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January 10, 2004

It would not be logical that someone being a gopi for example suddenly decides to come down for a little enjoyment of meat, sex, cigarettes, dope etc. That makes no sense. That would mean that there is something missing in the spiritual world, that the inhabitants there are in lack of bliss. I cannot believe that an associate of Lord Krishna would decide to make a journey in the world of suffering. The inhabitants of the spiritual abode, Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrndavan are pure souls who never fall down. Even the two gatekeepers, Jay and Vijaya fell down only because the Lord send them to assist Him in His pastimes. There is no mention in the whole Vedic literature of any jiva leaving the spiritual kingdom and falling down. There is no example for this apart from the story of Jay and Vijaya. The jiva originates in the Brahman effulgence, so it has a choice to decide between the two worlds, material and spiritual. The inhabitants of the spiritual world only come down with the purpose of preaching, never by the power of karma as we can see our Acharyas, who were not fallen conditioned souls but pure inhabitants of the spiritual world who decided to appear here for the sake of helping others.

Jndas mentioned the example of a child who, after burning his hand once never touches fire again. Just let us look around: people burn their hands day by day in the fire of sense gratification, but they never learn, next day they do the same, carvita carvananam, chewing the chewed. We can see people dying in hospitals going out for a cigarette even though they perfectly know it destroys them. So fallen souls never learn unless they surrender and receive diyva-jnana by the grace of a bona fide guru.

January 8, 2004

Is there no other accomodation facility in Vrndavan then the MVT? Hard to believe...

January 8, 2004

The pictures are very nice, yes, but I wrote an email to them and that was the answer I received.

January 7, 2004

My friends will stay in Vrndavan from March 11-25. There is no room in MVT, could you please recommend some other hotel or ashram near the Krsna-Balaram Temple, please? Thanks.

January 5, 2004

Yes, this is a very important point. Whenever I am seriously sick or troubled, I always wonder "How can Krishna let all this misery fall on me?". But then I realize it is my misdeeds that cause all the suffering. The difficulty about karma for me is that we never know why exactly we receive "punishment". It would be much easier to accept karma if we could find out what we did to get this reaction, dont you think?

January 1, 2004

I am looking for the above mentioned text in file. If anyone has it, please let me know.

December 12, 2003

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December 5, 2003

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November 19, 2003

If you let me know your email address, I can send the book to you in a word file, with Balaram fonts.

November 17, 2003

That sounds great. And does your devotee friend happen to have an email address?

November 16, 2003

Yeah, I did that. They informed me that all they have is Jagannath Deities to be repaired, repainted etc. I would have never imagined that it is nearly impossible to get Deities unless one goes to India. I have written to several Iskcon centers all around the world, 99% of them did not even bother to answer.

November 14, 2003

Can anyone help me find a source for a set of new Jagannath Deities, preferrably 8" high, in perfect condition?

Thanks.

October 22, 2003

If Lord Ramachandra did not eat meat, then why did he go hunting while living in the forest with Sitadevi and Laksmana? For the sake of fun? He just killed the animals and then let them rot there? What do you think?

October 22, 2003

I am looking for sites with many photos of the Holy Dhamas. Thanks.

October 14, 2003

Eight Prayers Glorifying Sri Vrinda Devi (Tulasi Devi) ]

Text One

gangeya-campeya-tadid-vinindi-

rocih-pravaha-snapitatma-vrinde

bandhuka-bandhu-dyuti-divya-vaso