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H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Wednesday 7 July 2010--The Supreme VIP--and--How Can I Resist Temptation?There is no person in all of existence who is more important than Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the most important, the supreme VIP, because He is the source of all existence, the supreme controller and enjoyer, and the best friend of all living beings. Therefore it is absolutely impossible for anyone to compete with Him... Kurma dasa, AU: The Upper CrustLast night's class at the Upper Crust Cooking School was a grand success. Close to 30 Perth residents took shelter from the cold to enjoy an evening of culinary exploration.
It's been a while since I taught a cookery demonstration rather than my usual hands-on cooking classes. It requires more dedication to verbal clarity and more dexterity in balancing quality cooking with time management, oratory precision, good communication, humour, education and the skill of entertaining a large group for three hours, all at the same time.
The three-course menu featured rawa idlis with sambar dal and coconut chutney, lemon rice with flame-roasted pappadams and homemade hot and sweet tomato chutney.
Oh, and who could forget the delectable carrot halava?
The fun continues tonight with part two of our Upper Crust cooking adventure. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Dallas Events – Srimad Bhagavatam 1 Canto Chap 12 Study – July 9thH.H. Prahladananda Swami: Dallas Events – Spanish Intro to Krishna class – el jueves 8 de julio 7pmH.H. Prahladananda Swami: Dallas Events – Bhagavad Gita Class – July 7th 2010H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.24.6 Valuable Sleep Life Cut in HalfSB 03.24.06_Valuable Sleep Life Cut In Half_2003-10-27 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.24.6 Valuable Sleep Life Cut in Half 2003-10-27 Los Angeles H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.24.4 Cut Ignorance Cycle By HearingSB 03.24.04_Cut Ignorance Cycle By Hearing_2003-10-23 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.24.4 Cut Ignorance Cycle By Hearing 2003-10-23 Los Angeles ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Svarupa-Sakti MatajiSrimad Bhagavatam 11.22.7 - No Krishna, no taste. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.15.35 Learning How to AssociateSB 03.15.35_Learning How To Associate_2002-12-18 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.15.35 Learning How to Associate 2002-12-18 Los Angeles H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.15.30 Another Day Another ClassSB 03.15.30_Another Day Another Class_2002-12-11 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.15.30 Another Day Another Class 2002-12-11 Los Angeles H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.13.22 Difficult to UnderstandSB 03.15.22_Difficult To Understand_2002-12-03 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.13.22 Difficult to Understand 2002-12-03 Los Angeles H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.15.21 Devotion to SinSB 03.15.21_Devotion To Sin_2002-12-02 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.15.21 Devotion to Sin 2002-12-02 Los Angeles H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.11.29-31 Fanatical DoubtersSB 03.11.29-31_Fanatical Doubters_2006-11-08 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.29-31 Fanatical Doubters 2006-11-08 Houston H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.11.23-28 Not Afraid, What FaithSB 03.11.23-28_Not Afraid, What Faith_2006-11-07 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.23-28 Not Afraid, What Faith 2006-11-07 Houston H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.11.22 What Does That Mean? Relative TimeSB 03.11.22_What Does That Mean, Relative Time_2006-11-06 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.22 What Does That Mean? Relative Time 2006-11-06 Houston ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Canada Day Maha Harinam!On Thursday, July 1, 2010, Toronto's Hare Krishna Centre celebrated Canada Day with a splash of colour! Our first Canada Day Maha Harinam took to the streets sharing the Holy Name, prasadam and books with the public during Canada Day festivities in downtown Toronto. With Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) around the corner, this was also an amazing way to promote the festival. As such a colourful assembly set out and distributed thousands of invitations! Please view the slide show below(photos by Rishi Kumar and Manish Thorat:  H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.11.18-21 Education Or PoliceSB 03.11.18-21_Education Or Police_2006-11-05 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.18-21 Education Or Police 2006-11-05 Houston ISKCON Toronto, Canada: Snana-Yatra Photos
