KDPC. Consult II of Isvari dd about class SBG tuesday

3 years, 9 months ago by Isvari devi dasi in Special Category A

Hare Krsna Dear Maharaja,

I hope ASA team are very good.

HpS - ASA - No meat, no fish, no eggs! AgtSP!!!!! paoho....

Please excuse the queries I make, they are technical, however I have no one else to consult.

Uncle Gismo - We shall tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help us God.

Consult[ation]s:

1.-August tuesday 11 is Janmastami and Tuesday 25 is Radhastami , this days classes are for English-speaking devotees. I don't know what topics they will give those days; however only for those days the class could be done with translation (bilingual)?

UG - Sounds fine to us. Any readers have any objection?

2.-Regarding the KDPC keyword I just have to write in the title KDPC or KDPC: keyword?

UG - Just the "keyword' by it self will be enough to draw the attention of our sub-human mail clerks.

Note: I sent a letter to the blog on Monday 20 but with the keyword of the previous fortnight: Govinda-Ji and I did not put KDPC, I thought that the keyword was sufficient, that's why it is my query.

UG - Ah!

3.-You are right there are no educational projects as a priority in GBC administration, according to their page their priority is in the development of temples, teamwork and training of administrative personnel, Maybe this is urgent for them. I think of the different religious orders of the Catholic Church where according to their character and priority to preach in different ways. Some orders are more contemplative, others are more social and others of study and projects like the Jesuits or expansive preaching like the Franciscans. I see here a type of Varna (division of labor). I think perhaps ISKCON could organize itself in this way or take elements of this type of organization. What do you think?

UG - One GBC Secretary, Guru, Sannyasi, nice person, told me that in conclusion it seemed to him that ISKCON was like a lose collection of Guru cults. So there is a lot management technique, focus on education in large Guru zones sometimes, but no effort to develop it in the larger society the same way. I think there is some truth in that. It may be the best we can do now. Personally I try to develop my perspective on eduation in ISKCON and then connect with others as I can. It is a big society and I don't think I can understand all of it!!!

And your good self?

NOte: Before day 30 , I will send my questions about Canto 2 chapter 2. Sorry for the delay, I am organizing to be more effective.

HpS - Ahhhh. Thank you!!!!!!

With appreciation and respect.

ys Isvari dd

UG, TB, BW, HpS - Thank you!!! Does Abhimanyu Das work from home? What is he doing???

Classes

3 years, 9 months ago by jagatbd in Special Category A

We have not been able to answer this letter because of our work shedule and because of our stupidity. Please send again following the protocol at www.JayaRama.US/kd/lte.htm HpS - ASA -0-0-0- No hemos podido responder esta carta por nuestra horario de trabajo y por nuestra estupidez. Por favor envíe nuevamente siguiendo el protocolo en www.JayaRama.US/kd/lte.htm HpS - ASA


Dear Guru Maharaja PAMHO AGTSP! How are you? I guess you are quite exhausted, you have been giving so many lectures, I have enjoyed listening to your awesome classes, very intense and excellent themes to reflect about. During your classes I grasp different ideas that complemented the doubts I had, now things are getting better. I´d like to see you soon, I want this quarentine finish soon, I want to visit the temple and some friends. I been talking to my god-brothers quite often and having better relationships.

We would like to organise some academic preaching programs for you, I have talked to my godsisters about it. I may gather some professors from my college, let´s see what happens later. Ok Gurudeva nothing else to say, getting closer to get more mercy from you.

your servant,

Jagat Bandhu Jagannatha Swami dasa

Mexico, City

los diferentes tipos del yoga y el bhakti yoga

3 years, 9 months ago by indira in Special Category A

We have not been able to answer this letter because of our work shedule and because of our stupidity. Please send again following the protocol at www.JayaRama.US/kd/lte.htm HpS - ASA -0-0-0- No hemos podido responder esta carta por nuestra horario de trabajo y por nuestra estupidez. Por favor envíe nuevamente siguiendo el protocolo en www.JayaRama.US/kd/lte.htm HpS - ASA


Todas las glorias a srila prabhupada.

todas las glorias al movimiento de sankirtan de sri Caitanya Maha Prabhu.

