http://KrishnaBhajan.com/index.htmlLiving with Devotionendulal@krishnabhajan.com© 2008 Dulal Chandra dasa2007-11-26T14:29:44-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Tue, 20 May 2008 12:58:12 -0400dulal@krishnabhajan.comKrishna's Devotees2007-11-26T14:29:44-05:00http://KrishnaBhajan.com/pages/blog_files/262614919036a480d2d7e36b1d5d1d8f-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://KrishnaBhajan.com/pages/blog_files/262614919036a480d2d7e36b1d5d1d8f-4.html#unique-entry-id-4I say friends not because we have ever met, but because of the close friendship I had with your intimate relative and friend, a kind soul I knew as “Taru”: devotee, writer, public speaker, humorist, ascetic and a true lover of the Supreme Lord. I dare say that my knowledge and appreciation of Taru differs considerably from yours simply because of our varied perspectives. You, of course, knew him as a close relative, someone you grew up with and loved, or nurtured into adulthood by your good guidance and love. Others of you were his contemporaries in companionship and again, ]]>dulal@krishnabhajan.comLiving with Devotion2008-05-20T13:25:39-04:00http://KrishnaBhajan.com/pages/blog_files/fc8a512b15f406c62ee4294d46235d14-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://KrishnaBhajan.com/pages/blog_files/fc8a512b15f406c62ee4294d46235d14-3.html#unique-entry-id-3Since I am now a card carrying member of the “over the hill club”, and will continue to be until my membership forcibly expires, I will start with an old time adage - “Be careful of the company you keep.”]]>dulal@krishnabhajan.comLiving with Devotion2008-05-13T13:11:39-04:00http://KrishnaBhajan.com/pages/blog_files/0d86794b05e3ca0b9811fad605fe1fa0-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://KrishnaBhajan.com/pages/blog_files/0d86794b05e3ca0b9811fad605fe1fa0-2.html#unique-entry-id-2The other day, while filling up at the gas station, I had to ask myself “where have all the hippies gone.” You know that “were not going to take it generation,” the ones who left home, left school, and every other material security to stand in front of national guard troops placing flowers in the barrels of guns to stop a senseless war and a corrupt administration. It seems that the generation of change has now given up the fight for what’s right, abandoned their rebellious natures and are now willing to be pushed around by both corporate america and a government gone wild. This was the generation that brought you flag burning, draft card burning, ]]>dulal@krishnabhajan.comLiving with Devotion2007-10-27T13:00:46-04:00http://KrishnaBhajan.com/pages/blog_files/0b1408637430f84d002aea89fc33bd1b-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://KrishnaBhajan.com/pages/blog_files/0b1408637430f84d002aea89fc33bd1b-1.html#unique-entry-id-1Many years ago, before personal computers were the norm or even available, I worked implementing computerized accounting systems by replacing an office full of typists, accountants and secretaries with computers that spit out fancy invoices and kept tract of everything with the push of a button. As you can imagine good software was had to find in those days, and a majority of my time was spent looking for good accounting software that worked without (major) bugs. Eventually I found one very wonderful software product that did it all, and did it with style and elegance. Interestingly enough the developers had a strange sense of humor, every time you quit their program a simple message was displayed on the screen
]]>dulal@krishnabhajan.comLiving with Devotion2007-11-01T12:48:37-04:00http://KrishnaBhajan.com/pages/blog_files/8f9113d8275c7b217636dab8dc848f69-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://KrishnaBhajan.com/pages/blog_files/8f9113d8275c7b217636dab8dc848f69-0.html#unique-entry-id-0Growing up in the ‘50’s during the era of “Leave it to Beaver” and “The Lone Ranger”, black and white TV programming was presented for the whole family and to some small extent instilled family values and ethics. Now please remember, American society was somewhat peaceful having just finished the second world war and having not yet begun the next major conflict - Vietnam and the hippie revolution. At that time many slogans were prevalent and common in the vernacular of everyday life to fortify work ethics and values, two of which were “if its worth doing, its worth doing right.” and “God is in the details.”]]>