2014
From Dānavīr Goswami to Çréla Prabhupäda My dearest Guru Mahäräja, Çréla Prabhupäda, nama oà viñëu-pädäya kåñëa-preñöhäya bhü-tale çrémate bhaktivedänta-sväminn iti nämine namas te särasvate deve gaura-väëé-pracäriëe nirviçeña-çünyavädi-päçcätya-deça-täriëe Jaya Oà Viñëupäda Paramahaàsa Parivräjakäcärya Añöottara-çata (108) Çré Çrémad Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda ké jaya! Modern astrophysics, based as it is on atheistic speculation, acts as…
Ananta Shanti dasa
(Vaiñëava Society Vol. 17) REMEMBERING ANANTA SHANTI DASA The only Russian disciple Srila Prabhupada personally initiated was Ananta Santi dasa. Ananta Santi departed this world on June 2, 2013 in Moscow apparently due to a sudden brain hemorrhage. No one has got any philosophy nowadays, everyone is acting according to…
Dairy Krishna
By His Holiness Danavir Goswami (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 12) In this paper, we’ll address concerns coming from devotees of Lord Krishna, vegans and others regarding the use of commercial, organic and devotional dairy products. We propose a four point plan/solution as follows: 1) Resist the trend to boycott milk products…
Serving Krsna as a Husband or a Wife
By Visakha devi dasi (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 13) I am not a brahmana, I am not a ksatriya, I am not a vaisya or a sudra. Nor am I a brahmacari, a householder, a vanaprastha or a sannyasi. I identify Myself only as the servant of the servant of the…
Stay Married. Start A Revolution!
By His Grace Kripamoya dasa Adhikari (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 12) ISKCON marriages are meant to be revolutionary, for the couple, for those around them, and for the world. Since the 1960’s, a time in western democracies when many young people began to question the traditional culture of their parents; …
Comment on Divorce
By Krishna Kirti dasa Adhikari (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 11) I am of the opinion that the general enterprise of psychology as applied to ISKCON’s grihastha problems has these problems: a) The dominance of modern psychology in the area of social development is strongly correlated with the general discrediting of marriage…
Brahmacari Asrama
By Danavir Goswami (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 4) In your letter you have made it clear that you are finding some difficulty with sex desire and have asked guidance from me to instruct you how to handle this problem of the material body. First of all I think you should…
Grhastha Licences
By His Holiness Danavir Goswami (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 1) An innovative theory on gåhastha sex within marriage has emerged, citing Manu-saàhitä as its authority. Attempting to be more accommodating, the theory introduces “second class” and “third class” gåhasthas, both of whom are supposed to be allowed more sex life…
Cosmological Discoveries
By His Holiness Danavir Goswami (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 9) Four interesting scriptural discoveries have come to light recently regarding our ongoing quest to understand Vedic cosmology as delineated in the Fifth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada requested his disciples to construct “The Temple of…
Copernican Revolution
By His Holiness Danavir Goswami (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 7) From the historical point of view, when India was colonized by the British years ago, some Westerners, motivated by a desire to decrease the faith of the indigenous people in their own scriptures and a hope to convert them to Christianity,…