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Mahamantra controversy: Hare Krishna or Hare Rama first ?
By editor - 27.9 2019
Many people from other sampradayas raise concern over the order of usage of word Krishna and Rama in the Hare Krishna Mahamantra based on an advaitin edition of Kali Santarana Upanishad in the...Read more...
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Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Leads Kirtan at New York Rathayatra
By: Madhava Smullen - 18.6 2019
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard leads kirtan at New York Rathayatra - photo by Hari Kirtan Kaufmann
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Congresswoman from Hawaii, took a break from politics to...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 27.2 2020
Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Narottama dasa Thakur
A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 136.
There are numerous references in Vaisnava literature to the associates of Lord Chaitanya and their...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 27.2 2020
A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 135.
While Saptagrama was known during Lord Chaitanya's lila as a great mercantile center -- a "pound, shilling and pence community" -- it is...Read more...
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By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Lecture given in Los Angeles, May 13, 1970
A primary Vedic book warns us of the danger of culturing material knowledge without spiritual knowledge.
andham tamah pravishanti
ye ‘vidyam upasate
tato bhuya iva te tamo
ya u...Read more...
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By Giriraj Swami - 27.2 2020
I will never forget the moment when I heard that George Harrison had passed away, shortly after Thanksgiving in 2001. The strength of my feelings of separation surprised me—and made me think how important and dear George must have been to Srila Prabhupada...Read more...
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Narada Das Explains “We Are Not the Body” to 135,000 BBC Radio Bristol Listeners
By: Madhava Smullen - 26.2 2020
Narada Das reached 135,000 listeners over the airwaves
Narada Das (Nathan Hartley) appeared on the BBC’s regional Bristol radio station to share a...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 26.2 2020
Ancient temples of Saptagrama: Basudeb Temple (left) and Hanseswari (right)
A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 134.
Next on the 'Glossary of Places' is the holy Saptagrama:...Read more...
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BY: MAYESVARA DASA
Part 1, Introduction
Up to this point in 2020, various members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness such as Sadaputa dasa, Danavir Goswami, and others, have presented their research and models for the up-coming Temple of Vedic Planetarium, however, no...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 26.2 2020
Mayadevi distracts Srila Haridasa
A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 133.
For our last installment on Santipura, we will briefly mention two more pastimes described in sastra. One is the...Read more...
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By Satyaraja Dasa - 26.2 2020
How the Gita teaches the eight steps of hatha yoga, the topic of Patanjali’s Yoga-sutras.
According to a survey by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, an estimated 13.4 million Americans practice yoga, and many more experiment with it...Read more...
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By Giriraj Swami - 24.2 2020
Today is the disappearance day of Srila Gaurakisora dasa Babaji Maharaja. Srila Gaurakisora dasa Babaji was a great devotee—a maha-bhagavata. He was a disciple of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and was very renounced. Earlier, he lived for many years in...Read more...
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By Rukmini Devi Dasi - 24.2 2020
“It’s my life and I’ll do what I want.” It is the rebel mantra of the human species. Freedom is the alluring promise that teenagers have faked ID’s for, eligible bachelor and bachelorettes remain single for, and nations have...Read more...
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By Giriraj Swami - 24.2 2020
Shiva, Krishna, Guru, and Sisya
Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.4.22
December 2, 2007
Juhu, Bombay
We read from Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Four, Chapter Four: “Sati Quits Her Body.”
TEXT 22
naitena dehena hare krtagaso
dehodbhavenalam...Read more...
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By Giriraj Swami - 24.2 2020
Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 8, Chapter 7 (texts 36-42) describes the benevolent activities of Lord Siva when the living entities were threatened by the deadliest poison (halahala):
“Srila Sukadeva Gosvami said: ‘Lord Siva is always benevolent toward...Read more...
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By Bhurijana dasa - 24.2 2020
According to the Bhagavad-gita, one’s activities can either be in goodness, passion, or ignorance.
There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the higher planetary systems, which is freed from these three modes born of material nature...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 19.2 2020
Lord Chaitanya's Transcendental Sankirtana Pastimes
A serial presentation of the holy places mentioned in the Jaiva Dharma of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur - Part 132.
The holy town of Santipura, home of Sri Advaita Acarya and the place of many transcendental...Read more...
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Untimely Rath Yatra: Puri Jagannath Temple Admin Warns ISKCON Of Legal Action
BY: OB BUREAU - 19.2 2020
The Jagannath Temple Administration here has warned International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) of legal action if it continues to conduct untimely Rath Yatra. It followed...Read more...
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By Sri Nandanandana das (Stephen Knapp) - 19.2 2020
When describing the length of the yugas or ages, and which yuga we are in and how far along we are in it, there is sometimes confusion about how to calculate them. Some people think we are already in the next Satya-yuga, known as the...Read more...
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By Jaya Gopal das - 19.2 2020
Who or what is God? In our modern world, when we observe the amount of energy consumed by all of the other topics that fill our lives, this question is given almost no consideration or thought whatsoever. As such, we are burdened with so many frivolous...Read more...
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By editor - 18.2 2020
Candidasa was a devoted worshipper of Goddess Durga while his brother was a pure Vaisnava who would worship Shaligram. Candidasa was rich but his brother was poor. Candidasa had a very big and beautiful garden, he used to offer the flowers from the garden to Durga Devi...Read more...
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Purushottam Kumar - 18.2 2020
Lord Shiva standing in front of the house of mother Yashoda was pleading her to show him a glimpse of little Krishna. Without her permission, he, the greatest of the great demigods, could not directly go to see the beautiful form of Krishna....Read more...
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By Shyamasundara Dasa - 18.2 2020
This article is a consumer’s guide to Vedic Astrology. It will explain in simple terms what Vedic astrology is and what it can do for you. The following is an appreciation of this article by a reader in Ukraine:
“Your presentation about this...Read more...
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By Yamuna Sundari devi dasi - 18.2 2020
It’s a general concern of devotees which we hear in many of the classes, forums and seminars on what can be the real key to balance one’s material and spiritual lives.
There is a very interesting statement made by famous French priest and...Read more...
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By Sadaputa Dasa - 17.2 2020
This article was written by my long time friend and colleague from the Bhaktivedanta Institute the late Sadaputa Prabhu, a.k.a. Dr. Richard Thompson, who passed away suddenly in 2008. His death was a great loss to the world of Vaisnavism.
This article...Read more...
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