VAISHNAVA MATRIMONIALS, Issue no. 3. May 15, 2003.

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VAISHNAVA MATRIMONIALS

A free matrimonial e-mail 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. 3. May 15, 2003 (Sri Nrisimha-chaturdasi).

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

 

CONTENTS:

1. Listings

2. Letter from the compiler

3. Announcement regarding the newsletter

4. If you are interested...

5. Other resources offering matrimonial help

 

Please feel free to pass on this newsletter to your devotee friends and

acquaintances.

 

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1. LISTINGS

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A. SEEKING A SUITABLE KRISHNA CONSCIOUS WIFE:

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New

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Reference no. M010

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

Residing in: India

(Modified)

 

"Practicing male devotee since 1988, chanting 16 rounds, aged 32, 163 cms,

settled in Mumbai (India), only son, smart looking, mature, experienced,

responsible, intelligent, fair, financially secure, associated with ISKCON

Mumbai, looking for a life partner, mature, intelligent, reasonably good

looking, homely, caring. Needs horoscope compatibility checking; please send

place, time and date of birth."

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Reference no. M012

E-mail: nlm012 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: Australia

 

"Practicing male devotee (age 31), brahmana-initiated by HH Tamal Krishna

Goswami, in KC since 10 years, very dedicated to the spreading of the Vedic

Culture, 190 cms tall, blue eyes, brown hair, Caucasian and from an

upper-middle class professional family; looking for an easy-going,

inspirational life long partner to share my experiences and aspirations

with, minimum 170 cm tall, and willing and able to move to Australia."

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Reference no. M013

E-mail: nlm013 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Male practicing devotee since 5 years (age 28, ht 5'8", wt 66 kg, B.E,

Software Engineer working in Delhi, India), chanting 16 rounds, Delhi based

Punjabi family favorable to Krishna consciousness, seeking devotee wife

(pref. North Indian), graduate, comfortable in English, Hindi; chanting Hare

Krishna, content to live a simple homely life of practicing Krishna

consciousness."

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Reference no. M014

E-mail: nlm014 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"Male practicing devotee, aged 27, 5.6 feet tall, weighing 130 pounds,

friendly, easy-going, creative, good family values and appreciation for

devotees, relatively good-looking; artistic by nature, simple in living, and

appreciate beauty, adventure and material comforts too; but can only live

with someone (long-term) who compliments each other; spouse should be

Krishna conscious, creative/artistic, a good wife, and desire to have a

spiritually inspiring and a healthy marriage life and to be a good mother."

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Reference no. M015

E-mail: nlm015 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"Male practicing devotee, Indian background (Tamilian from Chennai, India),

computer engineer in St. Louis, USA, aged 29, 5'9", aspiring for initiation,

chanting 16 rounds; seeking a practicing devotee girl, if not from the same

community, atleast who can speak/understand Tamil, sincere and willing to

serve the Vaishnavas, follow the principles and teachings of Guru/

Prabhupada/ Krishna strictly, well educated. Horoscope matching and

consideration of family background is a must."

 

Published since issue no. 2

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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. 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. 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."

 

Published since issue no. 1

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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)."

 

B. SEEKING A SUITABLE KRISHNA CONSCIOUS HUSBAND:

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New

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Reference no. F009

E-mail: nlf009 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"Young lady 29 years old, approximately 4' 6" tall, shy, slender, pretty,

works as a nanny in Charlotte, N.C., U.S.A. Native language Kannada, also

speaks English. Very devotional, serious and sweet-natured. Good cook,

loves children, respectful to elders. Looking for husband who is willing to

be responsible provider, who will take good care of her. Would like a

husband who is taller than she is. Open to considering candidates who are

not of Indian origin."

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Reference no. F010

E-mail: nlf010 (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com

Residing in: India

 

"Female practicing devotee, aged 26, Indian origin (divorced after one year

of marriage, lived together for two months), 163 cm, 53 kg, currently

working, aspiring to take initiation from HH Jayapataka Maharaja, likes to

serve Vaishnavas, preach and distribute books; seeking a spiritually very

strong Vaishnava husband (preferably Indian), aged 27-35, disciple of her

Guru Maharaja, suiting my profile, ready to provide financially after

marriage; knowing English, very active, adventurous, understanding, caring

and patient."

