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- Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: Rediscovering Values On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street
- New Vrndavan, USA: Free Devananda Pandit Concert
- Japa Group: A Little Penetration Of The Heart
- ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Pancanga Bhakti Seminar Part Two - Reading Srila Prabhupada's Books
- ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Pancanga Bhakti Seminar - Update
- ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Aniruddha Prabhu
- Srila Prabhupada's Letters
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Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: Rediscovering Values On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street
A Moral Compass for the New Economy
Jim Wallis
Howard Books/Simon & Schuster 01/10 Hardcover $24.00
ISBN: 9781439182120"The 2008 – 2009 economic crisis presents us with an enormous opportunity: to rediscover our values — as people, as families, as communities of faith, and as a nation. It is a moment of decision we dare not pass by. We have forgotten some very important things, and it's time to remember them again," writes Jim Wallis, president and CEO of Sojourners, where he is editor in chief of Sojourners magazine. Profiled as one of our Living Spiritual Teachers, he is a renowned speaker and preacher, public theologian, and international commentator on religion and public life, faith, and politics. Wallis has written eight books including God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It.
The collapse of Wall Street and the rise of "the Great Recession" have spawned the loss of millions of jobs, countless home foreclosures, the destruction of saving and retirement accounts, and the dashing of dreams for many Americans. Yet Wallis sees this as a transformational moment where we can change our ideas and ideals about money and possessions, wealth and power, credit and responsible financial choices, lifestyle and stewardship, generosity and justice. Instead of asking the question "When will this crisis be over?" we should be asking "How will this crisis change us?"
Wallis is convinced that we must reject the reigning idol of the market which has replaced the practice of citizenship with the rituals of consumption. He observes: "Those who question the market 'god' are called heretics and lunatics and are burned at the stake on conservative talk radio." The results of this idolatry: swelling ranks of the unemployed; strained food banks, church pantries, and soup kitchens; growing numbers of homeless men, women, and children; and the expansion of "the poor" which consisted in 2008 of 39.8 million people.
Wallis blames the moral malaise on the widespread acceptance of three maxims which have replaced old virtues:
(1) Greed is good (conspicuous consumption).
(2) It's all about me (narcissism).
(3) I want it now (immediate gratification).Each of these has fed the voracious engines of consumerism and the habit of living beyond our means while amassing incredible debt. They have also led to the egregious chasm dividing the upper class and superrich from the middle-class and poor. The top 1 percent now controls over one-third of the nation's wealth, more than the entire bottom 90 percent combined. Or put another way: "Four hundred people holding more wealth than half of the whole country is a disparity over which we should indeed despair."
But instead of despairing, the author offers old values and moral perspectives to replace these troublesome maxims. For guidance Wallis looks to the Jubilee tradition from Judaism, the wisdom of the Early Church Fathers, the prophetic messages of Reverend Billy's Church of Stop Shopping, and others. He suggests replacing "Greed is good" with "Enough is enough" replacing "It's all about me" with "We're in it together"; and replacing "I want it now" with making our choices today in light of the interests of seven generations forward.
Here are some of the changes that Wallis suggests and they all make good moral sense:
• "Spending money we don't have for things we don't need is a bad foundation for an economy or a family."
• "It's time to stop keeping up with the Joneses and start making sure the Joneses are okay."
• *"The values of commercials and billboards are not the things we want to teach our children."
• "Care for the poor is not just a moral duty but it is critical for the common good."
• "The operating principle of God's economy says that there is enough if we share it."
The author closes this clarion call for a rediscovery of our values with material on a clean-energy economy, a new definition of work, seeing service as a vocation, a new emphasis on the commons, and a conversation about the transformation of government. Wallis revisits his hometown of Detroit, which has lost 300,000 people since the 1980s, and finds signs of hope. He also comments on the bailout of the richest financial giants in the economy. He concludes with a very helpful and thoughtful list of 20 moral exercises for those who want to see a change in themselves and in the way that we do things in America. They are divided into sections: personal and family; in the community; money, work, and politics; and grow the changes.
Jim Wallis is a national treasure and a bold spokesperson for those on the Christian path who care deeply about the intersection between faith, spiritual practice, public life, and politics.
Filed under: News, Ramblings or Whatever
New Vrndavan, USA: Free Devananda Pandit Concert
There will be a free concert featuring Devanada Pandit Das Prabhu (Denis Moreau as advertised) on Saturday April 17 beginning at 7:30 PM.
The show will open with local, acoustic guitarist/ singer/song writer Mary Blake. Mary is from Wheeling, WV. This will be her first visit to New Vrindaban. Let's give her a nice devotee welcome.
Devananada Pandit Prabhu will be performing at the Palace Lodge
In addition there will be a "Pot Luck" beginning 6:30 PM. We ask that all attendees bring prasadam to contribute, if possible.
This will be an enjoyable and wonderful event for all to associate! Haribol!!
Your Servants,
Bhaktas Keith and Tom
Japa Group: A Little Penetration Of The Heart
My chanting has been good today. I'm pretty sure I have chanted sixteen rounds already. I was doing a little more than mechanical chanting of reciting the syllables. There was a little penetration of the heart.
From Bhajan Kutir #407
ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Pancanga Bhakti Seminar Part Two - Reading Srila Prabhupada's Books
ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Pancanga Bhakti Seminar - Update
Please note that tonight's harinama will start at 5pm to give an opportunity to everyone to attend Narayini Mataji's seminar on the five limbs of Bhakti.
Tonight's seminar will be from 7pm to 9pm in the Theatre room.
Narayani Mataji will hold 2 classes on Saturday; from 10am to 12pm and you are advised to bring your Japa Beads and a gift for the Deities. The night class will still be from 7pm to 9pm; please bring your Japa beads.
ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Aniruddha Prabhu
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.19.16 - Knowing Krsna as the cause of all causes one engages in devotional service.
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1961 April 15: "Spiritual culture is not dogmatic faith. It is based on philosophy, reason and culture and it can be introduced very easily through music, dance and refreshment. It requires only to be organized by combined effort of the intelligent class of men of all nations."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1966 April 15:
"Ekadasi. Met Mr. Anderson, Assistant to Governor. He is little sympathetic. He says that I may expect some news from the Asia Society, New York. Yolanda will take me to Ashram tomorrow at 2 P.M. Books delivered to Elise. Two sets of books for sale in charge of Paul. Collection in the meeting -- $4.00 Expenditure Bus fare .60."
Prabhupada Journal :: 1966
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1967 April 15: "Regarding my room in the temple, I do not wish to disturb you. I understand you cannot use it exclusively for my Bhagavatam Printing. As you are very much anxious I have advised Srimad B.V. Narayana Maharaja of Mathura (Kesavji Gaudiya Matha) to vacate the room without delay."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1970 April 15: "I am enclosing herewith the Preface for Krsna Book. Regarding George's introduction to Krsna Book, as he is not settled up in his conclusion, he wants to change it, either we should wait for his final decision or it may not be added. For the time being I am holding its publication."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1970 April 15: "God's killing and God's protection are the same. He is Absolute, but His mercy is shown to the atheist by killing and His mercy is shown to the theist by protecting; so both are seeing God but in different features."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1972 April 15: "I am very pleased to hear that Latin America is ready for Krishna Consciousness movement. So if you like I can come and stay there for about one week, is that all right? We can then make arrangements for performing this great task of pioneer preaching on South American continent."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1972 April 15: "So far your GBC duties are concerned, everything is going very nicely in your absence, so there is no need for you to come here. I shall be very much satisfied if you go on increasing the beauty and importance of our Back to Godhead magazine. So you should stick there and manage everything as you are already doing."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972
Srila Prabhupada's Letters
1973 April 15: "Certainly my Guru Maharaja will bestow His blessings thousand times more than me and that is my satisfaction. N.B. Every one should go with the Sankirtana Party as soon as possible."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1973
Dandavats.com: Food for meditation
By Chelsea Pula
Bhakti is fast becoming the best source of free vegetarian food on campus. As Ajay Mangal, CC '10, remarked, "If you're allergic to delicious, this [Bhakti] isn't the place for you." However, Bhakti is about more than food—it is also one of Columbia's strongest spiritual communities
ISKCON News.com: The Global Impact of Yoga
Yoga is sweeping across the globe at a dazzling speed, as millions are turning to yoga not only to exercise, but also as an alternative to the experience of a spiritual gathering they cannot find in a church, synagogue, mosque or Web site.
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ISKCON News.com: Primary and Secondary Considerations of Religion
When speaking about God, religion, and spirituality, too many people put social phenomenon and the psychological and physiological effects of religious practices ahead of the spirit soul.
