Letters to the editor

JAYA SRI SRI GURU AND GAURANGA !!

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

HpS - You are very generous.

For reasons of order, I have divided this report into 3 parts:

Part I: Report on Integrated Team and the Web

At this time, as part of the marketing plan, we are finishing developing a survey to make a quantitative measurement of those who have read, at least once SOLARIS and then make a qualitative measurement through interviews.

As for the web, it is already in the cloud: https://www.solarisnios.org, the translations of the contents in English we will pass on to the President of NIOS, Prabhu Abhisek, for his approval.

ASA-Tom Brown - It's shocking to see the form of a solitary young women in tight pants doing Yoga postures, and a motor boat that burns gasoline.

Buck White - Look the other way.

TB - In the home page where NIOS is presented we didn't see a link to NIOS's webpage: www.NiosNimbus.Org. It's pretty, but seems that scenes of human culture like architecture or festivals would be better, no?

The verse from the Brahma samhita should be there, no?

Waiting for translation into proper English!

BW - You are a pig! boar.

II Part: content of SOLARIS No. 6:

For this No. 6 the thematic axis is EDUCATION, ECOLOGY AND THE SACRED, so the articles, essays, interviews, reviews and cultural portal must be related or linked to:

1. Education and harmony between human beings and nature.
2. Educational content and innovation, the cultivation of the human spirit as the center to build a good society.
3. Pandemics in the world, material problems, ethical and spiritual solutions.

ASA-Tom Brown - Wow. We don't remember hearing this thematic axis before. Seems nice but we cannot see any deeper, scriptural basis for selecting these themes. Eg. SB 2.1 would touch on ecology nicely but how is that related to Education and Ecology. Some relation could be there.

What articles have been submitted???

ITEMS CONFIRMED AND TO BE CONFIRMED:

1. Albert Ferrer / “From mainstream schooling to holistic education. A personal turnabout and a paradigm shift " ASA - No ecology in this, no?
2. Sarad-Gaurangui / Health and spirituality in times of pandemic. ASA - Same?
3. Ravi Gupta (to be confirmed)
4. José Luis Valencia / Dance and its role in mental health
5. Paloma Rojas Vaquero / Reflections on a comprehensive initial education
6. Héctor Béjar / educational innovation to build a healthy society
7. Miguel Polo / Ethics and dharma, the role of ecology in spirituality
8. Nicasio Cavilla / Ayurveda and nutrition in the mode of goodness (preliminary title)
9. Universidad Católica de Chile / Ecology and Zen Buddhism (to be confirmed)

ASA - Hmmm. Seems to health and holistic life and spirituality, no???

INTERVIEW:

• are asking Prabhu Caitanya Caran for his permission to allow us to make a summary of the two podcasts that he did with Professor Hanumatpresaka Swami. Those summaries would appear in the interview section.

ASA - No, ecology or education in them, but wonderful interviews. HpS is the greatest genius since Alfred E. Neuman.

Also - An article by C C Das about possibility and practice of communicating spirituality and moral values in the modern world.

REVIEWS:

• Jitendriya Prabhu: Memories, dreams and thoughts. Biography of C.G. Jung by Sara Jofre.
• Mother Sruti-priya: The teachings of Queen Kunti. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.

III Part: Trips for the implementation of the Asrama where SS HpS will be for 6 months as part of the implementation of the rural project, Nueva Aksovan:

We have made three trips, (1) Zuñiga, (2) Mala and (3) Pachacamac.

In Zuñiga prabhu Raghunata has a house and a land of 2500 m2, it is a beautiful place known as "The City of the Eternal Radiant Sun", the valley and the river are generous, it produces beans, bananas, yuccas, potatoes, sweet potatoes, mangoes, grapes, oranges, avocados and other vegetables, but there are two problems that make it impossible to settle there, first the house is in the middle of the city (and since nobody lives there now, it is neglected and full of things) and the land is 2 kilometers away ( the idea is that the house and the land are together) and the second point is that since almost two years the land is not worked then everything is full of weeds and cleaning it and getting it ready would take us a long time.

In Mala it is a 160 m2 house with 2500 m2 of land, it is a beautiful place not as fertile as Cañete, we are waiting for the owner's proposal and

In Pachacamac we went to see prabhu Rupanuga's project, it is a very cozy place and there are about 6 rooms ready, it has a dining room and a large kitchen, the point is that sometimes it receives patients for days and a family lives there so they do not give the conditions to establish ourselves with the characteristics we want.