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Reference no. F011

E-mail: hpdasa (AT) juno (DOT) com

Residing in: USA

 

"My daughter is 18, Caucasian, 5'5", slim, pretty. Born and raised devotee,

homeschooled. Reads SP's books, chants 8 rounds daily. Living in farm

community, NC, USA. Seeking for her: nice-looking, Caucasian Vaisnava in his

20's, who has: complete faith in SP, even on controversial social issues;

conservative values; willingness to be protector, provider, guide for his

family; understanding of principles behind sastric instructions, desire to

practice and preach them; interest in simple living, Vedic culture."

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Reference no. F012

E-mail: radharani_krishnaa

Residing in: India

 

"Female practicing devotee, aged 23, from Chennai (India), taken shelter of

HH Jayapataka Maharaja, Tamil background, Mudaliar caste, submissive from a

religious family (parents initiated devotees), has M.A. (Economics), working

in a bank as an executive; seeking a practicing devotee husband, aged lesser

than 30, disciple of Jayapataka Maharaja, from Indian background from Tamil

background and Mudaliar caste, professionally qualified, working, caring."

 

Published since issue no. 2

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Reference no. F007

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

Residing in: Poland

(Modified)

 

"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."

 

Published since issue no. 1

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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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2. LETTER FROM THE COMPILER

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15 May 2003 (Appearance day of Lord Nrisimhadeva)

 

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.

 

Srila Prabhupada often pointed out that the ceremony of sacred marriage is a

sacrifice, a purificatory process for advancing a human being to the

spiritual life of Krishna consciousness.

 

"There are many purificatory processes for advancing a human being to

spiritual life. The marriage ceremony, for example, is considered to be one

of these sacrifices. It is called vivaha-yajna.... Vivaha-yajna, the

marriage ceremony, is meant to regulate the human mind so that it may become

peaceful for spiritual advancement. For most men, this vivaha-yajna should

be encouraged even by persons in the renounced order of life. Sannyasis

should never associate with women, but that does not mean that one who is in

the lower stages of life, a young man, should not accept a wife in the

marriage ceremony. All prescribed sacrifices are meant for achieving the

Supreme Lord. Therefore, in the lower stages, they should not be given up."

(Bg. 18.5, purport)

 

In the Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

teaches that human beings must perform such activities of sacrifice in the

mode of goodness in order to achieve Krishna.

 

"Regulated occupational duties, as prescribed in the scriptures in terms of

the different orders and divisions of society, performed without attachment

or proprietary rights and therefore without any love or hatred, and

performed in Krsna consciousness for the satisfaction of the Supreme,

without self-satisfaction or self-gratification, are called actions in the

mode of goodness. (Bg. 18.23, purport)

 

When we perform the same activities with a desire to enjoy sense

gratification, they are considered to be performed in the mode of passion.

Activities in the mode of passion simply increase our insatiable desires to

enjoy our senses and thus lead to frustration. This is simply a matter of

common experience and an instruction from the Lord:

 

"The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of

Kunti, and because of this the embodied living entity is bound to material

fruitive actions." (Bg. 14.7)

 

The question may then arise, How is it possible for us to perform activities

of sacrifice, such as marriage, without desire for fruitive results, or

desire for sense gratification?

 

The answer is, by depending on Krishna, by sincerely praying to Krishna to

free us from material desires, by pleasing Him, we can become free from

material desires.

 

In this regard, we can note with profit a prayer offered by Sri Prahlada

Maharaja to Lord Nrisimhadeva in the Srimad Bhagavatam:

 

om namo bhagavate narasimhaya namas tejas-tejase avir-avirbhava vajra-nakha

vajra-damshtra karmasayan randhaya randhaya tamo grasa grasa om svaha.

abhayam abhayam atmani bhuyishtha om kshraum.

 

"I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Nrsimhadeva, the source of all

power. O my Lord who possesses nails and teeth just like thunderbolts,

kindly vanquish our demonlike desires for fruitive activity in this material

world. Please appear in our hearts and drive away our ignorance so that by

Your mercy we may become fearless in the struggle for existence in this

material world."

