54 years ago in the Back to Godhead magazine, Srila Prabhupada wrote, “…the materialistic civilization will be destroyed by nuclear weapons after a lapse of 50 years.” Well we’re 4 years after that lapse and it looks like the pure devotee was giving us a fair warning. Historically, both world wars occurred after financial/economic … Read more
I am the child of a devotee father and a non-devotee mother. My father has cared for me since I was three and has tried his best to raise me as a devotee. Sadly, the antagonistic influence of my biological mother created much confusion in me with regard to the values we hold dear. … Read more
Devotees in the UK held their first ever Vani Retreat. The retreat was hosted by the Hare Krishna Centre in Leicester. Visnu Murti Prabhu, who runs the Bhaktivedanta Library Services (BLS), conducted the two day introductory workshop into Vanipedia.
Vanipedia is a momentuous work much like the famous Wikipedia. It is meant to bring Srila Prabhupada’s teachings not only to the devotee community but to all people around the world. The project was started in 2008 and is hosting now 6,685 categories, 18,018 pages and 284,638 quotes. Once completed it is estimate that Vaniquotes will have around 7,000 categories, 250,000 pages, and somewhere between 2 to 3 million quotes. The project, which is open source, is managed by a vast pool of volunteers from all around the world.
Vanipedia is a dynamic, interactive encyclopedia of all of Srila Prabhupada’s words (vani). It aims to explore, discover and comprehensively compile Srila Prabhupada’s teachings from every angle of vision, and present them in accessible and easily understandable ways.
There are seven petals in the whole Vanipedia project. At the moment only Vanisource, where one can read all of Srila Prabhupada’s books, lectures, conversations and letters, and Vaniquotes, where all of Srila Prabhupada’s teachings are comprehensively mapped, are populated with content.
Follow these links for a short introduction to the other petals; Vanimedia, Vanictionary, Vanibooks, and Vaniversity. Vanipedia will offer a continual worldwide platform for Srila Prabhupada to preach and teach the science of Krishna consciousness. Devotees felt the retreat was a full success and many joined the ever increasing team of compilers. Get in touch if you want to become a compiler. We can train you in every aspect of the programme.
The 24 hour kirtan held at the Balaji Temple in Birmingham was a tremendous success. The whole program was timetabled listing all the different events. It was blessed by the presence of some of Srila Prabhupada’s senior disciples namely Sacinandana Swami and Krishna Ksetra Prabhu. The bhajans were led by a variety of different … Read more
Krishna devotee chef, teacher, author, and TV star Kurma Dasa gets asked this question a lot. Here’s his well-considered reply. One of the most common questions asked to me is this: “Why don’t you eat garlic and onions?” Here’s my short answer: As a devotee of Krishna and a practicing Bhakti-yogi, I … Read more
My dear Karandhara, Please accept my blessings. Regarding your points about taxation, corporate status, etc., I have heard from Jayatirtha you want to make big plan for centralization of management, taxes, monies, corporate status, bookkeeping, credit, like that. I do not at all approve of such plan. Do not centralize anything. Each … Read more
Devotees at the Hare Krishna Centre celebrated this year’s Nrisimha Caturdasi in a festive mood. The altar was wonderfully decorated with multicoloured pieces of fabric entwined in each other, thus providing a beautiful backdrop for Sri Sri Nitai Saci-Sundara and Giri Govardhana. Many devotees turned up for the festival. There were shouts of … Read more
Lokanath Swami tells the memory of Srila Prabhupada: “One morning we were walking on Juhu Beach while birds were flying overhead in perfect formation. These birds would fly in a line or make a ‘U’ turn all together. So I asked Prabhupada, ‘How do these birds fly in a perfect formation? How do they … Read more
Crow And Tal-Fruit Logic (Srila Prabhupada Letter to Madhudvisa – Los Angeles, May 16, 1972) We never had any occasion when we were separated from Krishna. Just like one man is dreaming and he forgets himself. In dream he creates himself in different forms: now I am the King discussing like that. … Read more
The following is a compilation of quotes from Srila Prabhupada’s writings and teachings on the topic of the “Spiritual Master and the Disciple“. It was compiled into a book by Subhananda dasa brahmacari and is a must read for anyone wanting to connect to the pure disciplic succession (sampradaya) or who wants to recognise … Read more
