Archive for September, 2009
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Pittsburgh India Cultural Festival 2009
Saturday September 12th, 2009
Sri Krishna Janmashtami is one of the most popular and significant festivals in our Vedic tradition. In India, there are big celebrations followed by the Nandotsav, where devotees come together to express their love and devotion for Lord Krishna.
Our groups of devotees celebrate this festival in a sweet way each year by […]
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Invitation
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
By the grace of Sri Sri Radha-Vrindaban Chandra and Srila Prabhupada, we will be celebrating Vrajmohan’s first birthday on Sunday, September 13th at the temple.
The program will begin at 11:45 am in front of Lord Jagannath’s altar and conclude with a special Sunday Feast.
The schedule […]
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
The Nectar Chronicles: Part 7
Inspired by the “Nectar of Devotion” lecture series given by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada from October 20-November 13, 1972 at the Radha-Damodara Temple in Vrndavana, IndiaAll of these lectures are available for download at ISKCON Desire Tree.10-2…
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
Vaishnavi Retreat Up-date for New Vrindaban Residents
Hare Krishna! New Vrindaban Ladies who live between the big barn and Rt. 250, including Talavan, are warmly invited to attend and take part in the up-coming Vaishnavi Retreat, an annual fall event for the up-liftment of all Vaishnavis. Included will be sessions that are suitable for Mother-Daughter attendance.
There is a […]
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
Connecting Nature’s Dots
From the 8-22-09 edition of the New York Times:“We need to stop thinking about these issues in isolation — each with its own champion, constituency and agenda — and deal with them in an integrated way, the way they actually occur on the ground,??…
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
Say Hello To My Little Friend
Here is a tool I have spent 100s of hours with.
I was harvesting some Lipstick sweet peppers yesterday. We don’t harvest them as green peppers, we let them ripen so the vitamin content is higher. One side effect of this is that they stay on the plants longer and the newer ones can crowd them […]
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
It is in front of our eyes… Why delay?
A call to arms from HG Hari Kirtan Dasa:Srila Prabhupada said that cities will one day crumble down. And it did not take long for his words to prove prophetic. We can see with our own eyes that everything from the lowness of basic requirements to keep …
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
Mandala Garden
by Jamuna dd
Lalita Gopi’s garden has an unusual and beautiful design, it is in the shape of a circle. She reports loving the feeling of being in the garden, but has found it challenging to make good paths. She has used stones and marble pieces to patch together some walkways, but was disappointed when the […]
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Prabhupada Letter July 7, 1972
Center: ISKCON London
DATE July 7, 1972
My dear Hayagriva,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter undated, handed over to me by Kirtanananda in New York on July 3, 1972. I am very much pleased to learn that you are more settled in mind and peaceful, and that you are now editing […]
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
$20 Gasoline
From Time magazine
In stark contrast to last summer, when oil prices soared past $140 per barrel, the economic slowdown has kept per-barrel prices relatively reasonable in 2009. But in his new book, $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better, Christopher Steiner argues the […]
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
The Wisdom of Radhanath Swami: The Power of Music
Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in sound. Thomas AquinasOrsino: If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die. Shakespeare, Twelfth Nigh…
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Philadelphia Ratha Yatra & Festival of India 2009
New Vrindaban does a tourism booth at Ratha Yatras throughout the United States. Any volunteers for the Philadelphia Ratha Yatra contact Malati for details on how to help out.
WEB: WWW.PHILLYRATHAYATRA.COM
EMAIL: PhillyRathaYatra@GMAIL.COM
Date: September 12th, 2009 (11 AM – 7 PM)
Ratha Yatra Location: Love Park, Philadelphia PA
Festival of India Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin […]
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Paying The Farmers To Let The Trees Stand
From the 8-21-09 edition of the New York Times”Mato Grosso means thick forests, and the name was once apt. But today, this Brazilian state is a global epicenter of deforestation. Driven by profits derived from fertile soil, the region’s dense forests…
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Sheeple
Posted in Jokes 