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Letter from Basu Ghosh Das Dear Pancharatna Prabhu [ACBSP], Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Received your message, copied herein below, on the topic of the GBC resolution authorizing female diksha gurus in ISKCON,…
Revered Vaishnavas, Offering my humble obeisances at the lotus feet of anyone who has served ISKCON and also at the feet of those who will serve in the future, I address the…
I have always been a faithful ISKCON follower. Over the years I have waited patiently, observing occasional mistakes made by ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC). Discovering that after many years of holding…
This chapter particularly describes the brahmacārī and the person in the vānaprastha stage, and it also gives a general description of the four āśramas — brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa. In the previous chapter, the great saint Nārada Muni has described the varṇa institution…
Godbrother: Today, armchair observers may agree or disagree. But we who preach to Westerners every day know that what Srila Prabhupada did in America still works, and imposing Vedic social constructs does…
This chapter describes the general principles by following which a human being, and specifically one who is interested in advancing in the spiritual life, can become perfect. By hearing about the characteristics…
Haribol Prabhus! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Yes, we are JIVAS, we are not the body. We are equal. But it would be better not to approach…
Dear Godbrother Prabhu, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Received your message. Godbrother: Now, India is flourishing and America is struggling. When we in America who are still managing to reach Americans ask our Indian brothers…
Dear Godbrother Prabhu, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Received your message: Godbrother: These days it is rare that young people in North America join ISKCON.The first Navadwip Parikrama that I attended in 1975 was…
(HH Bhakti Charu Swami. "Ocean of Mercy," p. 198-199) --------------------------------- [Bhakti Charu Maharaja said to Srila Prabhupada:] "What you have done is inconceivable. No one has ever achieved what you have. You…
