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Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Punch ListToday no cooking was done in la cocina, except for pan roasting some puffed lotus seeds (makhana) for my kids’ dinner. They absolutely adore this simple treat and should be grateful to my friends Ajay and Sashi whom I met in Vrindavan, otherwise I would never know about this edible, nutritiously void styrofoam that is an all time fave in my family. All four of us went to the big city of Orlando today, where we ate an unsatisfying meal at the Garden Cafe and I vowed to never eat out in Florida again. Why? The food always is sub-par, the places are either visibly dirty or I can just imagine the dirt behind the kitchen door barf and it is way way way too costly. I am not one to keep vows, but still, it’s a good sentiment to cultivate. I should at least hold out for something really good. Afterwards, we went to see The Last Airbender. The kids and the Babu are big fans of the cartoon. The Mata usually avoids watching cartoons. The Babu and the Mata have only been to one movie since 1992 (I think longer for the Babu) and that was without the kids. So, this was our children’s first experience “going to the movies.” I was worried my son would be freaked out by the big screen action, but he handled it like a champ, only asking to leave the theatre when he new the Moon Spirit was going to be murdered. Since the kids knew everything that was going to happen from the animated series, it was a good choice for a first time. Vm, who is sensitive to loud noises, despite being the origin of many a screech and a howl, had problems with the volume, as did I. All in all, a good time. I actually liked the movie and fell a little bit in love with Uncle Iroh and cried when Yue returned her spirit back to the Moon Spirit. God, I’m pregnant. Didn’t like the dough faced boy who played Aang and felt that there must be many of young, unknown, cheap child actors out there that actually have talent who would better capture an audience and make me happier as a viewer. But all the disses I’ve read about the special effects and writing must be from the perspective of a movie-going-sophisticate, because this country bumpkin audience member liked it. And I categorically dislike science fiction/fantasy, save for a few classics from my trove of youth nostalgia. We got home around 7:30 and Lotus, who had been here since early morning, was taking off. He put up the scribe molding and shoemold on the white cabs, hung my shelves, mirror and clocks, and did some other stuff that I can’t think of right now. A piece of filler above the dishwasher, shoemold around the island, and some cabinet modifications (adding shelves and tray dividers) are all that’s left. For Lotus. I still have to finish putting stuff away, despite the eight hours I spent working on that yesterday, and husband has door painting and touch up work–lots and lots of touch up work. Oh, and Chris has to come back and install the kitchen RO faucet once the marble guys come to move the hole (don’t ask). Kitchen blah blah blah kitchen blah blah my blah kitchen blah. The place is a mess, but let’s take a look anyway. Shall we?  Stainless steel restaurant shelves with trial run of colorful stuff on them. Seventy two inch wide stainless steel restaurant shelves were not the most streamlined design out there, but they were definitely the cheapest. Not entirely sure what exactly will find a home there, but I am sure I need to clean those things up tomorrow. I think it goes nicely with the stainless steel monster hood and, in this application against teal tile and above white cabinets with a soft and cloudy marble top, does not look too industrial.  Yet another angle. Have not done any cleaning off of the shelves. Or the stuff on them. Inside the white cabinets below the shelving are our dishes. As my friend Samba once joked, it looks like I knocked over a restaurant supply shop. The dishes were cheap, but not that cheap!  