Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja por favor acepte mis rendidas reverencias.

¡Todas las Glorias sean a Srila Prabhupada!

y Todas las Glorias a Usted Gurudeva.

Lamentamos escuchar las dificultades que la fiebre del heno le ha causado y oramos sinceramente para que su cuerpo mejore pronto.

Yo, me encuentro luchando contra la enfermedad física. Después de la última cirugía a mi cerebro (la cual dijeron que sería una cirugía menor) perdí el objeto material del que me sentía más orgullosa –mi memoria –... Ahora olvido cosas simples y la mayoría de “conocimientos técnicos” previos también se perdieron. Aunque creo que no es tan grave y parece que sigo siendo funcional me afectó mucho emocional y psicológicamente. Frecuentemente me he sentido muy sola, desprotegida y asustada. Gurudeva, creo que mi canto de Japa está contaminado por esos sentimientos, muchas veces ruego a Krsna por ayuda. Claro, por la misericordia sin causa de nuestro Señor, siempre recibo refuerzos externos y de una manera u otra parece que la inteligencia tranquiliza a mi mente… Gurudeva, no quiero ser una molestia para nuestro Señor, creo saber que nuestro Señor no es mi sirviente y no debo pedirle nada, pero de pronto algunas circunstancias me asustan mucho y me descubro otra vez implorando ayuda. Guru Maharaja ¿Qué puedo hacer para no contaminar mi canto de japa con estos deseos materiales?

Actualmente visito muy poco el templo, pero estoy tratado de mantenerme activa en el servicio desde mi actual posición. Continúo cantando 16 rondas mínimo, 4 principios, Sadhana y lectura regular y soy muy feliz de asistir con regularidad al FMP y a vuestras clases y las de los elevados Vaisnavas de ASA. Estoy estudiando Bhakti Sastri online en el Instituto de Estudios Bhaktivedanta bajo la dirección de SS Yadhunandana Swami. –En alguna clase usted dijo “Estudie los libros, pensando cómo va a enseñarlo a otros”, así que mientras estudio estoy tratando de desarrollar mis ideas para compartirlo con los niños de Crecer Vaisnava– Esperamos ser de utilidad en algún momento, estamos avanzando lento pero parece que continuamos hacia adelante.

Tuve algunas charlas interesantes con el Dr. Sven Doehner (Cuando inició la pandemia él y su esposa –María- se mudaron a Oaxaca y menciona que ahora reducirá al mínimo sus encuentros presenciales y solo realizara grabaciones y entrevistas con temas clave para dedicarse a escribir) Está trabajando en un proyecto sobre “La voz - el sonido - como la manifestación de todos los aspectos de la experiencia humana” yo lo relaciono con el Kirtan, el Sankirtan y las clases de ASA, donde frecuentemente recibimos el impacto del sonido más allá de lo que lo que la vista ofrece (creo que es interesante). Él algunas veces Inicia su ponencia con la pregunta ¿Es mejor ser visto o ser escuchado? Y cuando Prabhu Abhirama Thakura, durante una clase, comentó sobre el proyecto de Miguel Polo, “El habla y la escucha activa”, no pude evitar relacionarlos.

Guru Maharaja, He pensado mucho en todo lo que usted nos comparte a través del DTC, la película y tantas y tantas cosas. Son proyectos realmente trascendentales y transformadores que le dan otro sentido a nuestras propias experiencias. Por supuesto, no podemos imitarlo, pero intentamos aprender de usted. Así que me parece apreciar con mayor claridad que, sin importar en que situación nos encontremos eso puede acércanos a Sri Krsna. (Creo que lo olvidó frecuentemente)

Gracias por permitirnos ser testigos de la magia trascendental del Místico Supremo. Muchas gracias Gurudeva. Ruego por poder ser útil para usted y no ser una carga que arrastrar.

Su aspirante a sirviente

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

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Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja, please accept my obeisances.

All Glories be to Srila Prabhupada and All Glories to You Gurudeva.

We are sorry to hear of the difficulties hay fever has caused you and we sincerely pray that your body will improve soon.

