02/15/16 Haribol Guru Maharaja! dandavata and pranams Jaya Sri Advaita Acharya! Jaya Sri Guru and Gauranga 1. Am aware you have said you will not be visiting No. Ca this year. However, since I have been trying to develop a contact with Dr. Little for you, and since it was just coming together when I became aware you would not be able to visit, I am going to give you the information anyway just in case you change your mind or it is useful information for some other time. The reason I could not bring the pieces together sooner is because he was in India gathering information for a *paper he is writing during the Summer. Paper is titled: Early Vaishnava Iconography. He has invited you to attend any of his classes and shows interest in connecting with you. So here is the info. If you want his personal e-mail address, just let me know. I'll text it or include it in the envelop with the monthly donation as I don't want to put it in the blog. I promised him I would respect his privacy as he is quite well known. UC Berkeley: Thursdays 3-6pm Course: CJ Jung & Joseph Campbel Ends: 04/28/16 Sac State: Mondays 6-9pm Course: History of Buddhism Ends 04/28/16 UC Davis: Fall Semester (ends?) Art History, one on Hindu Temples including excellent coverage re. Vaishnava temples including Jagannath Puri, Sri Rangam and Srivillipatur to name a few. Sac State: Fall Semester (ends) Asian Art & Mythology Summer School: Not teaching Summer school 2016 due to above mentioned paper*. I have been trying to get a series of regular, once-a-month home programs started for ISKON Sac. First one was at our house in late Jan. I mentioned it in my last letter post. A second was held at Shashi's house last Sunday. A third will be held in March; in April we will host another here. Theme is "Deepening Our Bhakti Creepers." Program consists of 1. Group chanting of Maha Mantra (not in unison) 2. Chanting of most of Brahma Samhita 3. Arati, 4. extensive kirtan 5. personal sharing among devotees 6. light prasadam At the program held Sun. past, some members of the Folsom group attended and I am hoping to bring (by Krsna's mercy) more and more of those devotees into the home programs. At any rate, it is possible you could also speak at that group next time a visit works for your schedule. Dr. Little has asked me to invite him to the home program at our house in April. Please keep this in your merciful prayers. May all your preaching endeavors fulfill your longing to serve God and Guru! Your Useless Servant, Kalindi Devi Dasi HPS - Yes, seems we will only be able to talk with him by phone when we get back to USA. That can be very productive also. Keep preaching to him and everyone you meet. Will we see you in Boise? Great vacation site. We lost your Gopinatha letter!