Letters to the editor

JAYA SRI SRI GURU AND GAURANGA !!

ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA !! And his dedicated disciples like you, that inspire us to absorb ourselves in Hari Kirtan.

ARTd's donkey has been affected by various health issues. Now that it is recovering, we will try to be consistent in sending reports to the Blog.

HpS/ASA - AgtSP! Paoho... We will try to process Blog posts better! It has taken us five days to read and process this wonderful post. I should have been three at the most. 🤔

We are always trying to be helpful in Sankirtana, but we lack more attunement with Paramatma, please excuse our failures.

HpS/ASA - Same for us. Let us make progress each day!

This report has two parts:

PART 1: SOLARIS No 7 and SOLARIS No 8.

By the mercy of Sri Nityananda we hope to have Dr Samaresha's article definitively approved before July 5th so that we can have SOLARIS No. 7 printed on July 11th (ISKCON meets its 57th anniversary that day). This edition of SOLARIS No 7 has been the most laborious, so far, but its content is worth it.

HpS - Jaya! Yet, it seems that the effort we have put into it, the accomodate Dr. Samaresha's comments has been worth it in growth of Solaris as an Academic journal.

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OLARIS 8 Preview:

1.      Héctor Béjar: THE PARADIGMS OF A HOLISTIC EDUCATION (delivered).

2.      Diego Rodríguez de Ita: THE PATH OF ARCHITECTURE INTO THE FUTURE (delivered)

3.      Guillermo G. Sepúlveda: FOOD SOCIOLOGY AND THE VEDIC PERSPECTIVE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (delivered)

4.      José Luis Valencia: THE AZTLAN SPIRITUAL PLAN, Symbols of the Chicano resilience movement (to be delivered)

5.      Claudia Lira: RESONANCE, SERENITY AND SYNCHRONICITY: JUNG AND CLASSICAL CHINESE THOUGHT (to be delivered)

6.      Paula Miranda and Elicura Chihuailaf: POETRY, NATURE AND THE SACRED (to be delivered)

7.      Mauricio Contreras: THE UNESCO CHAIR AND SPIRITUALITY IN EDUCATION (to be delivered)

8.      Interview with Francois Vallaeys: THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERS IN UNIVERSITY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (to be carried out)

We hope that through Professor Hanumatpresaka Swami, Dr. Gupta (Radhika Raman) and Dr Bandyopadhyay we can get 4 or 5 articles in English. We call on all blog readers to contribute to this purpose.

HpS/ASA - [TTD] We are always looking for English language academics to participate. Seems we are progressing in this area. One candidate might be Dr. Abhiseka Singh: LAW - Religious and Secular in the Current Moment. 

2nd. PART: DTC-UT INDIA PROGRESS. Since ARTd returned from Chile (on June 25) it [he] has been in permanent contact with Pablo Rivasplata, the meetings sometimes ended almost at midnight. Pablo has offered the first version for July 6 and the final version the last week of July.

HpS/ASA - Aaaah! Now it is July 9th and we do not have the July 6th version??? Some medical problem? It seems that it will be a Block-buster.

That's all for now, ARTd will write, between July 3 and 7, a report on the trip to Chile and another on the situation of the Peruvian yatra.

TB - Haaa! Haaa! Haaa! ArtD and Monkey Manuel ate as bad as us and HpS. Yet, whatever we do daily we will perfect. So keep a Diary. Publish that.

Maybe keep a Twitter account.

HpS - Might be able to Follow some ASA flock members on Twitter.

See the DTC for today.

Please accept my respectful obeisances, Hare Krishna!!

 Manuel

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El burro de ARTd ha estado afectado por varios temas de salud. Ahora que ya se está recuperando, trataremos de ser constantes en enviar informes al blog. Siempre estamos tratando de ser útiles al Sankirtana, pero nos falta más sintonía con Paramatma, por favor disculpa nuestras fallas. Este informe tiene dos partes:

1era PARTE: SOLARIS No 7 y SOLARIS No 8.

