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H.G. Sankarshan das Adhikari, USA: Sunday 14 August 2011--Our Great Hope for a Wonderful New World--and--Is Personal Contact with Guru Required?A daily broadcast of the Ultimate Self Realization Course Sunday 14 August 2011 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in the topmost planet of the spiritual world, Sri Goloka Vrindavan. They are beckoning us to rejoin them. (Click on photo to see a larger image.) Our Mission: To help everyone awaken their original Krishna consciousness, which is eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss. Such a global awakening will, in one stroke, solve all the problems of the world society bringing in a new era of unprecedented peace and prosperity for all. May that day, which the world so desperately needs, come very soon. We request you to participate in this mission by reviving your dormant Krishna consciousness and assisting us in spreading this science all over the world. Dedicated with love to ISKCON Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, our beloved spiritual master, and to you, our dear readers. Special Announcement: Connect With Other Members of this Course. Join this Conference: http://groups.google.com/group/sda_students Today's Thought: Our Great Hope for a Wonderful New World Uploaded from Bhaktivedanta Ashram, Austin, Texas USA Our great hope is that some day soon the entire world will become Krishna conscious so that all of this chaos and suffering will end. We know that anyone who takes to Krishna consciousness will be unlimitedly blessed. Therefore our lives are fully dedicated for making this wonderful process available to as many people as possible all over the world. We know that by Lord Sri Krishna's grace even the impossible can become reality. So with great hope we continue in our humble attempt to awaken everyone to Krishna consciousness. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Srila Prabhupada Interviewed by the Media http://www.backtohome.com/images/Prabhupada/sp_w_media.jpg Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: Question: Is Personal Contact with Guru Required? Hare Krishna, Gurudeva, Is it necessary that the spiritual master should maintain personal contact with the disciple? I think direct contact between the spiritual master and the devotee will help the devotee to understand more about Krishna and Krishna consciousness. Is there any difference between chanting the Hare Krishna mantra with Hare Rama first instead of beginning with Hare Krishna? I am asking because some people at the temple are chanting Hare Rama first. What are the bhajans (devotional songs) to be sung during mangala arati? Surendranathan Answer: Constant Contact with the Guru is Required The disciple must always remain in direct personal intimate contact with his spiritual master 24 hours a day through personal meeting, hearing his lectures, reading his writings, corresponding with him, rendering him personal service, and even more importantly by always remembering, meditating, and worshipping his orders as one's very life and soul and always trying to execute them to the best of one's ability. The authorized way to chant the Hare Krishna mantra is with Hare Krishna first. Kindly instruct the devotees that they should follow the authorized system and not try to concoct something new. At mangala arati, the first worship service of the day, we sing the pranam mantras to Srila Prabhupada, the Gurvastakam prayers, the panca tattva mantra, the Hare Krishna mantra, and then haraye namah, krishna yadavaya namah gopala govinda rama sri-madhusudana. 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Responsible gentlemen who are managing all other affairs, must also take up the responsibility of this missionary activity as well then it will successful. I hope you will take the matter very seriously and do some practical service for the satisfaction of the Lord."  • Email to a friend • •
Srila Prabhupada's Letters1958 August 14: "They are very busy to bring peace in the world by continuously holding expensive conferences, meetings, summit talks etc. but such attempts are being made without any relation of God and they are all manifold creations of Maya, the External Potency of the Absolute Truth."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1965 Saturday, August 14 :  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1968 August 14: "The whole Srimad-Bhagavatam is full of philosophical discussions and we are prepared for that. But at the same time we are concerned mostly with the mass of people - therefore Hare Krishna kirtana is our life and soul."