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

Flying Our Own Plane

Where: Vellore, TN, India When: 26 March 13 Scripture: SB 7.9.19 Language: English

Feminist Rhetoric on Dandavats

January 7, 2013 by Vrindavanachandra  
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(This article was written for publication on Dandavats.com but it has not been featured there.) Disputes over gender roles are, of course, not unique to ISKCON. For several decades, certain Christian denominations have been racked and rent by gender wars, and sections of Islam and Judaism have also been affected. What is perhaps unique in ISKCON, [...]

Women Shouldn’t Be Trusted

November 14, 2012 by Vrindavanachandra  
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Question: Srila Prabhupada sloka (selected verses) page no:442 Visvaso naiva kartavyah strisu raja-kulesu ca One can never trust a politician or a women. (Chankya Pandit) It is only info available in Purana and Srila Prabhupada's selected verses. My point is due to what reason this thing is written in Purana and Chankya Pandit also written in [...]

Gurudevis and Grandmothers

November 3, 2012 by Vrindavanachandra  
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Undoubtedly, several senior women devotees in our movement are as learned, dedicated, and in other ways spiritually qualified as many of their godbrothers. Why then should there be any hesitation to induct them as diksa-gurus? An important consideration is that the role of a guru, although wholly spiritual by nature, also has an inescapable social [...]

Who is Called Sadhu and Acarya?

August 23, 2012 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami  
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Question: I have a question regarding His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Did Srila Prabhupada ever call himself a saint or acarya in any situation? I am asking this because I don't think that I am able to tell who is saint and who is not.

Traditional and Modern Mayavada

August 15, 2012 by sanjuxx12  
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Where: Bangalore, Karnataka, India When: 18 March 12 Language: English

Fear Mentality and Love Mentality

July 27, 2012 by sanjuxx12  
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Where: Kanhaiyadesh When: 11 March 12 Language: English  

Keep Bhaktisiddhanta Alive

May 23, 2012 by sanjuxx12  
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Where: Damodaradesh When: 13 Dec 11 Language: English

Relevance of Srila Prabhupada’s Letters

May 21, 2012 by Bhakti Vikasa Swami  
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Question: When reading Srila Prabhupada’s instructions through letters, how should one tell to himself that the instructions hold good for him too (with abject humility I say here that I am not questioning Srila Prabhupada, his instructions are very much relevant to the jivas, to the every atom in the universe) and not just to [...]

Kick with Spiked Boot

Where: Salem, Tamil Nadu, India When: 21 Dec 11 Scripture: SB 4.25.50 Language: English

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