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Yearly Archives: 2011
The holy name is all there is
This morning I was thinking about chanting the holy name. We get up and chant the holy name, and generally it requires some determination and effort, some sacrifice. I thought it’s exactly like a person who has in one way or another lost his ability to walk, and then has to go for some treatment at a rehabilitation (rehabilitation=re + abilitate) center. Every day for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening, he is put into a very rigorous routine, and is forced to start using his legs again. At first it is very painful, very awkward, and it seems practically hopeless. But this treatment goes on for some time, maybe some years even, and at some point, he actually regains his original, natural walking capacity…more
Posted in Holy Name, Wonderful KRSNA
Tagged Brihad Bhagavatamrita, holy name, Sanatana Gosvami
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Marriage reservations
Bhutan’s royal wedding: How the king proposed when she was just seven years old News.com.au – ADAM PLOWRIGHT – Oct 13, 2011 The royal couple apparently met when aged 17 and seven respectively at a family picnic in Thimphu.
Where monarchy looks better than democracy
Bhutan king Jigme Wangchuk marries commoner Jetsun Pema BBC News – Oct 13, 2011 Jigme Wangchuk was educated in India and Britain and took over after the abdication in 2006 of his father, who began the country’s democratic transition. In … more
Posted in Government, People
Tagged Bhutan King, Bhutan royal wedding, Gross National Happiness, Jetsun Pema, Wangchuk
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Let them eat tablet computers!
India announces $35 tablet computer for rural poor Yahoo! News (AP) – KATY DAIGLE – Oct 5, 2011 India introduced a cheap tablet computer Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of … more
Posted in Economy, Food: Field to Table, Government
Tagged poverty in India, poverty line, tablet computers
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Gold hasn’t gone up in value
Germany should end the secrecy and bring its gold home Goldseek – LARS SCHALL – Oct 10, 2011 I believe that the time will come when oil-producing countries and other natural resource exporters will no longer sell their commodities for … more
Posted in Economy, Money
Tagged gold, inflation, unemployment
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Call to Sankirtan
Someone has commented that the Krishnas and the Hindus will need to get involved in politics at some point
Posted in Government, Law
Tagged fundamental right, hare krishna, maha mantra, varnasrama dharma, Wisconsin court ruling, Zinniker
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Self-sufficient communities avoid economic woes
The Amish largely untouched by U.S. financial crisis Scripps Howard News Service – TIM GRANT Sep 30, 2011 When Wall Street banks hit rock bottom three years ago and investors across the nation were crying uncle, members of one American … more
Posted in Economy, Food: Field to Table
Tagged amish, financial crisis, living below their means, wall street banks
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Pilgrim’s Progress? Steve Jobs the quasi spiritualist
In his younger days, Steve Jobs traveled to India with a friend in search of a spiritual experience, but he didn’t realize that India – or the holy tirtha – had already come to him in the person of A.C. … more
Posted in People
Tagged Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs and Hare Krishna, Steve Jobs' trip to India
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Milk: the gift that keeps on giving
German fashion designer makes clothes from milk Reuters – NATALIA DROZDIAK – Oct 7, 2011 BERLIN (Reuters) – A young fashion designer from the German city of Hanover is revolutionizing high fashion by designing clothes with a staple she can … more
Posted in Fashion, Food: Field to Table
Tagged Anke Domaske, casein, German fashion designer, milk, milk fabric, QMilch
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