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We walked bullock cart sankirtan from Prayaga after attending maha kumbha mela with Srila Prabhupada. Lokanatha Swami led, party of eight or so, mixed Westerners and Indians. Padmapani was there, myself, and the famous film producer Jon Kay. We arrived in Varanasi without knowing the 500th anniversary of Mahaprabhu's visit. There were even processions in the street of Caitanya murthi. We did kirtan, wound up the rich metal seller's markets narrow avenues to the Srila Visvanatha Temple, and were very nicely and happily greeted, were asked to touch the Deity Linga, Srila Visvanatha, held kirtana hari haraya namah krsna, hare krsna maha mantra etc, priest put tilak and prasadam to us etc. 500 years to the day, Mahaprabhu's mixed disciples showed up to do kirtana just as He had ! We stayed at Ram ghat at a Ram baba temple that evening, full eclipse of moon, we bathed in Ganga that early evening. I watched the silver blue moon sitting at the steps of the ghat with the devotees, chanting Har

pamho tamohara prabhu agtACBSP!

  This comment come from the sublime nectar on the vani seva of our guru maharaj and is to help the new comers of SRILA PRABHUPADA  spirit net,to become a krsna conscious person. the living entity must come to the paltform of acintya abheda bheda tattvam. that means that all the forms of life materially and spiritually are SRI KRSNA and in the same time, different from SRI KRSNA, Who said in the SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA that the matter and the spirit are within HIS supreme personality of godhead, almost everyone is trapped in the false images of the fake reflection which is making by contaminate substances, and unless one realized that this fake image is also SRI KRSNA, one can't become krsna conscious,  but keep on to take birth and die alone with a lot of troubles to overcome life after life. that's why our beloved acharya used to repeat very often how important is to become a living entity conscious of SRI KRSNA.

Of course the material nature with all h

Various Levels of Spiritual Love

In ujjvala-rasa (the topmost pinnacle of all devotional mellows), the permanent mellow is madhurya-rati (loving attachment for Krsna expressed in the mood of a lover). This madhurya-rati is of three kinds: (1) sadharani [attachment wherein one’s own personal enjoyment is present], (2) samanjasa [attachment wherein both one’s personal enjoyment and the desire to please Sri Krsna are equally present], and (3) samartha [attachment wherein only the desire to please Krsna is present]. The sadharani-madhurya-rati found in Kubja is like an ordinary gemstone. The royal queens of Dvaraka, beginning with Rukmini, are possessed of samanjasa-madhurya-rati. This is compared to cintamani or touchstone. The gopis of Vraja are possessed of samartha-madhurya-rati, and this is compared to the Kaustubha jewel.

That attachment which has of its design and intent one’s own personal enjoyment is called sadharani. That attachment, which has as its purpose the enjoyment that accr

Cauliflower and Tofu Pakora Batter

Fry pakoras at medium heat always, and pre-cook cauliflower pieces by steaming for a couple minutes. Tofu may be cut in strips. The spelt, an "old world grain", flour has the qualtiy of stickiness, adhesiveness, try it!  White or Whole wheat flower may be substiuted, not quite as good. Spelt is an Excellent pakora batter additive. This recipe suits half a large-medium cauliflower, or 1/4 a large one, plus 1/2 cup extra-firm tofu cut into stips= equals protein. Offer to Srila Prabhupada with the tamarind chutney, water, salt, flower, and rice. Brahmanas may also offer through succession, to Radha Krishna; don't forget the Tulsi  leaves!

Pakora batter; 0ne and 1/3 cups besan, 1/3 cup spelt flower

enough water to make a medium thick pancake-like batter.

one tspn. cooking molasses or one and a half tspns brown sugar

one/half  tablespn olive  oil

one and 1/2 teaspns tumeric

one and 1/2 tspns. coriander

2/3 tspn. black pepper

2/3 tspn. salt

2/3 ts