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ISEV Presents First Spanish Vaisnava Library On The Internet

(VNN) - by Pancattawa das

ISEV PRESENTS THE FIRST VAISNAVA LIBRERY ON THE INTERNET FOR THE SPANISH COMMUNITY

We are happy to announce that the ISEV, El INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ESTUDIOS VEDICOS, member of the World Vaisnava Association, has opened the FirstVaisnava Library on the Internet, especially designed for theSpanish-speaking community.

Founded by Srila B.A.Paramadvaiti Swami, ISEV is one of the most importantCultural and Educational efforts of the VRINDA mission to make VaisnavaLiterature attainable to the entire world. The ISEV is dedicated todistributing transcendental literature throughout the Latin countrieswithin South America as well as other Spanish-speaking areas.

ISEV promotes free cooperation among all Vaisnava Acaryas to publish theirbooks and make them accessible to everyone. You can find books from pastAcaryas such as The Six Goswamis, Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, SrilaBhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srila B.R.Sridhara Maharaja and others. In addition, you can find books of thevarious present Acaryas, to include: Srila B.P. Puri Maharaja, SrilaNarayan Maharaja, Srila Tripurari Maharaja, Srila B.A.Paramadvaiti Swami,and Srila Atulananda A.

The Library was opened with 121 publications and we are hoping for your contributions as well. All Vaisnavas are invited to present their work inour forum.

About the ISEV :

The great Spiritual Teacher A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada arrived tothe western world in 1965 as the Ambassador of the Bhakti Yoga tradition toour millennium. He translated more than eighty (80) books from theiroriginal Sanskrit into English, and ordered his disciples to spread theteachings of Bhakti everywhere in the world. Srila Prabhupada sent SrilaB.A. Paramadvait Maharaj, one of his disciples from Germany, to bringKrishna Consciousness to South America in 1976.

After Srila Prabhupada's disappearance in 1977, he joined with Srila B.B.Hariyan Maharaj, Srila Prabhupada's first disciple in Colombia, to receiveinitiation into the renounced order of life (Sannyasa) from Srila BhaktiRasaka Goswami Maharaj, an intimate godbrother of Srila Prabhupada.

Inspired by their Gurus, they established the Higher Institute of VedicStudies ISEV. The Institute began its work with 19 translations of manyvedic books into Spanish started preparation of the first correspondenceyoga course, providing study opportunities to those living far from theInstitute centers.

With its principal headquarters in Bogota, the ISEV established manycenters and community agricultural programs in and around Bogota that serveas a training point for many students of the ISEV and it is used tocelebrate the large festivals, congregational gatherings of the friends andstudents of the ISEV within all of Latin America.

The ISEV represents the ancient mystic school of India called BrahmaMadhva Gaudiya Sampradaya. Many people in South America were veryenthusiastic with the work of the ISEV. Centers sprang up from Mexico toBuenos Aires, creating a beautiful integration of Latin American under theUniversal Harmony precepts of the Bhakti Yoga tradition.

Some of publications of the ISEV are already translated into German,Italian, Russian, Hungarian and English.

The ISEV contains a broad spectrum of subjects ranging from scientificdiscussion to children's readings. In addition, it has an extensive audiolibrary of lectures and transcendental music.

In 1998, the ISEV works through more than 100 world representations, themajority of which are in Latin America;. However, due to ISEV's strongvedic traditions, the world headquarters is Vrinda Kunja in India.

ISEV was registered In India under the name of VRINDA, the VrindavanInstitute for the Culture and Studies Vaisnavas; and is affiliated with theWorld Association Vaisnava (WVA) to intensify its connection withVaisnavism throughout the world.

The position of the ISEV is that all transcendental literature which canserve the world should be made available without any restriction orcopyright. Nonsectarian religionists will be happy to get and to give easyaccess to the treasures of the Vaisnava tradition. All the rights arereserved for the pleasures of the Lord of our hearts.

Please visit our site at: http://www.owplaza.com/wva/isev