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“One should not give up anything which can be utilized in the
service of the Lord. That is a secret of devotional service.
Anything that can be utilized in advancing Kṛṣṇa consciousness
and devotional service should be accepted. For instance, we are
using many machines for the advancement of our present Kṛṣṇa
consciousness movement, machines like typewriters, dictating
machines, tape recorders, microphones and airplanes. Sometimes
people ask us, “Why are you utilizing material products if you
condemn the advancement of material civilization?” But actually we
do not condemn. We simply ask people to do whatever they are doing
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is the same principle on which, in
Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa advised Arjuna to utilize his fighting
abilities in devotional service. Similarly, we are utilizing these
machines for Kṛṣṇa’s service. With such sentiment for Kṛṣṇa, or
Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we can accept everything. If the typewriter
can be utilized for advancing our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement,
we must accept it. Similarly, the dictating machine or any
other machine must be used. Our vision is that Kṛṣṇa is
everything. Kṛṣṇa is the cause and effect, and nothing belongs to
us. Kṛṣṇa’s things must be used in the service of Kṛṣṇa.
That is our vision.” (His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta
Svāmī, Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 14)
Dear Prabhus, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla
Prabhupāda!
Many people, all over the world, want to know the things that we take for granted. Let’s get this information on the World Wide Web!
1. MP3 Versions of the “Kṛṣṇa Stories” Audio Dramas.
[Make the amazing radio drama versions of the “Kṛṣṇa Book” stories available for downloading in MP3 format. These dramas were produced during the early 1970’s by the incredibly talented Kṛṣṇa Kānti Dāsa for his “Kṛṣṇa Show” series of weekly one hour radio shows. These shows used to air on several radio stations throughout the U.S.]
2. Rules of the Āyurveda.
[Rules, such as not drinking water during, an hour before or an hour after eating, the order things should be eaten in, not to eat fruit (except bananas) with a meal, not to bathe less than 4 hours after eating, etc., could be listed. The average Westerner is completely ignorant of these simple, easy to follow rules, and, as a result, are missing out on the very great health benefits which would result from becoming accustomed to following them.]
3. Preaching via Techno Music.
[Techno music such as that of Rollergirl’s would be much more attractive if the words were about love for the eternal, infallible, omniscient, omnipresent, all attractive, supremely beautiful Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, instead of for some mundane, fallible, temporary “boyfriend.” Such music should be created and made available on the Internet.]
4. Rules for Sleeping.
[Upon searching the Internet for “head pointing east,” I discovered that a good web page on this subject already exists: http://www.iskcon.net/toronto/features/10-19-00.html]
5. Transcendental Plays.
[Many very talented devotees have written scripts for numerous Kṛṣṇa conscious dramas over the years. These should be compiled and published on the Internet.]
6. Transcendental Recipes.
[As many Kṛṣṇa conscious cookbooks as possible should be published on the Internet. “Smart” recipes that are capable of automatically adjusting all of the ingredient quantities according to the number of desired servings is another possibility (Example: “Smart” Recipe: Halava http://llbest.com/Halava.htm).]
7. Transcendental Internet Radio Stations.
[Using an inexpensive used laptop computer which could be purchased on ebay.com for $400 or less, it is now possible to set up Internet radio stations very economically. Each station could broadcast a hard drive full of MP3 or RealAudio files of Śrīla Prabhupāda chanting or giving lectures. Perhaps we could have a number of stations, each playing all of the recorded lectures and conversations for a particular year. Perhaps there could also be a station with continuous japa by Śrīla Prabhupāda, one with continuous kirtans, and one with continuous bhajans. This adds up to 14 different radio stations for Śrīla Prabhupāda counting one for each of the 11 years that Śrīla Prabhupāda was with us. Other possibilities would include stations for continuous Vishnujana, continuous Bharadvāja, etc.
A high speed DSL Internet connection can be had for about $40/month, so all we need to do is find people who are willing to put up something like $500, followed by about $50/month to create an Internet radio station with a potential audience of millions world wide.]
8. Marriage compatibility using eastern astrology.
[A free service which uses Vedic astrology to calculate marriage compatibility would be very valuable. The vedic methods of compatibility determination are also useful for checking employee/employer compatibility, etc. The service might also include natal horoscope calculation and transit calculation. Transit calculation can be very useful for deciding the best day and time for a festival, a concert, a business deal, travel, marriage, etc. If the software for this site was well done, it could prove to be extremely popular!]
