Newsletter Archive 39

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New Zealand Hare Krishna Spiritual Resource Network
Newsletter Number #0039 - February 2001 A.D issue.

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Welcome to this latest edition of the HKSRNewsletter, and our humble attempt to do some service. This newsletter now goes out to way over 1001 receivers. I trust that all is well with everyone by the Mercy of the Lord. However, if anyone would like to be removed please just send me a message requesting me to do so, and I will do it promptly. If you are receiving this from a friend, and would like to be added directly to the mailout please also let me know and I will do the needful there too. Hare Krishna. =>B-) JTCd
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IN THIS ISSUE:

WWW - news and views: Calendar Updates.
Kumbha Mela
Vasant Panchami
Srimati Vishnu Priya Devi - Avirbhav
Saraswati Puja
Srila Vishvanath Chakravarti Thakur - Tirubhav
Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi - Avirbhav
Srila Raghunath Dasa Goswami - Avirbhav
Srila Raghunandan Thakura - Avirbhav
Srila Advaita Acharya - Avirbhav (fasting till noon)
Bhismastami
Srila Madhwacharya - Tirubhav
Srila Ramanujacharya - Tirubhav
Bhaimi Ekadasii

See the events on Interactive Calendar site for details:
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Words of Wisdom - Shastra & Shastrakaras speak:
(Srila Prabhupad & the previous Acaryas)
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http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/index.htm
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So much more to be found there too........
updated again 26th January 2001
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The Interactive Vaishnava Calendar page is completed:

http://i.am/The-Vaishnava-Calendar
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/CalendarWhosWho-page.htm

Now you can view the FULL years 1999-2000 & 2000-2001 & 2001-2002.
All Calendar entries are explained - Appearance or Disappearance
days etc.

View other festivals on the Calendar:
http://members.nbci.com/hknetworks/Calendar2000-2001.htm

Kumbha Mela
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad135km.htm

Vasant Panchami
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad103.htm

Srimati Vishnu Priya Devi - Avirbhav
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad105.htm

Saraswati Puja
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad112.htm

Srila Vishvanath Chakravarti Thakur - Tirubhav
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad37.htm

Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi - Avirbhav
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad107.htm

Srila Raghunath Dasa Goswami - Avirbhav
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad24.htm

Srila Raghunandan Thakura - Avirbhav
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad50.htm

Srila Advaita Acharya - Avirbhav (fasting till noon)
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad31.htm

Bhismastami
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad113.htm

Srila Madhwacharya - Tirubhav
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad53.htm

Srila Ramanujacharya - Tirubhav
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad6.htm

Sri Varahadeva Appearance - Jayanti (fasting)
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/Varaha-deva.htm

Sri Nityananda Trayodasi - Jayanti (fasting)
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad-nityananda13.htm

Sri Krishna Madhura Rasa utsava
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad101.htm

Srila Narottam Dasa Thakur - Avirbhav
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad7.htm

Srila Puroshottam Dasa Thakur - Tirubhav
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad60.htm

Srila Gour Govinda Swami - Tirubhav
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishad129.htm

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad - Tirubhav (fasting)
http://members.xoom.com/hknetworks/parishadparishad-BVT-BSS.htm

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Check out the Ekadasi pages with links to every Ekadasi:
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Bhaimi Ekadasii:
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Vijaya EkAdasii:
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Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
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On-line Bhagavad Gita As It Is:
http://www.prabhupada.com/bg/versus.cgi?ix
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On-line 1972 McMillan edition - Bhagavad Gita As It Is:
http://www.asitis.com/
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Bhagavad Gita As It Is Interactive On-line:
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About Bhagavad Gita:
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The NEW BBT Interactive Bhagavad-Gita As It Is CD-ROM:
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The A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Network:
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Listen to, or Download Srila Prabhupada's lectures on-line.
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Srimad Bhagavatam on-line:
http://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 13:31

yada bhuta-prthag-bhavam
eka-stham anupasyati
tata eva ca vistaram
brahma sampadyate tada

WORD FOR WORD
yada--when; bhuta--of living entities; prthak-bhavam--separated
identities; eka-stham--situated in one; anupasyati--one tries to see
through authority; tatah eva--thereafter; ca--also; vistaram--the
expansion; brahma--the Absolute; sampadyate--he attains; tada--at that
time.

