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The movement's main purpose is to promote the well being of human society by teaching the science of God conciousness (Krsna conciousness) accourding to the timeless Vedic scriptures of India</description><language>en</language><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</managingEditor><lastBuildDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:26:22 PDT</lastBuildDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">120</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><feedburner:info uri="universaliskcon" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), popularly known as the Hare Krsna movement, is a worldwide association of devotees of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The movement's main purpose is to promote the well being of huma</itunes:subtitle><item><title>Physical Beauty</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/Liu0CxEsX4s/fisical-beauty.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:19:20 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-3590695025359781595</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;One’s bodily luster and beauty, one’s constitution, one’s activities and one’s qualities all depend on the law of cause and effect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The material beauty of a person is an illusion because actually the body is made of earth, water, fire, air, etc. But because there is the association of the living spark with matter, it appears to be beautiful. No one is attracted by an earthen doll, even if it is most perfectly prepared to attract the attention of others. The dead body has no beauty because no one will accept the dead body of a so-called beautiful woman. Therefore, the conclusion is that the spirit spark is beautiful, and because of the soul’s beauty one is attracted by the beauty of the outward body. The Vedic wisdom, therefore, forbids us to be attracted by false beauty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="373" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PVRVw0CkaxM&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PVRVw0CkaxM&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="373" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Fatness, thinness, bodily and mental distress, thirst, hunger, fear, disagreement, desires for material happiness, old age, sleep, attachment for material possessions, anger, lamentation, illusion and identification of the body with the self are all transformations of the material covering of the spirit soul. A person absorbed in the material bodily conception is affected by these things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-3590695025359781595?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-23T07:19:20.945-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/PVRVw0CkaxM&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" length="1079" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/PVRVw0CkaxM&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" fileSize="1079" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>One’s bodily luster and beauty, one’s constitution, one’s activities and one’s qualities all depend on the law of cause and effect. The material beauty of a person is an illusion because actually the body is made of earth, water, fire, air, etc. But becau</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>One’s bodily luster and beauty, one’s constitution, one’s activities and one’s qualities all depend on the law of cause and effect. The material beauty of a person is an illusion because actually the body is made of earth, water, fire, air, etc. But because there is the association of the living spark with matter, it appears to be beautiful. No one is attracted by an earthen doll, even if it is most perfectly prepared to attract the attention of others. The dead body has no beauty because no one will accept the dead body of a so-called beautiful woman. Therefore, the conclusion is that the spirit spark is beautiful, and because of the soul’s beauty one is attracted by the beauty of the outward body. The Vedic wisdom, therefore, forbids us to be attracted by false beauty. Fatness, thinness, bodily and mental distress, thirst, hunger, fear, disagreement, desires for material happiness, old age, sleep, attachment for material possessions, anger, lamentation, illusion and identification of the body with the self are all transformations of the material covering of the spirit soul. A person absorbed in the material bodily conception is affected by these things. . . </itunes:summary><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/03/fisical-beauty.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Material Body</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/vogHolMwGCw/material-body.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:20:47 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-5342463241713452148</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This body is given according to one’s past desires. To fulfill desires, one is given the body, with which he acts accordingly. Practically speaking, the body is a machine, designed by the Supreme Lord, to fulfill desires. Because of desires, one is put into difficult circumstances to suffer or to enjoy. This transcendental vision of the living entity, when developed, makes one separate from bodily activities. One who has such a vision is an actual seer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore the living entity must accept a particular type of body awarded to him by maya, the material energy, according to his karma. One cannot independently say, “Give me a body like this” or “Give me a body like that.” One must accept whatever body is offered by the material energy. This is the position of the ordinary living being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet the body is temporary, and only foolish, materialistic persons, who do not have full knowledge of the soul, regard the temporary body as reality and engage in decorating this body. Both of these pitfalls—rejection of the body as false and acceptance of the body as all in all—can be avoided when one is fully situated in Krishna consciousness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="373" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zl6hNj1uOkY&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zl6hNj1uOkY&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="373" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As one changes an old garment, so the individual living being also changes his body, and this change of body is called death. Death is therefore a process of changing the body at the end of the duration of the present life. An intelligent person must be prepared for this and must try to have the best type of body in the next life. The best type of body is a spiritual body&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-5342463241713452148?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-23T07:20:47.517-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/zl6hNj1uOkY&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" length="1044" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/zl6hNj1uOkY&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" fileSize="1044" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>This body is given according to one’s past desires. To fulfill desires, one is given the body, with which he acts accordingly. Practically speaking, the body is a machine, designed by the Supreme Lord, to fulfill desires. Because of desires, one is put in</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>This body is given according to one’s past desires. To fulfill desires, one is given the body, with which he acts accordingly. Practically speaking, the body is a machine, designed by the Supreme Lord, to fulfill desires. Because of desires, one is put into difficult circumstances to suffer or to enjoy. This transcendental vision of the living entity, when developed, makes one separate from bodily activities. One who has such a vision is an actual seer. Therefore the living entity must accept a particular type of body awarded to him by maya, the material energy, according to his karma. One cannot independently say, “Give me a body like this” or “Give me a body like that.” One must accept whatever body is offered by the material energy. This is the position of the ordinary living being. Yet the body is temporary, and only foolish, materialistic persons, who do not have full knowledge of the soul, regard the temporary body as reality and engage in decorating this body. Both of these pitfalls—rejection of the body as false and acceptance of the body as all in all—can be avoided when one is fully situated in Krishna consciousness. As one changes an old garment, so the individual living being also changes his body, and this change of body is called death. Death is therefore a process of changing the body at the end of the duration of the present life. An intelligent person must be prepared for this and must try to have the best type of body in the next life. The best type of body is a spiritual body</itunes:summary><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/03/material-body.