Nityananda Nityananda, your love knows no bounds, Nityananda Nityananda, you chant the holiest of sounds, Nityananda Nityananda, ever since I called out your name, my dry and boring life has never be the same. Nityananda Nityananda, can you pick up the phone? This lowly traveller...
Category: Spiritual
My journey with Food for Life – A summary of 30 years of service
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
January 23, 2014
I could hardly imagine Food for Life being so successful when I first became a volunteer way back in 1984. Back then, I worked as an assistant cook and server at a free food cafe called, Gopals in Parramatta, Australia. That was one of the...
Jayapataka Swami talks about the beginning of Food for Life
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
January 12, 2014
Jayapataka Swami, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, was one of my earliest inspirations in my service to Food for Life, the worldwide food relief program Srila Prabhupada founded. As a monk in the 80s and 90s, I wrote to him many times for guidance, first...
Paul Rodney Turner: Australian Food Yogi’s Mission
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
November 22, 2013
First printed Australian Yoga Life and put the www.ayl.com.au Nourishing the soul Sitting on a beach in Sri Lanka at the beginning of his world tour earlier this year, Food For Life (FFL) Global director Paul Rodney Turner was quietly reflecting on his life journey....
Saint Francis of Assisi and Compassion for Animals
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
October 20, 2013
Saint Francis of Assisi Excerpt from: FOOD YOGA – Nourishing Body, Mind & Soul A new book by Paul Rodney Turner, the Food Yogi There are basically two distinct schools of Christian thought: The Aristotelian-Thomistic school and the Augustinian-Franciscan school. The Aristotelian-Thomistic school teaches that animals are here...
Achieving Mind-Body Harmony in Billiards
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
October 19, 2013
Excerpt from The YOGA of POOL – Secrets to Becoming a Champion in Billiards and in Life (by Paul Turner) Achieving Mind-Body Unity Through Mind Management Mind management allows us to influence physical reality in the way we perform and respond under pressure. As beings of...
A Tribute to Rodney John Turner
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
August 14, 2013
Fairfax, Virginia USA A eulogy to my father, Rodney John Turner, on the occasion of his funeral, May 15, 2001 (first time published) My dear family and friends, First, I would sincerely like to thank you all for coming today to pay your last respects to...
Keeping It Real Through the Bhagavad Gita
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
August 7, 2013
I gave Srimad Bhagavatam class today in the Hare Krishna temple in Riga, Latvia , on this verse (http://vedabase.net/sb/3/20/6/ ). Initially, I felt unqualified and somewhat perplexed. I mean, I am not a Vedic scholar, nor a self-realised soul in any sense, and yet this...
The inside story of Food for Life
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
June 23, 2013
Sunday Talk at the Radha Gopinath Temple in Chowpatti, Mumbai, India. On June 16, 2013 I was asked to give the Sunday lecture to the congregation at the famous Radha Gopinatha temple in Mumbai, India. My talk was an introduction to food yoga, a solution...
A warrior of light and a deliverer of love
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
May 13, 2013
LISTEN TO THE SONG generated by UDIO Another version created by SUNO Note: This lovely poem was gifted to my heart while lying on a beach in Bali one night… As the heavens opened up and revealed their soul, I remembered so much and knew...