Kurma dasa, AU: Back to the Farm
After a brief few days recuperation from my overseas travels, it was soon time to get back to my main pastime - cookery classes. No rest for the wicked!
Last Saturday and Sunday was spent at The Company Farm in Wauchope, in country New South Wales. It's one of my favourite places for a cookery class weekend.
We chose a new menu to preview over both days. As usual, many hours were spent setting up all the ingredients.
In fact, half of the ingredients were for the star of the weekend, my famous laksa. Twist my arm and I'll share the recipe with you.
The first class started after lunch and finished as the sun set over the rolling hills and illuminated our dinner table. Here's a close-up of the delectable laksa. Certainly a meal in itself.
The second class was a morning event, concluding in a late lunch. Here we all are again, a different intimate group, poised to dive in to our laksa feast.
Here's our dessert. Yogurt was hung in a cloth to reduce down over a couple of days. The yogurt cream cheese was served with fresh local strawberries macerated in a little raw sugar, drizzled with forest honey and a swirl of balsamic reduction.
Then I was off to the airport for a picturesque flight back, down the north coast of the state, to Sydney, and home to bed as the sun again set on a successful culinary weekend.
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Bharatavarsa.net: Book distribution seminar: param vijayate!
I had only been inside a mall at Manukau (Auckland, New Zealand) for about 5 or 10 minutes when I was stopped by a lady. "Is that a Bhagavad-Gita?" pointing to the Srimad Bhagavatams and "Searching For Vedic India" under my arm.
I replied, "This is Srimad Bhagavatam, it is spoken after the Gita. She took a great interest in the books and it happened that she was a yoga enthusiast since the age of 16 in Russia. She had seen the devotees then and had a very favourable impression.
It happened that she was a dentist, Dr Vera Zdarsky, and she runs the clinic inside the mall. In her time outside of work she does tai chi, studies Chinese, and also studies and teaches yoga.
Meanwhile, I noticed three security guards watching the exchange and naturally I became a bit mental. Trying to keep cool, I took notice that they were not approaching and I guessed they'd let me finish the exchange before asking me to leave.
After she got the books she gave a nice donation. One of the books she received was SB 1.1. when she saw I had other books she asked, "Is that part two there?" pointing to the remaining Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1s under my arm.
I told her, "No."
But luckily I had photo copied a 'Srimad Bhagavatam set' flier of my senior god brother's (Muni Cari Prabhu) when I was in Hamilton and so naturally I showed her that.
After talking a while and looking at the flier Dr Vera decided she may as well get a whole set. I told her that I could personally deliver it to her and she agreed that this is a great idea.
Somehow by Guru and Krsna's grace she gave a $20 donation then and took the "Searching For Vedic India" and before the end of the exchange I said, "You may as well take this one (SB 1.1) now and you can give it to a friend." Because she gave $20 I was just going to give it to her, but before I knew it she was pulling another $20 out of her wallet (really nice lady).
I couldn't believe it, this lady stopped me, gave $40 and took SB 1.1 and SVI and agreed to get a SB set while three security guards waited to ask me to leave. I got Dr Veras business card and she left. Turning around I walked up to the security guards with a smile.
On Saturday Dr Vera got the Srimad Bhagavatam set, the first and hopefully not last set I will distribute.
Your Servant
Damodara Krsna das
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HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: '407' from The Yellow Submarine
4:02 A.M.
I woke up with a headache, took medicine, but it turned into a migraine. I took migraine medicine and the headache subdued. In the meantime I have began my chanting. Krishna-kripa came up and did his duties. My chanting has been good today. I'm pretty sure I have chanted sixteen rounds already. I was doing a little more than mechanical chanting of reciting the syllables. There was a little penetration of the heart. Sometimes I feel self-pity, and I think it is not the worst emotion. It has a shade of dainya to it, feelings of unworthiness. It's better than having no feelings at all and just running like a machine. But today I was running smoothly and rapidly and saying the names. But I have so much more to go, it is inconceivable, to reach the stage of those who chant with bhava, of those who chant with emotions, it seems far far away. I am at the stage where I take what I'm given, what I have achieved, and don't lament over it. There is a deeper sorrow, a regret. It's like a regret for my whole life, the regret that I do not chant better, but it's so total and so set in over the years that I can't cry about it. I do my duty and reach my numerical strength with the sense of accomplishment.
You did your japa
wide-awake not the
slightest drowse, and head
pain was quickly subdued.
Your speed-rate was better
than average; these are
causes for cheer, but
they remain external.
You don't cry regret at
your lack of feelings.
You don't glimpse the
Lord and Radha, you
don't pray to join Them in
the spiritual world. You
thank yourself for the good
externals—and what else?
Can you pray for the day
when you'll enter the
life of prayer? Can
you pray to lament?
Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: How to be constantly in touch with the Supreme Lord
The holy name of the Lord, as recommended in the sastras--Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare--may therefore be constantly chanted by the devotee aspiring to be constantly in touch with the Supreme Lord. One who is thus able to associate with the Lord is sure to be delivered from the darkness of the created world, which is a product of false ego (tamasi ma jyotir gama). (SB 2.5.25 purport)
HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Early Years in India' from The Yellow Submarine
These is a photo of Prabhupada in the very early years of ISKCON. He is lecturing near the veranda between his room and his kitchen at Radha-Damodara temple in Vrindavana. As yet he has no temples in India, none in Vrindavana, Mayapur or Bombay. All this will come in the future, and he is patiently poised in the present. Prabhupada was a perfect combination of patience and drive. He was content to live with just a few followers, staying alone at his Radha-Damodara room. But he pushed his disciples to develop big projects where many visitors and guests could come and take advantage of living in the dhama. He did not exactly know how things would get done, but he depended on Krishna. As it turned out, by the outburst of book distribution in the West, much money was collected and with collections from other parties.
Gradually land was purchased, architectural plans were made, cement was acquired and the buildings went up. There were delays, cheating by landlords and contractors, but progress went forward. Prabhupada wrote his books in the same way, slow but steady. He would rise every night at 1 A.M. and do some dictation of translations and purports. He used to say, "Little drops of water wear away the stone. In this way I have written all these books." In this way the temple construction also went forward. Overcoming the constant "Indian factor," the construction of the buildings actually went quickly. Prabhupada, as the manager, could create pressure on his disciples who could create pressure on the construction people, and he created a regular empire of buildings and printed books. In another context he said it was the desire of Krishna that the temples were constructed. Krishna wants to fulfill the desires of His devotees. So a devotee desired "let there be a temple" and from the deserted field in Raman Reti a great temple was constructed. A devotee desired that the order of his spiritual master to get money and print books be fulfilled, and it was fulfilled.
Sita-pati dasa, AU: Bhagavad-gita 2.1 and Jiva-daya
Purusottama-masa - the Vedic "leap-month" that appears once every three lunar calendar years to realign the lunar and solar calendars. A time of increased spiritual focus.
Bhagavad-gita 2.1
Sanjaya said: Seeing Arjuna full of compassion, his mind depressed, his eyes full of tears, Madhusudana, Krishna, spoke the following words.- Bhagavad-gita 2.1
The Vedic culture is not only the source of the Swastika and the actual "Aryan Race", they are also the original grammar Nazis.
In this verse we find what may superficially appear as a fault. If you cast your mind back to the encounter between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Kesava Kasmiri, you may recall that the Lord identified the Sanskrit grammatical fault of punar-atta in Kasmiri's poetry. Punar-atta, meaning something like "having again", is the fault of redundancy - of unnecessary repetition.
In the case of the first verse of the second chapter of Bhagavad-gita, the redundancy is there in both the original Sanskrit and Srila Prabhupada's English translation: idam vakyam uvaca madhusudhana - "Krishna spoke the following words".
Well, what else would have done with the words? Eaten them? It would have been sufficient to say: "He said:", even "He said the following"; but "He spoke the following words"?
Each of the verses in the Gita conforms to a particular meter, and a particular rhyming structure. It's poetry, more it's a song (gita). Maybe the author had to stretch the line out to make the verse fit? However, at the same time that it is song, it is sutra - a word that means thread. The words of the text are like beads strung on a thread. From looking at the beads, you can determine the underlying thread. You don't need beads stacked back to back, just enough to be able to connect the dots. It's Vedic file compression. Punar-atta, redundant repetition, is a major style failure.
So what to make of it? "He spoke the following words".
The significance of this repetition is that His words have multiple layers of meaning. That is the meaning that is encoded within this construct.
I'm not sure who it was who came to this conclusion after pondering this verse, but this was my meditation this morning at the temple as I woke the Deities.
