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  1. Really is not a big deal for babies to wear neckbeads. They are completely fine with it. The parents should have common sense for the lenght and size of the beads, that's all.
  2. I saw in many doors in the houses in India this string of lemons and chilies, even I made one for my door when I came to this new house. Just for the superstitious in heart to avoid the evil eye. My guest were always impressed by it, I took it out when the lemons became very old. I have to make another one, we don't need bad energies in the house. I saw it in the streets in India too I never step on it.Just following the local customs and continue the tradition here. A little story here about something that happened to me in one of my trips. Once in Costa Rica a guy wanted to married me, I told him no and he got very upset. While in sankirtan he came into my room and stole a passport picture of me. I knew that was him because a mataji saw him going into the room that evening (why she never stopped him, I still wonder). He left that weekend for the coast, on Monday inmediately after leaving the temple I step on wood with rusty nails that went through my shoes and cut my foot. Got tetanus injection, after few days I was so sick with flu like symtomps, I hardly could move. I recovered and while collecting for my first trip to India many bad things happened to me. A little bit down, I went to a nice psychic lady who told me about a guy that took my picture and went to the ocean to do 'macumba' the brazilean version of vodoo to destroy me. Knowing that she was right, I took shelter of the Lord and did extra pujas, chanting of mantras and lots of baths with something special. Within a week I felt like new again. After a while I had the chance to go with a friend to this guy's house and when he went out for something we searched for my picture. To our surprise we found my nice smilie color picture /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif almost completely faded, the colors were gone and the image was a blur. I never told him anything but I never saw him again. Actually he is dead now, nasty Brazilian. BTW, he died because of his bad habits. Vodoo, macumba, black magic, more or less all the same thing. I also feel the feet are an important part of the body, you can get to many points of your body pressing the right spots in the soles. When I go for a walk in the beach I try to walk barefeet to get good energy from the ocean.
  3. You're right when you do something for the pleasure of the Lord and you're wrong when you do something for your own gratification.
  4. atma

    Funny

    The Japanese eat very little fat and have fewer heart attacks and strokes than the British or Americans Eskimos eat a lot of fat and have fewer heart attacks and strokes than the British or Americans Koreans drink very little wine and have fewer heart attacks and strokes than the British or Americans The French drink great quantities of wine and have fewer heart attacks and strokes than the British or Americans Sherpa tribesmen eat very little pasta and have fewer heart attacks and strokes than the British or Americans Italians eat great quantities of pasta and have fewer heart attacks and strokes than the British or Americans Lesson learned: Eat whatever you want and learn a foreign language. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
  5. atma

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  6. I never had any problem with neckbeads and my babies. I always put on them very smooth ones and just the right size for their necks with small beads, never hanging out. Three strands twist together.
  7. One mataji and the kids made 300 candy garlands for the decoration in the chariots. You just string up candies, lollipops, etc and hang them from the lower part of the carts. They are very popular for distribution.
  8. I was referring to ecclesiastical gurus.
  9. Is it possible to be a Hare Krsna and don't accept the gurus?
  10. Just a joke.... There was once an Indian man called Raj who was involved in a car accident. At the hospital, when he awoke, he called for the nurse to tell him what had happened to him. "I'm very sorry, sir, but you were involved in a very bad car crash". "Car crash! My BMW! my BM! is my car all right?" he asked hysterically. "Sir, your car was destroyed, but that is the least of your worries you lost your left arm in the crash, and we were unable to save it he said apologetically. "I lost my arm? My Rolex! My Rolex!" "Sir, please calm down. That is the least of your worries. You are in a very critical condition, but all your family is here to see you". He asked for his family to be called in. As they gathered around the bed, he called for each of them by name. "Rehka, are you here?" "I am here husband, and I will never leave you". "Govind, are you here?" "I am here father, and I will never leave you". "Kajal, are you here?" "I am here father, and I will never leave you." "Sunny, my child, are you here?" "I am here father, and I will never leave you." "Well," said Raj thoughtfully, "if Rehka, Govind, Kajal and Sunny are here - if all of you are here, WHO THE HELL IS IN THE SHOP?!!!!"
