Vaishnava Matrimonials, Issue no.2, April 28, 2003

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VAISHNAVA MATRIMONIALS

A free e-mail matrimonial newsletter for circulation within the community of

members and devotees of

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Founder-acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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ISSUE NO. 2. April 28, 2003.

Published by Vidvan-Gauranga Das <vidvan.gauranga.jps (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

 

CONTENTS:

1. Listings

2. Letter from the compiler

3. Quote of the issue

4. Announcement regarding the newsletter

5. Terms and conditions

6. Other resources offering matrimonial help

 

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1. LISTINGS

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A. SEEKING A SUITABLE KRISHNA CONSCIOUS WIFE:

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Reference no. M001

E-mail: nlm001 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"Looking for a practicing devotee wife, graduate in any subject, from

Gujarati background for our son who is 27 years, 5' 8", fair, handsome, from

Indian background. He is currently working as a products engineer with a

Multinational company in California, USA. He chants 4 to 6 rounds. He is

sensitive, quiet, artistic, likes Indian classical and ethnic music, can

sing and play mrdanga, etc."

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Reference no. M002

E-mail: nlm002 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: Chile

 

"Practicing devotee from Chile, aged 31, eyes and hair brown, height 5.04

ft, knowing Spanish and English, initiated by HH Jayapataka Maharaja since

1992, previous services in ISKCON temple, cheerful, friendly, affectionate,

outgoing, willing to support future wife materially and spiritually, seeking

a practicing devotee wife chanting, aged 18-24, affectionate, cheerful,

outgoing, responsible, desiring to advance in KC, from USA, Europe, Brazil

or Argentina, and able to move to Santiago (Chile)."

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Reference no. M003

E-mail: parentsofmahesh (AT) hotmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Practicing male Indian devotee Kerala Nair/Menon (27, ht 173 cm, wt 77 kg,

MBA/ Marine Engineer) desiring simple KC lifestyle. branch manager - AP &

Karnataka in MNC with good salary, company furnished house, car & driver.

Foreign transfers possible. Seeks a well-behaved, respectful and patient KC

practicing wife willing to abide by lifestyle advocated in guru-parampara

system of ISKCON's congregational life. Needs horoscope compatibility

checking. pl send place, time and date of birth."

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Reference no. M004

E-mail: nlm004 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Male devotee aged 35 from Indian background (Tamil Brahmin, Iyer, Srivatsa

Gotra), 5'10" ht, working as marketing executive, associated with ISKCON for

8 years, chanting 16 rounds, aspiring to take initiation, seeking a good

looking, fair KC devotee lady aged below 32, preferably any brahmin or high

caste, height being 159 - 177 cm, having from average to perfect physique,

at least educated in high school, knowing at least English, homely or

working."

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Reference no. M005

E-mail: nlm005 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"Male practicing devotee, aged 34, Indian origin, 70 kg, 175 cm, medium

built, fair, senior telecomm engineer in a reputed multinational corporation

in USA, post-graduate, green card holder. KC from 17 years, chanting 3

rounds, engaged in preaching services, seeks a suitable KC wife, spiritually

strong, healthy, educated, responsible, able to travel and work if required,

aged 23-27, been in KC since 2 years, knowing English, between 40-60 kg,

160-170 cm, having bachelor's degree, knows driving, computers, internet

(having no pets, and no children)."

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Reference no. M006

E-mail: nlm006 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"Male practicing devotee aged 32, living in San Francisco Bay Area (USA),

active member of ISKCON since 1996, plays Mridanga, plays and performs

tabla, devoted to Indian classical music, grade school teacher by

profession, looking for an educated Vaishnavi aged 20-27, with similar

interests, practicing and/or loves Indian classical music, prefer if settled

in US (would love if she was brought up in Indian culture)."

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Reference no. M007

E-mail: nlm007a (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"Male practicing devotee from Colombia, South America, living in USA, aged

40, 5'7, green eyes, sincere, affectionate and caring person serving ISKCON

worldwide for 21 years seeking a sincere, and affectionate wife aged 24-30,

5'7 to 5'9 ht, from USA (preferred), Western Europe, India and even Russia."

