Welcome! It’s already February of 2008 and we’re on our way to having another year absorbed in Krishna consciousness! Here at Krishna.com we are always trying to keep you connected to Krishna. Whether it’s through entertaining videos, uplifting audio, inspiring blogs, or nourishing vegetarian food recipes, We try to bring you closer to Krishna through his teachings, his pastimes and his devotees. With February being the month of love, let us help you with gifts for loved ones and feeling more connected to the ultimate source of love, Krishna. When we deposit our love to the source, then all of those around us will feel benefited. We hope that with all of this added content and material we can help you have a successful month in Krishna consciousness. So read up and tune into February’s Krishna.com!
Your servants,
The Krishna.com Team
Everyday at Krishna.com we are working to improve and enhance the quality for your’s and Krishna’s pleasure. Organizing, updating, adding, reforming, revamping, and polishing are just a few of the many services we do to keep Krishna.com’s content enjoyable! This month we’ve re-organized and added to the Video section for your entertainment. We now have a new category called Video Blogs. Bada Haridas, Carl Woodham, Ekendra, and Tulasi Priya present wonderful videos and “How-To”s on philosophy, chanting, meditation and music. Enjoy!
Last month we featured Tulasi Priya’s Video, Dealing with Disease. This month we feature her husband, Ekendra Dasa, who is a singer and songwriter. In this first video of four, Ekendra sings about the unknown self and how we are all struggling to face our fears and deal with reality. After the song he explains the meaning and offers the solution to keeping your mind illuminated: Chant Hare Krishna. Stay tuned for more upcoming transcendental video blogs!
In this month’s featured blog, we ventured out and found a devotee who maintains a very nice, almost daily blog. With our new “Blogs From Around the Web” section, we can give you a live feed of various blogs we’ve highlighted or found inspiring and appealing to our audience. This month we present Gauranga Kishore Dasa. He is a “Second Generation” youth or “Gurukuli” and was born in the Hare Krishna Movement. He is also a disciple of His Holiness Radhanath Swami. After taking a break from college to study in India with his spiritual master for a year, he returned and graduated from the University of Florida with a Bsc. in Psychology. He has since returned to India and onwards to various temples to do service as a pujari or preaching at colleges. Give him your blessings as you follow him in his spiritual journeys and serves Lord Krishna! “Without the blessings of Vaisnavas, we cannot do anything successfully to please Krishna.”
On Sunday, January 20th, 2008, our very own Rasa Rasika Dasa and Navasi Devi Dasi facilitated the first stage of the new Japa Room. The Japa Room is a new interactive Japa group website, whereby participants can meet together in a friendly and constructive way to improve their Japa online. It is set out in 10 stages and they are opening their doors every Sunday at 3:30 AM GMT and 12:30 PM GMT. Check it out to have many of your Japa questions answered and join in this Sunday for some wonderful association and experiences.
Srila Prabhupada relays the pure message of the sacred Vedic texts for all of our benefit in these recently (January 14th) added short inspirational excerpts. Taken from Srila Prabhupada’s lectures and presented for your listening, they will illuminate and clarify particular aspects of Krishna consciousness. Please tune into our new “Srila Prabhupada Says…” and our selected full length lectures that will most certainly inspire and uplift you in your daily life!
How about a slice of moist and rich “Carrot Cake Supreme”? Head over to our Food section and visit Ranga’s Kitchen for some fabulous recipes and mouth watering pictures! Cooking and hosting family gatherings is in Rangavati Dasi’s genes. Her grandmother, who lived just outside of Rome, Italy, cooked things like bread and homemade spaghetti every day and her father was also a restaurateur. She also shared the kitchen with Yamuna Devi, author of Lord Krishna’s Cuisine. Create your own Holiday Feast and do as Ranga does - spend time with your loved ones eating Krishna prasadam (food offered with devotion to God).
In December’s Newsletter, we featured the upcoming Mexico and Guatemala Krishna Culture Festival Tour under “Events”. This month we present to you a report of this past year’s successful preaching and travels throughout North America. ISKCON youth from all parts of the world traveled throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico and Guatemala to put on Krishna Culture Festivals at Ratha-yatras, theaters, temples, auditoriums, yoga studios, and beaches. They visited glaciers in the Rocky Mountains, hot-spring waterfalls, exotic “cenotes” in the jungles and white sand beaches in the Caribbean. Read the report, view hundreds of photos, and watch a video of our 2007 festival tour. Visit ISKCONyouth.com for more information and to get involved.
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