 

Even though Srila Prabhupada's purport to this text is somewhat lengthy, I

shall quote it in its entirety:

 

Purport: In Srimad-Bhagavatam (4.22.39) Sanat-kumara speaks the following

words to Maharaja Prithu:

 

yat-pada-pankaja-palasa-vilasa-bhaktya

karmasayam grathitam udgrathayanti santah

tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo 'pi ruddha-

srotoganams tam aranam bhaja vasudevam

 

"Devotees always engaged in the service of the toes of the Lord's lotus feet

can very easily become free from hard-knotted desires for fruitive

activities. Because this is very difficult, the nondevotees -- the jnanis

and yogis -- cannot stop the waves of sense gratification, although they try

to do so. Therefore you are advised to engage in the devotional service of

Krishna, the son of Vasudeva."

 

Every living being within this material world has a strong desire to enjoy

matter to his fullest satisfaction. For this purpose, the conditioned soul

must accept one body after another, and thus his strongly fixed fruitive

desires continue. One cannot stop the repetition of birth and death without

being completely desireless. Therefore Srila Rupa Gosvami describes pure

bhakti (devotional service) as follows:

 

anyabhilashita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam

anukulyena krishnanu-shilanam bhaktir uttama

 

"One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krishna

favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive

activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional

service." Unless one is completely freed of all material desires, which are

caused by the dense darkness of ignorance, one cannot fully engage in the

devotional service of the Lord. Therefore we should always offer our prayers

to Lord Nrisimhadeva, who killed Hiranyakasipu, the personification of

material desire. Hiranya means "gold," and kasipu means "a soft cushion or

bed." Materialistic persons always desire to make the body comfortable, and

for this they require huge amounts of gold. Thus Hiranyakasipu was the

perfect representative of materialistic life. He was therefore the cause of

great disturbance to the topmost devotee, Prahlada Maharaja, until Lord

Nrisimhadeva killed him. Any devotee aspiring to be free of material desires

should offer his respectful prayers to Nrisimhadeva as Prahlada Maharaja did

in this verse. (Bhag. 5.18.8 and purport)

 

On this auspicious appearance day of Lord Nrisimhadeva, let us pray to Him

as Prahlada Maharaja did, for freedom from material desires -- so that we

may become truly peaceful in our endeavors to carry out our prescribed

duties while in material existence and attain the eternal blissful like of

knowledge in Krishna consciousness.

 

Your servant,

Vidvan-Gauranga Das

 

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3. 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. 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 have started 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 for devotees and members of

ISKCON.

 

It is desired that information regarding this newsletter be widely broadcast

amongst ISKCON devotees and members.

 

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4. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED...

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A. IN REGULARLY RECEIVING THIS NEWSLETTER BY E-MAIL:

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Write to me <vidvan.gauranga.jps (AT) pamho (DOT) net>. I intend to circulate this

e-mail newsletter to members and devotees of ISKCON.

 

B. HAVING YOUR FRIENDS RECEIVE THIS NEWSLETTER BY E-MAIL:

 

If you know any of your devotee friends/ acquaintances who might benefit

from this newsletter, please give me their names and e-mail addresses; I can

send them the newsletter.

 

C. IN HAVING YOUR MATRIMONIAL INFORMATION PUBLISHED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

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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.

 

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.

 

If you are interested, you can send an e-mail to me

<vidvan.gauranga.jps (AT) pamho (DOT) net> answering all of the following questions

(including sub-questions):

 

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), you can also send me

<vidvan.gauranga.jps (AT) pamho (DOT) net> your matrimonial information ("article",

"advertisement" or "ad") containing relevant information about yourself and

about the kind of spouse you are seeking. Such an advertisement should not

be more than 75 words.

 

You will then be provided with and referred to by a reference number. You

will also be provided a free web-based e-mail ID, unless you want 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 you receive unsolicited or

displeasing e-mail, you can block the sender of such e-mails. If you want to

discontinue publishing or if you want to edit your article in the

newsletter, you can write to me.

 

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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5. 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 some 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.

 

4. http://www.dasiziyadfamilyinstitute.com

A Vaishnava Marriage Services Registry.

 

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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