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Friday, May 4th, 2007
Srimad-Bhagavatam Meditation: 8.11.8
It is once again time for our weekly/bi-weekly meditation on the ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic knowledge, the Srimad-Bhagavatam.I humbly ask you to read first the translation and Bhaktivedanta purport to today’s verse, from the 8th Canto, Eleventh Chapter, Eighth Verse.tad idamÌ kÄla-raÅ›anamÌjagat paÅ›yanti sÅ«rayahÌ£na hrÌ£sÌ£yanti na Å›ocantitatra yÅ«yam apanÌ£dÌ£itÄhÌ£Seeing the movements of […]
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Srimad-Bhagavatam Meditation: 1.7.5 (Part 2)
Scroll down to read Part 1, or just click here.It is once again time for our weekly/bi-weekly meditation on the ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic knowledge, the Srimad-Bhagavatam.I humbly ask you to read first the translation and Bhaktivedanta purport to today’s verse, from the 1st Canto, Seventh Chapter, Fifth Verse.yayÄ sammohito jÄ«vaÄtmÄnamÌ tri-gunÌ£Ätmakamparo […]
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
The Real Solution to Global Warming?
To the hope of many and the chagrin of the few, the pressing demands of our looming earthly environmental crisis are finally seeping like an inevitable flood into the mainstream of cultural thought across the world. However, as my favorite quotemaster-prabhu Madhava Gosh says, while the rest of the world agrees that global warming […]
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Saturday, April 21st, 2007
Opening Act
Reporting from New Vrindaban, its absolutely warm and peaceful. Everybody you know and see brings a smile and a joke. If you get in the right frame of mind, you can actually realize there is nothing to fear, and the taste of the Lord becomes vivid and real.On Friday night, Caitanya and I made our […]
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
Srimad-Bhagavatam Meditation: 1.7.5
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
Sacred Sound
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
Mukta
For those unaware, Muktakesh Prabhu, a dear disciple of Srila Prabhupada and resident of New Vrindaban, left his body this past Friday, April 6, 2007, at 9:36pm, in a room filled with over thirty devotees, family, and friends chanting Hare Krsna at the most auspicious moment of his soul’s passing.I did not know Mukta Kesh […]
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Friday, April 6th, 2007
Srimad-Bhagavatam Meditation: 1:10:3
It is now time for our weekly meditation on a verse from the ripened fruit of all the Vedic literatures, the Srimad-Bhagavatam.I humble ask you to please first read the Bhaktivedanta translation and purport from the First Canto, Tenth Chapter, Third Verse.niÅ›amya bhÄ«smoktam athÄcyutoktampravrtta-vijñÄna-vidhÅ«ta-vibhramahÅ›aÅ›Äsa gÄm indra ivÄjitÄÅ›rayahparidhyupÄntÄm anujÄnuvartitahMahÄrÄja Yudhisthira, after being enlightened by what was […]
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Sunday, April 1st, 2007
Tea Time
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
New Vrindaban’s Best Kept Secret (Part 2)
By Bhakta-Chris the perfection of life the mode of goodness Srila Prabhupada lays out the bare facts very clearly: “Men do not understand that because they unrestrictedly kill so many animals, they must also be slaughtered like animals in big wars….In the West, slaughterhouses are maintained without restriction, and therefore every fifth or tenth […]
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Srimad-Bhagavatam Meditation: 1:10:4
Once a week, I will be sharing a meditation on a verse from the ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic knowledge: the Srimad-Bhagavatam, translated and with commentary by His Divine Grace Swami Srila Prabhupada.I humble request you to first read today’s verse, from Canto 1, Chapter 10, Verse 4…”Departure of Lord Krsna for Dvaraka.” […]
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
“There’s something up there, Mulder”
When I was a wee young child going to the Harper Woods Public Library, I would instantly head right to the beginning of the Dewey Decimal System and check out all of the books on UFOs, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster.I have always been and still am very much fascinated with such paranormal subjects, […]
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Sunday, March 25th, 2007
New Vrindaban’s Best Kept Secret (Part 1)
One of the extra benefits of living in an ISKCON farm community, alongside the whole blissful daily practice of getting one step back closer to Godhead, is the many earthy service opportunities.Before I came here, I had some semblance of an idea of what I was getting myself into, and a big part of that […]