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Please do this work very nicely. It will be a very great step in the history of ISKCON movement."<BR> ~ Srila Prabhupada, Letter to Satsvarupa 1971 </b></font></font></font></center> <center><img src="drop.gif" width=86 height=9 border=0 vspace=5></center> <br> <!-- ========================QUOTE===================== --> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b> "Here in this world there are thousands of newspapers and magazines reporting the stale, repetitious happenings of this limited space. So for reporting the news of the unlimited spiritual realm, concerning the eternal, ever-fresh Supreme Personality of Godhead, we could publish a newspaper at every second, what to speak of daily." <BR> ~ Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura </b></font></font></center> <P><BR> <center><a href="http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/sun.rss"><img src="rss.gif" width=100 height=40 border=0></a></center> <P><BR> <!-- ========================QUOTE===================== --> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><font color="black"><b> "According to social conventions, it is said that one can speak the truth only when it is palatable to others. But that is not truthfulness. The truth should be spoken in such a straight and forward way, so that others will understand actually what the facts are. If a man is a thief and if people are warned that he is a thief that is truth. Although sometimes the truth is unpalatable, one should not refrain from speaking it. Truthfulness demands that the facts be presented as they are for the benefit of others. That is the definition of truth."<BR> ~ Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. Ch 10:4 </b></font></font></font></center> </td></tr></table> </td> <!-- ========================NEW COLUMN THIN LINE===================== --> <td width=1 valign=top bgcolor="black"> <img src="spacer.jpg"> </td> <!-- ========================NEW COLUMN 2===================== --> <!-- ========================GALLERY===================== --> <td width=249 valign=top> <center><a target="_blank" href="gallery/bhisma3a.jpg"> <img src="gallery/bhisma3.jpg" width=235 height=330 border=1></a></center> <P> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Santanu Saves Bhishma<BR> Raja Ravi Varma, c. 1890 </b> <P> </strong></font></font></center></p> <table border=0 width=249 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,295"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Right of Reply <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: ANIRUDDHA DAS </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 26, GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA (SUN) &#151; </b> In October 2011, Sudama Vipra dasa, a senior devotee from Spain, came once again to Guatemala for business reasons. Here he meet with his friend and business partner, Mahavirya dasa from Peru. I have a long relationship with these two devotees. So shortly after his arrival, I invited Mahavirya over to my home to honor prasadam. It was during this meeting that Mahavirya told me: "Sudama told me Devarshi Prabhu is very sick. Sudama says Devarshi sent a message (distress call) to some devotees in Spain letting them know he wants one of them to take him to Spain.". That is the information I got. And then conveyed it in my post published on December 23, 2011. This is the sole truth and nothing but the truth. I am not at all being "demagogic", nor am I "out of sight." </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8192.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,296"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> The Earthly Planets and the Mahabharat War <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: DHARMAPAD DAS (D.D. DE LUCIA) </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 26, BRAZIL (SUN) &#151; </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>According to the Puranic descriptions, there is life and activity on all the planets. For example, in the Bhagavat Purana, Canto 4, Chapter 20, Text 35 - 36, a reference is made to the way in which Maharaj Prithu, a king of the Earth, paid his respects to visitors from various celestial planets, and then a reference is made to the inhabitants of the earthly planets. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8193.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,297"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Respecting Each Other's Points of View <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: HAMSAVATAR DAS </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 26, OCALA, FLORIDA, USA (SUN) &#151; </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>My dear Dusyanta, Somehow I think you have missed the essence of the points I was making in <a href="http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/01-12/editorials8176.htm" target="_blank"><B>my article</a></b>. Regarding the Manor, I used them as an example of devotees trying to do something that is "right". I believe Srila Prabhupada would be very pleased with their present day efforts. I also believe in giving credit where credit is due, and not ignoring it due to any other shortcomings. I was not making any proclamations or judgments. As far as whatever your experience was in the decade you lived there, it really has nothing to do with their present effort. Whatever axe you have to grind there, swinging it at myself is in the wrong direction. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8194.