Por favor acepté mis mas humildes reverencias.

tengo una duda respecto a un comentaria de la pagína web de ISCKON España queria saber si podria explicarmelo.

El sistema de yoga puede ser comparado a una escalera que puede conducir al nivel más elevado de la vida espiritual. El primer escalón es hatha-yoga, que involucra el realizar numerosas posturas que le capacitan a uno a controlar los sentidos y lograr equilibrio mental. Jñana-yoga, o el yoga del conocimiento, involucra una inquisición filosófica sobre la naturaleza del espíritu. Cuando jñana-yoga se desarrolla al punto de la meditación en el Señor Supremo dentro del corazón mediante diferentes procesos físicos, se llama astanga-yoga. En tanto que uno continúa subiendo la escalera del yoga, se encuentra luego con raja-yoga, kriya-yoga, karma-yoga, prana-yoga y otros. Los Vedas explican que bhakti, o el yoga del amor y la devoción a Dios, es el escalón más alto en la escalera del yoga. Bhakti-yoga es la culminación de todos los yogas e incluye todas las otras formas de yoga en esta escalera. Bhakti-yoga es el sistema practicado por los miembros de La Sociedad Internacional para la Conciencia de Krishna (ISKCON).

muchas gracias por su tiempo espero que este muy bien, lo tengo siempre mis oraciones.

su sirvienta Bhaktin Indira

Dtc(p)

3 years, 9 months ago by hps in Special Category A

Dear Hanumatpreshaka Maharaja, Please accept my respectful obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada ¿¿Thank you so much for such a beautiful journal and the cashews...my heart melted upon seeing the priceless words that you wrote.

I am indebted to you for your association and devotees like you exalted self and a manifestation of a lifetime devotion. Shunning all the alluring things, you are focused on the Holy Name.

ASA - AgtSP. We really feel that our efforts in Srila Prabhupada's movement are very self serving, but maybe we are contributing a little, and avoiding taking too much!

Maybe we are just rogues disguised as Vaisnavas.

We hope that you can engage us in practical service, taking some understanding our our situation from the DTC(p).

We are certainly experimention with media and content and distribution.

AgtSP paoho. The Kapi Dhvaja goes today.

Gurudeva

3 years, 9 months ago by jagatbd in Special Category A

Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja, How have you been? AGTSP PAMHO.

HpS - AGTSP!!!! When we are Krsna conscsious we are happy!

I wrote a letter like two months ago but, it hasn´t been published yet. I had a so called friend, he lives in Los Angeles, he says he knows you, he is quite agressive, he is Ritvik and wants to spread his ideas, he also has some friends in Modesto.

He was very upset at me because I posted photos from you in Facebook, he was saying rubbish. The other day you mentioned that you have enemies, I know how you had had problems with some godbrothers. So, keeping the good company of gentlement and good devotees is a most, sometimes it is hard to find them, but in the course of time you find out who deserves to be your friends, some are quite difficult to deal with.

HpS - We don't really have any enemies. We are usually successful in avoiding people who irritate us, and then we can see them more and more from a spiritual perspective. Ultimately we are all like bothers and sisters, so any destructive conflict is just an illusion. We do not have to become our enemies, enemy!🙂

I would like to hear from you some classes about the sanyasa order. I know this topic is in the seventh canto.

How is Hanuman and Nrisinhadeva + Prahlada doing?

HpS - We give them all a rub each day and offer prayers and incense, Arghya etc. Rather full Manasa puja each morning. Of course, whenever I think of Prahlada, I think of you.

I also got the mercy to have a Tulasi plant and even tough it is a baby, she is growing nicely.

HpS - Wow! I hear that first she likes association, then warmth, then sunlight, then water.

I always think about you guru maharaja, now it is more difficult to be closer due to the inumerable disciples, but all deserve to have your shelter and mercy.

