From all regulatives principles, the chanting of 16 rounds a day is the most important. This is the faith Srila Prabhupada always had in the Holy names. He revealed that if a devotee chants he will definitely follow all the other principles.

What is this? A so-called brahmacari asking for a laptop?

Indeed, your senses do not deceive you.

Since this is the 21st Century, some of my services (such as the Club 108 blog and the "Simple Living, High Thinking" newsletter) require that I use a computer.

Since the computer I was using here at New Vrindaban died a tragic and mysterious death a few months ago, I am without a consistent bag of chips and bits that I can call my own, and whether it's here at NV or wherever else I may go, I have to wait and sometimes even compete to use the available computers. I know, the shame...

So, I'm not hoping for a personal laptop to just space out. That is there, but also it will help me continue my sincere efforts to network and strengthen our communities of devotees worldwide.

As a struggling brahmacari, I am also without finances. My options are traditional here. I am asking and even begging for someone very merciful to either sponsor a laptop for me (such as this one or this one or this one or even this one), or donate one that they no longer have use for.

Help a brother out! Contact me by e-mail at cfici26@yahoo.com, or nvclub108@gmail.com.

Srivas Thakur Das: Please let us know where to get some Gouranga stickers or have them made. Haribol, Bristol, UK

Richard Wyndham: This is an approximate duplicate of the salad dressing which is served at Gainesville community Hare Krishna House as well as the famous Krishna Lunch at The University of Florida. It is vegan, but in appearance similar to that of ranch dressing.

By Satyaraja Dasa

The publication of "The Yoga of Kirtan: Conversations on the Sacred Art of Chanting," while sparking some mild controversy within ISKCON, has enabled me to share our philosophy in venues I wouldn't have previously thought possible

By Shyama - sundara Dasa

I had the good fortune of working with Sadaputa Prabhu in the BI and living with him and other original BI members from 1978-79 in Atlanta and Philadelphia, and again later at his own branch of the BI in 1993-94 in San Diego

Bhagavad Gita As It Is 4.8 - Out of compassion Krsna Himself comes to the material world.

Bhrigupati Dasa has spent thirty of his thirty-four years in ISKCON selling Srila Prabhupada’s works. He’s distributed 200,000 books, collected over $500,000, and has been the top distributor in North America four times.

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Like many coaches, Akrura Dasa lives, eats and breathes coaching. He writes an online blog, he has a website and he makes himself available at almost any hour of the day for his clients – they can Skype him, catch him on his mobile phone or via email as well as by the more traditional telephone route. They can meet in a park or come to his office in Soho, London or he will travel to their office.

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It is interesting to note that many Hare Krishna devotees rarely live and preach in the country of their birth. One such devotee is Devaki Devi Dasi, born in Bensheim, south of Frankfurt, Germany, and raised near Stuttgart.

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Partha-sarathi Dasa, the devotee-soldier who inspired many by organizing the inaugural Govardhana-puja and Ratha-yatra in Iraq, and who has a preaching program through which he distributes Srila Prabhupada's literature as well as cookies offered to the Lord (prasadam), recently took time out from his duties to speak to Antony Brennan from ISKCON news.

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Sankhya System Process (As explained by Lord Kapila): (Continued..)

The devotee should then contemplate Sudarshana Chakra, which has one thousand spokes and is dazzlingly effulgent. He can next concentrate his mind upon Lord's conch shell and the Kaumodaki club, which is smeared with the blood of demons. One should also meditate upon His garland, which is always surrounded by buzzing bumblebees, and the pearl necklace around His neck, which is considered to be the pure living entities that are always engaged in His service.

Srimad Bhagavatm - Canto 3

The expert swimmer lies on his or her back in the water and enjoys the
sensation. This gives us a glimpse into how Maha-Visnu feels as he
reclines in His yoga-nidra mystic slumber generating billions of universes through his breach and pores.

