Letters to the editor

A possible essay topic (PET) for the ASA-Encyclopedia is - The History of Music.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=history+of+music

Srila Prabhupada wrote and we made a note, that the devotee can write articles and poetry for Krsna. We can research different communities and then write articles that will bridge the gap between their community and Lord Caitanya's community.

You can write for the ASA-Enc. Edit article.

Put it online? Look out Wikipedia here comes The Bhaktivedanta Monkey Pedia!!

 Hare Krsna Guru Dev

AGTSP

All Glories to you

Sorry, sorry, sorry for the delay in writing to the blog or not having more communication through this media.

HpS -ASA - 'O'ink! We are worse than you are.

Regarding the Asa Audiovisual service, Vrsabhanu Nandini wrote a letter to the blog commenting on that. My opinion is of gratitude for engage us in service, which has to improve from our part since we must be able to make it more effective by finding a way for more devotees to join and be more effective in uploading the videos to the channel.

I know that our internet often affects the efficiency of uploading videos.

HpS - Can ASA give funding for better connection?

We have already downloaded the links that he shared by tweeter and we will upload them.

Not only we think that your classes are very valuable, many people have benefited and opted for devotional practice thanks to the inspiration that you have given them through these audiovisual records.

The idea of ​​the channel is to organize a video library of your classes and content that we can be developed. (everyone is invited to collaborate) we are only administrators.

This is the ASA channel.

HpS - We don't send the link to all the classes. Seems maybe some special ones are best. So many other classes also available. Find our place in the choir.

There are devotees who manage the ASA social networks such as instagram and Facebook, so we can share the contents of YouTube, tweeter, etc.

thank you Guru Dev for your patience, love, example and inspiration.

your attempt as a servant Ambarisa Das

HpS - Can you send a note to the Blog on Ekadasi's about what has happened in the ASA-audio visual? Is the download system O.K.? We can try again to get you direct access to the server. Looking at the Channel, it is very attractive. In the future can we organize the videos into different topics? Or should we do that else where and then just use YouTube as an unsorted archive.?

Hare Krsna Guru Dev

AGTSP

All Glories to you

Disculpa, disculpa, disculpa por la demora en escribir al blog o de no tener mas comunicación por este medio.

En cuanto a el servicio de Asa Audiovisual, Vrsabhanu Nandini escribió una carta al blog comentando sobre eso. Mi opinión es de agradecimiento por ocuparnos en servicio, que ha de mejorar desde nuestra parte ya que debemos poder hacerlo mas efectivo encontrando la manera de que mas devotos se unan y ser mas eficaces en la subida de los videos al canal.

Se que nuestro internet muchas veces afecta la eficacia en los tiempos de subir los videos.

ya hemos bajado los links que compartio por tweeter y los iremos subiendo.

Desde ya no solo nosotros pensamos que sus clases son muy valiosas, muchas gente se ha beneficiado y optado la practica devocional gracias a la inspiración que usted les ha dado por medio de estos registros audiovisuales.

La idea del canal es organizar una videoteca de sus clases y contenido que se pueda ir desarrollando. (todos están invitados a colaborar) nosotros solo somos administradores. Este es el canal de ASA.

Hay devotos que administran las redes sociales de Asa como instagram y Facebook entonces podemos compartir el contenido de youtube, tweeter, etc.

Gracias Guru dev por su paciencia, amor, ejemplo e inspiracion.

su intento de sirviente Ambarisa DaS

Beloved Guru Maharaja. PAMHO. AGTSP! How are you doing?

I´ve been thinking about your lotus feet quite a lot! I´d like to see you soon. I can see you telephatically perhaps.

HpS - I have been thinking about my "Lotus Feet" occasionally and wondering when I will get them back again? Now I have white ape feet!!

I want to continue serving you as many years back, I´ve remembered those first days when I was being train by you personally, so much mercy from Srila Prabhupada. We are about to celebrate your vyasa puja soon, I hope we can have a great festival for you, we always ought to desire to serve your lotus feet.

HpS - Lettuce feet! 😎 We are just like monkeys collecting p-nuts at the feet of Srila Prabhupada and then he calls us and ties a message in a cloth around our neck and says: Lalita, Jagat bandhu, Bhakta Fred!!! We say: Krsna, Krsna, Krsna and rush off through the forest!!

I miss some of my godbrothers like Jananivas prabhu, Tulasi Carana Sevita Dasa and Raghunatha Puri Dasa, from whom I had a nice friendships and they were my pals.

HpS - Jananvasa Das has

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peared!!!! ?

Raghunatha puri Das is doing well in Montana. Whatsapp me and I can give you his address!

TCSD is doing well in Thailand!!

