Social science must have a theistic basis because the big issues in society cannot be decided merely by measurable characteristics or by speculative morality. Start with imprecise numbers. We are told that there are currently 11 million illegal aliens in the U.S. Others say it’s closer to 20 to 25Continue Reading
What follows below is a Brazilian Portuguese translation of an article written by Murari Das that has already been published here. O CGB, corpo governamental da ISKCON Brasil, recentemente publicou um comunicado dizendo aos devotos para que não compartilhassem ou discutissem os conteúdos do livro Mothers and Masters ( anteriormenteContinue Reading
The CGB, ISKCON Brazil’s governing body, recently published a statement telling devotees not to share or discuss contents of the book Mothers and Masters (formerly; Women: Mothers or Masters?) on devotee social media sites. This is the statement: Given that a series of misogynous publications have recently appeared onContinue Reading
We are put to test and trial in this world. Only those who attend the Kīrtana of the devotees can succeed. (A Ray of Vishnu, Ch. 16, 1933 to 1936) Every spot on earth where discourses on God are held is a place of pilgrimage. (A Ray of Vishnu, Ch. 16,Continue Reading
The science is settled. You don’t want to be a science-denier, do you? In the paper, published online by University of Southampton and due to be published in the journal Psychological Science, researchers note that Buddhism’s teachings that a meditation practice helps overcome the ego conflicts with U.S. psychologist William James’sContinue Reading
Mādhavānanda: Śrīla Prabhupāda, once you said that to stop this transmigration, one has to become completely disgusted with this material world. Prabhupāda: Yes, unless…, how he can take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness? If he takes as a fashion, that is another thing. Just like the man who cannot tolerate commits suicide.Continue Reading
In Vedic civilization marriage is one of the important function of life. As death is important function, birth is important function, similarly, marriage is also important function. Janma-mrityu-vivaha. So in this age everywhere, not only…. The marriage is now farce. This is the symptom of Kali-yuga. There will be noContinue Reading
Born in Manhattan in 1902 to a pharmacist and a housewife, Berg played baseball at Barringer High School in Newark, NJ. He graduated from Princeton with a degree in classical and romance languages and became notorious for practicing Sanskrit from behind home plate. Michael Kaplan, “This baseball player was secretlyContinue Reading
One of the most famous experiments in the history of psychology turns out to have been faked. There is so much cheating in the field. Why do we put our trust in these “experts” and entrust our children to them? From Medium: It was late in the evening of August 16th, 1971,Continue Reading
“Copyrighted content. Do not copy paste anywhere without the author’s permission. Contact Akincana.net“ The principle of always remembering Krishna and never forgetting Him is the essence of all other instructions given in the shastras. Shastras describe many rules and regulations governing all the different areas of human life. The ideaContinue Reading