V neděli 7. září proběhly oslavy Rádháštamí - tentok…

September 28 2008

This history of this world, and especially in Kali-yuga is war. There is always some war going on somewhere. If we are fortunate we may escape its withering shadow–or not. Even if we do, are we any better off?

How do devotees view war and how do they deal with it?

 Here’s a fairly frequently asked question from Samatma Gour das in the CIS:

“Did Shrila Prabhupada ever speak of possible global military conflicts and cataclysms etc. What were his recommendations to the devotees, if any, in relation to this? Thank you in advance and special thanks for your Transcendental Diary!”

Answer:

Among the many smaller wars-civil wars, cold wars, hot wars, holy wars-that are always going on, the last century saw two ‘world wars’.

     

With the development of atomic and nuclear capabilites, its easy to think in apocalyptic terms

    

With the A-bomb it seemed that for the first time in history man had the capability of destroying the whole planet.

Srila Prabhupada did speak about a possible third world war and there are several conversations from 1974 on this, as well as some letters. You can read the conversation from May 27, 1974 in Rome.

The talk of a possible war sparked some speculation among the devotees and some wrote to Srila Prabhupada because they were concerned about the future. Here are some replies Srila Prabhupada made:

Letter to: Makhanlal — 22 June, 1973

“You have asked about whether nuclear devastation on this planet would effect the Sankirtana Movement. No, there is nothing that can stop the Sankirtana Movement because it is the will of God Himself, Lord Caitanya, that His Holy Name be heard in every town and village. Neither can the demons devastate this planet independent of the will of Krsna. Nothing happens without His sanction. If Krsna wants to kill someone no one can save Him, and if Krsna wants to save someone no one can kill him. For our parts we should just be determined to carry out our mission against all opposition, demons, nuclear war, whatever. The whole universe is finally subject to certain annihilation by the will of Krsna, but devotional service is eternal and is the only certain way one can save himself from devastation. We can preach all over the world that the only way to be saved from collective and individual devastation is to take to the chanting of Hare Krsna. In short, this material world is a very precarious place therefore we should always chant Hare Krsna and seek Krsna’s protection.”

Letter to Sukadeva das 24 November 1974:

“I am glad to learn that you are having nice college programs. Regarding there going to be depression and atomic war, who said that? This is all false propaganda. I never said this.

Letter to: Radhavallabha: — 21 August, 1975

“Do not worry, in spite of war, Srimad-Bhagavatam will be distributed. We don’t care for war. Our preaching business will go on.”

In one conversation a devotee asked Srila Prabhupada “If there is war, will devotees also die?” Srila Prabhupada replied that of course they will. And someone also asked what should the devotees do if there is a war. Srila Prabhupada said he should look up at the bomb coming down and say

 

 “This is Krsna!”

On another occasion Srila Prabhupada reminded us that Krsna is always favorably disposed to His devotees: MW conversation, June 16, 1975 Hawaii:

Prabhupada: That will take place. Otherwise, how they will be killed?
Ambarisa: They’re calling it a limited nuclear war.
Prabhupada: They are accumulated so much sinful load that must be killed. That is sure. [break] …the massacre. That will take place.
Harikesa: The sinless people will survive?
Prabhupada: Yes.
Devotee (3): Who is that?
Prabhupada: We. [break] There was an artificial famine in India and I particularly inquired from all devotees whether they have got any problem in this famine. They said, “No, we haven’t got.” I have taken the statistics. In 1942 the artificial famine created by government… So there were big earthquake in Bihar. At that time one of my godbrother, he was government auditor. So I inquired. In that earthquake only his house was saved. I have seen it many times. Kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati [Bg. 9.31]. That is the only….
samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam
mahat-padam punya-yaso murareh
bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param padam
padam padam yad vipadam na tesam
 [SB 10.14.58]
Padam padam yad vipadam na tesam. It is not meant for them, all these dangerous condition.” 

