Archive for June, 2010
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
And for all those coming early. . . .
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24 Hour Kirtan Pre-events:
Friday evening, 7:30 to 9:00 pm onwards: Madhava will be leading kirtan in the temple room.
And on Saturday morning, don’t miss the special Bhagavatam class by HH Sivarama Swami: “24 Hours of Chanting – Preparing the Soul”.
If you can’t be here in person, log on here for live webcam, audio/video.
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The Spiritual Progressive: The American Dream: Fact or Fiction?
From our friend Scott Manley at The Spiritual Progressive The American Dream - Fact or Fiction? The great American Dream first expressed by James Truslow Adams in 1931, was the idea that citizens of every rank feel that they can achieve a “bett…
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
24 Hour Kirtan — Tentative Schedule
The 24 Hour Kirtan starts June 19th at 12 pm (noon) to June 20th at 12 pm (noon). The main schedule will be posted in the next few days. There will be kirtans in the “Yajna Shala” outside the temple running on a self managed schedule. A signup sheet will be posted at the location.
Friday […]
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Consumerism Or Cow Protection?
Did Srila Prabhupada promote living dependent as consumers in New Vrindaban or living dependent on the land and cows? Krishna by His practical example taught us to give all protection to the cows and that should be the main business of New Vrindaban. Vrindaban is also known as Gokula. Go means cows, and kula means […]
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
The Deniable Darwin
From our friend Gauranga Kishore. Click here to read the full articleby David BerlinskyCharles Darwin presented On the Origin of Species to a disbelieving world in 1859 - three years after Clerk Maxwell had published “On Faraday’s Lines of Force,” t…
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
This Is What the End of the Oil Age Looks Like
Deepwater Horizon & the technology, economics and environmental impacts of resource depletion. by Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute Published: June 14, 2010 The End is Nigh “There will be plenty of blame to go around, as events leading up to the fatal Deepwater Horizon rig explosion are sorted out. Even if further efforts to plug […]
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Bye Bye Euro
Sometimes the media over complicates things. See above for one simplification. Here is another: Great Recession in the US? If you spend more money on oil from the Mideast and goods from China than you make, you go broke. Filed under: News, Ramblings or Whatever
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
Ran 800 Meters Without Stopping To Walk
Today is the first time in a long time, probably 6 years, that I have been able to run 800 meters (1/2 mile) without stopping to walk for portions of it. I say 6 years because 2004 was the last season I played soccer in an organized league and after that I went downhill fast […]
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
June 19th: 24 Hour Kirtan & A Day In New Vrindaban
On June 19, New Vrindaban will host a 24-hour kirtan, and will offer discounted admission to Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold for participants of West Virginia Day.
New Vrindaban’s fourth annual 24-hour kirtan will begin at noon on Saturday, June 19, and ending at noon on Sunday, June 20. Kirtaniyas include Sivarama Swami, Madhava (Switzerland), Gaura […]
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Why A Big Mac Costs Less Than A Salad
From Catherine Rampall at the New York Time Economix blogThe Consumerist recently linked to this remarkable chart: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine The chart was put together by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, but its…
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Saturday, June 12th, 2010
“Fireflies in the Garden” by Robert Frost
Here come real stars to fill the upper skies, And here on earth come emulating flies, That though they never equal stars in size, (And they were never really stars at heart) Achieve at times a very star-like start. Only, of course, they can’t sustain the part. Filed under: Poetry
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Friday, June 11th, 2010
Are The Lines Crooked Or Straight?
Try figure it out using your eye alone, but then use a ruler to confirm your conclusion. Filed under: Illusions
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Friday, June 11th, 2010
Hare Krishna Cook Plans Fast Food Chain With A Difference
By Madhava Smullen on 21 May 2010From ISKCON News Image: yogaofecology.blogspot.com A rainbow of flavors fresh from the field. Adiraja Dasa, a Hare Krishna cook who authored 1989’s The Hare Krishna Book of Vegetarian Cooking and managed soup …
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Accepting What Is Within Reach
“And if you go materially, satisfy your hunger, this, that, this, that, this, that, oh, it is simply illusion. It will never be finished. Just like you are advanced in material prosperity than other country. Does it mean that you are satisfied? Why there are hippies? Why there are so many frustrated youngsters? The richest […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Are There Dangers In Being “Spiritual But Not Religious?”
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