Archive for January, 2010
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Beyond Vegetarianism
Beyond Vegetarianism By Stephen Knapp On the spiritual path those who are the most inclined to lead a peaceful existence that respects the value of all life often adopt the vegetarian lifestyle. For some people this is a very big step. Thi…
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
“Zakat Of The Body” by Abd Al Hayy Moor
“Everything has a zakat (tax), and
the zakat of the body is fasting.”
—Hadith of the Prophet
So that it is
doing without that is
giving out,
letting go that is
letting something or
someone else grow.
Mountains erode,
seas evaporate, one
creature is food for
another in the
chain of give and
take.
Sky gives
rain to earth and
plants arise. Plants give
oxygen to
air and we
survive.
There’s a
principle here
so essential it
can’t be […]
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
…And Beyond. Day 11
So I went and got my blood work this morning. Afterwards Vidya and I went to the YMCA and while she was swimming I did both the sauna and the steam room twice, and the hot tub with lots of nice jets.
In between the sessions I would take a good shower. The idea […]
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
Fixing The Earth Up
From DandavatsBy Sahadeva dasa Our leaders were told that good planets are hard to find, dont blow it, but they did it anyways and now they want to fix up the Earth in big big summits, just like the proverbial village fella who fixed the moon up long a…
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Video Of New Vrindaban
At the end of October, two filmmakers from Charleston, West Viriginia, visited Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold. While they were here, they interviewed a few devotees who encouraged them to visit the temple. Here is a short video they produced and posted on YouTube.
watch?v=3c3Nmsv_VHM
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Day 10 Master Cleanse
“Regarding your fasting, if you are sick, then fasting is the best medicine. For disease and unwanted guests, if you do not give them food, they will go away.”
Letter to: Revatinandana — Bombay 16 January, 1975
One thing I have learned is that if you do a long fast be sure and write […]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Wintery Scenes
“Darkness, illumination and clouds sometimes appear and sometimes disappear, but even when they have disappeared, the potency is still there, always existing. In the sky sometimes we see clouds, sometimes rainfall and sometimes snow. Sometimes we see night, sometimes day, sometimes illumination and sometimes darkness. All these exist due to the sun, but the sun […]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Going Cheney On Climate
Going Cheney on Climate function getSharePasskey() { return ‘ex=1418187600&en=1e6e56e485ecb21a&ei=5124′;} function getShareURL() { return encodeURIComponent(’http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/opinion/09friedman.html’); } function getShareHeadlin…
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Fasting Cartoons
I searched on “jokes” and “fasting” with faint hope of finding anything. Instead I found a rich vein of Muslim cartoons centered on fasting which they do during Ramadan.
From Wikipedia: “It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and indulging in anything that is in excess or […]
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Planting Fruit and Nut Trees In New Vrindaban
I am hoping that we can get a lot of fruit and nut trees planted in New Vrindaban, with a goal of 1,000 in 10 years or quicker. Last year 30 or so were planted on temple grounds and individual devotees planted more so that for the year we did get over a hundred in […]
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Beyonce And Me — Day 6
Beyonce’s Master Cleanse Diet Fast Helped Her Lose 20 Pounds
So I am on Day 6 of the Master Cleanse fast and clipping along. I was going to take it easy physically but went out to an auction Saturday with Vidya, my first step off my property since I started.
It was at Sherrard Elementary, for those […]
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Protecting Cows
Click here to sign an online petition to help set up a complete ban on cow slaughter of all ages and gender throughout India.To: PRESIDENT OF INDIA Dear Madam, The Cow-progeny has been the back bone of the Indian Culture & E…
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Will Big Business Save The Earth?
Click here to read the full article from The New York TimesThe embrace of environmental concerns by chief executives has accelerated recently for several reasons. Lower consumption of environmental resources saves money in the short run. Maintaining su…
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Animal, Vegetable, Miserable
How can intelligent people who purport to be deeply concerned with animal welfare and respectful of life turn a blind eye to such practices? And how can people continue to eat meat when they become aware that nearly 53 billion land animals are slaughte…
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
OMG! 2012! Should I, Like, Freak out?
2012 and Beyond: A New Species of Humanity
by Stephen Knapp
When it comes to the consideration of the year 2012, and the special date of December 21, it all evolves around the Mayan calendar. People everywhere are focused on this date to some degree or another. Some people feel we are going to […]