Report to Dr. Kalyan kumar

7 years, 5 months ago by hps in Special Category B

Jaya Sri Krsna!

Esteemed Dr. Chakravarty,

We hope this meets you the best of spirits in your war on evil and ignorance in this dark age of Kali.

We have refrained from writing to you because we do not want to tax your valuable time, but now we can report some clear progress.

Specifically, we were able to transfer the interview we made with your good self in Delhi to our team in Peru, South America. All of these steps have been challenges. We had to learn how to use WeTransfer to send the big file, get it off of our cellular etc.

Then Oscar Natars, our film director looked at the clip. He won Director of the Year award for Latin America in 2017 and then was lauded with the highest cultural award from the nation of Peru.

They all had a very hard time following the audio because the microphone was a little distance and then because of the English dialect difference. We looked, looked, looked for a good translator, partially hard because you ideas and expression of them is of a very high level of English.

Finally we got a qualified person and when he turned in the translation and Alejandro tried to pay him, he said that no, this one is for free. It has been an honor to translate this work!

Oscar understood the content and was enthused, "I agree with him". Hector, general for Che Guevara, member of United Nations committee against poverty, who we hope to now present commentaries on your ideas, was enthused. (I thought he would be!).

So, they are moving to the stage of picking images to go with your words, interviewing Prof. Hector Bejar to compare and contrast with your ideas, and then we want to toss in just a few more ideas from Prof. Ravi Gupta whom you met some time ago with us and Beverly Zabrisky, co-founder of the Jungian Society in New York and art critic for the New York Times, and by the Grace of God we will have a 24-minutes movie that will be BBC, National Geographic quality and we will put it to use.

We go to South America March 5th - 30 April and the first even will be a preview of this Art and the Sacred in a co-sponsored conference with the Jesuit University in Lima.

That is all for now.

Of course, we are always at your service in whatever way we can accomplish anything.

With best regards from everyone.

Hanumatpresaka Swami
Prof. H. H. Robinson
NIOS

P.S. Attach last letters from Oscar if you like to see them:______________________________________________

On Friday, January 12, 2018, 12:09:45 PM CST, oscar naters <[email protected]> wrote:

Hare Krsna, 

I have sent already to Hector Bejar the transcription and translation of Dr,Kaylan interview. Now I am waiting for his answer, comments and some questions he can suggest for the rest of meetings you will have in USA. Also I ask to let me know with a few days before when can we do and film the interview with him. We are ready to do it.

It will be ready in march for sure.

When are you planning to do the other interviews?

It was easer also for me Dr. Kaylan s translated text. I liked it very much and I agree with his ideas.

Than you.

Oscar

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Hanumatpresaka Swami wrote: 2018 January 16

Hare Krsna, Oscar,
I am about to explode, die. <img alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f600.png" title="Emoji" width="16" />   We are under so much stress. I guess it is the same for you. These sane, determined letters from you keep us straight. We want so very much to contribute a little relief to this crazy modern, materialistic world and if efforts like this interview with Dr. Cakravarty have proved a failure then we would be hit like a blow in the chest.   <img alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f611.png" title="Emoji" width="16" />  Of course, we would have to get back up and try again. We have a Captain, Srila Prabhupada, we can't leave the battle.

As soon as we have the ideas for questions from Hector we can get interviews with Radhika and Beverley.

Are we in the range of looking at a budget now?

We have to plan for the meetings in March with Jesuits, Solaris, and September-October in Lima.

With this first interview we can expect to get more support and funding.

Thank you,  then we are waiting for the questions from Hector.

Vedabase or Message for PND

Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!!!!!!!

I hope you are in good health at the time of receiving this letter.

Where in this transient earth are you right now?

HpS - Based in Murfreesboro, TN until 14th February.

I forgot to tell you before that your disciple Vrajendra Kumara Das won the Srila Prabhupada's book distribution marathon here in Santiago with over 3.000 books ! I'm a lucky man because he is my friend.

HpS - He reported, but did not say he had won!

This morning, before FMP, I was working in home all the time and later helping to prepare a delicious Prasadam to the Lord and to share with my daughter, my mother and my sister's family (Vishvanat and their children): its called "Humitas", typical from Chile (and latinamerica but with differents names, for example its called "Tamales" in Peru, but with variations in the recipe. Consists in a paste of ground corn with spices and dressings...). We had a familiar lunch, and then I sat down in front the PC to write this letter. 

