Two recent court decisions confirming ISKCON's right to conduct its public programs have increased the scope of the Society's activities.The judge declared that the thirty devotees going to the fair would not inhibit the flow of the 1.5 million visitors expected.…
Coming before Gopala, the elderly brahmana said, "My dear Lord, please witness that I have given my daughter to this boy." In India the custom is to honor any promise made before the Deity. Such a promise cannot be canceled.…
One morning we suddenly came upon a particularly beautiful spot. The cool sands were thick with foliage; the tall trees full of singing birds. As the sun brightened the clear morning sky, peacocks filled the air with their peculiar call.…
Everything should be done on the basis of love. Strictness is not very good. The students should act automatically, out of love. That is wanted. Superficially, strictness may be necessary—if they don't follow they'll be reprimanded. But they should develop the idea of love.…
Gurukul students will be the best educated children in society. Not only will they have knowledge of math and English and history, but they'll also know their relationship with God. They won't need material things to keep them happy. They'll be very strong.…
Accompanied by the cowherd boys and Balarama, Krishna brought forward the cows and played on His flute throughout the forest of Vrindavan, which was full of flowers, vegetables, and pasturing grass.…
Vrindavan is bounded on three sides by the Yamuna River. The slow-moving cows look like ancient sages silently meditating as they chew. Parrots decorate the trees, cascading pleasant songs into your ears, while peacocks in great abundance strut impressively and display their train of regal feathers.…
According to the 1973 United States Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, only in the last twelve weeks of pregnancy does the growing fetus have a right to live despite the mother's wish to abort him.…
For the anti-material particle, which is the vital force, there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does it ever cease to be. It is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. When the material body is annihilated, the anti-material particle is never affected.…
Why are women designated as inferior? If she wishes, a woman can be an author, a scientist, or a theologian. I fail to see how this kind of discrimination can occur in a text of such high, holy wisdom. Can you explain it to me?…
They have converted three Greyhound buses into mobile temples to bring the message of Krishna consciousness to every town and village in the United States and Canada.…
