Call out Gouranga be happy
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga!
That which brings the highest happiness…
Turns out this is a bit of a phenomenon:
Just to spare anyone else the search:
Who is Gouranga?
In 2004 and 2005 we received several spams that looked just like the following, sent to several of our email addresses. We didn’t have a clue what it was supposed to mean and got annoyed enough about it that we sent abuse complaints to the provider used for sending the spam.After another recent spam of this type in January 2005 we did some research. Here is what we found:
Gauranga (Gouranga) was a nickname of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, a monk in India who 500 years ago founded the branch of Hinduism that during the 20th century was brought to the west by ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness, better known as the “Hare Krishna” sect).
Years ago the name Gouranga appeared on motorway bridges in the North of England and on various stickers, causing people to wonder what it was all about. It has been rumoured that the Scottish branch of ISKCON has been trying to spread the name of their spiritual ancestor through a guerilla-type campaign. We have no idea if there is any substance to these rumours. It’s equally plausible that this is just somebody’s sense of humour. Hare Krishna-related jokes in popular culture are not uncommon, such in the movie “Airplane” or the “Gouranga” references in the Playstation videogame “Grand Theft Auto”.
We have contacted ISKCON Scotland by email about the spam but didn’t get a reply from them. Instead we were contacted by another person who claimed to have sent all these spams. When asked for his/her motives, he/she replied:
Hello Joe,
I am just very enthusiastic person, who wants everybody to be happy.
> ))
djm
And I thought Gouranga was something like Tagalog for Spam.
I guess Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga eggs bacon and Gouranga just doesn’t fall off the tongue, though.
Actually, the Hare Krishna’s lifted it off some guy in Malaysia named Gouranga Tan.
djm
Weird. It’s just weird. And, I’m sick and tired of people doing weird things.
In the meantime, here is my “Adapter Studies”:
Hey, Dale,
Don’t worry. Be gouranga. (sing it if you like) 
djm
The Hari Krishna’s in Tucson have a very nice vegetarian buffet. In years past I used to have to listen to a lecture and the endless chanting, but then the food was free. Now, no lectures or chanting, but you pay up front. I get tired of beans and rice, though. Where is the chicken, if I might politely ask?
Darn.
I thought this was going to be about one of those “Serenity Now” programs.
You can have Serenity now; it’s out on DVD! 
Yes. Watched it on DVD last night. Haven’t checked out the special features yet. Joss Whedon did tell Entertainment Weekly that he is finished with Firefly. In spite of being one of the best reviewed films of the year, Serenity has only made $25,000,000. Says he’s thinking about a Buffy movie.
Dale