Bhakti Vikasa Swami (left) is one of the almost 5,000 disciples who were initiated by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (right), the founder-acarya of ISKCON

About Sunday Schools

July 19, 2012 by Vrindavanachandra  
Filed under ASK BVKS

Question: I have a new kind of service in our yatra since October 2011 – arranging children’s programs. The idea of it appeared last year. During Sunday programs the children are left to their own devices. While the parents are taking part in kirtana and listening to a class the children run about, make a noise, disturb the lecturer. [...]

Vedic and Western Social Perspectives

Where: Salem, Tamil Nadu, India When: 18 Jan 12 Scripture: BG 13.22 Language: English

How Women Should Offer Obeisances?

June 4, 2012 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami  
Filed under ASK BVKS

Question: Certain individuals in ISKCON believe that women can offer dandavat pranams (fully prostrate on ground in a rod like fashion). To support the argument they quote SB 8.17.5 where in Aditi fell to the ground like a rod to offer the Lord her respectful obeisances. Also cited is a video clip wherein a mataji is seen offering dandavat pranam [...]

Are All the Cultures of the World One Continuous Error?

March 22, 2012 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami  
Filed under ASK BVKS

Question: In some of Prabhupada's books, as well as in books by other devotees, it is sometimes implied that at one time Vedic culture was global culture and not just limited to India. Is this true? My second question is, are we to understand that the development of all the other cultures of the world [...]

The Culture that Counteracts Envy

January 14, 2012 by sanjuxx12  
Filed under English, English 2012, Lectures, Other

Where: Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India When: 9 Jan 12 Language: English

Truth Seekers Who Don’t Find It

November 12, 2011 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami  
Filed under English, English 2011, Lectures, Other

Where: Valsad, Gujarat, India When: 5 Oct 11 Language: English

Conversation with Young Girls

Where: Mangalore, Karnataka, India When: 1 May 11 Language: English

Detachment in Indian Culture

Where: Mumbai, Maharastra, India When: 25 Jan 11 Scripture: SB 4.28.13 Language: English

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