Guest guest Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Dear devotees, The BBT has recently received the following report from Drutakarma Prabhu which I wanted to share with you. ysbmd > Dear BBT Trustees, > > Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. > I am grateful for the support that the BBT has provided for my > scientific preaching this past year. For your information, please > find below a report of my activities for the year 2004, and a > preliminary report and preview for 2005. > > I hope this finds you well. > > Your servant, > Drutakarma Dasa > > > Report of Activities for the year 2004 > > Srila Prabhupada said we should make presentations against evolution > to both scientists and the general public. I continued working along > those lines in 2004. > > January: I gave lectures on Forbidden Archeology and Human > Devolution in San Diego, Los Angeles, and at Pennsylvania State > University. > > February: I gave lectures on Forbidden Archeology and Human > Devolution at universities in Detroit and Ann Arbor. > > March: Tour of Bali and Java. > > The largest university in Bali, the Udayananda University, held a > university seminar on Human Devolution, attended by the vice regent > of the University, heads of faculty departments, and hundreds of > students and professors. The event was attended by the > vice-governor of the island. I also lectured at other educational > institutions and societies in Bali and Java, in > addition to appearing on Bali TV. I also held seminars on science > and Krsna consciousness for devotees in the temples in Bali. > > April: Seminars at Bhaktivedanta Theological College > > I gave a series of seminars on science and Krsna consciousness for > students at the Bhaktivedanta Theological College in Budapest. This > is the ISKCON college that was granted a charter by the Hungarian > national parliament. It requires the permission of the educational > ministry and the parliament to charter a college in Hungary. Plans > were also set in motion for a Hungarian edition of my latest book, > Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory. > > May: I gave a seminar on science and Krsna consciousness for > devotees at the Festival of Inspiration in New Vrndavana. > > Alternative Science Conference in Montreal > > Later in May, I went to Montreal to speak on Human Devolution at a > conference on science and spirituality. There I met biologist Rupert > Sheldrake, who is prominent in the alternative science field. > > Tour of the US Northwest > > At the end of May, I spoke on Human Devolution to scientists and > engineers who work at the Microsoft company headquarters in Seattle. > I signed books at the Quest bookstore in Seattle, and gave a > well-attended lecture on Human Devolution in the auditorium of the > Vancouver Public library, where they regularly feature contemporary > authors. I gave a lecture on Human Devolution at an American Indian > college on a reservation near Bellingham, Washington. During this > trip, I also gave seminars on science and Krsna consciousness at the > Vancouver temple. > > July: Glastonbury Symposium > > I was a featured speaker at a large new age symposium held in > Glastonbury, England. My lecture on Human Devolution was attended by > hundreds of people, filling the auditorium. > > August - September: > > Tour of Brazil > > I went to Brazil at the invitation of the Brazilian publisher of > the Portuguese edition of The Hidden History of the Human Race. The > publisher organized lectures, book store signings, newspaper > interviews, and media appearances for me in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and > Curitiba. Devotees attended some of my lectures, and they proposed > to organize another tour for me in the fall of 2005. > > Tour of Ukraine > > After returning from Brazil, I gave some university lectures in the > Detroit area. After that I went for a tour of the Ukraine. There I > spoke at the main universities in Kiev. I also gave a lecture to the > staff of the national historical museum in Kiev. In Dnepropetrovsk, > I presided over an organizational meeting of ISKCON scientists and > scholars, who wish to work together to introduce our philosophy into > the academic and scientific circles in Ukraine. Plans were laid for > producing a Ukrainian edition of Human Devolution. The tour lasted > into the first week of October. > > October--November: > > In late October, I went to Montreal to give a university lecture on > Forbidden Archeology. I also lectured at the temple. > > Human Devolution Tour of Bulgaria > > In late October, I went to Bulgaria for a lecture and media tour to > promote the Bulgarian edition of Human Devolution, which was brought > out there by one of the major publishing houses. The tour included > lectures at universities in the major cities. One university gave me > the university medal. The owner of one of the largest book store > chains arranged for me to give lecture and have book signings in his > shops in all the cities I visited. I also appeared on many > national radio and television shows, and the press published several > articles. The tour ended the first week of November. > > Bhaktivedanta Institute Conference in Rome > > November (cont.): I spoke on Human Devolution at the Bhaktivedanta > Institute science conference in