o'Sullivan".

They can help a lot. Devotees there might know him and Rama giridhari Das.    What you are describing in Raga-anuga Bhakti.  In a liberated state, trying to follow, imitate the emotions of the Ragatmika devotees.  Our whole yoga is Gandharva Veda, no?