HpS - There is no limit to intimacy on the spiritual platform, and on the material platform it is kind of superficial!

your foolish servant, Jagat Bandhu Jagannatha Swami dasa (Mexico) 11, 07, 20

HpS - Thank you for the letter. We aren't always able to answer all the letters. We look at the ones with the Kapi Dhvaja Priority Code (KDPC) from the "Letters to the Editor" section of the Kapi Dhvaja first!!

KDPC: SOLARIS and COVID-19 VIRUS "Karuna-Virus"

3 years, 9 months ago by abhiramdas in Special Category A

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, pfanhr, TLGASP!! TLGAHpS!!

SOLARIS and COVID-19 VIRUS "Karuna-Virus"

ANALYSIS OF ITS IMPLICATIONS IN WORLD.

There is consensus among the members of the magazine about the importance of “SOLARIS” should offer a deep reflection about what this covid-19 pandemic means, which has strongly impacted whole humanity. Here is a summary of the first discussion on this topic: 

1.     Héctor Béjar started the dialogue talking about epidemiology concept. He mentioned this is neither the first nor the last pandemic that humanity faces, because it has always had and will have this type of events. Then he said that, since last year, the scientific community had evidence the virus was already active, despite this, this information was not disclosed in order to protect certain interests. 

In relation to the causes of the virus appearance, he mentioned it is very likely that it was caused by mankind abuse towards animals. What he finds ironic and absurd is there is a group of people who blame bats for this disease and not bad practices of humans, or the unnecessary and abusive consumption of animals that they carry out.

He said governments and binding institutions have not invited ethics to dialogue at time to analyze the causes of this pandemic. 

The facts show in imperative way that a change in life's organization and system is necessary, however, are we willing to change? He posed as a theme to develop "what is coming", that is, an analysis of how social relationships are currently developing and how they will be presented in the future. At this point he mentioned there are currents that propose as a solution "flock inmunity", that is to say, the strongest or "suitable" are going to be saved and the weak or "unsuitable" are not.

2.     Then Professor Hanumatpresaka Swami spoke, after greeting the assistants he began his intervention mentioning this is a world of dualities, for example, for there to be construction, first there must be destruction, and vice versa. Then he gave other examples to finally affirm that in all analyzes we must do not forget this is a temporary world. 

Then he argued this pandemic raises the need for at least 90% of the population must to live in villages and the necessity of a good relationship and communication with the city so that everything is properly attended, thus and only in this way generation of others pandemics could be avoided and be controlled when they arise.

 Finally he mentioned coronavirus, or karuna-virus pandemic as he calls it, alluding to the fact that this great problem is also a great opportunity is the central theme of humanity's material life but on a social level there is the theme of woman's role in the world. That is to say, on a material level he presented the virus issue and on a social level the role of Vaisnavis, so his proposal for the next meeting is called “Virus and Vaisnavis”.

3.     In his turn, Miguel Polo indicated we are not appreciating the problem appropriately both globally and systemically. He stated, at the beginning, during and after pandemic, what is surviving are highly harmful behaviors such as corruption. He also indicated societies that have survived pandemics are rural communities that they exist to this day. According to his analysis, next solution will be neither systematic nor individualistic. He maintains, the way in which we must respond is by offering ideas, reflections. He quotes a book in which it is predicted that the Buddha to come is not a person but a community. 

4.     In his turn Jagad Guru das (Javier Armijo) said, to the system, crisis word means living only for eating, since its definition of crisis is the inability of people to not be able to buy other things, slowing down economy. He recognizes this pandemic as the opportunity to establish a common ethical framework, in which all religions could participate. He reflected on the fact this pandemic is a unique moment. 

5.     Finally, Abhiram Thakur das (Alejandro Salazar) argued that this pandemic has created new categories at level of knowledgement: for example, "Virus-ethics" or "ethics during and after the pandemic", "Biopolitics", that is, relations between countries and communities, taking pandemic as the thematic axis. 

Then he reflected on how this pandemic has removed our veil in relation to the fact that we thought technology could “solve everything”. However, this pandemic shows we have been living deceived and all technology we have is not enough to solve a health issue of this magnitude. Then he proposed that current modernity is based on artificiality. Even, in this context, happiness concept is artificial since it is based on virtual and superficial things . 

