Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

All glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami!!

All the members of this project have resolved the fundamental questions: Who are we? Can we work as a team, and how are we going to make this project come true?

To date we are: p. Raghunatha, p. Uddhava, p. Gadai Gauranga and his wife his mother Nadiya, Nitya-kisori mataji, p. Laksmi-Narayana, Maria and me.

Summary of progress made.

ASA - Many hands make light labor!

1. With Prabhu Uddhava, disciple of Prahladananda Swami (he is a forestry engineer, an expert in agrarian issues with 40 years of experience) we are in the preliminary stage of locating and formalizing the property.

We have located two properties, one in Zuñiga (Cañete), to the south, three hours from Lima and another in Pativilca, to the north, at 3 or 3.30 hours.

We are also evaluating, Canta, Huarochirí and San Mateo. As you mentioned that Pamashto is very far (20 hours from Lima), we are locating the property within a radius of no more than 4 hours from Lima, okay?

ASA-Uncle Gismo - It must be within 45-minutes of a city where there is a university, no? Must be land for ASA and other land that friends of ASA can buy. Water. Maybe in Ecuador???

2. With the Ecological House of the Catholic University and Walter Leon we are seeing a project to build ecological houses, we are baptizing this model as RAM house (Rural, Anti-seismic and Multipurpose). They will also advise us on the use of wind energy and solar panels. Any suggestion?

HpS - Grass converts solar power, oxen and bulls eat grass and provide work, no? Good solar power?? Can develop property so that it will be attractive to other buyers, not just Hare Krsna buildings, then can sell and buy other place if better?

3. With the La Molina Agrarian University we are in very good conversations so that this project is evaluated for its organic and ecological crops with permaculture, they will make a soil evaluation and investigate our production model as a model to be replicated. Any suggestion?

ASA - Puede tomar apoyo del Maharaja Bhakti purusotraya Swami y su proyecto???

4. Nitya-kisori is a business administrator and her brother Franco is a planning expert trained in France, both of them, starting in January, begin to design the administrative and legal structure of the project and an annual work plan for the next three years . Any suggestion?

HpS - Good.

It is a fact that we have to have a place where we can practice the way of life that we preach: "Simple life and high thinking." I have been talking these last weeks with different types of people, academics, artists and businessmen, they all agree that the creation of these ecological and cultural villages is the best way to live in goodness and to properly face this pandemic and all those that seem to be looming.

ASA - They are all Krsna's mercy. Bhakta Fred thinks that Krsna has given power to people in the Kali-yuga to develop industrial power, yantra vidhi, but now they are destroying the Earth, so He is finishing it. This pandemic will mutate and in the end the industrialized life style will be destroyed. Peopl will be successful who live in nations based upon village, rural life. Village, Town, City, County, Nation.

The will be 80% self sufficient just from their village life and not travel too much or too far, but will be very well connected if need be.

Normal Dvapara yuga life.

HARE KRISHNA GURUDEVA, her useless servant, Abhirama Thakura dasa.

HpS - ASA --- Thank you many!!!!! ASA Asokavan, Peru, Radha-kunda.

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Proyecto: Aldea Agroecológica y Cultural "Nueva Aksovan"

Todos los integrantes de este proyecto han resuelto las preguntas fundamentales: ¿Quiénes somos? ¿Podemos trabajar en equipo? y ¿cómo vamos a hacer realidad este proyecto?

Hasta la fecha somos: p. Raghunatha, pág. Uddhava, pág. Gadai Gauranga y su esposa su madre Nadiya, Nitya-kisori mataji, p. Laksmi-Narayana, Maria y yo.

Resumen de los avances realizados.

1. Con Prabhu Uddhava, discípulo de Prahladananda Swami (es un ingeniero forestal, experto en temas agrarios con 40 años de experiencia) estamos en la etapa preliminar de ubicar y formalizar la propiedad. Hemos localizado dos propiedades, una en Zuñiga (Cañete), al sur, a tres horas de Lima y otra en Pativilca, al norte, a las 3 o 3.30 horas. También estamos evaluando, Canta, Huarochirí y San Mateo. Como mencionaste que Pamashto está muy lejos (a 20 horas de Lima), estamos ubicando la propiedad en un radio de no más de 4 horas desde Lima, ¿está bien?

2. Con la Casa Ecológica de la Universidad Católica y Walter León estamos viendo un proyecto de construcción de casas ecológicas, bautizamos este modelo como casa RAM (Rural, Antisísmica y Multipropósito). También nos asesorarán sobre el uso de energía eólica y paneles solares. ¿Alguna sugerencia?

