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  1. FARM IN SPAIN

    A group of experienced Vaisnava ecologists, under the guidance of Badraseva Prabhu, Anadir Prabhu, and Prataka Prabhu are developing a Vedic village concept.

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/MISSION/2004/8/farm.in.spain.html

     

     

    KURDS AND VEDIC INDIA

    The Kurd people live in some remote territorities of Eastern Turkey and Iraq. They are not actually at home in the Muslim environment, although at present there is hardly any possibility of establishing Kurdistan proper

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/8/kurds.vedicindia.html

     

     

    FIRST RATHA-YATRA IN CAITANYA BAITAG

    On June 19, 2004 the first Ratha Yatra Festival was celebrated in Caitanya Baitag where Sri Caitanya came to take rest. Desiring to introduce this festival to this holy place, Pujyapad Bhakti Pradip Paryatok Maharaja constructed a Chariot for Lord Jagannath, who was brought to Vrindavan by Murari Gupta, Sri Caitanya's associate.

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/GENERAL/2004/8/ratha.yatra.html

     

     

    IN EVERY TOWN AND VILLAGE

    In order that the prophecy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu be fulfilled we need an army of pure preachers. If we desire that the Holy Name be chanted everywhere, we will need countless gurus guiding countless disciples in their spiritual life.

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/WVA/2004/8/every.town.village.html

     

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    VINA Update: 26. August, 2004

     

    VINA Web-site: www.vina.cc


  2. FARM IN SPAIN

    A group of experienced Vaisnava ecologists, under the guidance of Badraseva Prabhu, Anadir Prabhu, and Prataka Prabhu are developing a Vedic village concept.

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/MISSION/2004/8/farm.in.spain.html

     

     

    KURDS AND VEDIC INDIA

    The Kurd people live in some remote territorities of Eastern Turkey and Iraq. They are not actually at home in the Muslim environment, although at present there is hardly any possibility of establishing Kurdistan proper

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/8/kurds.vedicindia.html

     

     

    FIRST RATHA-YATRA IN CAITANYA BAITAG

    On June 19, 2004 the first Ratha Yatra Festival was celebrated in Caitanya Baitag where Sri Caitanya came to take rest. Desiring to introduce this festival to this holy place, Pujyapad Bhakti Pradip Paryatok Maharaja constructed a Chariot for Lord Jagannath, who was brought to Vrindavan by Murari Gupta, Sri Caitanya's associate.

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/GENERAL/2004/8/ratha.yatra.html

     

     

    IN EVERY TOWN AND VILLAGE

    In order that the prophecy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu be fulfilled we need an army of pure preachers. If we desire that the Holy Name be chanted everywhere, we will need countless gurus guiding countless disciples in their spiritual life.

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/WVA/2004/8/every.town.village.html

     

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    VINA Update: 26. August, 2004

     

    VINA Web-site: www.vina.cc


  3. PURUSHOTTAMA

     

    I offer my obeisances to Navaghanashyam (Krishna, Who has the color of a fresh rain cloud), Who is holding the flute with His two hands. I worship Purushottama Who is so beautiful in His yellow dress.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/7/purushottam.html

     

     

     

    TEMPLE RESTORATION IN BENGAL AND ORISSA

     

    Sripad Sankarshan das Brahmachari, the disciple of Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaja, is helping the people in Bengal and around Vraja Mandal by establishing and saving many shrines and ashramas in remote village areas.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/MISSION/2004/7/temple.restoration.html

     

     

     

    CANDIDASA

     

    Candidasa was born in the village of Nanura, which is also in the same Birbhum district of Bengal as Jayadeva Goswami's birthplace. He was born of a brahmana family, and it is said that he also took birth in the beginning of the Fourteenth Century, Sakabda Era.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/VAISHNAVAS/2004/7/candidasa.html

     

     

     

    BRAHMA'S PRAYER TO LORD SRI KRISHNA

     

    Lord Brahma said: My dear Lord, You are the only worshipable Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore I offer my humble obeisances and prayers just to please You.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/7/brahmas.prayer.html

     

     

     

    SRI RADHA DAMODAR KARTIK FESTIVAL

     

