Urgent and Intense Prayers Needed for HG Jasomatinandan Prabhu
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Gopal Krishna Maharaj has asked me to inform you that Jasomatinandan Prabhu has had a major medical setback – seems to be heart related – and is now on a ventilator, with little chance of survival at Ahmedabad. This has come afterContinue Reading
We are Getting Positive Help from Our Previous Acaryas”
One party strictly followed the instructions of Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, but another group created their own concoction about executing his desires. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, at the time of his departure, requested all his disciples to form a governing body and conduct missionary activities cooperatively. He did not instruct a particularContinue Reading
We are Getting Positive Help from Our Previous Acaryas
One party strictly followed the instructions of Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, but another group created their own concoction about executing his desires. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, at the time of his departure, requested all his disciples to form a governing body and conduct missionary activities cooperatively. He did not instruct a particularContinue Reading
Two Qualities to take You Further and Further Toward Krsna Consciousness
I remember back over 50 years ago when we joined our beloved Srila Prabhupada what the amazing affect this hearing had on our consciousness. The details of the topics we had read would come up later on in the day and as devotees shared what they had read or heardContinue Reading
Surrender, authority , What it means to be a Genuine good-as-God Guru?
There are deeply rooted misconceptions about many aspects of the Krsna consciousness philosophy that have been passed down from the beginnings of ISKCON that form the basis of many of the problems we face in ISKCON today. Persons who would profit from these misconceptions, and those without the intelligence toContinue Reading
We don’t claim that we have become perfect Vaisnava
Some of my Godbrothers, they criticize like that, that I am offering sannyāsa to the mlecchas, yavanas. This is wrong idea. This is nārakī-buddhi. Actually, a Vaiṣṇava is above this varṇāśrama-dharma. But we don’t claim that we have become perfect Vaiṣṇava. We are not so impudent. We want to remainContinue Reading
DEAR VAISNAVIS, BE SIKSA GURUS
To stop all the confusion around the definition of vaisnavis acting as gurus, may I present to you an excerpt from Sri Caitanya Caritamrita which puts an end to all these confusions and discussions around the issue. It sheds light upon what is the whole “restriction” in regards to ladiesContinue Reading
Short Summary: Refutation to Kaunteya Prabhu’s book “Did Srila Prabhupada Want Women Diksa-gurus?”
“Did Śrīla Prabhupāda Want Women Dīkṣā-gurus? Eye of the storm,” a book by Kaunteya Dāsa (project coordinator) has indeed created a storm in the Vaiṣṇava community ever since it was published back in 2013. This book claims to be the first of its kind to compile all the viewpoints onContinue Reading
BUT THE CARAVAN GOES ON
I just heard this beautiful, standing ovation presentation by Sivarama Maharaja on vaisnavi diksha gurus and wanted to present few additional perspectives to the already brilliant on its own speech he gave. I’d not get into this, as Maharaja said “it’s a distraction” and it’s more of a distraction whenContinue Reading
9 Famous Lord Narasimha Temples
1. Ahobilam Narasimha: The temple, situated on the Upper Ahobilam, at a distance of 8km from the Lower Ahobilam, is the main temple and the earliest of all the nine temples there. The Lord here appears in his fierce aspect, called Ugra Narasimha, who is the presiding deity of theContinue Reading