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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/fire7a.jpg"> <img src="gallery/fire7.jpg" width=235 height=162 border=1></a></center> <br> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Krsna Swallows the Forest Fire <BR> Bhagavata Purana, Mandi, c. 1760 </b> <P> </strong></font></font></center></p> <table border=0 width=249 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="20,062"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> The Last Real <BR>ISKCON Temple <p> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: JAYA MADHAVA 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>May 15, MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SUN) &#151; </b> Recently, I got a sad email from a Russian Mataji, who was visiting America. She visited a well known temple from ISKCON's better heydays of book distribution. In particular, this was a famous Temple for book distribution in the 1970s. Srila Prabhupada personally came to visit it, to the great joy of his disciples. </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>As she walked into the dark and empty temple room, tears flowed down her eyes and they were not tears of joy, but tears of disappointment and shock. The Sunday feast was devoid of any non-Indians& it was depressing for her to see. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8572.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 ================= --> <a name="20,065"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Nepal Crash Victims Weren't Supposed to<BR> Take the Fateful Flight <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> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><p style='text-align:justify'><B>May 15, CANADA (SUN) &#151; A compendium of the day's news coverage on the Nepal flight disaster. </B> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>Pooja Naik and Jyoti Shelar<br> MUMBAI MIRROR</B> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><i>They were scheduled to fly on Sunday, but bad weather delayed their plan by a day</I> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>The Sachdev residence at Khar West was swarming with relatives on Tuesday morning. While mourners shuffled in and out of the house, the family found it difficult to hold back their tears and as they looked at the smiling photographs of the Rasna girl the country knew so well. <P> <center><b><a href="news/05-12/news4257.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> <!-- ===================== EDITOR'S NOTE ================= --> <a name="20,066"></a> <P><img src="note1.jpg" width=235 height=57 border=0> <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><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> May 15, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </B> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>In presenting news coverage over the last 48 hours of the devastating air crash in Nepal, which resulted in so much loss of life, we have been very saddened to realize how many lives were affected by this event. Each of the devotees, and non-devotees alike who departed will leave behind them many family and friends to mourn the loss. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>On behalf of the Sampradaya Sun community, the Editors would like to extend heartfelt wishes for all those grieving to find peace, in Krsna consciousness... the only balm. To the Mumbai and Chowpatty temple communities, where the devotees are especially hard hit by this event, we offer our deep condolences and respects. <BR>Hare Krsna <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="20,063"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Krsna Culture in Music, Part 6 <p> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: JAHNAVA DEVI </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p><center><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8573.htm"><img src="editorials/05-12/classical6.jpg" width=235 border=1></A></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>May 15, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Reprising a 2006 Sun series on the cultural impact of Krsna Consciousness on the western music scene. </b> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Classical Krsna (Continued)</b> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>"Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000) was an exceptionally gifted composer of Armenian and Scottish descent, born in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1911. He began composing as soon as he could read music, at the age of four - a spontaneous act which seems to have had about it the inevitability of an unquestioned law of nature. Since that time he has been like a river flowing into every form of musical expression. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8573.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="20,064"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Apara Ekadasi <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>May 15, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Apara Ekadasi, observed on May 16th, from the Brahmanda Purana. </b> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Sri Yudhishthira Maharaj said, "Oh Janardana, what is the name of the Ekadasii that occurs during the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the month of Jyeshtha (May-June)? I wish to hear from You the glories of this sacred day of Hari. Please narrate everything to me." </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Lord Sri Krishna said, "Oh king, your inquiry is wonderful because the answer will benefit the whole human society. This Ekadasii is so sublime and meritorious that even the greatest sins can be erased by its purity. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8574.