Por la misericordia de Sri Nityananda esperamos tener aprobado definitivamente el artículo del Dr Samaresha antes del 5 de julio y así poder tener SOLARIS No 7 impresa el 11 de julio (ese día ISKCON cumple su 57avo aniversario). Esta edición de SOLARIS No 7 ha sido la más laboriosa, hasta ahora, pero su contenido lo vale.

Avance de SOLARIS 8:

1.         Héctor Béjar: LOS PARADIGMAS DE UNA EDUCACIÓN HOLÍSTICA (entregado)

2.         Diego Rodríguez de Ita: THE PATH OF ARCHITECTURE INTO THE FUTURE (entregado)

3.         Guillermo G. Sepúlveda: SOCIOLOGÍA DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN Y LA PERSPECTIVA VÉDICA PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LA COMUNIDAD (entregado)

4.         José Luis Valencia: EL PLAN ESPIRITUAL AZTLAN, Símbolos del movimiento chicano de resiliencia (por entregar)

5.         Claudia Lira: RESONANCIA, SERENIDAD Y SINCRONICIDAD: JUNG Y EL PENSAMIENTO CLÁSICO CHINO (por entregar)

6.         Paula Miranda y Elicura Chihuailaf: LA POESÍA, LA NATURALEZA Y LO SAGRADO (por entregar)

7.         Mauricio Contreras: LA CATEDRA UNESCO Y LA ESPIRITUALIDAD EN LA EDUCACIÓN (por entregar)

8.         Entrevista a Francois Vallaeys: EL PAPEL DEL VOLUNTARIADO EN LA RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL UNIVERSITARIA (por realizar)

Esperamos que a través del Profesor Hanumatpresaka Swami, del Dr. Gupta (Radhika Raman) y del Dr Bandyopadhyay podamos obtener 4 o 5 artículos en inglés. Hacemos un llamado a todos los lectores del blog a que contribuyan con este propósito.

2da. PARTE: AVANCES DE DTC-UT INDIA. Desde que ARTd regreso de Chile (el 25 de junio) ha estado en contacto permanente con Pablo Rivasplata, las reuniones a veces acabaron casi a medianoche. Pablo ha ofrecido para el 6 de julio la primera versión y la versión definitiva la última semana de julio.

Eso es todo por ahora, ARTd escribirá, entre el 3 y 7 de julio, un informe del viaje a Chile y otro sobre la situación del yatra peruano.

Por favor acepte mis respestuosas reverencias, Hare Krishna!!

Manuel

Hare Krishna, Maharaja and dear devotees,

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

Maharaja thank you for catching my incorrect statement. The purport to text 15.9 of Adi lila, last sentence says "It is strictly forbidden for one to accept any kind of grain on Ekadashi, even if it is offered to Lord Vishnu".

BUT, when I was writing my handwritten notes, I wrote the sentence, but I miss the word accept, so when I was reviewing my notes today in morning just before the start of class. I said this sentence does not make sense. Hence, I insert the word to give instead of accept, it is my mistake not to go back and refer to original sentence of the purport od adi lila 15.9. I was under pressure of time so I did not go back to compare my notes with purport of verse 15.9

I request Maharaja and devotees to forgive me for my inattentiveness in preparing my notes. I will try to be more attentive while preparing my notes. Thank you. Hare Krishna.

YS

Upendra dasa

HpS - Thank you! AgtSP!!! Gradually we build a nice structure of ideas, that is our Krsna conscious intelligence. It is based on SB verses. They are connected by our logic. It all becomes more and more fine, so that nothing can sneak in and bewilder us.

No class this Saturday and on the 15th we can work out your LoB presentation!

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva 🙏🏻

Please, accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

This is the current schedule of devotees for leading kirtan on Full Morning Service:

● MONDAY: H. H. Hanumatpresaka Swami.

● TUESDAY: Govardhana das, Mitravinda devi dasi.

● WEDNESDAY: Yugala Kishora dasi, Jagad Guru das.

