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Sao Paulo, June 27, 2004
Dear devotees and friends,
Please accept my blessings.
We are going with a group of devotees from Germany and other parts to present the Vrinda family and the World Vaisnava Association at the Parliament of religions in Barcelona, in the parliament that lasts from 7th to 13th of July. There will the following programs be presented from our mission:
We are going to have a festival of the Holy name, Harinam, in the free air at midday time together with other missions for two days. It is the participation of the universal glorification of the Holy Names, Nam Bhajan, transcendental sound to attract peace and love to earth, organized by the World Vaisnava Association.
We will have a conference under the theme THE UNIVERSAL LOVE OF VAISNAVISM, presented by members of the World Vaisnava Association. The topics that will be discussed are the following:
1) The case of the personality of God as a universal benefactor
2) Peace through a common ruler
3) How to put God in the centre of our society without offending others
4) The maintainer of all beings and the witness of everything we do
5) God in the surrounding nature
6) The principles of the universal love
The next project is THE LIGHT OF YOGA IN BHAGAVAD GITA every day from 6 PM to 7 PM. Mantra yoga and a yajña, from 7 to 8 PM about Bhagavad Gita, HOW TO LEAVE THE WORLD OF CONFLICTS THROUGH THE UNIVERSAL LOVE TAUGHT IN BHAGAVAD GITA. This will be presented on the lawn outside the halls of the convent and is presented by Vrinda, the Inbound School of Yoga.
We also have a conference called ART FOR PEACE, presented by Harmony School of Conscious Art. Art is the language for sharing universal love and our preoccupation for our planet, presented by Vrinda.
Other conferences in two days: THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUAL VEGETARIANISM.
1) spiritual food, you are what you eat.
2) Food and pure conscience, the meditation of making an offering of your food.
3) Your food - peace and vegetarianism, presented by the Vrindavan Institute of Vaisnava Culture and Studies.
Another conference is about the Yoga monasteries in South America:
1) The Yoga monasteries on the Inca way.
2) The ecological village, and experience of recovery.
3) A place where to learn about the universal love and how to solve personal problems.
All conferences are accompanied by data show.
As you see, we will be quite busy in Barcelona. I was hoping to have a good book table in Barcelona, but I couldn't get a bookcase on distance, and neither a good variety of literature. So this part I will improvise there.
This reunion is of great importance for the communication between the religions, so the Vrinda mission will be present there, just like the World Vaisnava Association.
Always your well-wisher,
Swami B.A.Paramadvaiti,
Sao Paulo - Brasil
Translation: Manah Siksa Devi dasi
manahsiksa@vrinda.info
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