I writing to you because I read a letter from your disciple Prahlad Nrsimha Das on the blog. He tell us about his work in Vedabase and says he needs help for importing Spanish. I would like to help, but I don't understand what is the support PND needs for Vedabase. So I would like to know what is the specific service and I hope then be able to know how to help. Off course, only if you consider I could be qualified to do it.

Please, Guru Maharaja, forgive all the mistakes that this foolish human being makes in the communication to you, and also my faults.

HARE KRISHNA !!!!!!
Your aspiring disciple and servant,
Carlos Rold

HpS - Pablo and M. Isvara Devi Dasi are already giving some help, but there is a lot more to do. The Spanish BBT wants all the books on the webpage. If he reads this then we can commnicate here about what he needs. If he doesn't see it then please remind us and we will try through Yahoo...

Your recipes sound like something Lord Jagannatha, Subhadra and Baladeva would like!!!

GBC College, March

7 years, 5 months ago by hps in Special Category B

HpS – ASA --  The questions that come up to my mind, and others, is the function and position within education in ISKCON of the GBC College. Why wasn't it made a part of the Ministry of Education?

Kaunteya Das -- ​I am not sure I understand the question; the Minister of Education himself is a member of the Board of Advisors of the GBC College:

http://www.gbc-college.com/ board-of-advisors/

As a GBC, Sesa Prabhu has been active part of the step-by-step establishment of the GBC College in various presentations to the GBC and the various votes thereby.  

As you may remember, we personally invited you to also become a member of the Board of Advisors. 

I am personally open to any suggestion on how to further collaborate or interact. 

HpS – Wow!   We, me, Rama-giri-dhari Das et al were very misinformed about this. Thank you for clarifying it, but we never received any invitation to be on the Board of Advisors. We are very humbled and will read the information that Rupanuga Ji sent us and go ahead.

URGENTE SUPER!! Socorro !

7 years, 5 months ago by hps in Special Category B

Hare Krishna Estimado Gurumaharaja,
Por favor acepta mis humildes reverencias.
Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Recientemente hemos agregado índices palabra por palabra en la nueva versión de Vedabase (https://vedabase.io/en/search/synonyms/). Hasta ahora solo en inglés, pero lo agregará a más idiomas.
Nadie ofreció ayuda para importar español. Es un poco frustrante, pero así es la vida. Entonces mi esposa estará importando español a una nueva versión lenta pero segura. (Estoy seguro de que Srila Prabhupada está feliz con ella)
Preparar un buen almacenamiento en caché, por lo que vedabase.io será muy rápido. En general, tenemos entre 35-55 personas en el sitio al mismo tiempo, nos gustaría ver a cientos :)
El cliente de escritorio fuera de línea está en progreso (Ekanatha Prabhu de Archives acordó usarlo, si es agradable, en lugar del antiguo software Folio) - Debería funcionar en Mac, Linux y Windows
Tener el primer libro en hindi (https://vedabase.io/hi/library/) y primer libro en bengalí (https://vedabase.io/bn/library/)
...
El servicio de Vedabase es muy satisfactorio pero frustrante ya que algunas veces recibimos cartas groseras sobre por qué este y ese libro en este y ese idioma no están ahí. Probablemente reacciones por mi mentalidad grosera y egoísta en vidas anteriores.

Pero también hay cartas alentadoras y nos alegra ver cuántas personas están obteniendo la asociación de Srila Prabhupada a través de ella.

Estoy muy agradecido con usted, Srila Prabhupada y Krishna por permitirnos hacer este servicio ya que fue nuestro refugio y esperanza en los momentos más difíciles.

Tu sirviente Prahlad Nrsimha das

Mono y Piggy! - ¡Nuestra cara está en la tierra! ¡No tienes ofertas para ayudarte a migrar a los españoles! (Tal vez deberíamos haber publicado en español (Haremos eso)). Incluso si ya terminaste, habrá más trabajo para el español en el futuro.

Vedabase.com es un desafío directo a Maya The Black Witch. Solo estamos resistiendo sus ataques porque White Whitch lucha para protegernos. ¡Necesitamos ayudarla no siendo traviesos!