    Like every year the festival of 34 days will be celebrated on the grand occasion of 'Month of Kartik' also known as 'Month of Damodar' in Sri Radha Damodar Mandir, Sri Vrindavan Dham.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/GENERAL/2004/7/kartik.damodar.html

     

     

     

    NEW MOSCOW TEMPLE PROJECT WEB-SITE

     

    The devotees in Moscow Russia have opened a beautiful website today dedicated to the new $12,000,000 Cultural Center/Temple they are building. Srila A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was very keen on having a Moscow temple.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/BRHATMRDANGA/2004/7/moscow.temple.html

     

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    VINA Update: Saturday, July 24, 2004

     

    VINA website: http://vina.cc

    E-mail: vina@wva-vvrs.org

     

    VINA is the official news-site of the World Vaishnava Association WVA website: http://www.wva-vvrs.org

     

    Track VINA News with a RSS News-reader: http://vina.cc/vina.xml


  4. PURUSHOTTAMA

     

    I offer my obeisances to Navaghanashyam (Krishna, Who has the color of a fresh rain cloud), Who is holding the flute with His two hands. I worship Purushottama Who is so beautiful in His yellow dress.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/7/purushottam.html

     

     

     

    TEMPLE RESTORATION IN BENGAL AND ORISSA

     

    Sripad Sankarshan das Brahmachari, the disciple of Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaja, is helping the people in Bengal and around Vraja Mandal by establishing and saving many shrines and ashramas in remote village areas.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/MISSION/2004/7/temple.restoration.html

     

     

     

    CANDIDASA

     

    Candidasa was born in the village of Nanura, which is also in the same Birbhum district of Bengal as Jayadeva Goswami's birthplace. He was born of a brahmana family, and it is said that he also took birth in the beginning of the Fourteenth Century, Sakabda Era.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/VAISHNAVAS/2004/7/candidasa.html

     

     

     

    BRAHMA'S PRAYER TO LORD SRI KRISHNA

     

    Lord Brahma said: My dear Lord, You are the only worshipable Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore I offer my humble obeisances and prayers just to please You.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/7/brahmas.prayer.html

     

     

     

    SRI RADHA DAMODAR KARTIK FESTIVAL

     

    Like every year the festival of 34 days will be celebrated on the grand occasion of 'Month of Kartik' also known as 'Month of Damodar' in Sri Radha Damodar Mandir, Sri Vrindavan Dham.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/GENERAL/2004/7/kartik.damodar.html

     

     

     

    NEW MOSCOW TEMPLE PROJECT WEB-SITE

     

    The devotees in Moscow Russia have opened a beautiful website today dedicated to the new $12,000,000 Cultural Center/Temple they are building. Srila A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was very keen on having a Moscow temple.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/BRHATMRDANGA/2004/7/moscow.temple.html

     

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    VINA Update: Saturday, July 24, 2004

     

    VINA website: http://vina.cc

    E-mail: vina@wva-vvrs.org

     

    VINA is the official news-site of the World Vaishnava Association WVA website: http://www.wva-vvrs.org

     

    Track VINA News with a RSS News-reader: http://vina.cc/vina.xml


  5. PURUSHOTTAM MAS VRATA' 2004

     

    Purushottam mas vrata' 2004, Calcutta, Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math. His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj is observing Purushottama-Vrata in Calcutta Math from 17th July to 16th August, 2004.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/MISSION/2004/7/purushottam.mas.html

     

     

     

    PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE KIRTANA

     

    When the sastra tells us just how high our ideal is and just how precise the path ultimately is, we should be encouraged that we are on such an exalted path and that an advanced devotee has acknowledged our presence there.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/7professional.kirtana.html

     

     

     

    CRISIS IN MAYAPUR

     

    The present government of West Bengal is working on a development plan for  Mayapur, which includes erecting a bridge between Mayapura and Navadwip and widening the roads.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/DHAM/2004/7/crisis.in.mayapur.html

     

     

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    VINA Update: Saturday, July 17, 2004

     

    VINA website: http://vina.cc

    E-mail: vina@wva-vvrs.org

     

    VINA is the official news-site of the World Vaishnava Association WVA website: http://www.wva-vvrs.org

     

    Track VINA News with a RSS News-reader: http://vina.cc/vina.xml


  6. PURUSHOTTAM MAS VRATA' 2004

     

