ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head><title>The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - News - January 2012 </title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" width=800 link="#990000" alink="#990000" vlink="#000088"> <table width=750 border=1 bordercolor="#CC9933" bordercolordark="990000" bordercolorlight="CC9933" cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top><font face="verdana"><font size=2> <center><P> <img src="../head1.gif" width=605 height=99 border=0 usemap="#nav1"></center> <center><table width=700 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2><font face="verdana"><font size=2> <MAP NAME="nav1"> <AREA COORDS="23,17,110,82" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../index.htm"> <AREA COORDS="1,87,46,98" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../../media/mantra.wav" target="_blank"> <AREA COORDS="76,86,111,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../news/news.htm"> <AREA COORDS="121,86,189,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../editorials/editorials.htm"> <AREA COORDS="199,86,256,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../features/features.htm"> <AREA COORDS="266,86,329,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF"../../sunblogs/sunblogs.htm"> <AREA COORDS="339,86,412,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../classifieds/classifieds.htm"> <AREA COORDS="421,86,466,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../events/events.htm"> <AREA COORDS="476,86,539,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../recipes/recipes.htm"> <AREA COORDS="549,86,796,604" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../podcasts/podcasts.htm"> </MAP> <P><BR> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=700> <font face="verdana"><font size=2> <P><BR> <blockquote> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+2><p style='text-align:justify'> The Eight Petals </font></font> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=2><p style='text-align:justify'> BY: VRNDAVANLILA DEVI DASI </font></font> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=2><p style='text-align:justify'><B>Jan 28, 2011 &#151; SECUNDERABAD, INDIA (SUN) &#151; </B> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Please receive THE EIGHT PETALS for Vamana Mas (23rd issue), which you can <a href="http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/news/01-12/8petals.pdf" target="_blank"><B>download here</b></a> in PDF. The focus for this issue is " Astrology". </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Recently on the suggestion of one of the subscribers of the newsletter, I have started a new blog <A HREF="http://theeightpetals.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_BLANK"><b>TheEightPetals.blogspot.com</b></a>, as an additional forum to take forward our discussions on Varnasrama. I welcome the readers to not just become a member of this blog, but also to make relevant postings, comments and even suggestions. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>For those who have a slow Internet connection, the newsletter is also available (all the issues) at <a href="http://ebooks.iskcondesiretree.info/index.php?q=f&f=%2Fpdf%2FThe_Eight_Petals" target="_blank"><B>IskconDesireTree</b></a>. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>The focus of the next issue is "Suffering", and I welcome articles, opinion etc. for the coming issue within 15 days of the release of the newsletter. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>You can feel free to circulate the newsletter to your friends and others. You can also suggest contacts who would like to receive the newsletter to the editor. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Aspiring to serve, <BR> Vrndavanlila dd (Dr. Vrinda Baxi) <BR> Editor - <I>The Eight Petals</I> </blockquote> <P><BR><P> </td></tr></table></center> <center><a href="../../index.htm"><img src="../../leftarrow.gif" width=20 height=15 border=0 alt="Homepage"></a></center> <P><BR><P><BR> <!-- ========================END NOTES===================== --> <blockquote> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><center> | <a href="../../index.htm">The Sun</a> | <a href="../../news/news.htm">News</a> | <a href="../../editorials/editorials.htm">Editorials</a> | <a href="../../features/features.htm">Features</a> | <a href="../../sunblogs/sunblogs.htm">Sun Blogs</a> | <a href="../../classifieds/classifieds.htm">Classifieds</a> | <a href="../../events/events.htm">Events</a> | <a href="../../recipes/recipes.htm">Recipes</a> | <a href="../../podcasts/podcasts.htm">PodCasts</a> | <P> | <a href="../../about.htm">About</a> | <a href="../../submit.htm">Submit an Article</a> | <a href="mailto:sun@harekrsna.com">Contact Us</a> | <a href="../../ads/advertise.htm">Advertise</a> | <ahref="../../../index.htm">HareKrsna.com</a> | </center> </blockquote> <P> <center><b>Copyright 2005, 2012, HareKrsna.com. 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