While doing the arati, Tirtharaj prabhu, the Temple President was singing the kirtan, and he sung the song "Hari Haraye Namah Krishna". When he got to the line "Sri Jiva Gopala Bhatta Dasa Raghunatha" I was just at the Six Goswamis on the altar, and the following, related story came to mind.
Once a scholarly devotee came to visit Rupa Goswami in Vrndavan. At that time Rupa Goswami was working on his book Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu ("the ocean of nectar of devotional mellows"). Rupa showed him what he was writing, and asked him what he thought. The visitor replied: "Your writing is very good, but I am unsettled by what you are saying. Here you have written that karma and jñana are like demons that must be exorcised from the heart. However, Vedic scriptures teach about karma (action) and jñana (knowledge), so it seems that your writing contains the fault of sruti-sastra-nindanam 'blasphemy of Vedic literature'."
Rupa Goswami replied, "very well, your judgement is sound and I will take out this part". His visitor then took his leave to take noon bath in the nearby river. When he did so, he was approached by Rupa's young nephew Jiva, who had been listening earlier. "Excuse me," said Jiva, "but I could not help overhearing your conversation. You did not correctl interpret what was being expressed in my uncle's statement. What he wrote was that the desire for karma and jñana is unwanted, and must be exorcised from the heart. The Vedic literature does not encourage people to get into these things, but rather shows them how to do them in a way that helps them disentangle themselves and purify their hearts of the desires that impel them into them in the first place. My uncle's statement is not a blasphemy of Vedic literature, but rather points to the heart of it, and encourages his reader to give up attraction to the distracting superficialities of this world and to dive deep into the heart of reality."
"Oh, you are quite right," responded the visitor. "Your explanation has made it very clear." He returned to the house and told Rupa: "please do not remove that statement from your book - your nephew explained it to me and now I understand the subtle distinction and deep point that you are making."
Later, when the visitor had left, Rupa Goswami chastised Jiva, telling him: "You are simply proud of your learning and sharp intellect and are puffed up. If I had acquiesced to the brahmana's wish, where does it put you to then reverse that? There is no room here for this proud intellectualism! There is no place for it at all!"
Crestfallen, Jiva left Vrndavan for parts unknown. Rupa was upset at Jiva, and upset at himself, but he was steadfast in his determination that the boy should not be spoilt, and that chastising was a necessary duty.
Some time later, while continuing work on his book, Rupa inquired from his elder brother Sanatana: "What would you say is the highest religious duty?"
Sanatana replied: "Jiva-daya"
This means both "to be merciful to the living entities", and "to be merciful to Jiva". Rupa Goswami took the point, and gladly went with his brother Sanatana to retrieve their nephew Jiva from where he had ended up. They found him after some time in a cave where he had been crying for the days since Rupa had chastised him and sent him away from Vrndavana. Nearby villagers took them to the place where the mysterious renunciant had been seen and heard to be.
Is there a point to this? There are a lot, no doubt; but simply to remember these things is purifying in so many ways. Three stories of grammatical errors, or apparent errors: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Kesava Kashmiri, Bhagavad-gita, and Rupa and Jiva Goswamis.
Purusottama-masa ki jay!
HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'The Maha Mantra' from The Yellow Submarine
The Hare Krishna mantra existed
long ago in the ancient Upanishads,
but it was not taken prominently
until the revival of Lord Caitanya
over five hundred years ago.
He overflowed the Indian continent
and the Universe with
the maha-mantra of 32 syllables
and declared that in the age of Kali
it was the only way to God.
He danced and sang in hari-nama
for days at a time until
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HH. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Varnasrama' from The Yellow Submarine
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Are these birds of the same family cooperating with each other (mother taking care of babies)? Or are they fighting over food and about to eat each other? It's hard to tell. But the Srimad-Bhagavatam states that one living entity lives at the cost of another. It is a savage "dog-eat-dog" world. There are predators and victims throughout the animal, aquatic and bird kingdoms. It is only by karma that one species dominates the other. In the human species there is supposed to be more scope for cooperation and the ability to live in peace. The United States' Declaration of Independence states that "All men are created equal." But the country does not run that way. The rich and powerful exploit the poor. Attempts to build utopian societies have always failed. It is also by the rules of providence or karma that there is inequality in the human species as in the animal species.
But in the Vedic daivy-varanasrama system, a structure existed where people could live in different higher or lower statuses of society but not be exploited or "eaten-up". That was the system of brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudras. The powerful ksatriyas took moral and religious advice from brahmanas and supported the brahmanas. The vaisyas earned capital and agricultural goods and supported the other three statuses. And the sudras served the other classes in return for material sustenance. The age of Kali is so bad that the varnasrama system is destroyed. There are few qualified brahmanas and the ksatriyas are actually exploiters. Instead of ksatriyas in charge the sudra quality persons are in charge. The creation of the brahminical class, to give spiritual direction is the necessity of the day. The Hare Krishna movement is trying to create brahmanas. And brahmanas can be created by serving bona fide spiritual masters in disciplic succession and emphasizing the chanting of Hare Krishna and hearing Vedic literatures in submission. Under the direction of the brahmanas the "birds" can cooperate and not fight and eat each other up.
Book Distribution News: param vijayate!
I had only been inside a mall at Manukau (Auckland, New Zealand) for about 5 or 10 minutes when I was stopped by a lady. "Is that a Bhagavad-Gita?" pointing to the Srimad Bhagavatams and "Searching For Vedic India" under my arm.
I replied, "This is Srimad Bhagavatam, it is spoken after the Gita. She took a great interest in the books and it happened that she was a yoga enthusiast since the age of 16 in Russia. She had seen the devotees then and had a very favourable impression.
It happened that she was a dentist, Dr Vera Zdarsky, and she runs the clinic inside the mall. In her time outside of work she does tai chi, studies Chinese, and also studies and teaches yoga.
Meanwhile, I noticed three security guards watching the exchange and naturally I became a bit mental. Trying to keep cool, I took notice that they were not approaching and I guessed they'd let me finish the exchange before asking me to leave.
After she got the books she gave a nice donation. One of the books she received was SB 1.1. when she saw I had other books she asked, "Is that part two there?" pointing to the remaining Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1s under my arm.
I told her, "No."
But luckily I had photo copied a 'Srimad Bhagavatam set' flier of my senior god brother's (Muni Cari Prabhu) when I was in Hamilton and so naturally I showed her that.
After talking a while and looking at the flier Dr Vera decided she may as well get a whole set. I told her that I could personally deliver it to her and she agreed that this is a great idea.
Somehow by Guru and Krsna's grace she gave a $20 donation then and took the "Searching For Vedic India" and before the end of the exchange I said, "You may as well take this one (SB 1.1) now and you can give it to a friend." Because she gave $20 I was just going to give it to her, but before I knew it she was pulling another $20 out of her wallet (really nice lady).
I couldn't believe it, this lady stopped me, gave $40 and took SB 1.1 and SVI and agreed to get a SB set while three security guards waited to ask me to leave. I got Dr Veras business card and she left. Turning around I walked up to the security guards with a smile.
On Saturday Dr Vera got the Srimad Bhagavatam set, the first and hopefully not last set I will distribute.
Your Servant
Damodara Krsna das
Caitanya Mangala, CA, USA: KulimeLA 2009: Bhajan Kutir – Volume 2 CD now available from Krishna.com!
KulimeLA 2009: Bhajan Kutir – Volume 2 CD is now available from the Kuli Mela Outlet @ Krishna.com! Heartfelt Kirtans with Kalindi dasi, Arjuna dasa, Abhay Clayton, Visvambhar Sheth, Gaura Vani and more…
CLICK HERE to hear previews of the tracks and to check out the growing Kuli Mela video and audio selections…
In ancient Sanskrit, Kirtan is the sacred, joyful, and spontaneous congregational singing and dancing for the glorification of God. "Kuli" refers to a member of a "Community." "Mela" means "Festive Gathering." Combined, "Kuli Mela" tranforms into "A Celebration of Community." A "Bhajan Kutir" is a special place dedicated to Kirtans. These Kirtans were recorded live in the KulimeLA 2009 Bhajan Kutir at the New Dwarka Temple in Los Angeles California.
The Kuli Mela Association is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to serving an international community by supporting and encouraging its members to come together as friends in service, association and empowerment. All proceeds from the sale of this album go to Kuli Mela Association and help facilitate future gatherings and recordings. Please support us by purchasing this album!
Japa Group: Please Join The Japa Group
Please share your realisations with other devotees from around the world...simply send me an introduction email and I will be happy to make you a member:
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Rasa Rasika dasa
Sankirtana das, USA: A Pre-Conference Workshop
If you're coming to the Festival of Inspiration you might consider arriving a day earlier for my workshop. Whether you're in theater or interested in storytelling or are a workshop presenter or want to enhance your preaching, this workshop has something for you.
