This last weekend I was in Porto Alegre again. We had another Gita Weekend Workshop. This was the second one there, teaching chapters 3 and 4.
I had a good group and they all listened very attentively. Two members of the group are philosophy majors, one of whom is the daughter of Lila Prabhu, who brought [...]
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We just had another weekend Gita workshop in Rio de Janeiro.
We celebrated the successful completion of our first full series of Gita workshops. We had nine weekend workshops in all – two chapters each, one chapter on the Saturday, the other on the Sunday, with a workshop every two months or so – the first [...]
Concluding my series on the ethical and practical challenges ISKCON faces in dealing with homosexuality, I would like to touch on the subject of sex change operations.
Last year the story of Tim Petras made headlines – as the youngest person ever to have a sex change operation. Tim is now Kim Petras (picture above), at [...]
During my touring of Brazil I came across the following administrative situation: an initiated devotee who had graduated from our 9 month Bhakti-shastri Seminary had been giving classes at the temple, and also teaching a bhakti-shastri course to the other devotees. She had been doing that for some time, to the satisfaction of the leaders [...]
This last weekend, we celebrated the third anniversary of Pandavas Paradise.
Pandavas Paradise is a retreat centre/nature reserve/temple in the most beautiful surroundings of Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goias, Brazil, a famous eco-tourist region of Brazil, about 3 hours from Brasilia. My spiritual master, Srila Hridayananda Das Goswsami, asked me to establish a holy dhama there and [...]
A very interesting poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows that the sectarian message of radical evangelicals, who claim “Jesus is the only way”, remains unpopular in America.
The question the pollsters asked was this, “Which religions other than yours can lead to eternal life?”.
A surprising 65% picked a combination other faiths, [...]
On Sunday I gave class a Gita class (10.9) at the local restaurant/temple complex, where Their Lordships Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra, and Gaura-Nitai live. At the request of the devotees and leaders, a large portion of the class was dedicated to sharing with them the latest teachings of Srila Hridayananda das Goswami Acharyadeva.
The restaurant/temple attracts [...]
In response to Tattvavit and Janaki Rama Prabhus’ effort to have a GBC resolution to change the design of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (ToVP), Sriman Ambarisa wrote a heartfelt response, which you can read here.
My first impression on reading his response was of empathy. I put myself in his shoes and felt the [...]
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In this brilliant Srimad Bhagavatam class, broadcasted live by Srila Hridyananda Das Goswami, a very delicate subject was discussed: how to properly understand the words of the guru, what to speak of the founder-acharya.
One approach is to not distinguish and simply accept every word, every statement with equal emphasis.
Another approach [...]
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