The Glories of Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini

June 18, 2013 (VNN) by Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja spoken January of 2000, in Murwillumbah, Australia House of Sarvabhuma Bhattacarya There was a beautiful girl in East Bengal named Saci devi, and she was the daughter of the King of Putiya. From the beginning of her life she heard about Lord Krsna, and from that time onward she More...

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By VNN Staff On Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
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This Very, Very Critical Time

June 11, 2013 (VNN) Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja On May 3, 2001, many disciples of Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada came to hear hari-katha from Srila Prabhupada’s bosom friend and intimate More...

By VNN Staff On Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
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How I Started Writing

June 10, 2013 (VNN) How I Started Writing (And What Became of It), by Stephen Knapp I am writing this because many times people ask me how I got into writing, especially after having written so many books and articles. More...

By VNN Staff On Saturday, June 8th, 2013
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Review: From All Angles of Vision

June 07, 2013 (VNN) Krishna Kshetra Das (Kenneth R. Valpey), From All Angles of Vision: Selected Essays 1996–2004: Lotos, 2012. Reviewed by Bhrigupada Dasa Krishna Kshetra Das is an initiating spiritual master More...

By VNN Staff On Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
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The Bud of the Holy Name

June 04, 2013 (VNN) by Bhaktiratna Sadhu Swami nāma ta akhaṇḍa rasa kalikā tāhāra | kṛṣṇa ādi saṁjñā-rūpe viśvete pracāra || Haridas Thakur to Gauranga in Hari Nam Chintamani by Bhaktivinod More...

By VNN Staff On Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
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Charity, Sacrifice and Austerity should not be given up

June 03, 2013 (VNN) by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada In Bhagavad-gītā (3.9) it is said, yajnārthāt karmano ‘nyatra loko ‘yam karma-bandhanah: one should act or work only in order More...

By VNN Staff On Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
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Conscience – even if it pains

June 02, 2013 (VNN) by Swami Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti We have to become activists of the good. There is so much garbage, so much cruelty that has to stop. Modern man has become insensible; anaesthetised by intoxication More...

By VNN Staff On Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
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The Spectrum of Faith

May 28, 2013 (VNN) by Gauravani dasa “Faith is the conviction behind sustained effort.” —Swami Tripurari, Bhagavad-gita: Its Feeling and Philosophy In a recent Twitter discussion, I posited that atheists More...

By VNN Staff On Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
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Preach the Truth Without Fear of Death

May 24, 2013 (VNN) by disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada [The following passages from “Four Vaisnava Acaryas and Gaudiya Darsana”, published by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana More...

By VNN Staff On Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
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18 Bullets to the Gaudiya’s Hegemony

May 21, 2013 (VNN) by Radhakrsnadasa Brahmacari (GKG) of ISKCON The 15+1+2 Unique Aspects making Gaudiya Lineage the Cynosure of all Religionists’ Eyes The six Gosvamis of Vrindavana are considered the originally More...