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 ================= --> <a name="20,067"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Puri Temple's Lion Gate Remains Closed <p> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF CORRESPONDENT </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <P><center><a href="news/05-12/news4258.htm"><img src="news/05-12/liongate1.jpg" width=235 height=354 border=1></A></center> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><p style='text-align:justify'><B>MAY 15, JAGANNATHA PURI, ORISSA <img src="sunstaff.jpg" width=28 height=14 border=0 hspace=4> &#151; </B> Lion Gate, the main entrance of Jagannatha Temple in Puri, will remain closed for at least fifteen days from Wednesday morning in view of the ongoing repair work by Archeological Survey of India (ASI), custodian of the 12th century shrine, official sources said. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>"Devotees, however can use the other three gates as entry and exit routes. Since ASI is carrying out repair work at the main entrance, we decided to close it for brief period. The inconvenience is regretted," temple's PRO Laxmidhar Pujapanda said. "We urge the devotees to cooperate with us," Pujapanda said. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="news/05-12/news4258.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 ================= --> <a name="20,053"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Devotees Die in Nepal Plane Crash <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> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><p style='text-align:justify'><B>May 14, KATHMANDU, NEPAL (SUN) &#151; </B> A small plane crashed near a treacherous high-altitude airport in northern Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people, while six others on board miraculously survived. The Dornier 228 aircraft, belonging to local carrier Agni Air, ploughed into the ground just outside Jomsom airport, a gateway to the Annapurna mountain range, shortly after the pilot reported a problem at around 09:45 local time (04:00 GMT). The plane was about a mile from the airport at Jomsom when it went down, according to Purusottam Shakya, deputy director of air traffic service operations in Kathmandu. <P><center><a href="news/05-12/news4255.htm"><img src="news/05-12/nepal1.jpg" width=235 height=178 border=1></A></center> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>"Fifteen people have been killed. Thirteen of them were Indian tourists and the other two were Nepali pilots," police spokesman Binod Singh told AFP. Among the dead were a number of ISKCON devotees, eight of whom were identified by devotees of Chowpatty temple. <P> <center><b><a href="news/05-12/news4255.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="20,054"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Krsna Culture in Music, Part 5 <p> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: JAHNAVA DEVI </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p><center><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8568.htm"><img src="editorials/05-12/classical1.jpg" width=235 height=324 border=0></A></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>May 14, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </b> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Classical Krsna</b> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Classical musicians over the ages have composed and performed great musical works inspired by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. While we seldom make the connection between Sri Krsna and opera or western Classical music, that connection lives through the hearts of musicians around the world, who are naturally attracted to the transcendental Absolute. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8568.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="20,056"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Memories of Krishna <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>May 14, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </b> We recently came across an old blog posting from 'Vantripper', published in February 2005. It's a nice reminder of the positive impact Harinama has on people who hear the transcendental sound vibration of Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>While we can't wish away ISKCON's problems or keep them hidden from view, we <B>can</b> keep working to solve them while also strengthening the image of the Hare Krsnas in the public eye, by increasing our Harinama Sankirtana presence in every town and village. We should be generating thousands of blog postings like this one, every day of the year, for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada: </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8569.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 ================= --> <a name="20,055"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Delicious Prasad on <BR> a Massive Scale <p> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: PARASURAM DAS </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <P><center><a href="news/05-12/news4256.htm"><img src="news/05-12/prasad1.jpg" width=235 height=157 border=1></A></center> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><p style='text-align:justify'><B>May 14, UK (SUN) &#151; </B> Within this planet Earth, there are so many living entities, all struggling hard for existence. They have forgotten that the Supreme Isvara, manager, has organised enough resources for everyone to live on. But in these unfortunate times there is so much mismanagement that one-third of the food produced in the West ends up in the rubbish dumps, polluting the environment. <P> <center><b><a href="news/05-12/news4256.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="20,057"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> <center> Contentment </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>May 14, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </b> <BR><BR> <center> so hello one <BR> said<BR> consciousness is not<BR> the<BR> content<BR> it<BR> is<BR> the<BR> context in which all content<BR> is<BR> experienced<BR> hello </center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8570.