Sudama

Thanks for the reply, do you have any contacts in Jaipur who could help? Maybe the devotees in the ISKCON Jaipur temple? I feel a bit guilty about going mainly for shopping, like I'm too materialistic, but we just bought a house here in Texas. My wife and I renovated the house and installed new wood floors, ceramic tile, etc. But we have no furniture or artwork and I'd love to have some Jaipur rugs, paintings, etc. to decorate.

My wife and I are planning a trip to India soon. We would like to spend a few days shopping in Jaipur. We are interested specifically in artwork, pottery, paintings, rugs, clothing, jewelry. etc. I had a few thoughts, like wanting to bring someone along to help me haggle with the shopkeepers and get fair pricing. I also want to freight most of the stuff we buy directly back home instead of trying to lug it all around India. Any tips and/or pointers? Maybe you have a friend or relative there who would like to play tour guide?

"The separated energy can be understood from a practical example. I compose books by speaking into a dictaphone, and whenthe dictaphone is replayed, it appears that I am speaking personally, but actually I am not. I spoke personally, but then the dictaphone tape, which is separate from me, acts exactly like me." ******************************* Because the tape is EXACTLY the same as hearing from Prabhupada directly, he authorized the use of a tape for gayatri initiations: ******************************* "I will send you one tape made by me of Gayatri mantra. They should simply listen one at a time, privately, through the right ear and at the same time repeat each mantra, while reading it from one paper. You can also explain beforehand how to count on the fingers. Then, if the devotee is male, give the sacred thread. Then hold a fire yajna as you have seen done before. Send the thread here to me before the ceremony is to be held and I will chant Gayatri mantra on the thread(s) personally."

This ought to clarify the point further: ********************************** Letter to: Cidananda -- Bhaktivedanta Manor 25 November, 1973 My Dear Cidananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter and your kind words to me. Thank you very much. I should be returning to Los Angeles the last week of November and I should be more than happy to see you there. Please always try to remember me by my teachings and we shall always be together. Just like I have written in the first publications of Srimad-Bhagavatam, "The spiritual Master lives forever by His divine instruction and the disciple lives with him.", because I have always served my Guru Maharaja and followed His teachings I am now even never separated from Him. Sometimes Maya may come and try to interfere but we must not falter, we must always follow the chalked out path layed down by the great acharya's and in the end you will see. I hope this letter finds you healthy and in blissful serving mood. Your ever well wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS.mda

Some of the disciples of one particular guru are really big on this point - that you need X Maharaj to help you actually delve into the nectar that is in Prabhupada's books. My question to them is always the same: "Well who's going to help you delve into the nectar of X Maharaj's books when he's gone? Will that be your job?" I've never gotten a clear answer to this question. Apparently their philosophy only applies to Srila Prabhupada. Their own guru is not subject to the "You must have another pure devotee to explain the pure devotee's words to you" rule.

Lots more fresh Dubya over here: http://www.dubyaspeak.com

Krishnanatha: My sites in particular were not hacked. I manage about 25 different websites, yet only a few of them are devotee-related. They are in different business areas, medical equipment, real estate, etc. Therefore I don't think anyone was going after my sites in particular. I've never had any of my Hare Krishna websites taken down. At the time that Feature Price was hacked, they had many clients sharing the same server, including me. Perhaps they did not know much about web security, so some script-kiddie hacker took their server down. After that I started leasing my own web server and have been happy as a clam since - no hackers (Knock on wood). I do however monitor my logs from time to time and there are literally hundreds of attempts per day to hack the server. You can identify them if you know what to look for. So I try to patch it up as secure as possible, and keep my fingers crossed. I'm hoping I don't become a target this Sunday. By the way if any devotees are in need of web hosting let me know. I can provide you with free webspace. ys SDA

I used to host my websites with 'FeaturePrice'. Their server was hacked no less than THREE times in the span of a month. All my sites were deleted, and all they had to say was 'Oops, sorry'. Good thing I had backups. CHAKRA - get yourself a real webhost. I recommend www.rackshack.net.

I saw only five on your list. I love falafel in pita bread with yogurt. Yum. Fat's not so bad, as long as you get enough exercise. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_293716,0008.htm Western scientists are baffled by this fellow, so he lived in a NASA laboratory drinking only water for 130 days to prove it could be done! Pretty hardcore, eh?

Can you email me? Send to sudama@harekrishnatemple.com I'd like to talk some more about Hawaii, etc. but not on the message board. ys SDA

Can you email me? Send to sudama@harekrishnatemple.com I'd like to talk some more about Hawaii, etc. but not on the message board. ys SDA

Looks like private messages are disabled here. Can you send me your email address to sudama@harekrishnatemple.com? I would like to continue to correspond via email. ys SDA

Looks like private messages are disabled here. Can you send me your email address to sudama@harekrishnatemple.com? I would like to continue to correspond via email. ys SDA

How are things on the Big Island these days? (Off topic, I know, but just curious).