Archive for April, 2007
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Recent Travels
It has been a few days since I’ve posted anything about my travels, I feel like I’ve been a little remiss in my duties, so here we go.Last Thursday we left Athens after successful vegan cooking dinner (the theme was Nacho Libre ie lots of fresh nachos served with rice, beans, tvp, salsa, guacamole), and […]
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Reporters Needed In New Vrindaban
Every day something happens that could be written about but it goes by unnoted due to lack of someone taking the time to jot it down. If I haven’t asked you personally to do so, please let me know if you have any interest at all. Polished writing is not a requirement.
There is a children’s […]
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Birds
Sighted:
red-winged blackbird
bluebird
nuthatch
downy woodpecker
towhee
cardinal
and something yellow that was possibly a yellow warbler
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Reading the Landscape (after Barry Lopez)
ditch
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Bee Crisis
   Today’s New York Times has a front-page article (online) about the mysterious disappearance of innumerable bees. This is just one of many articles that has been written lately upon this subject. However, this is the first one that I’ve read that states the problem is not limited to the United States.
For those who […]
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Festival of Inspiration 2007 Airport Transportation Requests
If you will need transportation to and from the Pittsburgh Airport for the Festival of Inspiration, please see the following instructions.
Please go online to www.festivalofinspiration.com as soon as possible and register for airport transportation services. Fill out the section on Flight Details and press Submit. Be sure to include both Arrival and Departure […]
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Cows
(from the July 14th, 1974 Issue of Brijabasi Spirit by Amburish das and Radhanatha dasa)
Bahulaban Goshalla Report
“0 bull, you are offenseless and thoroughly honest; therefore I wish all good to you” “The bull Is the emblem of the moral principle and the cow is the representative of the earth. When the bull and the cow […]
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Study: Religion is Good for Kids
“Kids with religious parents are better behaved and adjusted than other children, according to a new study that is the first to look at the effects of religion on young child development.
“The conflict that arises when parents regularly argue over their faith at home, however, has the opposite effect.
“John Bartkowski, a Mississippi State University sociologist […]
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Burning Man DVD Release
Krishna Camp is a community effort of like-minded souls who share a burning desire to find shelter and provide peace in an age of increasing strife. Join this enthusiastic group of devotees on their voyage into the adventurous world known as Burning Man.
Tens of thousands of people gather to create a virtual city of lights, […]
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
New Vrindaban Photoset On Flickr
They come, they see, they capture on film.
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Srimad-Bhagavatam Meditation: 1.7.5 (Part 2)
Scroll down to read Part 1, or just click here.It is once again time for our weekly/bi-weekly meditation on the ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic knowledge, the Srimad-Bhagavatam.I humbly ask you to read first the translation and Bhaktivedanta purport to today’s verse, from the 1st Canto, Seventh Chapter, Fifth Verse.yayÄ sammohito jÄ«vaÄtmÄnamÌ tri-gunÌ£Ätmakamparo […]
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Intelligent Design, Darwin, and Srila Prabhupada
“Darwin’s ancestors may have been monkeys.”Srila Prabhupda would often criticize Darwin’s theory of evolution that did not involve any higher power. Sometimes he would jokingly say, “His ancestors may have been monkeys, mine were not.”There is current a movement by Christians in America to promote a “scientific” theory called Intelligent Design. Intelligent Design is the […]
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Virginia Tech Through the Lens of Hladini dasi
      One week has passed since the massacres at Virginia Tech. Complete coverage of it, including analysis, has appeared in every form of media. Everyone wonders what they would do in such a situation. Military and law enforcement people are trained to respond to armed aggression, but if they are rookies and not veterans, […]
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Bhakta Carl Remembers Muktakesa Prabhu
My fellow devotees,
I am just one of the many inmates incarcerated across America who relied on
Muktakesa das for support, guidance, and friendship. He was fully dedicated
to his work with the ISKCON Prison Ministry and the news of his recent
passing was both shocking and heart wrenching, and yet, as I reflected on
the event I began to […]
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
William Shakespeare
   Today is the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth and death. His works have many botanical references, and this site contains an illustrated glossary of them.