Archive for May, 2008

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

New Vrindaban Web Cam

New Vrindaban now has a live web cam. See it at http://www.krishna.com/nv

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Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Write Like a Blogger

I was a part of a presentation at the FOI. Sri Nandanandana had a slot and asked Sankirtan and me to do part of it. He has a website that gets over 3000 unique visitors a day and has published numerous books.
The session was entitled:
Writing to Share Krsna Consciousness: Srinandanandana Das with Madhava Ghosh […]

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Sunday, May 11th, 2008

North American Temple President, GBC Meetings

Last weekend May 2 Caru Das journeyed to the NA GBC/Temple President Meetings in New Vrndavan, West Virginia. He landed at the Pittsburgh airport Friday midnight, rented a car, dozed at a rest stop en route and arrived Saturday morning in time for a shower and the start of the meetings…
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008

“On Hearing Of A Death” by Rainer Maria Rilke

We lack all knowledge of this parting. Death
does not deal with us. We have no reason
to show death admiration, love or hate;
his mask of feigned tragic lament gives us
a false impression. The world’s stage is still
filled with roles which we play. While we worry
that our performances may not please,
death also performs, although to no applause.
But […]

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Friday, May 9th, 2008

Annotations

The latest topic amongst those in ISKCON addicted to debating is the annotation of Prabhupada’s books. For those of you not familiar with the specifics, I will not provide links because a.) I am too lazy to find and include them and b.) why disturb your mind about it when you were having a […]

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Friday, May 9th, 2008

In Memory of Gopi Lila

(Ed. note: read Hari Bhakta’s (her husband) blog update here)
by Gokulataruni dd

Two days ago I woke up to a phone call telling me that Gopi Lila passed away. Though I knew that this was coming it still came as a surprise. She was someone that was dearly loved by the devotees in our community, […]

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Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic?

Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, “why do airplanes fly?” on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: […]

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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Devotee Women: Do Not Read This Post!

Tough job: Volunteers needed for chocolate study
By Michael Kahn
LONDON (Reuters) - Calling all chocoholics: British researchers recruiting volunteers willing to eat a bar of chocolate daily for a year, guilt-free and all in the name of science.
The trial starting in June will explore whether compounds called flavonoids found in chocolate and other foods can reduce […]

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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

A Drive Into New Vrindaban

Road work on the slip between Tejo’s and Sudhanu.

After the road work is a good view of the pasture at Mahaban.

Parking at the Prabhupada’s Palace and looking up these cherry blossoms block the sky.

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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Keyboards ‘Dirtier Than a Toilet’

Some computer keyboards harbour more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat, research has suggested.
Consumer group Which? said tests at its London offices found equipment carrying bugs that could cause food poisoning.
Out of 33 keyboards swabbed, four were regarded as a potential health hazard and one harboured five times more germs than one of the office’s […]

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Monday, May 5th, 2008

Please Help Write History of New Vrindaban Dhama

Did you live in New Vrindaban or visit here when Srila Prabhupada visited the community? If so, I need your help.
Over the years I’ve been asked to develop an oral history of New Vrindaban. This would be an enormous undertaking. But with a new blog I would like to humbly begin this endeavor by first […]

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Monday, May 5th, 2008

Prabhupada Letter August 21, 1969

Tridandi Goswami
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Founder-Acharya:
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
August 21, 1969
My Dear Kirtanananda,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of 12 August, 1969, sent along with a package of sandish. I am sorry that I was not able to see how you have nicely made […]

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Monday, May 5th, 2008

Looking To the Future Of New Vrindaban

(The following was submitted to the Brijabasi Spirit by a devotee who wanted to remain anonymous. It isn’t really suitable for that site so I offered to post it here for him.)
Dear All,
I wanted to share with you a few thoughts, and I begin with an excerpt from an article on Wikipedia:
“Magis (pronounced “màh-gis”) […]

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Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Help Write History

Did you live in New Vrindaban or visit here when Srila Prabhupada visited the community? If so, I need your help.

Over the years I’ve been asked to develop an oral history of New Vrindaban. This would be an enormous undertaking. But with a new blog I would like to humbly begin this endeavor by first focusing on Srila Prabhupada’s visits to New Vrindaban. He visited on four occasions in 1969, 1972, 1974, and 1976.

I am requesting devotees to send their remembrances of Prabhupada’s visits here. You can begin with one or two accounts and add more later. A rule of thumb for blog readability is to keep accounts at below seven hundred words. Of course, if you have an exciting Prabhupada account, forget the rules. But don’t forget to mention the year it happened. Also include 2 - 3 sentences about yourself - what your service was at the time and perhaps what you do now. If an account has been posted, don’t hesitate to respond with more insight or information. Submit all Prabhupada accounts to Sankirtanadas@yahoo.com

Will start posting submissions in the next week or so. The site is http://www.prabhupadaatnv.blogspot.com/

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Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Cow Protection Not Just For Milk

Yesterday I talked of the dead, today, keeping to the theme, I speak of the dying.

Premavatar is visiting New Vrindaban for the temple presidents/GBC meetings and I was taking him on a tour of the winter barn, more commonly referred to as the Big Barn. Several cows that are unable to make the 5 mile […]

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