TRANSLATION
When a sensible man ceases to see different identities due to
different material bodies and he sees how beings are expanded
everywhere, he attains to the Brahman conception.

PURPORT by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada:
When one can see that the various bodies of living entities arise due
to the different desires of the individual soul and do not actually
belong to the soul itself, one actually sees. In the material
conception of life, we find someone a demigod, someone a human being,
a dog, a cat, etc. This is material vision, not actual vision. This
material differentiation is due to a material conception of life.
After the destruction of the material body, the spirit soul is one.
The spirit soul, due to contact with material nature, gets different
types of bodies. When one can see this, he attains spiritual vision;
thus being freed from differentiations like man, animal, big, low,
etc., one becomes purified in his consciousness and able to develop
Krsna consciousness in his spiritual identity. How he then sees things
will be explained in the next verse.

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ära dui janma ei saokértanärambhe
haiba tomära putra ämi avilambe
mora arcä-mürti mätä, tumi se dharaëé
jihvärüpä tumi mätä, nämera janané
ei dui janma mora saokértanärambhe
dui öhaïi tora putra rahu avilambe

[Lord Caitanya told Çacé] Birth after birth you are My mother. Again, in this birth, I have come to begin the saokértana movement, and so I have become your son. My appearance in this world is twofold: I appear as the arca-mürté and as the holy name. In this way I appear upon the tongue in the form of sound, and as the Deity made from the elements drawn from the earth. In both these forms I am worshiped, and in these two features I have appeared in order to spread the saokértana movement. (Chaitanya bhagavat. Madhya 27.47)

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Please chant:

hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

.......and your life will become sublime.

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'näma', 'vigraha', 'svarüpa' tina eka-rüpa
tine 'bheda' nähi, tina 'cid-änanda-rüpa'
deha-dehéra, näma-näméra kåñëe nähi 'bheda'
jévera dharma näma-deha-svarüpe 'vibheda'
ataeva kåñëera 'näma', 'deha', 'viläsa'
präkåtendriya-grähya nahe, haya sva-prakäça

The Lord's holy name, form, and personality are all one and the same. There is no difference between them. Since all of them are absolute, they are transcendentally blissful. There is no difference between Kåñëa's body and Himself, nor between His name and Himself. For conditioned souls everything is different. One's name is different from one's body, from one's original form, and so on. The holy name of Kåñëa, as well as His body and His pastimes cannot be understood by the blunt material senses; they are self-manifest. (Cc. Madhya 17.131,132,134)
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kåñëa bhuli' sei jéva anädi-bahirmukha
ataeva mäyä täre deya saàsära-duùkha
kabhu svarge uöhäya, kabhu narake òubäya
daëòya-jane räjä yena nadéte cubäya

Forgetting Kåñëa, the living entity has been attracted by the external energy from time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy gives him all kinds of misery. As a result, sometimes he is raised to heaven, and sometimes he is drowned in hell, just as a criminal is raised and again lowered into a pond on a dunking stool as punishment. (Cc. Madhya 20.117-118)
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jïätvä devaà sarva-päçäpahäniù
kçéëaiù kleçair-janma-måtyu-prahäëiù
tasyäbhidhyänät tåtéyaà dehabhede
viçveçvaryaà kevala äptakämaù

By understanding the truth of the Supreme Lord, one can slip the bonds of material life and get free from the miseries of repeated birth and death. Liberated from the gross and subtle material bodies, as an associate of the Supreme Lord in His transcendental abode, he attains an eternal divine form and realizes his heart's desires. (Çvetäçvatara Upaniñad 1.11)
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labdhvä su-durlabham idaà bahu-sambhavänte
mänuñyam artha-dam anityam apéha dhéraù
türëaà yateta na pated anu-måtyu yävan
niùçreyasäya viñayaù khalu sarvataù syät

After many births one achieves the human form, which, although temporary, affords one the opportunity to attain the highest perfection. Thus, a sober person should immediately endeavor for the ultimate perfection of life and not fall back into the cycle of repeated birth and death. After all, sense gratification is available even in the most abominable species, whereas Kåñëa consciousness is only possible for a human being. (Srimad Bhägavatam. 11.9.29)
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mac-cittä mad-gata-präëä bodhayantaù parasparam
kathayantaç ca mäà nityaà tuñyanti ca ramanti ca