Vedabase super brief report

7 years, 5 months ago by pnd in Special Category B

Hare Krishna Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  • Recently we have added word-for-word indexes into new Vedabase version (https://vedabase.io/en/search/synonyms/). So far only in English, but will add it into more languages.
  • Nobody offered help for importing Spanish. It is little frustrating, but that is life. So my wife will be importing Spanish into new version slowly, but surely. (I am sure Srila Prabhupada is happy with her)
  • Preparing good caching, so vedabase.io will be blazing fast. Generally we have between 35-55 people on site at the same time, would like to see hundreds :)
  • Offline desktop client is in progress (Ekanatha Prabhu from Archives agreed to use it, if it wlll be nice, instead of ancient Folio software) - Should work on Mac, Linux and Windows
  • Have first book in Hindi (https://vedabase.io/hi/library/) and first book in Bengali (https://vedabase.io/bn/library/)
  • ...

Vedabase service is very satisfiyng yet frustrating as sometimes we get rude letters why this and that book in this and that language is not there. Most probably reactions for my rude and selfish mentality in previous lives.

But there are also encouraging letters and it makes us happy to see how many people are getting association of Srila Prabhupada through it.

I am very thankful to you, Srila Prabhupada and Krishna for letting us to do this service as it was our shelter and hope in hardest times.

Your servant Prahlad Nrsimha das

Monkey and Piggy! - Our face is in the dirt!    You had no offers to help you migrate the Spanish!!  (Maybe we should have published in Spanish (We will do that)). Even if you are done now, there will be more work for Spanish in the future.

The Vedabase.com is a direct challenge to Maya The Black Witch. We are only withstanding her assaults because the White Whitch is fighting to protect us. We need to help Her by not being naughty!

GBC College, March - Kauntey Das - HpS - 1.0

7 years, 5 months ago by hps in Special Category B

On Saturday, January 6, 2018, 10:27:33 PM CST, Kaunteya Das JPS (Mayapur - IN) wrote:

I have my serious doubt that the ppt [www.jayarama.us/archives/gbc-college.pptx] fully, clearly or faithfully represent the mood and mission of the GBC College. 

I would hesitate in supporting its presentation in Brazil. 

I appreciate the attempt to encapsulate both the mission of the College and the whole process of devotional service in some simple, snappy ideas, but the depth of meaning of both, I believe, warrants a different approach. 

I suggest we need to sit and discuss more before trying to produce "sutras" for the use of the College. 

Don't you have, Maharaja, something more... universal? Something directly based on sastra or Srila Prabhupada's instructions? 

The basis of the service of the Zonal Secretary is the zonal service of the GBC Zonal Secretary. Do you have, Maharaja, the book "Being a Prabhupadanuga" - which contains quotes from the Founder-Acarya on the GBC service and leadership in general? That could form a good basis for a presentation.

Ys, Kdas

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Hanumatpresaka Swami Responded 2018 January 7

AGTSP!    Paoho.

Thank you Kaunteya Prabhu for your comments. This is exactly what I was very much hoping for.

1. We were asked to make three presentations: General Philosophical Perspective, Lessons from our own 40-years+ management/leadership Experience in ISKCON and Practical Techniques of Time and Information Management. We hoped for the last one to be a workshop.

2. The PPTX is of course a PPTX and is Sutras that need to be explained in the personal format of the lecture. The basic Philosophy of Education that we show with the Arrow, Heart and Half moon has evolved out of about seven years of presentations at European and American, Ministry of Education symposium. It is totally based upon Sastra. I didn't include the sources because I didn't want to burden the PPTX. I will put them below.

3. The questions that come up to my mind, and others, is the function and position within education in ISKCON of the GBC College. Why wasn't it made a part of the Ministry of Education?

The MOE was personally established by Srila Prabhupada. Actually M. Urmilla DD comments that it was the only international Ministry established by Srila Prabhupada, and formally the GBC Resolution is that it will be responsible for monitoring all educational initiatives in ISKCON. Then establishing the GBC College as a directly autonomous agency confuses us in terms of organization and administration. For example, there is directly discussion in the Ministry about having training courses in the Ministry for Administrators. Of course, the basic reason could be because the Ministry is dysfuntional. Working, giving blood, for the Ministry, for maybe ten years I can certainly agree with that. It is a big struggle and new Director, Secretaries, Zonal Representatives, Web-page... are certainly things that I think nobody in the Ministry would oppose for discussion and implementation for a moment. In my initiation letter Srila Prabhupada said that this is was our American disease. Always wanting to do something new. Better to keep the old system and fix it. 

