BHAKTIVEDANTA BHAGAVATA GROUP is inviting you to a Weekly Sunday Program. ?Topic: Part 1- Shri Chaitanya Shikashtakam. (Teachings of Lord Chaitanaya Mahaprabhu) Speaker: Satchitananda Dasa ?Sunday: March 7, 2021 at ?6:30PM Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88540953060?pwd=b1NzRTNjVmliTGlBWlFMZG0ydXVKUT09 ? Meeting ID: 885 4095 3060 ?Passcode: 108 To join by phone (647) 374-4685Continue Reading

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In the paper The Sunīti Pramāṇa and Set Theory, the authors apply formal logic to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s statement in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.12.32 in order to prove that it does not indicate that women are generally disallowed from becoming dīkṣā-guru. However, their application of logic depends on three erroneous maneuvers: 1) accepting the possibilities of falsity or intentional ambiguity within that statement; 2) the unnecessary use of lakṣaṇā-vṛtti (indirect meaning) instead of the statement’s mukhya-vṛtti (direct meaning); and 3) oversimplification of the statement’s grammar to support a naïve, inadequate model of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s intent.

Before addressing the authors’ errors of interpretation, I would like to briefly state what the correct understanding of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s text is and why it should be read this way.Continue Reading

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After eight months of lockdowns in India last year due to the pandemic, the TOVP resumed construction in September and has been steadily increasing the work pace. We will be providing regular updates and reports from our Project Management Consultancy (PMC), Cushman & Wakefield, and below is the first photoContinue Reading

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The article “ISKCON Deviants – the new East India Company systematic undermining of Krishna’s Vedic culture“, published on November 20, 2019, was removed from our website on account of not being in accord with our editorial policies and guidelines.   We regret its publication and we apologize to all devotees andContinue Reading

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Dear Bhakti Vikāśa Mahārāja, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. On February 18, 2021, you were quoted by this site as stating: “The very fact that supposed devotees attempt to interpret Srila Prabhupada’s statements using mathematics shows how foolish and deviated they are from the basic methods ofContinue Reading

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Lord Nityananda is the eternal associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Rarely is the name Nimai (Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) taken without that of Nitai (Lord Nityananda). Mahaprabhu cannot be approached or understood without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, who is the cardinal guru of all the universes andContinue Reading

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