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Kṛṣṇa Consciousness: A Walk on a Razor's Edge

14 Feb 2025 | Grhastha & Family

With Śrīla Prabhupāda's arrival in the West, a spiritual revolution was set in motion. As is the destiny of all revolutions, the initial revolutionary spirit can turn into a more comfortable and established regime of maintenance at best, or an opportunistic lifestyle where the exploits of the original pioneers are turned into playgrounds for politically minded individuals. Sometimes, revolutionaries themselves turn out to be the enjoyers of the conquered territories, acting more in a colonizing rather than a cultivating spirit.

Don’t Criticise the Critics!

03 Feb 2025 | Devotee Conduct

Engulfed in a frenzy centred around ideas of being all one and the same, eliminating any form of judgement, the critics of those who voice their doubts about such sentimental ideas have even entered the ranks of devotees, trying to make us believe that any form of criticism constitutes an offence. Indeed, the threat of being guilty of vaiṣṇava aparādha is a heavy one. Even Lord Caitanya, the most merciful incarnation of the Lord, so liberally offering everybody the chance to become a devotee, can also be misunderstood as entirely dismissing any form of criticism.

Mayavada—Closer Than We Think

31 Jan 2025 | Spiritual Practice

Those who follow the path of bhakti yoga, devotional service to the Lord, see impersonalism, Mayavada, a doctrine declaring this world to be an illusory manifestation without any personal origin, as a daily challenge. They explore to what degree this "poison," as Srila Prabhupada used to call it, still affects our lives.

Besides so many of Srila Prabhupada’s books being distributed, why are so few actively joining his movement?

26 Jan 2025 | Questions and Answers

While distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books, I never bothered with this kind of question. Book distribution was Srila Prabhupada’s topmost ecstasy, and that was good enough for me to keep going. Like spreading seeds of bhakti, a gardener has no control over which ones will fructify. But he knows that, by Supreme Will, when the right time and circumstances arrive, any potent seed can suddenly turn into a plant. He also knows that weeds are always present, ready to choke any valuable plant, so he is vigilant to keep them away.

The Myth of Senior Vaishnavism

21 Jan 2025 | Guru & Discipleship

As we learn from the Srimad Bhagavatam, seniority is highly valued in Vedic culture. Senior members of society can serve the younger ones with valuable practical advice not only on how to return back home, back to Godhead, but also on how to survive in this intricate material world governed by the law of karma.

Christianity...What Is It?

16 Jan 2025 | Scriptures & Tradition

There are some official ISKCON representatives who, with great pathos, propagate the oneness of religions and the importance of interreligious dialogues with representatives of various religious groups, better to say sects, all forgetting to ask the very basic question: what is actually real religion?

The Ineffective Brahminical Preaching

22 Oct 2024 | Preaching & Mission

It was in my presence when Srila Prabhupada stated that without the close cooperation of brahminical and ksatriya-motivated devotees, we will not be able to spread Krsna Consciousness.

The Cult of Endless Forgiveness

15 Oct 2024 | Devotee Conduct

In urgent need to forgive everybody everywhere all the time, we hear occasionally, as if in need to be forgiven themselves, the preachers of such an unconditional cult of forgiveness spreading their “love.”

Srila Prabhupada: The Voice of Ultimate Sanity

07 Oct 2024 | Remembering Śrīla Prabhupāda

Much to the displeasure of the globalists, humanists, altruists, feminists, socialists, pseudo-spiritualists, and all those who define their identity to be the body, Srila Prabhupada defined the ultimate reality in ways totally opposite to the present understanding maintained in the society.

What did the actual book distribution service you were initially daily performing when you joined the Srila Prabhupada's movement personally do for you?

01 Oct 2024 | Questions and Answers

Answer: It saved my life. Having no other choice when I joined ISKCON 1972, as with all others, I had to go out and distribute Srila Prabhupada's books.

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