Since March, libraries and institutes in India have been closed, transportation has been mostly unavailable, and people are usually unwilling to meet visitors. As this situation inevitably brought some important activities of my research work to a halt, I felt a bit dejected at the scarce prospects of making anyContinue Reading
Sri Krishna: A Historical personality and not a myth – Research project Hare Krishna Jay Srila Prabhupada! Taking this opportunity to invite interested candidates, to join a team of enthusiastic researchers doing serious work on ancient Indian history. Members of our team are qualified professionals coming from a variety ofContinue Reading
When we hear the name “Barbarian”, we understand of an uncultured group of people who are just like savages. But do you know that the Mahabharata has referred to the Barbarians? In Mahabharata (uttarajtha janmarah, XII. 200.39-40), (II.29.15), they are mentioned as a tribe from the Himalayan hills. उत्तरा पदजन्मानःContinue Reading
In Vedic culture and in ancient cultures around the world, east was given the highest importance among all the 4 directions. The sun rises in the east and therefore east had importance associated with it. The East culture was called as Prācya sabhyatā or the eastern culture, which could meanContinue Reading
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An interesting account from the Vedic literature on the creation of various armies from the Kamadhenu Note: The content in brackets is my explanation When the sage Vasistha was attacked by king Viswamitra’s army, Vasistha’s cow, Kamadehnu brought out different armies from different parts of her body. 1. Tail –Continue Reading
The origin of the word – China 21st century China may be very proud of its position as a superpower in the world stage, but the fact of the matter is that most of its history, culture, religion, etc have been derived from Bhārata. In this message, I wish toContinue Reading
The Indian Express|Written by Geeta Chaudhary | Updated: March 2, 2020 9:42:18 am Since ancient times, Sanskrit has been an important language in India. Languages never belong to a particular religion. But members of various religious communities do speak different languages to foster understanding among themselves. It is a cultural bond that unitesContinue Reading
Below is the executive summary of our paper, which is a short, initial response to Sriman Madana Mohana Prabhu’s paper “Guru: The Principle, Not the Body” (2020), which is a response to our book Vaisnava-diksa according to Narada-Pancaratra (2019). Click here for our full paper. Your servants, Krishna-kirti Dasa (BVKS)Continue Reading
A long-awaited post on “Does Dashavatara has parallels to Darwin’s theory of Evolution” Certain of my page’s followers requested me to write on the following: “Striking similarities between Dashavatara and Darwin’s theory of evolution?” They certainly expected me to highlight the similarities between the two and justify that ancient HindusContinue Reading