Time, Place and Circumstances
Before I proceed I’ll let you know why I am writing this. A few days back I was attending an evening Bhagavad Gita class and a devotee asked a question. Which is about today’s position of ISKCON compare to Srila Prabhupada’s time (founder acharya of International Society for Krishna Consciousness)?Continue Reading
Perfect Module of Varnasrama
Society starts with family. Every family – I mean family and not “mama papa me” – family where are 30-40 members – every such family can be perfect varnasrama module. Idea “of birth casteism” is crazy. You cannot get even 6 Brahmanas in a family at once – what toContinue Reading
Srila Prabhupada, not equal to women
I will give you some instances to show you that Prabhupada was not equal to women. I was sitting with Prabhupada at 7 Bury Place, our first temple in London. He told me that if Jamuna Devi who was the wife of the temple president, had been a man, itContinue Reading
Sriman Lakshmi Tatacharya interviewed on the topic of women diksha gurus
Prof. M.A. Lakshmi Tatacharya of Melkote, Karnataka, a learned scholar from the tradition of Ramanujacharya, interviewed on the topic of women diksha guru. He has undertaken extensive research into Ramanuja vaishnavism, and is now more than 80 years old.Continue Reading
Purity is the Essence
“Prabhupāda: One has to follow the rules and regulations of a particular status of life in order to purify his existence.“ “Prabhupāda: So where is that institution to train people to acquire these transcendental qualities? There is no such institution. We are attempting to qualify the man in transcendental qualities.Continue Reading
Don’t Let a Mad Elephant Flatten Your Teeny Little Creeper.
If we want to be successful in our spiritual endeavors, beware of those who would minimize Srila Prabhupada’s position. Try to understand what happens when someone surrenders to Krsna. The modes of nature disappear. Srila Prabhupada is not in this world, but has a direct one-on-one relationship with Krsna onContinue Reading
Back in the Day (Part 6)
Feeling dejected I walked back into the temple room to lick my wounds and feel sorry for myself for my misfortune. All of a sudden, I thought I began to hear my name being called… “Where is Mahananda. Srila Prabhupada wants to see him right away in his room.” TheseContinue Reading
Back in the Day (Part 5)
There were only 5 or 6 of us there during those first months and we sat down three times a day and had to eat opulent rich food every meal. I mean, they only cooked for the Deities and there was enough for the devotees to just eat Maha. ThisContinue Reading
Back in the Day (Part 4)
“The potency is just in the hearing,” we would tell them….”The better you hear attentively, the better the effect will be. Just listen to each sound and syllable and when your mind wanders to other things (trust me on this one–it will) just gently bring your focus back to theContinue Reading
Back in the Day (Part 3)
We were so happy then. Each and every time you saw another devotee you were flat on the ground offering your obeisances and then you jumped up and hugged your godbrother whom you truly loved. Also in the early days you were always chanting 24 hours a day practically. IfContinue Reading