This Pandemic Crisis spreading widely, everyone including world leaders are bewildered about ways to tackle the problem. Leaders themselves have fallen prey to it in some cases. This is the second article on the same topic. The first was ” Life Insurance Policy in the Pandemic Crisis“. That was meantContinue Reading

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Article Written by HH Jayadvaita Swami | Nov. 17, 2018 Introducing “Ahimsa Balancing” As an aspiring devotee of Krishna, I face a moral problem: I am pro-dairy but anti-cruelty and anti-slaughter, and I know that the dairy industry and the slaughter industry are partners in cruelty and killing. If IContinue Reading

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ISKCON Los Angeles, New Dvārakā, the Western world headquarters, was burgeoning with many Kṛṣṇa conscious projects. Book distribution was booming. The devotee population was growing. Money was available and was utilized in various technological and cultural preaching departments. Śrīla Prabhupāda visited for the first time the spacious BBT warehouse, whereContinue Reading

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Śrīla Rāmānujācārya writes in his book Vedārtha-saṅgraha: evaṁ-vidha-parābhakti-svarūpa-jñāna-viśeṣasyotpādakaḥ pūrvoktāharahar upacīyamāna-jñāna-pūrvaka-karmānugṛhīta-bhakti-yoga eva; yathoktaṁ bhagavatā parāśareṇa — varṇāśrameti. nikhila-jagad-uddhāraṇāyāvanitale ’vatīrṇaṁ para-brahma-bhūtaḥ puruṣottamaḥ svayam etad uktavān — “svakarma-nirataḥ siddhiṁ yathā vindati tac chṛṇu” “yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam/ svakarmaṇā tam abhyarcya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ.” Translation: The cause of such kind of knowledge, whichContinue Reading

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View FREE! for a limited time only* HARE KRISHNA! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami who started it all   A 90-minute Feature-length Documentary   …a stirring story! — The Washington Post …an uplifting spiritual experience, regardless of one’s personal beliefs or religion. —Red Carpet Crash   –       Released theatrically inContinue Reading

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During his stay in Seattle, a few people came to join his disciples, living with them and aspiring to become devotees. After several weeks, Prabhupāda held an initiation for students who had already been with ISKCON for about six months. Prabhupāda held the traditional initiation ceremony with mantras and fire yajña in the templeContinue Reading

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Before Prabhupāda’s arrival in Seattle, Upendra had written the head of the Asian department at the University of Washington, requesting a speaking engagement. The professor wrote back entirely in Sanskrit, knowing well that the boys would not be able to read his letter. Upendra gave the letter to Prabhupāda, whoContinue Reading

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