At the end, all today's society turns around consumption. In other words, happiness and feelings have become artificial consumer objects. Actually, all social relationships already existed, what social networks like Facebook and WhatsApp do is simply put them on a digital platform, but they already existed, therefore, we should not be fooled or alienated. 

To understand the crisis, he quoted Blas Pascal who said: "Man's problems are due to the fact he doesn't like to be calm at home, but he likes to conquer the world." He agrees with Professor Hanumatpresaka Swami and Héctor Béjar stance, in the sense that, if we don't change our way of life, things will be getting even worse than already are. Finally, he mentioned in Lima it is estimated there are 2 million unemployed persons, which serves as a referential framework to understand how this pandemic is affecting the economy worldwide.

Next meeting was at 4 pm Sunday 19 July, dynamic is as follows:

First, Professor Hanumatpresaka Swami will present his exposition based on PP “Virus & Vaisnavi”, then Héctor Béjar will make comments, if any of attendees wish they can also present their comments, then they will consider what to do and what we can do to the future . How society can be or how society should be after this pandemic and take the challenge of assuming our responsibility.

We are waiting for your comments, thank you very much for the opportunity to generate this dialogue that is essential to impact the conscience of many people who are stunned, confused and very anxious at this moment, cause they are afraid about their own lives and they can't understand how to handle themselves under this circumstances we are currently living.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, your insignificant servant, Abhiram Thakur das


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SOLARIS y el VIRUS COVID-19 “Karuna virus” 

ANALISIS DE LAS IMPLICANCIAS EN EL MUNDO.


Existe consenso entre los miembros de la revista acerca de la importancia de que “SOLARIS” ofrezca una reflexión profunda sobre lo que significa esta pandemia del covid-19 que ha impactado fuertemente a toda la humanidad. A continuación, un resumen del 1er conversatorio sobre este tema:

1. Héctor Béjar inicio el dialogo hablando sobre el concepto de epidemiologia. Mencionó que esta no es ni la primera ni la última pandemia que afrontara la humanidad porque siempre ha tenido y tendrá este tipo de acontecimientos. Seguidamente dijo que, desde el año pasado, la comunidad científica contaba con evidencia de que el virus ya estaba activo, a pesar de ello, esta información no fue divulgada con el fin de proteger ciertos intereses. 

En relación a las causas de la aparición del virus, menciono que, es muy probable que este se produjo por el abuso del hombre hacia los animales. Lo que encuentra irónico y absurdo es que hay un grupo de personas que culpan de la enfermedad a los murciélagos y no a las malas prácticas de los humanos, ni al innecesario y abusivo consumo de animales que realizan.

Él manifestó que los gobiernos y las instituciones vinculantes no han invitado a la ética a dialogar cuando se analizan las causas de esta pandemia. 

Los hechos muestran de manera imperativa que es necesario un cambio en el sistema de vida, sin embargo ¿estamos dispuestos a cambiar? El planteo como tema a desarrollar “lo que se viene”, es decir un análisis de cómo se está desarrollando y cómo se presentara en el futuro las relaciones sociales. En este punto aludió que existen corrientes que plantean como solución “la salvación del rebaño” es decir de que los más fuertes o “aptos” se van a salvar y los débiles o “inaptos” no.


2. Luego hizo uso de la palabra el profesor Hanumatpresaka Swami, despues de saludar a los asistentes comenzó su intervención mencionando que este es un mundo de dualidades, por ejemplo, para que haya construcción, primero tiene que haber destrucción, y viceversa, luego dio otros ejemplos para finalmente afirmar que en todo análisis no debemos olvidar que este mundo es temporal. 

Seguidamente argumento que esta pandemia plantea la necesidad de que al menos el 90% de la población viva en aldeas y que haya una buena relación y comunicación con la ciudad de manera que todo este atendido, así y solo así se podría evitar la generación de otras pandemias y el control de esta. 

