By: Ramananda Das for ISKCON News on Jan. 26, 2019 Photos by Bhishmadeva Dasa. In preparing for the Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Studies’ Consciousness in Science 2019 conference opening ceremony at the University of Florida’s Harn Museum on Friday 18th January, so much interest arose that it was necessary for the organisers to curtail advertising efforts. … Read More
By: Mahatma Das for facebook.com on Jan. 28, 2019 Is it the Woman’s Fault? Even though Prabhupada writes that a failed marriage is usually the woman’s fault, if a woman has a good husband, she will stay loyal. As I often tell men, “Don’t make it difficult for your spouse to be a … Read More
Sometimes there are tests and we do not pass them. It means that we did not do our homework! Before a test, if you did not do your homework then you might fail the test even if it is within your capacity to pass it. In that way, we may fail certain … Read More
By Madhava Smullen A devotee-owned company, Ra Vino Industries, based in Mumbai has created a line of personal and home care products with Ayurvedic properties, using the panchagavyas – milk, ghee, curd, dung and urine – of indigenous cows. Ra Vino was started as a regular personal care business by director Urukrama Gopal … Read More
Tulsi Gabbard By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on Jan. 26, 2019 Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has announced that she will run for U.S. president in 2020. An Army National Guard veteran, Gabbard was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2012. She is the first Hindu ever elected to … Read More
Pregunta ¿Si uno asciende al mundo espiritual y toma una forma no humana ya sea animal o vegetal esa forma la tiene uno ahí eternamente o va evolucionando hasta tomar una forma humana? Respuesta Si uno asciende al mundo espiritual significa que su cuerpo espiritual, gracias a la practica de … Read More
By Kripamoya Dasa The Devil always likes to help saints ‘organize’ religion, and organized religion can be problematic. But without human structures, the saint’s messages and good public works may not endure over the next three generations. For thousands of years, whenever saintly people have searched for a good spot to live, … Read More
By Damodar Das Giriraj Swami and Rtadhvaja Swami answered questions during the Sunday program, after the former read Bhagavad-gita 8.5 and 6. “In this verse the importance of Krsna consciousness is stressed. Anyone who quits his body in Krsna consciousness is at once transferred to the transcendental nature of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme … Read More
By Bhakti Caru Swami Hare Krsna, We were discussing about Srila Prabhupada, my experiences and associations with Prabhupada. So from Mayapur Srila Prabhupada went to Bombay. The main reason for Prabhupada’s going to Bombay was a big Pandal program in Cross Maidan. In the main city of Bombay there is a large … Read More
Increasing a Student’s Desire to Serve Krsna Discipline methods should be in harmony with our educational goals. And what is the goal of gurukula education? Many devotees have proposed their own objectives. Here are a few: to produce moral citizens, to produce “not hippies,” to produce productive members of the outside society … Read More