A Transcendental SOS

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A TRANSCENCENDENTAL S.O.S

 

Dear devotees of the Lord,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to the Sankirtan movement .

 

It is an honour to inform you that we have opened The Cultural Department

in Sridham Mayapur. The goal of our department is to create a constant

festival environment and engage the community in devotional service by

performing different arts in Krishna consciousness. Srila Prabhupada has

said that "Mayapur should be an eternal festival."

 

Sri Avaduta Nitai, by His divine mercy, had inspired us in our hearts to

start this project as soon as possible. Thus, The Cultural Department was

formed.

 

The 4RP PROJECT

 

We presented the project to the Mayapur authorities. Considering that it

fulfilled the present necessities of our community they mercifully gave us

the opportunity to put it forward. Unanimously they agreed that a Cultural

Department was urgently needed in Mayapur. Attached to this message you will

find a transcription of the original approved document.

 

As you will see in the document, our original proposal was to stage shows

performed by profesional artists. However, some senior Mayapur authorities

advised us to engage the community members in the performances.

 

This may sound easy, but at the moment of putting the theory in to

practice we found lots of difficulties. To get the community enthused to

participate is no so easy as it may seem to be. Therefore we have decided

that a drama committee should be created. They will stage the dramas and

invite the community to participate in the performances. This means to say

that we need a drama teacher and a team of minimum six devotees.

 

 

WHAT IS OUR PLAN OF ACTION?

 

We want to stage two shows per month at the samadhi auditorium and the

show schedule would be as follows:

 

1st Drama

2nd Musical and dance performances

3rd Story telling

4th A video showing the making of the drama (audiovisual)

 

Additional to the shows, we will perform padyavali kirtana for eight hours

a week.

 

An effort of this nature is needed to create a more blissful environment

in the community and we are enthusiastic to take up this effort. However, to

accomplish this, the following expenses will be required:

 

 

For the drama committee:

 

Maintenance for Drama teacher and director 5000 rupees per month

1 actor (6 in total) 2000 rupees, plus prasad

 

 

For the office:

1devotee (2 in total) 3000 rupees, plus prasad

 

 

For the kitchen:

1 devotee (2 in total) 2000 rupees, plus prasad

 

 

OUR HUMBLE APPEAL

 

We humbly request you to please help us in this project. Donate to our

Cultural Department at least $5 US (this is the minimum requirement for the

bank) or whatever amount you would like to give so we can make this project

possible. Without your assistance we will not be able to continue. Sri Sri

Radha Madhava will definitely be pleased with all of you, and they will give

you back at least twice what you have donated for the spiritual

culturalization of the Mayapur community.

 

Our project is engaging the unemployed Mayapur gurukul graduates, in our

web site. you will be able to find more details about who we are. We will

keep you informed of the development of our Cultural Department, with

photos, articles, news letters etc.

 

Please deposit donations to the:

 

American Express

AC No 701748

of Bharat Overseas Bank Ltd,

Chennai, India (Head Office)

 

For Further credit to

NRE SB 0068405

12A, Camac Street

Kolkata 700017

India

 

Hari om tat sat

Your eternal servant,

Jayagovindacaran Das

Department Head of the Cultural Department and pujari for Sri Sri Radha

Madhava.