Yoga practice is more or less material activity. Because when they are powerful to show some miracles and people become captivated, “Oh, he is performing such miracle thing.” In Benares in India there was a yogi. His business was anyone who will go there, he immediately produced two or four rasagullas and offer him. … Read more
He reasons ill who says that Vaishnavas die When thou art living still in sound! The Vaishnavas die to live, and living try To spread the holy name around!
This MP3 audio book is an excerpt from Srila Rupa Goswami’s ‘Nectar of Instruction’, text 9-11, with translation and purport by Srila Prabhupada. MP3 download from here Read along Read along Read along
This Krishna Vision video was produced by Krishna Prema (music) and Nitya Tripta d.d. (photos) as an offering at the annual Gaura Purnima festival in Sri Dham Mayapur. It features most of the deities installed in ISKCON at the time. The video is also available as a high resolution DVD. The photos are available … Read more
Contentment personified, Ishmael stood before me like a warm fire. The rain sodden door step on which he stood began to dry out, so intense was this man’s satisfaction. Alternately I experienced all the warmth of a penguin’s bottom before the onset of global warming. “God cannot have a form” he said “If God had … Read more
Sampradaya Acarya Transcends Siksa and Diksa
This is in response to the recent article, “Absentia Diksa Guru Initiation” by Dusyanta dasa. First, we would like to compliment the author for his presentation of this interesting dilemma. We understand that he’s not a committed Rtvik, but is making this presentation to encourage dialogue and understanding on guru-tattva, which we appreciate.
As most Sun readers know, I’ve written quite extensively on this subject, and have published a paper that serves as a basic introduction to my treatise on Srila Prabhupada as the Sampradaya Acarya. There are two important questions confronting the devotees, namely, who is Srila Prabhupada and what does it mean to be initiated? In my Sampradaya Acarya writings I’ve addressed these questions. In fact, this whole website is ultimately dedicated to the concept of recognizing Srila Prabhupada’s exalted status. I look forward to one day being able to expand upon the ideas presented in the Sampradaya Acarya paper, making the arguments more complete, adding citations, etc., but for now, I’ve simply extracted a few statements from that paper and from a Q&A document that followed it, which I think are relevant to the issues raised by Dusyanta dasa.
My Dear Tamala Krishna. Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 12, 1969 along with the copy of the West Coast president’s report of the meeting held at Berkeley. Gradually this meeting should develop into a committee of the West Coast presidents, and similarly there should be one for the East Coast, so in the future we can form a central governing body for the whole institution. Therefore the management should be done very cautiously so that everyone is satisfied in their autonomous managing capacity. Of course, the central point is the order of the Spiritual Master, and I am very glad that you are trying to give importance to this aspect of management.
An interview with Srila Prabhupada in which he points out that without Krishna consciousness or God consciousness the whole so-called human society is a combination of “cheaters” and “cheated”.
Thakura Bhaktivinoda was not official Spiritual Master of Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja. Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja was already renounced order, Paramahamsa, but Thakura Bhaktivinoda, while He was even playing the part of a householder, was treated by Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja as Preceptor, on account of His highly elevated spiritual understanding, … Read more