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> <!-- ===================== CLASSIFIEDS ================= --> <a name="20,058"></a> <P><center><a href="classifieds/classifieds.htm"><img src="classifieds/announce.gif" width=220 height=53 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> May 14, CANADA (SUN) &#151; New items in the Sun's Classified ads section.</B> </font></font><P> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B><a href="classifieds/realestate.htm"> [ Real Estate ] </a></b></font></font></center> <P><BR><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="20,059"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> The Panchala Kingdom, Part 3 </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/05-12/features2458.htm"><img src="features/05-12/pandavas1.jpg" width=220 height=343 border=0></a></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>May 15, CANADA (SUN) &#151; The last in a three-part study of the land of the Kurus and Panchalas of Bharat. </b> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Kanyakubja Kingdom </b> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>The Kanyakubja kingdom is known as the modern day Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh. During the reign of King Drupada of southern Panchala, this territory formed a part of the southern Panchala. <P> <center><a href="features/05-12/features2458.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="20,061"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Mamgachhi - Birthplace of Sri Vrindavan Das Thakura <p> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: CHANDAN BHATIA </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p><center><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8571.htm"><img src="editorials/05-12/mamgachhi1.jpg" width=220 border=1></A></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>May 15, SRIDHAM MAYAPUR, WEST BENGAL (SUN) &#151; </b> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Hare Krishna! On <B>17 May, Thursday</B> is the auspicious <B>Appearance Day</B> of a great Vaishnava acarya, <B>Sri Vrindavan Das Thakura</B>, the last initiated disciple of Lord Nityananda and author of <I>Sri Caitanya Bhagavata</i>. The Life and Pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are very elaborately described in <I>Sri Caitanya Bhagavata</i>. Sri Vrindavan Das Thakura took initiation at the age of 16. He was the dear-most disciple of Lord Nityananda. </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8571.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="20,060"></a> <P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/asramavasika/mahabharata28.htm"><img src="editorials/mahabharata/asramavasika/pix01.jpg" width=220 height=181 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>May 15, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Book 15, Asramavasika Parva, Asramavasa Parva - Section 28 </b></font></font> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Vaisampayana said, 'After the high-souled Pandavas had all been seated, Satyavati's son Vyasa said,--O Dhritarashtra of mighty arms, hast thou been able to achieve penances? Is thy mind, O king, pleased with thy residence in the woods? </font></font><P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/asramavasika/mahabharata28.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="ppv2347"></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>May 15, <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> May 15, 1973, Los Angeles </b> <br> Morning Walk At Cheviot Hills Golf Course <br> "Soul is the, a small God, sample God. If you understand the sample, then you can understand the whole thing." </font></font></font></p><p> <font face="verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size="-2"><b> May 15, 1973, Los Angeles </b> <br> Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.9.1 <br>"We (are) all spirit soul, either in the human form of body or animal form of body or tree form of body, anything. Sarva-yonisu. We are all living entities. But we have got different dresses. That's all. According to karma." </font></font></font></p><p> <font face="verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size="-2"><b> May 15, 1976, Honolulu </b> <br> Morning Walk <br> "..we say there is no beginning. As God has no beginning, soul has no beginning." <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="20,051"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> The Panchala Kingdom, Part 2 </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/05-12/features2457.htm"><img src="features/05-12/drupada1.jpg" width=220 height=267 border=0></a></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>May 14, CANADA (SUN) &#151; A three-part study of the land of the Kurus and Panchalas of Bharat. </b> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>The Partition of the Panchala Kingdom</b> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Drona defeated Drupada, by means of his disciple Arjuna, to settle his old scores. Drona spoke as follows to the captive Drupada: 'Thou toldest me before that none who was not a king could be a king's friend. Therefore is it, O Yajnasena (Drupada), that I retain half thy kingdom. Thou art the king of all the territory lying on the southern side of the Bhagirathi (Ganga), while I become king of all the territory on the north of that river. And, O Panchala, if it pleaseth thee, know me hence for thy friend.' <P> <center><a href="features/05-12/features2457.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> <!