Journey to the Pacific Rim, by Bali Mardan Das, one of Srila Prabhupada’s early disciples, recounts his experiences helping spread Krishna consciousness and establish ISKCON in Australia and Asia. Published in 1996, thirty years ago, the book preserves a participant’s account of the movement’s pioneering years. Read Journey to theContinue Reading
What is Varnasrama? What is Daiva Varnasrama? How is aligned to pure devotional service? What are the conclusive instructions on this subject in the scriptures and great authorities? How to practically implement Daiva Varnasrama Dharma? This work seeks to address all these questions and much more in a clear, systematicContinue Reading
Dear friends and well-wishers, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Kesava Priya dasi from Denmark and I have been in Ghana, West Africa since September of last year. We came on the invitation of Srivas Prabhu, the Zonal Secretary for West Africa to assist with collegeContinue Reading
Do Not Go Out Without It! A Krishna Conscious Tract for your Sankirtan Toolkit? Anyone who has been in America for a while has probably encountered an enthusiastic Christian passing out a small paper referred to as a “tract”, inviting you to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. ThisContinue Reading
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Since March, libraries and institutes in India have been closed, transportation has been mostly unavailable, and people are usually unwilling to meet visitors. As this situation inevitably brought some important activities of my research work to a halt, I felt a bit dejected at the scarce prospects of making anyContinue Reading
This past December’s Prabhupada Marathon proved to be amazing for many temples. Pune was the No. 1 temple in the world, with 663,371 book points. Who would have thought twenty years ago that Pune will be on top? Back then, the temple had just a little center in the city,Continue Reading
7. But there are so many Vaiṣṇavī gurus in the Gauḍīya sampradāya. What about that? In an interview, Śrīla Prabhupāda’s godbrother B.R. Śrīdhara Mahārāja said that female ācāryas, dīkṣā-gurus, are “very rare.” Mahārāja further added, “The number can be counted on fingers, lady ācāryas.” 8. Indeed, the few examples of lady ācāryas in Gauḍīya VaiṣṇavismContinue Reading