Mission and Cultural Change

Welfare work vs preaching, cultural adaptation (e.g. Krishna West), tradition vs modernisation, debates over distancing from Prabhupada’s statements.

Reader traces the “expert at rape” wording of SB 4.25.41 to Visvanatha Cakravarti’s commentary and the Kama-sutra

A reader answers Akincana Gocara’s call for comment on the removed paragraph with a short philological note: the wording may…

6 days ago

‘You Cannot Have Varnasrama Unless You Grow Your Own Food’: Tapahpunja Prabhu on The Maha Podcast

In the sixth episode of The Maha Podcast, the Prabhupada disciple traces his road from the 1968 Columbia University occupation…

1 week ago

University of Florida banned Krishna Lunch: students ask whether Club 108 is an attempt to get around it

Seven weeks after the University of Florida ended Krishna Lunch’s 55-year run on campus, a student newspaper went looking for…

2 weeks ago

ISKCON’s Mission and Its Modern-Day Challenges: Q&A with Śivarāma Swami

In this Q&A at ISKCON London’s Soho Street temple, Śivarāma Swami reflects on ISKCON’s mission and the challenges devotees face…

2 months ago

The Challenge of Time, Place, and Circumstance (TPC) Adaptations in ISKCON

By Śrīdhara Śrīnivāsa dāsaḥ and Kṛṣṇa Kīrti dāsaḥ - December 30, 2025Posted in To address the challenges of preaching in the West, Śrīla…

10 months ago

HDG’s Folly: Disrobing Draupadi

Summary: In this video, Bhakti Vikasa Swami (BVKS) critiques the preaching trajectory of Hridayananda Dasa Goswami (HDG), acknowledging his significant…

11 months ago

Basu Ghosh Prabhu Speaks On Traditional vs. Modern ISKCON at the Namarasa Podcast

Basu Ghosh Prabhu Speaks On Traditional vs. Modern ISKCON at the Namarasa Podcast This podcast was recorded in August 2024…

1 year ago

Written in response to Kaunteya Das’s letter by Antardwip das

Kaunteya Das wrote: Recently, Sarva-drik Prabhu wrote: "One small request . . . Best to keep the discussion civil. Savaging the…

4 years ago

ISKCON schisms look like others

The interesting thing is that we are struggling over the same issues that the Christians are in Western society. That…

4 years ago

क्या मानव सेवा ही माधव सेवा है ?

कोरोना के इस संकट काल में गौड़ीय_वैष्णवों का क्या कर्तव्य है? क्या उन्हें भारी मात्रा में भोजन वितरण करना चाहिए?…

5 years ago