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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 Krsna consciousness and devotional service should be accepted. For instance, we are using many machines for the advancement of our present Krsna 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 Krsna consciousness. This is the same principle on which, in Bhagavad-gita, Krsna advised Arjuna to utilize his fighting abilities in devotional service. Similarly, we are utilizing these machines for Krsna’s service. With such sentiment for Krsna, or Krsna consciousness, we can accept everything. If the typewriter can be utilized for advancing our Krsna consciousness movement, we must accept it. Similarly, the dictating machine or any other machine must be used. Our vision is that Krsna is everything. Krsna is the cause and effect, and nothing belongs to us. Krsna’s things must be used in the service of Krsna. That is our vision.” (His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Svami, Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 14)
Dear Prabhus, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
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 “Krsna Stories” Audio Dramas.
[Make the amazing radio drama versions of the “Krsna Book” stories available for downloading in MP3 format. These dramas were produced during the early 1970’s by the incredibly talented Krsna Kanti Dasa for his “Krsna 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 Ayurveda.
[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 Sri Krsna, 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 Krsna conscious dramas over the years. These should be compiled and published on the Internet.]
6. Transcendental Recipes.
[As many Krsna 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/?P=34).]
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 Srila Prabhupada 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 Srila Prabhupada, one with continuous kirtans, and one with continuous bhajans. This adds up to 14 different radio stations for Srila Prabhupada counting one for each of the 11 years that Srila Prabhupada was with us. Other possibilities would include stations for continuous Vishnujana, continuous Bharadvaja, 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 vaisnava 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 vaisnava holiday or Ekadasi. 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 “Vaisnava 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, Murari (http://www.dasya.com/~mbest/freeware/fonts1.html), work very well. I personally prefer “Yama,” but “Hladini” is also very good. Using a program called Easykar, I created a .kar file (Click here to download hk5.zip) using the Hare Krsna mantra as the lyrics, and using as the tune a MIDI file that I created many years ago.]
11. “MP3 (.mp3) versions of Srila Prabhupada’s music recordings available for downloading.
[Visual “Plug-ins” with Krsna 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 Srila Prabhupada, Madhu Pandita Dasa, called “Radio Ram,” available for downloading in MP3 format.]
13. “Complete works of Srila Prabhupada” (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 prasadam demo.
17. What food is offerable/not offerable.
18. How to observe Ekadasi.
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 sannyasis 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 dhoti demo.
30. How to put on a sari 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 kunkuma (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 kartals demo.
38. How to play the mrdanga demo[s].
40. How to go on harinama demo.
41. Typical morning program schedule.
42. How to lead mangala arati demo.
43. How to lead tulasi puja demo.
44. How to recite the ten offenses demo.
45. How to offer obeisances to the vaisnavas demo.
46. How to greet the Deities.
47. How to lead guru puja demo.
48. How to give Bhagavatam class demo.
49. How to perform puspanjali.
50. How to lead sundara arati demo.
51. How to give Bhagavad-gita 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 brahmacari asrama.
56. How to run a brahmacarini asrama.
57. How to start a gurukula.
58. How to run a gurukula asrama.
59. How to start a KC farm community.
60. How to run a KC student hostel.
61. How to start a prasadam restaurant.
62. How to perform a fire yajna.
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 brahmana underwear (kaupina) demo.
68. How to shave the head, leaving a sikha demo.
69. How to bathe using a gamcha demo.
70. Order things should be done in, and why.
[Shower after, not before, brushing teeth, shaving and passing stool - tilaka on before dhoti, etc.]
71. Quotes from Canakya Pandit.
72. Glossary of Sanskrit words.
73. Rules of the four varnas.
74. Rules of the four asramas.
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,
Pratyatosa Dasa
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