

JUST AS THIS IS STRENUOUS TO READ, MANY OF SRILA GURUDEVA'S AUDIOS ARE STRENUOUS TO HEAR
Financial & Operational Update: Audio Seva (Aksaya Tritiya, May 8, 2022)
All Glories to Sri Sri Guru & Gauranga!
Hare Krsna! Dandavat Pranams.
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The year 2021 saw some important milestones being achieved in preserving and propagating the legacy of Srila Gurudeva’s unparalleled harikatha:
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Website: Launch of the archive website – harikatha.com
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Gaudiya Rasamrita: Rebranding of Srila Gurudeva’s daily harikatha postings on social media under the name ‘Gaudiya Rasamrita’ (Https://linktr.ee/gaudiya.rasamrita)
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Short Videos: Launch of one short video (one minute long) of Srila Gurudeva’s katha daily, since Kartika 2021. These videos have been so effective in spreading Srila Gurudeva’s teachings, that devotees have started calling them ‘Nectar Bombs’! These short videos are now being translaed and published in Russian and Spanish languages as well. Other languages are also on the way.
All the above was done while the following sevas continued:
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Broadcasting Srila Gurudeva's harikatha daily: We started posting Srila Gurudeva’s Audio Restored harikatha daily in Hindi and English since May 2020. It is now being posted everyday on WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube & Podcasts. Our WhatsApp group now has 3,400 members. Our YouTube Channel has 24,000+ subscribers, 10,000 of which have joined in just the past 12 months!
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The Archiving Process: This consists of Content Reporting, Audio Restoration and Track Editing (cutting and merging files). Currently 5,000 files have been Audio Restored and 5,500 files have been Track Edited (Cut and Merged) but after finalizing the audio quality and content, and checking for typos and errors in the titles, dates, sound rating and other details, 1755 of these have been launched on the archive website. We will continue to add the files onto the website as and when they get finalized after going through all the checks.
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We also increased online advertising and promotions for Srila Gurudeva's harikatha in 2021 and it will remain one of our major focus areas in the coming years. The short videos and promotions have been greatly effective in increasing the reach of Srila Gurudeva’s harikatha to newer audiences, thus generating increased appreciation and enquiries about his teachings.
Due to the time consumed by sevas related to the website development, short videos and promotions in 2021, the overall archiving process was slightly slower than expected. As per current estimates, all the 11,000+ audios will be finalised and archived by the end of 2024.
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During the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, we spent a total of $70,567 on Sound Engineering (Audio Restoration), Contracted services, Automation, Promotions & Miscellaneous.
The breakup is as follows:
Contracted Services $31,487
Sound Engineering $32,639
Automation $2,917
Promotions $2,907
Miscellaneous $619
We are happy to report that the average cost per audio-restored file has further reduced to $18 from the original $28, because many files were done in-house. We spent slightly more on Contracted Services in 2021. Contracted Services refers to the full-time, committed, backend support team (currently 15 devotees). Given the complexity of the raw archive, a well-trained and consistent team becomes a deciding factor for progress. Our backend data management and allotment systems are all automated. Costs incurred towards this as well as cloud storage and website development have been clubbed under 'Automation'. ‘Miscellaneous’ expenses include banks fees, hardware and data costs, etc.
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During Jan-Dec 2021, we raised $66,132 and until the completion of this project, we estimate a requirement of at least $146,000 more. For any further information, please write to us: contact@audioseva.com
We are very, very thankful to each and every devotee who has made this mammoth effort possible. And especially to Srila Gurudeva and our senior Vaisnavas for kindly giving us this golden opportunity to serve in some way in this once-in-a-lifetime seva. Lastly, we are especially grateful to Sriman Isa Prabhu, who started this entire initiative by collecting, organising and digitising Srila Gurudeva's tapes since early 2000s. We will forever remain indebted to his tireless efforts.
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Your Servants
Srila Gurudeva's Audio Seva Team
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All Glories to Sri Sri Guru & Gauranga!
Hare Krsna! Dandavat Pranams.
