Letters to the editor

Querido gurudev: Pamho. TgSP y sus seguidores fieles.

Espero que se encuentre animado cuando reciba este mensaje. He tardado un poco mas de lo habitual, porque estaba esperando a tener el TPP en español publicado por el BBT Latino. Ya lo tenemos y ha quedado bien. La verdad es que ha tardado bastante el proceso: El 29 de diciembre por fín pudimos pasarle todos los archivos necesarios..... y después (maratón de Navidad en el BBT, enfermedad de uno, enfermedad de otro, etc, etc,). El precio en España es el siguiente:

6,40 euros para Templos o sankirtan

9,30 euros PVP (público en general)

5,00 euros para el autor (HPS).

Si en algún pais como Mejico, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, etc desean imprimir el libro y saber los precios pueden contactar con el BBT latino. Aquí hemos imprimido 50 ejemplares para ver que tal salen y los precios no me parecen mal, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que la inversión ha sido de cero euros.

Por lo demás seguimos como siempre, con nuestra rutina.

HPS/ASA - Eso es, tlgaSP, pfanrh, muy bien. Estamos comenzando manyana noche en seminario en NoI con Partha sarathi Foundation, dirigido por Hari lila Das. Yo presento una Martes y Sri Natha Krsna Das presenta el otro.

Claro, incluir TPP.

Si no cantando SKC/PN, HK/HR debemos leer los libros de Srila Prabhupada y esperamos TPP es ayuda en esta esfuerza!!!

En relación a nuestro programa de Sat Sanga, empezó hace unos nueve años.

Purnamasi tenía Gurukula semanal con niños en nuestra casa y los adultos nos subiamos a conversar en el piso de arriba; a las dos semanas pensamos que en vez de conversar podiamos hacer un programa simple (Bhajan-Clase BG-Kirtan y Prasadam) y aquí seguimos nueve años mas tarde.

Lo de los niños ya no se hace pero los adultos seguimos.

A veces somos menos (cuatro o cinco) y a veces somos más (venticinco). Es algo muy simple: Quedas un dia fijo con los devotos que viven cerca (un radio de unos veinte kilometros) y a veces vienen tambien devotos de mas lejos (por ejemplo de Madrid).

Lo hacemos de forma regular en calendario escolar (de septiembre a Junio) y en verano quedamos en el rio o bosque de forma esporadica).

HpS - Es un programa simple but... how many programs like yours are going on under the impetus of Srila Prabhupada??? Of course, if all the persons like your and Mataji were brought together in one room it would be thousands?

So, these home programs are changing the world.

We should just go on with them and always improve them. We should adjust them to pandemic, wars, floods, fame, wealth.

Ahora llevo algún tiempo estudiando SB bajo la guia de Yadunandana Swami. Es algo muy practico porque además de agradable te compromete a estudiar.

HpS - For the first time after our visit to Spain [!!!] I called Yadu Maharaja and we talked for about one hour. Very nice. Maybe we stay here until we leave this body. Maybe we go back to New Braja-mandala.

Eso es todo por ahora.

Su sirviente

Jayanta das

ASA - Back Home Back to Godhead! NVM is a boat!

AgtSP!!

Paoho... Many devotees have asked us about doing systematic study of Srimad Bhagavatam etc. Of course, the basis is association. Find teachers, study-partners and students.

You can do focused seminars. Eg. One week on Rupa-siksa, CC 2.19.

You can do Srila Prabhupada's four diplomas, Bhakti Sastri etc.

If we look at our Nila-madhava Dhama, (ISKCON Hugh's Town) several of them have finished their Bhakti Vaibahva diploma and want to do Bhakti Vedanta. In response we would suggest the individual Brahmanas have a little coordination with the administration to promote a Bhakti Vedanta Study Group (BVSG), and even broadcast this to their broader audience outside of Houston eg. College Station etc.

Then, individually, those devotees can formally register with an online program like Gauranga Darshana Das Vidya pitha (Govardhana Ecovillage) or the Bhagavata Maha-vidyalaya near Govardhana.

These institutions can take care of the bureaucracy and infrastructure while the Nila-madhava devotees can have informal physical association eg. sit together and watch and discuss recorded classes, submit examinations at the same time.

Later if the Nila-madhava yatra has more demand they can develop the classes themselves.

Please give your ideas on this program.