Finalmente menciono que la pandemia del corona-virus o karuna-virus como él lo llama, aludiendo a que este gran problema también es una gran oportunidad es el tema central de la vida material de la humanidad pero que a nivel social estaba el tema del rol de la mujer en el mundo. Es decir, a nivel material planteo el tema del virus y a nivel social el rol de las Vaisnavis, por eso su propuesta para el próximo encuentro se llama “Virus y vaisnavis”


3. A su turno, Miguel Polo indicó que no estamos apreciando el problema de manera apropiada tanto global como sistémicamente. Planteo que, al inicio, durante y posterior a la pandemia, lo que está sobreviviendo son los comportamientos altamente nocivos como la corrupción. Igualmente indico que las sociedades que han sobrevivido a las pandemias son comunidades rurales que existen hasta el día de hoy. De acuerdo a su análisis la solución que viene no será ni sistemática ni individualista. El sostiene que la manera en la cual debemos responder es ofreciendo ideas, reflexiones. Cito un libro en el cual se pronostica que el Buda que va a venir no es una persona sino una comunidad. 


4. A su vez Jagad Guru das (Javier Armijo) indico que, para el sistema, la palabra crisis significa vivir solamente para comer, ya que su definición de crisis es la incapacidad de las personas de no poder comprar otras cosas, desacelerando la economía. Reconoce a esta pandemia como la oportunidad para establecer un marco ético común, en el cual pudiesen participar todas las religiones. Reflexiono sobre el hecho de que esta pandemia es un momento único. 


5. Finalmente, Abhiram Thakur das (Alejandro Salazar) sostuvo que esta pandemia ha creado nuevas categorías a nivel de conocimiento: Como por ejemplo “Virus-ética” o “la ética durante y posterior a la pandemia”, “Bio-política”, es decir, las relaciones entre países y comunidades, teniendo como eje temático la pandemia. Luego reflexiono sobre cómo esta pandemia nos ha quitado el velo en relación a que pensábamos que la tecnología lo podía “resolver todo”. Sin embargo, la pandemia demuestra que hemos vivido engañados y que toda la tecnología que tenemos no alcanza para resolver un tema de salud de esta magnitud. Luego propuso que la modernidad actual esta basada en la artificialidad. Incluso, en este contexto, el concepto de felicidad es artificial ya que está basado en cosas que son virtuales y superficiales. Al final toda la sociedad actual gira en torno al consumo. Es decir que la felicidad y los sentimientos se han convertido en objetos de consumo artificiales. En realidad, todas las relaciones sociales ya existían lo que hacen las redes sociales como Facebook y WhatsApp es simplemente ponerlas en una plataforma digital, pero ya existía, por lo tanto, no debemos dejarnos engañar, ni enajenar. Para entender la crisis cito a Blas Pascal que dijo: “los problemas del hombre se deben a que no le gusta estar tranquilo en su casa, sino que le gusta conquistar el mundo”. El concuerda con la postura del Profesor Hanumatpresaka Swami y de Héctor Béjar, en el sentido de que, si no cambiamos de forma de vida, las cosas se van a poner peor de lo que están. Finalmente menciono que en Lima se calcula que hay 2 millones de desempleados lo cual sirve como marco referencial para entender cómo esta pandemia está afectando la economía a nivel mundial.

La próxima reunión será a las 4 pm, la dinamica es la siguiente:

Primero el profesor Hanumatpresaka Swami presentara su exposición en base a PP “Virus & Vaisnavi”, luego Héctor Béjar hace un comentario, si alguno de los asistentes desea también puede presentar sus comentarios, seguidamente se planteará que hacer y que se puede hacer para el futuro. Cómo puede quedar la sociedad o como debiese quedar la sociedad después de esta pandemia y tomar el desafío de asumir la responsabilidad que nos compete.

Esperamos sus comentarios, muchas gracias por la oportunidad de poder generar este dialogo que es fundamental para impactar en la consciencia de muchas personas que están aturdidas, confundas y con mucha ansiedad en estos momentos, ya que temen por su vida y no saben cómo manejarse en circunstancias como las que vivimos.

Hare Krishna GURUDEVA, su insignificante sirviente Abhiram Thakur das