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Absolute Power, Absolute Corruption</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/3qaXH9pwOG4/absolute-power-absolute-corruption.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:13:26 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-7525995978459877116</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A serpent with a jewel on its hood is as dangerous as a serpent without such a jewel. Durvasa Muni was a very learned brahmana equipped with mystic power, but because he was not a gentleman, he did not know how to use his power. He was therefore extremely dangerous. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is never inclined toward a dangerous person who uses his mystic power for some personal design. By the laws of nature, therefore, such misuse of power is ultimately dangerous not for society but for the person who misuses it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Srimad Bhagavatam 9.4.70&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="373" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f-E2EmzbzH4&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;object height="373" width="425"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f-E2EmzbzH4&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="373" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-7525995978459877116?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-23T07:13:26.924-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/f-E2EmzbzH4&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" length="1095" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/f-E2EmzbzH4&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" fileSize="1095" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>A serpent with a jewel on its hood is as dangerous as a serpent without such a jewel. Durvasa Muni was a very learned brahmana equipped with mystic power, but because he was not a gentleman, he did not know how to use his power. He was therefore extremely</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>A serpent with a jewel on its hood is as dangerous as a serpent without such a jewel. Durvasa Muni was a very learned brahmana equipped with mystic power, but because he was not a gentleman, he did not know how to use his power. He was therefore extremely dangerous. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is never inclined toward a dangerous person who uses his mystic power for some personal design. By the laws of nature, therefore, such misuse of power is ultimately dangerous not for society but for the person who misuses it. Srimad Bhagavatam 9.4.70 </itunes:summary><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/03/absolute-power-absolute-corruption.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Heaven Vs Original Spiritual World?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/orUwjSxExJk/heaven-vs-original-spiritual-world.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:12:01 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-1802138709168925479</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Usually the concept in religious books of different religions is that heaven is a place where there is a lot of enjoyment. Quran talks about the various types of sense gratification you can enjoy. The Mormons consider heaven to be a place to get back together with your family and then live there forever after. Family members are happy and there is no suffering and everyone is basically God conscious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R_vnSq-18JI/AAAAAAAABns/mt9CIsFup-I/s1600-h/devas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R_vnSq-18JI/AAAAAAAABns/mt9CIsFup-I/s400/devas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186993703808790674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;But this concept of heaven fits in with the upper planetary systems in the (material) universe, where people are pious entities who follow the laws of God, and they have good material sense gratification.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;But according to the Vedas, one doesn't stay there eternally. One comes down from there, from those planets and is forced to maybe take birth in the human form of life or as an animal, according to their Karmas. One can be on the heavenly planets for thousands or millions of years of our calculation, so one thinks one is there for a very long time but in terms of eternal time it's a drop in the bucket, so to speak. It's just a small period of time, which quickly passes by.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R_vnY6-18KI/AAAAAAAABn0/FjqfMy_KA0g/s1600-h/goloka.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R_vnY6-18KI/AAAAAAAABn0/FjqfMy_KA0g/s400/goloka.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186993811182973090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So, the real goal of life is to go back to Godhead, back to the original Spiritual Kingdom of God. But in the Spiritual Kingdom of God, there is no material sense gratification. Everything is in relationship to the service of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;That means, as long as one is thinking about their personal sense gratification, as long as that is their goal of life, namely how to make their own bodies happy, they are forced to come again in the material world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taking Shelter of Krishna&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posted by:&lt;br /&gt;Gandharvika dd. ISV&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-1802138709168925479?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-23T07:12:01.891-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R_vnSq-18JI/AAAAAAAABns/mt9CIsFup-I/s72-c/devas.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/04/heaven-vs-original-spiritual-world.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Thailand Temple Video 3-D</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/-3gCZyEIFfA/thailand-temple-video-3-d.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:56:55 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-6142807175432463803</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oqnPu9LL0ks&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oqnPu9LL0ks&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I now live here in Bangkok Thailand with my wife and children. Thailand is an amazing place, just two hours flight from India. People here are sensitive, cultured, kind and humble and un-like India, where greed is so rampant, most people look to serve and help you out from the kindness of their hearts. All worship our Param Guru Lord Brahma and are followers of Lord Buddhadeva and recognize Him as an incarnation of Vishnu. The remnants of Vedic culture are everywhere. I’ve spent the last two years designing a Temple complex here at a cost of half a million dollars. The project itself will cost an estimated one hundred million dollars. We hope to attract the world with this Temple Complex sitting of 250 acres of land and make it the center for Asia preaching operations. A self-sufficient, sustainable farm included. We want to create the world’s most beautiful gardens with Bhagavad Gita sculptures, hotels, world-class restaurants, Vedic Planetarium and more. Please down load the file to see the Temple 3-D, not completed with detail). There’s so much preaching to do here in Asia. There is Laos, Burma( where the government wants to give land for a Krishna Temple) Vietnam and Great China.