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== PARISHADS ================= --> <a name="19,298"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1>Parishads: Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti, Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunandana Thakur, and Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <P> <center><a href="editorials/parishads/parishads45.htm"><img src="editorials/parishads/coverx.jpg" width=150 height=228 border=1></center></a> <P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> Jan 26, CANADA (SUN) &#151; The Disappearance day of Visvanatha Cakravarti, and Appearance day of Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Raghunandana Thakur, and Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami is observed on January 27th. </b></font></font> <P><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><p style='text-align:justify'><B>Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura </b> <P><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><p style='text-align:justify'>Because he revealed the path of devotion, he is considered to be identical with the Lord of the Universe, Vishvanath; and because he was predominant in the circle of Vaishnavas, he held the title Chakravarti. <P> <center><font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=-2><b><a href="editorials/parishads/parishads45.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></a></b></font></font></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== NEWS STORY ================= --> <a name="19,299"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Suspect Confesses to Murder of Vrinda devi <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: STAFF CORRESPONDENT </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p><center><a href="news/01-12/news4135.htm"><img src="news/01-12/patil.jpg" width=174 height=198 border=1></a></center> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><p style='text-align:justify'><B>Jan 26, VRINDAVAN, INDIA (VT) &#151; </B> Inspector Shyamlal Yadav of the Mathura Police comfirmed yesterday that Arvind Patil, otherwise known as Sahasranam das, confessed to the murder of Bodhmatie Ori on the night of November 17th, 2011. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Sahasranam das (Arvind Patil), 40, is a former Vrindavan Gurukula student and disciple of Lokanath Swami. According to some, he is also a blood relative of Lokanath Swami, his nephew through a sister or cousin sister. <P> <center><b><a href="news/01-12/news4135.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,286"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Food Production, <BR>not 'Ahimsa' <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: DUSYANTA DASA </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 25, WALES, UK (SUN) &#151; </b>Dear Hamsavatar Prabhu, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. After reading your article in the Sampradaya Sun, "<a href="http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/01-12/editorials8176.htm" target="_blank"><B>Understanding the Topmost Yoga Requires Prerequisites</b></a>", I wanted and needed to reply to it. I thought that the subject of <I>ahimsa</I> connected to milk production and veganism could be addressed. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Some of the points you made I just don't agree with concerning the nature of Bhaktivedanta Manor Goshalla. I served there for over 10 years in an altogether different circumstance, producing milk in humble conditions. And one of the issues that occurred to me in that time whilst actually milking the Cows and protecting them was there was no such thing as non-violence in milk production. Even to the point of food production, vegetables, flowers and fruit and all the other vegan and vegetarian types of food. Obviously meat production is violent, not just because the animal is slaughtered but also because of the surrounding circumstances of Agriculture. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8188.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,287"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> The "D" Word <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: MAHAVIDYA DAS (ACBSP) </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 25, UK (SUN) &#151; </b> <BR><BR> I have just read "<A HREF="http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/01-12/editorials8185.htm" target="_blank"><B>The Fog is Clearing</b></a>" by Urvashi Patel. <BR> Yes& His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is readily available to everyone in His <I>vani</I>.<BR> He is accessible to everyone by following His <I>siksa</I>.<BR> Sadly... <BR> we have a situation here at Bhaktivedanta Manor where the fog is <b>NOT</B> clearing. <BR> Although... <BR> Srila Prabhupada is worshipped on His Vyasasana with Guru-puja... <BR> only an hour or two later& <BR> for the sake of making money& <BR> for the sake of that wonder drug they call "daksine"& <BR> Srila Prabhupada's <I>siksa</I> is then cast aside and non-initiates are married... <BR> <b>right in front of Srila Prabhupada.</B> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8189.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,288"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> <center> Sound Association </center> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: RAGHU MISHRA DAS </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 25, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </b> <BR><BR> <center> we are not speaking to each other <BR> in<BR> sanskrit but that's alright<BR> we have<BR> sound<BR> association in mind<BR> as sanskrit is<BR> the original stream<BR> of<BR> consciousness<BR> language </center> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8190.