List update

May 29, 1999

Dear Jay,

This is so wonderful. Thank you for sharing all of that with us. I'm

curious to learn about you. Are you a monk? Are you an educator? The

service you are doing, fulfills a need. Thank you again for your fine work.

Love,

Jody

May 29, 1999

Over the last few months the list has been growing steadily.

We now have 117 members.

The list is proving to be a useful instrument for: -

(a) Spiritual dialogue/debate.

(b) Portraying the life and teachings of the holy trinity.

(d) Bringing people with similar ideology together.

(e) Offering holy company (satsang) on the internet.

The profile of the list members may be summed up as a combination of the

following

(a) Devotees of the holy trinity.

(b) Scholars in scriptures.

groups in many different parts of the world - all working towards the same

ideals.

Apart from the postings on the list we get a lot of mail directly; some of

which we feel we should share with the list. Let us give you a few examples

of what kind of mail we get.

===Message (1)From Dr Shah ===

Dear Jay

See how the Holy Trio has showered their grace on me!

A small but definite honour is bestowed on me for my web site

" International Forum for Neo-Vedantins " at

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/1704/ >

The text is as follows:

>Brent Dean Robbins wrote:

>Dear Dr. C S Shah:

>Greetings! I am writing to announce that I am offering your web

>site, The International Forum for Neo Vedantins, the Mythos &

>Logos Award for Web Site Excellence for excellence in content in

>the categories of philosophy and spirituality.

>The jpg of the award is in the attached file.

>Your site will be listed with a link at the Mythos & Logos Award

>page.

>Best wishes!

>Brent Dean Robbins

====Message (2) from Prakash Chakrovarty =======

Respected Sir

Thank you very much for your prompt response. I just have spoken to Swami

Tathagananda. He highly spoke about you and mentioned your Center's

glorious activities. I am glad to know about your Center. Probably you know

our Ramda from Vivekananda Human Center in London. We started the

Vivekananda Center at Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Latter on

(1991) I started my education at the City University of New York and began

our activities in 1995. Right now we are providing Vivekananda scholarship

to 250 needy students in Bangladesh and India under the supervision of

Dhaka Ramakrishna Mission. Please include our name in your mailing list. We

published a magazine " JYOTI " last year. Please give us your mailing

address, so I can mail you a copy. We are trying to build our website soon.

I will let you know the development. I will appreciate your advice and

co-operation.May Ramakrishna bless us all.

With Namaskar

Prakash Chakraborty

======Message (3) from reporter for India Today=======

Dear Sir

Thanks for the information, it is really good to know about your

organisation, and I would like that others should know about it. As I told

you, I will require some pictures, which we can use.

We would like to run the story As early as possible, so it might be

difficult for me to click the photos. I would appreciate if you could

provide me with three-four photos by June 1.

==Message (4) From University College London President Hindu Society ====

Namaste!

Thanks again for your prompt reply, my apologies for not writing sooner,

things are quite busy at hospital..

I would be very interested to see the kind of activities you do, especially

at such a scale that so many can be prepared for GCSE and A-Level.. It is

great...

As mentioned we will publicise your web-page and e-mail in our Summer

newsletter which is due in one week's time. PLEASE COULD YOU HELP US by

writing a brief paragraph about what the web-page is about and what your

aims are, etc. , thus we could just cut & paste this straight into our

newsletter.. this would be good..

I am sure we can work together and hopefully, in our humble ways, continue

the spread of Sanathana Dharma, and the uplifting message of the Upanishads

and spread knowledge of the lives of great Saints like Swami Vivekananda....

love & kind regards,

milen..

==============Message (5) from M M Sudan New Delhi ===

Thank you very much for your mail. I had visited your web site. I was very

happy and impressed by your activities particularly activities for the

School Children. In fact I had in mind to put a congratulation mail on your

website but before that as it was destined I had your mail. I will be too

happy to be brought on the mailing list. I am quite a busy professional

lawyer therefore, I am unable to actively participate in activities here at

New Delhi, during day time. I compensate myself with reading. I am a life

r to Prabuddha Bharata, I hope through internet and E-mail I may

be in a position to interact with other devotees. I have the good fortune of

reading Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. I am also greatly impressed by

the writings of Swami Ranganathanandji particularly his book " Eternal

Values

in the Changing Society " I don't miss his lecture as and when held in New

Delhi. ...

M M Sudan..

=========Message (6) From Tom in Canada===

Namaste Jay,

Yes, I would appreciate receiving your mailings & thanks for plugging the

site. When devotees write to me, I will mention your mailing list! The

INTERNET is a wonderful vehicle for Ramakrishna Vedanta philosophy.

om shanthi om

Tom [montreal, canada]

(we have asked Tom to give details and introduction to his site to our

list.)

===Message (7) From Ram in Birmingham, Alabama==

Hi,

I am Rama and I am in Birmingham, Alabama (US). I like your site a lot. I

have

just started a small BalaVihar class. The intent of the class is to tell

the

stories and teach a few slokas and more important - to tell them about

Hinduism.

I am interested in getting some teaching material from you. How would I do

that?? You had mentioned about plays that you have done. I am assuming

that

the plays were done in English. I would like to get the material for

atleast

two plays in the beginning so that we can use that material to put up a play

here with the Kids.

I would like to hear from you either way and i just wanted to let you that

it

was a pleasure go through the site.

Thanks,

Rama

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jay

Vivekananda Centre London.

May 29, 1999

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