The Dramatic Edge
A workshop for those interested in utilizing the dramatic arts
Only $20
In this one day intensive participants will explore the essentials of the dramatic arts - voice, gesture, movement. You will walk away with some solid techniques for learning and improving your performance or presentations, making your points by strengthening the voice and pronunciation, engaging the imagination of the audience, and understanding the power of the age old art of storytelling. We'll also discuss promoting yourself and your work. Five hours of personal and professional growth.
BIO: In college Sankirtana majored in Theater and Film. Since 1975 he engaged in writing, acting and directing scriptural dramas, taking productions to Off-B'way, colleges, temples and special events. In the past 15 years he has focused exclusively on offering dramatic storytelling programs and workshops to schools, colleges, churches, libraries, museums and conferences, including the 2006 National Storytelling Conference and 2000 Religious Communications Conference. He is also the recipient of a West Virginia Artist Fellowship Award.
Thursday, May 6
Morning session: 10:30 – 1 and continues after lunch: 2:30 - 5
To reserve a spot, contact me at story108@juno or 304 845 6840 and www.sacredvoices.com
APPRECIATIONS
"Sankirtana Das is my storytelling guru." Sacinandana Swami
"Over the years, Sankirtana Das has coached me on a variety of pieces, that led to my landing parts and also getting into college, where I studied acting. More importantly, he was the first to introduce me to the concept of technique and stress its importance, in turn helping to shape my approach to all my work." Halavah Sofsky, Actor/Filmmaker, NYC
"Sankirtana is a gold mine for anyone digging in the storytelling field. In addition, he is well equipped to provide the necessary tools for any prospector of tales. He has been my storytelling coach over the past ten years and has helped me tremendously. I have attended his workshops and have received private instruction as well. He offers a mix of humor, honest constructive criticism and knowledge of the art of storytelling. I enthusiastically recommend his services for anyone interested in developing their storytelling and writing skills." Kripamaya Das, Musician/Storyteller, West Virginia
"Although I've been writing and periodically telling stories for years, Sankirtana's expert guidance has taken my creative abilities to a whole other level. His mentorship has been invaluable. Over two decades of performing, writing, and teaching have given Andy the insight a master has of his subject, inside out and outside in. He recently helped this attached writer to learn to edit her work from an initially wordy and heavy script into an effective and fast moving tale that sacrificed none of the emotional content. What a difference this process has made in my ability to communicate in a compact and effective manner. THANK-YOU SANKIRTANA SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!" Harinam DD, Storyteller/Writer, Flordia
H.H. Sivarama Swami: Someone recently asked my mother, "What was the happiest day of your life?" Part 2.
I read a letter that she wrote answering that and giving an idea of what she and others went through in WWII.
H.H. Sivarama Swami: Someone recently asked my mother, "What was the happiest day of your life?" Part 1.
I read a letter that she wrote answering that and giving an idea of what she and others went through in WWII.
Rupa Madhurya das, TX, USA: Bhajan - Vrajavadhus performing in Vrindavan
Vrajavadhus performing a wonderful bhajan in Vrindavan with various footage from the bhajan itself and the boat festival.
Gaura Manu dasi - lead Vocals, Param das - Vocals, Titiksava Karunika das - Guitar, Panca Gauda das - Drums, Nruhari das - Saxophone, Satya Narayan das - Mrdanga, Campakalata dasi - Dancing.
Video recorded and edited by Shane D Rymer with additional video from Titiksava Karunika das.
Watch at 480p if you can. Absolutely beautifully.
Vrindavan, India
2010
Kripamoya dasa, UK: The 'Extra Month' begins: Purusottama Masa
The intercalated month of the Vaishnava calendar, known as the Adhika Masa – or 'the extra month' – begins today. This month is a great opportunity for improving your spiritual practice.
I just uploaded a short video about it here
Gaura Vani, USA: 12 Hour Kirtan – April
12 Hour Kirtan – Saturday April 17th 10am – 10pm
Join Gaura Vani, Ananta & Acyuta with special guest Carmella Baynie and many friends this Saturday, April 17th for 12 hours of kirtan (10am – 10pm) for the fourth monthly event.
The next 12 Hour Kirtan will be on May 1st 2010 along with special guest His Holiness Radhanath Swami.
A live webcast will be on GauraVani.com and Mantralogy.com.
Schedule
10:00-11:00 Acyuta Gopi 11:00-11:30 John Kruth and Gaura Vani 11:30 to 12:00 Carmella (Gitanjali) 12:00-1:00 Ananta Govinda 1:00 to 1:30 Gopika 1:30 to 2:00 Rasikananda 2:00 to 2:30 Anjula Prasad 2:30 to 3:00 Bryn Chrisman 3:00 to 3:30 Kancana-mayi 3:30 to 4:00 Nanda-nandana?? 4:00 to 4:30 Shakti prema and Laura 4:30 to 5:00 Laxmi Nrsimha 5:00 to 5:30 Carmella 5:30 to 6:00 Raghunath 6:00 to 7:00 Nama Rasa 7:00 to 8:00 Gaura Vani and Carmella 8:00 to 9:00 Acyuta Gopi 9:00 to 10:00 Gaura Vani – All hands on deck
H.H. Sivarama Swami: Purushottama month starts on 15th April
According to Padma Purana one Purushottama vrata equals a thousand Kartika vratas.
The Glories of Purusottama-masa
Once upon a time, thousands of sages came together in the holy place called Naimisaranya to perform sacrifice. To their very good fortune the great sage Suta Goswami, who had been traveling to different pilgrimage sites, arrived there along with his disciples. The sages present were very enlivened to see him. They all stood up immediately to pay their respects to the great sage, offered him a very nice Vyasasana, and requested him with folded hands to sit down on it.'
The sages of Naimisaranya said to Suta Goswami with folded hands, "0 Sutaji! All of us are humbly requesting you to please tell us something about the wonderful activities and pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are many thousands of such narrations but we want to listen to the most perfect one, by following which we can all be delivered from this material ocean and return back to Godhead.
Hearing the request made by these sages, headed by Saunaka Rsi, Suta Goswami began to speak, "0 sages, please to listen me. I first went to Puskara Tirtha, then after visiting thousands of other holy places, I reached Hastinapura. There, on the bank of the Ganges, I saw thousands of sages sitting together with Pariksit Maharaja. Just then the great sage Sukadeva Goswami appeared, and all the sages present paid him proper respect by rising from their seats with folded hands. All the sages unanimously offered the lotus Vyasasana to Sukadeva Goswami, which was meant for the speaker who would speak Krishna katha to Pariksit Maharaja.
Suta Goswami said, "0 sages, I have just come from Hastinapura where I heard the whole Srimad Bhagavatam from the lotus mouth of Sukadeva Goswami. So now I will tell you about the all-attractive activities and pastimes of the Lord.
"Once, long ago, Sri Narada Muni reached Badrika Ashram, the residence of Lord Narayana Rsi. The river Alakananda was flowing down from His lotus feet Narada paid his obeisances to Narayana and prayed, 'O Lord of the demigods. O ocean of mercy! O master of creation. You are all truthful, the essence of all truths. And so I am paying my obeisances unto You.
"'O Lord! In this material world all living entities are busily engaged in sense gratification. They have all forgotten the ultimate goal of life. Therefore please explain something which will be helpful both for householders and sages in the renounced order like me, something that will help us attain self realization and return back to Godhead.'"
"Hearing the sweet words of Narada, Lord Narayana smiled. He said, '0 Narada, please listen to narrations about the supremely pious pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, for they will diminish all sinful reaction. 0 Narada, you already know of all the activities of the Supreme Lord, but for the benefit of others, you are asking Me again. So now I will tell you about the glories of the sacred Purusottama month, which is fully potent to grant not only all material happiness but also qualify one to return back to Godhead at the end of life.'
"Naradji enquired, '0 Lord, I have heard the glories of all months including Kartika, Chaitra etc, but which month is this Purusottama month? 0 ocean of mercy, please tell me all about this sacred month. What is the way to glorify this month, what should I do in this month, how should I take bath, give in charity, etc. What should I chant. Who should I worship, should I observe fasting in this month? Please tell me everything in detail.'"
