I often get asked questions by people who are looking for a guru: “What sort of teacher should I be looking for?” is shortly followed by: “And where do I begin looking for someone like that?”
After they’ve thought a few moments the next question is: “What sort of things do I have to do before I can become someone’s student?” “What happens if I don’t quite measure up?”
Some time later the questions are more about what will happen...
Today I'm working on our 2013 Calendar.
When I started at Krishna.com, there was barely a calendar to be found. Which is not to say that no one there knew what day it was. But I thought our online calendar left a lot to be desired. What I desired, and what our calendar wasn't yet delivering, was MORE INFORMATION about holidays, festivals, and the observances of appearance/disappearance days of the Vaishnava Acharyas and Krishna in His many forms, with pictures, biographies, links, video,...
Dallas Morning News,
Each week we will post a question to a panel of about two dozen clergy, laity and theologians, all of whom are based in Texas or are from Texas. They will chime in with their responses to the question of the week. And you, readers, will be able to respond to their answers through the comment box.
The slayings today at a Connecticut school obviously present a horribly grim situation. So, drawing upon your faith traditions, how would you try to comfort a family caught...
I wanted to share this piece from the Huffington Post’s Religion section with my readers. Its a Hindu comment on the tragic school shootings by Vineet Chander, a chaplain at Princeton University:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vineet-chander/arjunas-grief-a-hindu-mou_b_2317529.html?
I have not blogged at all and haven’t had the chance to visit much this section since they moved to the new site. But recent events in my life gave me something to blog about. But then I was wondering what am I going to convey, how useful it will be for people who read and what lessons can they take away by reading it. Thus I struggled for quite a while to come up with a suitable title and after much thought and hesitation decided - I will not blog. But then Part II happened which inspired me...
This was President Obama’s speech yesterday:
Thank you. Thank you, Governor. To all the families, first responders, to the community of Newtown, clergy, guests – Scripture tells us: “…do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away…inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is...
This was President Obama’s speech yesterday:
Thank you. Thank you, Governor. To all the families, first responders, to the community of Newtown, clergy, guests – Scripture tells us: “…do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away…inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is...
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I began this blog with the first part of the title before I contacted an “industrial strength” flu, which then gave me illness eyes to emote through. Practically our entire community received this illness gift from a visiting sadhu, and many of us have been under the weather for 12 days or more. In any case, I have combined the two blog ideas since they are related. In other blogs (included in my book Give to Live) I have...
This week, one of my projects is talking about the Hare Krishna mantra.
There are unlimited ways to describe it, talk about it, and define it. I've been trying—for a long time—to figure out how to introduce it in our Intro section so those who don't know about it might begin to appreciate and want to try chanting it themselves.
Those of us who've been chanting Hare Krishna for a while may notice a tendency to take it for granted. The daily chanting can become as much a part of life as brushing...
I first started making garlands twenty years ago when I was a new bhaktin (aspiring devotee). I think I was traumatized by the experience. Not that it isn't a pleasure to make garlands for the Lord in His deity form. It wasn't that I couldn't make a nice garland either. It just would always take me much longer to make a garland than it would for anyone else, and I would always make mistakes. And I never felt satisfied that my service was actually suitable to offer. Eventually, I realized that...
25 weeks 4 days agoI often get asked questions by people who are looking for a guru: “What sort of teacher should I be looking for?” is shortly followed by: “And where do I begin looking for someone like that?” After they’ve thought a few moments the next question is: “What sort of things do I have to do before I can become someone’s student?” “What happens if I don’t quite measure up?” Some time later the questions are more about what will happen...0 Comment(s)237 Reads
25 weeks 5 days agoToday I'm working on our 2013 Calendar. When I started at Krishna.com, there was barely a calendar to be found. Which is not to say that no one there knew what day it was. But I thought our online calendar left a lot to be desired. What I desired, and what our calendar wasn't yet delivering, was MORE INFORMATION about holidays, festivals, and the observances of appearance/disappearance days of the Vaishnava Acharyas and Krishna in His many forms, with pictures, biographies, links, video,...0 Comment(s)196 Reads
26 weeks 8 hours agoDallas Morning News, Each week we will post a question to a panel of about two dozen clergy, laity and theologians, all of whom are based in Texas or are from Texas. They will chime in with their responses to the question of the week. And you, readers, will be able to respond to their answers through the comment box. The slayings today at a Connecticut school obviously present a horribly grim situation. So, drawing upon your faith traditions, how would you try to comfort a family caught...0 Comment(s)284 Reads
26 weeks 1 day agoI have not blogged at all and haven’t had the chance to visit much this section since they moved to the new site. But recent events in my life gave me something to blog about. But then I was wondering what am I going to convey, how useful it will be for people who read and what lessons can they take away by reading it. Thus I struggled for quite a while to come up with a suitable title and after much thought and hesitation decided - I will not blog. But then Part II happened which inspired me...0 Comment(s)233 Reads
26 weeks 4 days ago(this blog is recorded on the full page: quick time player needed) I began this blog with the first part of the title before I contacted an “industrial strength” flu, which then gave me illness eyes to emote through. Practically our entire community received this illness gift from a visiting sadhu, and many of us have been under the weather for 12 days or more. In any case, I have combined the two blog ideas since they are related. In other blogs (included in my book Give to Live) I have...1 Comment(s)529 Reads
27 weeks 5 hours agoI first started making garlands twenty years ago when I was a new bhaktin (aspiring devotee). I think I was traumatized by the experience. Not that it isn't a pleasure to make garlands for the Lord in His deity form. It wasn't that I couldn't make a nice garland either. It just would always take me much longer to make a garland than it would for anyone else, and I would always make mistakes. And I never felt satisfied that my service was actually suitable to offer. Eventually, I realized that...0 Comment(s)371 Reads