By Narasimha das Today I was reading in Bhagavad-gita Chapter Eight about accidental liberation. In verses 23 through 27, Lord Krishna is telling Arjuna about the auspicious and inauspicious times for leaving one’s body. A perfect yogi who is aware of the auspicious times can leave his body at will, at an opportune moment. In […]
Are They the Same? By Narasimha das The great devotee Srila Pandit Purandar is mentioned in Sri Caitanya-caritamrita. He is an important devotee of Lord Nityananda. In another place in Caitanya-caritamrita, Acarya Purandara is mentioned as the ninth branch of the tree of Lord Caitanya’s disciplic succession of liberated acaryas. These two Purandar’s are likely […]
By Narasimha das Many great Vaisnavas have taken birth in low families or had checkered pasts, but at some point in their lives they exhibited the qualities of true Vaisnavas. According to Lord Shiva, worship of a Vaisnava is better than worship of the Supreme Lord Himself. On the other hand, deliberate offenses to a […]
Rejecting Darwinian Myths of Evolution by Narasimha das National Geographic Society recently devoted an entire issue to Charles Darwin and his speculations regarding the origin of species. Their agenda was to show how Darwin’s ideas are now widely accepted by scientists and researchers while most religious leaders reject Darwin due to their blind faith in […]
By Narasimha das This evening I saw a documentary called “What is Space?” (by NOVA). The documentary explains that physicists have recently discovered what some are calling “the fabric of the Universe.” The study of “dark matter” and “dark energy” is an exciting new field in physics that strives to answer many questions about the […]
By Narasimha das My next door neighbor came over the other day and gave me his latest National Geographic magazine. Just the day before, I had seen it on a magazine stand and resisted the urge to buy it. Normally I have no interest in this atheist rag, but this issue was about the May […]
By: Narasimha das Dear Srila Prabhupada, Please accept millions of my prostrated obeisances at your most divine lotus feet. Please forgive my millions of offenses at your feet. My mind remains attached to matter in spite of all your good instructions. You once wrote me and said, “Please study all of my books very thoroughly.” […]
The Value of Real Knowledge By Narasimha das My next door neighbor came over the other day and gave me his latest National Geographic magazine. Just the day before, I had seen it on a magazine stand and resisted the urge to buy it. Normally I have no interest in this atheist rag, but this […]
Dear Srila Prabhupada, Please accept millions of my prostrated obeisances at your most divine lotus feet. Please forgive my millions of offenses at your feet. My mind remains attached to matter in spite of all your good instructions. You once wrote me and said, “Please study all of my books very thoroughly.” I have tried […]
REFUTATION OF VEDAVYAS’S “REBUTTAL OF THE RITVIK PHILOSOPHY” The author misunderstands the subject of his rebuttal of “Prabhupada Siddhanta” as so-called ritvik philosophy, when actually Srila Prabhupada himself in his July 9, 1977 letter to all GBC and temple presidents in ISKCON worldwide is the basis for the so-called ritvik philosophy vis-à-vis initiating new diciples […]
