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Kurma dasa, AU: Cooking with Kurma - Returning to TassieI head off this morning for a weekend of cookery magic in Tasmania, Australia's southernmost Island State. Tasmania, located 240 kilometres south of the continent, is named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who made the first reported European sighting of the island on 24 November 1642. He named the island Anthony van Diemen's Land after his sponsor Anthony van Diemen, the Governor of the Dutch East Indies. The name was later shortened to Van Diemen's Land by the British.
It was officially renamed in honour of its first European discoverer on 1 January 1856. Just in case you didn't figure it out, "Tassie" is a colloquial expression for the state.
The New York Times dramatically described Tasmania as "the world's most mountainous island and perhaps also its rainiest ... a wind-lashed, wave-carved atoll, the Southern Hemisphere's last terrestrial gasp before it sinks into the Southern Ocean."
It's been almost six years since I taught cookery classes in Tasmania. I was a regular presenter at Drysdale Tafe Colleges in both Hobart and Launceston, until downsizing of the cookery departments scuppered my twice-yearly visits. If spontaneity is your thing, then why not just drop everything and join me for a class. There's still a few vacancies at my Winter Spice Cookery Weekend in Lilydale, near Launceston, Tasmania. These are our menus. Come to one or both classes! Saturday 19 June - The Indian Shared Table Sweet & Sour Mung Dal Soup with Pumpkin, Zesty Lemon Rice with Fresh Coconut, Coriander & Cashews, Succulent Tomato, Peas and Home-made Curd Cheese (Matar Panir), Dry-roasted Crispbreads (Pappadams), Fresh herb-laced Garden Salad, Battered Crispy Fritters of Cauliflower, Eggplant & Potatoes (Pakoras), Hot & Spicy Apple Chutney, Saffron-infused Semolina Halava Pudding with Walnuts & Raisins, Hot Spiced Tea (Masala Chai).
Sunday 20 June - Indian Winter Dinner Party Fragrant South Indian Hot & Sour Toor Dal Soup (Rasam), Basmati Rice with Cashews, Peas & Fresh Coriander (Pulao), Creamy Cauliflower and Potato Supreme (Gobi Alu Bhaji), North Indian Puffed Fried Breads (Poories), Hot, Sweet, Spicy & Sour Eggplant Pickles, Fresh herb-laced Garden Salad with Roasted Vegetables, Traditional Karnataka Carrot Halava, Hot Spiced Tea (Masala Chai). Here are the booking details: Cherry Top & Eagle Park, Lilydale near Launceston, Tasmania, Winter Spice Weekend with Kurma Dasa, Saturday, Sunday 19, 20 June 2010, Bookings - Lesley cherrytop@bigpond.com +61 (0) 3 6395 1167
ps; bring your warmest clothes. Temperatures may be down as low as zero.
Srila Prabhupada's Letters1966 June 17:  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1968 June 17: "They have not yet understood the importance of this movement. Begin contacting the U.N., we want to get facilities for presenting our formulas to the different nations of the world. If we try then our purpose may be fulfilled."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1970 June 17: "It is not on account of my intelligence or endeavor. I am simply an instrument in the hands of my Spiritual Master. I do not know how far I have got the capacity to carry His order, but I have a sincere desire to do it. This is Parampara system."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1971 June 17: "It should come automatically. Not that you are remembering artificially. Parching the body means parching the Supersoul. The process to simply to chant and hear and if Krishna's lila comes into remembrance, that is very good."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 June 17: "I especially want you leaders to become very much absorbed in the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, and become yourselves completely convinced and free from all doubt. Then you shall be able to carry on the work satisfactorily otherwise everything will be spoiled in time."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1973 June 17: "We should be determined to carry out our mission against all opposition. There is nothing that can stop the Sankirtana Movement because it is the will of Lord Caitanya."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1973 June 17: "Preaching means to increase our family members, so I am encouraged you have recommended ten new devotees for initiation. Initiation means to begin not that when initiated a disciple becomes slack; rather upon initiation one begins spiritual life in earnest."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 June 17: "Any position we remain in, we must have full dependence on our spiritual life. This will maintain our spiritual strength. And if we maintain our spiritual strength, then anywhere we live, we live under the protection of Krishna."  Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: sign of demonasuram bhavam, na mam prapadyante. They will never surrender. This is the sign of demon. They will never surrender. They will be killed, they will go to hell, they will accept all the thing, but still, if you ask him that "You surrender to..." "No." That is demonic. Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.8-9, New Vrindaban, May 24, 1969 New Vrndavan, USA: And for all those coming early. . . .