    Purushottam mas vrata' 2004, Calcutta, Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math. His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj is observing Purushottama-Vrata in Calcutta Math from 17th July to 16th August, 2004.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/MISSION/2004/7/purushottam.mas.html

     

     

     

    PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE KIRTANA

     

    When the sastra tells us just how high our ideal is and just how precise the path ultimately is, we should be encouraged that we are on such an exalted path and that an advanced devotee has acknowledged our presence there.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/7professional.kirtana.html

     

     

     

    CRISIS IN MAYAPUR

     

    The present government of West Bengal is working on a development plan for  Mayapur, which includes erecting a bridge between Mayapura and Navadwip and widening the roads.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/DHAM/2004/7/crisis.in.mayapur.html

     

     

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    VINA Update: Saturday, July 17, 2004

     

    VINA website: http://vina.cc

    E-mail: vina@wva-vvrs.org

     

    VINA is the official news-site of the World Vaishnava Association WVA website: http://www.wva-vvrs.org

     

    Track VINA News with a RSS News-reader: http://vina.cc/vina.xml


  7. THE SCIENCE OF RELATIONSHIPS

    by Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti

     

    Spiritual life is the science of wonderful relationships based

    on love. One of our main problems in this world is that we

    scarcely have good and loving relationships. This is also

    why we seek liberation from material existence and try to

    attain a higher truth. We desire real love and happiness.

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/7/science.of.relationships.html

     

     

    SRILA GOPAL BHATTA GOSWAMI

    by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja

    President of the WVA

     

    On the occasion of the disappearance day of Srila Gopal

    Bhatt Goswami (7 July 2004), The following is an excerpt

    from the book "Sri Chaitanya: His Life and Associates"

    by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj.

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/VAISHNAVAS/2004/7/gopal.bhatta.goswami.html

     

     

    MERCY AND CHEATING

    by Madhavananda das

     

    The following article appeared in Sri Krishna Kathamrita

    magazine issue 7 "Lord Shiva the Greatest Vaishnava",

    published by ISKCON Gopal Jiu Publications.

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/7/mercy.and.cheating.html

     

     

    BUDDHISM AND VEDANTA

    by Swami B.V. Tripurari

     

    "While Buddhism is about the negation of suffering, Vedanta,

    meaning the conclusion of knowledge, is about never-ending

    love, a love that reaches its zenith in Radha-Krsna."

     

    www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/7/buddhism.vedanta.html

     

     

     

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    VINA Update: Thursday, July 08, 2004

    gkdas@mac.com

     

    VINA website: http://vina.cc

    E-mail: vina@wva-vvrs.org

     

    VINA is the official news-site of the World Vaishnava Association

    WVA website: http://www.wva-vvrs.org

     

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  8. EULOGY OF SRILA BHAKTIVINODA THAKURA

    by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura

     

    It is not empiric wisdom that is the object of quest of the devotee.

    Those who read the scriptures for gathering empiric wisdom will be

    pursuing the wild goose chase...

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/6/eulogy.html

     

     

    CHARIOT FEST ROLLS INTO SPANISH FORK

    by Amy Choate / Desert Morning News

     

    Dark clouds filled with rain weren't enough to stop Lord Jagannath

    from going on vacation Saturday night. Spectators gather in front of

    the Hare Krishna temple to watch dancers during Saturday's festival.

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/MISSION/2004/6/chariot.fest.2.html

     

     

    PRAYERS FOR JAHNAVI

    by Indupati das

     

    Dear Vaisnavas and Vaisnavis,  

    Please accept my humble obeisances.

    All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!  

     

    Jahnavi was admitted to Shands hospital on Friday.

    On Saturday night she developed a lung problem and was taken

    to intensive care. They found one lung severely infected with

    pneumonia, and the other lung collapse after some procedure.