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1971 August 14: "Yes, we were saved by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Road. We shall always expect to be saved by His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja Prabhupada. Whatever success we have had in preaching Lord Caitanya's mission all over the world it is only due to his mercy."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1971 August 14: "There are complaints against the GBC which is not very favorable. We require to hold this important meeting of the GBC to formulate the rules and regulations how things will be worked on."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1971 August 14: "I set up the GBC with hope that I shall get relief from administration of the mission but on the contrary I have become the center of receiving so many complaints. So it is not a relief for me, rather it is becoming troublesome."  • Email to a friend • •Srila Prabhupada's Letters1974 August 14: "Yes, I can be made President and Trustee of the Corporation as you have suggested. Now I want to make an International Trust Board for the whole Society. Make a draft and kindly send to me."  • Email to a friend • •ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Balarama Purnima 2011
Yesterday's celebration for Sri Balarama appearance day was one of the sweetest we've ever had. Here are some pictures of the festival. • Email to a friend • •ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Today's Darsana
"All souls were drowned in happiness because of the dancing of Sri Nityananda and Sri Gauranga. Seeing the dancing or even hearing about it melts the hearts of great atheists." (Nagara-kirtana by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura) Even seeing the darsana of the two Lords can melt the stone-like hearts of impersonalists while Their nectarean sight drowns all the devotees in pools of ecstacy. • Email to a friend • •H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Thursday, August 11th, 2011Oh My God, More Youth  • Email to a friend • •H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Wednesday, August 10th, 2011People by the Mountain  • Email to a friend • •H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Tuesday, August 9th, 2011Up High  • Email to a friend • •Australian News: Mayapuris only Sydney concert so far…
Kirtan with THE MAYAPURIS & SRI PRAHLADA 15 October · 19:00 – 22:30 The Mayapuris only Sydney concert! When: Saturday 15TH October 2011 7.00 pm Sri Prahlada info@manlyyoga.com.au
           • Email to a friend • •H.H. Bhaktimarg Swami: Monday, August 8th, 2011Down Highway 5  • Email to a friend • •Japa Group: A Humble State Of Mind
To make your japa better it's necessary to take action and do something about it - not only know what you can do but also apply the knowledge you know to make your chanting more concentrated and offenseless. Another amazing topic brought by Rasa Rasika prabhu was that we have to put our heart....our soul into chanting - don't do it mechanically because the Lord is attracted by our devotion and our love. This will make our chanting connect us to the Lord easier. The last topic and the most important I liked was the humble state of mind we should have so we can chant constantly. Here is one of the verses we discussed and that inspired a lot the class. I perpetually worship Sri Nityananda, the root of the tree of krishna-bhakti, who wandering around in Bengal approached the door of every home. With upraised arms he exclaimed: " O Brothers! Please constantly chant the holy names of Hari. If you do so, I will take the responsibility to deliver you from the ocean of material existence." Sri Nityanandastakam by Srila Vrindavana Das Thakura May you have a blessed week of chanting. your servant, Aruna devi  • Email to a friend • •Bharatavarsa.net: Bhakti Vikasa Swami: On Srila Prabhupada's going to the West(14 Aug 2011 is the 46th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada's departure for the USA) Prabhupada: And in my horoscope there was written there, "After seventieth year this man will go outside India and establish so many temples." Tamala Krsna: Really? Prabhupada: I could not understand. "What is this, that I have to go outside India? That is not..." And Guru Maharaja foretold. He told my Godbrothers, Sridhara Maharaja and others, that "He'll do the needful when time comes. Nobody requires to help him." He told in 1935. And after all, this was true(?). Guru Maharaja told. And in the beginning, first sight, he told, "You have to do this." >>> Ref. VedaBase => Room Conversation -- June 17, 1977, Vrndavana • Email to a friend • •H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – SB 2.9.4 Lord Balarama's App. Day- Balaram Lilas 2001-08-03
Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 2.9.4 Lord Balarama’s App. Day- Balaram Lilas 2001-08-03 Radhadesh SB 02.09.04 Lord Balarama's App. Day- Balaram Lilas 2001-08-03 Lecture - Srimad Bhagavatam 2.9.4 Lord Balarama's App. Day- Balaram Lilas 2001-08-03 Radhadesh • Email to a friend • •H.H. Prahladananda Swami: Lecture – Lord Balarama's Appearance Day- Baladeva VS Demons 2006-08-09
Lecture – Lord Balarama’s AppearanceDay- Baladeva VS Demons 2006-08-09 Portland Lord Balarama's Appearance Day- Baladeva VS Demons 2006-08-09 Lecture - Lord Balarama's AppearanceDay- Baladeva VS Demons 2006-08-09 Portland • Email to a friend • •Jayadeva das, USA: Krishna in the Heart Will Always Guide Us
"The day in which we do not find any saint, or have any discussion about the real purpose of life, the inner life, the inner substance, that day we are the loser. Be conscious of that. In all respects, in any way possible, mind your own lesson, mind your own interest, find your own self. Be unmindful towards the external world and circumstances and dive deep into the reality, the inner world. Find your inner self and the inner world where you live, where your inner self is living. Try to find your Home, to go back to God, back to Home. Your energy must be utilized for going Home, and not for wandering in the other land, the land of death. Try to avoid the land of death at any cost; always try to find the eternal soil, that soil to which you belong. Try to understand what is your Home and why it is your Home. Home comfort: what does it mean? It means our birth-place – the place where we are born." After what I posted last night regarding the topic of death, I found this to be quite pertinent and a direct message from Krishna sitting within my heart.  • Email to a friend • •Hari Sauri das, Mayapura, IN: 2011 eurotour – CroatiaAfter Amsterdam I headed off for Zagreb. I was somewhat what impressed that Shiphol airport, although pretty chaotic in its older design had some nice facilities to while away transit time
My impression of Amsterdam overall is good-it seems to be a city where facilities for people have been emphasized over things. People-friendly and not just another money-is-everything industrial complex. I spent 3-4 days in Zagreb
Its a nice temple but pretty quiet in the weekdays. I gave a few SPLB seminars on ‘Association’
and was impressed with some home-grown organic produce they were selling. Sundarananda prabhu, the temple president, told me that they have some other land where they are starting to do a bit of farming, although they don’t have any cows yet.
From Zagreb headed out to Rijeka on the coast. I had visited it for the first time last year and was happy to do a few programs there again this visit. Its a nice city, and our location is very central, right across the road from the main city square and the opera house
Considering that most devotees in the area are working (only one devotee actually lives in the temple) I got an enthusiastic reception with at least a dozen devotees attending my classes
Zagreb and Rijeka though were mainly stopovers for the main event, a summer camp in Lika • Email to a friend • •H.H. Sivarama Swami: Skype conference with Russian disciplesOn alternate healing, wearing sarees, following the 4th principle and sticking to our vows, the glories of Lord Balarama and quoting the acaryas in class. (Russian/English) • Email to a friend • •H.H. Sivarama Swami: All glories to Lord Balarama, the full moon who shines in the dark blue sky over Vrndavana
• Email to a friend • •Australian News: Balarama Jayanti @ Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha Mandir – Sydney AustraliaAll around the world devotees of Krishna are celebrating the Birth of Lord Balarama, the brother of Lord Krishna. Balarama is an expansion of Lord Krishna and his mercy should be sought by all. Tonight at Sydney Temple we celebrated the last day of Julan Yatra and the appearance of Lord Balarama. Everyone came along and enjoyed the talks and kirtan, that satsang and the prasadam. A wonderful time was had by all. Oh and here’s the photo’s! Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher • Email to a friend • •Giridhari das, Brasilia, Brazil: Top Brazilian News Group Publishes Article on Angry Birds YogaGlobo is Brazil’s top media conglomerate. In their Internet Portal, G1, they published an interview with me about my essay Angry Birds Yoga with a “front page” link. You can see the article (in Portuguese, naturally) here: http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2011/08/brasileiro-usa-game-angry-birds-para-ensinar-ioga.html. This article generated a flurry of other articles in different media outlets and professional blogs (and over a thousand hits on this blog on the day it was published!).
