Is Violence Always Sinful?
War and bloodshed can become a glorious act if done under divine guidance. aho bata mahat papam kartum vyavasita vayam yad rajya-sukha-lobhena hantum sva-janam udyatah “Alas, how strange it is that we are preparing to commit greatly sinful acts, driven by the desire to enjoy royal happiness.” – Bhagavad-gita 1.44Continue Reading
Srila Prabhupada’s Cherished Dream : An Interview with Ambarisa Dasa
Ambarisa Dasa (Alfred Ford) is the great-grandson of Henry Ford. He was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1973. A disciple welcomes the challenge of fulfilling a difficult order from his spiritual master. Back to Godhead: What is your connection with the Mayapur Project? Ambarisa Dasa: I’ve been asked to be the honorary chairContinue Reading
A Reply to the GBC Action Order 305 (2009), Part Two
A Reply to the GBC Action Order 305 (2009) Part One Part Two Part Three “Suniti, however, being a woman, and specifically his mother, could not become Dhruva Maharaja’s diksa-guru.” SB 4.12.32 purport In this response to SAC’s (Sastric Advisory Committee) paper titled Female Diksa-gurus in ISKCON, on whichContinue Reading
WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY FALLEN
People are running around–“Oh, I am the manager. I am the factory owner. I am this. I am that. We know his politics, we have to defeat our competitors.” All these things are created just like a man creates a situation in a dream– svapna–drastur ivanjasa. So when someone asks,Continue Reading
ISKCON promotes the Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign
The post below has been taken and translated from the official page of ISKCON Belém, in Brazil. Engaged in the Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign, ISKCON Belém ( @iskconbelem ) and Vida Zen Belém ( @vidazenbelem ) hold a special program aimed at alerting women and society about theContinue Reading
You can only take a horse to the river… You cannot make it drink. ( On the recent FDG resolution ).
When a supposedly advanced group of devotees made a decision with full knowledge of Guru Sadhu and Sastra but only to reject all three and just yield to the pressure from western uncultured butchers of Vedic culture… When a common devotee gets this information and if that person rejects itContinue Reading
Cutting the Knots of Material Attachment
Our attempts at happiness in the material world keep us bound to repeated suffering, but there is a way out. bhidyate hridaya-granthish chidyante sarva-samshayah kshiyante chasya karmani drishta evatmanishvare “Thus the knots of the heart and all misgivings are cut to pieces. The chain of fruitive actions, or karma, isContinue Reading
Song
Song Being a lifelong songwriter as well as initiated disciple of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami I know the effect of song and it’s origination. My spiritual master often talked about the uselessness of ” rubbish sex songs”. By this he did not mean songs about the act of reproduction but theContinue Reading
TOVP Newsletter #10, October 2019
The TOVP newsletter for October 2019 has just been released. You may subscribe for future updates by clicking here and filling up the subscription form.Continue Reading
Resolution of the ISKCON Governing Body Commission (GBC) Regarding Vaishnavi Diksa-gurus
Download as PDF October 15, 2019 Whereas in 2009 the GBC Resolved: The GBC accepts the philosophical conclusion presented in the SAC’s Female Diksa Guru Paper that a mature, qualified, female devotee may accept the role of an initiating spiritual master. The GBC Body authorizes local area committees to putContinue Reading