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== NEWS STORY ================= --> <a name="19,290"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> New Book Release: Capitalism Communism and Cowism <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: KURMAKSETRA DASA (MVS) </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p><center><a href="news/01-12/news4133.htm"><img src="news/01-12/capitalism1.jpg" width=235 height=348 border=1></a></center> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><p style='text-align:justify'><B>Jan 25, SECUNDERABAD, INDIA (SUN) &#151; </B> We are pleased to announce the release of a new landmark book by Dr. Sahadeva dasa, <I>Capitalism Communism And Cowism - A New Economics For The 21st Century</I>. One reader from Belgium has commented: "Yesterday somebody introduced me to these books and by now I nearly finished The CCC. I am impressed. I know what is happening in the world but although I am a cow Bhakta, I was not that convinced that the cow is THE SOLUTION." </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="news/01-12/news4133.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== NEWS STORY ================= --> <a name="19,291"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Pure Bhakti or <BR>Motivated Religion? <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: K. SRINIVASAN </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p><center><a href="news/01-12/news4134.htm"><img src="news/01-12/tamil.jpg" width=220 height=415 border=1></a></center> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><p style='text-align:justify'><B>Jan 25, COIMBATURE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (SUN) &#151; </B> Following is an English translation of ISKCON Coimbatore's Ratha-yatra pamphlet (originally printed in Tamil): </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>"While holding the Ganga Kalash that you received from us, in your hand, kindly chant this Mahamantra 11 times or 108 times, thus the holy water is further transformed (sanctified) by mantras. On 01 Jan 2012, participate in this bathing (abhisekam) ceremony of the holy Ganges in ISKCON Jagannath Mandir, Coimbatore and we pray to Lord Krishna for bestowing his causeless mercy, <b><I>disease free life for all your family members, all opulence</I></B> and spiritual advancement. Hence we kindly request you to come for this bathing ceremony." <P> <center><b><a href="news/01-12/news4134.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> </td></tr></table> </td> <!-- ========================COLUMN 3===================== --> <td width=249 valign=top> <center><img src="h1.gif" width=220 height=52 border=0></center> <table border=0 width=220 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr><td valign=top> <!-- ========================FEATURE STORY===================== --> <a name="19,292"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> The Astras, Part 3 <BR> Pashupati-astra </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <br> <center><a href="features/01-12/features2348.htm"><img src="features/01-12/astra7.jpg" width=220 height=165 border=1></a></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 26, CANADA (SUN) &#151; A survey of transcendental weaponry. </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Arjuna s pastimes with the famed Pashupati-astra of Lord Shiva are described at several places in the Mahabharata. In the Drona Parva there is a description of Arjuna s vow to kill Jayadratha, and Drona s vow to save him. Lord Krsna suggested that Arjuna fortify himself by seeking a boon from Shiva, thus Arjuna performed tapas to obtain the use of Pashupati-astra. <P> <center><a href="features/01-12/features2348.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="btm.gif" width=220 height=22 border=0></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,298"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Shri Chaitanya Chandrodaya <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 26, CANADA (SUN) &#151; The Rising of the Moon of Lord Shri Chaitanya (in 10 Acts) by Shrila Kavi Karnapura. </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> ACT FIVE  ADVAITA-PURA-VILASAH - Pastimes at Advaita's Home </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>1. (Shri Krishna Chaitanya enters, followed by Lord Nityananda). </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Shri Chaitanya: "I will cross over the insurmountable ocean of nescience by being firmly fixed in the service of the lotus feet of Krishna. This was approved by the previous acaryas, who were fixed in firm devotion to the Lord, Paramatma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead."* <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8195.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================STORY===================== --> <a name="19,293"></a> <P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/aswamedha/mahabharata09.htm"><img src="editorials/mahabharata/aswamedha/pix01.jpg" width=220 height=300 border=1></a></center> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 26, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Book 14, Aswamedha Parva, Aswamedhika Parva - Section 9 </b></font></font> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Indra said, "Dost thou, O Vrihaspati, sleep in peace, and are thy servants agreeable to thee, dost thou seek the welfare of the gods, and do the gods, O Brahmana, protect thee?" Vrihaspati said, "I do sleep in peace in my bed. O Lord of the gods, and my servants are to my liking and I always seek the welfare of the gods, and they cherish me well." </font></font><P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/aswamedha/mahabharata09.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================PADMA-VAKYA===================== --> <a name="ppv2237"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1>Prabhupada Padma-vakya </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <CENTER><img src="vani/vani.gif" width=120 height=180 border=1 align=left hspace=8 vspace=5></center> <P><BR><P><BR><P> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 26, <BR> CANADA (SUN) </b></font></font></CENTER> <P> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>Audio files with transcripts recorded on this day.</B></font></font></center> <P><BR><P> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Please visit <a href="http://www.prabhupadavani.org" target="_blank"><B>PrabhupadaVani.org</b></a> for audio files and transcripts.