Śrīla Prabhupāda Thought Small
Everyone knows that Śrīla Prabhupāda thought big: “Take over the world with Kṛṣṇa consciousness.” But Prabhupāda also thought small. He did not like over-centralization or top-heavy management. When he saw devotees in Hawaii living simply on the land and chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, he told them to go on like that.Continue Reading
Learning lessons from recent FDG resolution
The very first supporting argument in the recent GBC resolution concerning female devotees becoming gurus contains the following sentence: “So I hope that all of you, men, women, boys and girls, become spiritual master and follow this principle.” It’s taken from London Vyasa Puja address given on 22 August, 1973, availableContinue Reading
Who is The Real Thief ?
Kuntī says that this intoxication position, madaḥ, edhamāna-madaḥ (SB 1.8.26), increasing, pumān, such person, naivārhati, they cannot feelingly address, “Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava.” They cannot feelingly. That is not possible. Their feeling, spiritual feeling, is lost. They cannot feelingly address, because they do not know. “Oh, this God is for poor man.Continue Reading
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