Letters to the editor

HARE KRISHNA Holiness, all glories to SRILA PRABHUPADA to his sincere, humble and determined disciples like you.

At this time (after receiving a crash course at the Vatican) and given the current priorities, we are dedicated to cooperate with ARTD in supporting the release of the Movie DIARY OF A TRAVELING CREATURE, THE ULTIMATE TRIP, First destination: PERÚ.

At this point (March 6th) there are three important things to mention:

1. This movie is the first part of a series of 4 chapters (Peru, USA, Spain, India). Since the Peru episode is the first, then the details, guidelines and style that will be developed in this and the other three episodes have been defined and established here.

The director of the film, Raúl Zevallos, told us that, in this type of film (documentary genre), the script can be done in one of two ways: 1) A detailed script with all its guidelines, for him this option limited originality and genuine expression of the protagonists and 2) make the script from the recordings themselves (walker makes his way by walking). These characteristics will serve as references in the following stages. Although each place has its peculiarities, there are themes and contents that will be touched on in a spiral manner.

It's much clearer now, in terms of the movie, what it means: We're helping Hanuman to find Sita, have you seen her?

ASA - We see Her in the hearts of many people but still trying to get clear contact.

2. Due to the fact that all the recordings are made in 4K to store and edit, bulky and fast hard drives (SSD) are needed, unfortunately in Peru they still do not sell these products, we have already obtained them, but this has delayed us more than a week of edition. Therefore, on March 7, when his HH HpS travels to the USA, he is going to take everything that has been progress, but not the whole film.

We have set ourselves the goal of delivering a full version to you for your final Approval on Wednesday March 16th, so that you can have an Avant Premiere on March 17th at GAURA-PURNIMA in Houston, we are confident that by the mercy of Nimai and Nitai we will achieve it. It’s that alright?

ASA - We had 90% complete edition to take with us. Five times thank you. This is the result of so much austerity.

We have not received more edited form, but we hear that you are working on it. Maybe a little break after so much effort in the first phase.

All goo responses here.

3. This is the first time that HH Hanumatpresaka Swami is taking the original raw recordings of the entire film (in this case more than 40 hours of recording in 4K which weighs approximately 12 Terabytes [12TB]). In the previous occasions he was taking the final product, this has meant making a proper copy so that the files can be read on both MAC and Windows. We are in the process of recording the copy and an index of the files.

ASA - They are arrived safe in USA! Six more movies are waiting to be done from them!

This last week has been full of challenges and obstacles, we have only achieved good results at your mercy, Srila Prabhupada's and Sri Nityananda's, JAY!!

That's all for now, please excuse our involuntary delays, I'm just a useless monkey disguised with good intentions, that perhaps, his only quality is trying to serve you sincerely, HARE KRISHNA!!

ASA - You are all Number One in our estimation!

Hope the Lord enters your heart, all of our hearts, on this Gaura Purnima and makes us different people.

Happier!

Stronger.

Wiser!!!

🏫

Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

The ISKCON Ministry of Education - PanAmerica invites devotees to a symposium designed to bring together, via Zoom/Online, the PanAmerican members involved in Education:

The Symposium 2022 will be April 8th 2022 at 6:00PM CDT, for 3-hours via Zoom/FaceBook/YouTube Live mode.

You can register for this event here - https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcocOqhrT0uHdxEGa_NUMcudBdEApgpiZ1w

This symposium will be able to provide ISKCON educators and leaders, within the PanAmerican community, another opportunity to connect.

By hearing from and sharing with each other, we aim to expand our frame of reference for serving in Srila Prabhupada’s mission.

If you are able to speak in this event, contribute in any way, or have any questions, then email us [email protected] so that we may develop the symposium and clarify any open questions.

MOE PAN America Symposium

• April 8th 2022 - 6 pm CDT / 4 pm PDT / 7 PM EDT
• Location: Zoom - https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcocOqhrT0uHdxEGa_NUMcudBdEApgpiZ1wFaceBook Event - https://www.facebook.com/events/482881463541312?active_tab=about
•  Agenda: The detailed agenda and list of final speakers shall be circulated around end of March 2022.
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Thank you.

Hare Krishna.

Your servant, Balimardana Das 

Regional Secy, ISKCON Ministry of Education

Hare Krsna !

ISKCON República Dominicana con su Círculo de Estudio se honran con la presencia de Su Santidad HanumatPresaka Swami.

