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ISKCON Melbourne, AU: ISKCON News: A Day At the Kitchen in ISKCON MayapurMadhava Smullen - writing for ISKCON News - has featured Manoj Prabhu's blog on their Inside ISKCON page. There you can see some highlights of Manoj' last pilgrimage to the Holy Dhama. Kurma dasa, AU: Cindy and Michael do PanirYes, ok, it does sound a bit like an Indie movie title, but in fact it's a link to a food blog of interest. You may remember Cindy and Michael from a blog I published not long ago.
No? well refresh your memory, and check out their panir adventures. ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Gangesvara PrabhuSrimad Bhagavatam 11.21.16 - Our society's leaders have no idea what is good or bad. Kurma dasa, AU: Come Feast with Us...
Twenty happy punters at my recent cookery workshop at Govinda's in Darlinghurst. Come and join me for the final Govinda's class for 2010...
Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: my proposed scheduleIn Mangalore until 17 June then depart for Bangalore 21 June to Hyderabad 25-27 June Andhra Pradesh sravan-kirtan camp 29 June to Mumbai 1 July to Jamnagar July 3rd Sat Jamnagar, Rath Yatra 6 Rajkot 7 Amreli 8 Mahuva 9 Bhavnagar 10 Vallabh Vidyanagar 11 Initiations 12 Ratha Yatra Vallabh Vidyanagar 13 morning to Baroda, midday to Surat for Ratha Yatra; possible midday stop in Bharuch 16 to Munich 17 to Moscow 21 to Kazan 22-26 July Kazan festival 30 to Moscow 31 to Ljubljana Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: God realization easy or difficult according to individual willingness...realization of the science of Godhead and relief from the unnecessary, useless struggle for existence are not at all difficult for the willing candidate. But they are very difficult for persons who are not surrendered souls but only simple, profitless speculators. SB 2.7.47 ppt. Nama Rasa das and Chaitanya das, New Jersey, USA: HH Lokanath Swami Live at TowacoLive Video streaming by Ustream  ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Dinner &Entertainment at Govinda's!
 Japa Group: You Need To Encourage Yourself
I have my whole morning to complete my quota and so I should not think I am in a deep hole. You need to encourage yourself over this precious sadhana and not be down on yourself if you start out slow and tired. From Bhajan Kutir #461  Japa Group: Don't Get Distracted
It is often very difficult to keep one's attention on the holy name while chanting japa. This is because the mind is not trained to bear prolonged attention. It gets bored with the monotony of japa and runs to more pleasing things. By increasing one's interest or taste in japa, one will be able to chant attentively. From the Art Of Chanting Hare Krsna by Mahanidhi Swami  Sutapa das, BV Manor, UK: Chapter Four - E.A.R.S
 Kripamoya dasa, UK: Will England win if we all pray?
England football team captain Bobby Moore borne aloft with triple goal-scorer Geoff Hurst flanking him on our left. It was 1966 and we had won. If there’s two dates in history that every English schoolboy knows, its 1066 and 1966. The first was the Battle of Hastings, which ushered in The Norman Conquest and had enormous repercussions on the future of our small island; the second was when England won the football World Cup in a dramatic final with West Germany at Wembley Stadium in London. It was only twenty years after the end of the Second World War and there was still strong feelings about the old enemy Germany. The score was one goal each after the first 16 minutes and it was a nail-biting tension felt by each of the 98,000 fans in the stadium for the next 62 minutes during which the ball was artfully kicked up and down the pitch with no result for either team. England scored in the 78th minute and it looked as if they were going to win (only 90 minutes in a game, you see) but then the referee allowed a free kick to Germany from which they scored. England protested, but the goal was allowed. In the final minute of the match the score was 2-2. Extra time was added to the 90 minutes to compensate for time lost for injuries and stopped play. Then Geoff Hurst, who had already scored one goal, scored again when the ball bounced off a crossbar. This time the Germans contested, but again the goal was allowed. That goal has been discussed for the last 44 years. Then came the will of God, or so the English felt. In the 98th minute of play, just as fans were invading the pitch, Geoff Hurst scored one more goal to bring the final score to England 4 – West Germany 2. The entire country was ecstatic. For the second time in living memory England had beaten off the Germans. England had won in the last minute and there was a God. The celebrations went on for weeks. I was 10 years old, and Britain was really top of the world. But that was 44 years ago. Not since those days has England tasted the same success. Footballers today are paid huge sums of money, quite unimaginable by the players back then. But never has the England team equalled the result of 1966. There are now just a few days left until the World Cup 2010 begins. My