ISKCON’s GBC members release a statement on their meeting with ritvik leader Madhu Pandit Das
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Dandavat pranams. Jaya Srila Prabhupada. Please find below a report on yesterday’s meeting that was held in ISKCON, East of Kailash, New Delhi with Madhu Pandit Prabhu and his team . Your servant, Yudhistir Govinda Das —– Bhakti Vaibhava Maharaja (GBC Chairman), Gopal Krishna Maharaja, BhaktiContinue Reading
Will ISKCON’s Governing Body Comission accept the ritvik initiation system?
Read also: ISKCON’s GBC members release a statement on their meeting with ritvik leader Madhu Pandit Prabhu On Friday, Dec 6, 2019, Madhu Pandit Prabhu was at the ISKCON Temple in Delhi, East of Kailash, to discuss with Gopal Krishna Maharaja, Anuttama and Bhakti Charu Swami about the possibility ofContinue Reading
An Uncontrolled Mind And An Unchaste Wife Are The Same
nityaṁ dadāti kāmasya cchidraṁ tam anu ye ’rayaḥ yoginaḥ kṛta-maitrasya patyur jāyeva puṁścalī An unchaste woman is very easily carried away by paramours, and it sometimes happens that her husband is violently killed by her paramours. If the yogī gives his mind a chance and does not restrain it, his mindContinue Reading
A Humble Request
We are at the beginning of the December marathon of book distribution, and as editors of this website, we are very interested in letting our readers know about how Lord Caitanya’s infinite mercy is being distributed through Srila Prabhupada’s books all over the world. Therefore, we would like to kindlyContinue Reading
Who Are Brāhmaṇas And What Are Their Qualifications?
The Vedas are My(Lord Himself) eternal transcendental sound incarnation. Therefore the Vedas are śabda-brahma. In this world, the brāhmaṇas thoroughly study all the Vedas, and because they assimilate the Vedic conclusions, they are also to be considered the Vedas personified. The brāhmaṇas are situated in the supreme transcendental mode ofContinue Reading
Discussion On The Female Diksha Guru Issue: Amongst Godbrothers
Dear ACBSP #1 Prabhu, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Received your message: Whereas, we all know that “books are the basis”, and in our foundational book, Srimad Bhagavatam, 4.12.32, Prabhupada clearly stated that “being a woman” Suniti could not be Dhruva’s diksha guru”. The Bureau finds that the said resolution institutingContinue Reading
Ujjain: Gita Festival and Kirtan Fair Start in ISKCON
[Translation from Hindi] Bhaskar news Network: Dec. 02, 2019: Ujjain: On Monday at the Bharatpuri area ISKCON temple, Bhakti Charu Swami inaugurated Gita Mahotsava and Kirtan Mela. He performed a puja for the Bhagavad-gita. Afterwards, 16 participants who did the Gita course were awarded Grade 1, and another participant wasContinue Reading
Eight symptoms of a jivan-mukta, a person who is already liberated
This is the way of Vedic life. One must stop the process of repeated birth and death and return home, back to Godhead. The words tan-mahimānam avāpa are significant in this regard. Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī says that mahimā means liberation in this life. We should act in such a way in this life thatContinue Reading
On taking sides
Taking Krishna’s side defines us as Krishna’s devotees. Taking a different side defines us as something different. Krishna’s side is described in sastra and, therefore, sastra is a self-evident authority. I am writing this article because our faith in sastra has gradually slackened. Some 20-30 years ago, ISKCON devotees usedContinue Reading
Does Dashavatara has parallels to Darwin’s theory of Evolution?
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