Indian Freedom Fighter Meets Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Śrī Subhas Chandra Bose, the famous freedom fighter of India, came to Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha along with many distinguished personalities to meet Śrīlla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. During their meeting, Śrī Subhas Chandra Bose told Śrīlla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, “Having taken a vow to free our motherland from foreign rule, IContinue Reading
Food and Poison
There was a story. One day one devotee Bhagavān Ācārya invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to dine at his home. Thus he was preparing rice and various types of vegetables. And devotee named Choṭa Haridāsa used to sing for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Bhagavān Ācārya called him too to his home andContinue Reading
Muslims are Coming!
I am getting regularly – letters via FB comments and messenger – from Indians and Bangladeshis. Regularly. From men. They say – “I wanna come here!” I was thinking – what a great preaching I am doing, that they want to come to Stockholm’s harinam! No – they say –Continue Reading
Make Men, Do Not Kill Them
We say – western ideals. But they are not western ideals. Not so far away – just a hundred years ago – everyone in west followed simple rules of family life. These are western ideals from time immemorial (not only Christian): – Husband serves God, wife serves husband, children servesContinue Reading
The How-Not-to-Get-the-Ganja-Smell-on-Your-Hand Bhagavata Gita
Guest (2): My son who lives in America is very Westernized, and as he picked up Gītā, and he tried to understand it, now he now is so much a follower of Gītā that every single letter he quotes Gītā to anyone whom he writes. Prabhupāda: Which Gītā he hasContinue Reading
Pastimes in the Bhāgavatam are not in Chronological Order.
Incidents mentioned in the Vedic literatures, such as the Puranas, Mahabharata and Ramayana are factual historical narrations that took place sometime in the past, although not in any chronological order. Such historical facts, being instructive for ordinary men, were assorted without chronological reference. Besides that, they happen on different planets,Continue Reading
Live According to Varnasrama
Brahmana is a highest in varnasrama not because he may be born in a brahmana family, but because: vaiśeṣyāt prakṛtiśraiṣṭhyānniyamasya ca dhāraṇāt | saṃskārasya viśeṣācca varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ prabhuḥ || Manu samhita 10.3 || The Brāhmaṇa is the lord of the varnas, on account of his distinctive qualities, of the superiorityContinue Reading
No Hospitals for Them – Srila Prabhupada
For more kindly read this: akincana.net/tag/mundane-welfare Indian man: [break] …is there are social act which this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement has taken? Prabhupāda: What is the best social activity? Our is the best… Indian man: Serving the poor and the natives… Prabhupāda: Everyone is poor. Who is rich? First of allContinue Reading
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This essay by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarawati Thakur…what an excellent find! Just imagine the misfortune of the people of kaliyuga that there are was just one website, whose creators were fortunate and merciful enough to have made available online this essay by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarawati Thakur. This essay should have beenContinue Reading