Guest guest Posted March 2, 2002 Report Share Posted March 2, 2002 At 09:44 AM 3/1/2002 -0800, you wrote: >On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Raghunata (John) Anudasa wrote: > > Just when I was going to quit this forum, you sent these. Hmmmm. I'm > > reconsidering. It's a lot of emails. I just don't have the time, but > > then there's treats like this. What to do? > > Life's short; eat your sweets first. :-) Arggh! And I've been trying so hard to get the kid to eat his vegetables! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2002 Report Share Posted March 2, 2002 > On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Bill Reed wrote: > > > Life's short; eat your sweets first. :-) > > > > Arggh! And I've been trying so hard to get the kid to eat his > > vegetables! > > > > Wrong sampradaya, man. Here, everybody gets madhurya. :-) > > There's actually a folk etymology like this for the word > "Gaudiya." It's possible to derive it from the word "guDa" (i.e., gur), > which is unrefined sugar! that could actually be considered scary, the way you did that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2002 Report Share Posted March 2, 2002 > > Arggh! And I've been trying so hard to get the kid to eat his vegetables! > > > > Wrong sampradaya, man. Here, everybody gets madhurya. :-) And even the vegetables can be sweet. Madhu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2002 Report Share Posted March 3, 2002 At 02:25 PM 3/2/2002 -0800, M. Tandy wrote: >On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Bill Reed wrote: > > > Life's short; eat your sweets first. :-) > > > > Arggh! And I've been trying so hard to get the kid to eat his vegetables! > > > > Wrong sampradaya, man. Here, everybody gets madhurya. :-) > > There's actually a folk etymology like this for the word >"Gaudiya." It's possible to derive it from the word "guDa" (i.e., gur), >which is unrefined sugar! Okay--bring it on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2002 Report Share Posted March 3, 2002 At 02:25 PM 3/2/2002 -0800, you wrote: >On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Bill Reed wrote: > > > Life's short; eat your sweets first. :-) > > > > Arggh! And I've been trying so hard to get the kid to eat his vegetables! > > > > Wrong sampradaya, man. Here, everybody gets madhurya. :-) > > There's actually a folk etymology like this for the word >"Gaudiya." It's possible to derive it from the word "guDa" (i.e., gur), >which is unrefined sugar! One question: Didn't it seem as though suggested we're barred from dessert until we eat our vegetables? (Sorry, you're right--those were sweets, too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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