This past Sunday, Toronto's Hare Krishna temple celebrated our annual Snana-Yatra festival. During this festival Lord Jagannatha, His brother Balarama, and His sister Subadhra are given a special abisheka (bathing ceremony). The temple room was packed with people wanting to catch a final glimpse of Lord Jagannatha. Their Lordships have "mysteriously" contracted a cold while they were bathed in various substances and will be quarantined and given intensive care by their pujaris (priests) for the next two weeks. Once they have had time to recover, they will come out of Their temple to give darshan to everyone during the Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra Festival) on July 17-18, 2010. Thier Lordships will be riding down Yonge Street on large colourful chariots pulled by Their devotees amid ecstatic chanting of the holy names! For more information please see the official Ratha-Yatra Website. Please view the Snana-Yatra slide show below (photos by: Rishi Kumar, Thageesan Thanabalasingam, Rajendra Patel, and Vijay Teli):  H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.11.17 What Book Did I Just Read? No Time To GratifySB 03.11.17_What Book Did I Just Read, No Time To Gratify_2006-11-04 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.17 What Book Did I Just Read? No Time To Gratify 2006-11-04 Houston H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 3.5.43 The Phantasmagoria of Being the ControllerSB 03.05.43_The Phantasmagoria of Being the Controller_2002 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 3.5.43 The Phantasmagoria of Being the Controller 2002 Radhadesh H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 1.19.36 Who Is The Authorized Spiritual MasterSB 01.19.36_Who Is The Authorized Spiritual Master_2000-05-24 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.19.36 Who Is The Authorized Spiritual Master 2000-05-24 Radhadesh H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 1.18.20 The Inconceivable Lord KrishnaSB 01.18.20_The Inconceivable Lord Krsna_2000-03-10 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.18.20 The Inconceivable Lord Krishna 2000-03-10 Radhadesh Dandavats.com: Speaking tree Cover issue on ISKCONBy Vrajendranandan Das Times of India does carry a daily column on Speaking tree with varying writers, but the magazine is supplement along with the main paper which comes out every Sunday Dandavats.com: Central Budapest RathaYatra 2010bh. Tibor: All comers are welcome to RathaYatra and we hope that everyone enjoys a taste of the spiritual bliss that is available in this wonderful festival Dandavats.com: Thanks to our donors, scholarships are now open!Vidvan Gauranga Das: In response to our previous announcement about our scholarship scheme Vidya-dana, a few devotees have donated to help financially incapable devotees study Srila Prabhupada's books through Mayapur Online Education Dandavats.com: NEW BOOK–Avatars, Gods and Goddess of Vedic Culture, by Stephen KnappStephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa): Understanding the assorted Divinities or gods and goddesses of the Vedic or Hindu pantheon is not so difficult as some people seem to think when it is presented simply and effectively Dandavats.com: Exciting Lifestyle Expo - Durban IccRoshan Rambarran: Be Part Of An Exciting, Unprecedented Event In Lifestyle Management! Attend The Vedic Lifestyle Expo Dandavats.com: Rural Job/Service OpportunityAnkottha Das: Bhaktivana Dhama farm community, near Kansas City, is offering job/service positions for devotees who wish to help pursue Srila Prabhupada's vision of cow protection and self-sustainable farming Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: the only way for salvationFor a person who is suffering in the fire of countless miseries and who desires to cross the insurmountable ocean of material existence, there is no suitable boat except that of cultivating devotion to the transcendental taste for the narrations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's pastimes. >>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 12.4.40 H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 1.15.5 The Delusion of IgnoranceSB 01.15.05_The Delusion Of Ignorance_1999-09-31 Lecture - Srimad Bhagavatam 1.15.5 The Delusion of Ignorance 1999-09-31 Radhadesh Japa Group: Not Worrying About Contingencies