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-6142807175432463803?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-16T21:56:55.038-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/oqnPu9LL0ks&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" length="1018" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/oqnPu9LL0ks&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" fileSize="1018" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> I now live here in Bangkok Thailand with my wife and children. Thailand is an amazing place, just two hours flight from India. People here are sensitive, cultured, kind and humble and un-like India, where greed is so rampant, most people look to serve an</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</itunes:author><itunes:summary> I now live here in Bangkok Thailand with my wife and children. Thailand is an amazing place, just two hours flight from India. People here are sensitive, cultured, kind and humble and un-like India, where greed is so rampant, most people look to serve and help you out from the kindness of their hearts. All worship our Param Guru Lord Brahma and are followers of Lord Buddhadeva and recognize Him as an incarnation of Vishnu. The remnants of Vedic culture are everywhere. I’ve spent the last two years designing a Temple complex here at a cost of half a million dollars. The project itself will cost an estimated one hundred million dollars. We hope to attract the world with this Temple Complex sitting of 250 acres of land and make it the center for Asia preaching operations. A self-sufficient, sustainable farm included. We want to create the world’s most beautiful gardens with Bhagavad Gita sculptures, hotels, world-class restaurants, Vedic Planetarium and more. Please down load the file to see the Temple 3-D, not completed with detail). There’s so much preaching to do here in Asia. There is Laos, Burma( where the government wants to give land for a Krishna Temple) Vietnam and Great China. . . . </itunes:summary><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2009/07/thailand-temple-video-3-d.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Varuni Beverage for Lord Balaram</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/O-PoklCFYqA/varuni-beverage-for-lord-balaram.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:20:30 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-1445398744042414930</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SKYBD3OxpbI/AAAAAAAABuA/syS12a5Dg1w/s1600-h/Balarama.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SKYBD3OxpbI/AAAAAAAABuA/syS12a5Dg1w/s400/Balarama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234872782741939634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Small amount:&lt;br /&gt;7 litres Milk&lt;br /&gt;6 litres Yogurt&lt;br /&gt;1 litre Cream&lt;br /&gt;5 kg Runny Honey&lt;br /&gt;1 kg White Sugar&lt;br /&gt;1/2 bottle Rose water (7 Roses brand is very nice from Mumbai - 7oz)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Larger amount:&lt;br /&gt;25 litres Milk&lt;br /&gt;15 litres Yogurt&lt;br /&gt;3 litres Cream&lt;br /&gt;10 kg Runny Honey&lt;br /&gt;3 kg White Sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 bottle Rose Water&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-1445398744042414930?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-08-15T15:20:30.374-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SKYBD3OxpbI/AAAAAAAABuA/syS12a5Dg1w/s72-c/Balarama.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/08/varuni-beverage-for-lord-balaram.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Sachimata's Recipes - Vegetarian Pizza</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/D92Q43j2FnU/sachimatas-recipes-vegetarian-pizza.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:31:15 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-8538742601314144800</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SJDARDvFr6I/AAAAAAAABtY/IUptuX1PjTo/s1600-h/Pizza.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SJDARDvFr6I/AAAAAAAABtY/IUptuX1PjTo/s400/Pizza.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228890566670266274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crust:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 ounces package active dry yeast&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2  teaspoon sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 cup warm water  (100-110 deg. F)&lt;br /&gt;3 cups white flour&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pizza Toppings:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 ounce dry basil&lt;br /&gt;5 tablespoons olive oil&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup pitted olives&lt;br /&gt;1 cup grated Cheddar cheese&lt;br /&gt;2 cup crumbled Mozarella cheese&lt;br /&gt;1 cup diced red bell pepper&lt;br /&gt;1 cup diced seeded  tomatoes&lt;br /&gt;3  tomatoes sliced&lt;br /&gt;1 zucchini sliced&lt;br /&gt;1/4  broccoli chopped&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Directions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1.- Mix water, yeast and sugar and let stand 10 minutes to start bubbling.&lt;br /&gt;2.- Add flour to yeast mix and blend well.&lt;br /&gt;3.- Place in a greased or oiled bowl, and cover with a warm damp cloth.&lt;br /&gt;4.- Allow to rise in a warm place until double in bulk, around 1 hour.&lt;br /&gt;5.- Punch down dough and pat out onto an oiled (or cornmeal dusted) pizza pan to form the crust.&lt;br /&gt;6.- Bake in a preheated 450° F oven for 8 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;7.- Place olive oil, 1 cup diced seeded  tomatoes, salt  in blender and process until smooth.&lt;br /&gt;8.- Spread mixture onto baked pizza crust evenly.&lt;br /&gt;9.- Add 3  tomatoes sliced, 1/2 cup pitted olives, 1 cup grated cheddar cheese, 2 cup crumbled mozarella cheese, 1 cup diced green bell pepper, 1 zucchini sliced, 1/4  broccoli chopped . Sprinkle with salt and pepper dry basil and bake at 360° for 10 minutes. Bake until pizza is heated through and cheeses melt, about 10 minutes. Cut into squares.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Offering to Krishna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://recetas-sachimata.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;More recipies...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-8538742601314144800?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-07-30T12:31:15.060-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://bp3.blogger.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SJDARDvFr6I/AAAAAAAABtY/IUptuX1PjTo/s72-c/Pizza.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/07/sachimatas-recipes-vegetarian-pizza.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Download Free MP3 Jagannathastakam by Bhakti Swarup Damodara Swami</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/Pp2gWM1w4o8/download-free-mp3-jagannathastakam-by.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:50:22 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-1790583171109819963</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Name                    Last modified       Size  Description&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[DIR] Parent Directory        10-May-2008 16:26      -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;[SND] 001Prayers.mp3          27-Nov-2007 06:57   7.1M&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;[SND] 002Radhikagithowaine..