Varnasrama and Society

Social teachings.

Are We Ready for Varnasrama? Open Letter Tells the GBC to Start Training Kshatriyas During Its Pause on Initiations

Image: Akincana Gocara (AI-generated), from a photo of Srila Prabhupada published by Nandgram Dham GLOBAL — Vaninatha Vasu Dasa, who…

2 weeks ago

Read Sanskrit Through Stories: Mukunda Hari Opens an Online Course on 2 December

Image: Akincana Gocara (AI-generated) ONLINE — Mukunda Hari, a Sanskrit teacher, is opening an online course, Ādarśa Series Level 1,…

2 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks ago

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…

1 month 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 month ago

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.…

1 month ago

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…

1 month ago

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…

2 months ago

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…

2 months ago