Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Students prepare festival grounds Posted: 7/22/2003 By Chante Wouden Daily Universe Staff Writer Daily Universe Twenty-eight students volunteered their time Saturday, July 12, at the Hare Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork to uproot thistles, cut grass, wash windows and train llamas in preparation for the llama fest. "There is always work, never any lack of work here," said Charu Das, who manages the temple along with his wife. "Especially when a festival is coming up." The Llama fest is one of eight festivals held during the year at the Krishna Temple. It celebrates llamas and their owners with food, live music, dance, weaving demonstrations and, of coarse, llama competitions. Das said they are so grateful to have volunteers come. After 2 1/2 hours of work on Saturday morning, the volunteers, from BYU 171st ward, ate a lunch of authentic Hindu food as well as spaghetti and nachos. "That's the least we can do when people come and donate their time." Das said. And everyone one of them said they were coming back for the llama fest this Saturday, he said. Ronald J Clark, a high councilman for the 21st stake, has organized hundreds of students to volunteer at the temple. "They (the Krishnas) have brought something wonderful and beautiful to our valley," Clark said. "Everyone needs to be supportive of them. Welcoming them with open arms, he said, helps us to take our blinders off and broaden our appreciation of diversity in our valley.² Charu Das said the diversity is what attracts students to the temple. "The idea of coming out here to the temple is enticing to students in general," Das said. "It is something different. Different culture, different architecture, different music and the food is different." Students can experience some of this different food if they volunteer to help brush and groom llamas this Saturday before the llama fest activities in the afternoon, Das said. Volunteers can come starting at 9 a.m., and lunch will be served at 1 p.m. "We need a lot of help on Saturday morning," Das said. "The biggest job has to wait for the last day." If the llamas are brushed any sooner, they will become dirty again by laying down in the dirt, Das said. Anyone that helps for 1 1/2 hours on Saturday morning gets a free llama fest t-shirt. "Anyone can stop by," Das said. More information can be found at www.utahvalleyllamas.com or by calling (801) 789-3559. The temple is located at 8628 South Main Street in Spanish Fork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theist Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Charu das and his wife are showing such a nice example of how to build bridges with those of other beliefs. And the same goes for the Moromons there who can see beyond their sect and appreciate the beauty in others approaches to God. The same spirit that HG Jayananda das showed when he placed a garland around the neck of Mata Mary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 maybe,maybe not. it is well known that iskcon and followers of Srila Prabhupada in general have enormous influence in the indian government and industry. the mormon church has major investment in the biggest industries in the world, major stockholders in oil,gas, and every type of industry. india is seen as a ripe fruit by the international investors,it is the only democratic country in the world that has yet to come under the control of the international money players, the so called NWO. this is because of the tremendous difficulty in doing business in India due to the byzantine bureaucracy, while making life difficult in India for indian businessmen, it has been a saving grace in keeping india free from the control of the "globalization empire". for those who are india watchers,desirous of gaining an advantage in the nightmarish indian business environment what better way to get in good with the religious leadership(BJP,VHP) then contributing to iskcon ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theist Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 maybe they just made friends with each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 yes ,i agree that is possible, although knowing that BYU is the main recruitment center of amercian intelligence agencies http://wind.prohosting.com/rlanwood/cia1.htm The following is from BYU, the mormon church run university, this is their course catalogue for the humanities http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:PCKpCfPYAJIJ:humanities.byu.edu/advisement/jobs.html+BYU+CIA&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 this is found in the first part of the catalogue ------------------ Teaching (language and culture, history, other disciplines) - university, junior college, private schools. PhD in chosen field for university Government Intelligence - foreign services, FBI, CIA, NSA, USIS, FBIS. * high-level language skills * political and historical training ------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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