"In Kali-yuga (the present age) … law and justice will be applied only on the basis of one's power. Men and women will live together merely because of superficial attraction, and success in business will depend on deceit. … Filling the belly will become the goal of life, and one who is audacious will be accepted as truthful. He who can maintain a family will be regarded as an expert man, and the principles of religion will be observed only for the sake of reputation. As the earth thus becomes crowded with a corrupt population, whoever among any of the social classes shows himself to be the strongest will gain political power. Losing their wives and properties to such avaricious and merciless rulers, who will behave no better than ordinary thieves, the citizens will flee to the mountains and forests. Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. " - Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.2-10 (circa 3000 BC)
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Meeting February 6
Today is the appearance day of Sri Nityananda prabhu; a most auspicious day. The Activity Room was full of people cutting up veggies for the feast, so we tried to find another venue. In addition, the program started in the temple room around 10:45, so we could not expect people to miss that! Jack suggested the Peacock Room, which worked well and we had a nice discussion.
The first recording of our second meeting. The others can be seen after this one. Some are not uploaded yet because editing is required.
Meeting January 29
We had three new people at our second meeting: Jack, Rupanuga, and Mother Sucharya. They introduced themselves, and we had a short kirtan. The presentation was "Support for Communities", which consisted mainly of quotes by Srila Prabhupada about the need for and foundation of rural communities.
The first part of the meeting. It's our first video - it will get better!
Meeting January 22
Around 30 people attended today. It was a great mix of people!
Everyone introduced themselves, listened to presentations, and engaged in discussion on various related subjects.
This was our first meeting, and I had too much information to present. Future meetings will consist of one presentation, then discussion on the topics.