&amp;gt; 27-Nov-2007 07:10   9.2M&lt;br /&gt;[SND] 003ParamaKurana.mp3     27-Nov-2007 07:20   7.6M&lt;br /&gt;[SND] 004Sitakamala.mp3       27-Nov-2007 17:59   9.7M&lt;br /&gt;[SND] 005SakminnasiPulagna..&amp;gt; 27-Nov-2007 18:12   9.6M&lt;br /&gt;[SND] 006BrahmaSamhita.mp3    27-Nov-2007 18:35  16.2M&lt;br /&gt;[SND] 1975-02-28.mp3          01-Mar-2008 11:29   534k&lt;br /&gt;[SND] Jagannathastakam.mp3    03-Jul-2008 17:42   5.8M&lt;br /&gt;[DIR] Krishna Prema Tarang..&amp;gt; 01-Dec-2007 16:29      -&lt;br /&gt;[DIR] Prema Nama Gita/        01-Dec-2007 16:30      -&lt;br /&gt;[DIR] SPHindi/                02-Dec-2007 12:51      -&lt;br /&gt;[DIR] Waves of Kirtan/        01-Dec-2007 16:30      -&lt;br /&gt;[DIR] Waves of Love/          02-Dec-2007 15:05      -&lt;br /&gt;[DIR] anuraga/                01-Dec-2007 02:02      -&lt;br /&gt;[DIR] bali03/                 01-Dec-2007 16:27      -&lt;br /&gt;[SND] jayajagannatha.mp3      27-Nov-2007 06:48"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mercifulsripada.com/sripada.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.mercifulsripada.com/sripada.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jagannathastakam on MP3 format 5.8Mb is available to download at the following link.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mercifulsripada.com/kirtan" target="_blank"&gt;mercifulsripada.com/kirtan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-1790583171109819963?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-07-15T11:50:22.777-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/07/download-free-mp3-jagannathastakam-by.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Cologne Ratha Yatra</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/NlhI_ytKI_Q/cologne-ratha-yatra.html</link><category>Announcements</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:19:10 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-4098966656105811532</guid><description>Please accept my humble obeissances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please see attached the invitation and announcement to our annual Ratha Yatra in Cologne/Germany.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="flush"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SEd8jeMXs9I/AAAAAAAABqE/9riucyK6k2w/s1600-h/ratha-yatra-koln.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SEd8jeMXs9I/AAAAAAAABqE/9riucyK6k2w/s400/ratha-yatra-koln.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208268442919482322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="flush"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wish you all a happy KC day. &lt;/p&gt; Ys Keshava Dasa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-4098966656105811532?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-08-22T17:19:10.817-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SEd8jeMXs9I/AAAAAAAABqE/9riucyK6k2w/s72-c/ratha-yatra-koln.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/06/cologne-ratha-yatra.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Cleveland Ratha-Yatra</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/PagHvGjeAY0/cleveland-ratha-yatra.html</link><category>Announcements</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:19:10 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-6210431583612479006</guid><description>ISKCON Cleveland wishes to invite you to our annual Ratha-yatra celebration! This year's festival of the chariots will take place on Saturday, June 7 at Edgewater Park in Cleveland from 11am until 6pm. Come join us for bhajans, a vegetarian feast, and the chariot parade! As always, Ratha-yatra is free and open to the public! Please contact Dayal-Nitai dasa at 440-895-1005 or &lt;a href="mailto:donfoose@hotmail.com"&gt;donfoose@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt; for more information! Hare Krsna!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SEd6N-MXs8I/AAAAAAAABp8/GqzeDwIpYpg/s1600-h/ratha-yatra-cleveland.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SEd6N-MXs8I/AAAAAAAABp8/GqzeDwIpYpg/s400/ratha-yatra-cleveland.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208265874529039298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-6210431583612479006?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-08-22T17:19:10.817-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/SEd6N-MXs8I/AAAAAAAABp8/GqzeDwIpYpg/s72-c/ratha-yatra-cleveland.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/06/cleveland-ratha-yatra.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Agricultural Report</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/-LduZh4-Utc/agricultural-report.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:57:36 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-2989220725530652049</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Everything on the radio today sucks— especially to this cow's ears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Director:&lt;/b&gt; Melina Sydney Padua&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.atomfilms.com:80/a/autoplayer/shareEmbed.swf?keyword=agricultural_report" height="350" width="426"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-2989220725530652049?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-04-12T13:57:36.413-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/04/agricultural-report.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Mistic Yoga</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/qiScdhnAEgs/mistic-yoga.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:21:41 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-2175390995713127491</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Those so-called yoguis who manufacture a circle or target are engaged in nonsense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;meditation means thinking of the Lord within. Whether one comes to that stage by the astanga-yoga system or by the method recommended in the sastras especially for this present age—to constantly chant the holy name of the Lord—the goal is to meditate on the Supreme Personality of Godhead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One should not meditate according to one’s personal whims. One should know perfectly well from the authoritative sources of scriptures through the transparent medium of a bona fide spiritual master and by proper use of one’s trained intelligence for meditating upon the Supersoul dwelling within every living being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="373" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9z3OZt4DWT0&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9z3OZt4DWT0&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="373" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The process of meditation should begin from the lotus feet of the Lord and progress to His smiling face. The meditation should be concentrated upon the lotus feet, then the calves, then the thighs, and in this way higher and higher. The more the mind becomes fixed upon the different parts of the limbs, one after another, the more the intelligence becomes purified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The impersonalists and the voidists are therefore recommended to meditate upon the universal form of the Lord, whereas the devotees are recommended to meditate on the Deity worship in the temple. Because the impersonalists and the voidists are not sufficiently purified in their spiritual activities, arcana is not meant for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-2175390995713127491?