Patriarchy Across Cultures: Over The Rainbow

September 4, 2009 By

by Tapati Srimati Kishori, a vision of Radharani, Krishna’s consort, during Her teen years, at the Chicago temple. Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue. And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true. Someday I’ll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far Behind me. –E.Y. Harburg, [...]

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Patriarchy Across Cultures: All Things Must Pass

August 15, 2009 By

by Tapati Keokuk is in the southeast corner of Iowa “All things must pass, none of life’s strings can last.” –George Harrison Previously I described how my mom and Aunt Gin came to take me back home to Keokuk, Iowa. I rode in the backseat, resigned, tearful, but filled with resentment. I had been assured [...]

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Patriarchy Across Cultures: Summer of Transcendental Love

August 7, 2009 By

by Tapati Japa or rosary beads made from the wood of the Tulasi plant, a sacred relative of basil. Devotees of Krishna chant the mahamantra on each of 108 beads, keeping track with the “Krsna” or 109th bead. Each day a devotee is required to chant 16 rounds on the japamala, an ancient form of [...]

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Patriarchy Across Cultures: Living in the Material World

July 19, 2009 By

by Tapati Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield, used on album by George Harrison I can blame it all on George Harrison.   I and my friend Carolyn were teenagers of the early 1970s, devoted to the music of the Beatles and of George Harrison in particular. We were also searching for the meaning of [...]

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Connecting The Dots: Patriarchy Across Cultures

July 12, 2009 By

by Tapati    Hare Krishna temple in St. Louis, 1975. Tapati is in the center front row in a blue print sari. When a friend referred me to the blog “No Longer Quivering,” she knew why I would resonate with the posts I found there. Like me, she had once belonged to the Hare Krishna [...]

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