Author Archives: Candidasa dasa, UK

I’m sorry for the extended period of no blog entries from me. I was somewhat preoccupied with many things. Hopefully I’ll be publishing more frequently again from now on.

I’m sorry for the extended period of no blog entries from me. I was somewhat preoccupied with many things. Hopefully I’ll be publishing more frequently again from now on.

Just two people for the last session before the easter break. I discussed a little bit about the story of Srila Prabhupada and all the amazing things he did. We also discussed some general questions and answers.
Use of technology: everyone is really im…

Just two people for the last session before the easter break. I discussed a little bit about the story of Srila Prabhupada and all the amazing things he did. We also discussed some general questions and answers.
Use of technology: everyone is really im…

I went to a Klassentreffen (high school reunion) of my former high school in Germany (the Taunusschule K??nigstein) over the Christmas vacation. It was interesting and nice to see all my school mates again.
Funny that at least one third of them had bee…

I went to a Klassentreffen (high school reunion) of my former high school in Germany (the Taunusschule K??nigstein) over the Christmas vacation. It was interesting and nice to see all my school mates again.
Funny that at least one third of them had bee…

The market for amateur video content on the Internet is growing rapidly. A creative and unique video weblog (also known as vLog) can attract millions of young viewers. Carana Renu also recently blogged about this opportunity.
Market analysis
Vlogging i…

The market for amateur video content on the Internet is growing rapidly. A creative and unique video weblog (also known as vLog) can attract millions of young viewers. Carana Renu also recently blogged about this opportunity.
Market analysis
Vlogging i…

I ordered a new suitcase from a very nice suitcase store in Germany. As with almost every store in Germany, they ship using DHL.
I wasn’t in when the delivery was first attempted. The card said “sorry me missed you when we tried to deliver at time: pm”…

I ordered a new suitcase from a very nice suitcase store in Germany. As with almost every store in Germany, they ship using DHL.
I wasn’t in when the delivery was first attempted. The card said “sorry me missed you when we tried to deliver at time: pm”…

3 people for this week’s session. One new person (though not the person from last week). The new person was a medical student and frequented Brahma Kumari silent meditation sessions. She said chanting Hare Krishna was comparable with mindfulness and ot…

3 people for this week’s session. One new person (though not the person from last week). The new person was a medical student and frequented Brahma Kumari silent meditation sessions. She said chanting Hare Krishna was comparable with mindfulness and ot…

Gaura Purnima. The Golden Moon festival. The appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The most important day of the year for Vaisnavas.
This year I went to the Manchester temple for this auspicious event. It was great! The devotees performed a very good…

Gaura Purnima. The Golden Moon festival. The appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The most important day of the year for Vaisnavas.
This year I went to the Manchester temple for this auspicious event. It was great! The devotees performed a very good…

5 people for this week’s session, including one new visitor. We did some gentle slow-deep stretch yoga to help heal everyone’s bad backs. The then did mantra chanting, as usual. The time passed surprisingly quick. Chanting for 10 minutes seemed like a …

5 people for this week’s session, including one new visitor. We did some gentle slow-deep stretch yoga to help heal everyone’s bad backs. The then did mantra chanting, as usual. The time passed surprisingly quick. Chanting for 10 minutes seemed like a …

No one came.
Four people told me the couldn’t make it because they had injured their backs in unrelated incidents. Maybe it was some strange astrological configuration that caused the whole world to experience back injury (?).

No one came.
Four people told me the couldn’t make it because they had injured their backs in unrelated incidents. Maybe it was some strange astrological configuration that caused the whole world to experience back injury (?).

