April 26,2009

Welcome to dharmascience.net

Dharma is not a well known or understood word. Dharma means that there is universal law and order. Nothing happens by accident. Well known by hindu and buddhist culture Dharma is showing us the way to appropiate behaviour. This means that our activities in this world become conducive to our and others wellbeing. Dharma is opposed to the materialistic worldview that holds sense gratification and temporary achievement as the only benefits of life. It is meant to make us good people. To encourage us to respect others pains and feelings as much as we wish others to respect ours. The laws of Dharma teaches us details about every part of life. What is our duty, what are our responsibilities towards the earth, our air and water, towards the birds and fellow animals, towards the insects and the trees. What does it mean to be a leader, an agriculturist, a father, teacher etc. Dharma explains everything in terms of truth and common sense. It does not allow injustice and is rare in our current age due to the influence of materialism. But all know intuitively that Dharma is the right way of action. How to keep our kids away from drugs, our girls chaste for their marriage, our youth with so much enthusiasm that they won't even get the idea to kill their bodies. Our babies to be safe from being aborted by shortsighted people. Our earth protected from chemicals which will kill birds and humans after a short time. Our minds safe from the gambling greed. And how to save the animals from the factory farming which turns the world into a place of systematic cruelty against all animals. Dharma shows us the way to do things well, balanced and according to time place and circumstance. How to keep our society from littering garbage into every river, ocean and street. Our trees safe from illegal logging and we must get people to reforest the land. Our world from the arms race and the terrible exploitation of irresponsible leaders. Science is unfortunately used by those very same irresponsible leaders for increasing their selfish gain. And the business community sells out frequently to their profit thinking and not their vaisya responsabilities in society.

Who are we?

All those who care for planet earth and the wellbeing of the inhabitants of the planet are members of our association. In the wisdom of Asia this attitude and proper behaviour hasbeen known as Dharma. Action which decides which way we go in live has been called Karma. In scientific terms that means the law of action and reaction.

Action/ Karma has been devided into:
Vikarma = unfavorable action leading to sufferings.
Naiskarma = favorable action leading to piety.
Akarma = selfless act as devotion to the orginal source of all which brings no material reaction at all but promotes us to eternal existense.

There is also in india a process called Karmakanda which teaches us to reach higher destinations and counteract mistakes we committed in the past. From scientific point of view we know that if we do not clean up our action we will be held responsible for so much destruction of the environment and general values. Dharma and science is a joint responsibility of all conscious and responsible human beings regardless whether they believe in the laws of karma and reincarnation or not. All can join by spreading the consciousness of our different campaigns.

Dharma and science?

Dharma - the traditional teachings of avatars and great teachers to preserve a healthy life for the benefit of the practitioner, others and our mother earth.
Science - the research of how to adapt our surroundings and new findings to the benefit of all and our mother earth.

Both of them have to work together to get the job done. Faith and new developments are subject to be reviewed whether they benefit all beings and mother earth. Faith and new discoveries are good and necessarily part of the human path of development. But independent of each other and misused for selfish gain they become the danger for the survival of humanity and the cause of losing valuable treasures such as our health, morality, family and the envirorment. Therefore we shall make every possible effort with respect to all beings and all manifestations of constructive faith and discoveries to combine our efforts to improve the situation. For this purpose we welcome all contributions of which we will highlight outstanding sayings of wisdom and conscious grafics in this campaign. Quoting the source you may make free use of this material in your own campaigns to awaken the consciousness of mankind, his spirit of greatfullness and compassion.In the service of the truth, of the laws, of divine love and of universal all embracing love.In your service. What is "the Original Kingdom of the Spoonrevolution" and what does the Dharma & Science campaign have to do with it? Vegetarianism is a great tool to counteract many of the problems of our world. The OK-original kingdom is a humorous approach to encourage people to change some of their habits which endanger our planet. Dharma & science wants to reach that same joyful cooperation amongst all to help solve many problems of modern materialisticlifestyles.

