Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
while in the flow i am reminded what the world is like
Ive been in yoga land where everyone is smiling, good looking, in shape, and eager to chant. No problems here. But i am faced with the reality that I will be leaving here soon and having to get back to work at the colleges. Today I was sent these articles and was just told about […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Suddha’s Swimming Record Broken
Part of a regimen for dealing with Type 2 Diabetes is daily exercise. Just as we saw that Srila Prabhupada would take walks to help mediate his condition, my wife Vidya also exercises regularly. Most days she drives into Moundsville to the Four Seasons swimming pool, carpooling with Kelly, and swims 1.5 miles (2.4 K).
When […]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Gaura-Nitai Deities Wanted
Hare Krsna!
A devotee recently asked me if I knew of anyone who has Gaura Nitai Deities (preferably between 12 and 15 inches), Who are not currently being worshiped, that would like to give Them a new home.
He has an attachment to New Vrindaban and would like Deities Who previously resided here. He’s […]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Jagannath On The Move
Unknown, Vidya, Sudakari (?), Parayana, Kirtanananda, Basket lady, Unknown, Vajresvari.
This is a picture of jagannath on a cart that may or may not be a Ratha Yatra. It might be a trip between farms when He moved.
Our (Vidya and me) best guess is it is from 1973, though 74 or 75 are possibilities.
Anybody have any […]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
The New Approach for the Global Food Crisis
Alexander Petroff (HG Astotarasata Prabhu), via his Working Villages International project, now celebrating its 2nd anniversary of initial success in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has written a clean and lucid editorial piece on the new approach to…
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Cow Slaughter — The Brahmastra of the British
by Shyamasundar ACBSP (USA ,Vedic astrologer)
The Two most astonishing things for the British who invaded India were:
1) The Indian gurukula system.
2) The Indian agriculture system.
The then Governor of British India Robert Clive made an extensive research on the agriculture system in India.
The outcome of the research was as follows:
1) Cows were […]
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
The New Vrindaban Farm Circle returns!
Join the Earthlings of The Dham for our weekly gathering on all things natural, as we meet, discuss, and inspire each other to bring about Srila Prabhupada’s vision of self-sufficiency here at New Vrindaban.
This week we’ll meet Thursday, July 31st at Jamuna and Raghu’s humble abode beginning at 630 pm. The topic will be […]
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
“A Man In His Life” by Yehuda Amichai
A man doesn’t have time in his life
to have time for everything.
He doesn’t have seasons enough to have
a season for every purpose. Ecclesiastes
Was wrong about that.
A man needs to love and to hate at the same moment,
to laugh and cry with the same eyes,
with the same hands to throw stones and to gather […]
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Simple Living, High Thinkng Issue #8
For the week of July 21st-27th, 2008
Let’s all pile into the back of the van for a crowded but ecstatic journey into the world of the Small Farm Training Center here at New Vrindaban Dham.
Tom tells us about the new extension to the tool shed in our Teaching Garden…
“We hope to be finished by November, […]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Simple Living, High Thinking #8
For the week of July 21st-27th, 2008Let’s all pile into the back of the van for a crowded but ecstatic journey into the world of the Small Farm Training Center here at New Vrindaban Dham.What we got done-This week the whole Farm Crew took a field trip …
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Prabhupada Letter Jan. 1, 1970
January 1st, 1970
My Dear Nolen,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your nice poetic letter and I am so glad that you have begun to appreciate the sublime nature of Krsna Consciousness as you have experienced being with our disciples for some months.
The simple method of Lord Caitanya is to chant […]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
The Sound of Thunder
Prabhupada: But actually is there any bird called thunderbird?
Jagadisa: It’s a legendary bird from Indian legend. American Indian.
Prabhupada: Indian legend?
Brahmananda: Of the American Indians, the red Indians. Sometimes their chiefs are called Chief Thunderbird. It’s a popular name for their chiefs.
Prabhupada: Oh. Oh. We have got an idea of thunderbird. The bird flies in the, […]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Whatever Happened to Whatever Happened to the Bees?
They’re still buzzing, right? Check the prasad line at lunch. You may find one floating in your nectar!Here’s a link to an article from Wired on an update to the great bee-disappearance act of the last year that caught the world’s attentions and fears.
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Headline News from New Vrindaban!
Our friends at the Columbus Dispatch gave us some good publicity this past weekend with two nice articles on our community (and also the Columbus temple). Click the links below to check em out. The old-fangled paper version can be seen posted up in our prasad hall.
A Lower-Key Kind of Krishna
Chant Krishna, Be […]
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
American Archaeology
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York archaeologists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that […]