• Bhagavata Maha-vidyalaya: https://www.ibmedu.org/
• GEV Vidyapitha: https://www.vidyapitha.in/p/contact-us

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva 🙏🏻 

Please accept my humble obeisances! 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here is a little report about our translation progress:

We have already translated into Spanish about 80 % of the book. 

We still have a few chapters and graphics left. I will do this work.

On the other hand, two of the devotees who were part of our team (helping with the style correction and the proper placement of the Sanskrit words) are not going to be able to continue with this service.

Now, we are only Indira Sakti dd and me in the team. She is in charge of the book's design and the elaboration of the graphics.

So, Gurudeva I am wondering who could help us with the style correction?

HpS - What is 'style correction'? Is it how the language flows?

Gandharva Das is not working with you? Maybe we can get him enthused to help again.

In the coming days I will meet Indira Sakti dd to discuss more in detail about the work.

Thank you so much for your patience, Gurudeva 🙏🏻

Trying to be in service:

Mitravinda dd.

HpS - From our opinion this is a FANTASTIC service to the Hispanic world. This book makes NOS, the complete science of devotion, like six times more accessible.

Thank you.

What is style?

Hare Krishna, Maharaja & Dear Devotees;

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to Guru & Gauranga.

As per your instruction I am writing following message.

On May 27, 2023, Saturday morning class, we are going to start reading onwards from Adi Lila -- 10.130 verse. Thank you for your valuable association.

YS

Upendra dasa

ASA - Thank you. We shall prepare.

This went late, don't know why?

Hare Krishna, Dear Gurudeva!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and All glories to you.

Please accept our humble obeisances. (PAOHO)

As of every two weeks:

* Bulletin is now upload on Facebook (English & Spanish), it is also in Google Groups (English & Spanish) as listed at: http://www.jayarama.us/hello.htm

Hare Krishna.

How are YOU?

We are ok. Our sadhana (16R, 4.30AM, 4P) is going well. Worshipping our deities before leaving for work. Then reading SB everyday.

My appointment at the hospital was ok. My doctor said that the kidneys (transplanted 12 years ago) will stop working very soon. So it seems I will back to hemodialysis again soon. They don't know when, they just said it can happen anytime. I am still processing it, because it would change everything. However, We keep in mind that everything Krsna does for us is perfect!

Things at school are ok. I will travel with one of my groups to Oxapampa. we will do agricultural work and social work in one community.

Your aspirant servants

EDT (Patrak das & Antuanette)

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. We are so happy with your continuous, super Sattvik association.

Think your family must be gravitating to the most elevated aspects of Peruvian society.

How often is dialysis?

You are Montessori or Waldorf????

Do they have online resources that you use?????

Of course current world situation is so crazy that any of us could die of anything at any moment.

KRSNA does miracles as He wants.

asa(e), vad, sannyasa, stri dharma, conversations

🌴

Bhaktin Priya Texted HpSwami:

"I would like to tell you about my experience today going to an ISKCON temple in which there was an attempt to seriously extort me - arranged by a devotee calling me “Maraji” but misrepresenting the cost of fuel x10. You can give me a call."

ASA 🐵:

Thank you for your text message. Bhakta T. Brown here. We are HpSwami, Anjana Suta Academy (ASA), Secretary. He said to explain that someone in Sannyasa Ashrama, like himself, has got these rules to follow.

I guess it is like your good self. You have to follow rules as a lawyer.

He said that he tried to explain this before but guess he missed the mark.

Very nice explanation of ths Sannyasa Dharma, Rules, is in Srila Prabhupada's BG. Starts at the following link and then especially goes through the next two paragraphs.

Is it clear? ?? 😕

Someone like yourself can do so, so much needed service in ISKCON.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/16/1-3/#bb3635

". . . .forbidden to have any intimate relationship with a woman."

It goes on to explain this as even having conversations in a "secluded place". Of course, this also means individual telephone calls in a rigorous sense.

It is not to just avoid the tricks of Maya in causing gross fall downs. It is also to avoid becoming habitualed to an informal ambience in our dealings with the opposite sex.

Is O.K.?

If you like we can put you in touch with very nice Grhasta family in Houston who can answer a lot of these questions, and give practical help in catching Con Artists.

Please answer in this Blog 🐸. At least five more people will find this dialog personally useful.

Thank you.

Go ahead. Go back home, back to Godhead.