entire street is draped in English flags, buntings and banners of red cross on white background. Up and down the country people are praying. They are praying to a God who does not take sides, to look favourably upon this country’s football team, and to maybe, just maybe (please Lord) show the divine grace He so obviously did back in 1966 and allow their country’s football team to win the World Cup. Meanwhile, over in Germany, and Brazil, Portugal, Spain, and a host of other countries, even the USA, they are all praying exactly the same prayer to the same God. May that same God bless us all. Believe in God here       Bharatavarsa.net: Book distribution seminar: There no such things as coincidences...We were in Town Hall, Sydney, Australia. There was a big parade honoring the war veterans. Soon it died down and so did the flow on the streets. We now had several book distributors and not enough people to stop between us. Bhakta Sean wasn't feeling the vibe of the whole ordeal so we decided to go for a wonder down to Martin Place (another good sankirtana spot). I wasn't distributing many books at the time so I decided I would follow along and see if Krsna's mercy was available there. I had to push the trolley and keep up pace and this was distracting me from doing any books. I started to doubt the whole idea of walking all this distance. "Oh Krsna, Where are you taking me? What is the point of coming here?" I said within my mind, appealing to the almighty. Sure enough, as soon as I stopped my book trolley on the wall, an Indian gentleman in a suit arrived. "What have you got there?" he asked, in a curious but very firm tone. I wasn't sure whether he was going to ridicule or if he was genuinely interested. I didn't really care at this point whether he was going to spit on me or insult me, any chance I had to distribute a book was worth the try. I showed him the books, gave him a quick talk over the subject matter, even though he seemed to know what it was. Then it came to the crunch, "we just ask for a donation" I said. He looked at me, fumbled through his wallet super casually, whimsically thrust $40 dollars towards me and took my whole stack. Before I could say anymore, he was gone. Surely Krsna arranged this whole meeting. I was confident Krsna wasn't done yet. I bumped into another boy in Martin Place. I captured his familiarity when I found out that he was a stone mason (which is what my younger brother is training to be). I begged for some of my brother's piety as I tried to distribute a book to this boy. I wasn't sure how he was going to relate to a book on yoga, being a hands-on, working class man. I told him, "It's about how to understand the connection between the body, mind and soul." He said, "This is exactly what I have been trying to look into. What a coincidence." "There are no such things as coincidence" I replied, "If you honestly hanker for these things then the knowledge will come." Your servant, Madhavendra Puri Dasa. Jahnavi, UK: Wisdom in the City
Yesterday evening I attended the ‘Gita Wisdom’ class at Jivamukti Yoga, near Union Square. It has been running for about five years now, and is taught by Joshua Greene (Yogesvara das), a seasoned bhakti yogi and dedicated student of the Bhagavad Gita.The class takes place in one of the large, bright studios and hosts a sincere group of spiritual seekers from different walks of life. Many are yoga teachers, eager to integrate these spiritual teachings into their physical asana practice and pass this on to their own students. Last night was the final class for the chapter by chapter study that has run for the past few months. It started out with a few minutes of simple Hare Krishna kirtan that set a meditative mood. All of the thirty-odd students sat on the floor, unpacking notebooks and pens, and well-thumbed copies of the Gita. Joshua began the summary of the final eighteenth chapter by talking about the character of Vidura. I loved the way he brought the characters to life. I think one of the most important things about studying any scripture is to understand its reality – these characters are not mythological – they were real, living breathing, thinking, feeling, and their struggles, lessons and successes can be directly applied to our own lives if we perceive them in this way. I’m always amazed at how lessons from the Gita that I’ve heard hundreds of times growing up can strike me with a shocking freshness, again and again. When Joshua explained that spiritual life is experienced in progressive stages, and that what Krishna tells Arjuna at the very end: ‘Fully surrender unto me’, couldn’t have been spoken at the beginning without being preceded by deep explanation, I thought deeply about my own spiritual progress. I often give myself a hard time for not doing better; not getting up early without fail every day; for not being more disciplined and regulated; for my moments of ‘weakness’ when I just long for home comforts, or turn a blind eye to my responsibilities. The truth is, we are all struggling somehow on individual journeys. Just as Arjuna’s dilemma is not an allegory, but