        • Email to a friend • •Madhava Ghosh dasa, New Vrndavan, USA: If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter“Essential truth spoken concisely is true eloquence.” Chaitanya Caritamrta Adi 1.106 “Matra laghava matram putrotsavah” translation: “”If I could shorten something by even half a syllable I would be as happy as if I just had a son born to me”" Jiva Goswami from Hari Namamrta Vyakaranam (the Sanskrit Grammar of the Holy Name) “Brevity is the soul of wit.” Shakespeare "Be brief, brother, be brief" Anonymous "I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." Blaise Pascal, (1623-1662) Lettres provinciales. “If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” Marcus T. Cicero (106-43 BC) (This is arguable, it is attributed to many including Pascal, Twain, Voltaire, Hemingway (though this has been proven wrong), T.S. Eliot, and Proust. Pascal (1623-1662) seems to get the most love for this (but in French, so see alternative translation above) and since he is older than the more modern writers it might be safe to assume the others were quoting him, but I went with Cicero, because he is the oldest of them all and maybe Pascal was quoting him. Good writers borrow, great writers steal :-) ) "Sorry for the letter, i didn't have time to write a postcard." George Bernard Shaw “Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” Henry David Thoreau “You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.” Karl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) “It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” Nietzsche “No one who has read official documents needs to be told how easy it is to conceal the essential truth under the apparently candid and all-disclosing phrases of a voluminous and particularizing report.” Woodrow Wilson "If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare." Mark Twain “The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit.” Felelon I ran across this collection of quotes somewhere, added a couple, and posted. I then thought that I had done some other posts in the past about writing which I occasionally dig out and send to people interested in writing. I thought this might be a good one to add to that list, but then thought further in how to save myself the time of looking for those articles so I gathered them together and put them on a Page that has a link in the header of my blog. Anyone interested can see them here: Filed under: News, Ramblings or Whatever         • Email to a friend • •Japa Group: A Letter Of Appreciation
From time to time I get messages and feedback about the Japa Group website. Today I received one of those messages from a 55yr old devotee - name truncated for privacy reasons. This website has inspired such an old (55) aspiring devotee! I live 2 hours from the nearest temple so this keeps me intouch with the "work" of Krishna around the world. Keep up the good work and chanting your rounds - it makes a difference. I hope you had a good week of quality chanting of the Holy names.  • Email to a friend • •ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Daily Class - Aniruddha PrabhuSrimad Bhagavatam 1.1.11 - A spiritual master is mandatory to explain us the essence of all Vedic scriptures including Srimad Bhagavatam. • Email to a friend • •H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: More Pictures Radhadesh Retreat 2011 with His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami.Sent by His Grace Nayabhirama Prabhu For more pictures : Click here / Click here 2 / Click here 3 • Email to a friend • •ISKCON Melbourne, AU: Deity Welcoming Ceremony
Sri Rama Dasa Prabhu had a very nice ceremony to welcome his exquisite Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Deities on the 11th August. Here's a slideshow. • Email to a friend • •H.H. Bhakticharu Swami: Radhadesh Retreat 2011 with His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami (Day 5)Share/Save • Email to a friend • •Vraja Kishor, JP: Who is Balarama?Balarama – cc adi 5
tāńhāra dvitīya deha śrī-balarāma 4
Kṛṣṇa is the source of all incarnations, selfsame Godhead. | His second body is Śrī Balarāma. eka-i svarūpa dońhe, bhinna-mātra kāya |
ādya kāya-vyūha, kṛṣṇa-līlāra sahāya 5 The two are one being, separated |
