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Entries from February 2008

Local ISKCON Temple Holds Clearance Sale on Hindu Samskaras

February 29th, 2008 · 10 Comments

PARAMUS, NJ - In their latest newsletter, ISKCON temple president, Mahavikas das announced that area brahmins will be holding a two-month long clearance sale to make way for new Samskaras.
“The assembled devotees would be crazy to miss out on such an auspicious event,” Mahavikas said. “But with the new samskaras coming in, the old […]

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Tags: Hinduism · ISKCON inc.

Study Proves Old ISKCON Adage about Women and Cows

February 22nd, 2008 · 66 Comments

KANSAS CITY - A recent study conducted by Kamadeva das brahmacari has scientifically proven the old ISKCON proverb that a woman is ten times lustier than a cow. Kamadeva began this research while working on his doctoral thesis for the Rupanuga Vedic College last summer. In order to complete the degree, Kamadeva was required to […]

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Tags: Brahmacari/ni Life · Science · Women's Issues

Ex-ISKCON Guru Now Ex-Ithaca Car Salesman

February 15th, 2008 · 22 Comments

ITHACA, NY - Ex-ISKCON guru, John O’Brien, is now also an ex-Ithaca car salesman, closing his doors after a scandal-rocked year. 2007 was “difficult as hell,” claims O’Brien, adding, “What with the cost of gas and the weak dollar, people were just not taking to buying cars.”
The Ithacar Used Carlot in Ithaca, NY opened in […]

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Tags: Gurus

Maverick Book Distributor Accidentally Reads Srila Prabhupada Book

February 8th, 2008 · 16 Comments

SPRINGFIELD, MO - Area ISKCON book distributor, Bhakta Steve, enjoyed several pages of Beyond Birth and Death by ISKCON Founder-Acarya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada earlier this month during a slow stretch on 25th Street.
“There just weren’t a lot of fallen souls on 25th that day,” recounts Steve, “I got bored with preaching to the bugs […]

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Tags: Brahmacari/ni Life

Family Desperately Tries to Plan Vacation Around Temple Locations, Free Prasadam

February 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments

JOLIET, IL - Visnupurana dasa and Janavi devi dasi’s plans for their family’s summer vacation are in jeopardy this year if they can’t find a temple within a day’s drive to the Grand Canyon.
“We used to always be able to find all sorts of things to do within four or five hours from almost any […]

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Tags: Family Values