The ever pestering power of empirical estimations of this colossal unknown called space still challenges many of us who read the 5th canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. In many cases our “frog in the well” boundaries reluctantly, or sceptically acknowledges the enormous proportions of universal structures described with exacting precision, seeming too certain for comfort.
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- 19 Jul 2009
By Radhikakrpa Devi DasiFor me, accepting Krishna consciousness was not hard, but being in it became a challenge. I am a progeny of Sikh parents and married into a Hindu Punjabi family. My transformation from Randeep Anand to Radhika-kripa Devi Dasi was the most decisive moment of my life.
...- 16 Jul 2009
By Patita Pavana dasThese were remarkable times; Krishna consciousness was bursting aflame and Hare Krishna was becoming a household word. Numbering about twenty or so brahmacharis headed up by temple president Brahmananda, we had just moved out of the first ISKCON center at 26 2nd Ave. to the new location up the street
...- 16 Jul 2009
By Bhakti Charu SwamiBeing enlivened by so many thought-provoking observations and concepts on the subject of guru-tattva and the ISKCON institution I feel inspired to express some ideas and understandings on this issue
...- 12 Jul 2009
By Dusyanta dasaThe overwhelming momentum in Iskcon today is building towards the actual proper establishment of cow protection.The past idea that we just have some Cows hanging around with some red handprints on their sides and some garlands around their necks and costing a whole lot of money to keep is passing us by now.
...- 12 Jul 2009
When store clerks politely ask me how it's going---I generally mirthfully reply with a twinkle in my eye, "There's nothing wrong with anyone but me. I can't complain. Who'd want to hear it anyway & what good would it do?"
...- 10 Jul 2009
How is it that I can conceive of myself at the ultimate stage and a devotee of the Lord, if I am not humble and prideless and therefore fundamentally unable to avoid being mean and cruel to other living entities?
...- 7 Jul 2009
Pandava Sena, or “Army of the Pandavas,” was formed in London in January 1994, when Hindu youth joined the campaign to stop Parliament from closing ISKCON’s Bhaktivedanta Manor to the public
...- 7 Jul 2009
Today July 7th 2009 is Guru Purnima. Srila Prabhupada was little skeptical of celebrating Guru Purnima the way several other sects in India do, i.e. by quoting Vedic tradition. Whenever Srila Prabhupada was asked about celebrating Guru Purnima, he would reply, “We do gurupuja every day”
...- 7 Jul 2009
What I experienced at New Vrindavan was entirely different than what I expected…. Because it’s part of the Krishna religion to be evangelists, I thought that the devotees would be extremely pushy in showing their beliefs to us
...- 7 Jul 2009
By Patita Pavana das One evening back in ’69 at Boston’s ISKCON Press, about a dozen of us devotees were honoring lunchtime left-overs of dal and chapattis in the prasadam room. Discussion naturally centered upon the most outstanding personality any of us would ever meet, Shrila Prabhupada.
...- 4 Jul 2009
Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally used to inspect temple cleaning and if He would see a little particle of dust He would remark, "O, you have not done very nice.''
...- 24 Jun 2009
By Radhikakrpa Devi Dasi“Is it Sai Baba?” a bold voice questioned me over my shoulder aboard the Cathay Pacific flight from Sydney to Hong Kong. I lifted my head out of the book I was reading and turned my face towards the speaker to find a tall lady dressed in an official attire with a pleasing personality stood indicating at the ring in my second finger.
...- 22 Jun 2009
In response to "A Request for help in starting a new website for Struggling Devotees." Self-control in matters of sex starts with brahmacarya, passes through grhastha and eventually goes back to absolute celibacy in sannyasa.
...- 16 Jun 2009
By Rita GuptaBhagavatananda says that assisting the dying is helping him “cash in on the blessings” he received from one of Srila Prabhupada’s departed disciples, Tribhuvanatha dasa.
...- 13 Jun 2009
By Jaganmohini Devi DasiGod has created the human being with a brain and thinking faculty. He has commanded His creation that the faculty must be used with reasoning to reach Him. This is the mission of human life. Science is the best boon God has bestowed upon mankind
...- 11 Jun 2009
Do you do this? Occasionally or habitually? As a general rule I would say this is not a good practice. I have counseled couples where one of the partners said yes when they meant no, and their marriage didn't last a year.
...- 4 Jun 2009
Many devotees have posted articles raising the question about cow protection and economy. In all seriousness this is a relevant question. Many cow protection programmes have not only not been able to generate any wealth but have actually cost a lot of money to pay for.
...- 27 May 2009
It is very good that the GBC is concerned about the decline in the development of ISKCON farms. But the problem goes deeper than just not enough money and time put into our existing model of what simple and natural living implies.
...- 24 May 2009
The two major car accidents this week have cast a cloud of sadness upon the entire ISKCON movement. I remember ISKCON's first such car accident, two devotees, Vaidyanath and Maranda, were killed in Arizona in 1970 when a truck pushed their VW off a mountain slope in Arizona.
...- 15 Mar 2009
Today marks 7 years to the day since my spiritual master, HH Tamal Krishna Goswami and Vrindavanisvari Mataji passed away in fatal car crash on the way to the Calcutta airport. My godbrother Aghabit prabhu was also badly injured in that crash.
...- 15 Mar 2009
Issues in connection with climate change has become an everyday topic in media. While some years ago even greater mess of the leader scientists did not want to openly side in this question, now more and more studies come to light what declares that global climate crisis is not a question but a fact. These studies urge international steps and cooperation.
...- 12 Mar 2009
Actor Paul Newman had started a salad dressing/spaghetti sauce company which ended up using the proceeds above operating expenses to donate millions to charity. Such a project would create jobs in a very difficult time and sustain the feeding of many hungry people with a virtual prasadam factory based on local, seasonal food production.
...- 12 Mar 2009
The festive bonfire; the smearing of dyes; the spraying of colored water; the joyful faces of all – these memories flash through any Indian mind, when reminded of Holi, one of the most important of all Indian festivals.
...- 10 Mar 2009