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Japa Group: Steady Application Of The Mind
Attention means steady application of the mind, or focusing the consciousness on a particular subject. Whatever one focuses his attention on becomes deeply impressed in the mind. Although the mind can move from one object to another with fantastic speed, Vedic sastras and modern science concur that the mind can only do one thing at a time. This is called the "single idea" principle of the mind. For example, if one is reading an exciting book with full attention, he will not hear the sounds in the surrounding enviroment. From the Art Of Chanting Hare Krsna by Mahanidhi Swami  ISKCON News.com: June 19: 24-Hour Kirtan &West Virginia Day in New Vrindavan
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Srila Prabhupada's Letters1968 June 16: "What is the difficulty of enforcing these rules? They are rules, and they are simple rules, and must be followed. One must be prepared to follow the rules for Krishna. Otherwise where is the proof that he loves Krishna?"  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 June 16: "As GBC man you shall be my personal secretary for maintaining the highest level of Krishna Consciousness amongst the devotees in your zone."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1969 June 16: "Visala Das will be your name eternally. Eternally you are the servant. It is not very important. It is sufficient for you to know that you are always the servant of Visala, or Krishna."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1969 June 16: "Whatever is offered goes through the Spiritual Master. The Spiritual Master offers it to Krishna then Radha Krishna eats, then Caitanya Mahaprabhu eats, then the Spiritual Master eats, and it becomes Mahaprasadam."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1971 June 16: "One who goes against the rules and regulations of scriptures is causing pain to the supersoul. Parching the body means parching the supersoul. Remembrance of Krishna's lila should come automatically, not that you are remembering artificially."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 June 16: "All my senior disciples and leaders now you must become very, very much aware of your grave responsibility to the human society and utilize every moment in the best manner possible."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 June 16: "I am very much concerned that the devotees should be given all good instruction. That is the duty of the GBC man. If the devotees, especially the responsible officers, do not have any knowledge, how can they preach?"  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 June 16: "Regarding these sannyasis, I have never approved of this action. You can tell them. Everyone is concocting something of their own. It must be checked."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1969 June 15: "With this taste we become more and more attracted, and more and more Krishna gives encouragement, and more and more we increase in our desire to serve Krishna in pure Krishna Consciousness."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1969 June 15: "I am so much encouraged that one very nice boy has come to live in your temple. You are all working sincerely to serve Krishna, and now one sincere soul has been so attracted by this, that he is also coming to join you."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 June 15 : "Since you met with the motor accident, although I am getting your news time to time, still I was very much anxious to write you directly. Do not be worried, Krsna has saved you, and very soon you will regain strength."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1971 June 15 : "Whatever GBC members decide, I have nothing to disagree with. But economically the existing proposal is not very sound. If the printing takes two years, then what becomes the total cost of Bhagavad-gita As It Is?"  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 June 15 : "Are you again acting upon your old principles in the guise of a Sannyasi from our disciplic succession? This cannot be allowed. If you are sincere to our line of action, please come here and live with me for some time."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 June 15 : "I act like a king because no one can defeat me, and similarly, you should take your responsibility very, very seriously as the representative of Caitanya Mahaprabhu."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 June 15 : "I have worked alone, now you are so many. Our scope is unlimited, our resources unlimited. Now we have got 100 branches, so when I finish Srimad Bhagavatam there must be at least 1000 branches."