Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Conversation with Partha Sarathi Prabhu
I just had the opportunity to speak with my good friend Partha Sarathi Prabhu. It was a great Ekadasi treat! Who needs grains when you can chat with such a wonderful devotee. We have been emailing and facebook chating but today we had the time to video skype. Technology can be wonderful sometimes. Emphasis on […]
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
A Brain Cell and The Universe
Physicists discover that the structure of a brain cell is the same as the entire universe.
“Oh God, guide me, protect me; make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star.” — Abdu’l-Bahá
See explanation here.
“Foolish philosophers say that the universe automatically came into being by nature. They say that in the beginning there was a […]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
21 Ways to Shoot Better Photographs
On the topic of blogging, photos come into it occasionally so in keeping with the general principle that through a guru is a good way to approach a topic, here is a link to someone who seems to know what he is talking about (after reading his points, see this blog post about the Festival […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
VedaBase Hint: Copying Large Quotes
I attended Ekanath’s presentation at the Festival of Inspiration on using the VedaBase and got a good hint. It helped solve one of those pesky little inconveniences.
When I would try to copy a quote larger than the window size it was always a hassle. Because the VedaBase has so much information in it, if I […]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
New Vrindaban Festival of Inspiration 2008
Well, the FOI is officially over. A great festival that thousands of words couldn’t capture. Assume that the big guns did what big guns do, and did it well. I tend to avoid crowds but when I open the door to the temple room and see it is packed from side to side, […]
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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 […]