News and views on culture, philosophy and siddhanta of ISKCON Vaishnavas
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…
Sri Krishna: A Historical personality and not a myth - Research project Hare Krishna Jay Srila Prabhupada! Taking this opportunity to invite interested candidates, to join a team of enthusiastic researchers doing…
Hare Krishna! This project is based on an upcoming book, which aims to establish the position of Krishna as a historical person, which is meant to work against the notion of Krishna…
When we hear the name “Barbarian”, we understand of an uncultured group of people who are just like savages. But do you know that the Mahabharata has referred to the Barbarians? In…
In Vedic culture and in ancient cultures around the world, east was given the highest importance among all the 4 directions. The sun rises in the east and therefore east had importance…
An interesting account from the Vedic literature on the creation of various armies from the Kamadhenu Note: The content in brackets is my explanation When the sage Vasistha was attacked by king…
The origin of the word - China 21st century China may be very proud of its position as a superpower in the world stage, but the fact of the matter is that…
The most virulent type of offense surfaces when devotees harbor impersonalist views, especially the desire to become God. Svarupa Damodara Gosvami warned that in bad company even advanced devotees risk falling prey to the…
asyaartho vivrtas tair yah sa sankshipyaa vilikhyate bhakta-rupo gaurachandro yato ‘sau nandanandanah bhakta-swarupo nityanando vraje yah sri-halayudhah bhaktaavatara acaryo ‘dvaito yah sri-sadaasivah bhaktaakhyaah srinivaasaadyaa yatas te bhakta-rupinah bhakta-shaktir dvi jaagranyah sri-gadaadhara-panditah “I…
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in Mayapur in the town of Nadia just after sunset on the evening of the 23rd Phalguna (1407 Sakadba), answering to the 18th of February 1486 of the…