4. How to classify the word "Leader". Yad yad acarati sresthas... Every father and mother with children would be a leader, every Sannyasa, actually any initiated member of ISKCON, no?
So we were applying the Varna-ashrama-dharma analysis that Leader in the sense of the GBC College applies to GBC related leaders. I have several disciples in South America, PhD, holders, professional teachers, that were very enthused to go to the training session, but I discouraged them because I was seeing it as administrator training. On the other had I have been working with Maturesha Das and encouraging National Council Members and Temple Presidents and other leaders to attend. Even looking for economic help.

5. Rupanuga Das kindly sent us a copy of "Being a Prabhupadanuga". It is a wonderful effort. We looked at the division of the material and then read a selection in the last part in detail. We feel that it has already had a lot of work done, but needs a lot more. The Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Albert Camus, said that unless you rewrite six times you are a coward. Personally we would like to see surrounding text edited. It gives perspective but in many cases makes for a lot of extra reading. Then there is the heirarchy of Sastric basis. Jayadvaita Swami has an essay at the start of the new Vedabase on disk on the relative position of Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, letters and room conversations. Of course, there is even a letter from Srila Prabhupada to Brahmananda Das that he should not publish his, Prabhupadas, letters unless specifically instructed to do it. As I know the history, Hansadutta Das got hold of the letters and published them without BBT, Archive or Srila Prabhupada's permission after Prabhupada left. [Seems kind of like Wiki-Leaks <img alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f604.png" title="Emoji" unselectable="on" width="16" />]. Rupanuga Das told me that you had a list of SB classes that went along with the Seminar and that he would ask you to send those to me. Can we get them? As we have mentioned we personally saw an entire university curriculum that H. H. B. S. Damodara Swami had sent to Srila Prabhupada for his approval for an ISKCON university that he was proposing for Berkeley, California. Srila Prabhupada approved it and then added that for understanding science, we would use the instructions of Lord Kapila and for understanding Political Science the instructions of Prthu Maharaja.

Here is where we get back to the Philosophical basis of our education that I feel we can get very involved in the details of graphic communication skills, teaching arithmetic or learning management skills, and forget that the goal is Prema, the King is a very great soul, a Prematmika, and the means is to achieve and teach that is Sankirtan.

Sripada Rupanuga Das also sent us the Vision and Mission Statement for the GBCC and we will read it and the Prabhupada Anuga volume more and more.

So I guess that is our perspective.

I am very, very sure that it is just one perspective on a big elephant and am very eager to hear others. We are investing a lot of our time (at $400/hour <img alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f60e.png" title="Emoji" unselectable="on" width="16" />) and direct cash at about $1000 to make the travel. We really look forward to these dialogs and more interaction in Brazil.

We sent another letter about Visas and travel to you all. There is so much potential for ISKCON in Latin America.

HpS - Copy to ASA

Philosophy of Education Sastric Basis

NOI is the First Sastric Reference

NOI Preface: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has given many other books, such as Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava, but Upadeśāmṛta constitutes the first instructions for neophyte devotees.

Our Mission is to Distribute Prema.

Preface NOI: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in the mood of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the best of the gopīs. Therefore, to understand the mission of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and follow in His footsteps, one must very seriously follow in the footsteps of the Six Gosvāmīs.. . . rūpa-raghunātha-pade ha-ibe ākuti, kabe hāma bujhaba se yugala-pīriti. “When I am eager to understand the literature given by the Gosvāmīs, then I shall be able to understand the transcendental loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.”

We Need a Little Training is DVAD

NOI 2 - The first step in human civilization consists of occupational engagements performed according to the scriptural injunctions. The higher intelligence of a human being should be trained to understand basic dharma. In human society there are various religious conceptions characterized as Hindu, Christian, Hebrew, Mohammedan, Buddhist and so on, for without religion, human society is no better than animal society.

What are Sastri References for VAD

For a start:

SB 1.9.26 — At Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry, Bhīṣmadeva first defined all the classifications of castes and orders of life in terms of the individual’s qualifications. Then he systematically, in twofold divisions, described counteraction by detachment and interaction by attachment.

SB 1.9.27 — He then explained, by divisions, acts of charity, the pragmatic activities of a king and activities for salvation. Then he described the duties of women and devotees, both briefly and extensively.

SB 1.9.28 — Then he described the occupational duties of different orders and statuses of life, citing instances from history, for he was himself well acquainted with the truth.

Then we gave a longer list in the PPTX.