Archive for December, 2009
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Christmas Thoughts
I have run on about Christmas, its corruption and other aspects, in past Christmas seasons.
For the benefit of any new readers, here are links to previous posts about Christmas:
How Santa Claus Killed Christmas
“How did Saint Nick get transformed into the Santa Claus we know today? It was a long trail but he was finally standardized […]
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
New Vrindavna Christmas Schedule: Friday, Dec 25t
12:30 pm Arati…
1:00 pm Lecture – Krsna & Christ by Sankirtan das…
1:30 pm Prasadam…
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm ISKCON Movies with Hot Drinks and Popcorn…
4:30 pm Arati…
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm ISKCON Movies with Hot drinks and Popcorn…
7:00 pm Arati…
7:30 pm A Christmas Experience by Sankirtan das…
8:00 pm Prasadam
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger?
From the Room For Debate series in the New York TimesWith food prices remaining high in developing countries, the United Nations estimates that the number of hungry people around the world could increase by 100 million in 2009 and pass the one billion …
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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Energy Saving Is Eternal
by Leo Cullum
(Word of advice though, don’t stock up on extra flourescents, the screw into existing fixtures LEDs are coming.)
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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Conspiracy For Murder
From ISKCON NewsBy Sesa Dasa on 21 Nov 2009 Image: Google Images The worldwide number of animals killed for food in 2008 was 45 billion, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. “According to Manu, the great author of civic codes and…
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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
A Mistaken Advancement In Civilization
Srila Prabhupada remarks:According to the laws of nature, when one is extremely opulent one becomes degraded, and this is true both individually and collectively. The demigods are situated in the mode of goodness, but sometimes even one who is situated…
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Prabhupada Liked Bitter Melon
From a garden conversation in New Vrindaban June 22, 1976; see the whole conversation here.
I wasn’t at this one, as there were so many devotees we were taking turns attending them. I wish someone had mentioned the bitter melon comment to me back then as it wsa too many years later before I got into […]
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Feast and Famine: Meat Production and World Hunger
By Mark Hawthorne (about the author) opednews.com For OpEdNews: Mark Hawthorne - Writer Hanging in the Newseum in Washington, DC, is a photo that is about as heart-rending an image as you’re likely to find anywhere. Taken by Kevin Carter f…
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Trusting Nature As The Climate Referee
Trusting Nature as the Climate Referee function getSharePasskey() { return ‘ex=1418619600&en=4940be77822e0546&ei=5124′;} function getShareURL() { return encodeURIComponent(’http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/science/15tier.html’); } function getSh…
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Guest Post By Bhakta Ed
(Bhakta Ed recently sold his business, bought an RV, and is hitting the road going to various Hare Krishna temples.)
I was dressed in legitimate devotee garb and wrapped in a tan chaddar, crossing the temple grounds at 4:25 AM. It has never been easy for me to be early for something, but it […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Totally Under The Bodily Concept
“Krsna, who knows all sports and games, then called together the cowherd boys and spoke as follows: “Hey cowherd boys! Let’s play now! We’ll divide ourselves into two even teams.”
SB 10.18.19
I was in Pittsburgh last Saturday to attend a meeting of Team Pittsburgh doing planning for fund raising and attending the 2010 Transplant Games in […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Christmas Wish List For Cows and Deities
PLEASE INCLUDE THE COWS AND DEITIES IN YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING THIS YEAR- HARE KRSNA
For the Deities:
Heavy Duty Iron
Incense
Rose Water
Saffron
Honey
Ghee
Necklaces, earrings, pins
Dish towels
Bath towels
Emergency, rechargeable, lanterns
Jar candles
blender
food processor
blue tac/poster putty
Pure essential oils
For the Cows: (many of these items are found at a Tractor Supply Store, Farm Co-op or Hardware Store)
Bag Balm […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
The Vatican Looks To The Heavens
We suggest anyone interested in question of life in the universe, including the Vatican, investigate the Vedic models of the arrangement of life in the universe, models which are rigorous in their scientific and logical methodologyAn excellent contempo…
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Reflections of Love And Character: Radhanath Swami’s December 2009 Visit To New York City
www.radhanathswami.comwww.radhanathswamiweekly.comwww.radhanathswamionline.comRadhanath Swami’s Facebook pageRadhanath Swami’s MySpace pageRadhanath Swami’s Twitter pageRadhanath Swami’s YouTube pageThere is something about this city, New York City, th…
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Climate Debt, Climate Rage
From Naomi Klein at Rolling Stone (click here to read the whole article)Justin Lin, chief economist at the World Bank, puts the equation bluntly: “About 75 to 80 percent” of the damages caused by global warming “will be suffered by developing countries…