Christmas Eve
in Hong Kong

By Umapati Swami

Posted January 11, 2005

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New Year's
Eve in Brazil

By Umapati Swami

Posted January 11, 2005

Devotees came from the Gaura Vrindavan farm, in the coastal mountains between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, for a late-night kirtan in the historic town of Paraty (pronounced para-CHEE). The center of the town has remained mostly unchanged since colonial times and is a popular tourist attraction.

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Bom Dia Brasil

Posted January 7, 2005

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Back Again... Sort of

I didn't expect to be away so long, but I've got a lot of excuses, if you are interested. On December 26, I left Hong Kong for Dallas, 15 hours of traveling plus a 4-hour stopover in Tokyo. I spent two jet-lagged days in Dallas and then took a ten-hour flight to São Paulo, in Brazil.

The next morning I was whisked off to the Gaura Vrindavan farm, between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and a few days later to the Nova Gokula farm. Neither of these places have telephone lines, so I was forced to take a little rest from the Internet.

Believe it or not, I really would like to keep Dipika up to the minute, but sometimes it's just not posible because of the pressures of traveling. I'll do my best, but I've got a big country to cover in a few weeks.

On the Road Again

Sorry for the delay

I've got a lot more stuff to post. I'll be back soon.

There are a lot of letters coming about Gay Monogamy, and I haven't had time to answer the ones that have problems, so I'd like to put down a few ground rules for the discussion.

The question is, Should we encourage homosexuals to renounce promiscuity and take up monogamy, not as a facility for illicit sex but as a step toward eventual renouncement, just as we encourage heterosexual people to take up monogamy for the same reason?

Everyone agrees that homosexual sex is illicit sex, so there is no need to write articles trying to prove that point. Nor is there any need to write articles describing the sexual things that homosexuals do or to say that homosexuals are incapable of monogamy unless you know every homosexual in the world.

Srila Prabhupada disapproved of same-sex marriage, but are there other ways to encourage same-sex monogamy without going against the letter or the spirit of his instructions?

See you soon.