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Reference no. M008

E-mail: nlm008 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: Germany

 

"Practicing male devotee, chanting 16 rounds daily, Nepali origin, aged 28,

170 cm, 56 kg, financially independent, currently working towards PhD degree

in Communications Engineering in Germany, interested in spreading message of

KC among young students of modern science, looking for a practicing devotee

lady from any background, aged 23-27, 150-175 cm, 40-65 kg, proficient in

English language, minimum Bachelor's degree holder, interested in preaching,

maintaining deities at home, willing to settle anywhere that is not

detrimental to Bhakti."

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Reference no. M009

E-mail: nlm009 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"27 year old male devotee, doctor living in the United States, aspiring for

initiation from HH Bhakti Caru Swami and chanting 16 rounds/day, 6 ft, 70

kg, pleasing personality, charming, humorous and serious about leading a

Krsna conscious life dedicated to Guru and Gauranga, seeking an Indian

bodied female devotee, 21-27 years old, attractive, sweet natured who wants

to dedicate this life to serving Vaishnavas."

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Reference no. M010

E-mail: nlm010 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Male practicing devotee, aged 32, ht 5'6", South Indian, intelligent, fair,

smart-looking, soft temperament, successfully helped launch and manage a

large ISKCON project in South India since 1989, now serving ISKCON in

Mumbai, dedicated to ISKCON's interests, financially secure, seeking a

mature, educated, intelligent, reasonably good looking, fair, Indian KC wife

residing in India, homely, willing to settle in Mumbai and take care of his

aged parents who are also practicing KC and family needs."

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Reference no. M011

E-mail: nlm011 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Male practicing devotee (North Indian Brahmin) aged 30 from Chandigarh

(India), religious family, ht 5'1", fair, good looking, having own business,

initiated, chanting 16 rounds, actively engaged in temple services, seeks a

good looking responsible KC wife, who knows how to cook, aged below 30.

Caste and height no bar. Needs Horoscope compatibility checking. Please send

place, time and date of birth."

 

B. SEEKING A SUITABLE KRISHNA CONSCIOUS HUSBAND:

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Reference no. F001

E-mail: nlf001 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Practicing female devotee since 6 years, aged 26, 5" height, initiated

disciple of HH Sridhar Maharaja (ACBSP), B.Com graduate, staying in Mumbai,

India, with family of parents and a brother, Punjabi, interested in

preaching and serving Vaishnavas, seeks a devotee husband chanting 16

rounds, who would be understanding and caring."

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Reference no. F002

E-mail: lalita1008 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Lady devotee aged 25, chanting 16 rounds since 2 years, B.A. and diploma in

computing from Chandigarh (Punjab, India), height 153 com, slim, pleasing

and caring personality, from financially secure family of practicing

devotees, seeking suitable practicing devotee husband preferably in job or

business in North India. Pls send horoscope and details at

lalita1008 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com."

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Reference no. F003

E-mail: nlf003 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"Female practicing devotee chanting 16 rounds, aged 32 and height 5'6",

aspiring to take initiation, software professional working at one of the

financial institutes at USA seeks a very sincere Vaishnava husband of Indian

descent (preferably taller than 5'6" and older than 32 years), with good

sadhana, liking to preach KC to others and whose life goal is to serve Srila

Prabhupada and spread KC."

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Reference no. F004

E-mail: nlf004 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Female devotee from Bangalore (India) aged 28, ht 150 cm, wt 58 kgs,

architect by profession, employed in Bharat Electronics Ltd, Tamil, from

Hindu background, wheatish complexion, hobbies including singing, reading

books, socialising and travelling, chanting 2 rounds, actively participating

in ISKCON's Jagannath Mandir at Bangalore, seeking an honest,

straightforward KC husband matching to my profile. Would be fortunate to

receive assistance from my life patner to strenghten my practice of KC."

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Reference no. F005

E-mail: nlf005 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"28 year old Indian female practicing devotee looking for an educated

healthy Indian male devotee. Have a BA in Industrial Design and an Associate

in Multimedia and Web Design. Like art, singing, humor. Looking for someone

who is firm but merciful. Looking to grow more in Krishna consciousness

with. I am from Surat (Gujarat). I came to Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)

at age four. Learned about KC at age 14. Chanting 9 rounds presently."

