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Gratitude
The layout, quality and the relevance of the news articles continues to get better every time I visit your site. It is a joy to read a broad mix that spans the spiritual and social spectrum. Mukunda Goswami's recent article on Food For Life Vrindavan inspired me to make contact with the operation in Vrindavan and subsequently I now sponsor a child at the Sandipani Muni School. The site is a 'shop-window' of ISKCON activites at their best. I wish you all success.
Luke McDonald (Hendon, London)
Gratitude
I just had a few minutes and checked out the new ISKCON News website. It is excellent. Good content, with a clean and easy to access presentation. In my opinion, it is all-around 1st class. Thank you very much for all the effort that went into this. I have recommended the site to all the devotees on our e-mail list here in Southern California and all the presidents and board members of the temples I am responsible for.
Your servant,
Badrinarayan dasa
Bhaktivedanta School Wins National Championship
I was very encouraged to read the article "Bhaktivedanta School Wins National Championship". I think that physical activity is very important for our spiritual, mental, and emotional development. Too many times this gets ignored, much to our detriment. It's also a great way to interface with the outside world; it can be a wonderful example to other people about the versatility of Krishna Consciousness. Of course, with any of these things, I believe it's the consciousness behind it.
It's obviously of the utmost importance that whoever is leading or coaching these boys is of the highest character, someone who can use this as an opportunity to help them develop their spiritual lives. Almost every experience can be used to help us grow in spiritual life and this is no exception. It's like real estate, instead of "location, location, location," it's "intent, intent, intent." A devotee friend recently pointed out something very helpful to me; she said this movement is meant to incorporate *everyone* and there should be a place for everyone, liberal or conservative (or whatever duality you choose). That also means the artists, the actors, the musicians and yes, the athletes.
Beth Bauer (New York, U.S.A.)
