Opinion
By Navina Syama Dasa - 21.8 2018
From Back to Godhead
The Vedic contribution to one of the central debates in Western philosophy.
Sam Surya goes to his city’s orphanage one day and makes a large donation. Elsewhere in town, Andy Andhakara robs a bank. What led these two to make...Read more...
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BY: PRAHLADA NRSIMHA DAS - 23.10 2017
I read on another site a nice article about the gunas. I want to add my little participation to it, even if it is maybe not necessary.
When we say that someone is in tamo-guna, it means that this influence is predominant is this person. But of course,...Read more...
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By Sadaputa Dasa - 2.6 2017
Traditional chinese stories tell of a monkey named Sun who goes through remarkable adventures. In one story, two "harpooners of death" capture him, claiming he has reached the limit of his destiny on earth and is due to be taken to the underworld...Read more...
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By Dayananda das - 26.12 2015
The Deep Ecology movement is rooted in the conclusions of Professors Lynn White and Arne Naess. By the late 1960s, Prof White, a historian and university president who had studied the development of technology from medieval times to the present, published...Read more...
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By Bhakti Charu Swami - 20.8 2015
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, “A first class Vaisnava is he whose very presence makes others chant the Holy Name of Krsna.”
CC. Madhya-lila 16.74
1. There should be no compromise in our Vaisnava appearance. We are representatives of Srila...Read more...
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By Rocana dasa - 19.8 2015
I would like to offer my opinion regarding the recent focus on Srila Prabhupada's original writings being edited by the head of the BBTI, Jayadvaita Swami and his main associate, Dravida dasa. I'd also like to draw the reader's attention to the fact...Read more...
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By Amara Das Wilhelm - 6.8 2015
The historical approach to homosexuality within Vaishnava Hinduism is quite opposite from that of the Abrahamic faiths. Whereas the latter punished homosexuality harshly in ancient times but has since softened its stance, Hinduism has no history of persecuting...Read more...
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By Tadiya dasi - 6.8 2015
With the encouragement of my guru I recently opted to experience ashram life in his Northern California monastery,Audarya. Looking back at my experience and myself then, I find much to think about. One part of me wonders: What was I thinking? A city-girl trying to...Read more...
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By NaturalNews - 22.7 2015
When we look at the root of the drug and alcohol problems in the affluent Western nations, frustration and misery always rise to the surface. Yet, most people in the world find that hard to believe.
After all, the people in the Western countries are so much wealthier...Read more...
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By Sri Vrindavan das - 11.7 2015
By Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada.
In the very beginning of the Srimad Bhagavatam, in its middle and at its end, we have been repeatedly advised about the efficacy of sri nama-sankirtana. The principle of sri nama-bhajana (loving...Read more...
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By Kripamoya Dasa - 9.7 2015
Dhotis, fur hats, burkas and other items of cultural baggage
One of the consequences of modern globalization is that we are all being forced to reconsider the external elements of our respective faith traditions. The religions of the world took birth in...Read more...
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By Revati devi dasi (BVKS) - 29.6 2015
(An expectant mother, who is also a devotee book distributor, submits a question to H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Swami. He gave a short answer and asked one of his female disciples to give further advice.)
QUESTIONS
Dear Guru Maharaja
Please accept my...Read more...
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By editor - 29.6 2015
A father sometimes addresses his daughter in affection as “mother” and sometimes as “my darling.”
SB 3.22.25
A brahmacari is advised to go begging alms door to door, addressing all women as mother, and whatever he collects goes to the...Read more...
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By Swami B. V. Tripurari - 29.6 2015
The following is an excerpt from Swami B. V. Tripurari’s personal notes following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.
We are very remote here at Audarya and other worldly at that, but the immediate impact and far reaching ramifications of the...Read more...
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By editor - 27.6 2015
Gosai Publishers is pleased to announce the publication of a new book entitles, "When Wise Men Speak, Wise Men Listen' which is an anthology of articles by Srila B.G. Narasingha Maharaja. In the articles presented in this book, Srila Narasingha Maharaja writes on a...Read more...
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By Jaya Narayana Das, Delhi, India
Old time devotees will recall the once-staunch French Canadian sannyasi Hanuman Swami. He has been away from the Hare Krishna movement for decades now, but in the following video we find that in his old age he has reincarnated as a new age counselor...Read more...
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By Iskcontimes - 26.6 2015
The spiritual leader of the Hare Krishna movement, His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada here recognizes Lord Jesus Christ as "the son of God, the representative of God... our guru... our spiritual master," yet he has some sharp...Read more...
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By Madhudvisa Dasa - 25.6 2015
There is a great deal of propaganda afoot that something dramatic will happen in 2012 and maybe the world will end…
We have information from the Vedic scriptures about the nature of this material world. Very extensive information is given about...Read more...
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By I-Serve Delhi - 25.6 2015
Scientists claim 10-1-5114 BC is Lord Ramachandra's birthday!
Planetary Positions form the basis of a major research programme
Editor's Note: The scientists of I-Serve have tried to prove that Lord Ramachandra did indeed appear on this...Read more...
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Compiled by Damaghosa dasa (Seattle, USA) - 23.6 2015
Letter to: Sri Padampat Singhania, 7 May, 1957
... The etymological alphabets [Sanskrit] are so surcharged with spiritual potency and as such all Mantra indicating the transcendental holy name of God or Godhead is to be...Read more...
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By editor - 21.6 2015
Love is a very sweet word. When it is spoken, a very sweet mood arises in the hearts of both the speaker and the listeners. Though few are able to understand its true meaning, everyone still likes to hear the word. All beings are controlled by love. Many will even give up...Read more...
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By editor - 16.6 2015
Shikha is a tuft of hair at the back of head specifically kept by Vaishnavas and Brahmanas. According to the Vedic culture, when a person undergoes the cuda-karana-samskara (hair-cutting ceremony) and upanayana (Vedic initiation), he must shave his head, leaving a...Read more...
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By Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda - 16.6 2015
Many people regard Ekalavya’s guru-bhakti as that of the ideal disciple. But one special consideration must be observed…
Hiraṇyadhanura, the king of the outcastes (caṇḍālās), had a son named Ekalavya....Read more...
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By Hansadutta das - 16.6 2015
After the first Brahmin initiation ceremony (Boston 1968), I asked Prabhupada, “What is the significance of this Brahmin Initiation?” Prabhupada gestured dismissively and said, “It is not very important. My Guru Maharaja introduced this...Read more...
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By editor, 13.6 2015
A common complaint that is voiced in the modern world is that religions are structures by which a privileged group subjugates those who are in some way different. In this brief article we see that true spiritual experience in general, and the Gaudiya Vaishnava experience...Read more...
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