Archive - Jan 2008
By ISKCON News Staff on 29 Jan 2008
Andhra Pradesh, India – At 3:30am on Sunday January 20, devotees at ISKCON's Sri Sri Radha Syama Sundar Mandir in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, rose as usual for their early morning prayers. But things took a far from normal turn when temple resident Jagannath Das opened a bolted door and discovered fellow devotee Lakshmivan Das on the floor in a pool of blood.
By Radha Mohan Dasa on 28 Jan 2008
Bhaktivedanta Manor, the temple where the RSPCA killed Gangotri the sacred cow and sparked outrage amongst British Hindus, will open Europe’s largest centre for cow protection and organic lifestyles. On Sunday 3rd February 2008, Hindu leaders, politicians and supporters from across Britain will join priests in orange and white robes in a colourful ceremony to sanctify the ground where a new farm building will be constructed in memory of Gangotri.
New Zealand Press Association on 28 Jan 2008
Farmers can breathe easy after scientists discovered that working with manure can drastically reduce chances of developing lung cancer.
New Scientist magazine reported dairy farmers were five times less likely than the general population to develop the disease.
By Lisa Miller for newsweek.com on 19 Jan 2008
Reincarnation, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is "rebirth in new bodies or forms of life; especially: a rebirth of a soul in a new human body." This ancient belief, a core belief of more than 800 million Hindus, has been in the news, most recently because of allegations in Andrew Morton's new book, "Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography."
By Mark Bittman for The New York Times on 27 Jan 2008
A sea change in the consumption of a resource that Americans take for granted may be in store — something cheap, plentiful, widely enjoyed and a part of daily life. And it isn’t oil.
It’s meat.
I went to the beach today after a long time, though it is only five minutes away from our temple.
There was one couple in sight. Unfortunately, it was not so pleasant, because there was a high tide shore line of washed up plastic bags and cups stretching the length of the beach (the longest beach in the world?) at least as far as I could see.
Perhaps this was the accumulation of years which I had not noticed, or a sudden influx to greet the new year. There is also no garbage collector, or even a trash bin anywhere along the beach. There never has been.
By ISKCON News Staff on 26 Jan 2008
Dallas, Texas – Ravindra-svarupa Dasa, a GBC, guru, and influential thinker within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), implored the Society’s North American leadership to vigilantly guard against abuse of power.
By Madhava Smullen on 25 Jan 2008
We live in a world of enticingly packaged, processed foods where nobody really cares what they’re eating, so long as it looks good. As a child, I remember seeing a guest on a TV chat show say that they were allergic to various products, and therefore had to check the ingredients on everything when they went shopping. “Oh my God!” the host exclaimed in horror. “That must be such a pain! I could never do that!”
The Times of India on 22 Jan 2008
NEW DELHI: Buying a new car? What about going to a dealer who, along with freebies, offers a free puja for the car with a priest in attendance? As priests hop from household to household performing pujas in the capital, they now have a new job opening, performing quick puja for the customers at showrooms before they drive away with the four-wheeler.
By Parthasarathi Dasa on 23 Jan 2008
US Military Base, Iraq, January 20, 2008 – My name is Partha Sarathi Dasa, and I'm an ISKCON devotee and US army sergeant. I've been on active duty in Iraq since 2003.
Last night, as we prepared for a mission, one of my soldiers went crazy. He loaded his M4 assault rifle, pointed it at my head, and yelled, "If I have to leave this base one more time, I will kill you, and then kill myself!"
By Mollie Ziegler for getreligion.org on 22 Jan 2008
Los Angeles Times reporter K. Connie Kang had another interesting story on the Godbeat or, in this case, the gods beat. Yes, the Episcopalians are involved. It seems that the Diocese of Los Angeles hosted an interfaith service with Hindus at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral there on Saturday. Kang simply reported it without any analysis, which I think is good for an initial story on what turned out to be a rather controversial event.
By Tanya Datta for BBC News on 23 Jan 2008
Basava Premanand has been burgled… again. It is the third time in just one month. But he is in no doubt of the thieves’ motives. He suspects they were looking for evidence that he has collected for over 30 years against India’s leading spiritual guru, Sri Satya Sai Baba. Mr Premanand believes this evidence proves the self-proclaimed “God-man”, Sai Baba, is not just a fraud, but a dangerous sexual abuser.
By Antony Brennan on 23 Jan 2008
Barsana Eye Camp, the free annual cataract surgery run by Mumbai's Bhaktivedanta Hospital, serves the residents of Barsana, India, and the surrounding 120 villages, who due to extreme poverty and lack of medical facilities often lead a life of blindness caused by cataracts, which are easily treated.
By Giri Govardhana Dasa on 21 Jan 2008
Members of the Kirtana Festival Bus Tour through Mexico and Guatemala, and members of Bhagavat Life met at a retreat center in Guatemala for the first Japa Retreat held exclusively for youth. The twenty-two participants had two full, and two half-days of workshops designed to help them develop a stronger connection with japa.
During the last hours of the ride to Gangotri after sunset I dozed off as the bus bumped along in the dark at high speed, sliding across the seat as it turned left and then right, left then right.
On the trip back down the next afternoon, I realized the road we had traversed the night before: a single lane winding on the edge of a vertical cliff 200 feet above a raging river. I was on the edge of my seat for the first hour. I could never sleep under such conditions. Ignorance is bliss. Life in the material world, blissful, until we see we are headed over a cliff.
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