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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Two Sides of Kasyapa (Now known better as Varsana Swami)
As Taken from the Oct. 1978 Issue of the Brijabasi Spirit:
The following was compiled from an interview with Kasyapa dasa wherein we talked about how he came to Krsna Consciousness and about his two major engagements-dressing Lord Jagannatha and driving a bulldozer.
I was always real attached to animals because that was […]
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
Poetry (Unnamed)
From March 16, 1975 issue of the Brijabasi Spirit
I must write this down now
As I awaken from my dream
There was Krsna calling me
Through the sunlight’s golden stream
You are back in My Home now
Back in My arms
I am the God you sought
The relief from all harm
It is here on this fertile plateau
Here plant your seeds and […]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Kamalavati dasi scheduled for surgery on Friday
Dear Devotees, Please accept my obeisances. Jai Srila Prabhupada.
My wife, Kamalavati dasi, is en route to Bremen, Germany where she will undergo two major surgeries, one on her lower back and the second operation on her neck. The discs in her lower back and neck are pinching nerves due to deterioration.
The date of her surgery falls […]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Cows
From the July 14, 1975 issue of the Brijabasi Spirit
by Ganendra dasa
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Have you ever had a feeling right down in your bones that something inauspicious was about to happen? Well, last week Bhakta Kurt and I got up at one o’clock as usual in the morning to go and […]
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Confessions of the Prasadam Addict: Section 6 (final)
In The Well
My dear readers, it is time to come to an understanding of the motivation behind these articles. We have attempted to be a little amusing and in this respect, there may have been a certain amount of success. But actually what we are trying to do is to describe the process of purification […]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Bhakta Seva’s Kacchori Recipe:
by Gokulataruni d.d
In memory of,Bhakta Seva Prabhu, I thought I’d write down and share the kacchori recipe that he taught me many years ago, to the best of my memory it went something like this.
Filling:
2 large potatoes (peeled and boiled)
1/2 head of cabbage (chopped into tiny cubes and fried)
Chaunce:
(Heat a few tablespoons of ghee and […]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Picture of Bhakta Seva from March of 2003
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Hare Krishna, Dear Vaishnavis
As you may know, the incidence of breast cancer has been on the rise worldwide over the last 30 years and is showing little or no sign of subsiding. Cervical cancer is another disease for which we need to be alert. In fact, two devotees in our community of Vaishnavi’s have recently been diagnosed with […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Update on Shymasundar prabhu (ACBSP) & Gopinath prabhu
Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Many devotees have been inquiring about the health of Shymasundar prabhu (ACBSP) and Gopinath prabhu after their successful liver transplant surgery and thus I am forwarding this update.
A couple of days after the surgery Shymasundar prabhu developed some bile leak from one of the tubes […]
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Potato and Tomato Soup
( Recipe From the Bahulaban Deity Cookbook, as Complied by Mother Vedapryia, August 4th, 1980 )
Ingredients: (Makes 25 Cups)
1/2 Cup Butter
4 Cups Raw Potatoes, Peeled and Sliced
12 Cups Boiling Water
10 Cups Tomatoes, Peeled, Sliced, and Diced
4 Tsp. Sugar
2 Tsp. Salt
1/4 Tsp. Paprika
1 Tsp, Asafotida
Pinch of Basil
2 Cups Cream
Put Potatoes on to Boil, Saute Asafoetida in […]
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Sri Sri Radha-Vrindabanatha
Today and with Close-Up
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Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Confessions of a Prasadam Addict: Section 5
Breaking and Entry
“And when the spiritual master sees the devotees are taking bhagavat prasadam, he is satisfied” —Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur.
If there is any other instruction which the devotees of New Vrindaban have taken up more seriously than the one above, I have yet to run across it. In their undaunted endeavors to obtain bhagavat […]
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Sri Sri Radha-VrindabanChandra Today
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
New Vrindaban Local Hari-nam, Saturday Sept. 29th
Dear Devotees:
In celebration of the Holy Name, you are all invited to join in an enthusiastic Sri Hari Nama tomorrow evening, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, convening in front of RVC Temple. We will circumambulate Radha Vrindaban Chandra, then head for Srila Prabhupada’s Palace, via the Goshalla and return, via the Lake, offering special attention to Sri […]
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
Confessions of a Prasadam Addict: Section 4
( Fourth in a series of six continuing articles (Sections) as taken from the Brijabasi Spirit from the 1970s, written by Taru dasa, For the previous Sections, look for Adi-Brijabasi Spirit under Categories.)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
In this material world everyone needs something to look forward to because generally no one is satisfied with […]