3. Con la Universidad Agraria La Molina estamos en muy buenas conversaciones para que este proyecto sea evaluado por sus cultivos orgánicos y ecológicos con permacultura, ellos harán una evaluación de suelos e investigarán nuestro modelo de producción como modelo a replicar. ¿Alguna sugerencia?

4. Nitya-kisori es administradora de empresas y su hermano Franco es un experto en planificación formado en Francia, ambos, a partir de enero, comienzan a diseñar la estructura administrativa y legal del proyecto y un plan de trabajo anual para los próximos tres años. ¿Alguna sugerencia?

Es un hecho que tenemos que tener un lugar donde podamos practicar la forma de vida que predicamos: "Vida simple y pensamiento elevado". He estado hablando estas últimas semanas con diferentes tipos de personas, académicos, artistas y empresarios, todos coinciden en que la creación de estas aldeas ecológicas y culturales es la mejor manera de vivir en bondad y enfrentar adecuadamente esta pandemia y todas las que parecen que ya se avecinan.

HARE KRISHNA GURUDEVA, su sirviente inútil, Abhirama Thakura dasa.

Critical Review

Photo of Board of Review Attached

Submitted by Gauravani Das:

YouTube:Compass (feat. revati prema)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cc9XXVeyXU

Contrast with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHrkaxyoWB4

Reflection of Krsna and the Cowherd Boys? Dangerous to Gopis? See lyrics. Can write Krsna conscious comments?

Suggestions:

Add images, like a PPTX. Add lyrics.

Reactions:

At this moment the hard beat [virya rasa?] is more appealing to us. Other times the softer mellow could certainly be cool. Lyrics are very difficult. We are very much afraid to listen to them unless it is a paraphrase of Bh. V. Th. et al. Ooooh.

Lyrics with Sastric references.

Another Contrast (local Nashville iconography):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREUrbGGrgM

Both cases the lead is the drummer!

Give a purport to the song. How it was written? For who?

Champu is poetry and prose combined eg. Gopala champu of Jiva Goswami.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Aquí dejo el link del villancico que hice. Lo compuse como una décima, tal cómo el canto a lo divino, lo cuál es la música tradicional y religiosa del lugar dónde nací, Cabildo. (Esta parte del folclor chileno era lo que más agradaba a Violeta Parra)

https://youtu.be/6Bg9GIqq6qw

Esta es la letra:

Se nos termina este año

Revolución y pandemia

Por los virus y bacterias

Algunos dicen engaño

Se ha generado gran daño

En valores y principios

Ahora si parece un mito

La existencia de Jesús

Queriendo apagar su luz

A valorarlo te invito

Él ha sido buen maestro

De millones de personas

Abarcó todas las zonas

Al planeta y los ancestros

Él encontró en sus adentros

La existencia del divino

Jugo de uva en vez de vino

En el desierto refresca

De personas fue su pesca

Encaminando el camino

Fue un nacimiento glorioso

José y María lo esperan

En el cielo hay una estrella

Que está alumbrando con gozo

Es un niño muy hermoso

Que cambiará todo el mundo

Fue llegando a lo profundo

Corazones inocentes

Ayudando a tanta gente

A superar sus asuntos

Le dió la vista a los ciegos

volvió a la vida los muertos

Fue sanando a muchos siervos

Dios le ayudaba del cielo

Seguir sus pasos yo quiero

Ya que es seguro camino

Es el más alto destino

Poder servir a Jesús

Es cómo tomar un bus

Que nos lleva a lo divino

Su sacrificio libera

A la gente de pecados

Pero hay que evitar a diario

El pecado en las afueras

No juzgar esa vereda

Una biga y poca paja

Lo bueno y lo malo pasa

Jesucristo nos enseña

Que no somos de esta leña

Somos seres de otra danza

GOOGLE TRADUCTOR

We are ending this year

Revolution and pandemic

By viruses and bacteria

Some say deception

Great damage has been done

In values ​​and principles

Now if it seems a myth

The existence of Jesus

Wanting to turn off his light

To value it I invite you

He has been a good teacher

Of millions of people

It covered all areas

To the planet and the ancestors

He found in himself

The existence of the divine

Grape juice instead of wine

In the desert it refreshes

Of people was his fishing

Leading the way

It was a glorious birth

José and María are waiting for you

In the sky there is a star

That is shining with joy

He is a very beautiful boy

That the whole world will change

Was reaching deep

Innocent hearts

Helping so many people

To overcome their affairs

He gave sight to the blind

the dead came back to life

He was healing many servants

God helped him from heaven

Follow in his footsteps I want

Since it is safe way

It is the highest destiny

To be able to serve Jesus

It's like taking a bus

That leads us to the divine

His sacrifice frees

To the people of sins

But you have to avoid daily

Sin on the outskirts

Not judge that path

A biga and little straw

The good and the bad happen

Jesus Christ teaches us

That we are not of this firewood

We are beings of another dance

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Deseo sea de su agrado

Muchas gracias por esta instrucción.