Este martes 25 de enero, 7:00 pm hora del caribe

Su Santidad Hanumatpresaka Swami (Huber Hutchin Robinson, nació el 12 de enero de 1948, en California, EE.UU.) es un guru o maestro espiritual iniciador de ISKCON. Es un erudito vaisnava, que viaja continuamente dando conferencias acerca de filosofía y literatura india clásica. Es fundador de NIOS (North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies), y Profesor Itinerante de IECOO, (Institute for Oriental and Occidental Classical Studies), Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Perú. Es también miembro de la facultad en el Bhaktivedanta College, donde enseña acerca del Bhaktirasamrita-sindhu. El erudito de Estudios Hindúes, Radhika Ramana Dasa es su discípulo.

Su Santidad Hanumatpresaka Swami nació el 12 de enero de 1948, en la isla de Guam y creció en California. Después de acabar la escuela en el Encinal High School en 1966, entró a la Universidad de California, Davis, graduándose en 1970 con premio al primer puesto en Psicología y estudios menores en Biología e Ingeniería Eléctrica.

 Luego empezó estudios de doctorado en la Universidad de Northwestern en Chicago donde también participó en el famoso teatro "Second City". Pronto se convenció de que el conocimiento occidental carecía de mucho de lo que podía aportar la sabiduría oriental. Su mentor, Donald T. Campbell, Presidente de la American Psychology Association, estuvo de acuerdo, así que fue rumbo a oriente obteniendo el cinturón negro en karate de Okinawa, y luego recibiendo iniciación y tomando votos como brahmacari, monje estudiante, de S.D.G. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada en 1974. En 1984 tomó votos como sannyasi (renunciante), y se convirtió en guru iniciador en 1994.

Desde 1990 Hanumatpresaka Swami ha desarrollado también un programa global de conferencias y viajes. Esto ha incluido trabajar como director asociado del Instituto Bhaktivedanta, que organizó dos "Congresos Mundiales para la Síntesis de Ciencia y Religión" en Bombay, 1985 y Calcuta, 1997. Allí participaron Premios Nobel como George Wald, Charles Townes, Sir John Eccles, Archbishop, Paulos Mar Gregorios (presidente del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias), el Dalai Lama y muchos otros.

 En marzo de 1999 Hanumatpresaka Swami fue Jefe Invitado para el "Seminario Nacional sobre Ciencia y Tecnología en la Antigua India" de la Universidad de Calcuta. En noviembre de 2004 y 2005 fue el principal expositor de la "Conferencia Nacional de Psicoterapia", Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo, Perú.

Con la Universidad de San Marcos, la más antigua universidad de América, NIOS es co-organizador del “Bharatiya Sanskriti: El Festival de la Cultura Clásica de la India”. El Festival viene llevándose en Lima desde el 2005. Entre los auspiciadores y participantes se incluyen muchas prominentes universidades, el Embajador de la India y renombrados eruditos de cuatro continentes.

Todas las glorias al Fundador-Ācārya de la Sociedad Internacional para la Conciencia de Kṛṣṇa, su divina gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.  

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Gauranga.

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Hare Krishna...Hare Rama...

Hare krishna dear Guru Maharaja, pamho agtsp.

How are you doing so far? I could see you had a nice vyasa puja fesival sorrounded by your dear most disciples; It is good to commemorate this special day, I guess your endeavour activities to serve god worth it. I am doing ok, still living in the far south part of Mexico City were my dad was born. I just wanted to offer my respectful obeisances unto you.

Where is the little Prahlad? Is he chastised? How about the lovely Hanuman deity? I hope you are doing very well, I keep away from the temple, but I talk to some friends once in a while. All people are important for me, as devotees call people karmies, we are miscreants, so we all have an important value, we have a personal identity, whether we believe in god or not; of course when one is more conscious of valuable and spiritual things, one is above in thinking, it depends on the reasoning too.

Ok just wanted to say hi, I attach some pictures I took myself in my most inner moments by 1990-1995 when I was your only student, I miss that close approaching when I could write personal letters and have a personal training.I hope we can have another programme over.

I wish you the best, health and a long life.

your servant,

Jagat Bandhu Jagannatha Swami dasa/ Mr Jesús Rosas

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Hare Krishna...Hare Rama...

Mi amado Guru Maharaja,

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

¡Todas las glorias a usted!

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhutale

Srimate Hanumat Preshaka Swami iti namine

Ofreciendole mis reverencias -mi querido Gurudeva, mi eterno guía y maestro- ofrezco también estas sinceras palabras con motivo de celebrar su Vyasa-puja, como el muy querido descendiente y representante espiritual de Sri Vyasadeva.

