Basu Ghosh Prabhu Speaks On Traditional vs. Modern ISKCON at the Namarasa Podcast This podcast was recorded in August 2024 in New Jersey, USA. Basu Ghosh Das (ACBSP) discusses the growing cultural tensions within ISKCON—East vs. West, tradition vs. modernity. Can ISKCON stay true to its Vedic roots while expandingContinue Reading
ISKCON’s First stone temple | Construction masterpiece to last 1000s of years | Traditional temple without steel or RCC For more information please visit www.iskconsalem.com.Continue Reading
Srila Prabhupada says in his purport to Sri Caitanya-caritamrita Madhya-lila 20.352 that among the sources of knowledge dharma given by one’s guru, other saintly persons, and shaof stra, “the shastra is the center for all.” Yet it is seen in many sampradayas that the acharya is still very much central to the practice and faith of the devotees. So, if the actual center is the shastra, then what does it mean to a community to keep the acharya in the center? This question is discussed and answered in this video by Krishna Kirti dasa of the ISKCON India Scholars Board.Continue Reading
In this video, HH Bhakti Vikas Swami Maharaj Shared his experience after attending the Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra of ISKCON Baroda.Continue Reading
Nandagram – Village of Vedic culture situated around 80 km from Vadodara, Gujarat, India. New temple inauguration and installation of Sri Sri Gaur Nitai on the occasion of the most auspicious Sri Rama Navami in the presence of HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami Maharaj. Around 1500 devotees from Gujarat participated inContinue Reading
The SAC’s mistake is just like quoting the Vedic injunction that the stool of an animal is impure and then using inference to say that because a cow is an animal, its stool is also impure. Shastra is quoted, but the conclusion itself is still based on inference, not shastra. This is a mistake, however, because there is also a Vedic injunction that says that the stool of a cow is pure. The SAC made the same kind of mistake when they created their overarching principle.Continue Reading
