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On Summer Tour with the Band What a whirlwind of a tour! After seeing the country our foreign devotees
concluded that everywhere you go it was all the same-McDonalds and Wal-Marts
here and there in every town and village. I do have to admit I appreciated
the experience. I'm not sure if I could do it again, but just because I
said that, I think you'll find me writing yet another installment of the
Phish saga. I better watch what I say. © CHAKRA 27-September-2000 Radhastami Offerings Your
article about Srimati
Radharani's sunglasses reminded me of New Mayapura in 1985... © CHAKRA 27-September-2000 E-zine for Young at Heart CHAKRA (Toronto) - September 27, 2000: Youth members of the Toronto, Canada, ISKCON temple have put together an
online newsletter called “Eternal Friend.”
© CHAKRA 27-September-2000 Bhakta Burfi and the Lion Bhakta Burfi was very enthusiastic to
distribute Prabhupada's books in deepest darkest Africa. While out on Sankirtana,
he crossed paths with a full-grown lion. Backing away from the man-eating beast,
he began to pray in earnest to Lord Nrisimhadeva. "Dearest Lord, king of
all lions, you know the nature of this beast, please make him a
devotee."
© CHAKRA 20-September-2000 Bhakta Burfi Wins the Book Marathon Bhaka Burfi surprised everyone when he won
the book marathon. He was not the most charming of devotees, nor was he
very articulate. In fact, he had quite an embarrassing stutter when he had
to speak with strangers. Confused, his far more qualified competitors
wondered how he had done it! Thinking that he must have cheated in some
way, they secretly followed him.
© CHAKRA 20-September-2000 Radharani Gets Sunglasses CHAKRA (Toronto,
Canada) - Say again? No kidding. About 60 devotees and friends
burst into laughter while unwrapping gifts for Srimati Radharani on Her
appearance Day recently. The reason? Someone donated a beautiful pair
of sunglasses. © CHAKRA 20-September-2000 14th Annual Vraja Mandal
Parikrama 2000 - Schedule
Registration and payment can be done on the day of departure. There is plenty of room for everyone so there is no need to book a space. © CHAKRA 20-September-2000 Inauguration of Temple in
Manipur, India CHAKRA (Manipur, India) - The Grand Inauguration of Sri Sri Radha Krishnachandra
Manimandir,
the centerpiece of University of Bhagavata Culture, is scheduled on the
auspicious Kartika Purnima, Saturday, November 11, 2000. © CHAKRA 20-September-2000 Better Chant Hare Krishna Birth, death, old age and disease are sobering facts of
life, whether one is a devotee of Krishna, a Jew, Muslim, Buddhist,
atheist, or whatever. Much of the ranting and raving (though not all) I've
seen on the CHAKRA web site would be time better spent chanting Hare
Krishna or reading Prabhupada's books. © CHAKRA 20-September-2000 Nimala Has Stolen My Day
in Court: An Open Letter to Mr. Turley Most
of you have heard about the lawsuit filed against ISKCON by the Turley Law
firm. The following is a petition I'm circulating to send him. The reasons
for this petition are given below in my letter to Turley. I will include
your responses to him on this matter unless otherwise requested not to. © 14-September-2000 Book Review:
"Watering the Seed" by Giriraj Swami CHAKRA (Cape Town, South Africa) - One
important recent development in ISKCON is that several senior disciples of
Srila Prabhupada who had close association with him have begun the process
of writing down their memories of him. His Holiness Giriraj Swami, who
joined ISKCON in 1969 and served in the Juhu project as temple president
under Srila Prabhupada's direct supervision, has recently released the
first in a series of books about his experiences with Srila Prabhupada. © CHAKRA 14-September-2000 Who Says Prabhupada Knew? In an article on VNN entitled
"Did Srila Prabhupada Know?" Narayana Maharaja says that Srila
Prabhupada knew all about the child abuse in the gurukulas but did nothing
to stop it. This news, VNN tells us, "gives great happiness to all
sincere followers of Srila Prabhupada." © CHAKRA 2-September-2000 Reply
from Windle Turley, P.C. Dear Mr.
Giuffre; Although I
do not respond to most of the e-mail sent to this office regarding the
ISKCON lawsuit, I did want to reply to your long letter RE: " Nirmala
Has Stolen My Day in Court". © 14-September-2000 Premier of British Columbia, Canada, attends Vancouver Ratha Yatra CHAKRA (Vancouver, Canada) - The honorable Premier of
British Columbia was the special guest of honor at ISKCON Vancouver's
26th. annual Ratha Yatra festival. © CHAKRA 14-September-2000 Vancouver Janmastami 2000 CHAKRA (Vancouver, Canada) - An estimated 7,000 guests
attended this years Janmastami festival at ISKCON Vancouver. Some very
prominent leaders of the government also joined in the celebration such as
Ms. Sue Hammel, the multi-cultural minister of Canada. © CHAKRA 14-September-2000 Lima Rath Cart Wins Prize CHAKRA (Lima, Peru) - On 23rd of July ISKCON Lima
participated, for the first time, in a parade for Independence day,
organized by a well known company here. At that event 90 different
companies participated, each with their own float. Over one hundred
thousand people attended the parade, and it was broadcast on television. PAMHO.NET Offline Unexpectedly
from Friday 18:00 until Sunday I'm hoping to reach you
through CHAKRA with the following message. BBC World News: Krishnas Face Huge Abuse ClaimFormer students of the Hare Krishna religious movement have filed a $400m claim against the organisation for alleged sexual and emotional abuse. They say children as young as three were abused at boarding schools in America and India in the 1970s and 1980s. The lawsuit alleges offences including rape, sexual abuse, physical torture and emotional terror. It says young girls were given as brides to older men who donated to the religious community. The current Hare Krishna leadership has carried out its own investigations and promised a compensation fund for any victims. Only one of its schools now takes boarders.
© BBC News 12-September-2000 Australian Response to Teagan's Letter The article you published from
Bhaktin Teagan is extremely speculative and inaccurate, I don't take it as
offensive rather extremely inaccurate and false. Without wanting to enter
into details (I can if you want me to) I am informing you that I dealt
with a matter mentioned my Bhaktin Teagan myself and her statements are
inaccurate and false. © CHAKRA 29-Nov-2003 Friends of Lord Krishna Performs
at Gonesha Festival in South India The heavy
clouds and intermittent showers did not hamper the enthusiasm of about 25
children who braved all odds and gave yet another memorable performance in
front of a large gathering. © CHAKRA 29-Nov-2003 Bhaktivedanta Manor Did
Not Mishandle Protestors I am the temple president of
Bhaktivedanta Manor. Recently much has been said on the Internet regarding
how the Manor handled protestors during our recent and highly successful Janmastami
festival attended by an estimated 50,000 people.
Below is a statement by me, as the temple president, which explains what
happened from my perspective. © CHAKRA 2-September-2000 The Nature of Leadership
(ISKCON Leadership - Part II) In our previous essay (ISKCON Leadership Part I), we briefly mentioned
the issue of followership. In this second part, we will somewhat expand
this rather most important aspect of leadership. We can not help it but to
emphasize that the most basic and invariable nature of leadership is
followership. Evidently, a leader without followers is not a leader. © CHAKRA 02-September-2000 Vraja Mandala Parikrama
2000 I have received many enquires about the ISKCON Vraj Mandal Parikrama,
and here is the advance information. © CHAKRA 2-September-2000
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