Archive for June, 2009

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

New Vrindaban — A Safe Place For Cows

On  the Wall Street Journal Website there is a video about cow protection in New Vrindaban. Check it out here.
If anyone got to this page wondering how they can support cow protection in New Vrindaban click here for Geeta, the organization that deals hands on with New Vrindaban cows, or you can go to the […]

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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Grow Your Own!

Winning the War on Food: Sprouting Seeds and Saving Seeds By Neil McLaughlin Natural News, May 21, 2008 Straight to the Source Wi…

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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

A Righteous Escape

From the Sunday, June 21st edition of the New York TimesThe government limits the number of monks allowed to live in the monastery, they said. Officials cracked down on festivities honoring the Dalai Lama. When the Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama visite…

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Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Vishwa Mangal Gow Gram Yatra

Vishwa Mangal Gow Gram Yatra to begin from Kurukshetra on Vijayadashami, 2009, A pilgrimage to save the national heritage
By Pramod Kumar
“It is a massive movement to protect the cow, develop the villages and bring prosperity and happiness to the nation. It is an agro-socio, economic revolution and the real independence movement, which will spread the […]

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Sunday, June 21st, 2009

My POV 24 Hour Kirtan Glimpses

I rested Friday before the 24 Hour Kirtan started so I had SOME juice to run on.  I checked it out as it started for a while then went home and laid down for a bit. I went back up in the afternoon and ran into Deet (former team mate from the Palace Guards,  a […]

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Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Photos from the end of the 24 Hour Kirtan

Twenty four hours has come come and gone, but the kirtan is still going on! Again, log on to www.krishna.com/nv24 to catch the end!

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Sunday, June 21st, 2009

The Social Role of Cows

From the May 23, 2009 edition of ISKCON NewsClick here to read a great article about “The Social Role of Cows”

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Sunday, June 21st, 2009

ISCOWP Farms 09 Power Point

“Our farm projects are an extremely important part of our movement. We must become self-sufficient by growing our own grains and producing our own milk, then there will be no question of poverty. So develop these farm communities as far as possible. …

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

More Photos from 24 Hour Kirtan

As I type this, about 11 hours of the 24 Hour Kirtan still remain and HH Radhanath Swami is singing to a packed temple. If you are *not* one of the nearly 2000 devotees who have been viewing the live video/audio broadcast, there is still plenty of time left! Log on to www.krishna.com/nv24 and immerse […]

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Photos from the 24 Hour Kirtan

Things are just warming up here, but here are some photos from this morning:

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

24 Hour Kirtan Is On

The 24 Hour Kirtan is on as I am writing this, Sat morning to Sunday morning.
See the schedule of leaders and where to view it live on the web here.
Mostly it is a lot of devotees doing sit kirtan, but there is some dancing. Someday I will figure out how to set my camera for […]

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

New Vrindaban 24 Hour Kirtan Live Broadcast Now!

Dear Devotees,
Thanks to the efforts of Manu Prabhu and Shyam Pandey, we are broadcasting live video from the 24 Hour Kirtan now! Please visit:
www.newvrindaban.com (click on the video)
www.krishna.com/nv24
Tune in from wherever you are in the world and immerse yourself in the nectar of the holy name!
Hare Krishna!
Your servants from the 24 Hour Kirtan Team
Kirtan Schedule […]

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Fasting From The Internet

Dear devotees,
We will be broadcasting live video and sound for the 24hr Kirtan and thus we will be requiring every bit of bandwidth we can get. In order to facilitate proper and uninterrupted live webcast, we will be blocking the internet connectivity in RVC temple from  Saturday June 20th starting at 6 am to Sunday […]

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Friday, June 19th, 2009

An Oldie Updated

You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on…
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, “Who’s on First?” might have turned out something […]

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Friday, June 19th, 2009

New Vrindaban Ratha Yatra Saturday July 11th

STARTING FROM RUPANUGA’S AND VANI’S HOUSE 12 NOON
It is getting closer to that magical time of the year when Their Lordships disappear for a few days and then triumphantly return to grace Their Rathyatra Chariot. Not to be outdone by last year’s performance, the Rath cart has been revamped since last year.
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