</font></font></center> <P> <b>January 26, 1973, Calcutta </b> <br>Sannyasa Initiation Lecture <br>"Anyone who has sacrificed his life for Krsna, he's sannyasa." </font></font></font></p><p> <font face="verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size="-2"><b>January 26, 1975, Location Unknown </b> <br>Room Conversation <P><BR> <img src="../c.gif" width=18 height=9 hspace=4><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.</b></font></font> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================FEATURE STORY===================== --> <a name="19,284"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> The Astras, Part 2 <BR> Pashupati-astra </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <br> <center><a href="features/01-12/features2347.htm"><img src="features/01-12/astra4.jpg" width=220 height=313 border=1></a></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 25, CANADA (SUN) &#151; A survey of transcendental weaponry. </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>One of the most destructive of all astras is the Pashupati-astra, presided over by Rudra (Lord Shiva). This highly feared weapon belongs primarily to Durga, the destructive manifestation of Parvati Devi. It is the most destructive weapon in Shiva's arsenal. Lord Shiva is also known as Pashupatinath, and one of the most important of all Shiva temples, located in Kathmandu, is dedicated to Lord Pashupatinath. <P> <center><a href="features/01-12/features2347.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="btm.gif" width=220 height=22 border=0></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,289"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Shri Chaitanya Chandrodaya <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 25, CANADA (SUN) &#151; The Rising of the Moon of Lord Shri Chaitanya (in 10 Acts) by Shrila Kavi Karnapura. </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>ACT FOUR - SANNYASA-PARIGRAHAH, Acceptance of Sannyasa </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>1. (Sacidevi enters, followed by Acaryaratna's wife). </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>2 Saci: Bhagini, why does Visvambhara worship this sannyasi? The sannyasi has not asked Him for service. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8191.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================STORY===================== --> <a name="19,285"></a> <font face="verdana"><font size=+1>The Mahabharata</font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 25, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Book 14, Aswamedha Parva, Aswamedhika Parva - Section 8 </b></font></font> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Samvarta said, "There is a peak named Munjaban on the summits of the Himalaya mountains, where the adorable Lord of Uma (Mahadeva) is constantly engaged in austere devotional exercises. There the mighty and worshipful god of great puissance, accompanied by his consort Uma, and armed with his trident, surrounded by wild goblins of many sorts, pursuing his random wish or fancy, constantly resides in the shade of giant forest trees, or in the caves, or on the rugged peaks of the great mountain. </font></font><P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/aswamedha/mahabharata08.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================FEATURE STORY===================== --> <a name="19,277"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> The Astras </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <br> <center><a href="features/01-12/features2346.htm"><img src="features/01-12/astra1.jpg" width=220 height=174 border=1></a></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 24, CANADA (SUN) &#151; A survey of transcendental weaponry. </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>According to the Vedas, there are more than 3,300 unique weapons possessed by various incarnations of the Lord and the demigods. Each of these transcendental weapons is presided over by a particular deity, and sastra describes many pastimes in which the weapons are bestowed by the controlling deity for someone's use in battle. For example, Lord Shiva gave Arjuna use of his Pashupati-astra, after Arjuna performed tapas in order to get the boon. <P> <center><a href="features/01-12/features2346.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="btm.gif" width=220 height=22 border=0></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,281"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Shri Chaitanya Chandrodaya <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 24, CANADA (SUN) &#151; The Rising of the Moon of Lord Shri Chaitanya (in 10 Acts) by Shrila Kavi Karnapura. </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>ACT THREE  DANA-VINODAH - The Dana-keli Pastime, Part Two </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>124 A Voice From Behind the Scenes: alas, noble lady, by what path can we approach Lord Siva? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>125 Collecting tolls in different places and His hands itching for mischief, a wicked jungle-elephant entices many pious young girls in this place. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8187.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================STORY===================== --> <a name="19,278"></a> <font face="verdana"><font size=+1>The Mahabharata</font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 24, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Book 14, Aswamedha Parva, Aswamedhika Parva - Section 7 </b></font></font> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Samvarta said, 'How hast thou come to know me, and who has referred thee to me, do thou tell this to me truly, if thou wishest me to do what is good to thee. 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