Who was that man in saffron?

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Shrila Prabhupada is:
-The kindest, loving and most forgiving person any of us ever met;
-The Harbinger Lord Gaurachandra’s divine mercy;
-The most intimate and devoted personal sevaka of Their Lordships Shri Shri Radha-Krishna;
-The pure devotee who brought Vrindavana to the Western world;
-The chosen representative of Shrila Shri (108) Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaja for [...]

Poetic questions

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Where?
Where were the stars when you were born,
Exalted and bright or low and forlorn?
Do they tell the tale of your past birth,
And how you’ll pass your days on earth?
Where was the life-giving Sun in your chart?
Effulgent and strong, blazing forth from your heart?
Powerfully-placed in the mid-point of day,
Or lost in the cold [...]

Remarkable Encounters

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And now for the first in a series describing strange run-ins on the winding road of life:
Remarkable Encounters
One Day in 1971, While Out Walking Around Deva Prayag—
One day long ago while hiking the forested hills above Rishikesh, I chanced to meet a golden skinned Vaishnava yogi who was walking the [...]

Chanakya Pandit’s Niti Shastra

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From the Department of Dhruva Nitir Matir Mama, we examine the first verse of the
Niti Shastra of Shri Chanakya
Translation: Pt. V. Badarayana Murthy and Patita Pavana das Adhikary
Commentary: Patita Pavana das Adhikary
1.1. Humbly bowing down before the Lord and Master of the Three Worlds, the all-pervasive Vishnu, I now [...]

Shyam Benegal’s SADARI BEGUM

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For householders only: Look, I know that reviews of mundane movies do not belong in a devotional newsletter. However, Shyam Benegal is a fascinating director and, if my information is correct, a friend of our Society. His movie Sadari Begum touches on the history of Brijabhasa singing and even culminates in a [...]

Gramiya Shastra

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Gramiya shastra means mundane news, and there is no injunction in the shastras against keeping abreast of the times. However, we are not encouraged to give the daily news report too much importance, either. My very dear Godbrother, the talented Nara Narayana das Adhikary, Vishwakarma, some time back sent me a link [...]

Lunar Eclipse

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Lunar Eclipse on Shri Balarama Jayanti, 27 August 2007
This year the Divine Appearance Day of Lord Balarama will bless the world on 27 August 2007, corresponding to sacred day of Shravana Shukla Purnima, when the full moon will be transiting the sign of Kumbha or Aquarius.

Fear of Saturn?

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Astrological Notes
Saturn, the great Shani Deva, entered the sign of Leo on 15 July, 2007 at 10:36 am (PST). So by the time you receive this first edition of Pavan’s Press, the slow-moving philosophical planet of karma-phal and destiny, of paupers and great industrialists, of yogis and beggars will have entered the [...]

Miles or Pavan?

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My dear Miles,
Thank you for all these blessings. I was able to order a copy of What Is Your Rashi? from Bodhi Tree Books. I will be contacting the devotee to order the other books, and I look forward to attending the Radha-Krishna Center in Sacramento.
I have known you as Miles. [...]

Global Warning

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Once upon a time, a murderous thief assaulted a young woman with a huge machete. A crowd protested, “That huge blade will kill her with a single blow.” The thief, moved a bit by the plea, took out a thin stiletto dagger and proceeded to kill her more slowly with multiple stab [...]