Whatever happens, Krsna is behind it. Sometimes it seems that some powerful man or men are in control and with their inventions they may kill us all. But this is not the case. I remember an amusing but striking story Srila Prabhupada told us about Churchill, Hitler and World War 2: 

   

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The other day while reading that most enlightened of all treatises, Srila Prabhupada's edition of the Srimad Bhagavatam, I came across the simple solution for every single difficulty being experienced by the modern day society: "Now this sankirtana movement has already been started by the International Society for Krishna .......................... ================================================================== Thought...

Srimad Bhagavatam 11.2.35 - Those who are following the primary limbs of devotional service are fully protected by Krsna.

1968 September 28 : "Your honest desire has been fulfilled by Krishna. I remember you were walking with me in New York, you were proposing me to become lecturer in some University. This is all Krishna's Grace."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968:

1968 September 28: "All these books are the ultimate source of knowledge. They are not mundane speculations, they are authorized versions of liberated souls, presented by my humble self. So the strength is not in us, the strength is in the Supreme Lord."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1971 September 28 : "You are all sincere boys and girls and eligible candidates. Keep yourselves engaged in Krishna's business 24 hours and you will be happy in this life and in the end reach the Supreme destination."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1971 September 28 : "I am always thinking of you and praying to Krishna when you will be relieved and join us again. But in any circumstance simply go on chanting Hare Krishna and think of Krishna always."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1972 September 28 : "Krsna is giving you all facility as much as He is pleased. As long as Radha and Krsna are pleased by your service, everything will operate very smoothly in your activities."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 September 28 : "Keep me informed daily what is the progress. I want that this conveyance business to be finished up immediately. You may inform me by cable if you have got the bank loan or not."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1974 September 28: "Upon your recommendation I accept them as my disciples. Impress upon them that they are taking vows before the spiritual master. The beads may be chanted upon by a sannyasi or GBC man."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1975 September 28: "What can I do? I have appointed the GBC not to fight amongst yourselves but to manage. If there is fighting then how will you manage?"
Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

Today my husband worked. I woke the kids up to bring them to the temple, despite the fact that it is Saturday. It is good to go see Krishna, plus I had my too thick kheer (oops...will do better next time, I promise!) to drop off for the Deities. I am feeling very fortunate to have moved to a ready made Krishna conscious community, where kirtan and class and aroti are going independent of our attendance at the temple. I feel, however, that I need to take greater advantage of this reservoir of nectar. I need to remind myself not to take the availability of association for granted.
After class my kids hung out with Indrani's boys, wrestling and throwing our stuffed monkey up into a tree.  Madhumati surely attracted Srimati Radharani's attention this morning in her purple sari, pink dupatta and leopard print cardigan.  



This afternoon we attended a birthday party. We got there on time, which basically meant early.  My son and the boys passed the time wrestling.  Venumadhava is really into wrestling ever since he saw the South American gurukulis wrestle the Vrindavan gurukulis on Youtube.

This is just to let you know that HH Maha Vishnu Swami has started to write a blog you can see the first postings here:

HH Mahavishnu Swami Blog

I have been talking for some time about the youth here in Bridgend, the high suicide rate but how wonderful these young souls are, I have been working with the local SACRE commitee

HH Mahavishnu Swami is more practical and just to show what one senior devotee can do had more than 15 of the local youth singing and dancing with him and some took a book to read. You can read his thoughts on this as it makes up the first writings on his blog

It is a wonderful example for us all to follow

The picture is low quality but I hope you appreciate it, the only thing needed is one or two more devotees but I guess everyone says that

William Cowper (1731-1800) was an English poet and singer of hymns. Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 1721) was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island. This poem was Cowper's tribute to Alexander Selkirk whose shipwrecked existence upon an uninhabited island later inspired Daniel Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe.

My guru Srila Prabhupada was fond of quoting lines 16 and 17 "Society, Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestow'd upon man" in his books and lectures.* It seems he studied Cowper at Scottish Churches College in Calcutta at the turn of the 20th century.