Suta Goswami said, "0 sages, after hearing all these questions from Narada, Lord Narayana began to speak from His moon-like lotus mouth. '0 Narada, I am going to tell you something which was previously explained by Lord Sri Krishna to Maharaja Yudhisthira. Once Dharmaraja Yudhisthira lost everything – his empire, his palace and even his chaste wife Draupadi – to Duryodhana in a gambling match. At that time Draupadi was insulted by Dusasana in front of the whole royal assembly. But when Dusasana had tried to strip Draupadi naked, she was saved from such a dangerous situation by Lord Sri Krishna. After this incident, Yudhisthira Maharaja along with his brothers and wife left his kingdom and lived in Kamayaka forest.
"Once Sri Krishna, son of Devaki, visited the Pandavas in that forest. All the Pandavas, including Draupadi, were very happy to see their Lord, and they forgot their painful forest life immediately. They felt enriched with a new life just by taking Krnsa's darshan. They paid their obeisances at their Lord's lotus feet Seeing the miserable living condition of the Pandavas, Lord Sri Krishna became very upset. and at the same time He became very angry towards Dhuryodhana. It appeared as if the Lord was going to destroy the whole universe, and so the Pandavas became fearful and all began to pray to the Lord in a humble mood. Listening to the humble prayers of Arjuna, the Lord composed Himself and said, 'O Arjuna, being very pleased with all of you, and being controlled by your devotion and friendship towards Me, I will now tell you about the wonderful history of Purusottama month.
"'O Arjuna! Once upon a time, by the arrangement of providence an extra month came to this world. Everyone took this month to be most inauspicious, and even saw it as a stool-like month. Just as one should not touch stool, so this month was also seen as untouchable. It was constantly unprotected and blasphemed, and rejected by everyone as an improper time for any religious and auspicious activities.
"'Being so rejected by all human beings, and constantly hearing only bad words and blasphemy, this extra month became very sad. She came to Vaikuntha to explain her sorrowful situation to the Lord. Seeing Lord Visnu on His simhasana, she fell down at His lotus feet in a mood of sorrow and grief. Tears were falling profusely from her eyes. She started praying to the Lord, "O ocean of mercy! I have come to You helpless. I have been rejected and blasphemed by all peoples of the world. Please protect me, please show me Your mercy. Please don't be indifferent towards me." Saying these words, the extra month continued crying in front of Lord Visnu and sat down before Him in a dejected mood.
Seeing the humble and pitiable position of the extra month. Lord Visnu became very merciful towards her. He told her, "Do not lament, I shall give you protection from all of your miseries Please stop crying. It is not proper to lament after taking shelter at My lotus feet."
'Being so consoled by the Lord, the extra month began speaking in openhearted language. "O Lord, You know all my painful condition No one is in a more miserable situation in these three worlds than I First of all, all other months, years, days, nights, directions etc. are being protected by You, and so they are always moving fearlessly in their unique charming moods. But I, an extra month, don't have any name, nor any protector, nor a husband to give me shelter. All the demigods and human beings have rejected me for any auspicious activities. For this reason, O Lord, I want to die immediately."
"'O Narada, this extra month repeatedly said, "I want to die! I want to die! I want to die!" Then she fainted at the feet of the Lord. Being requested by Lord Visnu, Garuda started fanning the extra month, and after some time she got up and began to speak again, "O Lord of the universe I am in need of Your shelter, so please protect me."
Lord Visnu told the extra month, "O child, please don't lament, all of your miserable conditions will be finished very soon. Get up and come with Me to Goloka Vrndavana, which is even unattainable to great yogis. Goloka is the abode of Lord Sri Krishna. Here Lord Sri Krishna is in His two-handed form, surrounded by gopis and enjoying His eternal pastimes.
"The Supreme Sri Krishna of Goloka will deliver you from all your miseries, please come with Me." Speaking in this way. Lord Visnu took Malamasa (the extra month) to Goloka by catching her by the hand.
From a distant place Lord Visnu and the extra month observed the effulgence of Goloka. This dazzling effulgence automatically forced Malamasa to close her eyes. Therefore, keeping the extra month behind Him, Lord Visnu proceeded farther until He reached the main gate. There the doorkeeper paid his respects to Him. Having reached the Supreme Abode, Lord Visnu met Lord Sri Krishna who was surrounded by many devoted gopis. Lord Visnu, who is the husband of Ramadevi, paid His obeisances to Lord Sri Krishna. Then He made the extra month also offer her obeisances at the lotus feet of Lord Sri
Krishna, even though she was crying loudly. Immediately Sri Krishna asked, "Why is she crying? She is in Goloka Vrndavana, why is she crying?" Hearing these words from Lord Sri Krishna, Lord Visnu got up from His seat and started explaining the whole miserable condition of the extra month. He begged Him to please protect this unprotected month. "There is no one except You, Lord Krishna, who can save this extra month from her hellish condition and give her full protection." Having said these words. Lord Visnu remained standing in front of Lord Krishna with folded hands.Then Suta Goswami continued to speak, "O sages! Lord Visnu took his seat, and Lord Krishna spoke very confidential words to him. Listen carefully, for I am now going to share those words with all of you…
"Then Lord Purusottama Sri Krishna said, 'O Visnu, you have done a very great deed by bringing this extra month to Me. You will become even more famous for performing this act. Because You have accepted this Malamasa, I will also accept her. I shall make this poor extra month just like Me in quality, fame, opulence, realization, success, and in giving benediction to devotees. This month will become equally potent to Me. I am bestowing all of My divine qualities in this abused month. Named after Me, this month will be famous as Purusottama month in this world.
"'O Janardana, now that she has imbued My qualities, I Myself will become the husband and protector of this Purusottama month. And being equal to Me, this month will be the master of all other months. Now this month will become worshipable by one and all. Everyone should pay their obeisances to her, everyone should worship her. This month is equally as powerful as Me to give any type of benediction to its observer. I am making this month desire-free, unlike other months, which are full of some desire or another. The worshipper of this month will be able to burn all his past sinful reactions to ashes, and after enjoying a blissful life in the material realm he will return back to Godhead.
"'Oh Garudadhwaja," Lord Sri Krishna continued, "My Goloka is unattainable to the performers of austerities, mahatmas engaged in pious activities, to people who maintain celibacy, or to those who fast their whole life's duration. But just by observing Purusottama month and becoming a devotee one can easily cross over this material ocean and return back to Godhead. Observance of this Purusottama month is the best of all austerities. Just as a farmer produces a rich harvest by planting seeds in nicely cultivated land, so an intelligent man who practices devotional service towards the Supreme Lord in this Purusottama month will enjoy a blissful life while in this world and after leaving his body he will return back to Godhead.
"'An unfortunate ignorant man who does not perform any japa, does not give any charity, does not pay respect to Lord Sri Krishna and His devotees, does not behave properly to brahmanas, makes enmity with others and who blasphemes the Purusottama month will go to hell for an unlimited period." Lord Sri Krishna continued, "How can a person make his life successful unless he performs devotional service in this Purusottama month? A person who is fully engaged in sense gratification and does not give any special importance to this sacred month becomes the best candidate for hell. All human beings should perform some devotional service in this Purusottama month by:
1. Taking a bath in a holy river
2. Worshiping Me, Sri Krishna, by chanting My holy name
3 Giving in charity"'A fortunate person who follows My instructions and observes this Purusottama month properly, and in a faithful way worships Me will attain fame, opulence and a good son in this very life, and after enjoying a happy life, he will return back to Goloka Dhama. By following My instructions, everyone should worship this sacred month. I have made it the best among all other months. O husband of Rama devi (Visnu), give up all kinds of mental speculation about this extra month. Just take this Purusottama month with you to your Vaikuntha abode."
After narrating this brief history of the Purusottama month, Lord Sri Krishna glanced very mercifully upon Yudhisthira and Draupadi, and then began speaking to Arjuna. "O lion among men, can you now understand the reason why you Pandavas are suffering? You did not acknowledge or honor the presence of Purusottama month, which has just recently finished. That month which is most dear to Vrndavana Chandra has passed, but you Pandavas were in the forest and did not worship Purusottama month. So now you are suffering. You have been following the ritualistic principles given to you by Vyasadeva, but unless you worship Purusottama month you cannot perform pure devotional service to Me."
Lord Sri Krishna continued, "Now I am going to narrate a famous historical event concerning the previous birth of Draupadi. In her previous birth Draupadi was the daughter of a great brahmana sage called Medhavi. Her mother died when she was a small child, and so she was under the care of her father. Day by day, she grew to full bloom youth. She was very beautiful, but her father was not interested in arranging her marriage. Seeing her other girlfriends with their husbands and young children, she passed her days in a very miserable way. In the meantime, her father passed away from this material world while uttering the sacred name of Hari.