Es una gran alegría para mi ofrecerte mis mejores deseos en la celebración de su Vyasa-puja. ¡Estoy muy feliz de tenerlo como mi maestro espiritual! ¡Como mi guía eterno en este maravilloso camino de regreso a Dios!

Es un privilegio y una gran responsabilidad para mi glorificarle debidamente, como se merece. Para esto, reflexioné sobre las Escrituras y seleccioné este verso del Srimad Bhagavatam con el significado de Srila Prabhupada, del cual no quiero omitir ni una sola palabra, punto, ni coma, porque refleja todo lo que yo quiero expresar en esta ocasión tan especial.

titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ

suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām

ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ

sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ

Significado

El sādhu que se describe aquí es el devoto del Señor. Por lo tanto, su preocupación es iluminar a la gente con el servicio devocional; esa es su misericordia. Él sabe que sin servicio devocional la vida humana se malogra. El devoto viaja por todas partes, predicando de puerta en puerta: «Vuélvete consciente de Kṛṣṇa. Sé un devoto del Señor Kṛṣṇa. No desperdicies tu vida tan solo en satisfacer tus propensiones animales. La vida humana es para la autorrealización, para volverse consciente de Kṛṣṇa». Eso es lo que predica el sādhu. No se satisface con su propia liberación. Siempre piensa en los demás. Es la personalidad más compasiva con todas las almas caídas. Así pues, una de sus cualidades eskāruṇika, una gran misericordia hacia las almas caídas. En su labor de prédica se encuentra con muchos elementos adversos, y en consecuencia, tiene que ser muy tolerante. Puede que alguien lo maltrate, porque las almas condicionadas no están dispuestas a recibir el conocimiento trascendental del servicio devocional. No les gusta; esa es su enfermedad. El sādhu tiene la ingrata tarea de inculcarles la importancia del servicio devocional. A veces los devotos son atacados violentamente. El Señor Jesucristo fue crucificado, a Haridāsa Ṭhākura lo apalearon en veintidós mercados, y Nityānanda, el asistente principal del Señor Caitanya, fue violentamente atacado por Jagāi y Mādhāi. Aun así, ellos fueron tolerantes, porque su misión era liberar a las almas caídas. El sādhu es misericordioso porque es el bienqueriente de todas las entidades vivientes, no solo de los seres humanos, sino también de los animales. La palabra sarva-dehinām se refiere a todas las entidades vivientes que han aceptado cuerpos materiales. El ser humano no es el único que tiene un cuerpo material; las demás entidades vivientes también. El devoto del Señor es misericordioso con todos: gatos, perros, árboles, etc. Trata a todas las entidades vivientes de tal modo que finalmente puedan liberarse de este enredo material. Śivānanda Sena, uno de los discípulos del Señor Caitanya, liberó a un perro dándole un trato trascendental. Hay muchos ejemplos de perros que obtuvieron la salvación gracias a un sādhu, porque el sādhu se ocupa en las actividades filantrópicas más elevadas para bendecir a todas las entidades vivientes. Pero, a pesar de que el sādhu no es enemigo de nadie, el mundo es tan ingrato que incluso él tiene muchos enemigos.

¿Qué diferencia hay entre un enemigo y un amigo? La diferencia está en el comportamiento. El sādhu busca que todas las almas condicionadas se liberen definitivamente del enredo material. Por lo tanto, nadie puede ser un mejor amigo que el sādhu en su empeño de liberar un alma condicionada. El sādhu es tranquilo; sigue los principios de las Escrituras sin ostentación y de manera pacífica. Además de seguir los principios de las Escrituras, el sādhu es un devoto del Señor. Quien verdaderamente siga los principios de las Escrituras debe ser también devoto de Dios, pues todos los śāstras nos enseñan a obedecer las órdenes de la Personalidad de Dios. El sādhu, por lo tanto, obedece los mandamientos de las Escrituras y es un devoto del Señor. En el devoto resaltan todas las cualidades auspiciosas, y en él se desarrollan todas las buenas cualidades de los semidioses; por el contrario, el no devoto, por muy cualificado que sea académicamente, no posee ninguna buena cualidad desde el punto de vista de la comprensión trascendental.

¡Querido Guru Maharaja, todas estas cualidades lo describen perfectamente!