  11. I hardly did anything but so many devotees worked so hard for weeks in advance to have everything ready and during the festival you saw devotees that because of their busy lives hardly come to the temple working for hours at the booths trying to please everybody. It was really inspiring. One of my friends told me how important was for her to have a parking space at the temple during the 2 days that she was making all the decorations. She didn't have to worry about moving the car every 2 hours because of the parking guy could give her a ticket. A devotee sacrificed his parking space for her and little things like that make a lots of difference for the devotional service of others. I'm not doing justice with my description of the festival, I'm not good with words but I do appreciate the mood and devotional service of others and how merciful Their Lordships, Jagannatha, Baladev and Subhadra are to engage us in Their service for our benefit.
  12. I'm still so tired. We made many garlands the previous days for the decoration of the chariots and very early Sunday morning we went to put everything up. So many marigold and carnations garlands, ribbons, lanterns, ballons, candy garlands,leaves, greenery,flags with donors's names, etc, one really amused me, it said: "from the past, present and future devotees of Iskcon". I guess I'm included there. It was a really nice procession and their Lorships were so beautiful giving mercy to everybody. The best kirtan of course, was with the young generation, what a potency those kids have. Later on stage they had another powerful kirtana and went to the beach for harinam. The ekadasi prasadam was really good and most of the devotees behaved, the pizza line was short and in general everything was nice and sweet. The only thing that freaked me out a little bit was when a visitor was almost crushed by one of the wheels of lady Subhadra's cart. He got it heavily on his back and moved just in time, didn't make a fuzz about it. I saw many of my friends and didn't stop talking. For my kids it meant so much, they told me afterwards that they want to be devotees all their lives because chanting and dancing is so nice. That's what they'd been doing last week, chanting and dancing, having so many bhajans and kirtans and the boys give the girls opportunities to lead and play instruments and the girls appreciate that. The girls said that after all this association they realize how boring the karmi world is. I hope they continue in that spirit. I really appreciate all the effort of the devotees to make this a successful festival for the pleasure of the Lord and we're on a roll to see Lord Jagannatha in San Francisco and continue the chanting and dancing and having prasadam in association of everybody. Haribol.
  13. Maybe people need hugs and they go to her for that. Kind of sad. When was the last time you got a hug or gave a hug to somebody?Not including teddy bears. If she thinks she is God she is taking advantage of people's ignorance and emotional needs.
  14. You're talking about "Lou Grant". One of his colleage at the newspaper sent brainwashers to kidnap his son from the temple. In the end he understand what the son is doing and they show the boy in dhoti, etc. It was great for my parents to see it at that time. As far as I remember they also showed the deities there. I saw also that movie about reincarnation with the girl, I can't recall the name. In Woody Allen's movies very often you see devotees in harinam
  15. atma

    Signs

    Why that picture of yours reminded me the aliens fron 'Signs'? Any connection?
