OBL Kapoor, godbrother of Srila Prabhupada, explains how the various sampradayas view simultaneous oneness with, and difference from, God, in this chapter of his well-known book. Srila Prabhupada especially liked this book and wanted ISKCON centers to distribute it. This chapter makes the concepts of oneness and difference very clear and as understandable as anything “inconceivable” can ever be! This chapter is helpful for those are...
Download this essay as a doc file by clicking this button: Download The Organizational Form of ISKCON to Support the Mission by Urmila devi dasi “It is not from any deliberate opposition to the ordained clergy that these observations are made. The original purpose of the established churches of the world may not be always objectionable. But no stable religious arrangement for instructing the masses has yet been successful. The supreme Lord...
Many religions describe God as powerful, angry, even jealous. The Vedic literature describes God as Kṛṣṇa, called Viṣṇu in his majestic feature. Certainly Kṛṣṇa has emotions beyond ordinary human range. What is particularly spiritually potent, however, is to meditate on Him in His mood of smiling and laughing. He laughs, lovingly, at the foolishness of materialists who challenge and try to kill Him, much like parents laugh with affection at a...
Download this article as an rtf file: Download Download this article as a pdf file: View PDF Download a visual representation of the conceptual framework for this article: View PDF by Urmila devi dasi, spring 2005 Introduction We were taught to be independent thinkers—think outside of the box. We would analyze other philosophy and our own philosophy critically, not just doing this because it’s what my mommy did but because it’s the truth and it...
Bottle of juice it says in the store But really, store clerk, we don’t want anymore. It’s just water and sugar, colored flavor, not nice A chemical drink that one pours over ice. In colors fantastic—bright red and lime green Juice it is not, though at first it might seem Real to those captured in maya’s strong dream But, here! Here’s the juice packed by Krishna so sweet. It’s water and red with some flavor, complete To satisfy us from the heat...