News and views on culture, philosophy and siddhanta of ISKCON Vaishnavas
Hare Krishna Apart from the 1-year course, we have launched this time a short-term 2-month course to serve temples that may not be able to send their devotees for a longer time.…
HG Keshavanda Das on Varnasrama, October 1, 2020 ENGLISH SUMMARY (paraphrased) Hare Krishna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. There is a lot of criticism and sometimes rejection of Varnasrama in our modern society.…
Brahmānanda: In your lecture you quoted Cāṇakya Paṇḍita that a man must see every woman other than his own wife as mother. How should a woman see other men? Prabhupāda: As son.…
In this video, the link between the decline of preaching in North America and the decline of the brahmachari ashram is discussed. ISKCON in America and India are compared and contrasted with…
This chapter particularly describes the brahmacārī and the person in the vānaprastha stage, and it also gives a general description of the four āśramas — brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa. In the previous chapter, the great saint Nārada Muni has described the varṇa institution…
Prahlāda Mahārāja said: One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of life — in other words, from the tender age of childhood —…
The practice of forcing one's wife to drink one's own semen is a black art practiced by extremely lusty persons. Those who practice this very abominable activity say that if a wife…
