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The Greening of Govardhana
October 6, 2011 – 10:38 am | 2 Comments
The Greening of Govardhana

Slowly, silently, and successfully, a few dedicated bhaktas transform a most sacred part of Vraja.

Urban Homesteading
October 2, 2011 – 12:16 pm | No Comment
Urban Homesteading
Georges Bataille and the Devouring Economy of Nature
September 26, 2011 – 12:28 pm | 8 Comments
Georges Bataille and the Devouring Economy of Nature

We must seek out pure acts of expenditure that have no benefit to our immediate survival, which undermine our sense of individuality, which go against pragmatically oriented reason; we must learn to give freely in the midst of life or have it imposed on us as we rush past teeth of fear into the flaming mouth of destruction.

Cultivating Surrender
September 23, 2011 – 2:30 am | 35 Comments
Cultivating Surrender

The feeling of dependence is purifying and humbling and is the foundation for treading the path of saranagati.