From Bhajan Kutir  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1966 July 6:  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1968 July 6: "I shall be very glad to accept an intelligent disciple like you, but first we must meet and you should know whether you can accept me as your Spiritual Master, or I can accept you as my disciple. This is preliminary necessity."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1968 July 6: "I wish to live my remaining days in the Western world to propagate this movement. In San Francisco, they are developing a New Jagannatha Puri and in Florida we shall develop a New Vrindaban, and it may be that Montreal can be developed into New Mayapur."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1971 July 6: "The restaurant proposal is very nice. In the center should be Guru Gauranga altar. Everything prepared should be offered and kept on a table and the guest should come and take prasadam on a plate to his full satisfaction."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1971 July 6: "The menu items are kachori, luglu, samosa, sweet balls, simply wonderful, vegetables, chutneys, puspana, halava, etc; Anyone who pays more than $5.00 can be presented with a small book and a copy of our magazine."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1971 July 6: "All these initiation beads should be kept very carefully and protected. You should be careful and instruct others also. So keep your beads in a bag and keep the bag around your neck. Then you won't lose."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1973 July 6: "Thank you for appreciating my humble efforts on behalf of my Spiritual Master. Whatever I have done it is due to His potency in Krishna Consciousness. My only achievement is that I have not changed what He has taught."  Srila Prabhupada's Letters1975 July 6: "By chanting and giving prasadam you will get so many devotees. Purity is attractive. Our only asset is our purity. You cannot reach Krsna without being pure, because He is the supreme pure."  Rupa Madhurya das, TX, USA: Bhajan - Indradyumna Swami - Hare Krishna
Indradyumna Swami singing Hare Krishna bhajan along with Giriraj Swamia and Guru-prasad Swami. Dallas, TX Download: 2010-03-07 - Indradyumna Swami - Bhajan.mp3 H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: 13:57 A.M.I have been sleeping peacefully here in my new room. I woke up at 2:30 A.M. but began to develop a headache and had to take medicine. I started chanting my rounds, and it has gone peacefully so far. I have chanted eight rounds. We are still moving into the room with boxes unopened and some things missing, like lamps etc., but there is basically a livable room and comfort with my Radha Govinda deities set up for darsana. I am early enough so there is no noise coming from the other part of the house. This house is not as insulated as the Yellow Submarine from which I could hear no noises. But in the early morning hours there is no noise. So I have been whispering my rounds and hearing the syllables from the sacred and holy names. Yesterday at lunch Dhanurdhara Swami and Saci Suta were telling me how this part of New York is called "Bhajan Belt" and it is very active in kirtan and yoga and meeting, some of which take place here at Saci's house. I think I will not be very active in this socializing and yoga meetings. My bhajana will take place in this room by chanting japa and writing and broadcasting it on the web. I will try to report good news of japa done well in the early hours and so far this has been the case. I am able to concentrate and put my attention into chanting without worrying about the things that are undone around the house or other anxieties. Chanting should be a period when you are not worrying about contingencies, and what may happen. You just live in the present and just take your holy names to heart. Chanting Hare Krishna in H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: Images of PrabhupadaPrabhupada Smaranam
I want to commend Yadubara Prabhu for his excellent film footage of Srila Prabhupada. His recently completed eleven part video series, Following Srila Prabhupada is a masterpiece of documentary filming of Prabhupada from 1965 to 1977, with recorded interviews by devotees commenting and elaborating on Prabhupada's activities in different places as seen in the film. Yadubara is an excellent filmmaker, and he possessed great foresight and determination to preserve the visual image of Prabhupada over the years. His wife and partner, Visakha Devi Dasi, captured many valuable still photographs of Prabhupada and worked with Yadubara in a team effort, in the filming. In addition to the series Following Srila Prabhupada Yadubara has made other films of Prabhupada and several films of the world of Hare Krishna which have been used in preaching programs to large audiences. Never before in history has the moving form of great Vaisnava Acaryas been captured on film. We have only artists' renderings of the body of