"The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk"

I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

I am out of humanity's reach; I must finish my journey alone; Never hear the sweet music of speech — I start at the sound of my own; The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see — They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.

Society, Friendship, and Love Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh had I the wings of a dove How soon would I taste you again! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth.

Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.

How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wingèd arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But, alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.

But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place; And mercy—encouraging thought!— Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot.

(*this is one of my favourites:

"Srila Vidyapati, a great Vaisnava poet, has sung:

'tatala saikate, vari-bindu-sama, suta-mita-ramani-samaje'

Material sense gratification, with society, friendship and love, is herein compared to a drop of water falling on a desert. A desert requires oceans of water to satisfy it, and if only a drop of water is supplied, what is its use?"

) (from Srila Prabhupada's purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 4: The Creation of the Fourth Order, 4.25.12.)

Malati dd: For Women, By Women - New Vrindaban, WV 304-845-9591 servingkrishna@aol.com (present version may be subject to change)

Bhaskarananda Dasa: Kansas City is known as the Heart of America as it is located geographically in the center of America. It is also called the "City of Fountains" because it has more than 200 fountains, the second most in the world, just behind Rome.

The Mayapur Academy’s two-month intensive deity worship course culminated last Friday (September 19), with fifty-seven Bengali-speaking students receiving their awards. The majority hailed from Mayapur, while two students each from Bangladesh and Kolkata attended. Most were staff of the Mayapur temple, including priests and department heads.

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Devotees at ISKCON’s center in Ludhiana, Punjab celebrated World Holy Name Week with all the enthusiasm they could muster. From September 13 through 20th, the congregation took turns to chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra at the temple throughout the day.

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The Western eye, and often heart, has always been drawn to the exotic. For artist and photographer Brahma Muhurta Dasa, the pull was stronger than for most. Born Michael Buhler-Rose, he began reading about different philosophies at fourteen, an age when most of his peers were more interested in videogames and girls. When a neighbor of his lent him first Barbara Stoler Miller’s translation of the Bhagavad-gita, and then ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada’s, he was deeply affected by the ancient text.

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At the end of a secluded driveway in Elkins Park, a rare Gilded Age jewel is poised to enter its third life. Preserved by nuns to a degree historians find stunning, a century-old Italian Renaissance mansion built by tycoon William Lukens Elkins is on the verge of changing hands for the first time in 75 years. In its new incarnation, it will be a yoga and spirituality focused center for a charity founded by Hare Krishna devotees.

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On 13 September 2008, devotees from ISKCON center in Ludhiana paid a visit to Central Jail where young men in the age group 18-25 years are imprisoned. This was not the first time that inmates of Central Jail got a chance to free their souls despite being under arrest for various crimes. Devotees regularly visit the Central Jail to engage the prisoners in various devotional activities including meditation through chanting the names of Lord.

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Bhakti Raghava Swami, a proponent of the simple-living, high-thinking lifestyle, visited the ISKCON New Talavana farm in Mississippi from September 12 – 14th to hold a weekend workshop. The seminar conveyed the urgency of implementing Srila Prabhupada’s vision of varnashram dharma. Varnashram is a traditional vedic social structure of natural vocations and life stages. It is often confused with the birth-based caste system, which Vaishnavas consider to be a missaplication of the original ancient system.

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In Vancouver, Canada, a twenty-three year old man has been sentenced to four years in jail for shooting dead his mother at the age of fourteen. The man is known only by his initials J.A.P. in Supreme Court documents. He and his family were previously Krishna devotees, but at the time of the killing they had since stopped practicing and became disaffiliated with ISKCON.

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Time Broadband has entered into an understanding with ISKCON to provide spiritual discourses on their forthcoming IPTV platform. ISKCON would produce 400-500 hours of content per year, said founder of ISKCON's broadcast ITV Haridas Prabhu.

