Archive for July, 2008
Friday, July 18th, 2008
An Ecstatic Yoga Retreat with HG Gauranga and HG Radhe-Shyam Prabhus!
Yes, the time has once again come for a refreshing and enlightening discourse from two of the finest of the finest from ISKCON Radha-Gopinath Mandir in Chowpatty, Mumbai, India.
Continuing the tradition from last year’s wonderful seminar, we are proud and delighted to host HG Gauranga Prabhu and HG Radhe-Shyam Prabhu for another ecstatic Yoga Retreat.
Here […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
European Cow and Agriculture: The Power Point
Here’s a link to an informative and well-made power point from the recent European League Ministry Farm report, presented to us by HG Shyamsundar Prabhu ACBSP (Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK)
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
My US 2008 Transplant Games 800 Meter and 20 K Results
Tulasi went with me for the last two days of the Games. On the way to Carnegie Mellon for the track and field events, I was expressing to him the intrepidation I was feeling about the 800 meter (1/2 mile) run I was registered for. I was seriously, at least emotionally, considering not doing it. […]
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Baptizing A Drunk
A man is stumbling through the woods totally drunk when he comes upon a preacher baptizing people in the river. The drunk walks into the water and subsequently bumps into the preacher.
The preacher turns around and is almost overcome by the smell of booze. He asks the drunk, ‘Are you ready to find Jesus?’
‘Yes I […]
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
2008 Transplant Games Opening Ceremony
The night before the 5K run, I attended the Opening Ceremony. There are something like 1300 athletes participating in the Games plus living donors and donor families who are being honored. Everyone marched into the ceremony, first the athletes by teams, then the living donors, and then the donor families.
Prior to walking in, we […]
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Simple Living, High Thinking Issue #6
For the week of July 7th-July 13th, 2008
Join us now for yet another enriching and inspiring look into the go-go farm-farm world of the Garden of Seven Gates and the Teaching Garden, all part of the Small Farm Training Center here at New Vrindaban Dham.
It’s all good! For instance….
In all aspects of our devoted […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Simple Living, High Thinking #6
For the week of July 7th-July 13th, 2008Join us now for yet another enriching and inspiring look into the go-go farm-farm world of the Garden of Seven Gates and the Teaching Garden, all part of the Small Farm Training Center here at New Vrindaban Dham….
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
5K Run (er, ah, walk) At 2008 Transplant Games
The 5 K race had over a thousand people it seemed to me and I may have even heard that figure at some point. It was a big mass of humanity at the beginning and took me a while after the starting horn blew to even get to the starting line. It was pretty crowded […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
as of late
These are pictures of my altar.
The past few weeks have been filled.
My yoga practice was greatly inspired by a four day workshop with Edward Clark of Tripsichore. Check them out if you have time here. Raghunath Prabhu attended the workshop as well so we had a nice weekend together. Bridgette and the kids also came […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
College Students Visit ISCOWP
A dinner fresh from the ISCOWP organic garden
Meeting Jaya in the barn
Columbia and Rutgers University was represented at ISCOWP with a visit of students from 26th Second Avenue temple headed by Gadadhara Pandit and Doyal Gauranga. Again it was raining and plans to visit the cows on pasture were curtailed. However, discussions on what is cow protection and a farm fresh meal were enjoyed. Some comments from the guests:
Premananda das & Gauri Priya dd: “Most amazing, enlightening, and uplifitng experience coming to spend time with your family. Thank you!”
Gretchen Turner: “Could not be any more beautiful! Thank you a 1,000,000 times. “
Talitha Wachtelborn: “Thanks for having us! It was wonderful!”
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Prabhupada Letter November 13, 1969
November 13, 1969
My Dear Kirtanananda,
Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive your letter dated November 3, 1969, and It is much heart-engladdenlng that you have taken very seriously the preaching work, and Krishna is giving you chance for becoming a great preacher in the near future. […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Ball Illusion
In this illusion, leaning toward the center leads to the brightness expanding outward, while leaning away does the opposite. Credit: Mark Changizi, RPI
Similarly our opinion of things can change depending on how close we are emotionally to the subject.
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Rathayatra Gets Going
Bike race
Preparing the cart
On the road
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Srila Prabhupada’s Jan 1977 Train to Allahabad
Referred to in yesterday’s post. Here are some excerpts:
Localized economics — a revolutionary social concept…back to the land, back to freedom…education made simple…give everyone a higher taste…how to get good leaders…farms are the future
Prabhupada: Yes. The department, the sinful departments, illicit sex, meat-eating, this will be closed, and that will make simple.
Ramesvara: Completely?
Prabhupada: No, at […]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
New Approach Needed For Addressing The Global Food Crisis
I sent the link to my post about her son to Hare Krishna dd and got this response:
Thanks, Madhava Gosh. Readers might also be interested in Asto’s recent editorial (below) in our local newspaper, the Brunswick Times Record (Brunswick, Maine).
Astottara-sata dasa (108) is Alexander Petroff - raised at Gita-nagari in his early childhood. Then […]