9. A vaiṣṇava reminder service.
[A reminder service which would require each member to enter his or her email address, his or her choice for a password, and his or her geographic location. The service would automatically send every member an email reminder every time there is a vaiṣṇava holiday or Ekādaśī. The reminder service could also be set up to allow members to enter birthdays and anniversaries for automatic yearly reminders, and appointments for automatic one-time reminders.]
10. Karaoke file versions of the “Vaiṣṇava Songbook” songs available for downloading.
[Karaoke (.kar) files are similar to MIDI (.mid) files except that they include the words to the songs in a “sing-along” format. The words are highlighted on the screen a split second before they are to be sung. The best karaoke player seems to be “vanBasco’s” (http://www.vanbasco.com/). It allows you to change the font, so a font that includes sanskrit diacritics, such as the ones created by my son, Murāri (http://www.dāsya.com/~mbest/freeware/fonts1.html), work very well. I personally prefer “Yama,” but “Hlādinī” is also very good. Using a program called Easykar, I created a .kar file (Click here to download hk5.zip) using the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra as the lyrics, and using as the tune a MIDI file that I created many years ago.]
11. “MP3 (.mp3) versions of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s music recordings available for downloading.
[Visual “Plug-ins” with Kṛṣṇa conscious themes for the popular (free) .mp3 player, “WinAmp” (http://www.winamp.com/), could also be made available for downloading.]
12. MP3 Versions of “Radio Ram.”
[Make the amazing tape of audio skits produced by the incredibly talented direct disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, Madhu Paṇḍita Dāsa, called “Radio Ram,” available for downloading in MP3 format.]
13. “Complete works of Śrīla Prabhupāda” (aka Vedabase; aka Infobase; aka Folio).
[…including search engine, hypertext, index, table of contents and glossary of sanskrit words.]
14. All past BTGs downloadable in Adobe Acrobat format.
(For the following web page ideas, the word “demo” refers to a video, an animation, or a series of still pictures.)
15. How to chant japa demo.
16. How to offer prasādam demo.
17. What food is offerable/not offerable.
18. How to observe Ekādaśī.
19. How men should treat women.
20. How women should treat men.
21. How children should treat adults.
22. How children should be treated.
23. How guests should be treated.
24. How older devotees should be honored.
25. How sannyāsīs should be honored.
26. How devotees should be treated.
27. How to treat one’s guru.
28. How to put on tilaka demo.
29. How to put on a dhotī demo.
30. How to put on a sārī demo.
31. How a woman should mark her forehead to indicate that she is married.
32. How a woman should part her hair.
33. How a woman should wear kuṅkuma (a red powder).
34. Who should keep one’s head covered and why.
35. How to be chaste.
36. How to offer obeisances to the spiritual master demo.
37. How to play kartāls demo.
38. How to play the mṛdaṅga demo[s].
40. How to go on harinama demo.
41. Typical morning program schedule.
42. How to lead mangala ārati demo.
43. How to lead tulasī pūjā demo.
44. How to recite the ten offenses demo.
45. How to offer obeisances to the vaiṣṇavas demo.
46. How to greet the Deities.
47. How to lead guru pūjā demo.
48. How to give Bhāgavatam class demo.
49. How to perform puṣpāñjali.
50. How to lead sundara ārati demo.
51. How to give Bhagavad-gītā class demo.
52. How to worship the Deity.
53. How to start a preaching center.
54. How to start a temple.
55. How to run a brahmacārī āśrama.
56. How to run a brahmacarini āśrama.
57. How to start a gurukula.
58. How to run a gurukula āśrama.
59. How to start a KC farm community.
60. How to run a KC student hostel.
61. How to start a prasādam restaurant.
62. How to perform a fire yajña.
63. How to perform a KC marriage ceremony.
64. How to drink from a cup without having our lips touch the cup demo.
65. Demo of how to pass stool by squating and using water to clean (no toilet paper).
66. Demo of how to blow the nose in a sink (no tissue or handkerchief).
67. How to wear brāhmaṇa underwear (kaupīna) demo.
68. How to shave the head, leaving a śikhā demo.
69. How to bathe using a gāmchā demo.
70. Order things should be done in, and why.
[Shower after, not before, brushing teeth, shaving and passing stool - tilaka on before dhotī, etc.]
71. Quotes from Cāṇakya Pandit.
72. Glossary of sanskrit words.
73. Rules of the four varṇas.
74. Rules of the four āśramas.
If someone can create the graphics, write the text, or compile the
text, as the case may be, then I can take care of the rest!
Your servant,
Pratyatoṣa Dāsa
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