Kiev, the Ukraine
4 September 2004
Odessa, Karkhov, Kiev
29 August--04 September
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| My Salagram altar, Odessa. |
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| HH Bhaktivaibhava Maharaja giving a seminar, Odessa.
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| With Premavanya and Dvijata Pujaka, standing before Govinda's
restaurant in downtown Odessa. |
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| Govinda's is run very successfully by Bhakta Sasha.
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| The prasadam is absolutely exquisite! |
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| Doing my email and In2-MeC work in Sasha's office.
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| In search of altar paraphenalia, I was taken by
Sasha to a couple of esoteric import shops in Odessa. Note the
brass chakras on the bookshelf. In one shop I purchased a jar
of sandalwood powder mixed with saffron dust. Just add water
and you have very nice chandan pulp for decorating Sri Salagram
after His morning bath. |
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| From 30 August through 2 September I was at Kharkov. There
I stayed at the home of Sandipani Muni das and his good wife
Premasagara dd. Sandipani Muni was formerly a general in the
Soviet Army. |
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| This is Jan the Cat, who guards Sandipani's home day and
night. |
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| Sri-Sri Gaura-Nitai, ISKCON Kharkov. The temple is a few minute's
walk from Sandipani Muni's house. |
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Evening program in the temple yard.
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| Prasad distribution to devotees and guests, ISKCON Kharkov.
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| Srimad-Bhagavatam class, ISKCON Kharkov. |
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| I visited Kharkov University... |
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| ...where I met Professor Zechmistro, a philosopher of science,
and his colleagues. We had an engaging discussion about quantum
physics, consciousness, and God. Professor Zechmistro believes
that modern atomic physics does not disprove ancient Indian
and Greek wisdom about the nature of the world. Physics only
points to a deeper reality which science cannot penetrate. I
didn't tell him about the ISKCON MacNewletter article...he would
have had a good laugh if I did! |
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| Now I am in Kiev, where there are two ISKCON centers.
One is a large temple in the suburbs. The other is a preaching center
downtown. Today I gave a Gita class at the downtown center. |
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