Inside the cabinets: white stoneware. I have more for the bottom shelf, don't worry. I love the Lenox bone china pattern *Chirp* but $145 a setting makes me squawk. When I came across these stoneware dishes at Pier 1 late last winter, I became a bit unhealthily obsessed. The dishes never appeared on the website and I regularly visited Pier 1 to make sure they were still in stock. One day, the very nice manager who never hired me despite my charm and the fact that I did fill out a resume, informed me that they were not getting any more dishes in this pattern–don’t know what it is called, other than “Made in Indonesia.” Despite my husband disliking these dishes for their blatant lack of symmetry, I bought them. It was a lot of money to shell out and my husband handled it well because he knew I…had a problem. Officially, these dishes were the first purchase for the kitchen.  My good china, which is actually stoneware. The mugs are dolomite and were made by Powell Peralta. The dolomite mugs (yeah, that’s right dolomite…I have no idea why) don’t exactly match and were in another part of the store but they are so cute and 1950′s and avian that I snatched them up, too. Another early purchase for the kitchen although these were over a period of a few months, were vintage Seth Thomas advertising clocks off of Ebay. They were not at all expensive, although one was listed at $60 and I went behind Ebay’s back and contacted the seller directly and got a *much* lower price. I really like them. They make the wall less boring. A worry was that they were going to drive us crazy because how would three vintage clocks keep precise time in unison? Very well, thank you. That is, if we could set them to tick in unison. The crank for moving the hands is a bit stiff and jerky, so one is a minute off. Or maybe my husband just didn’t do it right. Oh, husband! That’s a joke xxoxox.  Vintage Seth Thomas wall clocks. My husband just doesn't understand. Mirror. That was the second thing I bought for the kitchen. And also from Pier 1. The mirror was a little pot hole in our marriage for a weekend because I really didn’t consult with my husband on this purchase at all. I barely consulted with myself! I just went for it, because I knew it would seamlessly fit into the kitchen grand master plan. And, lordy, I was right. Unfortunately for me, the mirror was expensive and , well, I just shouldn’t have done that. Gotta think, people! But in the end, husband really likes the mirror. Awwww, love the husband!  Mother of pearl mirror above kitchen sink mounted high enough to avoid splashes. And the reflection of the short Jewish Italian woman who will be cooking here. The old kitchen was so dark and dreary and dismal and Sadowski that I had to lighten things up as much as possible. Since, convention has it, the kitchen sink is usually under a window, I decided that the mirror would be my window…into my soul. No, I can’t even see into the mirror because I am way too inferior in my gene pool.  A little fleur-de-lis-y. Mess sweet mess. At least the mess these days is a cleaner, dustless kind. More like clutter. I have a lot of kitchen stuff. A lot of crappy kitchen stuff. Hoping one day to upgrade and to relegate much of what we own to our “camping kitchen” box. But that probably won’t happen until baby is in school and I have a j-o-b. Oh! Which reminds me….this is really exciting. Oh wait, I will save it for a separate blog post!  Just a fraction of the mess left to unpack, wash and put away.       Kurma dasa, AU: Farewell PerthIt's the end of my cookery sojourn in Western Australia for another year. The cooking was too unrelenting to fully capture it all 'on film', but here's a few images.
The second of my two classes at Upper Crust began with my presentation on panir cheese-making. That's one of my students, Pat, stirring the milk.
We used the best unhomogenised milk from Margaret River. Rich milk with the cream still on top makes top-quality cheese.
A few days later I catered for a dinner party. Here's the entree table.
Guests nibbled and feasted their way through the afternoon, with a total of 20 dishes served to 40 guests.
A few days later I presented a hands-on cookery class in the suburb of Hillary's. Here our ebullient crew sit down to dinner.
The Epiphany Doughnuts soaked in a sticky orange blossom and rose syrup were a great hit.
Ok, a little closer... So that's it. This tired Kurma returns to the East Coast to home base, and a quick recharge before another wave of events.
ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Krishna Home SchoolingThe Melbourne Temple is hosting a 2-day seminar on 'The Art of Krishna Conscious Home Schooling'; it will be hosted by Aruddha Dasi and her son, Radhika Ramana Dasa. PDF document: Krsna Home School Seminar You can read more about the family's history on the poster attached.The seminar will be held on Saturday 31st July from 9.30am to 1.00pm and from 2 to 5pm; Sunday 1st August from 9.30am to 1pm. ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Kesava PrabhuSrimad Bhagavatam 11.22.13 - The mode of goodness is more conducive for devotional service. Srila Prabhupada's Letters1947 July 13: "Why the mankind wave should be offered services and why the beasts, birds, plants and stone waves shall not be offered services? These are some of the questions that arise out of a critical study of your book."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1968 July 13: "Work for the improvement of the temple. And whenever there is opportunity, chant in public parks, and collect some money from the gathering, and surely Krishna will help you in spreading this sublime gospel of Krishna Consciousness."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1969 July 13: "I am so glad to learn your center will be a good distributing place. Gradually convert the Hawaiian Islands into New Navadvipa Dham. I am sure you can do it if you go on preaching with the same present spirit and enthusiasm."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1971 July 13: "Moscow is very clean but the socialist government is not very good. There is very little freedom there. Anyway, there is hope for opening a center in the future; we have made some friends there."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1971 July 13: "When Sankirtana is in a troubled area, it is not contradictory to our principles. Rather it is a great service. Lord Nityananda Prabhu, he personally went to troubled area of Jagai and Madhai and he conquered them. He was injured also. So do it very carefully."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1972 July 13: "My dear Brother Shyamsundar, in our childhood I used to take my ratha with my little friends. I have become old but my disciples will carry on this festival yearly, and so our eternal relationship with Sri Sri Jagannathaji will be remembered forever."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 July 13: "It is a very good suggestion to open the Vanaprastha Institute. The elderly people can live there according to the Vaisnava principles and worship the Deity and take prasada. I also want to open the Varnashrama College."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 July 13: "If you want to take a second wife, then you have to leave our temple. Our temples cannot support you and your two wives. You will then want three, four, and more. We are trying to minimize sex and you are trying to increase it."  The Loft, Auckland, NZ: Futuristic Pleasure - Wed 21st July 2010
Ananda Subramanian, Iowa, USA: How to directly relate with Krishna?Satisfying the senses or enjoying material life without Krishna is a non-devotee.  Japa Group: The Number One Priority
"Chant the words so you can hear, the Maha Mantra loud and clear" I hope your Japa is going well and that you can feel Krsna in your life.  Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: Eating beef is allowed (for addicted meat-eaters)Srila Prabhupada: Yes, this is our proposal: "Why should you kill the cow? Let the cow be protected." You can take the cow's milk and use this milk for making so many nutritious, delicious preparations. Aside from that, as far as meat-eating is concerned, every cow will die -- so you just wait a while, and there will be so many dead cows. Then you can take all the dead cows and eat. So how is this a bad proposal? If you say, "You are restraining us from meat-eating" -- no, we don't restrain you. We simply ask you, "Don't kill. When the cow is dead, you can eat it." >>> Ref. VedaBase => JSD 6.5: Slaughterhouse Civilization David Haslam, UK: nothing sweeter than serviceAs some of you may be aware my first visit to Bhaktivadanta Manor was one were my mind was truly agitated, my thinking was that if I can’t make it there I can’t make it anywhere being battered and bruised and even unloved and unwanted by the devotees. So I had convinced the devotee in charge [...] Yoga of Ecology, Bhakta Chris, USA: ISCOWP Update June 2010
 ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) this Weekend!
 H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 83:54 A.M.I slept all right but woke up quite early and got out of bed at a quarter after one. I did so because I wanted to take advantage of lots of early time for chanting. I chanted 12 rounds but it really didn't pay off, getting up so early. The rounds were rather dull and mechanical. I chanted them in my mind, and toward the end I developed a headache. I'm sorry I didn't chant better but grateful I had the opportunity to say Krishna and Radha's holy names in a peaceful setting by myself. It wasn't the worst of chantings because I wasn't distracted by other things and comfortably passed the mantras in a rapid fashion. But when I think of the effects of the holy name as described by Lord Caitanya and the great acaryas, I know I am so far below them. All I can do is try to continue and try to improve. At least I've chanted a good amount of my quota. I did not chant so H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: Construction of the Manor AltarPrabhupada Smaranam
