Archive for July, 2009
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Best Protected Garden
by Jamuna dd
Paunamasi and Tattva are enjoying the harvest of their first year’s garden. Already the tomatoes are producing an abundance of fruit. Gardening comes naturally for Tattva, coming from a family of farmers in Trinidad. Early this spring he erected a tall (6 feet +) fence. The garden is approximately 50ft x 20 ft. […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
U.S. Military Leads Green Charge
by Bill Opalka, Editor-in-Chief, Energy Central Topic Newsletters
Washington, D.C. United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
The U.S. military is not just setting standards in the areas of advanced weaponry. It’s also leading the renewable energy charge. It’s involved in solar, geothermal and wind projects and its stake in the field will continue to grow.
One […]
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
The Nectar Chronicles: Part 4
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.Lect…
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Do You Have Anything We Can Read?
by Bhaktin Rita
We can touch people’s hearts by talking with them in the temple — even if they originally came to New Vrindaban only as tourists.
For example, on Sunday, a bus from New York visited New Vrindaban. All the guests were from Russia. Although they toured the Palace as a group, they split […]
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Animal Or A Man, When It is Dead
Syamakunda: Prabhupada, yesterday in this book it said that when a cow gets so old, the most economic solution to do with it is not to waste the meat, that it should be slaughtered.
Prabhupada: Hm?
Syamakunda: The karmis, they say that its… When you have this cow that won’t give any more milk and its teeth […]
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Prabhupada Letter Jan.10, 1972
Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Date: January 10, 1972
Camp: ISKCON Bombay
My dear Hayagriva,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters of December 8 and 16, 1971, and I am very pleased that you are making advancement in Krishna Consciousness, and especially that you are observing faithfully the regulative principles of chanting 16 […]
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Seeing Krishna Everywhere
“Actually, Krishna is always guiding us as Supersoul, but due to our forgetfulness, we do not understand that Krishna is friend everlasting. With advance of Krishna Consciousness one is able to realize that Krishna is always with His devotees — not only with His devotees, also with the non-devotees, but the devotees can recognize His […]
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Darwin Is Dead!-Darwinism Extinct
Excerpted from “Life Comes From Life”From the morning walk of April 19, 1973 in Los Angeles, CaliforniaOn the walk are Srila Prabhupada, Dr. Singh (HH Bhakti-Svarup Damodar Maharaja), Karandhara Dasa, Brahmananda Dasa, and other students.Darwinism Exti…
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Au Revoir Meat
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Saturday, July 18, 2009
PARIS — Cote de boeuf, foie gras, escargot. French cuisine is hardly the stuff of vegetarians’ dreams.
In Paris restaurants, vegetarians often are met with looks of pity, headshaking incomprehension, even snorts of disgust. Eating out can mean endless “salades au chevre chaud,” the warm goat cheese salads that are […]
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
The Dying Art of the Sari
From Time.com
I am standing in Dilli Haat, New Delhi’s popular open-air handicrafts market, feeling a little guilty. My usual uniform for a hot summer evening — jeans, sandals and a comfortable cotton tunic — is putting people out of business.
“People in Delhi have abandoned their own traditional clothing,” says Bilal Ahmed, 24, a weaver who […]
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
The Once and Future Garden
by Navin-Shyama dasa
Age of Garden: 14 years
Size of Garden: Porch
Food-bearing Crops: Arugula, Basil, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Parsley, Pole beans, Swiss chard, Tomatoes, Peaches, Apples, Black Walnuts
Don’t let the size of Krishna Bhava’s garden fool you. It may be small, but her love and enthusiasm for gardening are not. “It’s just so grounding. […]
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
What’s Your Religion?
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. I immediately ran over and said “Stop! Don’t do it!”
“Why shouldn’t I?” he said.
I said, “Well, there’s so much to live for!”
“Like what?”
“Well … are you religious or atheist?”
“Religious.”
“Me too! […]
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
greening the internet
“Twenty milligrams; that’s the average amount of carbon emissions generated from the time it took you to read the first two words of this article. …
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Family Visit and Party
We had our party and over 80 people showed up, including my three granddaughters. Lots of prasadam, including a sheet cake from Dharma, which just barely lasted to the end of the night.
All five of my kids were here at one time, a rare occurrence.
The boys might look big but I can still knock heads […]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
From One Who Turned The Corner…
Excerpted from “The Seven-Storey Mountain” by Thomas Merton”We refuse to hear the million different voices through which God speaks to us, and every refusal hardens us more and more against His grace-and yet He continues to speak to us: and we say He i…