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/VAISHNAVAS/2004/6/prayers.jahnavi.html

     

     

    BANKE BIHARI & DHAM GHATI TEMPLE UNDER RECEIVERSHIP

    by WVA Vrindavan Dham Preservation Committee

     

    The government of India has recently placed two major temples in

    Vraja Mandala under receivership. Due to regular disputes and court

    cases surrounding donations coming into the Bankebihari Temple in

    Vrindavan and the Dham-ghati temple in Govardhan

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/BRHATMRDANGA/2004/6/kirtan.html

     

     

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     

    VINA Update: Wednesday, June 30, 2004

     

    VINA website: http://vina.cc

    E-mail: vina@wva-vvrs.org

     

    VINA is the official news-site of the World Vaishnava Association

    WVA website: http://www.wva-vvrs.org

     

    Track VINA News with a RSS News-reader: http://vina.cc/vina.xml

     

    To change your E-mail address or to be removed from our list send us a

    note to: vina@wva-vvrs.org


  9. EULOGY OF SRILA BHAKTIVINODA THAKURA

    by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura

     

    It is not empiric wisdom that is the object of quest of the devotee.

    Those who read the scriptures for gathering empiric wisdom will be

    pursuing the wild goose chase...

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/6/eulogy.html

     

     

    CHARIOT FEST ROLLS INTO SPANISH FORK

    by Amy Choate / Desert Morning News

     

    Dark clouds filled with rain weren't enough to stop Lord Jagannath

    from going on vacation Saturday night. Spectators gather in front of

    the Hare Krishna temple to watch dancers during Saturday's festival.

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/MISSION/2004/6/chariot.fest.2.html

     

     

    PRAYERS FOR JAHNAVI

    by Indupati das

     

    Dear Vaisnavas and Vaisnavis,  

    Please accept my humble obeisances.

    All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!  

     

    Jahnavi was admitted to Shands hospital on Friday.

    On Saturday night she developed a lung problem and was taken

    to intensive care. They found one lung severely infected with

    pneumonia, and the other lung collapse after some procedure.

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/VAISHNAVAS/2004/6/prayers.jahnavi.html

     

     

    BANKE BIHARI & DHAM GHATI TEMPLE UNDER RECEIVERSHIP

    by WVA Vrindavan Dham Preservation Committee

     

    The government of India has recently placed two major temples in

    Vraja Mandala under receivership. Due to regular disputes and court

    cases surrounding donations coming into the Bankebihari Temple in

    Vrindavan and the Dham-ghati temple in Govardhan

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/BRHATMRDANGA/2004/6/kirtan.html

     

     

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     

    VINA Update: Wednesday, June 30, 2004

     

    VINA website: http://vina.cc

    E-mail: vina@wva-vvrs.org

     

    VINA is the official news-site of the World Vaishnava Association

    WVA website: http://www.wva-vvrs.org

     

    Track VINA News with a RSS News-reader: http://vina.cc/vina.xml

     

    To change your E-mail address or to be removed from our list send us a

    note to: vina@wva-vvrs.org


  10. THE VISION OF A VAISHNAVA

    by Srila B.B.Tirtha Goswami Maharaja

    President of the WVA

     

    Question: How could Vaishnavas come to a better understanding among

    each other?

     

    With our http://www.vina.cc website we try to promote this type of

    consciousness and for that we need the blessings of all the Acaryas.

     

    Answer: Vaishnavas are mutually always in the best relationship,

    otherwise they cannot be Vaishnavas. The only target of Vaishnavas is

    to satisfy Vishnu. By serving Vishnu, they give contentment to Vishnu

    and contentment to all.

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/6/vaishnava.vision.html

     

     

    "NO TIME"

    by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

     

    When we approach some gentleman and request him to become a reader of

    "Back to Godhead," sometimes we are replied with the words "NO TIME."

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/6/no.time.html

     

     

    CHARIOT FEST

    by Caru das

     

    The Chariot Festival will be held Saturday June 26th at the Krishna

    Temple one mile south of Spanish Fork on Main St. This festival is

    modeled after the oldest ongoing festival known to man.

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/MISSION/2004/6/chariot.fest.html

     

     

    ADVERTISE YOUR DEVOTIONAL PROGRAM

    by Gokula Kirtan dasa

     

    Jai Radhe

     

    I have created a new website for the use of the vaisnava community

    around the world, it is a bulletin board to advertise your devotional

    program, kirtan or festival, speaking engagement or feast, any thing

    you want.