  16. It was really nice and ecstatic. More tomorrow, I'm very tired now.
  17. The Greeks worshipped him as the Great All. In Myth, Hermes fathered Pan on the nymph Dryope. The child was so ugly at birth with horns, beard, tail and goat legs that his mother ran away from him in fright, and Hermes carried him to Olympus for the gods amusement. Pan haunted the woods and pastures of Arcadia and personified the fertile, phallic spirit of wild, untamed nature. But he could also ocassionally be friendly to men, guarding flocks, herds, and beehives. He took part in the revels of the mountain-nymphs and helped hunters to find their quarry. On one ocassion he pursued the chaste nymph Syrinx to the River Ladon, where she transformed herself into a water-reed to escape his unwelcome hairy embraces. There, since he could not distinguish her from the rest, he cut several reeds at random, and made them into a syrinx or Pan-pipe. From Pan's name we derive the word 'panic', because he amused himself by giving the lonely travelles sudden frights. He was despised by the other gods, but they exploited his powers. On an inner level, Pan, the Devil, is an image of bondage to the crudest, most instinctual aspect of human nature. Because the god was worshipped in caves and grottoes, attended by fear, his image suggest something that we both fear and are fascinated by - the raw, goatish, uncivilized sexual impulses which we experience as evil because of their compulsive nature. Since the dawn of the Christian era, the god Pan has been appropiated into the figure of the Devil, complete with goat horns and leering grin. In myth he was no evil, merely untamed, amoral and natural. From the Mythic Tarot by Juliet Sharman and Liz Greene.
  18. For info go to: festivalofchariots .com So many devotees are arriving and everybody is in a good mood. Tomorrow is gurukuli day the kids are leading all the programs. Lord Jagannath Ratha Yatra Ki Jaya!!!
  19. not really, it seems to me that Plato is equalling women with Christian belief of animals no having soul. Very ignorant.
  20. continuation.... atma Member posted 07-31-2002 05:33 AM -- Jyotish is more concerned with predictions and events and Western astrology is more concerned with psychology and behavior. Western astrology uses the tropical zodiac based in the Spring equinox and Hindu astrology uses the sidereal zodiac based in the constellations. Glen Smith explains that at one time both zodiacs were identical, but over the centuries they have drifted apart. This drifting phenomenon is called the precession of the equinoxes. The difference in degrees between the 2 zodiacs is called Ayanamsa that is used to cast the ascendant and all the planetary positions. Thus your western horoscope and your eastern chart will vary. Therefore, if by your western chart, you are born at 10 degrees Capricorn rising, your eastern chart, substracting the 23 degrees ayanamsa for the 20th century will have you as 17 degrees Sagitarius rising. The Sun sign that is giving in the newspapers is probably inaccurate. If you born i.e June 12 in the west you'll be Gemini but in eastern you'll be in the end of Taurus. You can't mix the systems. Personally I have no idea of Western astrology and I know only the basics of jyotish. Astrology is very complicated and vast and many have different opinions. Braha believes that you learn the techniques, do thousands of charts and from experience and intuition make your own decisions of what work and what doesn't. Some astrologers see my chart and when they see my 2nd house and powerful malefics on it inmediately tell me how horrible my childhood was but that is so wrong, I had a happy chilhood and I did very well at school, my memory was incredible, straight A's all the way to college and I was in my Mercury period from birth to 8 years old and in Ketu from 8 to 15 and both of them are associated with Saturn and Mars. If you just read the books they'll tell you how bad is to have malefics in the 2nd but Saturn and Mars are good for me. I swear that because of Saturn I was able to live for so long in a city like Calcutta and didn't bother me. One thing all the astrologers agree is that when I hit my Mars period lots of laxmi will come my way. Mars exalted at 27 degrees in the 2nd house. A long way to go though Another important thing to remember is 'free will', astrology give you the tendencies but we have a choice in most cases. Reminded me Minority Report.
