Hare Krishna, all glories to Sri Sri Goura Nitay, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances.
I hope your health is getting better and your programs are going well. I have not written to you in a while, but some good things have happened during this time and I’d like to share them with you.
HpS - ASA -- Thank you. Jaya Sri Krsna!
I don’t know if you remember, but I had started to teach cooking workshops in schools for children and teenagers with special needs.
ASA - We remember that you were feeding them but not that you were teaching them to cook. That is nice.
Well, I would like to tell you that during the second semester of the last year I was working with a quite humble school with students at social risk, which was a pretty enriching experience. This workshop was presented to the school administration as “Hare Krishna cooking”, with all its philosophical implications, and it had a great reception. The program was closed with a visit from part of the devotees, who went to the school, making a Kirtan with teachers and students, delivering sweet balls to all the children, and diplomas and recipes books to the participants. The principal was so grateful that she gave me the freedom to present this workshop again.
ASA - Get a letter from her and then you can use it for promoting other programs, no?
Also, I would like to talk to you about another subject, which is Judo. I feel pretty comfortable practicing this discipline. Actually, in some aspects it’s very similar to Krishna Consciousness; it’s quite philosophical, there is a clear hierarchy and it looks for a shared benefit. I have competed in national championships, where I’ve gotten gold medals and in a Pan-American championship where I got a silver medal. A few weeks ago I had the examination to ascend to blue belt (I have had examinations for 4 grades in less than 3 years, which is a great achievement for me). In fact, my Sensei wants to train me as a children’s instructor because of my commitment and the workshops I have had described before.
That’s why I thought that would be good to organize a meeting with some martial artists and you (Jagad-Guru told me that he talked to you about this), to show that martial arts could have a link with God, and that is meaningful that trainers and practitioners of these disciplines could do it with a higher conscious and not to abuse of that knowledge. That’s because I would like to know what would you like me to do to make this meeting possible. I’d be really grateful if you could give me any idea or advice that allow this program to be successful.
Grateful, your servant,
Parasurama Avatar Das. Santiago, Chile
HpS - ASA --- It seems fine. We can just explain Varna-ashrama-dharma a little bit and the history of the Mahabharata as an example and disribute BG and other books, shar Prasadam and invite them to join more programs.
Who will come?
