asa[e] sankirtan; world classical literature; sophocles.
Hare Krsna, Gurudeva
My respected Gurudeva, please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I always wish you the best for your health.
¡Om namo Bhagavate Narasimhaya!
Today I watched the movie Edipo Rey by Sophocles. On this topic I only had remembered The Edipo Complex seen according to Freud.
In Greece, the arts were greatly promoted, theater was a very efficient means to educate, to transmit the necessary messages, the principles that lead man to become a human being.
Bg 1.39-45 came to mind, that family tradition that knows its lineage, so that when a new family is formed, it is known where it comes from, avoiding so many social misfortunes.
Considering each woman as if she is his mother, has a deep meaning. Consulting all relatives and respectable older people about the origin of the gentleman or the lady is so fundamental, for people, for the family, society and the world.
Education is very deficient, currently the basic principles that make a good family are unknown. We are governed by the instinctive-motor and sexuality without giving way to reflection.
There are many important contents in this tragedy, another is Karma, it is necessary to know WHO I AM, to accept ourselves and direct ourselves along the right path, where we will suffer less and cause less suffering to others.
Knowing that each being comes from Krsna is a great solution; If Krsna really guides our lives, with every breath we will keep Him in mind for small and big decisions, if we associate our breathing with the Mantra Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, it would be beautiful, right?
HpS/ASA - Right! So right it reminds me that should be chanting while I am reading! Who am I to read and write without the association of the Holy Names? 🐵
Thank you very much for your attention Gurudeva, your time and mercy.
His disciple
Rohini dd.
HpS - Thank you! Did you read Sophocles as part of a broader educational program? We like the Phaedo? Have you read that?
We will put this letter in the ASA Encyclopedia.
Hope to be more involved with your Sankirtan!!!