HpS - You must have similar problems. Janma mrtya jara vyadhi, birth death disease and old age. these are pushes to acquire knowledge eg. this is not our home, this is a hospital where our only purpose is get purified and go home, and get back to our real job! Jaya!

Me, I find myself battling physical illness. After my last brain surgery (which they said would be a minor surgery) I lost the material object I was most proud of - my memory - ... Now I forget simple things and most of my previous "technical knowledge" is also they lost.

Although I think it is not that serious and it seems that I am still functional, it affected me a lot emotionally and psychologically.

I have often felt very lonely, unprotected and scared. Gurudeva, I think my Japa chanting is contaminated by these feelings, many times I ask Krsna for help.

Of course, because of the causeless mercy of our Lord, I always receive external reinforcements and one way or another it seems that intelligence calms my mind ...

Gurudeva, I don't want to be a bother to our Lord, I think I know that our Lord is not my servant and I shouldn't ask him for anything, but suddenly some circumstances scare me a lot and I find myself again begging for help.

Guru Maharaja what can I do to avoid contaminating my Japa chanting with these material desires?

HpS - We face exactly the same things. In old age you lose short term memory, but you can develop ways to connect your memorys to the Holy Name, Krsna, and that is transcendental to the changing material world. The things you want to remember now are connected to things that you need to remember eternally.

Relearn your technical skills.

It should be easier than learning for the first time.

Relearn the ones you want to relearn. Mercy of Krsna you can forget the rest.

Learn to take notes.

Chant HK and let Krsna remind you of what you need to know.

When I am afraid I chant and surrender: If you want to kill me, have me attacked by a pack of wild dogs and body ripped into pieces, that is O.K. I know that chanting and dancing in Lord Caitanya's Sankirtan can keep me above any material situation

Experiment with this.

We have been through tough times.

The social/emotional ones are worse than the physical ones, and it has worked.

We have more progress to do also so we can be transcendental to air plane crashes. Take the challenges as mercy sent by Krsna to teach you to be a better dancer.

Thank Krsna and chant with that attitude.

Hare Krsna!

I currently visit the temple very little, but I am trying to stay active in the service from my current position. I continue to chant minimum 16 rounds, 4 principles, Sadhana and regular reading and I am very happy to regularly attend the FMP and your classes and those of the high Vaisnavas of ASA.

I am studying Bhakti Sastri online at the Institute of Bhaktivedanta Studies under the direction of H. H. Yadhunandana Swami. –In some class you said “Study the books, thinking how you are going to teach it to others”, so while I am studying I am trying to develop my ideas to share it with the children of Crecer Vaisnava

HpS - Do not desire anything else!!! Super.

We hope to be useful at some point, we are moving slowly but we seem to keep moving forward.

I had some interesting talks with Dr. Sven Doehner (When the pandemic began, he and his wife -María- moved to Oaxaca and he mentions that now he will minimize his face-to-face meetings and only make recordings and interviews with key topics to dedicate himself to writing) He is working on a project on "The voice - the sound - as the manifestation of all aspects of the human experience" I relate it to the Kirtan, the Sankirtan and the ASA classes, where we frequently receive the impact of sound beyond what the view offers (I think it's interesting). He sometimes begins his presentation with the question, Is it better to be seen or to be heard? And when Prabhu Abhirama Thakura, during a class, commented on Miguel Polo's project, “Speech and Active Listening”, I couldn't help but relate them.

HpS - We also remember him! Hare Krsna. So many nice people with whom we can share the Bhakti vedanta Library ... Bh. Siddhanta S. commentaries on SB  through Srila Prabhupada.

Wonderful details. Archytypical stories.

Guru Maharaja, I have thought a lot about everything that you share with us through the DTC, the movie and so many things. They are truly transcendental and transformative projects that give another meaning to our own experiences. Of course, we cannot imitate you, but we try to learn from you. So I seem to appreciate more clearly that no matter what situation we find ourselves in, it can bring us closer to Sri Krsna. (I think he forgot it frequently)

Thank you for allowing us to witness the transcendental magic of the Supreme Mystic. Thank you very much Gurudeva. I pray that I can be of use to you and not be a burden to drag.