-- ========================STORY===================== --> <a name="20,052"></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>May 14, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Book 15, Asramavasika Parva, Asramavasa Parva - Section 27 </b></font></font> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Vaisampayana said, 'They passed that night which was characterised by auspicious constellations even thus, O king, in that retreat of righteous ascetics. The conversation that occurred was characterised by many reflections on morality and wealth. Consisting of delightful and sweet words, it was graced with diverse citations from the Srutis. </font></font><P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/asramavasika/mahabharata27.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="20,046"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> The Panchala Kingdom </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/05-12/features2456.htm"><img src="features/05-12/panchala1.jpg" width=220 height=158 border=1></a></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>May 13, CANADA (SUN) &#151; A three-part study of the land of the Kurus and Panchalas of Bharat. </b> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> Panchala Kingdom extended from the Himalayas in the north to the River Charmanwati in the south during the period of Mahabharata. The Kuru, Surasena and Matsya kingdoms were to the west, and the forest of Naimisha was to the east. Later, Panchala was divided into Southern Panchala (Panchala proper ruled by King Drupada, the father-in-law of the Pandavas) and Northern Panchala (ruled by Ashwathama, the son of Drona. Drona was Drupada's former friend who became his enemy later). The Ganges River separated the two Panchalas. <P> <center><a href="features/05-12/features2456.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> <!-- ========================STORY===================== --> <a name="20,047"></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>May 13, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Book 15, Asramavasika Parva, Asramavasa Parva - Section 26 </b></font></font> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Dhritarashtra said. 'O Yudhishthira, art thou in peace and happiness, with all thy brothers and the inhabitants of the city and the provinces? Are they that live in dependance on thee also happy? Are they ministers, and servitors, and all thy seniors and preceptors also, happy? Are those also that live in thy dominions free from fear? </font></font><P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/asramavasika/mahabharata26.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> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="20,048"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Epigraphic Evidence of Narasingha Avatara <p> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: BHARATI PAL </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>May 13, BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA (SUN) &#151; </b> The illustration of Dasavatara Tattwa in Geeta Govinda by Poet Shree Jayadeva is an epoch making creation. The ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu have worldwide acclamations. Our Oddisi dance and music is enriched in this theme of Dasa Avatara. Among these ten incarnations, Narasingha Avatara is a significant contribution of Kavi Shri Jayadeva. The description of Narasingha incarnation is found widely starting from stone, bronze, inscriptions, Pattachitra and also in palmleaf painting. </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>The Narasingha Avatara or the Man-lion form of Vishnu, in which Hari destroyed the infidel king Hiranyakasipu, who threatened his own son Prahlada with death because of his devotion to Hari, Hiranyakasipu had been given a boon of invulnerability by day or night by god, man or beast, inside or outside his palace, and to overcome it the God appears at twilight as a man-lion form (Narasingha Avatara) inside a pillar, and reaches out to destroy the king. The literary and epigraphic sources throw considerable light on this Narasingha Avatara of Vishnu. </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8566.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="20,049"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Krsna Culture in Music, Part 4 <p> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: JAHNAVA DEVI </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p><center><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8567.htm"><img src="editorials/05-12/music4/freakout1.jpg" width=220 border=0></A></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>May 13, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </b> From the time Srila Prabhupada arrived in the West, Krsna Culture began to seep into popular music around the world. In today's serial edition of <I>Krsna Culture in Music</I> we'll look at a fascinating collection of albums in various music genre that include songs inspired by Krsna Consciousness. </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>The surprising number of occurrences of Hare Krishna on albums produced outside of Srila Prabhupada's society just goes to show the great impact his preaching mission has had on the world. While this list is far from conclusive, it will give the reader an idea of the great variety of popular albums containing the maha-mantra. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/05-12/editorials8567.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 ================= --> <a name="20,050"> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Dwarka Under the Sea <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> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><p style='text-align:justify'><B>May 13, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </B> A presentation on the legend of Sri Krsna's City of Dwarka, and archeological attempts to prove its location under the Arabian Sea. 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