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Reference no. F006

E-mail: nlf006 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Female practicing devotee, aged 31, based in Kolkata (India), MA, PGDPM,

been associated with ISKCON since 1989, chanting 16 rounds regularly,

brahmin by birth, trying to to read as many books by Srila Prabhupada in her

limited free time, vegetarian but not able to take prasadam regularly,

working as project officer in Indo-Japanese govt.medical project looking for

a professionally settled KC life partner, minimum graduate, 32+, above 166

cms, Brahmin by birth, mother tongue no preference if proficient in

English."

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Reference no. F007

E-mail: nlf007 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: Poland

 

"Female practicing devotee aged 22 (178cm, 76kg, black hair) from Poland,

speaking Polish and English, studying at university, serving at temple for

few years; beloved services: arcanam, vaishnava-seva, writing; like good

communication and exchanging realizations; desiring to preach and visit

holy-dhamas; wanting to lead strict Krsna conscious life, planning children;

seeking a practicing, devotee husband interested in practical studies on

Vedic philosophy and culture, materially responsible and helping her in

Deity worship and understanding Krsna."

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Reference no. F008

E-mail: nlf008 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Female practicing devotee aged 26, height 5"4', weight 65 kgs, associating

with ISKCON since 1988, disciple of HH Jayapataka Maharaj, chanting 16

rounds, based in Chennai (India), working with a private concern, looking

for a practicing KC devotee husband, understanding and caring person with

proper employment. Horoscope matching necessary; interested devotees can

send place, time and date of birth."

 

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2. LETTER FROM THE COMPILER

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April 28, 2003

 

Dear Prabhus and Matajis,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All

glories to our spiritual masters and Vaishnavas following Srila Prabhupada.

 

>From now on, the latest issue of the newsletter can also be accessed from

the Internet at http://www.dipika.org/mainpages/matchmaker/index.htm. I must

thank HH Umapati Maharaja for having kindly offered to put up the same on

the Net.

 

Some South American devotees have expressed their desire that I also help

start a matrimonial newsletter in Spanish. I don't know Spanish, but if

someone is willing to run a Spanish newsletter similar to this, I can help

him/her set up one (provided he/she knows English).

 

Please pass on this newsletter to your devotee friends and acquaintances.

 

Your servant,

Vidvan-Gauranga das

 

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3. QUOTE OF THE ISSUE

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A quote from Srila Prabhupada's writings pertaining to matrimony/ marriage/

grhastha-asrama.

 

SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 2.3.22:

 

TRANSLATION: The eyes which do not look at the symbolic representations of

the Personality of Godhead Visnu [His forms, name, quality, etc.] are like

those printed on the plumes of the peacock, and the legs which do not move

to the holy places [where the Lord is remembered] are considered to be like

tree trunks.

 