Your would-be servant

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

HpS - ASA - - - Thank you. Send more news of your Sankirtan as it develops. You are very big help to us. Your progress seems to be very nice. Please offer our respects to everyone you meet in Mexico etc. Photos attached.



Hare Krsna, Maharaj,

PAMHO, AGTSP,

Please ask Tom Brown, when does he want to resume work on ASA(e). if he is pre-occupied not an issue. Does TB can use this horse some where else?

And TB if HpS is going on spontaneous journey, then just accompany him.

It's honor and fortune to associate with you and him

Un-evolved Horse.

ASA

Esteemed UEH (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eohippus),

Thank you for your letter.

We want to go ahead with the ASA Encyclopedia.

Have there been any new postings to the file from these Blog posts, Category B?

It might be tedious getting started but we can be enthusiastic (and patient) to make it work. The lecture we will give tonight is an example of TB's encyclopedic thoughts. We Tweeted the Zoom link.

Integrating ASA(e) with ASA audio visual channel on YouTube.

HpS - TB etc.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to Guru Maharaj, H. H. Hanumat Presaka Swami.

Please accept our humble obeisances ay your sweet lotus feet .

HpS - Can you see them? We are still looking for them through the fog! Dog, frog, bee feet?? !

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

I feel numb. Our Temple President HG Radhacharan Das Prabhuji just left his mortal body few hours back. Last week at the ICU, we took Maha-garland prasad, some Ekadasi prasad, Charana-amrita and Charan tulsi.

Prabhuji's condition had not deteriorated severely that time. Few days later CT was taken and Prabhuji developed COVID pneumonia. Yesterday , Prabhuji was given muscle relaxants and was kept on high flow oxygen therapy at ICU .

We lost Prabhuji today, he loved us so much , so compassionate and so gentle. I still treasure the set of masks he gave last year as a gift. How can I ever forget such an exalted Vaishnava?

HpS - Why should we? Did Krsna leave the Brijavasis or give them opportunity for even more real, intense association??

HG Banamali Prabhu and some devotees are going to the residence of Radhacharan Das Prabhuji for Harinam Sankirtan .

Last week we lost our head cook HG Narotama Das Prabhuji to COVID. The second wave here is terrifying. We beg for your mercy Guru Maharaj.

HpS - We already heard from Sriman Yamunesvara Das!! We had so much affection for Narottama Das. We'll they've taken the ship to Peru to do some work, but there will be telegrams, and we will meet again, to satisfy our heart's demands.

We are not attending temple Arti anymore. Everyday we offer Mangal arti to our Sri Gaura Nityai at home. Reading SB , Papa well ahead.....am trolling. Am at 4th canto Sati quits body. ...chapter 4. Attending zoom sessions every Saturday with a group of devotees.

HpS - ASA-Bharata, Mangala-arati Teleconference group? We do it Daily. About 40-devotees daily.

Forgive me Guru Maharaj....took a long time to write to you.....and the news is sad.

It is so difficult to bear....losing Pankajanghri Prabhu....and devotees here. Am too human....we know Krishna has better plans....and devotees will have better service in the spiritual world....but the heart is broken.....

HpS - Will you be one of the maids, childhood girl friends, of Subhadra in your next life and hear of the death of Abhimanyu?? ! Bigger heart-brakes are yet to come, but there is great success in Krsna's arrangements!

We pray to Sri Nrshimha Dev to always protect you dear Guru Maharaj

Your insignificant servant,

Sarad Gaurangi DD

HpS - Our altar attached.

We would like to visit ISKCON Manipur...



Dear Guru Maharaja

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

I want to first apologize for not writing sooner.

ASA-HpS -- In harmony, we want to apo logize for not answering sooner!

You sent me the TPP edited document a couple of weeks back and I went through a little bit of the edited document only today.