Lord Caitanya and the Six Gosvamis, based on descriptions in the scriptures, or simply the intuitions of artists. The importance of seeing the form of the pure devotee is mentioned in the episode concerning Lord Caitanya's visit to Vrndavana. When the Lord was staying at Akrura ghat, crowds of people came to Him and said, "We have directly seen Krishna at Kaliya ghat, dancing on the serpent's heads." In actuality the people were seeing the light of the fisherman's boat which they mistook for the flashing jewels on Kaliya's head. But in coming before Lord Caitanya and saying, "We have seen Krishna," they were inadvertently seeing Krishna, because Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna Himself in a disguised form of a devotee. In his purports to the incident, Srila Prabhupada states that Krishna can not be seen directly but through the guidance of the spiritual master. "A sincere person is able to see Krishna through the transparent via medium of Sri Gurudeva, the spiritual master." (Cc. Madhya 18.99, purport) By seeing Srila Prabhupada's face and body and hearing him speaking, and hearing reminiscences of him by those who saw him, we are getting in contact with Krishna. In recent days, at Sastra's house, I saw some of the Following Srila Prabhupada. For me the most moving moments were in film number 11, the final one, which shows Srila Prabhupada in his last days. We see him using the Dictaphone at night on the roof of his quarters of the Krishna Balaram Mandir, and we see him at his last tour to England, a few months before his disappearance. There he sits on the chair in the temple room, wearing dark glasses, and clapping softly while the devotees chant and dance in front of him. We finally see him in his last visit to Radha-Londonisvara where he took off his dark glasses and tears poured down his face. Srila Prabhupada on film has left me with deep emotional impressions, and I intend to see them again. H.H. Satsvarupa das Goswami: Arriving at Viraha BhavanFree Write
So I have arrived in my residence in New York. My room is ready to move in but there is still lots of unpacking to be done and some more construction inside the house. Nevertheless, I am restarting my journal. I wanted to give some explanation why the journal is no longer called "The Yellow Submarine" and why I have given the name "Viraha Bhavan" to my house, my room and my journal. It occurs to me that at seventy and a half years old, I am in a last stage of my life and want to increase my feelings of separation from Radha-Krishna and Srila Prabhupada. In the Krishna book Prabhupada explains that the Gaudiya Vaisnava spiritual masters should inculcate feelings of separation in their followers. "To acquire this strong feeling of separation is the teaching of Lord Caitanya and His direct disciplic succession of Gosvamis. When we are not in physical contact with Krishna, we can associate with Him like the gopis, through feelings of separation. Krishna's transcendental form, qualities, pastimes and entourage are all identical with Him. There are nine different kinds of devotional service. Devotional service to Krishna in feelings of separation elevates the devotee to the highest perfectional level, to the level of the gopis." "It is stated in Srinivasacarya's prayer to the six Gosvamis that they left the material opulences of government service and the princely status of life and went to Vrndavana, where they lived just like ordinary mendicants, begging from door to door. But they were so much enriched with the gopis' feelings of separation that they enjoyed transcendental pleasure at every moment. Similarly, when Lord Caitanya was at Jagannatha Puri, He was in the role of Radharani, feeling separation from Krsna. Those who are in the disciplic succession of the Madhva-Gaudiya–sampradaya should always feel separation from Krishna, worship His transcendental form and discuss His transcendental teachings, His pastimes, His qualities and His entourage. That will enrich the devotees to the highest devotional perfection. Feeling constant separation while engaged in the service of the Lord is the perfection of Krishna consciousness." (Krishna book, pp. 332–333). I do not intend to do this in a premature imitation in the practice of raganuga-bhakti. I am not ready to follow in the footsteps of a resident of Vrndavana and meditate on my eternal service to Radha-Krishna. But I want to hear Radha-Krishna pastimes as I have been doing nowadays in Raghunatha Dasa Goswami's Stavavali. So that is one reason I am calling my room and my journal "Viraha Bhavan." Viraha means feeling of separation and the bhavan refers to an ashram or residence. With this in mind I have asked them to paint the walls of my room light green. I