OK

How to motivate people to accept frugality, less use of plastic, stopping abortion, face the challanges of life instead of commiting suicide, living organicly without GMO (genetically modified organism) seeds and living without slaughtering innocent creatures to get unhealthy food? That is the question. The approach of giving discounts to members of the OK, the collectible Okis/Omis to raise awareness were really practical and entertaining ideas which was adopted by the Dharma & Science cooperation for the welfare of humanity. Thus we have a group of activists from all over the world who favor the natural organic and nonviolent lifestyle. Also to invite all artists and intellectuals to freely contribute to the thoughtprovoking material of the campaign is welcomed by all. As a matter of fact OK events and Dharma & Science events will join together with conscious artists and expositions of Vegetarian Cooking art to practically promote a Higher Taste. We look forward to work together with all of you.

Participate
Spread the message of Dharma through OMi posters and flyers. Spread the message of science through OKi posters and flyers. Spread sanity to all corners of streets, schools and colleges through these thought provoking messages of truth. Let the truth be known and approved by everyones heart.

Let us show that the spirit to know the truth and benefit the world is still alive within us.It is so easy. Just copy the material and spread it in any way that you can think of. We suggest: Copy and paste on billboards, windows in public transports, behind car windows, public announcement areas, via E-mail, web sites, newsletters, etc. Give out small Oki/OMis through member businesses, to every customer so that they can collect them and gain prices for their collection. Discuss the OMi s and OKi's in forums and schoolclasses. Spread the idea of the OK - Original Kingdom where O are K-illed. That is a program promoted together with Dharma & Science, which tries to create a network of houses and busineses which respect the needs of nature and expand the "Meat, Fish and Egg free zone" of the Original Kingdom. Every such area of the kingdom is either an embassy if vegetarian embassadors live in a house, or if the house is a center for OK activism it is a Ministry and the activists are knows as Ministers of the Original Kingdom. But some intelligent scientists have discovered that dharma is the natural course to follow, that beyond matter there is spirit and that we have to respond to that universal spirit of whom our soul is one fragment. Quantum physicists have discovered that the vedas said it all along. Science has to align with the beneficial teachings of Dharma. Then together we can guide humanity out of that dark hole which is swallowing up the sanity of our life. Dharma & Science do approve of the vegetarian approach to solve many problems of our world. Thus other subjects like the OMi declarations are also included in this effort to create places where animals and our environment is respected. We are looking for artists, movie makers and writers to fill the atmosphere with our vibration. The only way to advance is if YOU become part of the solution. We want YOU to start a Ministry of the Original Kingdom at your home. Dharma & Science is the platform to take this message to India, the place where Dharma is part of the heritage. And we hope that intelligent people born in Hindusthan-India will come forward and re-establish the glory of the sages by sharing their light with the world.

Welcome from the core of our heart and our concern for all.
The Dharma & Science team

April 19,2009

Dear devotees

krishnas americas ki jay !