Prabhupada is paying a visit to the construction workers who are just starting to build the altars at Bhaktivedanta Manor. He patiently stayed there all summer until they were completed and a grand installation ceremony of Sri-Sri Radha-Gokulananda was held on Janmasthami. Then he sang and danced before the Deities in the temple. He was the epitome of the Guruvastakam verse that says the spiritual master is always guiding the devotees in the worship of Radha and Krishna in the temple. These devotees may not have been the most expert carpenters and builders, but when they saw Prabhupada's pleasure with them, they became inspired and empowered to do the job well. It was like that with all the services the devotees performed for Srila Prabhupada. He assigned them a task, say, of book distribution, or cooking, or painting pictures, or putting together a magazine, and with a few directions from him, they learned on the job how to be expert at the task. One of the 26 qualities of a devotee is "expert," and the devotees mainly learned it by practice. Some of their early efforts may have been imperfect, but they soon learned to master difficult tasks, with the aid of Krishna in the heart and confidence imbued in them by Srila Prabhupada. He never preferred to hire karmi laborers but engaged his own men and women and expected them to quickly pick up a proficient skill by trial and error. Fortunately, Prabhupada had many skilled, intelligent disciples, and they learned to pick up professional skills like building a first-class altar for the Deities at Bhaktivedanta Manor. The devotees felt their spiritual lives were at stake, and they worked long, diligent hours to please their spiritual master with a serviceable finished product. With Krishna directing them, they achieved wonders, and the Krishna consciousness movement grew and developed in all ways. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: Simple WordsI received a letter from
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I admitted to Kowit Dandavats.com: Budapest's Ratha Yatra illuminates the city
Budapest's 'Ratha-yatra' Festival of Chariot returned to the streets of the capital on Sunday 11th July 2010. Budapest was 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: Mahaprabhu's VirahaFree Write
This pastime is right down the alley of viraha-bhavan. In Jagannatha Puri, Lord Caitanya was always feeling the absence of Krishna in the mood of Radharani. In His Sikstakam, He wrote, "I am feeling all void in the absence of Your presence." He would rub his forehead against the wall of the Gambhira and cry tears when His intimate associates sang songs of Krishna. But sometimes Lord Caitanya would catch a vision of Krishna in a grove of Nilacala. He was astounded, and would manifest all the symptoms of bodily ecstasy. The wonderful thing about this vision is that Lord Caitanya is Krishna Himself, and so it is like a child viewing His own image in the mirror. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna disguised as His pure devotee just to taste the happiness of loving Krishna. Caitanya would see these visions but then they would disappear, and He would swoon unconscious. His devotees would wake Him, and He would be confused as to His identity and the situation. He would say, "I was just seeing Krishna in a garden when you came and interrupted Me." Lord Caitanya had so many visions and fell into trances so often that He appeared to be a madman. Indeed, when He showed Ramananda Raya His simultaneous forms as Radha and Krishna, He told Raya not to tell anyone because they would think he was mad. "Actually we are both madmen," Lord Caitanya told Ramananda Raya, and to an ordinary person the activities of Lord Caitanya appear to be deranged. Some mundane scholars persist in declaring that Lord Caitanya suffered from epilepsy, and this was the cause of His frequent faintings. The fact is that Lord Caitanya had no material disease, but He was often transported into ecstatic states of love of God in which he left the normal plane and entered into a transcendental state. He was a "madman" of Love of God. Dandavats.com: New Vrindaban's Ratha Yatra Draws Over 350 To Marshall County
"I can't believe the entire parade lasted 90 minutes! Once I started singing along with everyone else, the time just flew," said Jenny Santilli, a Spanish teacher at South Harrison High School in Clarksburg, WV Dandavats.com: Jagannath Rath Yatra begins in PuriSify Newsdesk: Nearly a million devotees are expected to converge at the city of Puri in Orissa for the annual nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath, beginning on July 13 ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Pre-Ratha-Yatra Kirtan Festival with Madhava das, Gopal das and Others!