  21. continuation.... atma Member posted 07-31-2002 05:33 AM -- Jyotish is more concerned with predictions and events and Western astrology is more concerned with psychology and behavior. Western astrology uses the tropical zodiac based in the Spring equinox and Hindu astrology uses the sidereal zodiac based in the constellations. Glen Smith explains that at one time both zodiacs were identical, but over the centuries they have drifted apart. This drifting phenomenon is called the precession of the equinoxes. The difference in degrees between the 2 zodiacs is called Ayanamsa that is used to cast the ascendant and all the planetary positions. Thus your western horoscope and your eastern chart will vary. Therefore, if by your western chart, you are born at 10 degrees Capricorn rising, your eastern chart, substracting the 23 degrees ayanamsa for the 20th century will have you as 17 degrees Sagitarius rising. The Sun sign that is giving in the newspapers is probably inaccurate. If you born i.e June 12 in the west you'll be Gemini but in eastern you'll be in the end of Taurus. You can't mix the systems. Personally I have no idea of Western astrology and I know only the basics of jyotish. Astrology is very complicated and vast and many have different opinions. Braha believes that you learn the techniques, do thousands of charts and from experience and intuition make your own decisions of what work and what doesn't. Some astrologers see my chart and when they see my 2nd house and powerful malefics on it inmediately tell me how horrible my childhood was but that is so wrong, I had a happy chilhood and I did very well at school, my memory was incredible, straight A's all the way to college and I was in my Mercury period from birth to 8 years old and in Ketu from 8 to 15 and both of them are associated with Saturn and Mars. If you just read the books they'll tell you how bad is to have malefics in the 2nd but Saturn and Mars are good for me. I swear that because of Saturn I was able to live for so long in a city like Calcutta and didn't bother me. One thing all the astrologers agree is that when I hit my Mars period lots of laxmi will come my way. Mars exalted at 27 degrees in the 2nd house. A long way to go though Another important thing to remember is 'free will', astrology give you the tendencies but we have a choice in most cases. Reminded me Minority Report.
  22. From the latest Braha's book in astrology: James: Some astrologers use the term "Hindu astrology," some say "Vedic astrology," and some say "Jyotish" I generally use the terms "Hindu astrology" and "Jyotish" interchangeably. I almost never say "Vedic astrology" because I don't believe today's astrology of India is very similar to the astrology that was practiced many thousands of years ago, during Vedic civilization. In my opinion, there are simply too many fundamental Jyotish terms (kendra,trikona,apoklima,hora), that are actually Greek and have no meaning whatsoever in Sanskrit, the language of the Vedas. What can it possibly mean when many of the most basic terms of Hindu astrology are Greek? Martin: It mean that Indian astrology was influenced by invaded cultures...... There is more in the book, I may be wrong but I remember a "Hora Shastra" book somewhere. Is Braha wrong?
  23. From the latest Braha's book in astrology: James: Some astrologers use the term "Hindu astrology," some say "Vedic astrology," and some say "Jyotish" I generally use the terms "Hindu astrology" and "Jyotish" interchangeably. I almost never say "Vedic astrology" because I don't believe today's astrology of India is very similar to the astrology that was practiced many thousands of years ago, during Vedic civilization. In my opinion, there are simply too many fundamental Jyotish terms (kendra,trikona,apoklima,hora), that are actually Greek and have no meaning whatsoever in Sanskrit, the language of the Vedas. What can it possibly mean when many of the most basic terms of Hindu astrology are Greek? Martin: It mean that Indian astrology was influenced by invaded cultures...... There is more in the book, I may be wrong but I remember a "Hora Shastra" book somewhere. Is Braha wrong?