im dictating this chat from miami meditation garden this morning i heard a song that describe a man who was with his family being observed in a restaurant by another man an hour pass and the man of thenext table get up and tell to the family father you are a lucky man i observed your family, the relationships you have, i can only conclude you are a lucky man and the man who made this commentary get away at the moment then the family father start thinking how a man that dont know me has to tell me i am a lucky man and start looking to his family and realize with shame that sometimes he forgot how lucky he was he has a wonderfull women that accompanied him all his life and his children were very creative and rebels because they wanted to know the truth and why one fight in life and all together form a nice family and he doesnt even remember each day how beautifull and important they are and a strange man has to remember him this see my dear song in the plane arriving from england for miami there was a headed in the first page and said the old united family is a subject of the past nowadays more childrens in england born in by non married parents than married parents and the numbers of marriages have reduce in 60 percents as we see kaliyuga advances and this is the products of tv that promote daily promiscuity as normal and the most fun of bramacari life they do not have idea so i think in all the nice persons i know and those wonderfull families inside our family that shamely fight each other once in a while and i try to mantain them at least they do not abandon spiritual life i realize that most of them do not know how lucky they are and the beautifull persons they have and sometimes they do not remember to take care of them better to take care of the others is an art that has to deal with adhikar of spiritual advanze,with the grade of love one has discover and i attach to this to say to you take care of you,take care of your wife take care of your husbands and your children this jewels are uniques that god has trust you and take care of your spiritual brothers take care of you relationship with your spiritual master and with the deity he trust you to worship take care of your rounds chant your japas and gayatris take care of your offerings of prasadam for not eating boga take care of the study of sacred books and take care of beautifull istaghostis where you program how to make things better take care of the verses you have memorize for not forgetting them but most of all ,take care of your relatioships is so easy to say i leave when some problem appear with less selfishness there is always a solution,learn to get down you head before others do it if some devotee is angry with you and at the same time you know he is very dear to your spititual master ,you beter harmonize ,you better do it ! in the contrary you are going to torture you guru look this devotees very well,how they sacrifice ,how they win the blessing of your guru and the care of so much vaisnavas and before this there are also misunderstandings remember the instruction thay mahaprabhu has given to us i offer reverences to all never ask for respect for you this is the key of success tolerance is the beautifull decoration of humility in this there is nothing to loose and all to win and with no humility there is nothing to win and everything to loose is love the ingredient all we desire to find but if you are a tyrant only solitude you are going to get control the verbal fury,the violence,to intimidate do not intimidate anyone in public thay is under your care the teacher as a servant is going to be judge for the result ,his capacity of deliver the wisdom to their lucky pupils non day non word scapes of the total register and even you do not like it ,it comes to the end and all the bad things you are ,all the mistakes that you make are the ingredients of the life that comes programmed with you is not worthy to complain about anyone,nor father,nor mother,nor brothers, they are the ones that have to deliver your past karma and if you have another chance for not repeating the same faults and reconstruct the lost relationships with this new opportunity because you where some fool student that do not learn with one lesson, the other day i say an ateist complaining he had visited a temple for 30 years and he felt he havent won anything and bravely he proclaimed dont waist your time in a temple,go and have fun but an angry devotee answer and ask him about his family situation he said in the temple everyday we give reverences, in you house dont en the temples we offer reverences,prasadam and lessons of the guru, and now you are a blind person thay thinks you havent received nothing the temples mantain the sanity and encourage to go on without causing damage to others as your mother feed you with her love and example we are fighting with the demon we have inside when you do not go to the temple you go to bars and movies and this make you demon bigger if you havent seen god is because he doesnt want to,you are not qualificated you have to learn to give thanks and share with others the kindness and the education that sadhus offer in this world full of corruption we learn that this life we are blind without devotion i hope this words reach to your heart and support me to mantain you life with dedication and that our temples be santuaries of the solution thank you to be in the fight and i hope you see all soon happy in krishna conciousness i am going to be here for urgent messages wait for the answer because there are to many of if you send them to pancatatwa he is going to give them to me after ... haribol!!!

April 5,2009

30 march in the library of the Restaurant of Ekadasi Prabhu

Dandavats

Gurumaharaj send a text after the chat about a meeting of the WVA. He is at the farm now in Italy giving a class Here comes the text. 30 march in the library of the Restaurant of Ekadasi Prabhu A meeting was held between the different vaisnava missions of Italy. Gour Govinda Prabhu lectures about the need of unity. To organize a democratic organization to present the Vaisnavas to the Government. I have the desire to see this to resolve problems The instruments of the modern society have to be Krishnized. I can give special professional advise when that is requirred as a lawyer. After Gour Govinda prabhu end his lecture. Srila Gurumaharaj give a lecture about the history of the Worl Vaisnava Association. Devanath prabhu spoke about Srila Sridhar Maharaj and srila bhakti Madhuria Ban Maharaj. Devanath prabhu spoke about Srila Sridhar Maharaj and Srila Bhakti Madhuria Ban Maharaj.

Gour Sundara das spoke about his spiritual masters glories. A Leader of the islam in italy.

Informed about the recognition the government can give to religious minorities. In italy this is quiet complex. In the anglo saxon concept the religious freedom is the right of every citizen.The relationship is between the citizen and the state. And if the citizen belongs to a church the state takes notice of that. Different in Latin catholic countries the power of the church. Here anyone who wants to be recognized as a religion has to have a church structure similar to the catholic church even if that is not typical for them.The hierarchic structure creates one authority. Official position is the one of the pope. In other religions it does not happen like that. Like in the Hebraic traditions for example. They had to make a structure which traditionally they did not have. o they elected a representative. There is no chief of Hebrews in the US. They have 10 different Hebrew organization.