On the 27th and 28th we will go with Abhiram, María and Nitya-kisori to Coahillo, San Vicente and San Luis, we hope that by the mercy of Guru-Gauranga the place will manifest there.

HpS - ASA - Very nice work!

The Solaris work is very nice, but we see that TB's criticisms have some value. If we work together like this in the Blog then we can bring it to a standard that would enthuses us.

Attached to this report photographs of the places we have been.

That is all for now, HARE KRISHNA.

Art Das writes in WhatsApp

" Krishna, GURUDEVA por su misericordia y la SADAI NIMAI-NITAI después de dos días super intensos de trabajo acabamos de subir la web de SOLARIS: https://www.solarisnios.org

Es interesante que la profesora mexicana se entero de la revista SOLARIS a través de http://www.jayarama.us/archives/solaris2020.pdf"

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances. I finally made my own blog account! In the previous letter you mentioned that the fire ceremony is not necessary, rather that I send a photo of my dad and a little information about him, but I could not shorten it, please forgive me. I am a conditioned soul. From the bottom of my heart, thank you very much for this mercy. 

My dad Gilberto Rendón was a writer of literature for children and young people beginning in 1973. He was a contributor and co-author of the free fourth and sixth grade geography textbooks. His stories, some of his books were adapted to the theater. Premio Castillo de la Lectura 2003 por La saga de los jugadores de pelota. White Ravens 2000 por Los cuatro amigos de siempre y en 1991 por Cuentos para dormir, soñar y despertar.

Lista de Honor IBBY México 2000 por Los cuatro amigos de siempre. Premio El Barco de Vapor 1998 por Los cuatro amigos de siempre. Premio Gran Angular 1998 por El almogávar. Premio Miscaltia por su trayectoria en el ámbito de la cultura para la niñez 1997. Premio Nacional de Cuento Infantil Juan de la Cabada 1982 por Pok a tok, el juego de pelota. Premio Nacional de Cuento Infantil Juan de la Cabada 1981 por Cuentos del hierbazal. Premio Casa de las Américas en el género de Literatura para Niños y Jóvenes 1981. 

He was an excellent father, he taught me to be helpful and truthful. He always put his family first, giving everything and keeping little or nothing for himself. He is one of the most cultured and wonderful people I have ever met, but that was not enough to make him surrender to Krishna.

HpS - ASA - - https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/4/9/ and following text.

If I could pass my accumulated spiritual points to him (not many, but it is something) I would do so without hesitation.

I could never stop causing problems and worries for him, nor tell him how grateful I am for him tireless pursuit of my happiness and that of my daughters. I am indebted to him.

Please, Guru Maharaja, I beg you to help him through his pure chanting Krishna be merciful to him.

Its always and forever your aspirant and well whisher.

Marina Rendón

HpS - Hare Krsna, Hare Rama. Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!!!!!!!

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Hare Krishna Gurudeva,

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

In Jung podcast you've mentioned this progression of realization, like pantheism, virat rupa realization, paramatma realization. What exactly do you mean with virat rupa realization,

ASA - 🙂 https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/11/

and do you equate paramatma realization with vasudeva sarvam iti?

HpS - Yes.

Your servant,

Raghava Pandit das

HpS - Much success in your Sankirtan.

"Esteemed Maharaja,

Hare Krsna.

It is so nice that along with my parents you are giving some guidance for me in trying to resolve this conflict in my marriage. Do you really think we can have a healthy relationship after the years of stuff that has gone on?"

HpS - When I was B'cari, Treasurer, in the San Francisco temple, a letter came from Prabhupada to our GBC, Jayatirtha Das. JTD had gone back to Los Angeles so I called him immediately and asked if I should forward the letter.

He said, "No, open it IMMEDIATELY and read it too me", (It was a lesson in attachment to Prabhupada for me).

It was about the Temple in San Francisco, the Guru-kula in Dallas etc. and then Prabhupada finished by writing, "You cannot exist without my mercy ... ", and as soon as I read it, it seemed very heavy, and I reacted with a shock and then mentally gulped and accepted, "Yes, Prabhupada", but then the next line gave me even another shock, "... and I cannot exist without your mercy. This mutual love, this mutual respect, IS Krsna consciousness".

You are not going back to Godhead without the best wishes of your spouse, and your spouse is not going back to Godhead without our best wishes.

We have to work things out:

• As Earthmen,
• Indians, Americans, Jews, Gentiles,
• Fingers of Krsna,
• Family Members.

Of course, it may be indirect, sub-conscious, for some others, and Krsna conscious for us, but "..trnad api...".

JAYA, SRI SRI GURU AND GAURANGA !!