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-03-13T22:21:41.155-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/9z3OZt4DWT0&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" length="1082" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/9z3OZt4DWT0&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;hl=en" fileSize="1082" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Those so-called yoguis who manufacture a circle or target are engaged in nonsense. meditation means thinking of the Lord within. Whether one comes to that stage by the astanga-yoga system or by the method recommended in the sastras especially for this pre</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Those so-called yoguis who manufacture a circle or target are engaged in nonsense. meditation means thinking of the Lord within. Whether one comes to that stage by the astanga-yoga system or by the method recommended in the sastras especially for this present age—to constantly chant the holy name of the Lord—the goal is to meditate on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should not meditate according to one’s personal whims. One should know perfectly well from the authoritative sources of scriptures through the transparent medium of a bona fide spiritual master and by proper use of one’s trained intelligence for meditating upon the Supersoul dwelling within every living being. The process of meditation should begin from the lotus feet of the Lord and progress to His smiling face. The meditation should be concentrated upon the lotus feet, then the calves, then the thighs, and in this way higher and higher. The more the mind becomes fixed upon the different parts of the limbs, one after another, the more the intelligence becomes purified. The impersonalists and the voidists are therefore recommended to meditate upon the universal form of the Lord, whereas the devotees are recommended to meditate on the Deity worship in the temple. Because the impersonalists and the voidists are not sufficiently purified in their spiritual activities, arcana is not meant for them. . </itunes:summary><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/03/mistic-yoga.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Intelligent‎...</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/K7g7MqJ7O0s/intelligent.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:25:07 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-5838906677567063361</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R87_Djt5DHI/AAAAAAAABkY/kJ8gv1NxjUQ/s1600-h/playground.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R87_Djt5DHI/AAAAAAAABkY/kJ8gv1NxjUQ/s400/playground.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174353458487692402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Found it extremely re-revolutionary, in the sense that there still may be a chance to further promote complete knowledge and also benefit our society in general. Please view for yourselves and if this subject matter is not what you desire, please let me know and I won't forward this type of info to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My friend Stephen Knapp forwarded this trailer,  &lt;a href="http://www.expelledthemovie.com/playgroundvideo3.swf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here...&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Thank you for your Valuable time,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CChas D Lind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(aka: ccd)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-5838906677567063361?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-03-05T12:25:07.435-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R87_Djt5DHI/AAAAAAAABkY/kJ8gv1NxjUQ/s72-c/playground.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/03/intelligent.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Lord Built a Temple as a Prank</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/Xc8luT_5s3c/lord-built-temple-as-prank.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:06:24 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-453628780759881817</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Utah Krishnas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="post-title" href="http://touruniversal.com/wordpress/?p=63" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Lord Built a Temple as a Prank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="post-content"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="print"&gt; Last week America’s largest Indian weekly, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;India Abroad&lt;/span&gt;, came out with an article about Westerners who perform service, like pujas, for the Indian community. It was entitled “Mantras with an Accent.” Arthur Pais was the author.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.utahkrishnas.com/ppic/Image/Jackson%20Laj%20Havan%20web.jpg" align="absmiddle" border="2" height="324" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="432" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span id="more-63"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On the first page this photo appeared of Caru Das performing a wedding in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with text that commenced thusly, “When Salt Lake City businessman Mahesh Shah and his wife Bhavna recently wanted their home blessed, they called Caru Das to perform the puja. It wasn’t that there were no Indian Hindus in the Utah city but the Shah couple has known the Hare Krishna priest for many years. Besides, they had also invited American business associates to the ceremony. And Das could translate the prayers into English…..”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Later, inside its own box, this story and photo appeared, with the Title, “The Lord built a Temple as a Prank.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.utahkrishnas.com/ppic/Image/Caru%20by%20Adams%20copy%281%29.jpg" align="absmiddle" border="2" height="360" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="270" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Whatever made the Hare Krishna movement build a Hindu temple in the midst of Mormon dominated Utah?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;“The Lord built a temple here just to show He could do it. Caru Das, the president of the temple, has often said, “He did it as a prank.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The temple is situated about 60 miles south of the Salt Lake Mormon Temple. It has been around for more than ten years, but the Hare Krishna set up their community nearly two decades ago in the temple area.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;“For a split second, you might wonder if you were in a faraway country like India,” wrote Religion and Ethics Weekly recently. “What you have here is the very first traditional Hare Krishna temple built in the USA.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It added: “Ten years ago when the Hare Krishnas first proposed building a temple on a hill in a county which was over 95 per cent Mormon, you could imagine the overall reaction here. It could be best described as disbelief.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;“They believe in reincarnation and are vegetarians,” a Mormon leader told a local newspaper recently. “But despite their difference, Mormons discovered they and the Hare Krishnas have many values in common.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Caru Das says many Mormon leaders supported the temple and even gave cash donations because they admired the Hare Krishna emphasis on celibacy before marriage and the eschewing of tobacco and alcohol. Those are Mormon concerns too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Today the temple attracts thousands of non Hindus to its religious and non religious events like the annual Festival of India.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Caru Das is in demand in the Indian community to conduct pujas. “Strictly speaking, I should be doing only the Vaishnava pujas,” he says with a gentle laugh. “But I do all kinds of pujas including the Gayatri and Shiva Ratri pujas. For these pujas not only get money for the temple but also give me a chance to inject some thoughts about Vaishnava deities and traditions.