I decided to move the Vedicsoc session from Tuesday to Thursday. A number of people told me they could no longer make it on Tuesday and a number of potential people said they never came because they couldn’t make it on Tuesdays.
People are so busy.
Tw…

I decided to move the Vedicsoc session from Tuesday to Thursday. A number of people told me they could no longer make it on Tuesday and a number of potential people said they never came because they couldn’t make it on Tuesdays.
People are so busy.
Tw…

I visited the Swansea Govinda’s Restaurant / Temple a few weekends ago.
The pictures of me were taken with a 3 megapixel Nokia mobile phone camera. All the other pictures were taken with my trusty 5 megapixel Minolta A1. Can you tell the difference in…

I visited the Swansea Govinda’s Restaurant / Temple a few weekends ago.
The pictures of me were taken with a 3 megapixel Nokia mobile phone camera. All the other pictures were taken with my trusty 5 megapixel Minolta A1. Can you tell the difference in…

Photographer Bill Sullivan’s website has a gallery of a bunch of people walking through subway turnstiles. The pictures present an interesting view into life. Not one of the 48 people is smiling. Such an unhappy world we live in (though Krishna conscio…

Photographer Bill Sullivan’s website has a gallery of a bunch of people walking through subway turnstiles. The pictures present an interesting view into life. Not one of the 48 people is smiling. Such an unhappy world we live in (though Krishna conscio…

For this week’s Vedicsoc session we got two of our regulars. We discussed prison.
I asked: who wants to be imprisoned? Who wants to be restricted in their activity? Who wants someone else constantly telling them what to do? Who wants their life dict…

For this week’s Vedicsoc session we got two of our regulars. We discussed prison.
I asked: who wants to be imprisoned? Who wants to be restricted in their activity? Who wants someone else constantly telling them what to do? Who wants their life dict…

Questions are the natural product of affection. Complexities will inevitably be part of practicing KC in the material world. It’s like trying to remain dry while immersed in water.
The pushings of senses are reactions for your sensory activity. People…

Questions are the natural product of affection. Complexities will inevitably be part of practicing KC in the material world. It’s like trying to remain dry while immersed in water.
The pushings of senses are reactions for your sensory activity. People…

Devotees tend to want to focus on Krishna, on the pastime of mother Yasoda binding Krishna. Now that Krishna is bound to the mortar, what happened then? Time for more mischief: I shall knock down these two Yamala Arjuna trees.
Let us go to the heavenl…

Devotees tend to want to focus on Krishna, on the pastime of mother Yasoda binding Krishna. Now that Krishna is bound to the mortar, what happened then? Time for more mischief: I shall knock down these two Yamala Arjuna trees.
Let us go to the heavenl…

Weimar is a great University city. Apply your great education to understanding Krishna. Proof of Krishna is not in logic and reason, the proof is in the scripture. But sometimes logic and reason is useful to help you understand the scripture. Logic an…

Weimar is a great University city. Apply your great education to understanding Krishna. Proof of Krishna is not in logic and reason, the proof is in the scripture. But sometimes logic and reason is useful to help you understand the scripture. Logic an…

I attended a talk by a “science communicator” who was visiting my University. He was speaking on intelligent design from a neutral (yeah, right) perspective.
He outlined both the evolution and intelligent design theories. He quoted anti-evolution argum…

I attended a talk by a “science communicator” who was visiting my University. He was speaking on intelligent design from a neutral (yeah, right) perspective.
He outlined both the evolution and intelligent design theories. He quoted anti-evolution argum…

3 new people this week. However, two of them had to leave within the first 10 minutes. They had just wanted to buy a mantra-meditation kit to practice some chanting at home (fine by me).
I did some chanting with the one person that stayed and we also d…

3 new people this week. However, two of them had to leave within the first 10 minutes. They had just wanted to buy a mantra-meditation kit to practice some chanting at home (fine by me).
I did some chanting with the one person that stayed and we also d…

I recently attended a round-table discussion with Grady Booch. Yes, the Grady Booch. What, you’ve never heard of him? If you studied Computer Science you are sure to have at least one book of his. He is one of the gurus of software development. He is n…

I recently attended a round-table discussion with Grady Booch. Yes, the Grady Booch. What, you’ve never heard of him? If you studied Computer Science you are sure to have at least one book of his. He is one of the gurus of software development. He is n…

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Or, in Latin, if you prefer: “aurora musis amica”
That is a German proverb that literally means: “the morning hour has gold in the mouth”. It kind of loses something in the translation…
Anyway, in a survey of 20 top CEOs, 80% of them get up…

(source)
Or, in Latin, if you prefer: “aurora musis amica”
That is a German proverb that literally means: “the morning hour has gold in the mouth”. It kind of loses something in the translation…
Anyway, in a survey of 20 top CEOs, 80% of them get up…