  24. Stop the slaughter > > > > indya.com presents an exclusive appearance by Maneka Gandhi(Union > > Minister) > > > > I often meet vegetarians who would "die" rather than eat meat. A closer > > look shows a leather watch strap/bag/shoes. > > > > These are the excuses I then hear: > > a) I am vegetarian due to health, not animal welfare reasons. > > b) I buy my leather products from Khadi Gram Udyog because the animal died > > naturally. > > c) There is no alternative in India to leather. I can't go round in rubber > > chappals or use cloth jholas. > > d) The plastic alternatives are environmentally unfriendly because they > > come from petrochemical products and are non biodegradable. > > e) (This comes from the evolved environmentalists) I can't use cotton > > because it's grown with chemical pesticides and fertilisers. > > f) The animal was killed for its meat. Leather is only a by-product so > > there is no harm in using it. > > g) (I promise this is true) What nonsense - leather does not come from the > > skin of animals. > > h) I am helping poor people by buying leather products. > > > > I think all these myths should be dealt with. > > > > Myth: Leather is a by-product of the meat industry. > > Reality: India is the largest leather manufacturer in the world. This > > business running into lakhs of skins daily is not going to wait for > > slaughterhouse skins alone. Leather is not an incidental product of > > rearing of animals for meat. > > > > Although the skins and hides of sheep and goats are a small source of raw > > material for tanners, cattle hide and calf skin account for most footwear > > and leather goods. These are derived from millions of cattle slaughtered > > annually, including dairy cattle. Speciality leather is made from deer, > > alligators, lizards, sharks, snakes, crocodiles, and other exotic species, > > which are killed solely for this purpose. > > > > In India very few people eat cattle meat. Many people exaggerate, for > > political reasons, the amount of buffalo meat eaten by Muslims. But, all > > studies show that Muslims eat mainly the same meat as Hindus - goat and > > chicken meat. > > > > Cattle in India are slaughtered primarily for their skins and very often > > the meat is thrown away. > > Also people eat the meat that is locally available to them. The millions > > of cattle that are jam-packed into trains and trucks to go to West Bengal > > and Kerala to be slaughtered are only going for the leather industry, as > > 90 per cent of them die from overcrowding and starvation during the > > journey and their meat cannot be eaten. Even the vultures don't touch it! > > > > Myth: Leather comes from the skins of animals that have died of natural > > causes. > > Reality: This is a myth put out by the Khadi Gram Udyog. How can such a > > large organisation with retail outlets in every state of India ensure a > > steady supply of carcasses? Do they have people scouting all the villages > > collecting the bodies of cattle and buffaloes that waste away after 20 > > years? > > > > Besides, have you seen the skin of an old animal? Its hide is patched and > > worn. There is no way you can produce uniform quality leather goods > > randomly collecting the skins of such aged beasts. Mahatma Gandhi's Khadi > > Gram Udyog has no business selling leather. > > > > An interview conducted with the main buyers of Khadi Gram Udyog revealed > > that they gave the contract for their leather supply to contractors that > > supplied leather for normal footwear in the leather industry. Which means > > that there was no question of using or even differentiating between cattle > > killed for leather and cattle that died naturally. > > > > All the leather in India comes from young cattle. This, in spite of a > > Parliament law and state laws that forbid the killing of cattle under > > 14-16 years (some states say 14, others 16). Calf leather is specifically > > forbidden but leather sellers advertise it openly. Which calves die > > naturally? > > > > Myth: The animals spend contented lives grazing in fields and are sent to > > slaughter because they are old. > > Reality: Leather is not taken from old cows but from cattle sent to > > slaughter. Cattle are selectively bred and subjected to a range of cruel > > procedures, including artificial insemination, artificial weaning and > > feeding, dosing with antibiotics, castration, marking, and the separation > > of cow and calf within a few days of birth. > > > > As a consequence of undergoing a vicious cycle of pregnancy and lactation, > > dairy cows are especially susceptible to mastitis and lameness. Once they > > are sick they are killed. Their male calves are murdered in millions each > > year to provide tanneries with highly valued fine grain skin, used for > > shoe uppers, jackets, gloves and wallets. > > > > Kidskin leather is from baby goats. However, the most prized skin used to > > make soft suede is obtained from unborn calves, which means their mothers > > are beaten to make them