I conveyed your greetings to Baladeva and Subhadra and they offer you their obeisanses, I attach some photos, your servant,

Jagat Bandhu Jagannatha Swami dasa

HpS - Thank you!!! What do you do each day? What association do you have?

Hare krishna, Guru Maharaja, PAMHO. AGTSP!

How have you been doing? I hope you are fine and with good health.

HpS - Struggling with our lower modes to be fixed in the mode of pure goodness. Don't eat at night.

I´m fine, I´ve been listening to some of your classes, not all because of my work schedule. The other day you said that Socrates, Plato, and Shakespeare would be happy to read Srila Prabhupada´s Books.

But he´s got some ideas from them, for example the allegory of the cave and the enlightenment, the allegory of the horses and the senses, those ideas are from Socrates. Besides that they were big scholars and philosophers, so, What would make them happy?

HpS - I don't know the details of the history of these allegories but I have read that Aesops Fables are a collection of previous Fables and that, yes, some probably came from the East. The senses as five horses I think is in the Vedas before Socrates. They could appreciate the clarity of the logic in the Bhagavatam, and how it presents a mono-theistic culture, God, is a very logical and poetical way if they want to go from Jnanis, Yogis, to Bhaktas.

How does a link with the guru is broken and who decides that bound to be broken? God, the guru or the disciple? Did you ever broke the link to Hamsadutta prabhu? I mean, after his fall from sannyas? Just wandering. Because if the guru fall one should take shelter or reinforce the sannyas vows right? It must be debastating but, life must continues, and there are many good devotees surrendered to the Acharya. I just have those questions in mind, nothing useful to say. Life is full of challenges, sometimes even god-brothers or god-sisters envy is dangerous.

HpS - First thing is my relationship with Srila Prabhupada. I can judge different people as Sannyasa guru, Siksa gurus, now they increase my relationship with Srila Prabhupada, through people, books. rituals, dreams. So, ISKCON GBC rule was to take shelter of another ISKCON Sannyasa Guru if you wanted to stay in Sannysa ashrama. I really didn't want to take Sannyasa in the beginning. Too many formalities, but Hansadutta Swami was pushing us and he was a very advanced person and ISKCON was pushing it. Then when his problems became manifest I was thinking, "Oh, chance to return to simple B'cari life but B. S. Damodara Swami, Trivikrama Swami, Ramesvara Swami, Tripurari Swami, Atreya-rsi Das all said, that no, you took the vows and you will be a good Sannyasi so stay in the Ashrama.

Hmmf. I did it. I don't have any less love for Hansadutta Das. He is very much in my heart. The relationship just increases. I don't think Srila Prabhupada has rejected him. He is still offering him opportunity to come to him. Probably even in the next life.

How is Hanuman and Nrisinhadeva + Prahlad?

HpS - They just went to sleep. They both have shoes and Hanuman is beside them. They are so beautiful!!

Your foolish servant,

Jagat Bandhu Jagannatha Swami dasa

HpS - Are you teaching? How is it related to spiritual life? What is going on with the Baladeva, Subhadra et al?

World Classical Literature - Shakespeare

Sriman Hansadutta Swami told us that Srila Prabhupada said, that we could teach Shakespeare in Gurukula.

Gopi-paranadha Das told us that he heard SP explain the Merchant of Venice in London, and then found a Bengali translation: Venicia Vanik.

We also heard that SP said that if you want to understand word power you can read Shkspr.

"Three little pigs like you've never heard before": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxoUUbMii7Q

https://transcripts.gotomeeting.com/#/s/25d4e4c978028bcbccf1460aa051818bddc8da7597b8ec4177da1bfe3f0da339

SB 2020 OCT 13, Stri-dharma, S. R. D. D., Canto Four.

Could not attend the class. Just now hearing. Very nice.

Was mentioned that one should not strike a women even if she commits some sin.

If we look at articles on the internet ont "death penaltly gender statisitics" it is very interesting. Maybe men are executed 10-times more.

Also, in most states girls can be legally married at 16-years old with parent's permission. So, could be 'engaged' at younger age and then legally married at 16-years. VAD rules are natual.

Also mention of women, men and eunichs. This is the same point some ASA members have made. Before it was ´he´in literature, now it has become 's(he)', but should actually be 's(he)it'. If you say the whole thing fast it becomes the vulgar, taboo, word for excrement. Maybe this is a sign from God of what Kali is trying to do with human society. Keep 'he' to include naturally she and it?

Arci and Prthu 'went to the same planet' - does this apply to them because they are eternally husband and wife, but in the case of Jivas means they both go to the same plane, Vaikuntha? In their Svarupa they may belong to very different families, but they will always remember how they played this conjugal relation in the incarnation that took them back to Vaikuntha?