● THURSDAY: Tarangaksi devi dasi, Caturatma das.

● FRIDAY: Abhinanda das, Deva Vrata das.

● SATURDAY: Isvari Radha devi dasi, Karuna Sakti devi dasi.

● SUNDAY: Candramukhi devi dasi, Parasurama Avatara das.

Gurudeva, I sent the devotees the requirements for kirtan leaders that you wrote in response to the previous schedule.

HpS - Super! Especially: "We are already accustomed to chant these two mantras — śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda and Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Now, after these, the other two lines — namely haraye namaḥ, kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ/ gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana — should be added". . .".

https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/17/123/#bb1088251

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Thank you 🙏🏻

Your aspirant servant:

Mitravinda dd.

ASA - 🐵 🐒 🐒 . . . 🐻

¡Hare Krsna! Querido Guru Maharaja, por favor acepte nuestras entregadas reverencias

¡Todas las Glorias sean a nuestro muy misericordioso Srila Prabhupada y todas las glorias a sus fieles seguidores!🙇

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Orando porque su energía sea buena y favorable a su predica. Agradecemos mucho que nos mantenga conectados a las instrucciones de Srila Prabhupada… ¡Sí, Sí, Sí! Oramos sinceramente para Lord Krsna, nos permita continuar con su asociación por siempre.🐒

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Gracias por su respuesta al correo anterior y por sus correcciones, enviamos el reporte de esta quincena:

Durante este periodo no tuvimos actividades significativas, únicamente mantenemos las transmisiones en Facebook de las diversas clases que usted ha dictado, especialmente las clases sabatinas en compañía de Upendra Prabhu.

Poco a poco estamos subiendo las grabaciones al canal de youtube, ahí también, pueden encontrarse algunas clases en español de Srila Prabhupada.

Respecto a las grabaciones en Santa Eulalia, tal como usted sugiere, en cuanto nos sea posible nos comunicaremos con Abhirama Prabhu.

Proyectos: Tenemos varios archivos de distintas clases y seminarios que usted ha dictado (la mayoría son “solo audio”). Estamos intentando compartirlas en ASA Carnaval, aunque nos disculpamos por no ser capaces de compartirlas con la velocidad que quisiéramos. Observamos que requerimos un mejor equipo de cómputo que nos permita editar los videos de manera más rápida y eficiente (estamos trabajando en ello).🤓

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Continuamos intentando avanzar de acuerdo a nuestras posibilidades,🐒

muchas gracias por su paciencia.🙏

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Enlaces de contacto:

Plataformas 💻

https://www.facebook.com/asacarnaval

https://www.youtube.com/@asacarnaval

https://issuu.com/asacarnavalhps

Para mejorar su búsqueda consulte:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wwrOywwqci1IEkJsz3s055t0bGLIqRbj/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106345441462837247827&rtpof=true&sd=true

Correo:📨 [email protected]

Equipo coordinador:

Isvari Radha Devi Dasi / Abhinanda Das / Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

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Ese es nuestro reporte por ahora Guru Maharaja, por favor disculpe las fallas, imploramos sus bendiciones para poder ser útiles de algún modo en este magnífico carnaval. Muchas gracias por la inagotable inspiración que nos brinda. 🙇

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Siempre a sus órdenes, su aspirante a sirviente

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

ASA Carnaval

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I will do [Hare] Krsna! Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept our dedicated obeisances.

All glories be to our most merciful Srila Prabhupada and all glories to his faithful followers!🙇

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Praying that his energy is good and favorable to his preaching. We really appreciate you keeping us connected to Srila Prabhupada's instructions… Yes, Yes, Yes! We sincerely pray for Lord Krsna, let us continue his association forever.🐒

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Thank you for your response to the previous email and for your corrections, we are sending this fortnight's report:

During this period we did not have significant activities, we only keep the transmissions on Facebook of the various classes that you have taught, especially the Saturday classes in the company of Upendra Prabhu.

Little by little we are uploading the recordings to the YouTube channel, there you can also find some classes in Spanish by Srila Prabhupada.