got this idea from the biography of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. It describes the time of his extended japa vow in solitary, austere living in Mayapur. "Srila Siddhanta Sarsvati cleared an overgrown area at Yogapitha and made a grass hut in which he lived from 1905 to 1909 amid his many books and manuscripts. In correspondence Alankara Sastra describing green as an expressive of Viraha-bhava he preferred to use green items—for instance, wearing a green shawl in winter and writing with green ink." (Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Vaibhava, by Bhakti Vikasa Swami, p. 40). Another reason I called this room (bhajana kutira) and journal "Viraha Bhavan," is because this is the place where I will experience the feelings of separations from Srila Prabhupada. I do that through "Prabhupada Smaranam" the daily discipline of my written meditation on the picture of Prabhupada. I pray that I will be able to keep it up. I plan to continue the daily poem and a Free Write, but they depend not so much on my will as on the mercy of the muse. Just for information I will tell you of my arrival day. We left Rehoboth at 5 A.M. and made good time on the empty major highways, highway 1, the New Jersey turnpike, highways 287 and 87. Visnu-aradhanam almost made a few wrong turns and stopped several times to confirm at gas-stations that we were going in the right direction. But, as I anticipated, when we got to Hudson, the town nearby Stuyvesant Falls, we got completely lost. We phoned the devotees at the house but they weren't able to help us. Finally we wound up at Martin Van Buren estate, which I knew was close to Saci's, and we phoned for someone to come out and rescue us. When we arrived at my new house there were many devotees and volunteers present, still unloading the truck and working on construction inside the house. There is still a lot to do before it is ready, but my room is liveable. The devotees present included Lalita-madhava, Gopi-manjari and their children, Kirtana Rasa, Beth and their children, Saci-suta, Keli-lalita and their children, Visnu-aradhanam, Lila-avatara, Haryasva, Gurudas, Baladeva and other people whose names are new to me, but who have been working on fixing the house, like Mikey, T. J. and various women and children etc.; it was wonderful to see everyone sitting down outdoors enjoying a picnic feast cooked by mother Kaulini and talking among themselves. Dhanurdhara Swami came out of his quarters and joined us for the feasting and talking. A wonderful day. I moved in a room with packed boxes, my Radha-Govinda deities and a semi-functional TV. My address at Albany Avenue is P.O. Box 233, Stuyvesant Falls, NY, 12174. I have the same email address, sdg@sdgonline.org. H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 1.14.44–15.4 Arjuna's grief after disappearance of Lord KrishnaSB 01.14.44-15.4_Arjuna’s Grief After Disappearance Of Lord Krsna_1999-09-21 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.14.44–15.4 Arjuna’s grief after disappearance of Lord Krishna 1999-09-21 Radhadesh H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 1.14.35-36 The Real Opulence of the Material WorldSB 01.14.35-36_The Real Opulence Of The Material World_1999-09-06 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.14.35-36 The Real Opulence of the Material World 1999-09-06 Radhadesh Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: Black Currant JamLast year and this year I planted a bunch of different kinds of berries. Of the ones I planted last year I am getting some berries this year. Blackberries and elderberries will be a lot of them, but not here yet. I planted some raspberries in the fall and got a handful from a few of them. I got a handful of blueberries. I got three jostaberries which were good and I look forward to them. The chokeberry bush has a bunch on it but not ready yet. What I did get a quart of was black currants. I can see that when fully producing it is going to be a very abundant bush. I didn’t pick them right away though. I had picked one and tasted it and it was terrible. I waited, thinking they might not be ripe even though the color had changed. After a week, one of our neighbors was visiting so I was showing her the currant bush. We both tasted one and she spit hers out it was so bad. Googling, I found out black currants are not for fresh eating, though apparently the pink ones are, of which I also planted one, not bearing this year. They are used for jam and as flavoring for sauces. Many Americans have never even heard of them and for a long time cultivation of black currants was illegal because it is an alternate host for white pine rust. New York has only recently legalized their cultivation. In