The time concept of modern archeology, and modern anthropology in general, resembles the general cosmological-historical time concept of Europe’s Judeo-Christian culture. Differing from the cyclical cosmological-historical time concepts of the early Greeks in Europe, and the Indians and others in Asia, the Judeo-Christian cosmological-historical time concept is linear and progressive. Modern archeology also shares with Judeo-Christian theology the idea that humans appear after the other major species. The author subjectively positions himself within the Vaisnava Hindu worldview, and from this perspective offers a radical critique of modern generalizations about human origins and antiquity.
His two best friends from the Krishna faith, Shyam Sundara and Mukunda, who George has known for more than 30 years, were said to be chanting quietly into their meditation beads as he passed away.
“Prabhupada presence” was felt, a power impact at the Kunda to the amazement of many Brajavasi on lookers. Even one baba at the top wall asked ³When will you all come back again? Great public relations in service to His Divine Grace!
Bhakti Caru Swami: Yesterday, May 2, there was a “Reunion Festival” in Sanctuary, the ISKCON temple in Manhattan. Rameswar, Pradyumna, Yogeswar, Satyaraja, Laxmi-nrsimha Prabhus and many of our god-brothers were there. Radhanath Maharaja with Yajna-purusa Prabhu were the main organizers, and we had an extremely wonderful time together.
Jahnudvipa dasa and Braja Sevaki dasi suffered a head-on crash with a truck in the early hours of this morning on the way in to Kolkata, at Madhyamgram just before the airport.
Great treat for the devotees worldwide that will not attend the Mayapur Festival: Live broadcast in real time of all of its most important events!
Videoclip from a recent bhajan session with Sivarama Swami and Madhava prabhu at the Iskcon London Temple
Prahlada - nanda Swami: English issue #14 of the ISKCON Health and Welfare Journal “Hope This Meets You in Good Health” is now available online.
Attacked by the Evil Philosophers - Press conferences - Radio shows - lectures in Universities - Russian pizzas and more from the recent tour of Drutakarma p. in Russia.
Jayapataka Swami: When I met Sridhara Swami to seek his blessings just prior to going on the South Indian Safari Maharaja was very emphatic! His time was not yet up! He had many things to still do or Srila Prabhupada. I mentioned to him that the Temple of Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur was one such work. Sridhara Swami confirmed.
We have received notice that Braja Bihari Prabhu has been diagnosed with a very serious heart condition, which will require open heart surgery
Be here now: Hear, chant and remember - love, serve and surrender! “Forget the past that sleeps; and never the future dream at all. Deal with times that are with you, and progress you shall call.
Jim Kohr was the all-American boy. Handsome, strong, intelligent born in an upper middle-class family. A good student, he took a degree in mechanical engineering from Ohio State University.
Jayadvaita, Trivikrama and Danavir Swamis discuss about the process of guruship in Iskcon and according to the sastra.
Krsna Ksetra prabhu, Anuttama prabhu, Saunaka Rsi prabhu, Ranchor prabhu, Radha Krishna prabhu and Krishnasharan prabhu, Merudevi dasi, Villa Vrindavan and plenty of Italian prasadam
Washington, DC, Jan. 29, 2009-The Institute on Religion and Public Policy condemns the Jan. 27 deportation of the religious leader of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), B. B. Govinda Swami, from Kazakhstan.
NY Times: it turns out that shutting down the milk supply is not as easy as closing an automobile assembly line. The thing is, they are going to produce it because they have to milk the cows.
It is our good fortune to inform the devotees and ISKCON FAMILY members that today morning at 7 am HH Jayapataka swami left the Hinduja hospital after he was admitted like 60 days ago, Maharaja is going to continue with his healing in the Bhaktivedanta Hospital.
This move by Seton Hall Univ, a Catholic University under the Archdiocese of Newark, to make the study ot the Gita mandatory is quite remarkable. Unfortunately they don’t use Bhagavad-gita As It Is, but it is a step in the right direction.
I heard about this on CNN tonight so I googled it and it turns out to be true. Obama carries a small charm of Hanuman in his pocket. Obama at one point had a Hindu roommate in college and has visited India.
Resolved, That - An official ISKCON Initiating Guru website on the Internet be designed and regularly updated - The GBC should appoint a GBC member to oversee this project.
How well do you acknowledge Krishna’s presence through the day? We may need to work on that! Here are some ideas. There is a difference between when I’m alone and when I’m in the presence of another person.
A full cleaning of Radha Kunda and Syama Kunda has finally begun and will continue for the next month and a half. The last cleaning took place in 1987
This is to announce the sad deaths, in a car accident, of five devotees residing in the conutry codenamed Mathuradesh in the Arabian Gulf - Friday, 12th March 2009.
One of the last videos of Sadaputa prabhu where he presents the Vedic point of view of creation together with Drutakarma prabhu
The mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu are unlimited and make almost everything possible, as it has been happening with the recovery of HH Jayapataka Swami
It is always nice to see so many people chanting Hare Krishna, the mercy of bhakta George keeps engaging in chanting even after his demise…
At the ISKCON center in Mayapur they treat cows kindly. It’s true for most of India, to be sure, but the Krishna Devotees have created an Old Cows Home that really does it right.
It is that time of year again. Xmas. And, the debate of whether to put a Xmas tree in the temple room was discussed in our temple management meeting.
My wife is not strong devotee of Krishna but she justs respects Him. But she helps me preparing food without garlic and onion so that I can offere that to Krishna.
We are humbly requesting you to submit your sincere prayers for His Holiness Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu, GBC, Initiating Guru, and ISKCON Philadelphia Temple President, who has just returned from Mumbai, India and has been diagnosed with pneumonia. His physician is also testing him for Malaria.