Last couple of weeks have been crazy. My father in law got COVID in India. He lives in Nagpur and there was sever shortage of beds, oxygen cylinders and other medication. Divya Sri's cousin took him in a car at 5 am in the morning and after trying to get beds in several hospitals, finally got a bed at 8 pm. In the mean time we were calling people who were selling oxygen cylinders from here to get something. Thank fully by Krishna's mercy, he is discharged now and is doing fine.

HpS - https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/15/41/#bb16816 . Why we have not learned to act like Maharaja Yuddhisthira?? In the paragraph it directly talks about "life breathing"! Amazing. Fly around in the sky without air. Learn to drink and eat a subtler fare!

We had several devotees from Krishna House visit us this week and a few of them tested positive for COVID. Now the temple is back to lockdown again for a week. I feel too much of my environment and mind space is occupied with COVID rather than Krishna katha. Thankfully, with the service of teaching the Bhakti Sastri course, where we are currently doing Chapters 7-12, the association with Bhagavad Gita and Srila Prabhupada's purports are at least helping me contemplate on Krishna rather than just COVID.

But I can definitely feel that my Sadhana standards have dropped over the last two months. I feel very fatigued both physically and mentally. We are somehow pushing through because of your mercy.

I think the TPP has come out really well. I like how you have changed the font size of the pull-in quotes. It is now very clear to differentiate/visualize your commentary from the quotes. I have some thoughts on the other steps that need to be taken to publish the book. I would like you feedback on them.

1. Can we forward this to Abhirama Prabhu so that he can start typesetting? That way he can show you samples and we can finalize the formatting and design in parallel and when you finish the rest of the editing, the typesetting will be done very quickly since we have finalized the design.
2. We also need to think about the front and back cover design. Should we ask devotees in the blog to send in their designs from which you can choose Guru Maharaja? If we can do these things in parallel, we can get the book out as soon as your editing is complete.

HpS - ASA - We just sent another copy with our new edits to you and Art Das and R. R. Das today. Largely so that it doesn't get lost. We've edited all the Texts and most of the Appendices. Need to finish our ASA index and the BhVai question bank. We did more format editing.

Any comments are very nice, but if no time then after we finish the Appendices we can talk with ArtDas about the format. He is professional.

We would also like to come and see you when you visit Houston. Srirama Krishna Das will also be with us and we are planning to come there on the weekend (22-23 May). We wanted to know if it is ok for us to come and see you in person?

HpS - We pub lished the current calendar for the visits. 19-23AM we are in Nila-madhava Dhama. Then we go about 10AM to Sugar Land. Hard to associate there, but in NMD we can chat outside with proper social dish stance, no?? Call us on the Tele Phone if needed!

Respects to the Sri Rama Krsna Das et al.

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Quería compartirle el link de la canción del Señor Hanuman.

https://youtu.be/uQY2V-XxSg4

ASA - HpS - We sampled it!!!

Aqui es un poco contrasta comparasion! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBWyMdLwPDE

Y también la presentación que hicimos para su vyasa puja.

https://youtu.be/fwvHZnjn6ww

Deseo pronto subir la próxima canción:

UDILO ARUNA (Versión español)

Mis reverencias Gurudeva

Su pequeño cachorro

Piyari Mohan das

Udilo aruna..... super!!! Tratamos seguir sus paso, siguendo Srila Prabhupada.

Una carta mas!!

Dicen Joe Cocker era celibato y sigue los 4-principios.

JAYA SRI SRI GURU AND GAURANGA !!

ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA !! and his loyal and dedicated disciples like you.

Since the previous report we have had a joint meeting of the technical team and the communications team of the Journal. During the meeting we apply and try to answer your questions in depth: What is SOLARIS for you? What is your motivation and perspective to be in SOLARIS?

Here are the answers:

Purnamasi d.d.: Contribute to the academic preaching of Gurudeva by his backbone which is SOLARIS. Use my nature and professional experience as a journalist and teacher.

Bhaktin Sandra Salazar: SOLARIS allows me to integrate my material and spiritual knowledge (I am a graduate in Visual Arts) I want to contribute my artistic skills and knowledge to the magazine. I like this project that gives spiritual knowledge through philosophy and art.