PURPORT: Especially for the householder devotees, the path of Deity worship

is strongly recommended. As far as possible, every householder, by the

direction of the spiritual master, must install the Deity of Visnu, forms

like Radha-Krsna, Laksmi-Narayana or Sita-Rama especially, or any other form

of the Lord, like Nrsimha, Varaha, Gaura-Nitai, Matsya, Kurma,

salagrama-sila and many other forms of Visnu, like Trivikrama, Kesava,

Acyuta, Vasudeva, Narayana and Damodara, as recommended in the

Vaisnava-tantras or Puranas, and one's family should worship strictly

following the directions and regulations of arcana-vidhi. Any member of the

family who is above twelve years of age should be initiated by a bona fide

spiritual master, and all the members of the household should be engaged in

the daily service of the Lord, beginning from morning (4 a.m.) till night

(10 p.m.) by performing mangala-aratrika, niranjana, arcana, puja, kirtana,

srngara, bhoga-vaikali, sandhya-aratrika, patha, bhoga (at night),

sayana-aratrika, etc. Engagement in such worship of the Deity, under the

direction of a bona fide spiritual master, will greatly help the

householders to purify their very existence and make rapid progress in

spiritual knowledge. Simple theoretical book knowledge is not sufficient for

a neophyte devotee. Book knowledge is theoretical, whereas the arcana

process is practical. Spiritual knowledge must be developed by a combination

of theoretical and practical knowledge, and that is the guaranteed way for

attainment of spiritual perfection. The training of devotional service for a

neophyte devotee completely depends on the expert spiritual master who knows

how to lead his disciple to make gradual progress towards the path back

home, back to Godhead. One should not become a pseudo spiritual master as a

matter of business to meet one's family expenditures; one must be an expert

spiritual master to deliver the disciple from the clutches of impending

death. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has defined the bona fide

qualities of a spiritual master, and one of the verses in that description

reads:

 

sri-vigraharadhana-nitya-nana-

srngara-tan-mandira-marjanadau

yuktasya bhaktams ca niyunjato 'pi

vande guroh sri-caranaravindam

 

Sri-vigraha is the arca, or suitable worshipable form of the Lord, and the

disciple should be engaged in worshiping the Deity regularly by srngara, by

proper decoration and dressing, as also by mandira-marjana, the matter of

cleansing the temple. The spiritual master teaches the neophyte devotee all

these kindly and personally to help him gradually in the realization of the

transcendental name, quality, form, etc., of the Lord.

 

Only attention engaged in the service of the Lord, especially in dressing

and decorating the temple, accompanied by musical kirtana and spiritual

instructions from scriptures, can save the common man from the hellish

cinema attractions and rubbish sex-songs broadcast everywhere by radios. If

one is unable to maintain a temple at home, he should go to another's temple

where all the above performances are regularly executed. Visiting the temple

of a devotee and looking at the profusely decorated forms of the Lord well

dressed in a well-decorated, sanctified temple naturally infuse the mundane

mind with spiritual inspiration. People should visit holy places like

Vrndavana where such temples and worship of the Deity are specifically

maintained. Formerly all rich men like kings and rich merchants constructed

such temples under the direction of expert devotees of the Lord, like the

six Gosvamis, and it is the duty of the common man to take advantage of

these temples and festivals observed in the holy places of pilgrimage by

following in the footsteps of great devotees (anuvraja). One should not

visit all these sanctified pilgrimage places and temples with sightseeing in

mind, but one must go to such temples and sanctified places immortalized by

the transcendental pastimes of the Lord and be guided by proper men who know

the science. This is called anuvraja. Anu means to follow. It is therefore

best to follow the instruction of the bona fide spiritual master, even in

visiting temples and the holy places of pilgrimage. One who does not move in

that way is as good as a standing tree condemned by the Lord not to move.

The moving tendency of the human being is misused by visiting places for

sightseeing. The best purpose of such traveling tendencies could be

fulfilled by visiting the holy places established by great acaryas and

thereby not being misled by the atheistic propaganda of moneymaking men who

have no knowledge of spiritual matters.

 

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4. ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE NEWSLETTER

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By the grace of Srila Prabhupada and the efforts of his sincere followers,

the number of practicing devotees in ISKCON is increasing all over the

world.

 

Most of such devotees do desire to get married, and, it is essential that

they be married to other practicing devotees. However, at often times,

devotees end up marrying nondevotees, forgetting the following instruction

of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead:

 

asat-sanga-tyaga - ei vaishnava-achara

 

"A Vaishnava should always avoid the association of the nondevotees."

 

And because of the influence of nondevotee association, such marriages

generally do not help the devotees increase their Krishna consciousness.

 

Therefore HH Jayapataka Maharaja and several other leaders of ISKCON have

expressed their desire that devotees be practically helped via matrimonial

arrangements to find an appropriate Krishna conscious spouse.

 

In an attempt to help fulfill their desire, I am starting a fortnightly

matrimonial e-mail newsletter which will publish matrimonial information of

ISKCON devotees in a way similar to how newspapers publish such matrimonial

information.

 

Subscription is by e-mail only and is free.

 

It is desired that information regarding this newsletter be widely broadcast

amongst devotees connected to or members of ISKCON.