Mis Reverencias

Su Payaso

Piyari Mohan das.

ASA - The preaching can be very direct, specific and confrontational. Sometimes Prahlada would act that way, and sometimes he would present the ideas in a more general fashion or even hide his preaching from the political authorities (Sanda and Amarka).

Here is example from our favorite, Phile Ochs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here%27s_to_the_State_of_Mississippi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fgB0m_y2I

Hare Krishna, Dear Hanumat Presaka Maharaj, please, accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

A year ago, I have heard about you and your preaching, but not so much. So I decided to write to you and if possible to speak. My name is Akshaya Krishna das, based in Lithuania, in connection with movement since 1989.

HpS - AGTSP! A honor to meet you. I just looked at the history of Lithuania in the Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/place/Lithuania. It is amazing. Was so powerful at one time. It is amazing how so many places have been powerful empires at one moment and then the gone. Britannica does not mention famous Bishops, poets or literati.

In the beginning we try to become pure devotees, but later we realize we need to undergo quiet many social things in order to balance all sides of our life. So I have few questions about it. If possible let our conversation be private.

With best wishes

AKdas

HpS - Oooof! We really like to talk with nice people. They are very interesting, but. . .

. . . before this Blog we were getting like 500-letters a month. Impossible, so we started this Blog.

1. We cannot give detailed advice without prolonged detailed knowledge of the situation. So first advice is to follow Canakhya Pandita's advice that success comes from good advice and good advice comes from many counselors. So our advice is to cultivate relations with people who know your private life well and then follow that advice.
2. Present your challenges in a general fashion and we gave general advice, here in the Blog. That satisfies about 80% of the enquiery. If more is needed then we can start to talk more confidentially but already having gone over the general principles.
3. Use a pseudonym. Eg. Captain Midnight.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis rendidas reverencias.

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada, quien es una manifestación personificada de la misericordia de Sri Krsna.

Y todas las Glorias a usted, su fiel seguidor.

Oramos para que su salud se encuentre bien. ¿Cómo es el invierno en su localidad? ¿Le permite continuar con sus caminatas regulares?

Yo me encuentro sufriendo a causa de mi propia estupidez, estoy tratando de aprender de eso.

Sigo tratando de entender un poco sobre la misericordia: La iglesia católica menciona “7 obras espirituales de misericordia”: Enseñar al que no sabe, corregir al que se equivoca, Dar un buen consejo al que lo necesita, Perdonar injurias, Consolar al triste, Sufrir con paciencia los defectos del prójimo, Orar por los vivos y los muertos...

Mientras leo y escribo esto, pienso en múltiples ejemplos de Srila Prabhupada, de Usted y otros fieles seguidores de Prabhupada practicando cada uno de estas "obras"… ¡Si los devotos no poseyeran esta cualidad, con seguridad estaríamos perdidos!  Entonces, parece ser que de cierta forma, ¿Todos los seguidores de Srila Prabhupada deberíamos desarrollar esta cualidad?

Cuando leí por primera vez el Bhagavad-Gita, hubo un verso que me dio mucho miedo:

“A aquellos que son envidiosos y malvados, que son los hombres más bajos de todos, Yo los lanzo perpetuamente al océano de la existencia material, en varias especies de vida demoníaca” BG 16.19

Me asustó porque pensé - Entonces ¿Nunca tendré la oportunidad de salir de este pantano? – Pensé que estaba perpetuamente condenada - ... Ahora, poco a poco parece que estoy entendiendo (a profundidad) que SOLO la misericordia del Maestro espiritual – y de los Vaisnavas- puede salvarme.

"Sin la misericordia del maestro espiritual uno no puede hacer ningún avance"

Por ahora, solo me queda rezar para obtener la misericordia de aquellos a quienes he lastimado. Ahora puedo ver que mis errores me han lastimado más a mí misma, que a las personas contra quienes los cometí… (Me siento avergonzada y arrepentida de eso) Así que creo, que debido a que soy muy tonta, solo esa cualidad de los Vaisnavas (La misericordia) puede salvarme. He cometido y sigo cometiendo muchos errores, pero estoy tratando de aprender de ellos, porque no quiero abusar de vosotros. 

Gurudeva, usted me otorga su misericordia constantemente de distintas formas, Por favor, perdóneme por no ser capaz de aprovecharla. Estoy tratando de aprender desde mi limitada posición. Gracias por ser un ejemplo e inspiración constante.

