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Area Brahmacari Victim of Kaupin-related Flashbacks

July 18th, 2008 ·

BOWLING GREEN, Ky - Goswami das, a resident brahmacari of ISKCON Bowling Green, recently confessed that the compulsory wearing of kaupins has triggered his childhood fear of flossing, commonly known as interdentalphobia.
A Kaupin is a loin-cloth traditionally worn by celibates to reduce the production of semen. The girding assists to raise energy from [...]

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Maverick Book Distributor Accidentally Reads Srila Prabhupada Book

February 8th, 2008 ·

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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