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Janmastami in Dallas, Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji Dhama

Submitted by NityānandaChandra on Sun, 2007-09-16 23:00

Mon, 09/17/2007 - 04:56 — NityānandaChandra

Blogging as spiritual practice, as service, as personal exploration.

Submitted by Karnamrita on Sun, 2007-09-16 00:43

The ReaderBlogging on Krishna.com is new, and is now in the experimental stage. For me it is a real privilege for so many reasons. I truly love the process of writing, and to have an audience (especially one of spiritual seekers and devotees), is a real dream come true. I have many ideas of topics and also for format.

"Time I am"

Submitted by Karnamrita on Fri, 2007-09-14 11:09

hourglassThe meaning of love and time are topics often pondered by the world's philosophers, religionists, and poets. Everyone is searching for love and trying to understand what it really is, and time is something people want more of, yet seem to be struggling against.

Life is what happens to us when we are busy making plans

Submitted by Karnamrita on Thu, 2007-09-13 19:43

So busy making plansI believe John Lennon said that, though I think Prabhupada would approve of that sentiment. He often spoke of the folly of the materialist plan makers. Of course I also subscribe that to the saying that "those who fail to plan, are planning to fail".

Appreciating The Blessings of Nature

Submitted by Karnamrita on Tue, 2007-09-11 23:08

PhotobucketMy wife and I "own" four acres of land (the bank thinks they own it, though it really belongs to Krishna) in the foothills of North Carolina. It is near to Hanging Rock State Park (one hour north of Winston-Salem).

This country area is quite beautiful, the peaceful environment conducive for spiritual practice. After living in the suburbs of Baltimore for 14 years, an unbelievable opulence is having all spiritually minded devotee neighbors.

Sometimes I go down to the bottom of our land and chant, read or just commune with nature. Here is a poem I wrote during one such occasion:

Accepting a Guru---irrelevant old custom, or timeless necessity?

Submitted by Karnamrita on Tue, 2007-09-11 23:04

Guru Parampara
We just observed the "birthday" celebration (or appearance day as we say, since there is no birth or death for the soul) of Shrila Prabhupada, the founder/acharya of ISKCON.

The appearance day of the Guru is called, Vyasa-puja, or the worship of the representative of Vyasadeva. Vyasa is considered an empowered incarnation of God, who compiled the Vedic literature for this current age of Kali.

Traditionally disciples write homages to their guru on the Vyasa-puja day to help them remember their debt of gratitude for their guru for giving them the gift of Krishna consciousness. I thought I would share my offering to Shrila Prabhupada, as I wrote it for another blog, with the idea of exploring some of the misconceptions about what having a guru means. In that sense it is not a traditional type offering.

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