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What a Saint Learned from a Prostitute by Caitanya Carana Dasa

Mar 5, 2015 | Caitanya Carana Dasa, Vedic Philosophy, Volume-12 Number-03 (Indian)

Frustration gives way to illumination during one extraordinary night in the life of a prostitute While prostitutes are often depicted negatively in traditional literature, some religious texts depict them positively as testimonies to the transformational potency of... read more

Sacred Space by Mahatma Dasa

Mar 4, 2015 | Corporate Spirituality, Mahatma Dasa, Volume-12 Number-03 (Indian)

Creating a balance between the temporary and eternity One of the essential activities of the sadhu, and of the most successful people, is creating “sacred space,” daily quite time. Some suggest this is the time to become more clearly focused on your... read more

Why We Must Purify Our Existence by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Mar 3, 2015 | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada's Lectures, Volume-49 Number-02

Our inability to secure the complete happiness we all seek points to our diseased condition. (An initiation lecture.) The Sanskrit word for initiation is diksa. As stated in an authoritative Vedic dictionary, divya jñanaṁ ksapayati iti diksa: “Diksa means... read more

Letters, Volume-49 Number- 02, 2015

Mar 2, 2015 | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Letters, Volume-49 Number-02

Keats’s Immortal Bird I refer to an article of your September/ October 2014 issue, entitled “Taking Shelter.” It reminded me of a poem I learnt many, many years back at school, “Ode to a Nightingale,” where the author, Keats, explores... read more

Acyuta The Lord who never falls from His position of Godhood by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Mar 2, 2015 | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada's Lectures, Volume-12 Number-03 (Indian)

Infallibility and fallibility – this is an important distinction between God and ordinary conditioned living entities like us arjuna uvaca senayor ubhayor madhye ratham sthapaya me 'cyuta yavad etan nirikse 'ham... read more

Letters, Volume-12 Number-03 (Indian) 2015

Mar 1, 2015 | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Letters, Volume-12 Number-03 (Indian)

The Post of Brahma I have heard that Lord Vishnu , Siva, and Durga are names of persons whereas Lord Brahma is a position. Please educate me on this. —K . V. Rao Our reply: Yes, Vishnu , Siva, and Durga are eternal persons. Lord Vishnu is the Personality... read more