Regarding the recordings in Santa Eulalia, as you suggest, we will contact Abhirama Prabhu as soon as possible.

Projects: We have several files of different classes and seminars that you have taught (most are “audio only”). We are trying to share them at ASA Carnaval, although we apologize for not being able to share them as quickly as we would like. We note that we require better computer equipment that allows us to edit the videos faster and more efficiently (we are working on it).🤓

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 We continue trying to advance according to our possibilities,🐒

 Thank you very much for your patience.🙏

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Contact links:

Platforms 💻

https://www.facebook.com/asacarnaval

https://www.youtube.com/@asacarnaval

https://issuu.com/asacarnavalhps

To refine your search see:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wwrOywwqci1IEkJsz3s055t0bGLIqRbj/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106345441462837247827&rtpof=true&sd=true

Email: 📨 [email protected]

Coordinating team:

Isvari Radha Devi Dasi / Abhinanda Das / Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

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That is our report for now Guru Maharaja, please excuse the shortcomings, we implore his blessings to be of some use in this magnificent carnival. Thank you very much for the inexhaustible inspiration you give us. 🙇

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Always at his command, his would-be servant

Karuna Shakti Devi Dasi

ASA Carnival

HpS/ASA - 'Everyone you will meet, will be more honest, more educated, more sincere than you. The only thing you have to offer them are the words of your spiritual master", Srila Bhaktisiddhanta to his Sannyasis being sent out to preach.

Our Spiritual Master is Srila Prabhupada.

We are all try to just illuminate his words.

Thank you all!

Hope you see the resources Krsna is sending: Tools, people, intelligence, and grab them!!

🙂. . . 🙂 . . . . . 🐵 . . .

AgtSP.

From Yahoo.Com:

Hare Krishna, Hanumat Presaka Maharaja,

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

Attached below is a first initiation letter of recommendation for Sunita Telhan.

Your servant,

Giri-govardhana Dasa

ISKCON D. C.

HpS:

A A A gSP! Paoho... !. It is so nice to get your association.

On the basis of this official recommendation, our personal contact with Mataji and recommendation of others, we are certainly very happy to act as ISKCON Diksa guru for Mataji.

Very happy.

In general we have stopped giving Hari-nama Diksa because of our advanced physical age and can certainly recommend devotees like Radha-krsna Das in Houston to perform the function, but in Mataji's case it seems appropriate.

What Mataji's date of birth?

The ceremony will be in Rich Mound when we visit in a few weeks?

Thank you.

Hoping you find some engagement for us in your Sankirtan!

Hanumatpresaka Swami

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva 🙏🏻

Please, accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet!

HpS/ASA - 🐷 pesunyas de loto

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

HpS/ASA - 😍

In response to your questions from the previous report..

HpS: What is style correction?

As the translation is being done by five different devotees, it results differ greatly from each other, which is why we need a job of syntax to homologate the text in Spanish in the best possible way.

The style correction eliminates grammatical errors and adjusts the text to the regulations.

Syntax inconsistencies, concordance errors, correlation of verb tenses, errors in the use of prepositions, etc. are corrected.

It is done to improve the flow and cohesion of a text.

HpS - Yes, I think Kesava Bharati Swami did this for Brhat bhagavata amrta of Gopi pranadahna. People don't realize how many people may be involved in gfetting the finished product.

HpS: Gandharva das is not working with you?

No Gurudeva, he told me that he was not able to do this service anymore. A few days ago, his wife Indira Sakti dd told me that at this time he is very, very busy in his job.

But the good news, Gurudeva are that Abhirama Thakura prabhu offered to help us in this process in various ways.

We will meet soon in order to make the work plan.

Any suggestion from you is welcome, Gurudeva.

Thank you! 🙏🏻

Your aspiring servant:

Mitravinda dd.

HpS - Our only impression is that it seems to us that when this book is available in Spanish it will create a big step forward for all the Rupanugas in the Hispanic world.

Thank you!!!