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 June 15 : "Don't be too much concerned with nondevotees, now we must fix-up what devotees we have got - then we will succeed. What good are many, many devotees if none of them are knowledgeable?"  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 June 15: "Remain always compact in Vaikuntha yajna. Don't do anything artificially - that is sahajiya. You remain the beautiful maid servant of Krishna. Don't try to be ugly before Krishna. Krishna does not like ugly gopis."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1967 June 14 : "I think we can continue our centers in rented houses without endeavoring more for our own house. Rather we may train up boys for preaching work and send them back to all the parts of the world to preach this gospel."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1968 June 14 : "Whatever I am trying to bestow upon you all is the gift of Lord Krishna directly - I am just doing the work of a bearer. There is nothing of my personal contribution and I ask your mercy that I may do it without deviation."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1969 June 14 : "Many of the American girls and boys are very qualified to take up this sublime movement. We simply have to instruct them nicely, and surely many will understand that here is such a nice thing - they must take to it."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1970 June 14 : "Spiritual life is just like handling a sharpened razor. Handle it nicely we become clean shaven, but a little inattention causes bloodstain. So always remember this and depend on Krsna and make your life progressive."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1972 June 14 : "So far attending pujas at the houses of the Hindus, we can hold our kirtana but we should not take prasadam there. If they insist then we can take fruits and milk and offer them to Krishna."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters 1973 June 14 : "So we must be prepared to fight. We cannot stop this movement. It is a fight against Maya. So Maya may sometimes cause casualties in our camp. We must only thank Krsna and seriously dedicate everything for Him."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1974 June 14: "We have to be patient. Like a woman who becomes married; if she immediately desires to have a child, that is not possible. But after due time, because she is with her husband, she will have child."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 June 14: "Because you are my very intimate friend from college life, I wish that you may retire from family life and live in one of our so many centers wherever you like, and preach the cult of Krishna Consciousness."  H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: '450' from The Yellow Submarine3:54 A.M. I had two headaches last night a mild one and a more severe one. For the second headache I took medicine with caffeine in it. That made me stay awake, and I got out of bed at 12:30 A.M. I got into a strange groove for my japa. I was comparing my japa to the career of the undefeated heavy weight champion boxer Rocky Marciano. I fought off distraction and laziness as he defeated the rugged dangerous Jersey Joe Walcott to become the champion of the world. Then he defeated the aging Joe Louis in a knockout in a late round. He knocked out the hard fighting Ezzard Charles in a knockout. I imagined him fighting an unknown Norwegian fighter who was a great challenger, and Rocky didn't knock him out until the fifteenth round. He stood in the center of the ring with his trunks below his navel, his hairy chest exposed and his arms extended in triumph above his head and his face battered. My japa was good in fighting all the way although it was a strange way to go about it. I listened to the syllables of the holy names and punched out all the obstacles that come to good chanting such as pramada, inattention, the great difficulty, and blasphemy of a pure devotee and not having faith in the scriptures and so on. I chanted twelve rounds before Baladeva came up at 3:30. I don't expect to do this kind of thinking again, but it came and I couldn't resist it and I dovetailed it for an aggressive punching japa. You chant your japa Today I'm the undefeated H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'Srila Prabhupada as Diksa Guru' from The Yellow Submarine