Europe they are more popular. I got a recipe I adapted proportionately to my quantity. It was as follows: Black Currant Jam recipe 4 pounds black currants 3 pints water 6 pounds sugar Add water to currants and cook until they break down and volume is reduced by 1/3. Add sugar and cook for ten minutes or until the jam sets on a cold sheet. What gives black currants the bad taste is they are very sour, but that sourness is an advantage when making jam because you don’t need to add any pectin, it sets easily by itself. Result? Really great jam! The flavor is incredible. I took some to my neighbor who had spit out the raw berry and she could hardly believe it was the same fruit the jam was so good. I might play with using less sugar because it is almost too sweet, but next year with the new growth I see on the black currant bush, the harvest will be lots more and lots of jam will be forthcoming. I am guessing that for the chokeberries there will be a similar scenario when they ripen. Filed under: Cows and Environment       H.H. Sivarama Swami: Purusottama dasa (UK), asks four questions on Vanaprasta like,1) ISKCON is still a relatively new religious society, members are not yet reaching elderly age. What system is set up or to be set up for aging Vaisnavas?2) Varnaprastha ashram is also a relatively unknown concept. Where should one who is approaching this ashram expect to live, eg. temple life, or his own residence on his own, but contributing to the temple eg. service or preaching? H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 1.13.35 Our Gross &Subtle TendenciesSB 01.13.25_Our Gross & Subtle Tendencies To Enjoy Separately From Krsna_1999-07-10 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.35 Our Gross & Subtle Tendencies To Enjoy Separately from Krishna 1999-07-10 Radhadesh H.H. Sivarama Swami: Manish Mistry, Szilvia Manduk and George Orwell ask questions about where Krsna lifted Govardhana Hill
H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 1.13.27 Be Aloof from the Dictations of the MindSB 01.13.27_Be Aloof From The Dictations Of The Mind_1999-07-12 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.27 Be Aloof from the Dictations of the Mind 1999-07-12 Radhadesh Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Eggless Rice Pudding Recipe –So Easy!
How funny is it that I have a cooking blog but consistently don’t post recipes. Lots of laughs and good times here, I know. Rice pudding. Someone actually wrote me that they wanted the recipe. My recipe? Guess so! Here’s the 411 on my rice pudding. So, so easy. Ridiculously simple. Just a enough ingredients that you can count them on one hand, provided you have all your fingers. And if you don’t, well, the recipe is so good that if you have to leave out an ingredient or two, it just might come through for you anyway! No eggs. No heavy cream. Just rice, milk, sugar and, if you really love your pudding, whole vanilla bean. If you are the femme fatale of pudding, you might just even add a cinnamon stick or two to the mix. Let me break it down for you, NJ diner-style. El Matador, Peter Pank, you know what it is all about. Thick and creamy, this pudding will definitely get you looking like Snookie in no time. RECIPE! 1 gallon milk, the wholer the better Okay. If you want to make life easier for you and your pot washer, coat the bottom of your pot with ghee (clarified butter). If you don’t have ghee, just make sure you are vigilant about your stirring. Pot size. Use a large pot. Seriously. Milk foams up and boils over and is a white burnt on pain in the arse to deal with. Tall sides will do you and your stove scrubber good. I am not going to tell you what size pot to use because, after all, this is America and you have choices. I would recommend something stainless steel with a wide base and tall sides. Basically, I bust out the 3 gallon pot whenever I am boiling one g of milk. Makes my life…a little better. Your pot size and stove BTU’s are going to seriously have an effect on the cooking time. So let’s say you are going to cook your rice pudding for 45 minutes. However, don’t hold me to it. The Process! 1) Coat the bottom of a pot with ghee. If you like the way your mom made rice pudding as a kid–scooped from the deli containers from the local Shoprite, you might want to sprinkle some cinnamon on top. Personally, I like eating mine with fresh, seasonal fruit. Enjoy!       