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

HpS - 🐷

On Saturday, June 19, it was unanimously agreed to unite the technical team and the communications team of SOLARIS-Hispánico (in total there are 10 members), everyone is happy, this is manifested in the enthusiastic and devotional atmosphere of the integrated team.

ASA - Supreme Absolute Undifferentiated Commando (SAUC) - 👍 👍👍👍 👍

Three important points are currently being addressed.

1) A manual of functions to make the service of each member and their contribution more organized and efficient.

2) A marketing plan (mother Rati-manjari made a proposal). This week we have dealt with the topic The SOLARIS Brand And that the magazine offers, a summary below.

The SOLARIS Brand: As a means of communication we want to establish ourselves as a useful platform for interculturality and spirituality. Our thematic axes are based on the cultivation of the human spirit, within them we can mention the sacred, education, art, psychology, philosophy, ecology and world classical literature, among others. It's okay?

HpS - The Light of the Bhagavata seems a good example of Srila Prabhupada. It focuses on Cultivation of the Human Spirit and that included sacred, education, art... the don't need to be a separate effort, no?

What the magazine offers: SOLARIS offers a serious, tall, intense, sharp dialogue and at the same time a resilient path of personal and collective transformation. To fulfill this offer, SOLARIS has the following sections: perspectives, essays, articles, interviews, the cultural portal and reviews. Any suggestion?

3) Make a calendar and schedule of tasks and activities to monitor and ensure that the objectives set are met, for this, mother Govinda Pramodini has made a macro in Excel to fulfill this purpose.

Two more points:

First, the website will be ready in its beta version in Spanish this Friday, July 2.

Second, we have not yet received messages about the film in the email, [email protected], so we ask once again the members of the blog that if they have any photos or content that could be used for the film, send them to this mail.

HpS - Which film? DTC-UT? Need  photos and content for what part of that film?

It has been very nice to have extended conversations with you since you write this.

Of course NO NIOS funding can go on for any project until we get a formal connection between an Assistant Treasurer for Peru and Treasurer here.

We think DTC-UT should lead the ASA Sankirtan efforts. Its products can fill Solaris and novel things from Solaris can drive the film.

We don't think getting the Academic Accreditation is as important as making the magazine a vital cultural item. Here is an example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic.

Of course, academic respectability will follow, no?

If Krsna wants our work with Philemon Foundation will progress and be basis for a lot of other development for the film. Then, we need a 7-minute trailer fixing the idea of the film and some practical ideas for implementation.

O.K.?

Let us stay connected to Srila Prabhupada and remain strong.

That's all for now, thank you so much for tolerating my deficient service, JAY SRI RAMA!!

HpS - We are probably worse deficient.

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El sábado 19 de junio se acordó por unanimidad unir el equipo técnico y al equipo de comunicaciones de SOLARIS-Hispánico (en total hay 10 miembros), todos están contentos, eso se manifiesta en el ambiente entusiasta y devocional del equipo integrado.

Actualmente se está tratando tres puntos importantes.

1) Un manual de funciones para hacer más organizado y eficiente el servicio de cada miembro y su aporte.

2) Un plan de marketing (la madre Rati-manjari hizo una propuesta). Esta semana hemos tratado el tema La Marca SOLARIS Y que ofrece la revista, a continuación, un resumen.

La Marca SOLARIS: Como medio de comunicación queremos establecernos como una plataforma útil para la interculturalidad y la espiritualidad. Nuestros ejes temáticos están basados en el cultivo del espíritu humano, dentro de ellos podemos mencionar lo sagrado, la educación, el arte, la psicología, la filosofía, la ecología y la literatura clásica mundial, entre otros. ¿Está bien?

Que ofrece la revista: SOLARIS ofrece un dialogo serio, alturado, intenso, agudo y al mismo tiempo un camino resiliente de transformación personal y colectiva. Para cumplir este ofrecimiento SOLARIS tiene las siguientes secciones: perspectivas, ensayos, artículos, entrevistas, el portal cultural y reseñas. ¿Alguna sugerencia?

3) Hacer un calendario y cronograma de tareas y actividades para hacer un seguimiento y garantizar que se cumplan los objetivos trazados, para esto, la madre Govinda Pramodini ha hecho una macro en Excel para cumplir con este propósito.

Dos puntos más, primero, la página web va a estar lista en su versión beta en español este viernes 2 de julio. Segundo, aún no hemos recibido mensajes en torno a la película en el correo [email protected] por lo que le pedimos una vez más a los miembros del blog que si tienen alguna foto o contenido que pueda servir para la película lo envíen a este correo.