“Of all kinds of suffering and bondage arising from various attachments, none is greater than the suffering and bondage arising from attachment to women and intimate contact with those attached to women.” (SB 11.14.30) Because the experience and urges of sex are so intense, and the syndrome of man/woman relationships surrounding it is so complex,…
Month: May 2018
How the #MeToo Movement Is Changing Western Society
In a special report on the #MeToo movement, in which women have been stepping forward en masse with allegations of sexual misconduct, NBC News reached out to 265 people ages 20 to 81 in the work force to better understand how the movement has reshaped their lives. This is one of the responses: I minimize…
The Vedanta: Its Morphology and Ontology by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur
All glory to Guru and Gauranga! Dear Friends I stand before you as a teller. I am going to tell you now a few words more on the Vedanta and specially its ontological aspect, morphology being a former changeable part of the same. My telling craves a reciprocity of your listening to my sound through…
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur on Christianity
Thinking about the virtues and faults of this world, some moralistic monotheists concluded that this material world is not a place of unalloyed pleasures. Indeed, the sufferings outweigh the pleasures. They decided that the material world is a prison to punish the living entities. If there is punishment, then there must be a crime. If…
The Glories of Sri Purusottama Month by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Two divisions of sastra—smarta and paramartha The Vedic arya-sastras are divided into two sections—smarta (literature based on smrti) andparamartha (transcendental literature based onsruti). Those who are eligible (adhikari) for thesmarta section do not have any natural inclination or taste for the paramartha-sastras. The thoughts, principles, activities and life goal of every human is constituted according…
Hare Krishnas chanting in Kenya, with the Nairobi Hilton in the background 1970s.
Hare Krishnas chanting in Kenya, with the Nairobi Hilton in the background 1970s.
Sri Chenna-Keshava Gram
Updates of our project in Karnataka, South India Sri Chenna-Keshava Gram Monthly Report-Jan 2018 Summary Our Spiritual master, Sripada Bhakti Vikasa Swami, has blessed our community with the name of Chenna-Keshava Gram. We are located some 20 kilometers near the famous Chenna-Keshava Temple of Belur, Karnataka, India. Chenna means good or nice. Agriculture In December…
Story of Kaca
… and many times it is misunderstood that the ceremony is the culmination of the whole process. People think that when I am accepted into the group as a member, when I am recognized by formal ceremony, then I am saved and whatever I do after that doesn’t matter, because I’ve been recognized. But that…