To make an agreement with the state. In the orthodox church every country has a supreme Christian leader. For Christianity three groups are alalyzed . Orthodux, catholic and protestant. The state has accepted that reality. All have a confederation and an agreement with the italian state. The fact is the organization should represent the maximum quantity of faithful. Many buddhist organization.They do not reach out to have any agreement. They were not able to make a Buddhist council. The hindu situation was also difficult There is no pope of any kind. It is not conceivable in India what to speak in Italy. All the yogacenter etc. Italian hinduistic organization. We can go to court and call us the empire of the east. Some 100 people are the respresentated of the hinduism in Italy. The west majority does not even know about it. Make agreement with other similar groups. Make such an agreement before you present it before the state. What is a hindu confession. Only Italy has such a thing. The vaisnava confession is more specific and concrete. We follow something that is also accepted in India. But if you speak about Srila Prabhupada in india. You do not have to unite any organizations just create a council of the vaisnava organizations. You have to present some documents. But if you have a juristic identity the state wants you to have a certain amount of money. And the organization has to have some kind of property.

You could try to join the other hindus. The many advantages to be recognized by the state. There is the donation that people can give to any organization they like. Avoiding military service or get vegetarian meals in hospitals. Get free days on your religious festivals. Funeral rights. Every year has to be transmitted a list of holidays. Mahapurusa Prabhu coordinated the event. After a fired up lecture of the teacher of religion saying that religions belong to all and not to a specific nation.Balihari Prabhu spoke that being recognized would change the situation a lot We should take it up with great enthusiasm to get vaisnavism recognized. If we are strong it will be for the benefit of all. Please make your choice. The blessings of the Acaryas will be with us. Our cooperation will help a lot. Iskcon alone had difficulties to get accepted by the state. And those who do not want to join we wait for them with open arms. We have gain some realization and have to go on. Let's put aside difficulties Parabhakti spoke for Iskcon: It is more easy for us to speak to other religions and more difficult to speak with other Vaisnavas. In other meetings we discovered that talking with others became a nice experience. in florence we participated in such meetings to make a schoolbook. There were mistakes to correct. They even had written that krishna is an incarnation of lord Siva. When the people. Especially young people hear about religion they want to hear about values. When the people. Especially young people hear about religion they want to hear about values. We welcome the unity amongst ourselves and also with the state. Ananta prabhu from Gaura mandal spoke: we are all Vaisnavas. A Vaisnava can recognize another Vaisnavas. But this is not the ecumensim that we are all son of Gods. But when we speak about our dealings we have different opinions and can't agree. Western culture did not want to accept that we are theists. They already know our theistic position. But they want to put us to be primitive. When the pope send a priest to investigate the priest returned like an initiated brahman and told what we have is a moral religion, there spiritualism is very advanced. So many ideas about indian nonthesistic ideas were spread by the Christians they wanted to have the monopoly to take people back to God. WVA is showing the eucomenic attitude of the vaisnavas. The feeling to be together. Not speculation nor sentimentalism. We can do something together. There is a space open to establish a dialogue. We will start now and wait for those who do not feel as such yet. Ekadasi of bhaktivedanta library speaks: bhagavatam says: If there is proper cooperation the lord will be satisfied. That is the vedic system. Now we are the brahmanas. Others are the ksatrias. Please authorize us to practice bhagavat dharma. We have to ask them to protect us. And for that we need the Dharma+science project related to the sampradayas. I consider registration very important since it allows us to officially represent hinduism. Krishna never rejects the service of anyone. We know so much about each other but we have neglected to work together. Give the association the right name Confederation of hinduVaisnava of Italy . Affiliated to WVA and 4 sam. Mahapurusa prabhu continues that we have to present this nicely. Ramananda roy speaks: People Die, let us go back to our temples and work for Wva. For the welfare of all. We have great responsibility and we can leave any second. Vaibhava prabhu is in agree to form the association with Italy Para bhakti de Iskcon is in standby. With exception of Iskcon which requested to wait for their final decisions all other present missions voted for the advancement of the cooperation in a formal way.

B.A. Paramadvaiti Swami

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