We are putting together a team of architects and engineers to further develop a practical, physical model of the universe according to the Srimad Bhagavatam.
The basic idea for this model has already been worked out by Carana Renu dasi (PhD in Astrophysics, previously the coordinator and a leading researcher of the official Vedic Planetarium Reseach [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Preaching Tools’
November 4, 2009
Architects, Engineers and 3D artists wanted for Vedic Planetarium model
November 3, 2009
The Devi Ashram: Openings for an ashram leader and ashram residents
Introduction
The Devi Ashram is a new International Vaishnavi Training and Retreat Centre in Brazil that will offer ladies of all ages an opportunity to come and learn or teach all aspects of a Krishna conscious lifestyle, or just relax and read/study Srila Prabhupada’s books in a good devotional atmosphere. The resident students at the ashram [...]
July 15, 2009
Weekend Gita Workshop in Porto Alegre
Last weekend we held our 4th Weekend Gita Workshop in Porto Alegre, covering chapters 7 and 8.
This was our biggest group yet, with 16 people. Since the last one was our smallest, I was enthused by the change. The devotee couple who organize this program in Porto Alegre, Vrajendra-nanda Das and Vraja-jana DD (both Param [...]
May 5, 2009
May Retreat in Pandavas Paradise
This last weekend we had our May retreat in Pandavas Paradise. Though normally May is already the beginning of the long dry season in this part of the world, we had torrential rains for several days before the retreat and the first two days of it. This has never been seen here – I guess [...]
April 25, 2009
Mantra Workshop
Yesterday, my wife and I gave a Mantra Workshop in a local yoga studio in Brasilia.
This is one of my favorite workshops. What more could a servant of Lord C ask for? Leading people for 90 minutes (or more) in chanting the holy names is always very blissful.
We sang four different mantras, including Hare Krishna. [...]
March 7, 2009
Fascinating Video
Here’s a very informative video prepared by Sony, with some curious facts about the world now, on how fast things are changing and how much information we are being exposed to. Srila Hridayananda Das Goswami warns that, as society is moving so fast today, people in general are “intellectually hydroplaning.” In other words, people are [...]
January 2, 2009
Studies Show: Religion Improves Self-control
Michael McCullough and Brian Willoughby of University of Miami have reviewed eight decades of research and concluded that religion improves self-control. Their findings will be published in the next Psychological Bulletin.
“Brain-scan studies have shown that when people pray or meditate, there’s a lot of activity in two parts of brain that are important for self-regulation [...]
December 22, 2008
Social Welfare Generates Good Will for Hare Krishnas
Last week we had a tea party for the school cooks of Alto Paraíso, the little town near Pandavas Paradise. The party celebrated one more year of our social welfare work with the local Secretary of Education.
We served them a nice prasadam feast of apple and cinnamon tea, cake, pizza, bread, pumpkin spread and and [...]
September 11, 2008
Weekend Gita Course
When I published my book, “Yoga Sutra Made Simple”, based on the translation and comments of Srila Hridayananda Das Goswami Acharyadeva, it occurred to me that I could teach its 196 sutras in one weekend. I thought that this could be an attractive preaching opportunity, giving the yoga crowd a chance to really understand the [...]
