Archive for June, 2009
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Help! I Am Drowning!
We are plant people, and plants are probably more important to us than the house we live in. When we were pressured by temple authorities to move out of our last house into this one 13 years ago, we wrote into our contract that we had two years to remove plant material from the old […]
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
The Nectar Chronicles: Part 1
Inspired by the “Nectar of Devotion” lecture series given by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada from October 20-November 13, 1972 at the Radha-Damodara Temple in Vrndavana, IndiaAll of these lectures are available for download at ISKCON Desire Tree.Let …
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
ISKCON Farms 2009
The ISKCON Farm power point presentation presented to the Governing Body Commission of ISKCON at their Mayapur meetings in February 2009 can be viewed HERE
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Is the Future of Biofuels in Algae?
by Jamie Donovan and Ned Stowe, EESI
Washington, DC, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
As America tries to wean itself off of fossil fuels, it is turning to renewable sources of energy such as wind, solar, hydroelectric and biomass. The transportation industry relies almost entirely on petroleum, and it accounted for almost 30 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas […]
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
From The Temple Lobby Hostess
Hare Krishna! My name is Rita, and I am a new resident of New Vrindaban Dham. My service is to be the Temple Lobby Hostess. I enjoy this service very much. I greet guests when they arrive and give informal tours of the temple room. I point out some of […]
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
The Vision of New Vraja Dham
From a recent presentation by HG Radha-Krsna Prabhu at New Vrindaban Dham This is a excellent and very detailed of the specific wonders and efforts that have made New Vraja Dham a real fulfillment of Prabhupada’s vision for Vedic village life. I…
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
“Names” by Peter Munro
If the sea is a cathedral, a tide pool
is a chapel. Sculpins dart under the wind
that blusters their cupped oceans.
Sculpted by wave on rock, their pockets of salt
grow thin from the rain, the suffocating
fresh water. Sculpin and hermit crab and limpet
endure the sea’s absence, the lost comfort
of constant temperature, while the unconceived
sky drums the roof […]
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Monoculture Versus Polyculture
From Feral Scholar:
We’re all familiar with the myth: we learned it in school. It goes something like this:
Once Upon a Time, in the 1960’s, a crew of brilliant whitefellas in lab coats Saved the World by revolutionising farming and eliminating world hunger. Their new, advanced mechanical/chemical farming methods — vast areas of monocrop, […]
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
24 Hour Kirtan Reminder
June 20th 2009
The event we’ve all been waiting for. The third annual 24 Hour Kirtan in New Vrindaban. This year promises to be even bigger and better than before.
What is the 24 Hour Kirtan Festival?
The New Vrindaban 24 Hour Kirtan Festival started in 2007. The idea is to chant the Hare Krishna Mahamantra continuously for […]
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Vidya Goes To Amish Country
As per a reader’s request here is a cat picture.
His name is James and he was missing Vidya this weekend because she was gone to the Pennsylvania Gourd Show near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I don’t dislike cats but I don’t give them any affection so when Vidya is gone they miss her.
Marken and his girlfriend Elizabeth […]
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Community
The Major Points of Convergence within the Great Spiritual Traditions by Ronald Rolheiser When we look at all the major world religions we see that they are more similar than dissimilar in how they understand the spiritual quest, the path of disciple…
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Community
The Major Points of Convergence within the Great Spiritual Traditions by Ronald Rolheiser When we look at all the major world religions we see that they are more similar than dissimilar in how they understand the spiritual quest, the path of disciple…
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Eating Mercifully
Click here to check out a short film called “Eating Mercifully” by the Humane Society of the United States, which details some enlightened Christian perspectives on factory farmingIt would be great if devotees could also produce such a piece in the nea…
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Clouds
Posted in News, Ramblings or Whatever 
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Saturday, June 13th, 2009
Fallen Catalpa Flowers
Posted in Cows and Environment 