Estoy muy agradecida con el Señor Krishna, por arreglar nuestros caminos hacia Él, por haberme dado ojos para verte y corazón para escucharte. A través de su infinita misericordia, usted transformó mi vida, me mostró el camino a seguir, y llenó mi vida de paz y dicha eterna.

Gracias por toda su infinita misericordia.

Gracias por toda su paciencia y tolerancia.

Gracias por todo su esfuerzo y dedicación a todos nosotros y a la misión de Srila Prabhupada.

Gracias por difundir la conciencia de Krishna a todos los rincones del planeta.

Gracias por la dulzura con la que nos enseña las maravillas del servicio devocional, la verdadera felicidad.

¡¡¡GRACIAS POR TODO!!!

Por favor perdone mis ofensas, amado Gurudeva.

Estoy eternamente endeudada con usted.

Su aspirante a sirviente,

Gaura Gadadhara Dasi.

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My friend Basu Ghosh Prabhu and his wife Ananti Devi Dasi were staying with their son Vamana at Frisco in the vicinity of Radha Kalachandji Dhama Texas 🐄 They live in an overpriced gated community where solicitation is strictly prohibited and has the security of a chinese gulag. 🧱

We were taking prasadam together and I noticed out the window that a lot of Indian people were about. I suggested we do some door dee door sankirtan. Vamana was afraid that we would be popped and it would come back to him as a tenant. 

I assured him that security would not make a big deal of us as long as we didn't disturb people too much. Then I went to Kalachandji's and asked Yoga Maya Devi Dasi who runs the BBT book room to sell me something from each Indian language that she had.  

She came up with hardback Bhagavad Gitas and Krishna books in Hindi. Telagu, Gujarati, and Tamil. 📚 We started out with the books and met Michael from Greece who was in his car coming from somewhere.  Michael had heard of the Beatles and I told him about our temple in Athens. He paid $10 on my square swiper thing and chanted the Hare Krishna maha mantra splendidly. 

 In another car was Hayden and his wife. They were all American and liked the pictures in the Easy Journey to Other Planets, gave a donation and recited the Hare Krishna maha very well together.  

So two people have bought Srila Prabhupada's books from us and we had not even knocked on a door. When we did knock Jim opened and immediately bought a big Bhagavad Gita. 

The next door was a lady from Harayana province who wanted something to read for her two daughters and bought the Hindi Krishna book. Having spent years as the president of ISKCON Baroda, Basu Ghos is fluent in Hindi and knows a lot of other Indian languages. This helped distribute the books.  

A family from Hyderabad invited us into their home although we came in the middle of their lunch. I complimented the man's bright blue dhoti and they took the Telugu Bhagavad Gita and placed the book on their altar. They look forward to visiting Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji's mandir. 

The next two Puerto were a man from Argentina and another from Mexico. I speak okay Mexican and they both got Karma la Justicia Infalible, then chanted Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.

Ananti Devi Dasi said that she knew some Gujarati friends in building 3 As we were heading there, the security guard Captain Katherine drives up in a golf cart and asked if we were soliciting.🐕 Wearing saris, dhoti and tilak we were not hard to spot. I was able to honestly say that were just going to a friend's. 

The gujaratis were not home. Meanwhile tattooed Paul was on his back porch and took an Easy Journey to Other Planets, attracted to the art work. 

By now security had us figured out and were hot on the trail, like back in the day. 👮‍♀️

I knocked on another door and a man from Chicago took the book inside with a thank you and shut the door before I could say anything. 🤷‍♂️The book was distributed and inside. I remembered how Srikara Prabhu became a devotee after stealing a Bhagavad Gita from a sankirtan devotee. Some devotees never ask for laxmi when distributing books.

The next door a tall african man who had heard of Stevie Wonder and liked the idea of an antimatter spirit soul said "wait " and took the Easy Journey to Other Planets inside. 🗿He came back and gave us $40, paying for his and the snatched one. 💰

Knowing that it's best to quit while ahead, we were heading back to Vamana's but couldn't resist two Indian men who were outside moving stuff into a truck. 🚛 One was named Balaji and they were from Tirupati. Balaji told us about his many visits to the Balaji temple, his namesake. He took the Tamil Krishna Book and chanted Hare Krishna maha mantra like they had done so for years. ☸

Captain Katherine came right up, a little perturbed that we had gotten past her. She escorted us to Vamana's like a presidential motorcade. We had gone through the entire place already. 🤠

Mishra Bhagavan Dasa

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