abort and the foetus is skinned and sold. > > > > The natural life expectancy of a cow is 20 years, yet beef cattle are > > killed at one to three years and dairy cows at three to seven years due to > > disease (36 per cent), poor yield (28 per cent) and the inability to calve > > (36 per cent). They are killed to make more money for their owners from > > the sale of their body parts including meat and leather. > > > > Myth: Unlike a wild fur-bearing animal, the meat (leather) producing > > animal is killed humanely. > > Reality: At the very least, transportation to the slaughterhouse causes > > animals severe stress. Packed in cramped conditions, they may suffer heat > > exhaustion, heart attacks, bruising, hunger, dehydration, and broken > > bones, before reaching the slaughterhouses. > > > > The law says that only twelve cattle can be put into one train bogey. In > > reality each train carries over 44 cattle squashed together in each bogey. > > The law says that only four cattle can be put in a truck. Over 75 are > > often thrown into one, their limbs and tails broken to make more room. > > > > Their noses are tied together and ten of them made to march hundreds of > > miles. If one falls, its tailbones are broken and chillies put in its eyes > > till it stands up again. If it dies, it is skinned on the spot. > > > > Once in the slaughterhouse they are killed in the most crude and cruel > > manner. The knives are rusty and the workers callous and untrained. > > Butchers need possess no formal qualification or training. In mechanised > > slaughterhouses in Andhra Pradesh, boiling water is poured on the animal > > and its skin stripped while it is still alive and hanging upside down. > > > > In Kerala, the head is smashed in with a hammer - often up to 20 blows > > being given before the animal dies. Many of the butchers are children. > > > > Myth: Unlike plastic alternatives, leather products are > > environment-friendly. > > Reality: Tanneries not only emit unpleasant odours, they produce a host of > > pollutants - including lead, zinc, formaldehyde, dyes, and cyanide based > > chemicals. And added to the equation is the devastating environmental > > impact of raising livestock. Animal slurry is probably the major cause of > > water pollution: cattle, sheep and other ruminants are one of the main > > sources of global warming. > > > > Methane and nitrogen in animal waste volatises to form ammonia - the > > single greatest cause of acid rain; the felling of trees for livestock > > grazing, and the amount of young shoots and grass eaten results in soil > > erosion. > > > > Farm animals compete with us for land, water, and fuel, and consume five > > to ten times as much primary plant food as people. > > > > Turning animal hides into leather is an energy intensive and polluting > > practice. The Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology states: "On > > the basis of quantity of energy consumed per unit of product, the leather > > manufacturing industry would be categorised with aluminium, paper, steel, > > cement and petroleum manufacturing industries as a gross consumer of > > energy." > > > > "Production of leather basically involves soaking (bean house), tanning, > > dyeing, drying and finishing. Over 95 per cent leather production is > > chrome tainted. The effluent that must be treated is primarily related to > > the bean house and tanning operations. The most difficult to treat is the > > effluent from the tanning process." > > > > All wastes containing chrome are considered hazardous. Many other > > pollutants employed by the processing of leather are considered primary > > environment and health risks. In terms of disposal, one would think that > > leather products would be biodegradable. But the primary function for a > > tanning agent is to stabilise the collagen or protein fibres so that they > > are no longer bio- degradable. > > > > If that were not enough, leather production causes serious water pollution > > as well. India has so far taken a loan of Rs. 2000 crores to try and clean > > the Ganges of the effluents poured into it from Kanpur's leather > > industries. No success so far. > > > > Myth: Leather is a major money earner for India. It is also a major > > employer. > > Reality: Don't think that you are doing social service for India by buying > > leather. The leather manufacturers pay no taxes, as it is a small-scale > > industry. The leather exporters who earn 1.5 billion dollars pay no taxes. > > > > In fact the government pays them incentives to export. The people who are > > involved by the leather industry are mainly on the tanning side; they flay > > the skins, soak them in chemicals, et al. > > > > Many of these people earn the lowest possible wages and die very young > > because of the cyanide, chrome and other chemicals that they steep > > themselves in. Compensation is not paid nor any precautions taken for > > their safeties, as the leather manufacturers claim to be small scale > > themselves. > > > > Every