Guest guest Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 Dear Maharajas and Prabhus Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. May this meet you well in health and Krsna consciousness. The 144-page hard copy - the best and biggest ever - can be requested. Attached you will find the edited version of the report.At the bottom of this message you will find the content of the 144-page report. Ratha-yatra: This month's report is dominated by the successful outcome of the UK London Ratha-yatra festival during which the NCD secured 51 media clippings (and we are still awaiting more), four television broadcasts and three radio interviews. Extraordinary messages were solicited from The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, "This festival sees different communities coming together, but also shows the positive expression of belief that is characteristic of the Krishna Consciousness movement and of British Hindus more widely: - selected quote. A message from the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, read: "I would like to congratulate the ISKCON for its work and achievements to date and for the positive and valuable contributions it makes to London's multicultural community" - selected quote. Praghosa dasa, new ISKCON UK GBC, said: "Lord Jagannatha comes out in order to make Himself available to all citizens and you can see from today's festival how colorful and joyous an occasion it is - not just for those from any particular cultural background but for all people from whatever culture, creed or ethnic background" - selected quote. Media: Channel 4 television continues to film at Bhaktivedanta Manor and elsewhere around the UK for an hour-long documentary on how we train our priests and priestesses. Plans are now confirmed for the crew to film in Mumbai, Mayapur and Vrndavan. ISKCON and Interfaith: This month saw a flurry of inter-faith activities with me representing ISKCON on the Hindu-Christian Dialogue, Varsana devi dasi making a presentation at the Centre for Dialogue and Encounter and an interview with Radha Mohan dasa published in a book "Listening to People of Other Faiths." In this report you will also find the official statement of our dialogue with the Vatican which took place in Italy. Public Relations: Varsana devi dasi and I have been invited to attend the Queen's garden party in July during which I plan to hand her a copy of Krishna Dharma dasa's "Ramayana". I am also in talks with the PR department of the National Maritime Museum for a Diwali festival in 2005. Negotiations are underway to do a promotion with the international pop group "Blue". ISKCON Chaplaincy: Plans are underway to extend ISKCON's involvement with NHS chaplaincy preaching. At the international conference for the Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplains I was invited as one of 4 speakers to make a presentation on "A Hindu/Vaisnava perspective on spiritual care of Hindu patients." Government: Bimal Krishna dasa is actively working with the government on information about Hinduism for a forthcoming publication, also assisting the Department of Health regarding the review of central funding for chaplaincy work and liaising with the Home Office on engaging the Hindu community. This communications report is not representative of all the preaching efforts in the UK yatra. We will strive to make it as "national" as possible. For this to happen we invite all TPs, project leaders and others to submit to us on a regular basis information we would like to consider for inclusion. Only team work will reflect what happens on a wider basis. Your servants . Hari-dhama dasa on behalf of the National Communications Department. -------------------------- CONTENT Cover letter from the Communications Director Communications Reports from: " Hari-dhama dasa " Bimal Krsna dasa " Radha Mohan dasa " Varsana devi dasi APPENDIXES (Not contained in the abridged version sent via e-mail) News Releases: " Ratha -yatra pre-festival " Ratha-yatra post-festival " Appointment of Praghosa dasa as UK GBC Reports: " "Dealing with Difference: Vatican official in dialogue with ISKCON" " "Hindu-Christian Dialogue" at Bhaktivedanta Manor " "Listening to People of other faiths" - a published interview with Radha Mohan dasa Newsletter: " Bhaktivedanta Manor Newsletter Ratha-yatra report back: " 51m plus media clippings " News releases " Message from the new UK GBC, Prime Minister and London Mayor " Thank you letters to all political dignitaries " Political VIP guest biographies Invitations: " From Her Majesty the Queen to Hari-dhama dasa and Varsana devi dasi " From Lord Dholakia, Peter Luff MP and Stephen Pound MP to Hari-dhama dasa for the launch of The Hindu Forum of Britain Letters: " Channel 4 regarding ISKCON et al documentary " Harrow College regarding inter-faith panel " Barry Gardiner MP regarding Ratha-yatra Conferences: " Culture and Faith in hospices and palliative care : Hari-dhama dasa " Exploring Spirituality - Centre for Dialogue and Encounter: Varsana devi dasi Selection of media clippings: " Moscow " Cambridge " Manor " Hindu school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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