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Nursing Temple — A Positive Alternative

June 13th, 2008 ·

By Mathura Gonzales
Hing Correspondent
FLORIDA - When the International Society for Krishna Consciousness was first incorporated in 1965, the Society consisted mostly of young men and women, but as its members grew older, the dynamics of the movement changed.
Many of the nation’s elderly live in nursing homes, enduring chronic pain and loneliness. Though the aged [...]

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Tags: ISKCON inc. · Retired Life

Brahmacarini Gets the Hell Out of the Way

May 30th, 2008 ·

MEMPHIS - In what brahminical sources described as strict attachment to the Krishna conscious philosophy, local brahmacarini, Abhava devi dasi, threw herself against the wall on five separate occasions yesterday to clear the path as saffron-clad male-bodied devotees walked past her in several different hallways.
“It is fact,” said two-year adherent, bhakta Randal, “she is nicely [...]

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Tags: Brahmacari/ni Life · Women's Issues