Warning: Another Eclipse on the Horizon

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Rasanandadas Prabhu of Hyderabad, A.P. discusses some of the horrible and strange results that has followed in the wake of Rahu’s latest mischief. Regarding the lunar eclipse of 27 Aug., Shriman Rasanandadas writes:
I’m sure it will interest you to note that two days ago in Hyderabad (where I reside) there were two [...]

Readership triples

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Now, Prabhus, this just in from Gauridas Pandit: Readership of Pavan’s Press Triples Since First Edition!
Dear Patita Pavana Prabhu,
Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to our most merciful jagat guru
Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Lord Balarama on this most auspicious appearance day. I was so glad to read [...]

Homo erectus dysfunctional

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Thanks to the grave diggers of Africa, or rather “archaeologists”, as these men of letters prefer to be called, a new theory has come to light, one which has forced these wise “scientists” to do a bit of backpeddling regarding a few of their old theories. These brilliant scientists have discovered that [...]

Letter from Abhaya Mudra devi dasi

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Dear Patita Pavan Prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Shrila Prabhupada. I have read your wonderful narration about Gargamoney. You have written it so nicely. You talk as a person who has been there in the midst of the events, and even I feel like you have been Shrila Prabhupada’s [...]

A Pack of Camels

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A few days back I called up Hansadutta Prabhu to hear some Prabhupada katha. This is the process of purification, shravanam kirtanam smaranam atmanivedanam. Discussing the activities of mahabhagavats like our previous acharyas in our Gaudiya sampradaya is equal to discussing the pastimes of the Supreme Lord, because Krishna and His elects [...]

The Mother Teresa Controversy Rages On

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Our Godbrother Narasimhanandadas posted his concerns surrounding Yashomatinandanda’s letter regarding Mother Teresa, which we printed in the last edition of Pavan’s Press.
We print Narasimhanananda’s response hereunder, followed by Yashomatinandan’s reply.

Wrong Line Insurance

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As I found myself in the wrong line at the DMV last Friday, I recalled an idea offered by Mad magazine some fifty years ago, “Wrong Line Insurance”. After waiting in the wrong line for some twenty minutes, I was told that I should have been at a far-off other window.

Letter from India

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We have received an aerogramme written in ink and in a fine hand from an eighty-year-old brahmana bookseller who domiciles in Secunderbad, Andhra Pradesh:
Dear Mr. Miles Davis,
I am referring to your book (1999 ed., Sagar Publications), What Is Your Rashi?, Rs. 135, which you have dedicated to your wife Raagini and daughter [...]

Common sense for uncommon times

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From the “Dhruva Nitir Matir Mama Dept.” we learn “what is to be done”…
Chanakya Niti 1.2
1.2. He who through a study of these scriptural precepts acquires an understanding of these principles of dharma, and knows what is to be done and what is not to be done is pure in deed.

The Long, Long Search for the Goddess of Kundina

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Tirtha-yatra series
This installment documents my search for the birthplace of the Dwarkarani, foremost amongst Lord Krishna’s 16,108 Queens at Dwarka, Shrimati Rukmini of Vidarbha. We now know that Her janma-bhumi is located near present-day Nagpur, Maharashtra. Through the grand efforts of our dear Godbrother Lokanath Swami Prabhuji and the mahatmas of Nagpur [...]