The Holy Land of Dakor!
Above the entrances and elsewhere around the temple are closed-circuit TVs showing the Deity, but the pilgrims are not much interested in them. They want to get in and see the Deity as He is. Streams of people pour into the main gates, as others pour out the side gate.Continue Reading
Letter from HG Yasomatinandana Prabhu to Srila Prabhupada and its Reply.
Please read this wonderful 1973 letter by His Grace Yasomatinandana Prabhu to Srila Prabhupada in which he requests Prabhupada for the service of translating his books into Gujarati after excellently glorifying Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada was pleased with the letter and ordered to publish it in Back To Godhead; IContinue Reading
HG Jasomatinandan Prabhu has Left his Body
HG Jasomatinandan Prabhu was the Temple President of ISKCON Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He has done a very great service in Srila Prabhupada’s mission. Because of him, KC spreads in Gujarat area. Below are some offerings of Prabhus and Maharajas towards him. HG Basu Ghosh Prabhu: Jasomatinandan Prabhu has left hisContinue Reading
Urgent and Intense Prayers Needed for HG Jasomatinandan Prabhu
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Gopal Krishna Maharaj has asked me to inform you that Jasomatinandan Prabhu has had a major medical setback – seems to be heart related – and is now on a ventilator, with little chance of survival at Ahmedabad. This has come afterContinue Reading
We are Getting Positive Help from Our Previous Acaryas”
One party strictly followed the instructions of Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, but another group created their own concoction about executing his desires. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, at the time of his departure, requested all his disciples to form a governing body and conduct missionary activities cooperatively. He did not instruct a particularContinue Reading
We are Getting Positive Help from Our Previous Acaryas
One party strictly followed the instructions of Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, but another group created their own concoction about executing his desires. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, at the time of his departure, requested all his disciples to form a governing body and conduct missionary activities cooperatively. He did not instruct a particularContinue Reading
Two Qualities to take You Further and Further Toward Krsna Consciousness
I remember back over 50 years ago when we joined our beloved Srila Prabhupada what the amazing affect this hearing had on our consciousness. The details of the topics we had read would come up later on in the day and as devotees shared what they had read or heardContinue Reading
Surrender, authority , What it means to be a Genuine good-as-God Guru?
There are deeply rooted misconceptions about many aspects of the Krsna consciousness philosophy that have been passed down from the beginnings of ISKCON that form the basis of many of the problems we face in ISKCON today. Persons who would profit from these misconceptions, and those without the intelligence toContinue Reading
We don’t claim that we have become perfect Vaisnava
Some of my Godbrothers, they criticize like that, that I am offering sannyāsa to the mlecchas, yavanas. This is wrong idea. This is nārakī-buddhi. Actually, a Vaiṣṇava is above this varṇāśrama-dharma. But we don’t claim that we have become perfect Vaiṣṇava. We are not so impudent. We want to remainContinue Reading
DEAR VAISNAVIS, BE SIKSA GURUS
To stop all the confusion around the definition of vaisnavis acting as gurus, may I present to you an excerpt from Sri Caitanya Caritamrita which puts an end to all these confusions and discussions around the issue. It sheds light upon what is the whole “restriction” in regards to ladiesContinue Reading