Author Archives: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

8,400,000 species of life known to Padma Purana

8.7 million species exist on Earth, study estimates Washington Post – JULIA EILPERIN – Aug 24, 2011 For centuries scientists have pondered a central question: How many species exist on Earth? Now, a group of researchers has offered an answer: … more

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Gold redeemed: convert while you can

Flight from the dollar: More than 40 years ago, Srila Prabhupada foretold the collapse of the world economy based on fiat currency and modern banking, and advised that wealth should be invested in gold, land, cows and grains.

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Government of Thieves and Rogues

Howard Schultz: Obama, Congress Should Not Vacation During a Crisis Reuters – SHARON WAXMAN, TheWrap – Aug 17, 2011 Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said he has been “stunned” by the response to his call for a boycott on political donations … more

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Where’s the gold?

Hugo Chavez Demands 99 Tons of Venezuelan Gold Returned From the Bank of England/ JP Morgue Activist Post – SILVER DOCTORS – Aug 18, 2011 Chavez has requested that the Bank of England return 99 Tons of Venezuelan gold held … more

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In Gold We Trust

Forty years ago, Nixon did away with the gold standard, and the value of the dollar was left to imagination, soaring high up into the sky like a hot air balloon, but the fire has gone out, and the balloon … more

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Krishna’s Socio-Economic Solution

We want to keep men in so peaceful condition that he’s not disturbed by mental anxieties, bodily disease, natural disturbances and fighting or quarreling with other living entities. So when he’s perfectly in peaceful condition of life, he can save … more

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Village Economy

Revert to sound economic principles based on model communities or villages. Peaceful atmosphere can be attained only when there is large-scale village organization, actually village life. excerpt from letter to Rayarama, Seattle, October 17, 1968: Nobody should take to very … more

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Grow Your Own Food

With the decline of the dollar and increase in food prices, real savings and wealth has fled to farmland and food production.

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Ignorance is not bliss

Is That All There Is? The New Yorker – JAMES WOOD – Aug 15, 2011 I have a friend, an analytic philosopher and convinced atheist, who told me that she sometimes wakes in the middle of the night, anxiously turning … more

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Scientists looking to get a life

Possibly it helps their cause that until now there is no consensus among scientists as to what exactly the definition of life is…

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