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My connection with Sadaputa goes back more than thirty years. I remember first meeting him one day at our Brooklyn Hare Krishna center, a large old brownstone in Brooklyn Heights. It was the middle of the day, and hardly anyone else was around, so I found myself spending at least an hour or so talking with this young scientist who had come there with questions about our philosophy. We talked about consciousness, about Bhagavad-gita, about the implications of Schrödinger’s equation.

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Well, that pretty much says it all. American jam makers like myself need your support during these tough times. I need your money! To see what a great deal you are getting on my jam while the U.S. economy tanks out, visit the currency exchange calculator. After just a few clicks foreign readers are bound to feel superior. You think you're so great, huh, not living in the U.S.? Prove it! Buy my jam and show the world that you deserve the good stuff.

In the fast-paced lifestyle of today’s society, the focus is often getting things done and getting them done fast. Exchanges between spouses and between parents and children are, more often than not, fit in among the goings and comings of family activities and responsibilities. Choosing to slow down and truly connect with one another is considered a luxury that many couples feel they cannot afford. As a consequence, the demands of daily life absorb our attention and energy and we often fail to take the time to focus on the health of our relationship with our spouse.

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The publication of "The Yoga of Kirtan: Conversations on the Sacred Art of Chanting," while sparking some mild controversy within ISKCON, has enabled me to share our philosophy in venues I wouldn't have previously thought possible. Radio shows ask for interviews, yoga studios and health food stores repeatedly invite me to lecture, to explain "the new phenomenon" known as kirtan, and numerous New Age magazines and yoga journals have either asked me to write feature articles on kirtan or have favorably reviewed the book.

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(A comical article on Bhaktimarga Swami's walk of Ireland)
By Praghosa Dasa
We are now in serious danger of ruining our long practiced and much cherished reputation of our 21st century sannyasi!

What are we talking about? Well a couple of weeks ago a certain member of the sannyasa order all but snuck into the emerald isle unnoticed. Usually a visiting sannyasi’s arrival is known well in advance and there is at least a modest welcoming party to greet him. However not this time, rather it was a very humble entrance at a regional port and from there, almost immediately into a walking tour of the country. This is where things really began to deteriorate, you see walking in and of itself is quite a sattvic activity, not least because it is so environmentally friendly and of course healthy to boot. It is also an excellent way to focus on the concept of simple living and high thinking, what to speak of developing tolerance due to the constant battle against the elements, particularly the wind and rain.

But that is only the beginning, this Swami then had the audacity to stay over at various persons homes along the way, encouraging them in their spiritual life, taking a little prasadam and then leaving at the crack of dawn the next day and never staying over in any one home for more that one night! There is little doubt that a little prasadam in the evening is hardly going to sustain you for the duration of an eight hour, forty kilometre daily walk right? So what does our trend-setting Swami decide to do? Struth, he only goes and starts eating the fruits and berries growing on the wild bushes along the roadside! That really was the straw that threatens to break the back of the 21st century sannyasa dharma. Hence my rallying cry to all right minded thinking devotees out there who care passionately about protecting and preserving the unique sannyasa dharma we have developed over the last few decades – stop this man by hook or by crook before his odd behaviour catches on and we become a laughing stock!

You can help by sending him a cell phone, the latest laptop computer, an electronic personal organiser, a blueberry, the latest digital camcorder, an ipod or all of the above! You could also write to him at the below address impressing upon him that you get no financial benefit from ‘walking miles’ and then introduce him to the wonderful world of ‘air miles’ and all the perks that flow from them. His address is:
The walking Swami,
The Shack,
Bally-go-backwards,
The Back of Beyond,
Planet Earth

Ps Physician heal thyself! I guess I’ll send him some of my own electronic collection first :-)

Mahavishnu Swami: Rathayatra 2008 in Glastonbury, the ancient headquarters of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. It is believed that Joseph of Arimathea came here with the blood of Jesus Christ in the Holy Grail.