very real, our daily choices and activities present so many real, sometimes frightening challenges. It’s tempting to think that there must be a way of side stepping. Perhaps by choosing a ‘spiritual life’ we can just be peaceful and avoid the inner battle. But these things have to be faced as a part of our path to remembering who we really are, a blissful soul in an eternal, loving relationship with God. With challenges come realisation and increased opportunity to depend on God in humble, loving surrender. Every morning I wake up here in New York and have a ‘What am I doing here?’ moment. It’s scary to not have the full picture. It’s humbling to realise how small I am in this sprawling, frantic city. But I am so thankful that I have the Gita to help me remember that this time is a gift from Krishna. These challenges are a vital part of the big picture. Check out the Gita Wisdom facebook page, for photos, recipes and links to watch the class live each week.       Book Distribution News: There no such things as coincidences...We were in Town Hall, Sydney, Australia. There was a big parade honoring the war veterans. Soon it died down and so did the flow on the streets. We now had several book distributors and not enough people to stop between us. Bhakta Sean wasn't feeling the vibe of the whole ordeal so we decided to go for a wonder down to Martin Place (another good sankirtana spot). I wasn't distributing many books at the time so I decided I would follow along and see if Krsna's mercy was available there. I had to push the trolley and keep up pace and this was distracting me from doing any books. I started to doubt the whole idea of walking all this distance. "Oh Krsna, Where are you taking me? What is the point of coming here?" I said within my mind, appealing to the almighty. Sure enough, as soon as I stopped my book trolley on the wall, an Indian gentleman in a suit arrived. "What have you got there?" he asked, in a curious but very firm tone. I wasn't sure whether he was going to ridicule or if he was genuinely interested. I didn't really care at this point whether he was going to spit on me or insult me, any chance I had to distribute a book was worth the try. I showed him the books, gave him a quick talk over the subject matter, even though he seemed to know what it was. Then it came to the crunch, "we just ask for a donation" I said. He looked at me, fumbled through his wallet super casually, whimsically thrust $40 dollars towards me and took my whole stack. Before I could say anymore, he was gone. Surely Krsna arranged this whole meeting. I was confident Krsna wasn't done yet. I bumped into another boy in Martin Place. I captured his familiarity when I found out that he was a stone mason (which is what my younger brother is training to be). I begged for some of my brother's piety as I tried to distribute a book to this boy. I wasn't sure how he was going to relate to a book on yoga, being a hands-on, working class man. I told him, "It's about how to understand the connection between the body, mind and soul." He said, "This is exactly what I have been trying to look into. What a coincidence." "There are no such things as coincidence" I replied, "If you honestly hanker for these things then the knowledge will come." Your servant, Madhavendra Puri Dasa. ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Flashback Photo - Beverley St.
 H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 1.5.33 The Cure For All DiseasesSB 01.05.33_The Cure For All Diseases_1998-06-13 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.33 The Cure For All Diseases 1998-06-13 H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 01.05.32 The Best Way To Solve ProblemsSB 01.05.32_The Best Way To Solve Problems_1998-06-11 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.32 The Best Way To Solve Problems 1998-06-11 Radhadesh ISKCON News.com: Krishna Balaram Installation Festival, Alachua, FL 2010 - Lokanatha Swami Bhajan
 ISKCON News.com: Krishna Balaram Installation Festival, Alachua, FL 2010 - The Lords Open Their Eyes
As the eyes of the Deities are opened for the first time, Srila Prabhupada is presented before them.  H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: '462' from The Yellow Submarine3:49 A.M.I slept without a headache but woke up about a quarter after two and soon felt a headache coming on. I took medicine at 2:45 and began chanting, but the pain did not go down. It hampered my concentration, but I persisted. When Baladeva came up at 3:30 I took more medicine. By then I had chanted eight rounds. My ninth round was more intimate with clearer hearing of the mantras. I was feeling pleasure. My new book has arrived, Japa Transformations. I liked it when I read about one-third of it, and I feel it's an accomplishment to have published this book about chanting. It was written at the time when my chanting is better than it is now. And I'm glad I was able to preserve that period. Now we will distribute the book to specific persons and places. I feel the writing I am doing on japa sessions now is more a reportage of a negative