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February

5 Appearance of Visnupriya* (*variant Feb 6)

Disappearance of Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura* (*variant Feb 6) <BT>

6 Appearance of Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Raghuananda Thakura and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami

8 Appearance of Advaita Acarya (fast until noon)

9 Bhismastami

10 Disappearance of Madhvacarya

11 Disappearance of Ramanujacarya

12 Bhaimi Ekadasi (fast from grains and beans). Fast until noon for appearance of Lord Varaha, feast tomorrow.

Lincoln's Birthday

13 Appearance of Lord Varaha

14 Appearance of Nityananda Prabhu (fast until noon)

Valentine's Day

16 Krsna Madhurotsava. Appearance of Narottama dasa Thakura.

Full Moon

17 President's Day

20 Appearance of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (fast until noon).

Disappearance of Gour Govinda Swami.

Srila Prabhupada founds BTG magazine, 1944.

22 Washington's Birthday

26 Vijaya Ekadasi (fast from grains and beans)

27 Disappearance of Isvara Puri

This is so funny it hurts. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

I think that perhaps I need to start putting #7 on my resume though. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

I got that impression also - the parents are allowing their children to sleep with Michael Jackson and the whole family gets all kinds of perks out of it.

Male or female - no one should be that friendly with someone else's child and no parent should allow it to happen to their own.

This is a 44 year old man who never really grew up but he is a full grown man.

Now speaking from a different view - I can not imagine anyone wanting to have a child by him. Plus I had forgotten all about Lisa Marie Presley being married to him. She certainly did not need the money!

I missed the first half hour but saw the remainder of that show and also the one following that spoke with a plastic surgeon about his face.

After seeing this show I am surprised that the DA is not going to investigate his little slumber parties at Neverland Ranch.

I wonder if he believes some of the stories he told! For example, one surgery on his nose! And it is ok to sleep with children not related to you. HA!!

Jackson is not going to accept aging or declining career at all. I wonder what this will do to his children.

The reporter spoke candidly in the second show and he was visibly freaked by things he witnessed during the eight months with Michael Jackson.

Both shows should have been very eye-opening to people who worship "stars" above all else.

Look at the ones they let in America!! This is a world-wide situation.

Very true. The mind can be our friend and our enemy.

Very true. The mind can be our friend and our enemy.

What about when you are trying to decide whether or not to do something (not necessarily wrong) and you keep flip flopping - yes no yes no - I know the ultimate decision is the Supreme Lord's but what is the decision battle about?

What about when you are trying to decide whether or not to do something (not necessarily wrong) and you keep flip flopping - yes no yes no - I know the ultimate decision is the Supreme Lord's but what is the decision battle about?

When I hear of such young children with these incredible talents - language, musical etc. I wonder if it is a holdover from a previous life. I mean how can a child know so much so early in this life!

But then - there is the flip side of the coin. I used to work at a facility for autistic children and many times a child with incredible talents such as this is autistic and they just has not shown that part yet. For example, there was one young man at the facility that when he was two years old could name and describe every flag of every country, state etc. Now he is barely able to feed himself.

If I am not mistaken, the Hopi Tribe uses the swastika as a symbol - not sure what. There may have been others.

Here is the link to an on-line book I just found trying to find more info.

The Swastika and the Nazis

I just scanned through the intro and it looks like it gives a lot of history on the swastika besides the perverted Nazism (is that a word?? /images/graemlins/confused.gif)

Swastika (Svastikah = sanskrit) - fortunate, good.

Counter clockwise Swastika's are associated with Kali and clockwise are associated with Ganesh (please correct me if I am wrong).

Not sure where it really originated.

The swastika means life and good luck. But because of the Nazis, it has also taken on a meaning of death and hate. Most people don't even know that the swastika has any other meaning - Hitler did a good job polluting an ancient symbol associated with God.

You'll fly someday! Maybe I'll see you on that plane to India or Hawaii!! When you go to California - go to Santa Barbara - I lived there for 20 something years and it is gorgeous!

That does not surprise me! Ebay probably eliminated them already. Besides, they are toxic. I do not understand the mentality of those who try to profit off tragedy and someone else's pain.

The cost is precisely why I do not own a copy but some here do.

However, here is a link to a much more economical alternative which is excellent!

The Prabhupada Archive

I am going to print this test out and have others take it. The person who developed this test must have done years of research to get something this accurate.

You have never flown! I love to fly!

"Who needs it?" Well, not everybody participates in every devotee forum on the web. Some people feel more comfortable in some than in others and I know that there were some people who only seemed to participate in the Dharma Mela and I have not seen some of them since it closed down. So it will be very nice to have the Mela back so we can associate with those devotees again.

Is this like the advanced yogi who can leave his material body, travel to the higher planets etc and then return to the body? I have heard that the yogi has to safeguard the body somehow - i.e. tell a trusted associate that he is doing this otherwise there is the danger that someone will come along and think the body dead and dispose of it while the yogi is gone.

Not sure but it seems I remember Srila Prabhupada discussing this in one of His Srimad Bhagavatam purports. If you have the vedabase you might be able to find it there.

I really want to try some soya kefir!! yummm peach!! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Can you tell us how to make it?

Ick - the soy yoghurts I tried were awful!! I like soy milk a lot and was disappointed with the yoghurt. I tried some soy cheese also and was not pleased with that either. Maybe it was just the brand I tried but it tasted like chewy water.

Gotta make it salty and yes it is an acquired taste for sure. I had some karela pickle once and it was excellent!!