Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Teachers, Leave Those Kids Alone!
Take Back NYUFollowing up our previous post on the NYU student occupation that made national and international news headlines, we gave a little bit of shelter to some of the suspended students at our regular Starving Students dinner program at 26 Secon…
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Florida Court Sets Atheist Holy Day
In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians,Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.
The case was brought before a judge. […]
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Compassionate Reflections #7
Inspired by my reading of “Vaisnava Compassion” by HH Satsvarupa MaharajaIn his article “Prayer As The Groundwork of Preaching”, Maharaja writes:”Prayer is a mysterious practice…Every serious preacher knows just how dependent he or she is on Krsna. E…
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Another Side Of Darwin: Buddhist?
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In the Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals — the neglected step-child of Charles Darwin’s trifecta of treatises — the father of evolution theorised that emotion and compassion were universal and naturally selected features of humans.
While traveling around the world aboard the HMS Beagle, Darwin was struck by the fact that he could […]
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Soma Selects Scions
It’s pruning time for trees here and I was planning to take a lower limb off my Carpathian Walnut tree so I can drive under it for shade in the heat of summer. Soma has been studying grafting so he came and cut the branch for me and then took scion wood from it which […]
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Television That Is Vital
Our Tuesday program here at The Sanctuary in Manhattan in hitting the city airwaves!Click here to head over to ISKCON News to read all about it!
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
“The Sonnets To Orpheus: Book 2: I” by Rainer Maria Rilke
Breathing: you invisible poem! Complete
interchange of our own
essence with world-space. You counterweight
in which I rhythmically happen.
Single wave-motion whose
gradual sea I am:
you, most inclusive of all our possible seas-
space has grown warm.
How many regions in space have already been
inside me. There are winds that seem like
my wandering son.
Do you recognize me, air, full of places I […]
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Yes, They Could. So They Did.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/opinion/15friedman.html?_r=1&em
Op-Ed Columnist
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: February 14, 2009
New Delhi
So I am attending the Energy and Resources Institute climate conference in
New Delhi, and during the afternoon session two young American women — along
with one of their mothers — proposition me.
“Hey, Mr. Friedman,” they say, “would you like to take a little spin around
New Delhi in our […]
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Inside China’s Fight Against Internet Addiction
From Time magazine.
By Jessie Jiang / Beijing Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009
Two young Internet addicts watch TV at the Beijing Military Region Central Hospital in 2005 (Greg Baker / AP)
Even though it was only a week before the Spring Festival — the most important family holiday on the Chinese calendar — Wang Hongxia was forcing […]
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
The Soul of Merton 2-23-09
Inspired by my readings of “Contemplative Prayer” and “Contemplation In A World Of Action” by Thomas MertonThe need for a spiritual guide, a spiritual master, in our lives as aspiring devotees and human beings is of the utmost importance. Of course, I…
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Radha and Krishna Are Always Together
“We are Krsna’s parts and parcels and have been created to give pleasure to Krsna. The chief pleasure potency is Radharani, and so Radha-Krsna are always together. “
EK 5: Knowing Krsna’s Energies
Along the road from Bahulaban to the temple there are two trees that are grown together. They have twisted around each other and are […]
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
No Dark Sarcasm In The Classroom
http://wcbstv.com/cbs2crew/nyu.protest.police.2.939419.htmlTake Back NYU!We’ve heard that about half of our students who usually attend our Monday night cooking class at NYU we’re involved in this “occupation.” (Must be the turmeric!)All joking aside, …
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Taking Away The Tumi!
In Thailand, an ominous decree from the government may ban use of such organic, herbal plants such as ginger and turmeric from agricultural practice, deeming them “hazardous substances.”What’s the real reason? Is it pressure from chemical companies wh…
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
Love Me, Love My Cows
Here is a great lecture by Radhanath Swami about cows.
Love Me Love My Cows
This is such a good lecture I wish I had a transcription of it. Is there anyone out there that could do that as a favor? I want to use it in my efforts to promote cow protection.
This and lots of other […]
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
The IRS and Grandpa
The IRS decides to audit Grandpa, and summons him to the IRS office.
The IRS auditor was not surprised when Grandpa showed up with his attorney.
The auditor said, ‘Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, Which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I’m not […]