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Tolerance

ekendra@gopala.org (Ekendra das) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:11:40 -0400

Watch, Listen, Love

ekendra@gopala.org (Ekendra das) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:01:34 -0400

Parama Koruna Realized

ekendra@gopala.org (Ekendra das) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:40:08 -0400

Stick around for Srila Gour Govinda Swami's purport which starts 4 minutes into Part 1. Although the experience may not be comfortable for us given our cultural conditionings, see how long you can put yourself into the shoes of the person being chastised. Do you feel like arguing back? Standing up and walking out of the room? Starting a website to criticize him? Or are you genuine enough in your estimation of yourself to appreciate the loving effort made to alleviate the suffering?

Part 2:

Part 3:

The Purpose of ISKCON's Krishna-Balarama Mandir in Vrindavana

ekendra@gopala.org (Ekendra das) — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:59:29 -0400

At present there are about five thousand temples in Vrndavana, and still our society, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, is constructing a huge, magnificent temple for the worship of Lord Krsna and Lord Balarama, along with Radha-Krsna and Guru-Gauranga.

Since there is no prominent Krsna-Balarama temple in Vrndavana, we are attempting to construct one so that people will be attracted to Krsna-Balarama, or Nitai-Gauracandra.

Vrajendra-nandana yei, saci suta haila sei. Narottama dasa Thakura says that Balarama and the son of Maharaja Nanda have advented Themselves as Gaura-Nitai. To propagate this fundamental principle, we are establishing a Krsna-Balarama temple to broadcast to the world that worship of Gaura-Nitai is the same as worship of Krsna-Balarama.

-- Srila Prabhupada in Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 16.281

Story of My Life ....

ekendra@gopala.org (Ekendra das) — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:59:14 -0400

"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."

- Peter Drucker

Av'n a Laugh

ekendra@gopala.org (Ekendra das) — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:50:00 -0400

You gottta hear this. I wish I knew who recorded it. If you know then tell me please.

Download it here.

(Thanks Jaya Tirtha Carana Prabhu)

You may be a Hare Krishna fanatic if ...

ekendra@gopala.org (Ekendra das) — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:55:20 -0400

You may be a Hare Krishna fanatic if ... you refuse to eat your kid's birthday cake because he blew out the candles and may have muchified the top layer with tiny kiddie spittles.

On the other hand ...

You may be a Hare Krishna fanatic if ... you'd fight with someone over who gets to swallow the leftover pit of a date, apricot or other stonefruit eaten by someone who you don't actually know but is institutionally recognized as a 'senior devotee'.

Heaps more of these here.

My Realization About Smiling

ekendra@gopala.org (Ekendra das) — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:47:50 -0400

Your body may be ugly as sin, but if you smile you look attractive.

Your body may be a perfect 10, but if you don't smile you look unattractive.

Perhaps this isn't so profound of a realization, but it's something I've been thinking of lately.

You may be a Hare Krishna fanatic if ...

ekendra@gopala.org (Ekendra das) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:36:36 -0400

You may be a Hare Krishna fanatic if ... you are still living off the grains you stored for y2k. :)

Heaps more of these here.

Bhaktivedanta College

ekendra@gopala.org (Ekendra das) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:00:18 -0400