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First of all, we hope this message meets you well. For most of us, this past year has been quite tough on many fronts. Yet, somehow by Srila Gurudeva's supreme mercy and desire, Audio Seva was able to progress, although, at a slower pace than we hoped.
Before we get into further details of this update, we are especially remembering Sriman Isa Prabhu, who started this entire initiative by collecting, organising and digitising Srila Gurudeva's tapes since early 2000. He was always joyous to see the progress of this seva. We will forever remain indebted to his tireless efforts for 18 years.
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As most of you are aware, the organised efforts of the Audio Seva Team began in February 2018. We started with content reporting for each audio file. Sound Editing (Audio Restoration & Track Editing) had begun by January 2019.
(To see the detailed process we followed for each audio, please watch: https://youtu.be/R-ZyCz38cEY)
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๐๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฑ-๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฌ+ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ฏ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐. ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ. With most of the content reporting done, in the second half of 2020, we started consolidating the data, preparing and checking the audios for launch on the official archive website, in time for the glorious Centennial year of our beloved Srila Gurudeva.
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The audio files go through various checks before being tagged as 'final'. Hence, in principle, while many files may be at various stages of readiness, they cannot be released 'officially' as an archive file unless all checks are done. For instance, currently 2,600 files are Audio Restored and 3,000 files have been Track Edited (Cut and Merged) but only 1,500 of these files are finalised for the audio quality and content. 1,100 of these 1,500 files have been checked for typos etc. in the titles, sound rating and other details (hence only 1,100 can be launched on the archive website.)
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Having said that, we wanted to start sharing the restored files sooner, so that devotees could benefit from the restoration done so far. So, we found a way to share the audio-restored 'work-in-progress' files by ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ.
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This was met with great appeciation from the devotees, many of whom said: "๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ!" Not only have we been posting audios as per the relevant tithis but we have also released various series such as Kartika Special Damodarastaka and Bhajana Rahasya Series, Vrajamandala Video Parikrama Series, Ratha Yatra Series, Rupa Gosvami series, Gauramandala Parikrama Series, Purusottama Masa Special Raya Ramananda Samvada, Venu Gita & Gopi Gita, among others.
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Now, Srila Gurudeva's harikatha is being posted everyday on WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, YouTube & Podcasts. Our WhatsApp group itself has ๐ฎ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. Our YouTube Channel (Gurudeva Lectures) has 15,500 subscribers, ๐ฒ,๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐!
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We also increased online advertising and promotions for Srila Gurudeva's harikatha in 2020 and it will remain one of our major focuses in the coming years. Already, we have received many enquiries from devotees who weren't hearing Srila Gurudeva earlier but are now his ardent followers, eager to know more about him and his teachings.
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๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ-๐๐๐ฟ๐-๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น (๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ป!) ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ for Srila Gurudeva with the first 1100 organised and restored.
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This archive website will eventually also host the ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ, ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ & ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ.. Progressively more and more audios will be uploaded as soon as they are finalised. We expect to have 3,000+ audios ready by the end of 2021.
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๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐. ๐๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ.
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During the period from ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ, we spent a total of $๐ฒ๐ญ,๐ต๐ฎ๐ญ on Sound Engineering (Audio Restoration), Contracted services, Automation, Miscellaneous.โ
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The breakup is as follows:
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ $ ๐ฎ๐ณ,๐ด๐ญ๐ญ
๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด $ ๐ฏ๐ญ,๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ
๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป $ ๐ฎ,๐ญ๐ด๐ต
๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐ $ ๐ฑ๐ด๐ณ
We are happy to report that the average cost per audio-restored file has ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ $๐ฎ๐ฎ from $28, because many were done in-house. We spent slightly more on Contracted Services in 2020. Contracted Services refers to the full-time, committed, backend support team (currently 10 devotees). Given the complexity and variegatedness of the raw archive, a well-trained and consistent team becomes a deciding factor for progress.
Our backend data management and allotment systems are all automated. Costs incurred towards this as well as cloud storage and website development have been clubbed under 'Automation'. ‘Miscellaneous’ expenses include banks fees, advertising costs, data costs etc.