"This made his daughter even more miserable. Fortunately, the great sage Durvasa Muni appeared in her asrama shortly after her father's death. Seeing the great sage, the girl paid her obeisances to him and respectfully worshipped him. She offered flowers and fruits to the great sage. When he expressed his pleasure with her reception, she began lamenting and crying before him. Concerned, the sage inquired about her lamentation. The brahmana girl began to speak, "O great saint Durvasa, you know everything – past, present and future. I have no shelter in this world. I have lost all of my relatives. My parents have passed away, and I have no elder brother. I am also unmarried, and therefore there is no husband to protect me. O great sage, please do something, please help me! Please give me some advice to relieve me from this miserable condition." After listening to her prayer, Durvasa began to consider the unfortunate condition of the girl, and he decided to show mercy towards her.
Durvasa Rsi began to speak, "O beautiful one, three months from now the most auspicious Purusottama month will begin. This sacred month is most dear to Lord Sri Krishna. Just by taking a holy bath in this month a man or woman can become completely sinless. This Purusottama month is more glorious than all other months, including Kartik month. The glories of all other months is not even equal to one sixteenth of the glories of Purusottama month. The merit of a person who takes a holy bath even once in this month is equal to the merit of taking bath in the Ganges for twelve thousand years, or the merit achieved by a person who takes a bath in holy water of Ganges or Godavari when Brihaspati [Jupiter] enters to Leo [lion]. If you will take a holy bath, give in charity, and chant the holy name of Krsna during this month all your miseries will go away, you will attain all kinds of perfection, and all of your desires will be fulfilled. Please follow my advice – please do not forget to worship the forthcoming Purusottama month very sincerely ."
After speaking these words, sage Durvasa remained silent. Unfortunately, the young brahmani did not believe in his words; rather she became angry and started blaspheming, "O great sage, you are lying. How could this extra month, which is also called Mala-masa [stool month], be superior to other great months like Magha, Kartika and Vaisakha. I cannot believe your words. You are trying to cheat me. This extra month is known to be most abominable for any kind of pious activity " Hearing these words of the brahmana girl, Durvasa became very angry, his whole body started burning, and his eyes became red. But remembering the helpless condition of the girl, he consciously controlled himself.
Sage Durvasa told the girl, "O unfortunate one, I am not going to curse you, because your father was a good friend of mine. You are in such a helpless condition. Being an ignorant child, you cannot understand the sastric conclusion. I am not going to take your offenses towards me seriously. But at the same time, I cannot and should not tolerate your offences towards Purusottama month. In your next life you will certainly reap the results of your offensive words" The great sage Durvasa then hurriedly left that place to perform his service for Lord Narayana.
Lord Sri Krishna told Arjuna, "O sinless one, when Durvasa Muni left that place the brahmin girl lost all of her opulences in a moment. Being an offender to Purusottama month, her body began to look very ugly, and she lost all of her bodily effulgence. She then decided to worship Lord Siva who is known as Asutosa, one who is very easily pleased.
She continued her austerities for nine thousand years. In the summer season, she would sit for meditation surrounded by fire and under the hot sun. In the winter season, she meditated under freezing cold water. Observing her great austerities, even the demigods became fearful. Lord Sankara then appeared before the brahmin girl because he was pleased by her worship and austerities. When Lord Siva appeared before the girl in his spiritual form, the girl immediately stood up rejuvenated. In the presence of Lord Siva all of her bodily weakness disappeared and she again started to look beautiful. Seeing Lord Siva in front of her, she started to worship him in her mind, and then began to recite nice prayers to please Him.
Being very pleased with the girl. Lord Siva said, "O performer of austerity, all good fortune to you! Now please ask some boon from me. I am pleased with you; I shall grant whatever you want."
Hearing these words from the mouth of Lord Siva, the girl said, "O friend of the poor, if you are pleased with me then please give me a husband." Repeatedly speaking the same words – "give me a husband" – five times, the girl then fell silent Then Lord Siva replied, "Let it be. You have asked for a husband five times, and so you will get five husbands." Hearing Lord Siva's words, the girl became very ashamed. She said, "O Lord! It is most abominable for a girl to have five husbands. Please retract your words " Lord Shiva then spoke to her very gravely, "That is impossible for me. What you have asked from me will be granted. You will get five husbands in your next life. Previously you offended Purusottama month by not following the kind advice of sage Durvasa. O brahmana girl, there is no difference between the body of Durvasa and mine. All we demigods, including Lord Brahma and all the great saints like Narada, worship this Purusottama month in accord with the order of Lord Sri Krishna. A devotee of Purusottama month achieves all good fortune in this life and at the end of his life he goes back to Goloka Dhama, the abode of Lord Sri Krishna. Being an offender to this sacred Purusottama .month, you will get five husbands in your next life." The girl became very remorseful, but Lord Siva immediately disappeared from the place.
After Lord Siva's departure, the young brahmani became very morose and fearful about her future life. In this way, after few days, the girl left her body by the arrangement of providence.
Lord Sri Krishna then said, "O Arjuna, in the meantime the great king Draupada had been performing an elaborate sacrifice. From this sacrificial fire, the young brahmani took her birth. She appeared as the daughter of Maharaja Draupada. O Arjuna, the same daughter of Medhavi Rsi has now became famous in the world as Draupadi – she is none other than your present wife. Because she blasphemed Purusottama month in her previous life, she was insulted by Dushasana in front of the whole Kuru assembly in the presence of all her Pandava husbands. Fortunately she remembered Me and took My shelter. Forgiving her offenses, I protected her from that most abominable condition and saved her from the hand of Dushasana. O dear Pandava brothers, please don't forget to worship the forthcoming Purusottama month. A person who blasphemes Purusottama month and doesn't worship her, and doesn't worship Me, will never attain good fortune. This Purusottama month is fully potent to fulfill all your desires and remove all miseries. Now your fourteen years of forest life is coming to an end. Please worship this Purusottama month sincerely, for it will bestow all good fortune upon you."
Giving full consolation to the Pandavas in this way, Lord Sri Krishna then left that place for Dwaraka.
After a few days, when Purusottama month appeared, Maharaja Yudhisthira reminded his younger brothers and wife Draupadi of the words of Lord Sri Krishna. All of them followed the instructions He had given them. They worshipped Purusottama Sri Krishna in various ways during this sacred month. The merit they achieved by performing Purusottama vrata meant they regained their lost kingdom, and after enjoying a happy life they all returned back to Godhead by the grace of Lord Sri Krishna.
Suta Goswami then told the sages of Naimisaranya, "O sages, now I am going to tell you another famous history in glorification of Purusottama month. It involves Maharaja Hadadhanwa of the famous sun dynasty. Long, long ago, there was a religious king named Citradhanwa, who was the ruler of Haihaya State. He had a very qualified son named Hadadhanwa. Hadadhanwa was famous and loved all over the world because of his good qualities like faithfulness and strict adherence to religious principles. At an early age Hadadhanwa became a learned scholar by pleasing his Guru. He studied all the Vedas, including all the Angas and Upanisads. After pleasing his Guru and paying him daksina, Hadadhanwa returned back to his father's palace. His father Citradhanwa was very old, and so he decided to go to the forest and live a renounced life to please Sri Hari. Then Hadadhanwa became the king of Haihaya State. In due time Hadadhanwa achieved a beautiful daughter named Guna Sundari, and also had four other famous sons named Chitrabaka, Chitrabha, Maniman and Chitra-Kundala.
Once this Hadadhanwa began to think of all his material opulences. He could understand that by the influence of previous pious activities he had achieved an undisturbed kingdom, a chaste and beautiful queen, dutiful sons etc. Thinking in this way, the next day the king went to on horse back along with his army to hunt. In this forest, a deer which was being attacked by the arrows of the king ran for shelter in another neighboring forest, and the king followed her.
After following the deer for a long way, the king became very tired and thirsty. He began to look for water, and, a little in the distance, he saw a beautiful pond full of clean sweet water. He rode there, got down from the horse's back and tied it to a nearby banyan tree. After quenching his thirst he took rest under the banyan tree. While the king was relaxing in this way, a beautiful parrot which was sitting on the tree started to speak to him. The parrot recited a verse again and again:
"O king, deluded by your material opulences you are not even considering the real goal and achievement of human life. How then can you cross the material ocean, the cycle of birth and death?"
After hearing these words from the mouth of the parrot again and again, King Hadadhanwa considered the advice very seriously. He started thinking that this parrot may be the great sage Sukadeva Goswami himself showing compassion towards him. In the meantime his army reached that place, and the parrot disappeared. However, the king continued to ponder upon the words of the parrot.