side, but I'm trying to avoid that and see the good in what I am doing. I should not be down on myself and certainly not be down on the magnificent process of chanting Hare Krishna. Krishna Ksetra Prabhu who wrote the foreward to the book said I am both an instructor and a student and that is true. Lately I have been teaching by my struggle which is another form of instruction aside from citing victories in japa. Japa Transformations, deep Dandavats.com: Hare Krishna devotees hold public eventBy Bill Henry Devotees from around Grey-Bruce welcomed their Hare Krishna movement's spiritual leader in Canada to a public vegetarian feast and celebration Saturday. Owen Sound organizer Rajesh Kalavadia said the first-time event at Kelso Beach featured three elements: vegetarian food, spiritual activities like chanting and meditation, and entertainment including music, freestyle dance and a secular drama about loneliness Dandavats.com: Selling of Devotional paraphernalia from sankirtan mayapurSachikumar (das) JPS (Mayapur - IN): I am very happy to announce that our Sankirtan dept of ISKCON MAYAPUR newly offering a special service for the international devotees. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Transcendental Typewriter' from The Yellow SubmarinePrabhupada Smaranam
Prabhupada worked with a manual typewriter when he began his publishing of articles and his Srimad– Bhagavatam in India. He would carry the typed manuscripts to the printers, where they would typeset the pages into printed pages. Prabhupada worked with his old manual typewriter at his rented workroom at Chippiwada in Old Delhi. He was a poor sannyasi and had to beg for paper and printing and had to bring the paper himself and have it carried by rickshaw to the printers. He then read the printed pages and entered corrections by hand and carried it back to the printer. He wrote in the quiet of his room at the Radha Damodara temple, but conducted his printing business by walking through the busy streets of Delhi. When he came to America, he continued to work with his manual typewriter, composing the translations and purports of Srimad-Bhagavatam. He was on the Second Canto and carried hundreds of pages of already completed manuscripts with him. But then his typewriter was stolen from his room at Doctor Mishra's ashram. When he moved to the Bowery, he was given another typewriter and continued his work. At 26 Second Avenue he engaged Hayagriva in editing the pages he had already typed. Then Gargamuni bought Prabhupada his first Dictaphone, and he began using it, speaking directly into the microphone and making tapes. He stopped using the typewriter. I was one of the first ones to type the Dictaphone tapes. No one else wanted to do it. I had my own manual typewriter at my apartment, and I would also type the tapes in Prabhupada's apartment at 26 Second Avenue. When Prabhupada moved to San Francisco, and I moved to Boston I continued to be the sole typist of the tapes. He began The Teachings of Lord Caitanya and sent me the tapes in a mail. He sent them in loosely taped envelopes at the rate of about two per week. Typing the tapes was very dear to me. Hearing my master's voice in my ears and typing early in the morning before I went to my welfare job gave my intense feelings of separation. I used to hear his voice even when I wasn't typing. I kept the carbon copy and sent the original manuscript to him in the mail. We had much correspondence about which tapes I had and which tapes he had. In this way I typed the third and fourth cantos of Srimad-Bhagavatam, the entire TLC and the Krishna book. In my morning lectures at the temple I would recite Krishna book stories to the devotees. Typing was my life and soul. This picture shows Prabhupada and I conferring over the Dictaphone during one of his visits to Boston. Typing for Prabhupada was one of the most intimate services I ever did for him, and it made me steady emotionally, easing my separation from him, and teaching me the philosophy. Dandavats.com: Scotland, UK: Pujaris NeededJagad Bandhu Das GPS: ISKCON Karuna Bhavan, Scotland, UK , are looking for 2 Pujaris to come and serve beautiful Sri Sri Koda Nitay Mayapur Sashi and Sri Tulsinath (our pradhana sila), Giriraj and Srimati Vrnda Devi Dandavats.com: Opportunity for service in Puerto RicoJaya Sita devi dasi: A pujari for ISKCON Puerto Rico is requested for two months during the summer time with option to stay longer. Simple but clean accommodations and very nice prasadam is offered. Dandavats.com: ISKCON Vrindavan Krishna Balarama Temple daily darshansAdi Kesava Das: ISKCON Vrindavan Krishna Balarama Temple daily darshans can be seen here, this is the link www.vrindavandarshan.com H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Tired Today' from The Yellow SubmarineHe said even in foreign And he specifically recommended I have a small voice When you write, tell of Krishna I'm too tired to rise to I use my home as a base, Dandavats.com: London's Ancient Festival of ChariotsRadha Mohan Das: London's 'Ratha-yatra' Festival of Chariots returns to the streets of the capital on Sunday 20th June 2010. London will be illuminated by the wonderful colours and sounds of the annual Hare Krishna festival, a vibrant celebration of Indian culture and spirituality in our city H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Free write' from The Yellow Submarine
