“The spiritual master should not be treated as ordinary man, even sometimes the spiritual master behaves like ordinary man. It is the duty of the disciple to accept him as ‘superhuman man.’ (letter July 31,’70)Continue Reading
How to Find the Eternal Truth Everything is always changing in the material world. Values and morals are always changing according to the fickle nature of those captured by the three modes of nature. In the dual nature of this relative atmosphere, there are no conclusive realities but always thereContinue Reading
Our beloved Srila Prabhupada warns us that the material world is a very dangerous place. Krsna promises His devotee in the Bhagavad-gita that if he takes complete shelter of Him and fully depends on Krsna for protection, then He will certainly protect His devotee without a doubt. One should beContinue Reading
From Garga Samhita, Canto Six, Chapter Fifteen, Translation by Sri Kushakratha Das Text 15 yasya sravana-matrena karma-bandhat pramucyate gopinam yatra vaso ‘bhut tena gopi-bhuvah smrtah Simply by hearing about Gopi-bhumi, which is so named because the gopis resided there, one become free from the bondage of karma. Text 16 gopy-angaraga-sambhutamContinue Reading
There is a pre-test of a survey on a statement of Srila Prabhupada’s from his purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.25.41 that is currently in progress. The pre-test is accessible here. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CMXJ2ZQ You are encouraged to take the test and provide feedback, which will be used to improve the survey. The ongoingContinue Reading
This recent bit of news shows why pratyakṣa (direct sense perception) and anumāna (inference) as pramāṇas are imperfect means of acquiring correct knowledge. Washington (AFP) – A few years ago, two researchers took the 50 most-used ingredients in a cook book and studied how many had been linked with a cancer risk or benefit, basedContinue Reading
Prabhupāda: Their center is sex—this sex or that sex or that sex, even ordinarily. In Paris, Paris you know it is a city of prostitutes. On the roads there are prostitutes. Where we have got our temple, so many prostitutes are standing. And those who are prostitute-hunter, they go toContinue Reading
Social science must have a theistic basis because the big issues in society cannot be decided merely by measurable characteristics or by speculative morality. Start with imprecise numbers. We are told that there are currently 11 million illegal aliens in the U.S. Others say it’s closer to 20 to 25Continue Reading
What follows below is a Brazilian Portuguese translation of an article written by Murari Das that has already been published here. O CGB, corpo governamental da ISKCON Brasil, recentemente publicou um comunicado dizendo aos devotos para que não compartilhassem ou discutissem os conteúdos do livro Mothers and Masters ( anteriormenteContinue Reading
The CGB, ISKCON Brazil’s governing body, recently published a statement telling devotees not to share or discuss contents of the book Mothers and Masters (formerly; Women: Mothers or Masters?) on devotee social media sites. This is the statement: Given that a series of misogynous publications have recently appeared onContinue Reading