Balaram assits Kṛṣṇa's play as the original source of expansions sańkarṣaṇaḥ kāraṇa-toya-śāyī |
garbhoda-śāyī ca payobdhi-śāyī
śeṣaś ca yasyāḿśa-kalāḥ sa nityā-
nandākhya-rāmaḥ śaraṇaḿ mamāstu 7
Sankarshana; Vishnu lying on the causal ocean; |
Vishnu lying on the universal ocean; Vishnu lying on the milk ocean; Shesha… these are the portions and parts of Nityananda Balarama
To whom I surrender. śrī-balarāma gosāñi mūla-sańkarṣaṇa |
pañca-rūpa dhari’ karena kṛṣṇera sevana 8
Balarama Goswāmī is the original Sankarshan |
He takes five forms to serve Kṛṣṇa. āpane karena kṛṣṇa-līlāra sahāya |
sṛṣṭi-līlā-kārya kare dhari’ cāri kāya 9
He himself assists Kṛṣṇa's play |
In four other forms he assists the play of creation. sṛṣṭy-ādika sevā, — tāńra ājñāra pālana |
‘śeṣa’-rūpe kare kṛṣṇera vividha sevana 10 Three of those forms carry out Kṛṣṇa's orders to create. | The fourth, Shesha, renders various other personal services in the creation. tāńhā ye rāmera rūpa — mahā-sańkarṣaṇa |
cic-chakti-āśraya tińho, kāraṇera kāraṇa 42
Balarama, named Maha Sankarshana, |
Is the shelter / origin of spiritual energy (cit-shakti). He is therefore the cause of all causes. ṣaḍ-vidhaiśvarya tāńhā sakala cinmaya |
sańkarṣaṇera vibhūti saba, jāniha niścaya 44
Six varieties of opulence, and everything spiritual, |
Know for certain that it is all the power of Sankarshan / Balarama. ‘jīva’-nāma taṭasthākhya eka śakti haya |
mahā-sańkarṣaṇa — saba jīvera āśraya 45
Living beings are an energy called "borderline spiritual." | Maha-Sankarshan is the shelter / origin of all these living beings. yāńhā haite viśvotpatti, yāńhāte pralaya |
sei puruṣera sańkarṣaṇa samāśraya 46 The one from whom the universes come, and into whom they return… | Sanskarshan is the shelter/origin of that personality. sarvāśraya, sarvādbhuta, aiśvarya apāra |
‘ananta’ kahite nāre mahimā yāńhāra 47 He is the shelter of everything, the most amazing, and unsurpassable in power. | Even Ananta cannot speak fully of his greatness. vṛṣāyamāṇau nardantau |
yuyudhāte parasparam
anukṛtya rutair jantūḿś
ceratuḥ prākṛtau yathā 138 Playing like bulls, roaring |
Fighting each other
Imitating the sounds of animals
They (Kṛṣṇa and Balarama) used to play like ordinary boys. kvacit krīḍā-pariśrāntaḿ |
gopotsańgopabarhaṇam
svayaḿ viśrāmayaty āryaḿ
pāda-saḿvāhanādibhiḥ 139 Sometimes, when tired from playing |
Krishna would have Balaram lay his head on the lap of a cowheard boy And personally massage the legs and feet of his elder brother.
        • Email to a friend • •Dandavats.com: Uniting Devotees: Balarama's Appearance
Today is the appearance day of Lord Balarama, the Personality of Godhead who is the first expansion of Lord Krsna, the original Personality of Godhead. As Krsna states in the Bhagavad-gita (4.7), "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself." • Email to a friend • •ISKCON Desire Tree: Vaishnava Calender - Second month of caturmasya begins,Srila Prabhupada's Departure for the USA<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?i=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?i=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:KwTdNBX3Jqk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?i=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?i=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?a=Zd7H2xvmP_s:PSE5cui8wlc:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Iskcondesiretree?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div> • Email to a friend • •Australian News: Fill Up on Downloads at HareKrishnaCanberra.com
Lots of Balarama related nectar to dowload at Hare Krishna Canberra.com Get there now and wear out your hard drive Share this story your way: • Email to a friend • •Australian News: Radha Krishna Swing Festival – LIVE STREAM TONIGHT
Radha Krishna Swing Festival – live stream From 5pm – 7pm Saturday August 13. It’s at 14 Young St, Graceville, Brisbane if you want to come in person, or you can watch it below. http://atmayogi.com/ Share this story your way: • Email to a friend • •Gouranga TV: Evpatoriya Festival 2010 – Madhava Dasa KirtanEvpatoriya Festival 2010 – Madhava Dasa Kirtan • Email to a friend • •Kurma dasa, AU: Sambar TimeI received two letters in as many days asking for a recipe for Sambar. Allow me to re-post an older blog to answer both requests.
