It started with a letter to a group of ISKCON members who had gathered in Florida to discuss a multi-million dollar project, the Temple of Vedic Planetarium (TVP), to be built in West Bengal, India. I wrote a private letter to them on June, 10th 2008 and waited for a reply. To my [...]
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Adventures in ISKCON — an update on the Temple of Vedic Planetarium
Posted in Hinduism, ISKCON, tagged Add new tag on October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ISKCON’s temple project in Mayapura, India
Posted in Hinduism, Hinduism and Ecology, Hinduism and Science, ISKCON on May 31, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON recently approved the temple design for a massive structure to be built in Mayapura, India. I have some doubts about the design and the general conception of the project, which I discuss here.
I appreciate that many ISKCON members spent considerable time and energy working on the project. I have [...]
ISKCON; do we have a political voice?
Posted in Hinduism, ISKCON, Politics on August 15, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I have recently become interested in American politics, partly because of 9/11/2001, the preemptive invasion of Iraq, and what appears to be a huge number of civilian deaths there. When I mention my interest with ISCKON members, the reaction is often that Srila Prabhupada was not concerned politics and that politics is not the [...]
Knowledge & Devotion, Meetings of Minds & Hearts
Posted in Hinduism, ISKCON on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Every summer for five years myself and about twelve people who are practicing or in some way connected to Chaitanya Vaishnavism meet at my parents house outside of Boston for a weekend of devotional fellowship and intellectual discussion. By the advice and guidance of HH Dhanurdhara Swami we started this gathering because we had noticed [...]
Education and the New World Order, by Janaki-Rama dasa
Posted in Bhagavata Purana, ISKCON, Politics on June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I recently read an advertizement for the Srimad-Bhagavata-Vidyapitham on Dandavats.com, posted by Matsya Avatara dasa. It is about a new school for teaching Sanskrit and the Bhagavatam to ISKCON devotees. It began with the question: “Why become an academic scholar when you can be a natural scholar in the eternal Vaisnava tradition”?
The [...]
The Guru-Disciple Relationship in ISKCON by Janakirama Dasa
Posted in Bhagavata Purana, ISKCON, Uncategorized on May 25, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Although each disciple in ISKCON has a unique relationship with his or her Guru, in my observation there are some general characteristics that can be outlined. Firstly, Gurus tend have disciples in many areas of the globe, and rarely do disciples live in close proximity with their Guru for extended periods of time. The primary [...]