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Though many Mormons welcomed the small Hare Krishna congregation, how difficult was it for him when some Hare Krishna congregations faced charges of corruption and child molestation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;“It’s interesting that hardly any of that appeared in the Utah newspapers, like the Salt Lake Tribune or the Deseret News,” he says. “Though UPI and Reuters sent out the articles, for some reason the local papers did not print them. I would like to think it is because we have been so proactive in Utah and generated so much good press (eight major festival a year for 15 years, 30,000 tours given per annum, donated thousands to New York firefighters after 9/11, more to Katrina victims, as well as to Sri Lanka after the tsunami) that they simply preferred not to.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;“That’s what I would like to believe, but it may be we got lucky,” he continued. “Even if they had printed the stories, many tens of thousands of people have been here for tours and festivals, have had a truly positive experience of us, and could assess things in perspective.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On his blog, Caru Das wrote last year how Shiva Ratri is always a well attended event at the temple. “I estimate 600 people came and went during the three hour festivities,” he wrote. “There was a mix of 30 per cent Indians and 70 per cent Westerners. I noticed not only Western college age kids, but maybe 10 per cent of the crowd were older grandparents, many of whom stayed the whole time.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;He is proud of the fact that Indian Hindu families have supported the temple with passion, and there are many families that come for the festivals and the pujas year after year. “Jai Krishna, Pragna and her friends did a great job on the chanting last year which varied between &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Om Namo Shivaya&lt;/span&gt;  and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Hare Krishna&lt;/span&gt;,” he recalled. “Dinesh and Kalpana Patel attended, and gave their annual donation of $ 2,000.00, which they have done for Shiva Ratri the last three years.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As much as many Hindus from India seek him out especially when the services are to be conducted in English or there is a need for English translation, has he felt that he may be considered an “outsider?”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;“There are the ‘half full’ and the ‘half empty’ people,” he said. “The ‘half full’ people say, ‘Isn’t it wonderful that these Westerners have taken up the Bhagavad Gita and Sanatan Dharma to the point many of them have become genuine saddhus and gurus.’ The ‘half empty’ people can think only that these did not take a ‘brahmin’ birth and cannot pronounce all the Sanskrit words exactly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;“To the ‘half empty’ people who avoid ISKCON devotees, my reaction is, ‘Your loss.” I have been fortunate for the last 38 years to have had the ‘half full’ people as my dear friends, confidants, mentors, and sponsors.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utahkrishnas.com/main/page.asp?id=3110" target="_blank"&gt;Source…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-453628780759881817?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-03-04T22:06:24.936-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/03/lord-built-temple-as-prank.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Dukka</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/s_1ZQQZLIN4/dukka.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:14:51 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-7765069970398031298</guid><description>&lt;div class="post-author"&gt;By: Kurma das&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="post-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fran from Redland Bay in Queensland, Australia writes:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“Hey Kurma, where have you been? I read your blog every day and missed your stuff. Anyway, tell me, do you have a recipe for Dukkah?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My reply: &lt;/strong&gt;Thanks for asking. Things have been busy here on the home front, but nothing earth-shatteringly bloggable, although I did prepare a stunning batch of lime marmalade this morning.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here’s the recipe (not for the marmalade):&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://servekrishna.net/images/static/kurma/dukkah.jpg" alt="dukkah: " border="0" height="263" width="350" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:darkgoldenrod;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Egyptian Crumbly Spice &amp;amp; Nut Dip (Dukkah)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="more-65"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dukkah is a loose, coarsely-ground mixture of sesame seeds, hazelnuts and aromatic cumin and coriander. It is delicious eaten on oil-dunked bread for breakfast, or as a snack. It has of late started appearing quite regularly on restaurant menus as an appetizer, hence its inclusion in this chapter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Variants of dukkah are found all over the Middle East, and this version is from Egypt. It is a very personal and individual mixture that varies from one family to another; hence no two versions are exactly the same.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The important thing to remember about dukkah is that it should be dry and crumbly. It is easy to over-grind the ingredients, especially the nuts, which makes the mixture too oily. To prevent this, cool the ingredients after roasting, then proceed slowly. Makes about 2½ cups.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;½ cup hazelnuts ¾ cup sesame seeds ½ cup coriander seeds ½ cup cumin seeds 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon pepper olive oil and crusty bread for serving&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preheat&lt;/strong&gt; the oven to 180? C / 350° F.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Roast&lt;/strong&gt; the hazelnuts on an oven tray for about 15 minutes, or until fragrant. Remove them from the oven, and when a little cool, rub away as much of the brown skin from the nuts as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Toast&lt;/strong&gt; the sesame seeds in a heavy frying pan over moderate heat, stirring often, for about 4 minutes, or until golden brown and aromatic. Empty the toasted seeds into a bowl. Toast the coriander seeds in a similar manner for about 2-3 minutes. Repeat for the cumin, toasting for about 2 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pound &lt;/strong&gt;the seeds and nuts using a mortar and pestle, or whiz them in a spice or coffee grinder. The mixture should be dry and crumbly, not oily. Combine the crushed nuts and seeds with the salt and pepper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Serve&lt;/strong&gt; as a dip with olive oil and crusty bread.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; The mixture will keep in a sealed container for many weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iskcon.net.au/kurma/2008/03/04#a4608" target="_blank"&gt;Source…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-7765069970398031298?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-03-04T22:14:51.450-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/03/dukka.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>New Hare Krishna Blog</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/cQW-TSxg0ms/new-hare-krishna-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:39:10 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-4941469690057027050</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hare krishna:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next link is for access our new Hare krishna Blog, please join us for last updates:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.touruniversal.com/blog1" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.touruniversal.com/blog1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R8Hxb1CILmI/AAAAAAAABjY/kmPIoXQ-xdk/s1600-h/blog1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R8Hxb1CILmI/AAAAAAAABjY/kmPIoXQ-xdk/s400/blog1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170679307592805986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-4941469690057027050?