When King Hadadhanwa was thinking seriously about these words, the great sage Valmiki came to his palace. The king immediately got up from his seat and paid his obeisances to him. Valmiki asked, "Oh king, why do you look so morose. Please tell me every thing about your dilemma, 1 shall try my best to solve your problems." Feeling some consolation from the sage's words, King Hadadhanwa explained the verse spoken to him by the parrot in the forest. After listening to the king, the great sage Valmiki said, "O king, in your previous life you were born in a brahmin family, on the bank of the River Tambraparna in the state ofDravida. Your good name was Sudeva. You were a religious, truthful and self-satisfied brahmana. Your wife was Gautami, the daughter of Gautam Rsi. When you were in grhasta asrama you followed all the religious principles, but despite all these merits you had no child. One day you expressed you unhappiness to your wife. You told her, 'O beloved one, our human birth is fruitless because we don't have a son who will deliver us from hell. Therefore I have decided to die immediately. Hearing your words, your wife advised you to worship Lord Jagannatha.
She said to you, "O dear husband, please don't speak like this. You are a Vaisnava, so you should be more patient in dealing with such situations. If you desire a son, then just worship Lord Jagannatha and ask Him for a son as a benediction." Following her advice, you performed great austerities on the bank of the River Tambrapani for four thousand years. The demigods became fearful seeing your austerities, but seing your strong faith and devotion. Lord Hari appeared before you riding His carrier Garuda. Seeing the Lord in His four-handed form, you became very happy and paid your full obeisances at His lotus feet.
The great sage Valmiki continued, "O king, after offering his prayers Sudeva brahmana sat down on the floor in front of Lord Hari. Hearing his prayers. Lord Hari said, "Oh Sudeva, you have done great austerities to satisfy Me. And I am satisfied. Please ask some boons of Me – what ever you want. Sudeva brahmana said, "Oh Lord, if You are pleased upon me then please give me a qualified son." Hearing His brahmana's words, Lord Hari told him "Oh Sudeva, by reading your forehead I can understand that because of your prarabdha karma you are not supposed to have a son for the next seven births. Therefore please ask for some other boon. Hearing these words from Lord Hari the brahmana immediately fell unconscious. He fell down on the ground like a dry old tree. Seeing the condition of her husband, Gautami, the wife of Sudeva also started crying loudly Observing the most pathetic condition of this brahmana couple, Garuda, the carrier of Lord Visnu, became sympathetic. He also requested Lord Hari to grant them a son. Hearing Garuda's request. Lord Hari empowered him to give such a boon to the brahmin couple. So Garuda started fanning the unconscious Sudeva. Then he told the brahmin couple, "O fortunate ones, following the order of my master Lord Hari, I am giving a boon to you, that you will get a son very soon, and he will be as qualified as myself."
In this way, after giving the boon. Lord Hari disappeared from that place on His carrier Garuda. After some time had passed Gautami gave birth to a son named Sukadeva. From his very childhood, Sukadeva exhibited wonderful godly qualities and always satisfied his guru, and all of his superiors, and friends. Once the great sage Devala, who was shining like the sun, came to their asrama. Sudeva and his wife prayed to him and gave him a nice asana on which to comfortably sit. Their son Sukadeva also paid his obeisances to the great sage.
Seeing the face of Sukadeva, Devala Rsi became very happy. But then suddenly he became grave. He spoke to the brahmin couple, "This child Sukadeva has all the good qualities of a great person, but there is one serious disqualification. This boy will drown at the age of twelve." The sage then left the place, and the brahmin couple became very unhappy. However, remembering the all-merciful Lord Visnu, they continued on in their day to day life.
One day their son Sukadeva was taking bath in a nearby tank with his other friends. Following the dictates of unavoidable providence, the boy went into the deep water and drowned. The friends of Sukadeva informed his parents about death of their beloved son. They started crying very loudly, and coming to the tank, they repeatedly kissed their dead son and lamented. Sudeva took the dead body of his son on his lap and started crying, "Oh son, get up! We are waiting for you. Unless you get up and talk to us, we are both going to give up our lives." Speaking in this way, the brahmana started chanting the Holy Name of Lord Hari.
When the brahmin couple were lamenting and constantly chanting the Holy Name of the Lord, an untimely rain came along with a heavy wind. The whole world became filled with water, but the brahmin couple were oblivious to externals because of their lamentation for their son. They were constantly chanting the Holy name of the Lord. In this way, a whole month passed away. And that month was Purusottama month. Unknowingly the brahmin couple had worshipped that most sacred month, the month most beloved to Lord Sri Krishna. Being pleased by their austerities. Lord Sri Krishna appeared before them and then the rain immediately stopped. Seeing their Lord, the brahmin couple immediately paid their full obeisances keeping their son side. Lord Sri Krishna was very, very pleased because they had worshipped Purusottama month [unknowingly]. The Lord said, "O fortunate Sudeva, your son Sukadeva will live with you for twelve thousand years in this material world to give you all pleasure and at the end of that time both of you will return back to Me in Goloka Dhama."
As soon as Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, had finished his words their son got up. It was just like he had been sleeping for a long time. Seeing their son alive again, the brahmin couple became extremely happy. In the mean time the demigods started showering flowers from heaven. Then Sukadeva paid his obeisances to his parents and Lord Sri Hari. Garuda, the carrier of the Lord, also became very happy seeing the brahmin couple with their son All these incidents seemed extraordinary to Sudeva brahmana, and so he asked Lord Sri Krishna why He gave them back their son.
Lord Sri Krishna, who is controlled by His devotees, then spoke to Sudeva, "Oh fortunate one, don't you know the reason why I am so pleased with you? Both you and your wife observed fasting and worship during the whole of Purusottama month – and that month is most dear to Me. When both of you were lamenting for your son by observing full fast and chanting my Holy Name is was the Holy Purusottama month. You worshipped me throughout the entire Purusottama month, and that pleased Me very much. Once Lord Brahma was measuring the value of Purusottama month against all the other pious austerities and religious activities mentioned in Vedas. However, the value of Purusottama month is far more valuable than all types of Vedic religious activities.
Lord Sri Krishna continued, "Any human being who observes My Purusottama month is ever the most fortunate one in all three worlds. At the end of his life, he will return to My abode Goloka." Saying these words, the Supreme Lord left that place riding His carrier Garuda.
Then Sage Valmiki told King Hadadhanwa, "O king, your question has now been answered. The parrot who advised you in the forest was Sukadeva, your beloved son in your previous life. Sukadeva achieved his perfection by the mercy of the Lord, but he was feeling some sympathy for you, his father in his previous life. Seeing you engaged in a materialistic way of life, he reminded you of your duty to worship Lord Hari in forthcoming Purusottama month. By such merit you will return back to Godhead."
King Hadadhanwa asked, "O great sage, what are the benefits one achieves by offering a lamp to Lord Purusottama in this month?" The great sage Valmiki then began speaking enthusiastically, "There was king named Citrabahu who ruled over the kingdom of Bhagyanagar. He was a great devotee of Krishna, and possessed all good qualities like truth fulness, nonviolence, forgiveness, cultured behavior. kindness, respect towards saintly people and brahmanas, and knowledge of all the religious principles mentioned in the sastra.
Once the great sage Agastya came to his palace. Seeing the great Rsi, the king paid his obeisances even though at a distance. When the sage came closer, he gave him a nice place to sit. He then worshipped him with great respect and very pleasingly said, 'Today my life has become successful because a great devotee of Sri Krishna has entered my palace.' He sincerely tried his best to please the sage. The king then began to question Agastya Muni about his past life. He said, "O great sage, in my present life I am enjoying such an undisturbed kingdom, and 1 have a beautiful and chaste wife, and nice sons and daughters. What pious activities did I perform in my past life to give such an enjoyable result in my present life " Agastya Muni replied, "O fortunate one, please listen carefully to me I will now explain your previous life to you.
"In your previous life your name was Manigriva. You were a most cruel non-believer of God and a person of very bad character. But your wife [who is also your present wife] was a very pious and religious lady. She was very chaste and beautiful, and always engaged to please you. Your bad character and cruel behavior meant no one in society liked you. Everyone broke their relationship with you. Even the king of your country took away everything from you – including your wealth and property. In this way, being rejected by society, you began to live in the forest with your chaste wife. Once when you were going to hunt for some food, you came across a man who had fallen down unconscious on the forest road. His name was Sage Ugradeva.
"Seeing the brahmin sage Ugradeva in such an unconscious and helpless condition, some mercy arose in your heart. Sage Ugradeva was on his way to Prayag tirtha, but because of lasting and the influence of an unbearably hot sun he fell down unconscious in the forest. You brought him to your small cottage, and both you and your wife began to serve him by fanning him, giving him some water to drink and cooling his forehead.
