Archive for October, 2009
Monday, October 12th, 2009
2010 Vaisnavi Retreat
Dear Vaishnavis:
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On behalf of Malati dasi, I’m including the link for the Facebook event page we have created to spread the word about next year’s retreat. The theme of the event will be “Celebrating Srila Prabhupada’s Daughters”, and will include a 24 hour kirtan, prayer circle, […]
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Sunday, October 11th, 2009
Man vs God
From the September 12, 2009 edition of the Wall Street JournalWe commissioned Karen Armstrong and Richard Dawkins to respond independently to the question “Where does evolution leave God?” Neither knew what the other would say. Here are the results.Kar…
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
Got Some Rye Planted
I got the rye planted in the trellis area and in a section of the main garden where we never got planted this year because it was too wet.
It is thrown up into beds so should dry out much easier next spring. If the rye gets too big before I can till it […]
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
Govardhan Puja and Diwali
October 17: Diwali Celebration
Here is a complete schedule of events:
6:00 PM Bhajans
7:00 PM Arati
8:00 PM […]
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
24 Hour Kirtan In New Vrindaban
This autumn, leaves will fall from the trees and blessings will fall from the heavens at the New Vrindaban 24 Hour Kirtan Festival in the mountains of West Virginia.
Hundreds gather to chant the Hare Krishna Mahamantra continuously for 24 hours, as is done in Vrindavan India 365 days a year.
In the holy month of […]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
“I Pray That I May Be Of Some Service” by Sukhavaha dd
I pray that I may be of some service
……To You, My Lord, today.
I pray that I may be of some service
…… To You, My Lord, today.
You are always the Potter
I am just but Your clay.
My Lord, You are The Source
…… You are The Force
Of all, so without You
There is nothing I can do.
Oh Krsna, You’re […]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Life Is Imperfect — Deal With It
“It is natural that people in the material world hanker to see a beautiful object. In materialistic life, however, our consciousness is polluted by the influence of the three modes of nature, and therefore we hanker for material objects of beauty and pleasure. The materialistic process of sense gratification is imperfect, because the laws of […]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Top 25 Censored Stories for 2010
These revealing and frightening stories, censored from the mainstream channels of information, show very clearly that the materialistic mindset, the “American dream”, or a world shaped and misshaped by the so-called “scientific renaissance” has reached…
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
“Autumn Moonlight–” by Basho
Autumn moonlight–
a worm digs silently
into the chestnut.
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
Sudhanu Gets Initiated
Sudhanu and his wife Lajjavati are residents of New Vrindaban who have lived here continuously longer than anyone else. Here is a picture of Sudhanu getting initiated in Boston in July 1971.
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
Nandulal Comes To Lunch
Nandulal has recently returned from 7 months in Iraq. He had finished his 4 years of active duty and was out of the Marines but then got involuntarily recalled for a year. He did training, went to the sandbox, came back to the US and did a couple of months in California before being released. […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
New Ford Vehicles Will Be Smart Grid Ready
Source
The American auto industry is undergoing a rapid transformation and Ford is leading the way. With new fuel and emissions standards announced by the Obama administration and the Department of Energy (DOE) awarding grants that promote the development of vehicle-to-grid infrastructure, 2009 has been a pivotal year.
Ford is moving forward with new Plug-in Hybrid […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Law of the Garbage Truck
Ack! I am missing many days of posting. Due to (slowly) deteriorating medical condition I have had to add a new pharmaceutical to my protocol and there is an adjustment period so energy is down plus I was gone a few days plus when I had some energy I took on too many projects plus […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
The Most Important Ingredient Is Love
Last week, thirty students from West Virginia Northern Community College visited New Vrindaban. These first-year culinary students visited in two groups. Fifteen came on Tuesday, and another fifteen came on Thursday. The students were most interested in the teaching garden (across from the Palace Lodge) and the Garden of Seven Gates (above […]