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Then Duryodhana, first of all he pointed out the military strength of the opposite side. This is intelligence. One should take calculation of the opposing elements or the enemy’s side. In fighting the first thing is to take estimation of the enemy’s side, how much they are strong, how they have arranged. Then one should…

LUCKILY the annual Australian Unity wellbeing index – the statistical smile tracker – was released this week, which helped shed some light on this consumerist conundrum. The what-makes-us-happy report discovered that happiness starts to stall as household income passes $100,000. According to the authors, once you crack six figures "money loses its ability to reliably…

These Krsna conscious boys and girls–in sixty centers–they are living in the best houses. They are eating the best food. They are in the best consciousness. They have got the best hope. Everything best. Their feature of body is best. What material happiness do you want more than this? They have got wife, children, happiness,…

Bhagavad-gita 3.27 — Melbourne, June 27, 1974 Devotee (1): In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, it says that Krsna did not want us to come to this material world. If Krsna did not want us to come, why are we here? Prabhupada: Yes. You forced Krsna to allow you to come. Just like sometimes a child forces his…

From Tapan Misra Dasa (ACBSP) The San Francisco temple in the late ’60s early ’70s was situated at 455 Valencia Street in the “Mission district.” The area then was a seedy district of flophouse hotels and commercial businesses, now it is an upscale renovated neighborhood. But then it was home to all sorts of miscreants,…

Today I did a cd cover for Hari Bhakti's new recording: Front: Back:

Interesting how the backlash is developing to the anti-God campaign cooked up by the Dawkin’s cult:

Hrdayananda: … This food relief program that you started in India could also be used in other countries where there are also economic problems. Prabhupada: Why not? But prasadam, not ordinary food. From all our centers you can distribute food, prasadam, because that prasadam means they will gradually become Krsna conscious. Otherwise if you give…

John Safran (from a Jewish family) meets with a ‘grand dragon’ from the Ku Klux Klan. This clip contains some low class language but I thought that the content was interesting enough to justify posting it here.

Prabhupada: … [I]f you ignite wood for fire, if the wood is dry, the fire takes place immediately, and if it is moist, then it takes time. Only smoke will come. So smoke is not required. The blazing fire required. Then if from the wood, if simply smoke comes you cannot (chuckles) take any work…

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in the land of Bharata-varsa, specifically in Bengal, in the district of Nadia, where Navadvipa is situated. It is therefore to be concluded, as stated by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, that within this universe, this earth is the best planet, and on this planet the land of Bharata-varsa is the best; in…

On the ISKCON News site we’ve set a goal to compile a multimedia presentation of 108 photos of Gaura-Nitai deities worshiped in the homes of ISKCON members around the world. If you’d like to give our current readership a view of your home deities, then dress them gorgeously, get the lighting just right and snap…

Here's an idea that came to me to spread the chanting …. simple, scalable and replicable. This poster is for a program I'm going to do where a few devotee families and mine just sit in the park one evening and chant. We'll have some bliss-balls and some lemonade prasadam for refreshments. No maha-feast that…

Today I ported over a theme from the CSS Zen Garden site for the latest version of Drupal 6. I can't upgrade this site just yet because there are a few modules that I'm waiting on to catch up to 6. Since I'm ok with the current theme on Gopala's site – I'll probably make…