Rome, organized by Bhaktisvarupa > Damodara Maharaja. My paper will be published in the conference > proceedings. I made many contacts at the conference, including the > editor of a scientific journal dealing with biology. The editor > himself wrote a balanced and on the whole favorable review of Human > Devolution in this scientific journal. > > Slovenia and Croatia > > After the Rome BI conference, I went to Slovenia and Croatia to give > some lectures. In Croatia, I had a meeting with the publisher who is > bringing out a Croatian edition of Hidden History of the Human Race > (I received a copy of the printed edition a few days before I wrote > this report). > > During the course of the year, I continued contributing a 3 page > column to Atlantis Rising, a bimonthly alternative science magazine. > I also have continued my program of mentoring younger devotee > scientists around the world, by correspondence and personal > meetings, and am working with a select group of younger devotee > scientists to form an umbrella organization for devotee scientists > now working independently or with one of the many ISKCON educational > or scientific organizations now operating in various parts of the > world. During the times I was in Los Angeles, I gave numerous radio > interviews by telephone. I am preparing to start on two major > writing projects, already in the research stages. These are a > Forbidden Archeology Two book, with new evidence for extreme > human antiquity contradicting the Darwinian theory of human > evolution. After that, I will produce a book giving a summary of all > the accounts in the Puranas relating to the history of life on > earth. > > Preliminary Report on Activities in 2005 > Thus Far > > January-Feburary: > > Meeting with Intelligent Design Scientist > > Last year, William Dembski, one of the leaders of the intelligent > design movement, received a copy of my book Human Devolution, and > expressed a desire to meet with me. So I went to see him at Baylor > University, in Texas, where he was a professor. We had a three hour > meeting, and discussed how we could cooperate in the future. > > Lecture Tour of UK > > A lecture and publicity tour of England and Scotland, which took me > to ten cities, including London and Edinburgh. The tour lasted into > the first week of February. I then gave a seminar on Human > Devolution to devotees at Radhadesh in Belgium. I returned to > England to have some meetings with the devotee scholars at Oxford, > to give a report on my work and to discuss the concept of an > umbrella organization for all the ISKCON scientists and scholars > now working in different projects, including the various BI > branches. > > March: > > Mayapur Science Seminars > > I gave a seminar on science and Krsna consciousness at the MIHE in > Mayapur, India. I invited younger ISKCON scientists to also give > lectures as part of the seminar. Carana Renu Devi Dasi, with a Phd. > in astrophysics, spoke on the Big Bang. Janakirama Dasa, currently > working on a Phd. in science and religion on Oxford, gave a lecture > on the Bhagavatam and science. Amrtananda Devi Dasi, in the process > of finishing two masters degrees, one in archeology and the other in > Indology, spoke on the Aryan migration concept. > > Umbrella Organization Meeting > > After the seminar, the umbrella organization for ISKCON scholars > held its first formal event. Devotee scholars from different parts > of the world met together to learn about each others work and make > plans for future networking. > > Award > > I received in Mayapur the GBC's ISKCON excellence award for science > preaching. > > Conference Presentation in Tokyo > > I gave a paper about Mayapur at the world congress of the > International Association for the History of Religions in Tokyo. > This was a major international conference, and I made many good > contacts there. > > April > > Lecture to Anthropological Society > > Last year, a professor of anthropology received a copy of Human > Devolution and liked it. He invited me to give one of the main talks > at the annual meeting of the Society for the Anthropology of > Consciousness, a division of the American Anthropological > Association. I spoke on Human Devolution at the conference > in a two hour session devoted to this talk. > > May: > > Tour of Estonia. > > I spoke at twice at the main university of Estonia, in Tartu, > including a seminar for students and teachers of the archeology > department. I appeared on both national television and national > radio. I gave a well attended lecture on my book Human Devolution at > the Tallinn Medical College. > > Upcoming: > > July: Lecture at archeology conference in London, lecture tour of UK > > July: I present a paper in xxxxxxx at a major international > conference on history of science > > July: I lecture at a yoga camp in Canada > > September - October: I do a six week, twelve city tour of Brazil, > lecturing at universities and doing media publicity for the > Brazilian edition of Hidden History of the Human Race. > > November: I lecture at a meeting of an alternative science society > in Baltimore. > > November: I do a seminar on science and Krsna consciousness in > Vrindavan for the VIHE students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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