In2-MeC

On page 329 of Generation of Vipers, Philip Wylie wrote in 1942 of the future of technology:

In your living room, in a few years, will be a continual moving picture, with color and sound, of any place where something is going on. Your son will talk to his girlfriend in Ceylon over a gadget that shows her moving picture.

Television and Internet-connected computers. Guided by Srila Rupa Gosvami's yukta-vairagya principle, we try to use these gadgets in Krsna's service. Therefore here we are at In2-MeC.

I received a nice letter today about Catcher in the Rye. Yes, the book truly has held an influence over readers world-wide for more than 50 years. Holden Caulfield's core personality, his basic alienation, is still very relavent today. Besides, it is a funny book. It's about the human condition, which is sad and funny at the same time. Therefore Srila Prabhupada more than once used to remark about the state of this modern world, "Whether to laugh or cry?"

Vidyagati and I have arrived in Prague. It's sunny and hot here, typical Central European summer weather; this is a welcome change from the blustery North Sea climate of the Netherlands. Yesterday at 11:00 we
departed a sunny, pleasant Groningen and arrived at 12:45 in a gray drizzly Amsterdam. But here in Prague, I'm told, the sky has been steadily clear and bright for days and days.

I am staying at the home of my disciples Prahlada Nrsimha Prabhu, his wife Adhika Daya dd, and their small daughter Narayani devi. Today I'll just me getting myself in order after the all-night bus trip (that's much like an all-night flight on an airliner: you sleep, but you don't sleep, and after you've physically arrived at your destination, you're subtle body hasn't caught up yet.)   

Tomorrow we have a preaching program at the "new" Govinda's at Soukenicka Street in downtown Prague.  One year ago the city of Prague suffered a widely-reported flood. The waters of the Vltava, which flows through the low-lying Old Town, surged over the riverbanks and inundated many of the Baroque buildings of the prime touristic area. ISKCON's two Govinda's restaurants (the other is on Na Hrazi Street) were heavily damaged. Now both are functioning again but more as preaching centers than as restaurants... although the restaurant aspect continues. A new "professional" devotee restaurant, Balarama, has in the meantime opened in another part of Prague, safely away from the Vltava. Balarama is maintained by the devotees who are dedicated to the transcendental business of prasadam distribution.

Anyway, I'll be preaching at the new Govinda's tomorrow evening. You'll see a photo report here. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

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