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/BRHATMRDANGA/2004/6/kirtan.html

     

     

     

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    VINA Update: Monday, June 21, 2004

     

    VINA website: http://vina.cc

    E-mail: vina@wva-vvrs.org

     

    VINA is the official news-site of the World Vaishnava Association

    WVA website: http://www.wva-vvrs.org

     

    Track VINA News with a RSS News-reader: http://vina.cc/vina.xml


  11. THE VISION OF A VAISHNAVA

    by Srila B.B.Tirtha Goswami Maharaja

    President of the WVA

     

    Question: How could Vaishnavas come to a better understanding among

    each other?

     

    With our www.vina.cc website we try to promote this type of

    consciousness and for that we need the blessings of all the Acaryas.

     

    Answer: Vaishnavas are mutually always in the best relationship,

    otherwise they cannot be Vaishnavas. The only target of Vaishnavas is

    to satisfy Vishnu. By serving Vishnu, they give contentment to Vishnu

    and contentment to all.

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/6/vaishnava.vision.html

     

     

    "NO TIME"

    by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

     

    When we approach some gentleman and request him to become a reader of

    "Back to Godhead," sometimes we are replied with the words "NO TIME."

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/6/no.time.html

     

     

    CHARIOT FEST

    by Caru das

     

    The Chariot Festival will be held Saturday June 26th at the Krishna

    Temple one mile south of Spanish Fork on Main St. This festival is

    modeled after the oldest ongoing festival known to man.

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/MISSION/2004/6/chariot.fest.html

     

     

    ADVERTISE YOUR DEVOTIONAL PROGRAM

    by Gokula Kirtan dasa

     

    Jai Radhe

     

    I have created a new website for the use of the vaisnava community

    around the world, it is a bulletin board to advertise your devotional

    program, kirtan or festival, speaking engagement or feast, any thing

    you want.

     

    FULL STORY:

    http://vina.cc/stories/BRHATMRDANGA/2004/6/kirtan.html

     

     

     

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    VINA Update: Monday, June 21, 2004

     

    VINA website: http://vina.cc

    E-mail: vina@wva-vvrs.org

     

    VINA is the official news-site of the World Vaishnava Association

    WVA website: http://www.wva-vvrs.org

     

    Track VINA News with a RSS News-reader: http://vina.cc/vina.xml


  12. Question: How could Vaishnavas come to a better understanding

    among each other?

     

    With our http://www.vina.cc website we try to promote this type of

    consciousness and for that we need the blessings of all the Acaryas.

     

    Answer by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja:

     

    Vaishnavas are mutually always in the best relationship, otherwise

    they cannot be Vaishnavas. The only target of Vaishnavas is to satisfy

    Vishnu. By serving Vishnu, they give contentment to Vishnu and

    contentment to all. Prahlad Maharaj said to his father Hiranyakshipu,

    “My dear father! Please give up your demoniac mentality.

     

    Do not discriminate in your heart between enemies and friends; make

    your mind equipoised toward everyone. Except for the uncontrolled and

    misguided mind, there is no enemy within this world. When one sees

    everyone on the platform of equality, one then comes to the position of

    worshiping the Lord perfectly.” (Translation by Srimat Bhakti Vedanta

    Swami Maharaj)

     

    Last message of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur

    to all ascetic and household devotees was this: “All of you should

    remain in close co-operation with the objective to propitiate the

    Supreme Lord with wholehearted allegiance to the grace incarnate form,

    Gurudeva, who is the Absolute Counterpart of the Supreme Lord. All of

    you should somehow maintain your livelihood in this most perishable

    non-eternal world, with the only objective of satisfying Supreme Lord.

    Don't give up worship of God inspite of hundreds of troubles, hundreds

    of humiliations and hundreds of abuses. Don't be discouraged by seeing

    that most of the conditioned souls in this world are not accepting the

    service of Sri Krishna sincerely, without deceitfulness. Never give up

    your own worship, and never give up your only wealth, the

    'be-all and end-all' of your life, which is the hearing and chanting of

    the glories of Sri Krishna. Always do Harikirtan with the qualities of

    being humbler than blade of grass and more forbearing than tree.”

     

    So the conclusion is that the root cause of all troubles and sufferings

    is aversion to Sri Krishna, and that the problems of this world cannot

    be removed by retaining the nescience.

     

    http://www.vina.cc/stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2004/6/vaishnava.vision.html

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