Su aspirante a sirviente

Karuna- Sakti DD

Posdata: Gurudeva, ¿Existe alguna categoría en el blog, en la que deberíamos colocar las ofrendas de Vyasa Puja? (Quizá eso le facilite identificarlas de las cartas regulares)

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Hare Krsna Gurudeva. Please accept my bowed obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, who is a personified manifestation of Sri Krsna's mercy.

And all glories to you, your faithful follower.

We pray that your health is fine. What is winter like in your area? Do you allow him to continue his regular walks?

HpS - For our age we are in the top 15% of good health, but teeth, eyes, ears, memory are all dimishing. That is good. Pushes us on to the intellectual, Buddi, wisdom platform.

Still walk every night.

Some snow here but nice when the sun comes out. Enough rain.

Thank you for asking.

I find myself suffering because of my own stupidity, I am trying to learn from that.

ASA - It seems Socrates said that also et al.

I keep trying to understand a little about mercy: The Catholic Church mentions "7 spiritual works of mercy": Teach those who do not know, correct those who make mistakes, Give good advice to those who need it, Forgive injuries, Comfort the sad, Patiently suffer the defects of others, Pray for the living and the dead.

HpS - There seems to be some redundancy in the list??

As I read and write this, I think of multiple examples of Srila Prabhupada, You and other faithful followers of Prabhupada practicing each of these "works" ... If the devotees did not possess this quality, surely we would be lost! So, it seems that in a way, all of Srila Prabhupada's followers should develop this quality?

HpS - Prayers by the Vedas Personified: Krsna's greatest quality is mercy, not justice based just on truth, so servant of Krsna is like that.

King says to criminal that he has heard all the evidence and if he acted just according the law then the he should kill the man, the criminal, but he says that and then says, "but I can see that things were very difficult for you, so this time I am going to be merciful, now get out of my court and I don't expect to see you back here ever again".

Criminal: Yes, Sir! Yes, Sir! Thank you, Sir, thank you Sir. Never again."

When I first read the Bhagavad-Gita, there was a verse that scared me very much:

"Those who are envious and evil, who are the lowest men of all, I perpetually cast into the ocean of material existence, in various species of demonic life" BG 16.19

It scared me because I thought - So I'll never get a chance to get out of this swamp? - I thought I was perpetually doomed - ... Now, little by little it seems that I am understanding (in depth) that ONLY the mercy of the spiritual Master - and the Vaisnavas - can save me.

HpS - Perpetually means, God's time. The king puts his son in the prison. The decision is eternally in force, but the king can finish it in one day or as long as he wants. Until we change our personal relationship with the king we are damned to hell.

"Without the mercy of the spiritual master one cannot make any progress"

For now, I can only pray for the mercy of those I have hurt. Now I can see that my mistakes have hurt myself more than the people I committed them against ... (I feel ashamed and sorry about that).

ASA - Us too. It is very embarrassing, but there is no mistake you can make that you cannot correct!

So I think, because I'm very dumb, just that quality of Vaisnavas (Mercy) can save me. I have made and continue to make many mistakes, but I am trying to learn from them, because I don't want to abuse you.

Gurudeva, you constantly bestow your mercy on me in various ways. Please forgive me for not being able to take advantage of it. I am trying to learn from my limited position. Thank you for being a constant example and inspiration.

Your would-be servant

Karuna- Sakti DD

Postscript: Gurudeva, is there a category on the Blog, in which we should place the offerings of Vyasa Puja? (Maybe that makes it easier for you to identify them from regular cards).

HpS - AgtSP! I think Personal Sadhana is the best, but with declaration of a Vyasa puja Offering in the Subject field. 🙄

Hare Krsna Maharaj, PAMHO, AGTSP,

Banaras Hindu University has opened two centers

i. center of vedic science. (cvsbhu.in)

The CVS includes eight divisions for the exploration of different dimension of Vedic knowledge in modern world.

Divisions are Vedic Literature, Sciences of Rituals and Consciousness, Vedic Linguistics, Phonetics and Etymology, Vedic Medical Sciences, Psychology & Yogic Sciences, Vedic Mathematics, Astronomy and Padartha Vijnana, Vedic Agricultural, Environmental Sciences and Management, Vedic Architecture and Science of Engineering with 64 Technical Arts, Vedic law & Practice and Division of Editing, Translation and Publication.

ii. Bharatiya Adhyana Kendra -for social sciences.

Is there any way NIOS can collaborate with such endeavors ?

regards,

unbriddled horse

HpS - I don't know details, but it is possible. It is so big. Do you know anybody there? We have Sankhya; Psychology; Science, Psyche and Spirituality: The Encounter of Carl Jung with the Mysticism of Ancient India; Hamlet and Arjuna - Two Princes.