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Major Branches of Religions Ranked by Number of Adherents
By editor - 20.9 2023 There are twelve classical major world religions. These are the religions described most often in surveys of the subject, and studied in World Religion classes (some of them more for historical rather than contemporary reasons): Babi and Baha'i faiths Buddhism Confucianism Christianity Hinduism Islam Jainism Judaism Shinto Sikhism Taoism Zoroastrianism All major branches listed together Virtually all of these religions have experienced schism and divisions. This...Read more...
Bhagavatam cosmology and scientific cosmology
How do we reconcile Bhagavatam cosmology with scientific cosmology? By Chaitanya Charan - 20.9 2023 Question: How do we reconcile Bhagavatam cosmology with scientific cosmology? For example, Bhagavatam cosmology talks about fourteen planetary systems whereas we have nine or ten...Read more...
Soldier - Butcher - Karma
If a butcher is following their employer, as a soldier might follow a king, why does the butcher get karma, but the soldier doesn’t? By Chaitanya Charan - 20.9 2023 Question: If a butcher is following their employer, as a soldier might follow a king, why does the butcher...Read more...
Lord Shiva's Pastimes with Demons
BY: SUN STAFF - 20.9 2023 Lord Siva Creates the Demon Virabhadra   Lila pastimes with the transcendental demons.   Siva Creates the Demon Virabhadra "Thus Lord Siva, being extremely angry, pressed his lips with his teeth and immediately snatched from his head a strand...Read more...
New Bellevue Temple in Seattle
By Ramai Swami - 20.9 2023 Seattle is a large city so could have a lot of ISKCON temples in different areas. To accommodate a growing devotee community a property was bought in the Bellevue district, which is an important business area just outside downtown Seattle. It has taken a number...Read more...
Is the Hare Krishna Movement a Cult?
By editor - 19.9 2023 As we have come to know ISKCON, we have become aware that it is a representative of tbe main stream of Indian Vaishnava religion. As such they follow teachings and practices which have a venerable tradition in India. THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN RELIGION....Read more...
The Appearance of Srimati Sita Thakurani
BY: SUN STAFF - 19.9 2023 Srimati Sita Thakurani's Appearance day is observed on September 19th. From 'Lives of the Saints' by S. Rosen. Shri Sita Thakurani is to be worshiped just as much as Sachidevi herself, as the mother of the universe. She is the eternal wife of Shri...Read more...
Ksatriya Training
By Shyama Darshani dasi - 19.9 2023 In a recent interview with the GBC Strategic Planning Team, Sesa Prabhu, my father, spoke about ksatriya training. I found the letter that was referred to in the interview which he wrote to Jagadish Maharaj on the topic in 1983. Being an educator myself, I...Read more...
Art of Working
By Chirag Dangarwala - 19.9 2023 karmany evadhikaras te ma phalesu kadacana ma karma-phala-hetur bhur ma te sango ‘stv akarmani [ B.g. 2.47] “You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause...Read more...
The Deeper Meaning of the Name
By Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp) - 19.9 2023 As many of you know, when I was initiated by His Divine Grace, Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, I was given the name of Sri Nandanandana dasa. When I was to be accepted for initiation, I was told to write a paper on the...Read more...
Srimad Bhagavatam Reaches 7th and Final Continent of Antarctica
By ISKCON News Staff  - 18.9 2023 A recent short documentary released by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) explores the unlikely and inspiring journey of the Srimad Bhagavatam to Antarctica, the most remote continent on Earth. Antarctica, the Earth’s southernmost continent, is...Read more...

By editor - 18.9 2023 Just as the catchy old music hall song says: “We do like to be beside the seaside”. It’s an exuberant and melodic statement that still holds true....
By ISKCON News Staff  - 18.9 2023 Ratha Yatra in Bloomington, IL. Photo by Anuttama Dasa. This weekend, ISKCON communities are hosting festivals worldwide, from Color Festivals in...
By Vicitravirya Dasa - 18.9 2023   Through the ages Western man has alternately pondered or ignored death, the most persistent yet least understood fact of our existence. In...
By Chirag Dangarwala - 18.9 2023 Cause and Effect are the natural phenomenon in this material world. Every Cause is followed by an Effect and every Effect has a Cause.  This phenomenon of...
By Chaitanya Charan - 15.9 2023 Rama demonstrates the ideal Dharmic behavior of worshipping Devatas, as per that specific time. Rama did it because He knew that Ravana was Shiva’s...
By Chaitanya Charan - 15.9 2023 From Revati Vallabh Pr: Sometimes different Vaishnava acharays give different meanings of the same scriptural verse. Which is the original, actual...
By editor - 15.9 2023   Written by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami in 1958, Published December of that Year in Gauḍīya Patrika, The Magazine of the Gauḍīya Vedānta Samiti. Verse 1. I am...
By Janakinatha Dasa - 15.9 2023   Every December, the book marathon promises to be an exciting event. While travelling from door to door, village to village, through remote parts of...