Prabhupada shades himself from the blazing Vrindavana sun, as he calmly and patiently awaits for the devotees to arrive in the initiation yajna arena. A cloth is stretched around the yard to keep out dogs, hogs, monkeys and urchins. This is before the construction of the Krishna Balarama Mandir, but Prabhupada is initiating disciples. He already has hundreds of disciples, but when new members become qualified he increases the numbers of the Hare Krishna movement. Srila Jiva Goswami wrote that a spiritual master should not accept many disciples. Disciples may fall down and cause a burden or physical illness for the spiritual master. But the Krishna consciousness movement must be spread as far as possible, and if the spiritual master is a pure devotee he can take the burden of thousands of disciples without jeopardy. But the disciples must be obedient to their vows taken at initiation, or they can put the spiritual master at risk. It is an offense to give the holy names to unqualified persons. So Prabhupada has a new person wait six months to a year before giving them first and second initiations. There are steps in devotional service leading to initiation, according to Rupa Goswami. First comes initial faith or sraddha. Then comes sadhu-sanga or association with devotees. Next come practicing the rules and at this stage, called bhajana-kriya, initiation can be given. Unless initiated by a spiritual master, you can't have the link with Krishna. Upon initiation one may not immediately notice the good results, but they are there just as you don't notice sometimes when the airplane takes off the ground. Suddenly you are hundreds of feet in the air–that is a result of bhajana-kriya. Here Prabhupada is ready to take more souls and guide them back to Godhead by either diksa initiation and initiation into brahminical status. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'A Day at The Cardiologist's' from The Yellow SubmarineThe Hindu doctor said But when they tried to put me I had to stay so long I "Don't overeat." He noted that my But we didn't talk His name sounded like "Goon" They warned me the injection Doctor Prasad will "put the pieces Baladeva and I went H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 'More on Yoga' from The Yellow SubmarineFree write 
The teaching of yoga asanas has become very popular today. It is performed mainly as a physical exercise with an addition of impersonal meditation. Prabhupada used to write that the asanas were at the lower rung of the yoga ladder and to perform them just as a form of physical exercise was not true yoga. Yoga means to link up with the Supreme. Krishna conscious devotees have taken advantage of the popularity of yoga classes and have become yoga teachers. They teach the students the asanas, but they go beyond that to teach them bhakti-yoga. They hold kirtanas of the Hare Krishna mantra at their yoga classes and teach the basic tenets of Krishna's teachings to Arjuna in the Bhagavad-gita. This format of Krishna conscious yoga classes with the asanas plus the meaning of bhakti has proved successful, and many students are taking up this supercharged form of bhakti-yoga. Food offered to Krishna, prasadam, is also distributed at Krishna conscious yoga classes and a vegetarian diet is encouraged. One teacher teaches a fluid, choreographed form of yoga during which the chant of Hare Krishna is kept up even during the asanas and a "yoga of the heart" is opened and attained. ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Toronto Sankirtan Team turns 1 year old!
 Ananda Subramanian, Iowa, USA: dark matter...oh it doesn't matter?Dark Matter - does it exist or not...or perhaps in the minds of the scientists? Well...no one really knows is the real answer. Check out the link for more on dark matter.  H.H. Sivarama Swami: Calo Mana Sri VrndavanaKirtan at Nandagrama. H.H. Sivarama Swami: The wonders of prasadam distribution
Dandavats.com: More Nirjala EkadasiBy Dravida Dasa With some further research and help from His Holiness Bhanu Swami, we have concluded that there is really no basis in either 1) the scripture, specifically the Hari-bhakti-vilasa, the guidebook for devotional practices compiled by Sanatana Gosvami, or 2) Srila Prabhupada's instructions, for the idea that if one performs a full nirjala fast on Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi, that will negate any ill effects from having broken Ekadasi over the previous year Dandavats.com: Assist in Preserving GirMathura dasa: We are writing from our organic family farm presenting an opportunity for any person or organization concerned with the welfare of Earth and her inhabitants. Read on to learn about the present challenge we have accepted. Pray this topic will win your interest and impel you to involve your self accordingly. Dandavats.com: London Rathayatra Will Be Streamed LiveRadha Mohan Das: London Rathayatra Will Be Streamed Live Simultaneously On Mayapur.Tv And Krishna.Com This Sunday 20th June 2010. Starting At Around Mid Day Our Live Feed Will Cover Lokanath Swami Andthe Mayapuri'S Kirtan Party During The Procession Bhakta Chris, New York, USA: The Spiritual Progressive: The American Dream: Fact or Fiction?