Uthaya Kumar from Malaysia wrote: "Dear Kurma Ji, I'm a vegetarian. But I do have a penchant for garlic and onions since as you know they are heavily used in South Indian cooking. Well, I have been trying to meditate, but to no avail. I do think that maybe I need to get rid of onions and garlic since they may halt the progress. My question: is it possible for sambar to be made without onions and garlic? Thank you, Kumar." My response: "It certainly is possible, and is done like that in all orthodox temple kitchens in South India as well as in the homes of orthodox Vaisnavas. Here is my sambar recipe. Give it a try. You may also wish to add the excellent Sri Vaisnava sambar masala recipe posted here. Happy cooking!" Traditional Hot-and-Sour Toor-dal (Sambar) This South Indian soup is traditionally chili-hot. Reduce the chili content for a milder version. Sambar features three main ingredients: toor dal, tamarind pulp, and a special spice powder called sambar masala. All three ingredients are available at any Indian grocer. Sambar's delightful hot-and-sour flavour can be made more substantial with the addition of practically any vegetable of your choice. Serve it with plain fluffy rice, with any South Indian selection. Serves 5 persons. 1 cup split toor dal 6 cups water ½ teaspoon turmeric 3 teaspoons butter 3 or 4 tablespoons tamarind puree ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons ghee or oil 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds 2 teaspoons hot green chilies, seeded and minced ¼ teaspoon fenugreek seeds handful fresh or dried curry leaves ½ teaspoon yellow asafoetida powder 1 - 2 tablespoons sambar masala 1½ - 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander leaves Wash and drain the toor dal. Soak the dal in 1 litre of hot water for 3 hours. Drain. Boil the dal, water, turmeric, and butter over high heat in a 4-litre/quart saucepan. Reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 1 hour or until the dal becomes soft. Whisk or blend the soup until smooth. Add the cayenne, sugar and tamarind puree. Heat the ghee or oil in a small pan over moderately high heat. Saute the mustard seeds in the hot ghee until they crackle. Add the green chilies and fenugreek seeds. When the fenugreek seeds turn a darker shade, add the curry leaves, asafetida, and sambar masala. Saute momentarily; then add to the simmering dal. Remove from the heat, season with salt, garnish with the chopped coriander, and serve hot.
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Here are some pictures of the 4th day of Sri Sri Radha Krsna's swing festival. • Email to a friend • •Australian News: Sydney – Harinam Sankirtan is calling your namesToday we went on Harinam Sankirtan in Sydney. It was great. People everywhere smiled and danced a step or two. Cab drivers honk their horns and little kids are mezmerised. People wave, and some just stare dumbfounded by the scene created by the devotees dancing down the street calling out the Mahamantra which echoes of the walls and into the ears of every being nearby. Hours later the names of Krishna are still ringing in your heart when you have been out on Harinam chanting at the top of your voice. After chanting loud for an hour or so all the colours seem brighter, everyone seems nicer, every word is a song and every step a dance. Find yourself on Harinam as soon as you can. Harinam Sankirtan is the Yuga Dharma, the duty and sadhana for devotees of Krishna in this age. Harinam Sankirtan will change how you feel about the holy names. When you see complete strangers smiling and dancing from merely hearing us sing and clap. Please come alog next saturday at 11:30 in Sydney on the corner of Bathurst and George St. Or start your own and invte your friends. Harinam Sankirtan Ki Jay. Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher • Email to a friend • •More Recent Articles |
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