 Akrura das, Gita Coaching: STRONG FAITHI have no devotion, nor do I have any knowledge, but I have strong faith in the holy name of Krsna.  Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: First PiesOur very white grout is in the process of receiving multiple coats of sealer, so I want to lay off the cooktop adventures until I don’t have to live in fear of fat splatter. Which is why I decided to make pizza. I said I would not be doing any oven work until I had countertops. Then it was faucets. Now that we are practically all done with the kitchen, save for endless finish work, I had no excuse. And, taking into account the grout situation, really didn’t think my kids would go for a dinner of baked sweet potatoes. Lotus cut down my soapstone tiles to fit in my tiny ovens. I bought ingredients at Hitchcock’s, our local and often disappointing food store. Thankfully, the shop exceeded my expectations in most areas. To my huge surprise (no exaggeration) I found King Arthur AP flour and a decent looking jar of artichoke hearts. The jalapenos were in good shape, Polly-O ricotta and mozzarella score high in quality for mid range cheeses in my cookbook and the organic cream was a nice touch. Roma’s are creeping up there in price as the summer moves on and the crushed tomato situation was a little bleak. With an eye on the bank balance, I opted for California ripe olives instead of Kalamata–the price on the Greeks was really alarming. While some people would rather eat toes than California jumbos, I don’t mind. Not ashamed to say that I loved them as a kid and my heart–and stomach–still have a special place for those black, meaty American beauties.  All toppings on deck. Clockwise from left to right: white sauce, artichoke hearts, Roma tomatoes, California olives, diced jalapenos, ricotta, home grown basil, tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella. Oven was preheated at broil for just an hour. I like to preheat for many an hour to really get the pizza stone hot, but it was late in the day, work was going on in our kitchen and I have really been feeling terrible (cough-wise, not pregnancy-wise). I just needed to get it done. The dough was made about five hours earlier. As per Radharadhya’s recommendation to me, I use a scant amount of yeast and prefer the dough to ferment it out in the fridge a few days. No time for that. Super wet and goopy, the dough rose gradually and produced a lot of bubbles. Not bad. Better than your average 1.5 hour rise-time dough. First pizza was for the kids, who were starving. They like it simple. I have one kid that prefers cheese and another that prefers crust, so there is some swapping going on across the table. We are taming them, though, and have to say, they each ate at least 75% of their least favorite parts before trading. The pies were in the oven for an average of 4-5 minutes, with a soapstone tile above and underneath each pie. I don’t have an oven thermometer yet, so I really can’t tell you what the *real* temp was and I am clueless as to how much heat loss is incurred from opening the door to insert and remove the pies. Things to look into in the future. Nevertheless, my hunch is that the small “European” oven size helps cut down on heat loss/recovery time. My kids don’t care for a dark, charred crust so these pies were right up their food alley. I would have liked the crusts to be a bit more done, but like I said earlier, the wetness of the dough gave it such a lightness, that I am not complaining too much–considering the kitchen is still in a rather unordered state.  First pie out of the oven--basic red sauce for the kids. They loved it. Second pie was ladies choice. I went white. Very good. Very dairy. Very fat. I snuck it in on the top stone–a small mistake since the broiler gave it burnt spots. No worries when it came time to bite. It didn’t taste burnt at all, just delicious.  White sauce pizza, for the adults. White sauce, ricotta, artichoke hearts, black olives, basil. The crust was not ridiculously off the dough hook, but it did elicit satisfied moans from me. See:  Delicious pizza crust! Not the penultimate for many reasons, but the wet dough really helped it triumph over its shortcomings. I was talking while making the second red pie so I didn’t realize until after I slid it into the oven that I scrimped on the cheese. When it came out of the oven, I worried there might be some protest from the cheese lover of the familia, but she was already starting to feel stuffed so no complaints. And the crust lover was over the moon for this one! To be honest, this pie made me a bit sad. The crust was very light in color. But I ddin’t fret it because my kids like it that way. I aim to please.  Second red pie out of the oven and soon to be onto the plates. The grand finale–another white pie, this time with my best pizza friend, jalapenos. Yumm-inauthentic-yumm.  Final white pie. More of the same, but this time with the jalapenos. I love the jalapenos.       Rupa Madhurya das, TX, USA: Drama - The Rose of Vidarbha
Intrigue, heartache, deception, romance, humor, and triumph mark Krishna's epic quest to marry his beautiful queen Rukmini and become king of Dwarka. This artfully woven performance, which combines music, theater, and dance, was brought to life by a troupe of talented local Gurukulis on the steps of the ISKCON New Dwarka Temple in Los Angeles, California. This drama was recorded August 1, 2009, in front of 1,100 enthusiastic audience members and was a crowning jewel of KulimeLA 2009. H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Sunday, July 11th, 2010Two Men at the Sidewalk  H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Saturday, July 10th, 2010In Montreal This Weekend  H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Friday, July 9th, 2010She Scores!  H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Thursday, July 8th, 2010Some Pride  H.H. Sivarama Swami: This is the kind of preaching that brings joy to Srila Prabhupada
H.H. Sivarama SwamiSo if you accept Krsna as your son, as your friend, as your lover, you will - Srila Prabhupada Gouranga TV: Bhajan – Giriraj Swami – Vande HamBhajan – Giriraj Swami – Vande Ham Japa Group: Pushed On Like A Soldier
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