I can't figure this picture out, but I will do a free write on it. He does not seem to be a homeless man who is on a street in a desperate situation. He's wearing a good winter sports coat, his head on a knapsack and the floor is carpeted. It almost seems like he is taking a short nap in an airport terminal or in someone's room. He feels secure enough to have taken off his shoes. I'm going to imagine where he is and what he's doing. I imagine he's on a floor in a room in a Hare Krishna preaching center. He has been there several times and is getting to know the devotees. He is twenty years old and attends a community college and lives with his mother and brother and sister. He dropped by the center on a Friday night and for the first time he stayed overnight. He got up at 4 A.M. with the devotees and took part in mangala arati and a class and breakfast. Now the devotees are letting him take a nap. They call him Bhakta Jo. It's winter and there is no heat in the building so he is wearing his coat. He is having a dream from something he heard in the class. It was about Lord Jagannatha, and he is dreaming someone gave him a set of miniature Jagannatha Deities. When he wakes up the devotees are going to ask him to wash the pots. He already phoned his mother and told her where he is. Tonight the devotees will go on the streets, and they will ask him to go with them. He'll accept the invitation. It will be the first time he's going out on sankirtana. He will stay over again Saturday night and get up early. He'll be tired again because he's never got up so early. But he likes the sanga of the devotees, especially the leader of the center. He told the devotees about his dream and they said it was auspicious. At the back of his mind he remembers he's got homework to do, and he'll have to return home at least by Sunday night. But for now he is enjoying his time with the Krishnas, and it's making an impression on him, maybe a deep one. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 1.5.32 Krishna's SweetnessSB 01.05.32_Krishna’sSweetness_2003-02-03 Lecture - Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.32 Krishna’s Sweetness 2003 Perth evening Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: Rained More Than EnoughA few days ago we got 3″ (7.6 cm) of rain in a 24 hour period, followed up by another 70/100s the next day. That is like almost too much rain. Aside from concerns poorly drained plants will suffer drowning (and in theory I have none of those), I had just planted a succession crop of lettuce, plus coriander, shiso, succession crop of spinach and some more beans. I am afraid they were either washed out or the surface pummeled so badly by the rain that it got crusty, as clay soils are wont to do, and the new seedlings won’t be able to emerge. I threw some radish seeds in between some rows and they have come up but the rest remains to be seen. Yesterday was mulching mulching mulching and still didn’t finish it all. Mulch helps retain moisture in dry times but more importantly suppresses weeds which invade gardens in wave after relentless wave otherwise. In my blueberries, which aren’t doing particularly well, we are laying out a thin layer of newspaper and covering it with well rotted wood chips that have turned black after laying around for 10-15 years and being under the cover of a rug to keep weed seed out. The newspaper stops germinating weeds from coming through and the black rotted wood chips add organic matter blueberries love and it looks good. Other places we cover the newspaper with hay, which does introduce some weed seed but works quick and easy for this season at least. I have also been closing in a gourd arbor in which we have planted several different kinds of dipper gourds plus bitter melon. We set out the transplants and protected them from the ground hogs by putting the milk jug hotcaps I had removed from the tomatoes over them but they quickly outgrew those so we needed to seal in the fence. Tulasi and I went around the base of the fence and tacked locusts posts all around so it is harder for the ground hogs to get under the wire, but I will feel very vulnerable about my gourds until they start climbing the wire and get above the ground hogs’ reach. If they make it, a couple of the plants are extra long handled dipper gourds which I will give some special treatment to including removing excess fruit set so the ones that remain get all the juice from the plant and get as long as possible. The goal is to win the longest gourd category at next fall’s Ohio Gourd Society show. The bitter melon is pretty safe — no one eats that, except some humans. :-) Bali Mardana: Only thing I did not like was the bitter melon. Morning Walk — January 16, 1974, Hawaii Filed under: Cows and Environment       Arcanam: Worship of the Deity: Facebook Group!