Jayanta d.: Pleasing Gurumaharaja. To engage in service with my academic contacts, I directly accept that perhaps my contribution may be limited, but it can be effective through my contacts.

Srutipriya d.d.: Two Motivations, One spiritual: Serving Maharaja HpS. And a professional: As I study Languages ​​at the University, in SOLARIS I can apply my knowledge in the service of reading, writing, reviewing texts, etc. in English and Spanish.

Govinda Pramodini d.d.: To engage directly in the service of Guru-maharaja. SOLARIS addresses the need to connect spirit and matter in the scientific and academic fields. The magazine gives me the opportunity to better use my skills.

Abhiram Thakur d.: Magazines like SOLARIS are permanent and powerful vehicles for transmitting spiritual knowledge. SOLARIS opens the doors for us to dialogue with and influence different academics from different spiritual traditions (Jesuits, Sufis, Buddhists, ...). Then by developing the magazine we can give Krishna consciousness, both to readers and writers of the academic world, and, above all give them the opportunity to connect with Srila Prabhupada through his books.

In the 3rd report we will have the responses of the members who could not attend.

In addition, we invite all readers of the Blog to express themselves in the sense of why a magazine like SOLARIS is important. We look forward to your valuable comments.

That's it for now, thank you very much, HARE KRISHNA

HpS - Thank you... There was also an administrative meetting with Prof. Miguel Polo, HpSwami, Abhiseka Singh (President of NIOS) and Art Das. Art D showed the mock-up of the Solaris web page and is supposed to send the HTML files to HpS so he and ASingh can make more detailed comments.

We look at NIOS, Solaris having a good chance of living and being very useful, but it is not guaranteed.



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Desde el informe anterior a la fecha hemos tenido una reunión conjunta del equipo técnico y el equipo de comunicaciones de la revista. Durante la reunión aplicamos tratamos de responder con profundidad a tus preguntas: ¿Qué es SOLARIS para ti? cuál es tu motivación y perspectiva para estar en SOLARIS?

A continuación, las respuestas:

Purnamasi d.d.: Contribuir a la predica académica de Gurudeva en su columna vertebral que es SOLARIS. Ocupar mi naturaleza y experiencia profesional como periodista y profesora.

Bhaktin Sandra Salazar: SOLARIS me permite integrar mis conocimiento materiales y espirituales (soy egresada en Artes Visuales) quiero contribuir en la revista con mis habilidades y conocimientos Artísticos. Me gusta este proyecto que da conocimiento espiritual a través de la filosofía y el arte.

Jayanta d.: Complacer a Gurumaharaja. Ocupar en servicio a mis contactos académicos, Acepto que de forma directa tal vez mi contribución puede ser limitada, pero puede ser efectiva a través de mis contactos.

Srutipriya d.d.: Dos Motivaciones, Una espiritual: Servir a Maharaja HpS. Una profesional: Como estudie Idiomas en la Universidad en SOLARIS puedo aplicar mis conocimientos en el servicio de leer, redactar, revisar textos etc. en inglés y español.

Govinda Pramodini d.d.: Ocuparme directamente en el servicio a Gurumaharaja. SOLARIS atiende la necesidad de conectar espíritu y materia en los ámbitos científicos y académicos. La revista me da la oportunidad de un mejor uso de mis habilidades.

Abhiram Thakur d.: Las revistas como SOLARIS son vehículos permanentes y poderosos para transmitir conocimiento espiritual. SOLARIS nos abre las puertas para dialogar e influir con diferentes académicos de diferentes tradiciones espirituales (Jesuitas, Sufís, Budistas,…) entonces desarrollando la revista podemos dar conciencia de krishna tanto a los lectores como a los escritores del mundo académico y sobre todo darles la oportunidad de que conecten con Srila Prabhupada a través de sus libros.

En el 3er informe tendremos las respuestas de los miembros que no asistieron.

Además, invitamos a todos los lectores del Blog a que se manifiesten en el sentido de porque es importante una revista como SOLARIS. Esperamos sus valiosos comentarios.

Eso es todo por ahora, muchas gracias, HARE KRISHNA