Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
SP Letter Oct 11, 1969
Tridandi Goswami
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Founder-Acharya:
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Center TITTENHURST PARK
TITTENHURST HOUSE
Ascot, Berkshire,ENGLAND
October 11th, 1969
My Dear Kirtanananda,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for you letter dated October 2, 1969 and have noted the contents carefully. Regarding your question about who shall get the money that is collected by you and your assistant, […]
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Returning To The Same Place
From: Boomerang returns, even in space
“In an unprecedented experiment, a Japanese astronaut has thrown a boomerang in space and confirmed it flies back, much like on Earth.
“Astronaut Takao Doi “threw a boomerang and saw it come back” during his free time on March 18 at the International Space Station (ISS), a spokeswoman at the […]
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Darsan
ISKCON MiamiTheir Lordships Gaura NitaiHG Siddha-vidya dasaSri Sri Radha VrajabihariTheir LordshipsJagannath, Baladeva, Subhadra!!
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Transplant Games Update
I have officially signed up as an athlete for the 2008 Transplant Games. I, in theory, am competing in the 800 meter (1/2 mile) run, the 5K (3 mile) run and a 20 K (12.5 mile) bike race.
Training goes slowly, as the weather here continues to be well below normal and when […]
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
When Is The Actual Birthday of New Vrindaban?
By Hrishikesh dasa (Henry Doktorski)
“If you take Srila Prabhupada’s naming of New Vrindaban as the official authorized start, then today [March 17, 2008] is the 40th anniversary of NV.”(from It is Very Surprizing)
I delight in celebrations, especially celebrations of events dear to my heart, such as the 40th anniversary of the founding of the New […]
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Collecting Brijabasi Spirits
I am collecting old copies of Brijabasi Spirit from when it was a hard copy publication. I am posting this to my blog so if I am at someone’s house and they have some to share, I can look up what I have already to see what they may have that I need.
There are […]
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Dancing For Krishna
(fall 1984)
by Premarnava
The present Krsna consciousness movement follows the same principle, and therefore simply by chanting and dancing we have received good responses all over the world. It is to be understood, however, that his chanting and dancing do not belong to this material world. They are transcendental activities, for the more one engages in […]
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
“Fundamentalism” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Because the eye has a short shadow or
it is hard to see over heads in the crowd?
If everyone else seems smarter
but you need your own secret?
If mystery was never your friend?
If one way could satisfy
the infinite heart of the heavens?
If you liked the king on his golden throne
more than the villagers carrying baskets of lemons?
If […]
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
25 Ways to Simplify Your Life with Kids
Did you ever notice how much of the social dialog in ISKCON revolves around the role of women? There is always some misogynist who, unable to garner the respect of women via his own prowess, uses the guise of “implementing varnashram” to advocate for a social system where women will have to respect him […]
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Spring Time Ritual In New Vrindaban
“At that time, in all directions — east, west, south, north, everywhere — there was an atmosphere of peace and prosperity. There were auspicious stars visible in the sky, and on the surface in all towns and villages and pasturing grounds and within the minds of everyone there were signs of good fortune. The rivers […]
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Transcendental Agriculturalist
(From Brijabasi Spirit 1981 Vol. II, #2)
Sunny July day, blue sky, pleasant breeze. On a shaded lawn, Srila Prabhupada sat on a large teak-wood asana, relaxed, alternately chanting and answering questions Looking around, he saw a field of golden wheat. “This wheat needs rain?” he inquired. “No, Srila Prabhupada,” I answered, “it only needs sun. […]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Flannel
By Hladini Devi Dasi
I need You in flannel—
‘cause if You were in jewels
There wouldn’t be us—
Were You the prince You should be—
I couldn’t be here-
Were You as famous as You should be
Everyone would see You…
and want You.
And there would be no more us
[…]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
East Meets West: Bhaktipada’s naming of names
Bhaktipada, the guru of New Vrndavana until 1993/94, who seems to have been getting some mention as of late, named many devotees some pretty freaky names (among other freaky things).
In Krishna consciousness, when devotees take initiation, they receive a new name, a name of Krishna with the suffix “das” or “devi dasi” (male […]
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Error Message: Your Life
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Announcing Our 2nd Meeting to Discuss Bahulaban
All interested devotees are invited to attend the 2nd meeting about the restoration of Bahulaban!
Adi Guru das, the devotee who is spearheading the development project, will be in attendance to answer questions and also raise questions how to practically move forward.
The meeting will be this Saturday March 29, 2008 at 2:30 pm. (after lunch […]