 

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5. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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I shall only publish matrimonial articles of one who has taken up the

process of Krishna consciousness as taught by Srila Prabhupada in the

following way:

 

(1) Chanting a minimum of sixteen rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra

daily, or chanting at least one round daily but endeavoring to increase the

chanting to a minimum of sixteen rounds daily.

(2) Observing the four regulative principles as prescribed by Srila

Prabhupada.

(3) Regularly reading Srila Prabhupada's books and accepting his teachings

as binding upon his/her life.

(4) Regularly associating with ISKCON devotees in good standing,

participating in hearing Krishna-katha, congregational chanting and worship

of Lord Krishna as given by Srila Prabhupada.

(5) Regularly partaking of foodstuffs offered to Lord Krishna.

(6) Connected to or residing in an ISKCON temple/ ISKCON farm community/

ISKCON authorized nama-hatta center.

 

If anyone is interested in publishing his/her matrimonial information in

this newsletter, he/she can send an e-mail to me filling up the following

questionnaire:

 

1. Name:

2. E-mail:

3. Residing in (City, Country):

4. Accepts Srila Prabhupada's teachings as binding upon his/her life: Yes/No

5. Minimum number of rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra chanted daily:

6. How often reading or hearing a loud reading of Srila Prabhupada's books:

7. (a) How often associating with ISKCON devotees in good standing:

(b) How often participating in hearing Krishna-katha as given by Srila

Prabhupada with ISKCON devotees in good standing:

© How often engaged in congregational chanting with ISKCON devotees in

good standing:

8. How often engaged in worship of Lord Krishna as given by Srila

Prabhupada:

9. How often partaking of foodstuffs offered to Lord Krishna:

10. Knows and observes the four regulative principles as taught by Srila

Prabhupada (no eating of meat, fish, eggs, onion, garlic; no intoxication

including tea and coffee; no gambling; no illicit sex): Yes/No

11. Which one of the following is true?

(a) Connected to an ISKCON temple/ ISKCON farm community/ ISKCON

authorized nama-hatta center.

(b) Residing in an ISKCON temple/ ISKCON farm community/ ISKCON

authorized nama-hatta center.

12. Name of the ISKCON temple/ ISKCON farm community/ ISKCON authorized

nama-hatta center connected to/ residing in:

 

Along with the questionnaire (filled up), he/she can also send me his/her

matrimonial information ("advertisement" or "ad") containing relevant

information about him/herself and about the kind of spouse he/she is

seeking. Such an advertisement should not be more than 75 words.

 

He/she shall then be provided with and referred to by a reference number.

He/she will also be provided a free web-based e-mail ID, unless he/she wants

to use some other e-mail ID. The reference number and e-mail ID shall appear

in the listings of the newsletter. This e-mail ID has to be used to check if

anyone is interested for matrimonial purposes. If he/she receives

unsolicited or displeasing e-mail, he/she can block the sender of such

e-mails. Anyone who wants to discontinue publishing or edit his/her ad in

the newsletter should write to me.

 

Ideally, a responsible, trustworthy superior person should take charge of

finding a suitable spouse for a younger person, and I encourage that such

arrangements be adopted by devotees seeking spouses.

 

I reserve the right to edit the matrimonial information provided to me, and

the right to not publish any advertisement(s) submitted to me for

publication in the e-mail newsletter without prior notice.

 

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6. OTHER RESOURCES OFFERING MATRIMONIAL HELP

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Though I don't take personal responsibility for any of the following

resources offering matrimonial help to ISKCON devotees, I would like to

inform devotees of these.

 

1. http://www.dipika.org/mainpages/matchmaker/index.htm

The Matchmaker section of www.dipika.org contains ads.

 

2. http://www.geocities.com/vmarriage

This link can be found in the Matchmaker section of www.dipika.org.

 

3. http://208.37.99.177:8180/vivaha/

Vivahamitra, a Vaishnava Matrimonial Facilitator.

 

If you know of more matrimonial websites or other similar resources for

ISKCON devotees, kindly inform me. I can help pass on this information.

 

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