Varnasrama and Society
Social teachings.
Documentary: Leather-Free Madhura Mridangas Have Spared 5,000 Cows and Calves Since 2019
An eight-minute film by the Indian documentary channel Stories That Matter tells how a boat crossing at Mayapur in 2011 led an ISKCON devotee to develop a khol with no leather in…
ISKCON Gurus Urge the GBC Not to Force a Decision on Female Diksa Gurus
WADA, India — As the GBC devoted the second and third days of its 2026 Midterm General Meeting at Govardhan Eco Village to Vaishnavi diksa-gurus,[3][4] two senior sannyasis and disciples of Srila…
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 trace back to Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura’s commentary, and the “vīra” the verse…
‘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 to the farm, calls home-grown food the foundation of varnasrama, and accuses…
Senior ISKCON leaders respond to the removal of the “expert at rape” paragraph from SB 4.25.41
Senior ISKCON leaders react to the removal of the final paragraph of Srila Prabhupada’s purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.25.41 from vedabase.io. Hridayananda Dasa Goswami supports the removal; Sukadeva Swami opposes it. Statements will…
Vedabase.io and the BBT quietly cut “expert at rape” paragraph from Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 4.25.41
The closing paragraph of Srila Prabhupada’s purport, which the BBT trustees promised in 2008 never to subtract, is missing from the 2024 printing of the BBT’s eighteen-volume Srimad-Bhagavatam and from the English…
ISKCON Bhopal Grows Its Own Bhoga on a Ten-Acre Organic Farm
The Patel Nagar temple’s sevaks farm ten acres on Raisen Road with cow-dung manure and neem-and-buttermilk pest control, and the harvest feeds both the Deities and the kitchen, Dainik Bhaskar reports. BHOPAL,…
Yudhisthira Prabhu on The Maha Podcast: 50 Years Fighting for Prabhupada’s Farm Dream
Interviewed on his farm at New Vrindaban, the 77-year-old disciple of Srila Prabhupada recalls Prabhupada’s farm instructions and urges devotees to take self-reliance seriously. The fourth episode of The Maha Podcast, released…