The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightening one another and conversing, about Me. (Bhagavad-gétä l0.9)
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çravaëaà kértanaà viñëoù smaraëaà päda-sevanam
arcanaà vandanaà däsyaà sakhyam ätma-nivedanam

Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viñëu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one's best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words) these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. (Bhäg. 7.5.23)

iti puàsärpitä viñëau bhaktiç cen nava-lakñaëä
kriyeta bhagavaty addhä tan manye 'dhétam uttamam

These nine are the processes of pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of Kåñëa through these nine methods should be considered most learned, for he has acquired full knowledge. (Bhäg. 7.5.24)

çré viñëoù çravaëe parékçidabhavad-vaiyäsakiù kértane
prahlädaù smaraëe tad aìghribhajane lakñméù påthuù püjane
akrüras-tvabhivandane kapi-patir-däsye'tha sarhye'rjunaù
sarvasvätma-nivedane balirabhut kåñëäptireñäà param

The following devotees attained Kåñëa and thus realized the ultimate goal of life by following one of the nine methods of devotional service: Mahäräja Parikñita realized Kåñëa through hearing about His glories (çravanam), Çukadeva Gosvämé realized Kåñëa through speaking the Çrémad Bhägavatam (kértanam). Prahläda realized Him through devotional remembrance (smaraëam). Lakñmédevé attained His mercy by serving His lotus feet (päda-sevanam). Mahäräja Påthu attained Him through worship (arcanam). Akrüra attained Him through prayer (vandanam). Hanuman attained Him through personal service (däsyam). Arjuna attained Him through friendship (sakhyam). Bali Maharaja attained Him through complete surrender of body, mind, and words (ätmä-nivedanam). (Padyävali 53)
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Inspirational Advice from "Your Ever Well Wisher"

72-12-19 (19th December 1972)

Delhi

My dear Tejiyas,

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated December 10, 1972, and I am very much disturbed to hear from you that you have become disturbed in your mind. Do not be disturbed. There is no cause for anxiety. You are doing your best to serve Krishna, that is very much appreciated, so do not lose enthusiasm out of frustration, that will spoil everything. Krishna Consciousness means we should always be satisfied and happy, not that we must work something impossible, becoming overburdened, and then because we are unhappy by so much trouble we lose enthusiasm altogether and give up all hope. No, if too much endeavour is there, that is to be avoided. By all means we must preserve our spiritual status, that is the point, not that we are mad after big buildings, many devotees, life-members, this, that--no, these are only ways to engage the devotees so that they may apply the principles of devotional living to some kind of work for practical realization of these principles. It is not the result of the work we want. If only one person daily, if we sincerely preach to such one person in a day, that is sufficient, never mind big, big programmes. So my request to you is that you do not be bothered by these things, and I have instructed Tamala Krishna and Syamasundara to send you men, so they will do it, rest assured. Krishna does not like to see His sincere devotee suffer or become frustrated or depressed. He will not stand idly by in any such case, so do not fear on that account. Krishna has got some plan for you, always think in that way, and very soon He will provide everything to your heart's desire.

(letter from Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to his disciple Tejiyas dasa)
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QUOTABLE QUOTES :

"The worship of Vishnu reveals the agreeable and happy aspects of
Hinduism. In fact, as a religion, in the strict sense of the term,
HINDUISM can be summarized as VISHNUISM"

(Louis Renou - Vide 1tem 18 above (p37)
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Located just near the corner of Colombo & St. Asaph
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FFL - Still has a vacancy for a manager from January 2001.

