Sex—the Cause of Unlimited Suffering
2018-05-31
“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 relationshipsContinue Reading
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur on Christianity
2018-05-24
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 thereContinue Reading
Brooklyn: Ramabhadra Dasa sues in Court to have temple sale approved.
2017-12-10
Attorney General’s Office asks Court to reject the deal. A Brooklyn courtroom was filled with Krishna devotees this past Wednesday for a hearing on a petition asking the Court to allow the Brooklyn Hare Krishna temple to be sold. The petition was filed by Ramabhadra Dasa, the former president ofContinue Reading
WHAT IS WRONG IF ISKCON DEVOTEES RUN A HOSPITAL?
2016-10-06
It is not one of the purposes of ISKCON to open hospitals. Srila Prabhupada told his disciples not to open hospitals: Hospital-making business is there, going on by the government, by the state. You are not meant for making hospitals. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 4.37-40 — August 21, 1966,Continue Reading
Is India the Rape Capital of the World?
2016-02-12
Even before but more so after the sensational Nirbhaya gang-rape case of December 2012 India has been portrayed as the rape capital of the world where violence against women is enshrined. But what do the numbers tell us? Other countries in fact have much higher rates of rape than India,Continue Reading
Covering The Head Has Nothing To Do With Muslims
2015-10-17
This is a response to a comment made by Gaura Keshava Prabhu in which he espouses the opinion that head covering by North Indian women is an imposition from Islam. The theory that North Indian women cover their head with a sari because of Islamic influence is not a soundContinue Reading
Mundane welfare work in ISKCON
2015-03-23
The following article was published on the Dandavats website on 26th July 2012 (5,533 views). The article appears below in a revised and expanded form with the help of some devotees. Also included now is an Appendix section which contains more quotes of our founder-acarya, Srila Prabhupada giving his instructionsContinue Reading
The Gopi Bhava Club
2013-09-15
Jagannatha dasa, the BBT Sanskrit editor has just returned from Vrndavana. This afternoon he reported to Srila Prabhupada. Just a week ago Prabhupada received news that Jagannatha and Nitai dasa were no longer working on his books. Jagannatha informed Prabhupada Nitai is now the head pujari in Vrndavana. JagannathaContinue Reading
Antyesti Samskara — The last rites (Vedic funeral rites)
2013-06-07
Dear Vaisnavas, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Considering that almost daily we are reading about the passing of some exalted Vaisnavas and that this trend will only continue, I thought it might be wise to publish the Antyesti Samskara — the Vedic funeral rights —Continue Reading