Category: ISKCON
Book Review: Holy Cow
September 2nd, 2008by Vasumurti das
Purchase Online(Lantern Books, U$ 17.00)
In his book, Holy Cow, author Steven Rosen (Satyaraja dasa) does an expert job of explaining the philosophy and history of the sankirtana movement to nondevotees. He begins by quoting… more »
Points of Similarity
April 7th, 2008Krishna Consciousness and Christianity
"The Hare Krishna religion is a bona fide religion with roots in India that go back thousands of years."
—New York Supreme Court
Justice John S. Leahy,
People v. Murphy
1. Anglican Pries… more »
Interfaith Preaching
March 7th, 2008Why are devotees suddenly afraid to preach to people of other faiths? My own observations have shown a reluctance on the part of Vaishnavas in the West to engage in interfaith preaching.
Back in the late '90s, my friend Anantarupa dasa, an Irish… more »
Invitation
February 2nd, 2008by Vasu Murti
In an ISKCON newsletter, back in 1989, when the Robin George case was taking place, ISKCON San Diego, CA temple president Badri Narayan dasa endorsed Krishnafest. Krishnafest was a preaching program led by Danavir dasa and Gunagrahi Maha… more »
One
December 28th, 2007In a letter to Upendra dasa in Fiji, dated October 26, 1970, from Amritsar, India, Srila Prabhupada wrote:
"Regarding worship of demigods, the whole Hindu society is absorbed in this business, so unless our preaching work is very vigorous it is… more »
The Form of God
December 11th, 2007Back in 1985, my friend Victor, who is Jewish, invited me to a Shabbat (Sabbath) observance with a group of Jewish students on our college campus. They were singing songs in Hebrew, and clapping hands—almost like a "Jewish kirtana"!… more »
A Cure for the Kali-yuga Blues
December 4th, 2007Vedic cosmology views time in vast cycles lasting hundreds of thousands of years, with phases of light and darkness corresponding to the level of spiritual awareness on the planet. According to the scriptures, men and women in previous ages were endowed… more »
Cow Protection
November 15th, 2007Regarding vegetarianism vs. veganism, man is the only species that drinks the milk of another species. All other species drink the milk of the mothers of their own species until they are weaned. Cow's milk is the perfect food—if you're a baby c… more »
Book Review
October 15th, 2007Inside the Hare Krishna Movement:
An Ancient Eastern Religious Tradition
Comes of Age in the Western World
by Mukunda Goswami
Torchlight Publishing
279 pages
$19.95
… more »
Veganism and Krishna Consciousness
September 3rd, 2007Srila Prabhupada has written, "Real philosophy is nothing more than this: friendliness to all living entities." Elsewhere, he writes, "If people are to be educated in the path back to Godhead, they must be taught first and foremost to stop… more »
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