For details applicants need to contact

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water this summer. Be sure to check out the link to Water activities
which has all the water safety tips. You'll find it at: http://www.watersafety.org.nz/
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Get out and go bush these summer holidays with some of the outdoor nature activities available on this site. There's also great nature photography and stories and access to Naturepedia - an online nature encyclopaedia - where you can learn about pretty well every sort of animal imaginable. So go wild at:
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MAHAKUMBHA MELA - ALLAHABAD (Prayag)- 2001

First Mahakumbh of the New Karmi Millennium

Main Bathing Dates
9th January, 2001 - Paush Purnima (Total Lunar Eclipse)
14th January, 2001 - Makar Sankranti
24th January, 2001 - Mauni Amavasya
29th January, 2001 - Basant Panchami
8th February, 2001 - Magh Purnima
21st February, 2001 - Mahashivaratri

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NEW - Free On-line Hare Krishna Cook-book:
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SPAGHETTI WITH SPAGHETTI SQUASH :

INGREDIENTS:
2 pounds (1 kg) spaghetti squash
6 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 pinch salt
1 pinch black pepper, freshly ground
8 ounces (250 grms) spaghetti
2 tspoons hing powder
6 toasted bread slices, processed into crumbs
1/4 cup walnut pieces
1/2 cup Italian parsley, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1/2 red bell pepper, seeded, chopped fine
2 tablespoons drained capers

INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
With a knife, carefully split squash in half and pull out
seeds with your fingers. Place squash cut-side up in a
roasting pan. Spoon 2 tablespoons of olive oil over squash
and season liberally with salt and pepper to taste. Cover
halves with foil, and bake for 1 hour or until the flesh
is soft. Cool for 10 minutes.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add spaghetti,
and cook, stirring occasionally, until just tender; drain
well. Return spaghetti to empty pot.

While pasta is cooking, heat remaining 1/4 cup olive oil in
a large skillet over medium heat. Add hing, bread crumbs,
and walnuts. Cook, stirring constantly, until crumbs are
golden and walnuts toasted. Remove mixture from heat and
add to cooked spaghetti.

With a fork, scrape out flesh from cooked spaghetti squash.

Add to pasta along with parsley, lemon juice, and 1/2
teaspoon salt. Heat mixture, stirring in Parmesan cheese.

Mix well, adding additional salt and pepper to taste. Serve
pasta with chopped red pepper and capers.

Servings: 6

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JAMAICAN FRUIT & ICECREAM SUNDAE:

Ingredients:
4 large bananas
1 whole pineapple
250 grms brown sugar
100 grms butter
500 grms/ half litre cream
500 grms vanila ice cream

Method:
either on a BBQ grill or under the toaster grill of your oven, grill the 4 bananas with their skins on. While these are cooking (until bursting and bubbling) take the whole pineapple, take off the top, and while keeping the outter skin on cut it length ways in four and remove the central core.

Then still keeping the outer skin on, cut the pineapple into wedge like shapes by cutting across the length. Dip those wedges into the brown sugar and put the wedges also onto the grill to cook until looking golden brown.

While this is happening melt the 100 grms of butter into a saucepan add the remining sugar to that when the butter has melted and stir this together until it has the unmistakeable aroma of caramel toffee and is full of bubbles on the surface - about five minutes on medium heat. When it is ready add the cream to it and stir in or whisk together.

On the offering plate place the bananas, if they are not already split, just cut them open with a knife. Place the golden brown sticky pineapple wedges either side of the bananas place a serving of the ice-cream on top of the banana and then drizzle over the entire preparation a thick coating of the caramel toffee cream sauce.

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CHOCOLATE CARAMEL ICE CREAM SENSATION:
NOTE: for those who don't take chocolate, use white chocolate or carob.
Vanila ice cream is good too. ...Learn from the example...

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups crushed cream sandwich cookies
1 cup chopped pecans, divided
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/3 cup C&H Pure Cane Granulated Sugar
1 14-oz. bag caramel candies
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 gallon Dreyer's® or Edy's® Grand Chocolate Ice Cream
4 ounces semisweet baking chocolate
2 tablespoons heavy cream

INSTRUCTIONS:
In a small bowl, combine cookies, 1/2 cup pecans, butter and
sugar until moistened enough to hold some shape. Press onto
bottom and up sides of a 9-inch springform pan; set aside.

In a small heavy saucepan, melt caramel with 1 cup cream
over low heat, stirring frequently, until smooth. Remove
from heat. Pour half into crust and freeze for 10 minutes.

Spread ice cream on top and freeze until firm, about 3
hours. Reheat remaining caramel mixture and pour over ice
cream. Sprinkle with remaining pecans.