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-02-24T14:39:10.698-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R8Hxb1CILmI/AAAAAAAABjY/kmPIoXQ-xdk/s72-c/blog1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-hare-krishna-blog.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>60 Vegetarian Foods</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/fbcHJGNUgqI/60-vegetarian-foods.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:17:02 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-1846647785500004646</guid><description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4iw7PhfZD5E&amp;amp;rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-1846647785500004646?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-01-19T14:17:02.005-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/4iw7PhfZD5E&amp;amp;rel=" length="929" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/4iw7PhfZD5E&amp;amp;rel=" fileSize="929" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</itunes:author><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/01/60-vegetarian-foods.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Radish Slide Whistle</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/3Dn_mm0d9B4/radish-slide-whistle.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:48:21 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-6480552722521826019</guid><description>&lt;strong&gt;I made the slide whistle by using the radish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Aa_0OnEwXM&amp;amp;rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-6480552722521826019?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-01-14T07:48:21.795-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Aa_0OnEwXM&amp;amp;rel=" length="1046" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Aa_0OnEwXM&amp;amp;rel=" fileSize="1046" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>I made the slide whistle by using the radish. </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>I made the slide whistle by using the radish. </itunes:summary><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/01/radish-slide-whistle.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Krishna</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/2QtXGzVVxGg/krishna.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:05:40 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-3289140460825973072</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R4k5l1husXI/AAAAAAAABfI/JJ-FjnqMSaY/s1600-h/krishna.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154714570688737650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R4k5l1husXI/AAAAAAAABfI/JJ-FjnqMSaY/s400/krishna.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-3289140460825973072?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-01-12T14:05:40.774-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R4k5l1husXI/AAAAAAAABfI/JJ-FjnqMSaY/s72-c/krishna.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/01/krishna.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Relative Size of Things in the Universe</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/eauYFj1r3zg/relative-size-of-things-in-universe.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:31:51 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-4427983769248129212</guid><description>A film dealing with the relative size of things in the universe and the effect of adding another zero&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width='425' height='366'&gt;&lt;param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/cp/vjVQa1PpcFNy7_KU5WPFtseBnBKwNt4JCVd2pB6lq-g='&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name='wmode' value='transparent'&gt;&lt;/params&gt;&lt;embed src='http://www.youtube.com/cp/vjVQa1PpcFNy7_KU5WPFtseBnBKwNt4JCVd2pB6lq-g=' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='366'&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-4427983769248129212?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-01-08T08:31:51.387-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/cp/vjVQa1PpcFNy7_KU5WPFtseBnBKwNt4JCVd2pB6lq-g=" length="982" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/cp/vjVQa1PpcFNy7_KU5WPFtseBnBKwNt4JCVd2pB6lq-g=" fileSize="982" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>A film dealing with the relative size of things in the universe and the effect of adding another zero </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>A film dealing with the relative size of things in the universe and the effect of adding another zero </itunes:summary><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2008/01/relative-size-of-things-in-universe.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Non-grain Flours</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/G3nQQfioygE/non-grain-flours.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:07:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-3512508995656203273</guid><description>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Over the last few months I've received quite a few letters about non-grain flours, and specifically what to cook on grain-free fasting days. This topic has come up before, and I know I have a posting for it somewhere in my archives. But there's no harm in re-presenting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's my list of &lt;strong&gt;non-grain flours&lt;/strong&gt;, some you may not have encountered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servekrishna.net/images/static/kurma/amaranthinfullbloom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.servekrishna.net/images/static/kurma/amaranthinfullbloom.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Amaranth flour:&lt;/strong&gt; Milled from the seeds of the amaranth plant, this flour boasts a higher percentage of protein than most other grains, and has more fibre than wheat and rice. It is also higher in the amino acid lysine, which some food scientists believe makes it a more complete protein than flour made from other grains. Amaranth flour can be used in cookies, crackers, baking mixes, and cereals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arrowroot flour:&lt;/strong&gt; The rootstalks of a tropical plant are the source of this flour, often used as a thickener for sauces and desserts; the finely powdered arrowroot turns completely clear when dissolved (giving gloss to sauces), and adds no starchy flavor. Because of its easy digestibility, it is also an used as an ingredient in cookies intended for infants and young children. I use it as a grain-free substitute to corn flour (cornstarch for all US readers).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buckwheat flour:&lt;/strong&gt; A common ingredient in pancake mixes, buckwheat flour is also used to make Japanese soba noodles. It is available in light, medium, and dark varieties (the dark flour boasts the strongest flavor), depending on the kind of buckwheat it is milled from. You can make your own buckwheat flour by processing whole white buckwheat groats in a blender or food processor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chestnut flour:&lt;/strong&gt; This tan flour is made from chestnuts, the meaty, lowfat nuts that are often served as a vegetable. The flour is a little sweet and is traditionally used in Italian holiday desserts. Italian shops sell it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potato flour (potato starch):&lt;/strong&gt; Steamed potatoes are dried and then ground to a powder to make this gluten-free flour, which is commonly used in baked goods for Jewish Passover (when wheat flour may not be used).