Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Cultural Marginality In Second Generation Hare Krishna Kids
The following is the abstract for an article about how 2nd generation Hare Krishna kids who were raised in isolation adapted when they were thrust into the mainstream society. Some excerpts appear below but best to read the whole article here.
Exploration of Self-Esteem and Cross Cultural Adaptation of the Marginalized Individual:
An investigation of the second […]
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Pilgrimage To Alachua
Much as we love our 1990 Toyota Corolla, it doesn’t get to go to Florida with us. I have reserved a car for the trip, which is consistent with our philosophy of keeping nursing heaps for local use and put the miles on rental cars for longer trips.
The trip is my youngest daughter Vraja’s idea. […]
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
GMOs and the Bush government
This is part of an e-mail sent to me from Precision Herbs about some of the changes that the Bush Administration are trying to push through in their final days. This piece about GMOs is just one small part of a large ugly picture.
Make no mistake - as the days of the Bush Administration draw to a close, Industry shills inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are preparing to ram through regulations (which acquire the force of law once finalized) which weaken protection for human and environmental health to a degree which leaves the observer nearly speechless.
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Saving The Economy By Saving The Planet
This past weekend, we had the opportunity to cater and perform kirtan for a student environmental symposium on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.It was a celebration of a global awakening that is happening, based around sustainable environment…
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
A Stimulus Package for Renewable Energy Would Benefit Economy and Climate
by Jane Burgermeister, European Correspondent
Berlin, Germany [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
The solution to the world’s two biggest crisis — the economic and the global warming crisis — is exactly the same: a huge government investment plan in renewable energy will not only help kick start economies, but it will also help fight global warming, according to […]
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Recipe
Chestnut Watercress Sauce/gravy
Here is a recipe for a good holiday gravy, if you want to try something different.
15 chestnuts
handful of watercress
1T coconut oil
2 cups water
1T tahini
1/4 c nutritional yeast
1T Braggs
1t salt
1 sprig of parsley
Boil the chestnuts for 15-20 minutes. While still hot cut in half and remove the inner meal. Put the chestnuts and all remaining ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Heat the sauce gently until thick.
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Some Cleaning Up On A Snowbound Day
Snowed in today as the January in November style weather continues. Lots of outdoor work to do but I lack the will to overcome adversity so doing a little housecleaning in my photos for blog file.
Here is picture of a kirtan in NV during the robe era. That is me on the right side of […]
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Gobble Gobble
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Humilty against despair.
Some people have thought i have been dead-close to it no lie. An internal life of devotion is always a struggle. Winter hits me so hard. My pineal gland is covered by the grey shade of Ohio days and I receive no light. This absence of light brings depression. This lack of light tethered with […]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Forgiveness
“Do you want to know God? Then learn to understand the weaknesses and imperfections of [others]. But how can you understand the weaknesses of others unless you understand your own? And how can you see the meaning of your own limitations until you have received mercy from God, by which you know yourself and Him? […]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Traiing Oxen in Belarus
Recently I traveled to Belarus which is located next to Poland and Russia. I met with some very sincere devotees of Lord Krsna and spent 1 week with them and the cows they are looking after. The cows all looked healthy and happy. There were many little bull calves who needed to be trained for working purposes. Every morning I would spend at least 1 hour with Ananda devi dasi who has spent 10 years growing up with these cows and calves. I showed her the basics of training oxen and the importance of loving exchanges with the animals. She was 14 years old at the time and just a few days ago has turned 15. She is a remarkable young lady and is very sensitive to the cows and calves. When I left the farm I had asked her to train all of the baby bulls, who have just become oxen. If I remember correctly, that would be 12 to 17 animals to be trained through the winter months. The following is a recent letter I have recieved from her. I have not changed the lanquage in the letter. She speaks Russian and is learning English. She was very happy to practice her English with me when I was at the farm. Enclose please find some photos of Ananda and her ox pupils.
“Mitra stay.”
“Simha Op!”
“Rupa Op!”
Prabhavati dd. (Mother of Ananda) gives Rupa a present after training.
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Life Transcends Matter
Here is something from my archives I worked on a while back and posted early in my blog’s history. Not too many folks were reading my blog then so I am going to repost it. Please click on the thumbnail to see it.
Thanks to Sakya Rasa for doing the graphics.
The idea is that life transcends […]
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
“Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children!”
One side-benefit of the current economic crisis may be that it becomes easier for locally grown, organic foods to find their way onto the school lunch menus of our kids.Click here for more info and how to even get your own hometown school hooked up loc…
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Solar Panel
Our first solar panel arrived yesterday. It is quite impressive, although its not on the roof yet. The Sanyo is supposed to be the smallest and most efficent panel on the market to date. We will be having 14 panels altogether. Not quite enough to power our whole house though. Still it is a small contribution to global well-being, thanks to my Mother.
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Yoga
Yoga
flowing
bending
stretching
relaxing
into
being
Our life
flowing
bending
stretching
relaxing
into
being
Creativity
flowing
bending
stretching
relaxing
into
who
we
are