The American Dream - Fact or Fiction? The great American Dream first expressed by James Truslow Adams in 1931, was the idea that citizens of every rank feel that they can achieve a "better, richer, and happier life." The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence which states that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." The American Dream has been credited with helping to build a cohesive American experience, but has also been blamed for over inflated expectations. There are a few problems with this assumption. First of all, if "all men are created equal", then why is the American Dream exclusively American? Then there is the problem of over inflated expectations. In the late 1800's, Horatio Alger wrote stories of fictional characters from impoverished backgrounds who, through self-reliance and hard work, were able to realize the American Dream in this land of boundless opportunity. The idea of self-determination and rugged individualism is idealized in the Republican party. They want less government, less government regulation, and more free market economics. This is epitomized in a story floating around the internet called "A day in the Life of Joe Republican." Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor. Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune. It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe also forgets that his in addition to his federally subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university. Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification. He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to. Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have." We are addicted to this rag-to-riches myth in this country. That is why we bought into the Reagan theory of "trickle down economics." The idea that if the rich are allowed to make as much money as they can, some of it will trickle down on the rest of us as they steal into the night with their huge bags of cash. George H. W. Bush called this "voodoo economics." We have seen the result of 30 years of Reaganomics - the rich have gotten richer, the poor have gotten poorer, and the middle class has all but vanished. Although this economic theory has been proven wrong time and time again, people have been brainwashed into believing that the American Dream still can apply to them too. Most people outside of America don't live their lives based on fairy tales. They live in reality, where there are only going to be a few rich people, and you are not going to be one of them. So get used to it. The rich have gotten richer, and as a result, they have destroyed the American Dream and have sent the world economy into a tailspin that hasn't been seen since the great depression. The rich, instead of being drawn and quartered and hung at dawn at city gates, they have gotten a big wet kiss in the form of record tax breaks from Congress, and no one has said a word. Why? Because we're still addicted to the Horatio Alger myth, that someday, I can make it big after all. So don't attack the rich man, because one day that rich man may be me! Let me burst the bubble of this myth once and for all. The Declaration of Independence says that we are "endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." This acknowledgement of the creator's endowment is certainly true. Not a blade of grass can move without God's sanction. It says nothing about how each individual is self endowed with this ability. The ancient Vedic wisdom of the Srimad-Bhagavatam clarifies this point. The 6th Canto, 12th Chapter, 13th Verse states: "Just as a person not inclined to die must nonetheless give up his longevity, opulence, fame and everything else at the time of death, so, at the appointed time of victory, one can gain all these when the Supreme Lord awards them by His mercy." In the purport, Srila Prabhupada writes, "It is not good to be falsely puffed up, saying that by one's own effort one has become opulent, learned, beautiful and so on. All such good fortune is achieved through the mercy of the Lord. From another point of view, no one wants to die, and no one wants to be poor or ugly. Therefore, why does the living entity, against his will, receive such unwanted troubles? It is due to the mercy or chastisement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that one gains or loses everything material. No one is independent; everyone is dependent on the mercy or chastisement of the Supreme Lord. There is a common saying in Bengal that the Lord has ten hands. This means that He has control everywhere—in the eight directions and up and down. If He wants to take everything away from us with His ten hands, we cannot protect anything with our two hands. Similarly, if He wants to bestow benedictions upon us with His ten hands, we cannot factually receive them all with our two hands; in other words, the benedictions exceed our ambitions. The conclusion is that even though we do not wish to be separated from our possessions, sometimes the Lord forcibly takes them from us; and sometimes He showers such benedictions upon us that we are unable to receive them all. Therefore either in opulence or in distress we are not independent; everything is dependent on the sweet will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." The American dream is a myth in as much as it is interpreted as being achieved as a result of one's own endeavor, and that is the status quo belief. We must debunk this myth. It is only God who can give or take away the American Dream. Man proposes, and God disposes. We can work like asses for our own sense gratification, which is all taken away at the time of death, or we can serve God, for his pleasure. If we serve God, we will be given all that we require for our maintenance, but that should not be equated with the opulence given to those who have worked for their own selfish gratification. One type of work is binding (that of the karmi, or fruitive worker), another is liberating, (that of a devotee), who can use anything in the service of God, and is not entangled in the reactions of that labor. The devotee is free from karma, and will be liberated from the hard struggle for material existence, and go back to Godhead, to be in his constitutional position, as an eternal servant of God. The karmi will continue to rot in this material world, life after life. That is not the American Dream.   Gouranga TV: YouTube – Radhadesh mellows 2010YouTube – Radhadesh mellows 2010 More Recent Articles |
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