Guest guest Posted February 8, 1999 Report Share Posted February 8, 1999 On 08 Feb 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote: > Anybody there? Somebody hollar back if you get this. Either I have > been dumped from the conference or you all have some cybervirus that > killed your interest in this conference. > Back at'cha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 1999 Report Share Posted February 8, 1999 COM: (Bhakta) Oleg Demtchenko (Nikolaev - RU) wrote: > [Text 2083492 from COM] > > COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA) wrote: > > > Anybody there? Somebody hollar back if you get this. Either I have > > been dumped from the conference or you all have some cybervirus that > > killed your interest in this conference. > > Haribol, Madhava Gosh Prabhu! > Please accpet my obeisances. > > There is a proverb - you should know it, it says something like > "it it always silence before big storm comes." The quiet before the storm? I think we have seen a lot of storms already. Hopefully this is more like "It's always darkest before the dawn". > > > I once did a status command of VAD conference. It impressed me > to see how many subscibers are there. How many were there? I just get forwarded emails so am not adept at, or rarely in, COM itself. > > > Let's enjoy the silence. Hare Krsna Kare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare > > > BTW, what topics can you offer for the discussion? A.)Anybody having any knowledge of how Trusts work and how one would approach setting one , or several , up, please recieve any blessings I may be able to confer in advance if you speak up now. B.) Bhakta Tirtha Swami mentioned in his report from Gita Nagari that they were considering going off grid for a week as a test. I have toyed with the idea of having a day like Ekadasi where once or twice a month temples would fast from any foodstuffs or energies produced by non devotees. To eat nothing for a day is austere (tho if anything healthy), but it would be a real barometer of the connection of where ever you are to the devotees on the farms. Rather than fast, I assume that devotees would be willing to pay the farm devotees a premium for items produced so they could eat those days. It would be a spiritually awakening austerity for participants and spur market for devotee produced goods. To set the stage for this, all ISKCON sannyasis, GBCs and temple presidents would be required to participate to stay in good standing. That would set the example for the other varnas to follow. A tongue driven subsidy to stimilate economic development on ISKCON farms that would be production based. C.) Development of value added devotee businesses based on devotee farm production. D.) A system of arrangements to be made between urban devotees and the farms wherein startegic stockpiles and emergency housing would be kept available to urbanites on a subscription basis for times of upheaval. E.) The study of necessary alterations in dietary patterns to accomodate the devotee lifestyle to low impact environment specific circumstances. F.) Establishment of rites of passage as a key element in the socialization of neophyte and generational devotees. G.) Need anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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