time they fall sick, which is within months of this oppressive > > labour, the government foots their major medical bills and the owner of > > the tannery gets himself another poor person to exploit. The happy parts > > of the leather trade-the actually making of shoes and garments-is all done > > by machine. > > > > Do the leather manufacturers pay for the forests that have been destroyed > > by the cattle grazing on them? Do they pay for the water sources that have > > dried up as a result of forest cover disappearing? No, they take an animal > > that has fed on land that is called common land and denuded it. > > > > The Government's Ministry for Wasteland Development then pays money to > > NGOs for these lands to be greened again. Do the leather manufacturers pay > > the Ministry? No. They make the money and India pays the bill. Which means > > you pay for the enormous wealth of the leather manufacturer. > > > > Many Western countries are increasingly turning to leather alternatives. > > China, which used to be the largest leather exporter, is now the world's > > largest synthetic leather exporter. Countries like Thailand are following > > suit. Most European countries that used to produce leather have passed the > > environmental burden to India and now merely either take the finished hide > > or use synthetics. > > > > A look at the Internet listings for leather alternative throws up more > > than 12,000 links for all sorts of non-cruelty, non-leather items. The > > Compassionate Shopper regularly lists companies that sell non-leather > > shoes for instance. > > > > Do you want to help India's environment and join its anti-cruelty team? > > First make a list of all the leather items in your life: > > Watch straps, shoes, wallets, jackets, belts, drums (tablas), bags, > > briefcases, hats, furniture covers, pants and other garments, cricket > > balls, footballs, jewellery cases, spectacle cases, key chains, > > bookbinding, lampshades, toys, gloves. > > > > There are so many alternatives to each. Suede-like materials for garments > > (both leather and suede are so silly to use in a hot country like India), > > cloth wallets and bags. Canvas belts with brass buckles. Spalding > > manufactures synthetic leather volleyballs, footballs and basketballs. > > > > Cotton or spandex can replace leather gloves; synthetic fibre skin on > > drums is as good. Waxed cloth and faux leather for jackets. Plastic, jute, > > canvas and EKKO-a new non-polluting combination of natural and synthetic > > rubber are commonly available. > > > > The most widely purchased item is shoes. What are you looking for? > > Something eye catching, water resistant, durable, allowing your feet to > > breathe? Who says that these qualities can't be found in non-leather > > shoes? > > > > Vegetarian shoes not only outlast leather but also require less > > maintenance, as they don't have to be polished. High quality non-leather > > is water-resistant and also allows the feet to breathe. Nike, Adidas and > > Reebok have animal free shoes. Chlorenol (called Hydrolite in Adidas and > > Durabuck in Nike) is an innovative new material that stretches round the > > foot with the same flexibility as leather. > > > > Some non-leather companies have introduced cork and hemp shoes with a > > contoured cork footbed. Companies like Action Shoes and Bata say that they > > have a vast line of non-leather shoes for men, women and children. Non > > leather shoe shops like Rinaldis in Mumbai have the most beautiful shoes > > possible. > > > > Anyone who wants to go into collaboration with a foreign non-leather > > company will find himself rich. Especially now since the West is stopping > > leather import from India. Anything China can do we can do better! > > > > Here are a few hints: > > Some people complain that vinyl shoes squeak. Put a little mineral oil, > > hand cream or any lubricant between the noisy surfaces. > > Many patent leather shoes are in fact synthetic. Look for the man made > > material label on it. Leatherette is not leather. It is high quality > > vinyl. > > > > Don't wear dead animals on your feet. If the cow is your sacred animal > > don't let her be killed for your needs. The wearer is responsible for the > > killer and ignorance is no defence. You are the person who makes the money > > for the leather industry and destroys India's environment as well. > > > > Is your pair of shoes worth the Ganges River or the Himalayan hillsides or > > your State forest sanctuary? All of them are contained in the leather that > > you buy. Purchasing leather goods helps to make the rearing and killing of > > over 600 million cattle, goats a year in the country a profitable > > business, and maintains a demand that can be satisfied only by the taking > > of life. > > > > Make an effort to find non-leather items and ask each leather shop you > > know to stock non-leather goods as well. You will see how quickly the > > message spreads.
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