After a little time the sage came back to consciousness. He looked around in wonder. Then you described everything to him – how he had fainted, and you had brought him to your cottage. You then offered some fresh water to the sage. He was very pleased with you and asked about your impoverished living condition. The great sage Ugradeva inquired, 'Oh Manigriva, why are you are suffering so much here in the forest? Please tell me everything about your past situation, so that I can find some way to bring you good fortune in the future.' You then humbly explained your wretched life and asked him to find some solution to your miseries.
"Ugradeva listened attentively and then said, 'Oh great soul, you will definitely become famous in this world because you have served me so well as your guest. So to eradicate your previous sinful reactions, I am now going to explain to you the simplest and easiest way for you to attain all good fortune. In three month's time the sacred Purusottama month will begin. In order to please the Supreme Lord Purusottama, you should daily offer a lamp to the Lord By doing this all your misfortune will vanish. The best lamp to offer is a ghee lamp, but because you are living in the forest you can offer a lamp made from sesame oil. When you attain some wealth, you must then offer a ghee lamp.' Having spoken in this way, Ugradeva left that place for Prayag, constantly chanting the Holy Name of Sri Krishna.
"Following the order of Sage Ugradeva, Manigriva and his wife offered an oil lamp to Purusottama regularly though out that sacred month. After some time, the couple left their bodies and attained Swargaloka due to the merit they attained from offering a lamp to Lord Purusottama. After enjoying many years in the heavenly planets, the same couple came back again to this material world and achieved a very glorious position in society as King Citrabahu and his queen. Agastya Muni then said to King Citrabahu, 'O king, such was your previous life, and such is the glory of simply offering an oil lamp to Lord Purusottama in the sacred month of Purusottama. A person who offers a ghee lamp to the Lord daily in this month receives unlimited merit. O king, please do not doubt that such great merits are achieved simply by offering a lamp to the Lord.'"
Then the great sage Valmiki continued, "In this way, after explaining the previous life of King Citrabahu, and being worshipped by him, Agastya Muni became very pleased and blessed him. He then left the palace."
0 Supreme Lord! 0 Sanatana, 0 Purusottama, 0 Hari, I am paying my obeisances unto You. Please, along with Your beloved Radha, accept my offerings in this month of Purusottama! I am paying my obeisances unto You, Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundara, whose bodily color is like a beautiful dark blue cloud.
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Yoga of Ecology, Bhakta Chris, USA: Growing Low-Oxygen Zones In Oceans Worry Scientists
By Les Blumenthal, McClatchy Newspapers – Sun Mar 7, 12:01 pm ET from Yahoo News
WASHINGTON — Lower levels of oxygen in the Earth's oceans, particularly off the United States' Pacific Northwest coast, could be another sign of fundamental changes linked to global climate change, scientists say.
They warn that the oceans' complex undersea ecosystems and fragile food chains could be disrupted.
In some spots off Washington state and Oregon , the almost complete absence of oxygen has left piles of Dungeness crab carcasses littering the ocean floor, killed off 25-year-old sea stars, crippled colonies of sea anemones and produced mats of potentially noxious bacteria that thrive in such conditions.
Areas of hypoxia, or low oxygen, have long existed in the deep ocean. These areas — in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans — appear to be spreading, however, covering more square miles, creeping toward the surface and in some places, such as the Pacific Northwest , encroaching on the continental shelf within sight of the coastline.
"The depletion of oxygen levels in all three oceans is striking," said Gregory Johnson , an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Seattle .
In some spots, such as off the Southern California coast, oxygen levels have dropped roughly 20 percent over the past 25 years. Elsewhere, scientists say, oxygen levels might have declined by one-third over 50 years.
"The real surprise is how this has become the new norm," said Jack Barth , an oceanography professor at Oregon State University . "We are seeing it year after year."
Barth and others say the changes are consistent with current climate-change models. Previous studies have found that the oceans are becoming more acidic as they absorb more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
"If the Earth continues to warm, the expectation is we will have lower and lower oxygen levels," said Francis Chan , a marine researcher at Oregon State .
As ocean temperatures rise, the warmer water on the surface acts as a cap, which interferes with the natural circulation that normally allows deeper waters that are already oxygen-depleted to reach the surface. It's on the surface where ocean waters are recharged with oxygen from the air.
Commonly, ocean "dead zones" have been linked to agricultural runoff and other pollution coming down major rivers such as the Mississippi or the Columbia . One of the largest of the 400 or so ocean dead zones is in the Gulf of Mexico , near the mouth of the Mississippi .
However, scientists now say that some of these areas, including those off the Northwest, apparently are linked to broader changes in ocean oxygen levels.
The Pacific waters off Washington and Oregon face a double whammy as a result of ocean circulation.
Scientists have long known of a natural low-oxygen zone perched in the deeper water off the Northwest's continental shelf.
During the summer, northerly winds aided by the Earth's rotation drive surface water away from the shore. This action sucks oxygen-poor water to the surface in a process called upwelling.
Though the water that's pulled up from the depths is poor in oxygen, it's rich in nutrients, which fertilize phytoplankton. These microscopic organisms form the bottom of one of the richest ocean food chains in the world. As they die, however, they sink and start to decay. The decaying process uses oxygen, which depletes the oxygen levels even more.
Southerly winds reverse the process in what's known as down-welling.
Changes in the wind and ocean circulation since 2002 have disrupted what had been a delicate balance between upwelling and down-welling. Scientists now are discovering expanding low-oxygen zones near shore.
"It is consistent with models of global warming, but the time frame is too short to know whether it is a trend or a weather phenomenon," Johnson said.
Others were slightly more definitive, quicker to link the lower oxygen levels to global warming rather than to such weather phenomena as El Nino or the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a shift in the weather that occurs every 20 to 30 years in the northern oceans.
"It's a large disturbance in the ecosystem that could have huge biological changes," said Steve Bograd , an oceanographer at NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center in Southern California .
Bograd has been studying oxygen levels in the California Current, which runs along the West Coast from the Canadian border to Baja California and, some scientists think, eventually could be affected by climate change.
So far, the worst hypoxic zone off the Northwest coast was found in 2006. It covered nearly 1,200 square miles off Newport, Ore. , and according to Barth it was so close to shore you could hit it with a baseball. The zone covered 80 percent of the water column and lasted for an abnormally long four months.
Because of upwelling, some of the most fertile ocean areas in the world are found off Washington and Oregon . Similar upwelling occurs in only three other places, off the coast of Peru and Chile , in an area stretching from northern Africa to Portugal and along the Atlantic coast of South Africa and Namibia .
Scientists are unsure how low oxygen levels will affect the ocean ecosystem. Bottom-dwelling species could be at the greatest risk because they move slowly and might not be able to escape the lower oxygen levels. Most fish can swim out of danger. Some species, however, such as chinook salmon, may have to start swimming at shallower depths than they're used to. Whether the low oxygen zones will change salmon migration routes is unclear.
Some species, such as jellyfish, will like the lower-oxygen water. Jumbo squid, usually found off Mexico and Central America , can survive as oxygen levels decrease and now are found as far north as Alaska .
"It's like an experiment," Chan said. "We are pulling some things out of the food web and we will have to see what happens. But if you pull enough things out, it could have a real impact."
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Gaura Sakti das & Adi Radhika dd, New Vraja Dham, Hungary: Ida
My husbands brother had a small daughter born,
her name is Ida. In Turkey, Ida is known as the Kaz mountain. It has nice tales both in Greek mythology and amongst Turkish legends.
It is said that the mountains name which is described as the "thousand springs Ida" in Homeros's Iliad was referred by the Cretan sailors. On it, there is the Zeus Altar temple. Homeros frequently mentions in Iliad that the mountain is "Full of springs and mother of wild animals". According to the legend, the famous beauty contest which caused the Trojan War where Hera, Aphrodite and Athena took part was made here. Zeus was born here, gods watched the Trojan War from here and Aphrodite fell in love here.
The other legend is about a very beautiful, good hearted girl named Sarikiz. Her father leaves her on the Ida Mountain with 5-10 goose when he was defamed by people who dont like him. Some time later, the father visits her and asks for a little water. When he sees that she fills her cup by showing it to the bay, he understands that she has become saintly. Mystery understood, Sarikiz lives her life on the mountain and the very sad father dies on another hill top. As the legend goes, Ida remembered as the Kaz (goose) Mountain, the summit is the Sarikiz Hill and the place where father dies is Babadagi.
Lets see how our little Ida grows, we hope her life will be as glorius as the mountain Ida, full of springs, a place of gods and she will be as exalted as the beautiful, good hearted saint.
(information on Ida, Kaz Mountain)
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