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MESSAGE 3:- I may appear as the River the Ferry of Devotion the Ferryman Even as Radha waiting at Every Shore

MESSAGE 2:- I am never too busy I will see you as and when I please. ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com

Yes I was wondering myself why this thread entitled <u>Medicinal Properties of Tulasi </u> was not placed in the Health and Wellbeing Forum.

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JRdd: About Talasiga's question about the japa mala, well first of all they use the wood after Tulasi has left the body talasiga: So it is alright to use the wood from a dead tulsi (viz. "after Tulasi has left the body") but not to use the leaves that have fallen ? stonehearted: [Prabhupada] said that Tualsi was not to be heated. He would make sun tea by putting manjaris in a jar of water and letting it sit for a while, sometimes in the sun. talasiga: Aha ! Brilliant ! So this is the way he would <u>use</u> it !

BTW, how do these "smritis" provide for the use of tulsi wood for making japamala ?

Meaning is my first language I will juggle any other to convey it. You started off despising all Sikhs and now you are down to only abusing me. We are making some progress ..... ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com [This message has been edited by talasiga (edited 10-29-2001).]

ANSWER 2: First, have you fully felt your present "sayujiya" ? [This message has been edited by talasiga (edited 10-29-2001).]

ANSWER 1: You are not All of Hari .....

jndas: Please read my poem above. Its a haikoo. And it answers your questions. talasiga: I can see no poem. Madhudvisha's illness was obviously liver toxicity and the "blindness" a transient symptom. Perhaps a medical practitioner, such as Satyaraj, may be able to explain this to you. jndas: Regarding the boiling of ganga water, it is in reference to trying to purify the water of material contaminations. talasiga: So why did you introduce this in parallel to the discussion on tulsi ? Are you suggesting that tulsi should not be boiled to purify it but may be boiled for other reasons like when Prabhupad wishes to make it into tea cf ganga water should not be boiled to purify the water of material contaminations but may be boiled to cook daal. jndas: Further, one cannot wash one's clothes in Ganga water, nor brush one's teeth in it (in the general sense). There are procedures for purifying one's cloth while bathing in the ganga, but it is another topic. Tirthas are not to be used for mundane things. talasiga: you might ask your Guru whether every place in the Ganga is a Tirtha or only certain points of CONFLUENCE. ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com [This message has been edited by talasiga (edited 10-29-2001).]

gHari: So y'all will insist that I too must live my life on the mental platform, using induction and logic to effect my life? Where's that written - especially in a spiritual forum where 'surrender' is bandied about like a cliche. talasiga: Does the state of surrender encompass chanting the Lord's Name on the rosary AND, at the same time, giving a commentary on this to a taxi driver ? gHari: I do not consider it a prejudice to avoid those who deny God's person. It was recommended to me by the man I've admired most in this life, to avoid such impersonalists for they are more dangerous than a tiger. talasiga: It is MOST appropriate that you avoid displaying your erudition to that particular taxi driver ! It is INAPPROPRIATE prejudice that you have judged all Sikhs on the basis of one experience with one of them. ghARI: I am now trying to determine whether that Sikh I met was just stupid or not knowledgeable about his own religion, or whether Guru Nanak's teachings have been distorted into an impersonalistic church. talasiga: Are you sure he was a Sikh and not someone in disguise ? Have you thought that, perhaps he was a frustrated psychotherapist out to bust your false ego ? gHari: Believe me, I am hoping most desperately that I can write that rude character off as an uneducated misfit out of touch with real Sikhism. Some of the websites however are not too promising, talking of merging into a formless God. talasiga: No contradiction. Krishna has provided His formless aspect for those who are into merging ..... gHari: Yet Nanak is quite lovely so there is still hope. talasiga: Keep reading. You may come to a page where you will learn about forgiveness. gHari: If you are a Sikh you can help me here. talasiga: If I have helped you it is by Lord's Grace. If I haven't, it is not because I am not a Sikh. gHari: If you are an impersonalist, then you will hate me no matter what I do. talasiga: You are not so significant that you can serve as a focus for a definition of impersonalism. If I were to love you no matter what you did, would that make me a personalist ? ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com [This message has been edited by talasiga (edited 10-29-2001).]

Gauracandra: But for some reason Madhudvisa couldn't vomit the poison out. After a while he literally went blind and couldn't see. They asked Srila Prabhupada what to do and <u>he said to make a tea out of some Tulasi leaves </u> and to give this to Madhudvisa. He drank the tea down, and his food poisoning disappeared and his sight recovered almost immediately. [underlining by Talasiga] jndas: But for devotees, the tulasi should be taken as it was offered to the Lord. It should not be ground, boiled, etc. In the same way, ganga water should not be boiled or filtered (except through a cloth to remove fish, insects or debris). talasiga: 1. How would Prabhupad make tulsi tea without boiling it ? 2. It is OK to dump your sins in it and wash clothes in it, but you cannot use Ganga water to make daal ?

Dear gHari All your cut and paste is a lot of waste until you can grow out of this prejudice:- Waking up is quick and sweet and involves no long quotes ! . . . ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com

Who would leave his common sense in a Toronto taxi !? Please reconsider your position (2nd request) ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com [This message has been edited by talasiga (edited 10-28-2001).]

!!! Compare with: I bought a box of apples from the organic produce warehouse. The first apple I went to eat was rotten through to the core. I just threw the rest of the box away in disgust. I will never ever buy apples there again ..... gHari, You are deafened by your prejudice Do you think Krishna would drag such a deaf ear ? I don't know but certainly He is such an unpredicatble Lord. Please reconsider your position. Sat Shree Akal ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com

Dearmost Friends, The cow is holy yet many will milk her. The Guru is much loved yet many will be taught by Him or Her The sun is Surya Narayan Himself -will you not be warmed by Him ? The symbiotic relationship is no bar to mutual love. If you are unable to pick Her leaves, why not accept those already fallen on the ground ? (This is not a poem) Kind Regards ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com

the poems of Kabir are there also. please do not be too silent about them ! . . . ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com

Where in this recommendation is killing of blasphemers (or alleged blasphemers ) promoted ? BTW, do you think that Krishna's Devotee is so low that such comments can blaspheme him ? To think that the Devotee could be so easily blasphemed would itself appear to be a much more fundamental blasphemy.

It is pointless for the hungry to set up the crockery and cutlery and to celebrate the ritual of eating unless they have some food for the table.

Perhaps it is already within your heartfelt expectation ...... Miriam Mata ki Jay !

I have not yet seen this "hatred" but only some clumsy love.

If Hari is All What can be without Him ? . . . ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com

"Ultimate" is a relative concept . . . ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com

Even the movement of blood evinces harmonics But don't you know that it is the HEARTSONG that moves it ? . . . ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com

This reference to a "violin" must be a product of the translation process Some scholars with a meagre knowledge of musical intruments and for want of the appropriate word for a chordaphonic instrument played with a bow may have used the word "violin" in a generic sense. It would have been better had they used the word "fiddle". As you would be aware the violin emerged only about 400 or so years ago in Europe probably derived from the Arabian rebab, the medieval fiddle and the rebec. Of course, if you have information that Ravana invented a fiddle other than the sarangi or, what is more likely, the sarangi's forerunner, I have a genuine interest in knowing more about this <u>fiddle</u>.