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quinoa flour:&lt;/strong&gt; Higher in fat than wheat flour, quinoa flour makes baked goods more moist. You can make your own quinoa flour by processing whole quinoa in a blender; stop before the flour is too fine - it should be slightly coarse, like cornmeal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tapioca flour&lt;/strong&gt;: Milled from the dried starch of the cassava root, this flour thickens when heated with water and is often used to give body to puddings, fruit pie fillings, and soups. It can also be used in baking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Water-chestnut flour (water-chestnut powder):&lt;/strong&gt; This Asian ingredient is a fine, powdery starch that is used to thicken sauces (it can be substituted for cornstarch) and to coat foods before frying to give them a delicate, crisp coating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sure this is not a complete list. I also encountered flatbreads made from banana flour whilst in India. If anyone has any more to add to this list, let me know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-3512508995656203273?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-12-17T10:07:00.342-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2007/12/non-grain-flours.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>What did ISKCON ever do for us?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/T-vOU99pyB0/what-did-iskcon-ever-do-for-us.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:00:55 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-1549026980314522551</guid><description>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;From time to time I'm confronted with this question by devotees who've been hurt with their experience in ISKCON. I'm not minimising the need for growth and maturity - not at all. Because the individuals involved are not perfect and still subject to the influence of the modes of material nature some unsavory stuff happens as do all of the seeming injustices in the material world. Still I think its healthy to be grateful for the good things that have come our way and give credit where its due. The victim mentality is a dead end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet there are some devotees who refuse to admit that ISKCON has ever helped them in their lives and tend to only focus on the negative issues. Whenever I end up in a conversation with such a person I think of this clip from a film (paid for in part by George Harrison) - enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5kiUgr9dCrk&amp;amp;rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gopala.org/node/80" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2039901312279523047-1549026980314522551?l=universal-iskcon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-12-17T10:00:55.915-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/5kiUgr9dCrk&amp;amp;rel=" length="1037" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/5kiUgr9dCrk&amp;amp;rel=" fileSize="1037" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>From time to time I'm confronted with this question by devotees who've been hurt with their experience in ISKCON. I'm not minimising the need for growth and maturity - not at all. Because the individuals involved are not perfect and still subject to the i</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>From time to time I'm confronted with this question by devotees who've been hurt with their experience in ISKCON. I'm not minimising the need for growth and maturity - not at all. Because the individuals involved are not perfect and still subject to the influence of the modes of material nature some unsavory stuff happens as do all of the seeming injustices in the material world. Still I think its healthy to be grateful for the good things that have come our way and give credit where its due. The victim mentality is a dead end. Yet there are some devotees who refuse to admit that ISKCON has ever helped them in their lives and tend to only focus on the negative issues. Whenever I end up in a conversation with such a person I think of this clip from a film (paid for in part by George Harrison) - enjoy! Source... .</itunes:summary><feedburner:origLink>http://universal-iskcon.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-did-iskcon-ever-do-for-us.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Tulasi Worship</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversalIskcon/~3/5DNlvebN4OU/tulasi-worship.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (CLD - SMDD)</author><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:13:52 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039901312279523047.post-6205204461406723963</guid><description>Posted by: Madhav&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R2Hjxdp48FI/AAAAAAAABa0/aCGAWVCuFr4/s1600-h/radha_syamasundar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143642688347238482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R2Hjxdp48FI/AAAAAAAABa0/aCGAWVCuFr4/s400/radha_syamasundar.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Tulasi is worshiped with mantras that are spoken directly to Tulasi Devi.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The three mantras for Tulasi Devi are as follows: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The first mantra is for offering obeisances, bowing down (pancanga pranam):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;vrindaai tulasi devyai priyaai kesavasya ca,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;visnubhaktiprade devi satyavatyai namo namah&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When collecting leaves from the plant, the following mantra should be chanted:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;tulasya mrta janmasi, sada tvam kesavapriya, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;kesavarthi cinomi tvam, barada bhava sobhine&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The mantra for circumambulating the Tulasi tree:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;yani kani ca papani brahma hatya dikani ca, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;tani tani pranasyanti pradaksinah pade pade&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So there are three mantras, one for bowing down, one for circumambulating, and one for collecting the leaves. The collecting of leaves should be done once in the morning for worshiping and for putting on the plates of foodstuff to be offered. On each bowl or plate there should be at least one leaf. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143642808606322786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_alx8npOTqlk/R2Hj4dp48GI/AAAAAAAABa8/giQarLrUBxY/s400/tulasi.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To worship Tulasi devi, one sings this prayer:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;namo namah tulasi krsna-preyasi namo namah&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;radha-krsna-seva pabo ei abilasi &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ye tomara sarana loy, tara vancha purna hoy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;krpa kori' koro tare vrndavana-vasi &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mora ei abhilasa, vilasa kunje dio vasa&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;nayana heribo sada yugala-rupa-rasi &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ei nivedana dhara, sakhira anugata koro&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;seva-adhikara diye koro nija dasi &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dina krsna-dase koy, ei yena mora hoy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;sri-radha-govinda-preme sada yena bhasi&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) O Tulasi, beloved of Krsna, I bow before you again and again. My desire is to obtain the service of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Whoever takes shelter of you has his wishes fulfilled. Bestowing your mercy on him, you make him a resident of Vrndavana.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) My desire is that you will also give me a residence in the pleasure groves of Sri Vrndavana-dhama. Thus within my vision I will always behold the beautiful pastimes of Radha and Krsna. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) I beg you to make me a follower of the cowherd damsels of Vraja. 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