Guest guest Posted May 9, 1999 Report Share Posted May 9, 1999 On 09 May 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote: > > TRANSLATION > O King, I have taken shelter of twenty-four gurus, who are the following: the earth, air, sky, water, fire, moon, sun, pigeon and python; the sea, moth, honeybee, elephant and honey thief; the deer, the fish, the prostitute Pingala, the kurara bird and the child; and the young girl, arrow maker, serpent, spider and wasp. My dear King, by studying their activities I have learned the science of the self. > > >>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 11.7.33-35 > ISKCON's difficulty is that we need more elephants at the GBC meetings in Mayapura, but there ain't no way I'm gonna offer a comment on the possible circumstances surrounding Pinagala offering siksa to someone in the SB. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 1999 Report Share Posted May 15, 1999 On 15 May 1999, Jatukarnya das wrote: > > > > No, but for myself I was thinking more along the lines of polyanish-ish, but I am a hard-core cynic. > > > I don't know that that means, English is not my first language. Could you explain? > > English may not be your first language, but compared to me you can spell as if it were. As best as I can explain it, a 'Pollyanna' refers to someone who is so sure of the righteiousness of their own position that their righteosity is becoming somewhat discomforting to others. I think the term might have come from a Disney movie from the early 60s called 'Pollyanna'. It starred Halley Mills, who later became well known in ISKCON as a devotee, as a child actress. Anyway, Pollyanna was this intensely 'mode of goodness' type character who seemed to uplift all the town's residents from their various personal character deficiencies. It was a decent enough kid's movie at the time, but expecially towards the late sixties when America's youth, who were spoon fed this kind of stuff as kids, became cynical, this movie in particular came to be known as something soppy, and the Pollyana character as a sugar coated version of a real person, and thus the term came in use, 'so and so is acting like a Pollyanna.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 1999 Report Share Posted May 15, 1999 On 15 May 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote: > > > > > > Prabhu.. thank you... now I know who is my real guru. I should have > > realised it all along. I was determined to find Krsna, and my freind Paddy O'Flaherty, showed me the way. He directed me toward the Krsna Temple. He certainly has potency, as he can down 16 pints of strong ale in a single evening. I shall immediately approach him for Siksa. > > > You don't have to approach him again, he has already acted as siksa. > However, you can't advance beyond his level of advancement, so keep > looking for other siksas, even though you should continue to think > favorable of him for the aid he did give you. > > Aw Madhava Gosh, your turning into a real fundamentalist. Who knows what realizations ol' Paddy could share after downing 16 pints of strong ale in a single evening. And that must have been years ago, his realizations surely have increased since then. I think all my devotional problems must stem from never having excepted ol' Paddy as my siksa. Sthita 'how dry I am' dhi-muni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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