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โDuring Jan-Dec 2020, we raised $103,627 and until the completion of this project, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ $๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
For any further information, please write to us: contact@audioseva.com
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We are very, very thankful to each and every devotee who has made this mammoth effort possible. And especially to Srila Gurudeva and our senior Vaisnavas for kindly giving us this golden opportunity to serve in some way in this once-in-a-lifetime seva. ๐ It’s been like a wonderful worldwide family, with all of our effort and attention going towards pleasing the centre - Srila Gurudeva โค๏ธ
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Your Servants
Srila Gurudeva's Audio Seva Team
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FINANCIAL UPDATE (Aksaya Tritiya, April 26, 2020)
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Serving alongside 500+ devotees from across 49 countries, we have reported the contents of 12000+ lectures so far, sound engineered 1500+ and track edited (cut and merged) 2500+ of these lectures.
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During the period of August 2018-December 2019, we spent a total of $70,499 on Sound Engineering, Contracted services, Automation, Miscellaneous.
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The breakup is as follows:
Contracted services $ 23,651
Sound engineering $ 35,957
Automation $ 9,133
Miscellaneous $ 1,758
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During this period we raised $179,057 and in the future, we estimate a requirement of $177,000 more.
While the sound engineering cost was slightly lower than expected (due to further negotiations), we spent more on Contracted Services as it was impossible to progress without a full time committed backend support team. (We currently have a backend team of 12 devotees)
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During the last year, especially after December 2019, we faced some impediments in the form of technological issues/unavailability of some backend team members due to medical reasons/some of the audios needing to redone, etc. This has slowed down the pace at which we were proceeding. Especially because there are several checks involved before any audio is finalised, we estimate being able to launch approximately 4000 audios next year.
It could be more: the deciding factor will be the strength of the backend team. We need committed (part-time or full-time), responsible and diligent devotees, with working knowledge of google sheets/excel and using computers to help on the backend. If anyone is interested, please register.
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For any further information, please write to us: contact@audioseva.com
UPDATE: November 28, 2019
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It has indeed been heartwarming to witness so many devotees coming forward to contribute in various capacities towards this seva. With the efforts of 400+ devotees across 43 countries, so far we have managed to complete 11300* audio recordings under Phase 1 (Content Reporting). We began Phase 2 (Sound Editing) on February 4, 2019 and till now 1400* audios have been restored. (*As on Nov 28, 2019)
Our present estimate indicates that there are around 5000 complex to very complex audio recordings which are almost inaudible due to the following factors: low-quality recording, background noise, reverberation, hissing, high pitch, tape speed, and so on.
For this reason, we have begun a RESCUE MISSION. Yes, a rescue mission! To literally rescue Srila Gurudeva’s vani from being lost by restoring each and every inaudible audio recording.
After eight months of interviewing 80 audio restoration experts worldwide, we have shortlisted two professionals who have the requisite skill to turn around these audio recordings (one to handle the complex recordings and one for medium) from being almost inaudible to audible.
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WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH
SRILA GURUDEVA'S
AUDIOS
The audio restoration is currently estimated to cost $200,000+.

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This presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for all the sons, daughters, and worldwide family of Srila Gurudeva to come together to preserve his legacy. Everyone can contribute either by serving directly or financially or by spreading the word.
In fact, the devotees have already begun raising funds towards this initiative. Some preachers are regularly contributing through the collections they receive as they travel, some working devotees have pledged a portion of their monthly earnings, and a few have even gone ahead and declared their inheritance to this project. Some have requested their friends and family for only one thing as their birthday or wedding gift: a donation towards Srila Gurudeva’s Audio Seva
You, too, can be a part of this historic and mammoth endeavour!
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JOIN THE RESCUE MISSION!
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Note:
- The overall estimate can vary depending on practical considerations such as the actual number of complex files, etc.
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- There will be complete financial transparency for all the stakeholders involved.
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- Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have.
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Email: contact@audioseva.com
Whatsapp: +91 817131 6662