Yamuna devi dasi biography of abraham
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Krishna The Friendly God by Karuna Dharini Devi Dasi
My Friend Jyoti told me that when she was a child growing up in Mumbai she went to temples with her parents to worship a variety of gods.
"I did not know which one to worship most. I remember my childhood anxiety. I worshiped them all to avoid making insult."
I laughed to hear her say this. Yet my own experience of religion was no less perplexing. i Every Wednesday morning in our school chapel we sang in loud chorus is:
"Sinner, do you love my Jesus? Sinner do you love my Jesus? Sinner do you love my Jesus? .. We're soldiers of the Lord! If you love Him why not serve Him? … Soldiers of the Lord!"
At Light and Life Christian Day School there was no concept of gods in the plural sense except for "Thou shalt not have any other gods before Me" in the Ten Commandments. We knew nothing but exclusive monotheism.
Meanwhile Jyoti was a product of a broad polytheism.
She told me that one day she found the words to ask her Mom, "Couldn't one of the gods be the best?"
"Yes, Jyoti, ultimately one of them must be the best."&
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The Case for Ox Power
The world's economy and ecology are in danger, victims of the modern way of life. The situation demands a return to the natural life, based on cows, bulls, and the land.
LAST JANUARY I visited ISKCON's Saranagati community in British Columbia. Jambavan Dasa, who lives there, had recently participated in the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver.
The organizers of the event, the largest annual fair in western Canada, had invited the community to bring two oxen. During the opening parade, the oxen pulled a covered wagon like those used by the early settlers in North America.
Afterwards, many visitors came to the community's exhibition, especially to see the oxen. The question most often asked was, How do you get them to grow so big?
And Jambavan would tell them the secret to raising big oxen.
"Really?" said one visitor. "That's all there is to it?"
"I can't believe it," said another. "It's too simple."
"You're kidding," said another.
What was Jambavan's secret? It's easy: The oxen grow big because we don't eat them.
I couldn't understand the problem. "What's so strange about a big ox?" I asked. Then Jambavan explained that almost all the bulls in North America are butchered before they are two years old.
I thought about the words of the Ve
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“Thou Shalt Not Kill” — Nutriment Eating problem Bad
Thou Shalt Not Kill
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by Visakha-devi dasi
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