By Madan Mohan das

As the kirtan came to a close, devotees started prasadam distribution. Waves of people rolled in to receive the mercy of Krsna. A total of 800 prasadam plates were served. It was truly an amazing sight to behold; the mercy of Mahaprabhu was so clearly evident.

By Krishna-kripa das

I feel I should say a few words about Sadaputa Prabhu, on the occasion of his disappearance, as I worked for him from 1988 to 2005, assisting mostly with book and video production.

Sankhya System Process (As explained by Lord Kapila): (Continued..)

The devotee should thereafter meditate upon the Lord's moonlike navel, from which the entire universe has sprung. Next the yogi should concentrate his mind upon Lord's nipples, which resemble a pair of exquisite gems. Then he should concentrate upon the Lord's chest, which is abode of Mahalakshmi, and which is the source of all transcendental pleasure for the mind and eyes.

Thereafter, the devotee should fix his mind upon Lord's neck, which enhances the beauty of Kaustubha gem that hangs down to His chest. The yogi can then meditate upon the four arms of the Lord, which are the source for all the powers by which the devatas can control various functions of material nature. Next the yogi can contemplate the Lord's ornaments, which were polished by Mount mandara as it revolved during the churning of the milk ocean.

(to be continued...)

Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 3

Srimad Bhagavatam 11.2.34 - The result of devotional service- pure devotion to Krsna- is guaranteed if the prescribed method is followed.

Krsna consciousness is multi-faceted. Srila Prabhupada has used the
phrase, "angle of vision" many times. Even material truth is
many-sided. It is said there are at least two sides to every issue, and
another maxim says that the pursuit of truth is like picking
raspberries. You miss a lot if you approach from only one angle. Srila
Prabhupada wanted us to approach Krsna consciousness with an open mind.
Krsna is the ultimate Truth, so this truth has an infinite number of
facets. Being 'independently thoughtful' doesn't mean joining the 'herd

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Tonite I made a teeny tiny batch of Muscadine Grape Jelly. For those of you not familiar with the muscadine grape, it is about the size of a small plum and grows abundantly in the Southeast United States. Muscadines are sweet with a slightly earthy taste, which some people say makes them taste more like wine straight off the vine than other grapes. This reporter can offer no comment on that since the last time she had wine was at Friday night Sabbath: Manischevitz in a dixie cup.

I only had a small amount of muscadines, but went for it anyway because I just need to be making jam. And super small batches (in this case I yielded only 4 jars) are fine now that I don't rely solely on online sales. I can sell the jars at my table on Sundays.

Some people are jelly adverse. I'm not. Actually, I am feeling separation from my ornamental crabapples in Pennsylvania. They made the best jelly--full of tartness and deep red in color. The heirloom crabapple tree at the Gita Nagari farm was also a great jelly maker--rosey brownish in color--completely traditional.

The color of this Muscadine Jelly is more red than purple. Honestly speaking, I think it tastes closer to mulberry than concord grape. It's so fun to make these tiny little jams out of unusual fruit. I know that the blog readers get excited about these little expansions of our gastronomical world. So if you are eager to taste a new kind of grape, shoot me an email at sabjimata@gmail.com. If I make some more, I will list it in the Sabjimata Store. Muscadine Jelly is only $6.

This year’s Philadelphia Ratha Yatra was amazing. The weather was perfect and the mood was relaxed and festive. The organizers were on top of everything and the food was incredible. Have we used enough adjectives?

Our friends, The Mayapuris and Tribhangi, also came up from Alachua, FL so we all got to play on stage together.

 

 

Acyuta Gopi - Hare Krishna

Gaura Vani - Gai Gaura

Gaura Vani - Hare Krishna

Gaura Vani - Radha Madhava

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1967 September 27: "Guru and Krishna are two parallel lines on which the spiritual express runs very smoothly. One minus the other is no good for the devotee. Anyone who talks of Krishna without service to Guru will not be successful."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967