In a small heavy saucepan, melt chocolate with 2 tablespoons
cream over low heat, stirring frequently, until smooth.

Drizzle over pie. Freeze until firm, about 4 hours.

Servings: 12

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OVER 100 EGGLESS CAKE recipes can be found on our Main index and
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...and always with the Magic ingredient - Offer it to Krishna.....
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A rabbit one day managed to break free from the laboratory where he had been born and brought up. As he scurried away from the fencing of the compound, he felt grass under his little feet and saw the dawn breaking for the first time in his life.
"Wow, this is great," he thought. It wasn't long before he came to a hedge and after squeezing under it he saw a wonderful sight - lots of other bunny rabbits, all free and nibbling at the lush grass.
"Hey," he called. "I'm a rabbit from the laboratory and I've just escaped. Are you wild rabbits?"
"Yes. Come and join us," they cried. Our friend hopped over to them and started eating the grass. It tasted so good. "What else do you wild rabbits do?" he asked.
"Well," one of them said. "You see that field there? It's got carrots growing in it. We dig them up and eat them." This, he couldn't resist and he spent the next hour eating the most succulent carrots. They were wonderful. Later, he asked them again, "What else do you do?"
"You see that field there? It's got lettuce growing in it. We eat that as well." The lettuce tasted just as good and he returned a while later completely full.
"It's fantastic out here in the world!" he told them.
"So, are you going to live with us then?" one of them asked.
"I'm sorry, I had a great time but I can't." The wild rabbits all stared at him, a bit surprised. "Why? We thought you liked it here."
"I do," our friend replied. "But I must get back to the lab. I'm dying for a cigarette."
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One out of every three humans is suffering from some form of mental illness.

Think of two of your best friends. If they are OK, then it must be you.
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There was this keeper at the Delhi Zoo who was a slow worker and found it really difficult to hold down a job because of that and was fired.
After a visit to the job centre he was offered work at the at the Mumbai Zoo.
When he arrived for his first day, the other keepers being well aware of his reputation told him to take care of the tortoise section.

Later, the keeper dropped by to see how the new keeper was getting on and
found him standing by an empty enclosure.

"Where are the tortoises?" he asked him.
"I can't believe it" said the new keeper "I just opened the door and
then.....Whooooosh! ...and they all went!"
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A teacher asked one of her pupils, "What's the nation's capital?"
The reply was, "Washington DC"

On being asked what the "DC" stood for, the pupil added, "Dot com!"
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At the VIHE (Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education) last year there were a few devotees doing the aspiring psychiatrists seminar and were attending their first class on emotional extremes.
"Just to establish some parameters," said the professor, to the devotee students from India, "What is the opposite of joy?"
"Sadness," said the student.
"...and the opposite of depression?" he asked of the young mataji from Germany. "Elation," said she with confidence.
"...And you, prabhu," the teacher said to the young devotee from Texas, "How about the opposite of woe?"
The Texan devotee replied, "Prabhu, I do believe that would be giddy-up."
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"...there are only two reasons to sit in the back row of an airplane:
Either you have diarrhea, or you're anxious to meet people who do."

Henry Kissinger (former US Secretary of State)
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when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you, but when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window?
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They show you how detergents take out bloodstains.
I think if you've got a T-shirt with bloodstains all over it,
maybe your laundry isn't your biggest problem.
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It takes a fifth of a second to blink your eyes, and if typical, you
blink them 25 times a minute. Then, on a 10-hour trip (Auckland to Wellington) at 80 KPH, you'd drive 70 Kilometres with your eyes closed!

sent in by Buddhi Manta prabhu
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Just like everyone else.
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=: Don't cheat on this test... :=

Here's an interesting diversion for two minutes.

A quick test of intelligence. Don't cheat! If you do, the test won't be
fun. I promise, there are no tricks to the test. Just read the sentence
below:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

Now count the F's in that sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE. Do not go back
and count them again. See below.....

(don't cheat!)

ANSWER IS BELOW:
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ANSWER:
There are six F's in the sentence.

A person of average intelligence finds three of them.
If you spotted four, you're above average.
If you got five, you can turn you nose at most anybody.
If you caught six, you're a genius.

There is no catch. Many people forget the "OF"'s. The human brain tends
to see them as V's and not F's! Pretty weird, huh?

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