Archive for October, 2008
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Vegan Cooking Article in the Post.
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Fall Foliage In New Vrindaban
Source.
Three factors influence autumn leaf color - leaf pigments, length of night, and weather, but not quite in the way we think. The timing of color change and leaf fall are primarily regulated by the calendar, that is, the increasing length of night. None of the other environmental influences-temperature, rainfall, food supply, and so on-are […]
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
I Am Not Going To Jury Duty Columbus Day
I ended up being picked for the jury, which surprised me for reasons I will get into later. We are not supposed to talk about the trial but I think saying I was picked for the actual jury would be okay. We heard two days of testimony and have to come back Tuesday, Monday being […]
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
See Them Fast! See Them Handstand!
While I continue to eat (after all, one does not stop eating on the spiritual platform. In fact eating gets better), here in Athens Soma, Balarama, and Jason are smack dab in the middle of the Master Cleanse fast.This means nothing but lemonade and li…
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Your Own Vegetarian Jesus
Rumbling under the surface of the crumbling mainstream world is more common sense bubbling up to the vision of the planet. Could animal rights be the next major social movement of our times? What role do we as spiritualists have to play?Click here to…
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
The Creation of Ravana
Lotus lends his incredible artistic skills to paint the demon Ravana to be burned this Saturday evening for Ramacandra Vijayotsava.
Tommy & Yudhistira give shape to the demon with their transcendental sawing skills.
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
The Power of Voluntary Actions
The following is a guest essay in response to Mike Tidwell’s recent piece on Grist, “Consider using the N-word less.” It is signed by a collection of social scientists, mostly psychologists. Their names are listed at the bottom.
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We agree that institutional and policy changes are needed in addition to personal behavior changes, and that some […]
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Jai Ramacandra Vijayotsava!
This Saturday at 8:00 pm by the ghat, New Vrindaban devotees and guests will gather to create a tumultuous kirtan while a fiery arrow of truth is shot directly into the heart of Ravana. Watch his body and demonic qualities burn to tiny ashes and celebrate the victory of Lord Rama over […]
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Vegan Cooking! (or…in my Hindi…Wegan Cooking!)
It’s a Tuesday tradition six years running here on the campus of Ohio University. The world famous Vegan Cooking Workshop! In case you need to catch up, here’s a couple of movies we made about it last here (made by yours truly and made by HG Sri-Kish…
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Letter From Tranakarta dasa (ACBSP)
The following is a letter from Tranakarta dasa to the devotees who are taking on the renovation of Bahulaban as a project.
Dear Devotees
Hare Krsna!!!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First I would like to thank you all, from the bottom of my heart, for what is happining in Bahulavan,New Vrindavan.
As you know it […]
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Jury Duty Calls
I have to report for Federal jury duty tomorrow. This is the third time that I got a letter telling me to call after 5 pm the day before reporting, but the last two months I called and didn’t have to go. Not this time. Myself and 54 other people have to show up for […]
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Invitation For Satsang For Krsnananda’s Birth….
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It is our pleasure to invite all of you to join us for small satsang program for the birth of our second child Krsnanand. His Holiness Varsana Swami will speak on this occasion and the program will be followed with Dinner Prasadam. […]
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Blissful Bhagavatam Class Schedule With Visiting Vaisnnavi’s
Hey Folks! Tired of the same old faces and voices putting you asleep from the Vyasasine?
Try a NEW experience this week beginning on Thursday:
Thursday, Nidra devi dasi (ACBSP) from Denver will discuss a verse from the first canto.
Friday, Nila Madhava devi dasi (second generation youth from Alachua) will discuss famous ladies from the Bhagavatam.
Saturday, Vishaka […]
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Tour De Athens
I came to Athens to chant 192 rounds a day, continue my vrata of drinking organic sodas, and to write long-winded blogs, whilst also planning to cut the occasional vegetable and wash the occasional pot. Yesterday I impulsively tore myself out of this …
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
“The Language of Life” by William Stafford
Some time when the river is ice
ask me mistakes I have made.
Ask me whether
what I have done is my life.
Others have come in their slow way
into my thought,
and some have tried to help or to hurt:
ask me what difference
their strongest love or hate has made.
I will listen to what you say.
You and I can turn […]