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GBC Pauses Vaishnavi Diksa Gurus, Again

By ISKCON News Staff - 25.01 2023 At its November 2, 2022 meeting, the Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON resolved to again put a moratorium on women devotees accepting disciples in ISKCON. (The resolution can be found at the end of this article.) The topic has been debated and discussed in various forums in ISKCON for twenty years and has evoked strong feelings (as well as lengthy papers and lists of oppositional sastric [scriptural] references) on all sides of the issue. In 2014, for example, the GBC...Read more...

Narayani Devi Dasi Initiates Her First Diksa Disciple

GBC Amends and Affirms Law Allowing Vaisnavis To Initiate

Why are women considered less intelligent?

By Chaitanya Charan das - 25.01 2023 Answer: When Srila Prabhupada is referring to women as less intelligent that is not referring to intelligent processing ability that goes on in the name of intelligence. We can see obviously from our observation there are in some cases...Read more...

Womans

Addressing woman as mataji

The Shelter of Caves, Part 11

BY: SUN STAFF - 25.01 2023 Sita Devi, Ravana Ella Cave Temple, Sri Lanka A study of famous caves in ancient Bharat. Ravana Ella Cave In Sinhala, in the Badulla district of Uva province, Sri Lanka, is an ancient cave famously described in Ramayana literatures. The...Read more...

The Shelter of Caves, Part 10

The Shelter of Caves, Part 9

The Glories of West Bengal

BY: SUN STAFF - 25.01 2023 Temple Complex – Kalna, West Bengal A serial presentation of West Bengal kshetras, and the tirthas associated with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates. Like Sri Vrindavana Dham, the kshetras of West Bengal are among the most sacred to the...Read more...

My photos from West Bengal

Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 20

BY: SUN STAFF - 25.01 2023 Advaita Prakasha: Lord Advaita Acarya by Shrila Ishana Nagara, translated by HH Subhag Swami. All glories to Shri Chaitanya! All glories to Sitanatha! All glories to Nityananda, along with all the devotees! Now listen to the pastimes of Nityananda Prabhu, who...Read more...

Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 19

Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 18

Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 28

BY: SUN STAFF - 24.01 2023 A serial presentation of the book by author Harun Yahya. Confessions Regarding Darwinism's Negative Effect on Moral Values In the 19th century, the theory of evolution began to exert an influence over a wide sphere, beyond such branches of science as...Read more...

Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 27

Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 26

Ganga Sagara Mela

BY: SUN STAFF - 24.01 2023 Ganga Ma on Makara-vahana Ganga Sagara Mela is observed on January 21st. Gangapujan Dashahara or Dussehra is the "appearance day" or day that marks the descent of Mother Ganges - Ganga Ma". Throughout India this festival lasts ten days beginning...Read more...

Dust to Dust

Glorification of Ganga-Devi

Whatever your duty, if you are executing the will of God, you will be protected

By Radhanath Swami - 24.01 2023 Whatever your duty, if you are executing the will of God, you will be protected. HH Radhanath Swami: In America motherhood is considered old-fashioned. People are ashamed to be mothers. Women are taught to be professionals. Child care is given to other...Read more...

The story of the Wrangler ad

By Aprakrita dasa - 24.1 2023 Ugrasrava is one of the most senior devotees of the Australian Yatra. He tells the story of the Wrangler ad. Ugrasrava: I had friends in the advertising industry, and one day they came to the temple and said, “The Wrangler Jeans Company wants us to...Read more...

Srila Prabhupada On Education By Example

By Indira-sakhi Devi Dasi - 24.01 2023 Srila Prabhupada stressed that character development was an inseparable part of education. He explained that the teachers themselves should be exemplary role models to successfully impart Vedic knowledge to the students. You are right when you say...Read more...

Material Education Will Make You Even More of a Rascal

Purpose of education: Reviving our spiritual identity

Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 19

BY: SUN STAFF - 23.01 2023 Advaita Prakasha: Lord Advaita Acarya by Shrila Ishana Nagara, translated by HH Subhag Swami. All glories to Shri Chaitanya! All glories to Sitanatha! All glories to Nityananda, along with all the devotees! One day Lord Chaitanya came to Rupa Gosvami in a dream...Read more...

Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 18

Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 17

Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 27 BY: SUN STAFF - 23.01 2023 A serial presentation of the book by author Harun Yahya. Confessions that the Order in the Universe Cannot Have Come About by Chance Paul Davies is a theoretical...	The Story of Shaubhari Muni By Radhanath Swami - 23.1 2023 (SB 11.10.17) Translation Although the performer of fruitive activities desires perpetual happiness, it is clearly observed that materialistic workers are...
Qualitative upgradation through forgiveness By Shubha Vilas Das - 23.01 2023 When it comes to making relations work for a lifetime, probably the most powerful and handy tool available is forgiveness. Every relationship goes through a...	Maya’s Friend Norm By Padma Devi Dasi - 23.01 2003 The Vedic scriptures reveal that Mayadevi, Lord Krishna’s deluding potency, works with certain energies that have the capacity to make material life seem...
Culture of Respect - a detail or crucial? By Vraja Bihari Das - 20.1 2023 “Azam Khan, a respected leader of Samajwadi party calls RSS leaders as homosexual” read the Zee News headlines. Tejaswi Yadav, the deputy chief...	Narayani Devi Dasi Initiates Her First Diksa Disciple By Kumari Kunti Dasi and Madan Gopal Das ISKCON - 20.1 2023 Narayani Devi Dasi (right) initiates Nila Madhava (left), now Nilambari Dasi, a second-generation ISKCON devotee on Janmastami 2022...
The Shelter of Caves, Part 9 BY: SUN STAFF - 20.1 2023 Ananda Pagoda - Bagan Plains, Burma A study of famous caves in ancient Bharat. Nandamula Cave The Mahabharata provides a brilliant description of the...	Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 18 BY: SUN STAFF - 20.1 2023 Advaita Prakasha: Lord Advaita Acarya by Shrila Ishana Nagara, translated by HH Subhag Swami. All glories to Shri Chaitanya! All glories to Sitanatha! All glories...

Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 26	Uddhava’s shock and joy
ISKCON Imposes Ban on Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami	The Shelter of Caves, Part 4
GBC Amends and Affirms Law Allowing Vaisnavis To Initiate	The Shelter of Caves, Part 3
Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 17	Rajapur Lord Jagannatha Temple
The Secret of Bhakti-yoga	Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 13
A Wise Old Monkey	Srila Ramacandra Kaviraja Disappearance
The Shelter of Caves, Part 8	Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 21
Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 25	Finding Shelter in True Identity
Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 16	Physical deprivation versus spiritual absorption
A padayatri’s experiences walking Nepal’s roads	Bhakti Comes from Bhakti
Message from Mayapur Gurukula parents	Vaisnava Compassion in Global Crisis
The Shelter of Caves, Part 7	Gaya
Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 24	Kali as the Yuga Shakti: the Power to Create a New World Age
Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 15	Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 12
Life and Afterlife: Does Modern Science Have it Right?	Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 20
Betting on God	The Illusion of Heavenly Planets
Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 23	Sanātana Dharma: The Eternal Religion of the Soul
Looking for the Supreme God	The Shelter of Caves, Part 2
Possessiveness, for a grihastha	Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 11
What Abortionists Don’t Know	Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 19
Uddhava’s shock and joy	Srila Prabhupada birthplace memorial project
Embodied Mind and Transcendent Consciousness	Comparison and the Incomparable Self
The Shelter of Caves, Part 5	Our abilities are our endowments, not our entitlements
Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 14	Who we are and who we are not
Justice, forgiveness and punishment	Who’s the Mother of Magic Realism?
Strive to become a Parantapah!	Prayers by Lord Siva
Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 22	The Shelter of Caves
Sri Jayadeva Gosvami	Advaita Prakasha, Chapter 10
Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja and Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami	Confessions of the Evolutionists, Chapter 18
United We Stand – Yuga Dharma	Sri Jagadisa Pandit