Archive for March, 2007
Monday, March 19th, 2007
I have a devotee friend by the name of Ram who liv…
I have a devotee friend by the name of Ram who lives in an ISKCON temple outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. He draws wonderful pictures everyday. This is one of my favorites.
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
The drums will sound. The battle has begun.
Yesterday was an ecstatic day. Balaram Candra came back from India and delivered me my very own mrdanga! A mrdanga is an Indian drum with two heads, one large and one small, traditionally used in the temple during kirtan. Like an organ is to catholicism, a mrdanga is to Vaisnavism.Because it was questionable whether or […]
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Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Sri Isopanisad, Mantra One
Ä«Å›ÄvÄsyam idam sarvamÌyat kiñca jagatyÄmÌ jagattena tyaktena bhuñjÄ«thÄmÄ grÌ£dhahÌ£ kasya svid dhanam SYNONYMSÄ«Å›a — by the Lord; ÄvÄsyam — controlled; idam — this; sarvam — all; yat kiñca — whatever; jagatyÄm — within the universe; jagat — all that is animate or inanimate; tena — by Him; tyaktena — set-apart quota; bhuñjÄ«thÄhÌ£ — you should […]
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Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Cow Slaughter, Agriculture, and Conquest
A fascinating article describing how the British introduced slaughter houses into India as the very means to undermine and destroy culture and village economy in India.http://www.atmayogi.com/node/180
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Sunday, March 18th, 2007
“To kill cows means to end human civilization.” -B…
“To kill cows means to end human civilization.”-Bhagavad Gita As It Is 14.16 purport
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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
I am yours! I am yours!
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Whirling Dervishes meet Krishna Consciousness
This week I celebrated six months residence at New Vrindaban. Six months! What’s even better is that I’m ready for six more. I never thought I would be content to reside in one place so long, what to speak of Bethlehem, West Virginia, but I’m happy. I now understand what my mom meant by saying, […]
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Monday, March 12th, 2007
UDDER-ly hopeful
A nice break in the weather affords a most auspicious opportunity to bathe the cows. Three months of severe winter has resulted in three months of accumulated dung cake on the thighs of Mother Tulasi. I properly applied full hose pressure and nothing happened. What now? One hour later, arms sore […]
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Monday, March 12th, 2007
Cow Protection Around the Globe
Balabhadra at Wenda’s: “All of Wenda’s cows/oxen are rescue. One of these 3 Holsteins was so sick that Wenda slept with him in the barn for 6 months. He is now quite healthy and as sweet an ox as can be. “
Being a simple cowherd at heart, Balabhadra now realizes he could have taken a laptop with him and updated you all as he traveled. Now that he is in Estonia taking a break, he has sent some photos of his trip.
The first stop was Wenda Shehata’s project in East Sussex England.
Another cow protector, Labangalatika in Raigad India, wrote us about her. That’s how we found out about her and decided to visit her.
“Do you know about Wenda in England who has a cow rescue place and 34 cows and bulls? When she was a small girl she freed some calves meant for slaughter and had to hide all night in the bushes to avoid being caught but got severely beaten anyway. She vowed when she grew up to have a place where nothing would ever be killed and when she was 35 she did this with help of Matthew whom she met after her son was grown up and on his own. They have this place for 13 yrs now and she does Agnihotra every morning and makes 500 cow dung cakes a day. The two of them do all their own work.
She is a devotee, and uses homeopathy in treatment of cows. She also was an activist to stop the veal trucks at Dover. She came to India this year to research how to use gobar and mutri and give some talks. She went to Kurma Rupa too and she has a book contract in Europe. She was to come and visit here but the Nasik riots held her up and she had to get her plane back to UK and have police escort from Nasik to Mumbai!!! “
Balabhadra: “The brown cow was terribly abused and was full of fear for a long time. Due to Wenda’s sensitive and gentle care she is quite well now. She asked me to name her and I named her Vrindavan Isvari.”
When Balabhadra visited he felt that the quality of cow care was exemplary and that we can all learn from their loving and efficient cow seva.
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