Sampradaya-Pranali
April 27, 2013 (VNN) by Srila B.P. Puri Maharaja Srila B.P. Puri Maharaja The sampradaya institution has existed in this holy land of Bharata since time immemorial. The wordsampradaya is a passive nominal formation from the Sanskrit verb root, sam-pra-da (‘to hand down’). Lexicographers define it as ‘the instruction that is More...
Vrindavana the Highest Paradise
April 25, 2013 (VNN) by O.B.L. Kapoor, Ph.D. via Back to Godhead (Feb. 1974) O. B. L. Kapoor, Ph.D., has served as Head of the Philosophy Department and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at B.R. College in Agra, India, More...
The Powers of an Ekadasi Family
April 21, 2013 (VNN) – by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja [An eye-opening first-time-published discourse, given in Badger, California, on June 20, 1998:] Today is Ekadasi. I have discussed More...
Glorification of Lord Rama
April 19, 2013 (VNN) by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja [Mathura, India: April 12, 2000] Rama-katha is endless. Sankarsana (Lord Anantadeva) himself continuously sings the glories of Sri Rama, More...
Sri Ramachandra Avatara
April 19, 2013 (VNN) – by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj Lord Sri Ramacandra is the seventh avatara of the Dasavatara. Among the twenty-five lila-avataras, Lord Ramacandra is the twentieth avatara. More...
Why this Devotee of God doesn’t think to be Atheist is to be a Demon
April 16, 2013 (VNN) by CLUB 108 There are two kinds of people in this world. Devotees and demons. I think this is absolutely true. But let’s parse this out a bit. First of all, what is the source of my seemingly More...
Mind exists, so does Soul
April 15, 2013 (VNN) – by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj Once Gurudeva, Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj went to Punjab. He was there to attend a religious ceremony in Jalandhar. Lots of More...
Kirtana in Raganuga Sadhana
April 15, 2013 (VNN) – by Vic DiCara / Vraja Kishor Radha and Krishna hand-drawing (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There is nothing “higher” or “more intimate” than hari-nama-samkirtan, nor is there anything More...
Hear The Discourses Given By Self-Realized Souls
April 14, 2013 (VNN) – by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada via Raja Vidya Newsletter jivan chavo bhagavatanghri-renum na jatu martyo ‘bhilabheta yas tu sri-visnu-padya manujas tulasyah svasan More...
Scarcity: the Fruit of Illusion
April 13, 2013 (VNN) – from Back to Godhead Magazine Ecologists, economists, sociologists, etc., are greatly concerned with the population explosion, for they hypothesize that as the population continues More...
