Archive for December, 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Temple New Year’s Eve Festival
RVC Temple
New Years Eve Festival
Hare Krsna! Radha Vrindavanchandra Ki Jaya!
This year the end of the year coincides with Sri Krsna Pushya Abisheka. On this day, one should bath the deity in five pounds of ghee. We will welcome the new year with an abhiseka of Sri Salagram sila and a fire yajna in […]
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Protecting The Forest And Hoping For Payback
From The New York TimesBy WILLIAM YARDLEY Published: November 28, 2009 SISTERS, Ore. — A patch of ponderosa pines here in the Deschutes National Forest has been carefully pruned over the last few years to demonstrate the United Sta…
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Multicultural School Buses
School bus in Japan
School Bus in India
But where did you call when you had a technical problem with your computer?
Japan or India?
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
New Vrindaban Commemorates “Yoga Day USA”
Saturday, January 23 is Yoga Day USA, and Sunday, January 31 is World Yoga Day. “‘Yoga’ is a Sanskrit word that means ‘linking with the Supreme.’ When practiced correctly, yoga is a spiritual process that ultimately leads to a loving, personal relationship with God,” says Sikhi Mahiti, President of New Vrindban. […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
26 Qualities Of A Devotee
“My dear King, I am very captivated by your elevated qualities and excellent behavior, and thus I am very favorably inclined toward you. You may therefore ask from Me any benediction you like. One who does not possess elevated qualities and behavior cannot possibly achieve My favor simply by performance of sacrifices, severe austerities or […]
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
At Odds Over Land, Money, And Gas
“When I heard about drilling, what came to mind was ‘Thank you,’ ” said Mrs. Lacey, 58, who has lived on her property here for 27 years with her husband, Robert, 68, a commercial insurance agent. “Finally our community can recover, and our ch…
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
Avatar and McDonalds
The hot new movie in the theaters is Avatar. It has ground breaking computer generated images and that is drawing a crowd even though the plot is said to be pretty derivative.
In the media buzz surrounding its release, a lot of emphasis has been put on how it has an environmentally conscious perspective. Hah!
However environmentally […]
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
India Tells West To Stop Eating Beef
From ISKCON NewsBy Dean Nelson for Telegraph on 20 Nov 2009 Image: Google Images Facts: California officials identify agriculture, including cows, as the major source of nitrate pollution in more than 100,000 square miles of polluted groundwate…
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
Parade Of Decorated Oxen
“Ox carts are an important part of Costa Rica’s cultural history. Each year, in March, there is a large parade of ox carts in Escazú, on the outskirts of San José. Last Sunday was Ox Driver’s Day and I was able to watch the parade for the first time in quite a few years. There […]
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
The Nectar Chronicles: Part 13
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.11-4…
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
Is There Such A Thing As Agro-Imperialism?
From Andrew Rice at The New York Times (click here to read the full article)“The rules of the game have changed,” says Saad Al Swatt, the chief executive of the Tabuk Agricultural Development Company, one of the kingdom’s largest farming concerns…
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
“Year’s’ End” by Richard Wilbur
Now winter downs the dying of the year,
And night is all a settlement of snow;
From the soft street the rooms of houses show
A gathered light, a shapen atmosphere,
Like frozen-over lakes whose ice is thin
And still allows some stirring down within.
I’ve known the wind by water banks to shake
The late leaves down, which frozen where they […]
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Flesh of Your Flesh
Should you eat meat?
by Elizabeth Kolbert
“Americans love animals. Forty-six million families in the United States own at least one dog, and thirty-eight million keep cats. Thirteen million maintain freshwater aquariums in which swim a total of more than a hundred and seventy million fish. Collectively, these creatures cost Americans some forty billion dollars annually. (Seventeen […]
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Energy Saving: Much Cheaper Than Building Power Plants!
by Thomas R. Blakeslee, Clearlight Foundation On an electrical grid, supply must always exactly equal demand or the voltage goes unstable. Our utility laws very effectively encourage building of power plants to meet an ever-growing demand. This se…
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Killing Is Not Love
“Prabhupäda: Yes. Now what is that bird who is killed in Christmas?
Devotees: Turkey.
Prabhupäda: Turkey, you see. Now, Christmas, God’s Christmas, Jesus Christ. He said, “Thou shalt not kill.” But his birthday is observed by killing, killing, killing, killing, killing.”
“[Circular Letter, Advent-Christmas, 1967] The times are difficult. They call for courage and faith. Faith is in […]