Author Archive
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
“Transition” by By Kaumadaki dd
Transition comes
And life moves on –
A sunset here,
And there, the dawn.
(Kaumadaki dd left her body July 3,2008)
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Transplant Games This Coming Weekend!
Saturday I leave for Pittsburgh for the 2008 Transplant Games. I am not ready. The months have slipped by and all the conditioning I had wanted to do has mostly remained undone and I am weak with little stamina. Between bad weather and fatigue, my efforts have been way off the ideal.
I have recently […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
One Bright Spot Amidst The Gloom
First the gloom, from the New York Times, April 7, 2008:
Grains Gone Wild
By PAUL KRUGMAN
“These days you hear a lot about the world financial crisis. But there’s another world crisis under way - and it’s hurting a lot more people.
“I’m talking about the food crisis. Over the past […]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
A Swami Goes Golfing
A swami was feeling bored one Sunday and decided to take the day off from the temple program. He told his servant he wasn’t feeling well and drove away. He stopped at a golf course about forty miles away where no one would know him and decided to play a round of golf.
Up in Heaven, […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
A Quest For Him Who Is Above All
“It is well known that in the Orient, in China, India, Japan, and Indonesia, the religious and contemplative life has been fostered for centuries and has known a development of unparalleled richness. Asia has for centuries been a continent of great monastic communities. At the same time the solitary life has flourished, […]
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
‘India,’ the Guru Chants
The culture of Krishna is coming to America, with or without the devotees, whose only choice is to remain relevant or not. Don’t believe me? See the following:
Source article
At the finale of the Armani men’s wear presentation in Milan 10 days ago, the lights in the theater suddenly went dark. When they flashed on […]
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Inflation Hits Amish Also
That’s right, I said INFLATION. Despite the rising cost of everything, have you noticed how this word is rarely to never used in the corporate controlled mass media? I don’t know why, but words have power and the corporate overlords must have some reason for muzzling the media from using it.
Sorry for the […]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Meditation May Fine-tune Control Over Attention
We know that our attention can become too focused on material things and keep us from seeing Krishna. If you haven’t already done so, take this test (the one about counting basketball passes) so you can experience first hand the effects of sustained inattentional blindness.
How can we overcome this? Meditation helps, really it does. […]
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
“Thunder Beings” by Hanoochi
Thunder Beings you talk to me when the air is warm.
To see your mighty billowing face, in awe, I am reborn.
Oh Great Spirits, I call to thee for power, protection and guidance.
Show me the visions, what I need to see, holy ones you honor me.
The mighty flash of lightning across this barren field.
See the power, […]
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Minor Flooding in New Vrindaban
Snan Yatra was at the temple 11 am Sunday but we couldn’t make it on time because of flooding. After a rainy week, Saturday night there was a lot of rain so the ground was saturated. Sunday morning we had a thunder storm, the heavy duty kind referred to as a gully washer. The […]
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Tirupati Gomataram Conference
“The entire culture of ancient India was based on cows and cow progeny. Cow Protection means to protect the cows and bulls too from slaughter or physical harm According to Vedic standards cows and bullocks are “AGHNYA”,one which must never be killed.”
The following is a bit of a long read but if someone is interested […]
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Internet Argument
http://xkcd.com/438/
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Be Still and Know That I Am God
“Among the confidential activities of hearing, thinking and meditating, silence is most important because by silence one can make progress very quickly. The wise man is he who can discriminate between matter and spirit, between God’s superior and inferior natures. Such knowledge is Krsna Himself.’
Bhagavad Gita 10.38
“Prabhupada: Simply, wherever you go, (makes traffic noise) “sonh, […]
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Simple Pleasures — Bamboo and Catalpa
One simple pleasure is watching the new shoots of bamboo growing at a visible daily pace. I thought the patch was as tall as it was ever going to get but this year it has outstripped the previous years’ growth. Notice the emerging shoots before they have leaved out surpassing existing growth.
This is good as […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Seeing Krishna Everywhere
“For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.
“PURPORT
“A person in Krsna consciousness certainly sees Lord Krsna everywhere, and he sees everything in Krsna. Such a person may appear to see all separate manifestations of the material nature, but in each and […]