 Madri dd, South Africa: BCEC Namamrta Program at Iskcon Toronto with HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata SwamiThe Namamrta program focuses on strengthening the practice of Japa, relishing kirtan and harinam in the association of devotees within our Iskcon society. Indeed Srila Prabhupada's temple is a fitting venue for such a program. The attendees are often left with inspiration and conviction that this facility can be a source of constant spiritual strength. HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami travels to various countries facilitating such a program. This program at Iskcon in Toronto was held earlier this month.  Mayapur Online: Sri Vrindavan Das Thakur- Appearance day
One of the most beautiful islands in Navadvipa Mandala is Modadrumadvipa (present day, it is known as Mamgacchi), the island representing the process of servitorship ( dasya). The glorious Vrindavan das Thakur appeared here and inundated the whole world with the sweet pastimes of Sri Caitanya & Nityananda, by composing Sri Caitanya Bhagavata. Born as son of Narayani, who is blessed with the remnants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Vrindavan das Thakura was a disciple of Sri Nityananda prabhu. David Haslam, UK: Reflection, a thoughtThe other day I was in a council meeting looking at how schools perform in delivering acts of collective worship in relation to the government inspection. The thing is that our local authority is very pro-active in making sure religion has a high profile and so consistently achieves high marks; (they have especially been helpful in [...] H.H. Sivarama Swami: Taking a shower outside this morning
H.H. Sivarama Swami: There is devestating flood in Hungary where our FFL team is distributing 1000 plates of hot food to people who have not eaten in daysIf you would like to contribute to this effort financially, or any other way, contact Damodara dasa on damodara@me.com Yoga of Ecology, Bhakta Chris, USA: Purple Pokeberries Could Unlock Solar Power Worldwide
South Carolina, United States — Pokeberries – the weeds that children smash to stain their cheeks purple-red and that Civil War soldiers used to write letters home – could be the key to spreading solar power across the globe, according to researchers at Wake Forest University's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials. Nanotech Center scientists have used the red dye made from pokeberries to coat their efficient and inexpensive fiber-based solar cells. The dye acts as an absorber, helping the cell's tiny fibers trap more sunlight to convert into power. Pokeberries proliferate even during drought and in rocky, infertile soil. That means residents of rural Africa, for instance, could raise the plants for pennies. Then they could make the dye absorber for the extremely efficient fiber cells and provide energy where power lines don't run, said David Carroll, Ph.D., the center's director. "They're weeds," Carroll said. "They grow on every continent but Antarctica." Wake Forest University holds the first patent for fiber-based photovoltaic, or solar, cells, granted by the European Patent Office in November. A spinoff company called FiberCell Inc. has received the license to develop manufacturing methods for the new solar cell. The fiber cells can produce as much as twice the power that current flat-cell technology can produce. That's because they are composed of millions of tiny, plastic "cans" that trap light until most of it is absorbed. Since the fibers create much more surface area, the fiber solar cells can collect light at any angle — from the time the sun rises until it sets. To make the cells, the plastic fibers are stamped onto plastic sheets, with the same technology used to attach the tops of soft-drink cans. The absorber — either a polymer or a less-expensive dye — is sprayed on. The plastic makes the cells lightweight and flexible, so a manufacturer could roll them up and ship them cheaply to developing countries — to power a medical clinic, for instance. Once the primary manufacturer ships the cells, workers at local plants would spray them with the dye and prepare them for installation. Carroll estimates it would cost about $5 million to set up a finishing plant — about $15 million less than it could cost to set up a similar plant for flat cells. "We could provide the substrate," he said. "If Africa grows the pokeberries, they could take it home. "It's a low-cost solar cell that can be made to work with local, low-cost agricultural crops like pokeberries and with a means of production that emerging economies can afford." Alicia W. Roberts is a research writer at Wake Forest University.  Mayapur Online: Enrollment for Mayapur Academy Diploma course 2010/11 has begun!
The Mayapur Academy Pujari training course in English for International devotees starts on the 1st November with the opening day on the 30th October. H.H. Sivarama SwamiOur movement is not a passive movement but it is active. We are trying to - Srila Prabhupada Gouranga TV: Aindra Hare Krishna Kirtan – Vrindavan – 1-11-2009 Part 1/6Aindra Hare Krishna Kirtan – Vrindavan – 1-11-2009 Part 1/6 More Recent Articles |
reminded me of how complicated we have made life and how we should always strive to live simply.
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