H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 1.13.17 Conquering The Illusion of Material ConsciousnessSB 01.13.17_Conquering The Illusion Of The Material Consciousness_1999-07-02 Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.17 Conquering The Illusion of Material Consciousness 1999-07-02 Radhadesh Nitya Navina dd, New Jersey, USA: Thieves in DisguiseWhen younger, summer holidays for me meant lots of reading. I would clean out my desk and settle down with just about any book that caught my eye. One particular summer I remember pasting two quotations, one from the Thirukural which went something like "One may smile and smile but be no friend, for the heart has to smile with the face," and the other, a quote by William Penn, written in a Devadeva Mirel, Alachua, USA: Kitchen UpdateUnfortunately, not much to update. The tile should be completed by the end of this week. Hoping faucets and range hood get put up by then, too. Lots of little finish work here and there, as well as painting of some doors. But after two months since demo, I will consider the kitchen done once my faucets are in and I can start properly cleaning and putting stuff away. Of course, we still have to eat. Saturday I decided that I could not live another minute without a couple of gallons of rice pudding on hand. So….two gallons of milk later, a few vanilla beans scraped and multiple cups of sugar dumped, me and my growing girth had rice pudding. I finished it off this morning for breakfast.  Vanilla bean rice pudding served with Georgia peach Our garden! It is like an extension of our kitchen, although it has not been very bountiful this year. Our soil could use some conditioning. Nevertheless, the kids love it and the herbs have done really well. My son’s sunflower flourishes and tomatoes are plentiful enough to keep the front of my daughter’s shirt squirted with tiny red seeds.  My son's dwarf sunflower. This particular plant has about 12 flowers blooming!  Homegrown tomato. We pick and eat as they grow. Hardly ever make it into the kitchen.  Beans? Peas? Kind of both. The morning of 4th of July, my family headed to Lake Alice for a morning stroll through the drizzle. Venumadhava had a great time climbing trees and Madhumati had a great time picking flowers, a step up from picking her nose, for sure!     We came across huge elderberry bushes the size of trees and I immediately got that crazed jelly look in my eyes. Conservation area? Whatever! This was rampant elderberries, ripe for the picking. Unfortunately, these must be of the red variety because they were absolutely tasteless. Good for dyeing but lousy for jelly making. Ho-hum.  Elderberries @ Lake Alice Dinner. We eat it. Yesterday, the husband and I went shopping and bought my favorite tofu, Tree of Life. Love to eat this stuff raw, just slice and chew. It is great in salads. The husband does not love to eat it raw, so I dutifully cooked some for dinner.  Tree of Life: My new favorite tofu. We are still really low on kitchen organization so again I stuck with fresh garden herbs, Braggs, hing, salt, pepper, paprika, Old Bay Seasoning (I know) and buttah. Lots and lots of buttah.  Last nite's dinner. Fettuccine in a whole wheat spelt flour bechamel sauce with broccoli, corn on the cob and pan fried tofu served with smoky chopped tomatoes. Countertops are in so technically I should be open to baking. However, I am still holding out for sinks. Hopefully everything will be in order by Friday since I am committed to making croissants for my friend, Adi Gopi’s baby shower brunch on Sunday. Here we are below, trying to compare baby bellies.  Pregnants. Tried to get a comparative belly shot, but the height differential made it impossible       H.H. Sivarama Swami: Are kavaca mantras actually potent, should devotees pay taxes and other topics on skype conference with Russian disciples. (Russian/English)Jaya Kesava Das, USA: What a Wonderful WorldWe took a morning walk along Lake Ontario and these were some thoughts running through my head...  H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Saturday, July 3rd, 2010Festival at the Susquehanna River  H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Friday, July 2nd, 2010Top Ten  H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Thursday, July 1st, 2010At Parliament Hill  H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Walk on Behalf of Someone  H.H. Sivarama SwamiOur so-called religion is unique in the world, simply because we stand solidly on philosophy, and because we are strong in that way, no one can refute or defeat us, so we are wiping out sentimental religion wherever we penetrate and it appears the people everywhere are accepting us more and more. - Srila Prabhupada Gouranga TV: Kishori Yatra Part 2Kishori Yatra Part 2 More Recent Articles
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Cook your rice pudding down until the grains are soft, the color is light golden and the liquid is thick and comes off the spoon a consistency similar to pancake batter. 
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