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

Mansahari Krishna

April 12, 2013 by sanjuxx12  
Filed under Hindi, Hindi 2013, Lectures

Where: VVNagar, Gujarat, India When: 21 Feb 13 Scripture: SB 6.13.2 Language: Hindi

Sandesh Sweet Dress for Lord Nrsimhadeva

August 19, 2012 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami  
Filed under ASK BVKS

Question: My question is regarding deity outfits. On Nrsimha Caturdasi, at an ISKCON temple in Germany, the deity of lord Nrsimhadev was dressed/pasted with different flavours/colours of sandesh milk sweet dough instead of any sort of cloth outfit.  Maharaja, my question is that is the above performed act, proper and in line with the scriptural rules of deity [...]

Worship of Laddu Gopala in Gaudiya Sampradaya

May 14, 2012 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami  
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Question: Why do not we encourage worship of Laddu Gopala within our sampradaya? We worship Lord Krishna as Damodara (a child) during Kartik and this is not condemed in anyway or no-one questions that this is not madurya-bhava?

Why Do Gaudiyas Worship Nrsimha?

Where: Mayapur, West Bengal, India When: 5 May 12 Language: English with Russian translation

Blackened Bodies, Gratified Hearts

Where: Perambur, Chennai, India When: 19 Dec 11 Scripture: SB 1.18.12 Language: English with Tamil translation  

Santa Claus Styled Outfits for Radha-Krishna

January 13, 2012 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami  
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Question: Recently I was shocked to learn that few of ISKCON temples around the globe celebrated Christmas by dressing Sri Sri Radha Krishna deities Santa Claus styled outfits. Is it acceptable to dress the Lord in such a non-traditional style or it is just a speculation?

Deity Seva for Woman at Home

June 11, 2011 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami  
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Question: We have deity of Sri Laddu Gopalji at our residence, kindly let me know the seva restrictions for me as a female.

Questions of Sankirtan Prabhu from Bruno, CZ

April 12, 2011 by Vrindavanachandra  
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Questions: 1) Few devotees would like to prepare for second initiation. How shall I prepare them? Do you have some special requirements? I am aware of those standards presented on BVKS.COM. We do not have any brahminical tests in our yatra. 2) Common practice in CZ is to use flowers for several days as a decoration [...]

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