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<\/p>\n“ISKCON” Top Sannyasi Celebrates
\nRingo Starr’s Birthday<\/p>\n
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Jul 10, 2016 \u2014 CANADA (SUN) \u2014 <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As we’ve watched Radhanath Swami clamor for attention at his various book tour speaking engagements, we knew it was only a matter of time before he’d manage to get himself up on the stage at a rock concert. Here he is, making a small step in that direction\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Although getting camera time at Ringo Starr’s birthday bash isn’t exactly an arena gig with U2, at least Radhanath got his face out there<\/b><\/a>. He did look a bit disappointed when Ringo passed him over while inviting friends to say a personal birthday greeting into the microphone. And then we thought his moment in the limelight had come when Ringo was pointing out various famous guests on stage, and looked over in Radhanath’s direction\u2026 but he only pointed out the big fluffy cake. Ignoring entirely the big fluffy sannyasi. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nonetheless, as Joe Walsh said, when the photo op was over all the famous people could go back home and watch TV, and say to themselves: “Boy, I made a big difference today!” <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As Srila Prabhup\u0101da comments:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n sat\u0101\u1e41 prasa\u1e45g\u0101n mama v\u012brya-sa\u1e41vido <\/p>\n “Sat\u0101\u1e41 prasa\u1e45g\u0101t. Sat-sa\u1e45ga. Sat-sa\u1e45ga. Sat means devotees, and asat means nondevotees. Even in moral instruction of C\u0101\u1e47akya Pa\u1e47\u1e0dita, he advises = tyaja durjana-sa\u1e41sarga\u1e41 bhaja s\u0101dhu-sam\u0101gamam. C\u0101\u1e47akya Pa\u1e47\u1e0dita adv… Although he was a politician, a great politician, still, a learned br\u0101hma\u1e47a and knowing all moral instruction, he gives this advice = tyaja durjana-sa\u1e41sargam.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the crucial point of advancement in human life. Tyaja durjana-sa\u1e41sargam: “Try to avoid.” Not try; must. You must avoid the association of the materialistic persons. Materialistic person means those who are after money and woman. That’s all. They are materialistic. Those persons, simply hankering after money and woman, they are materialistic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu has advised to associate with this class of men, hankering after money and women, it is better…, death is better, preferred, than to associate.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Srila Prabhupada, Bhagavatam class in Mayapur, 1973)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OmvUnJ9HzL0]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “ISKCON” Top Sannyasi Celebrates Ringo Starr’s Birthday Jul 10, 2016 \u2014 CANADA (SUN) \u2014 As we’ve watched Radhanath Swami clamor for attention at his various book tour speaking engagements, we knew it … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-area2"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-01 04:30:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nbhavanti h\u1e5bt-kar\u1e47a-ras\u0101yan\u0101\u1e25 kath\u0101\u1e25
\ntaj-jo\u1e63a\u1e47\u0101d \u0101\u015bv apavarga-vartmani
\n\u015braddh\u0101 ratir bhaktir pras\u012bdati
\n[SB 3.25.25]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n