Although the Gaudiya sampradaya is formally connected with that of Sri Madhvacarya, the two differ in substance. But this does not mean that either needs to disrespect the other.

“At that time so many disciples from outside flocked together, all pale and weeping, the entire small area was filled with crying, weeping.” — B. R. Sridhara Deva Goswami

For one whose life goal is enlightenment in divine love—yogic perfection—there is a place for holidays, when one can reflect on how they have been spending their days and reorient themselves to take advantage of all that life has to offer.

With a spiritual aspiration culminating in a bucolic life, one would expect Gaudiya Vaishnavas to gravitate towards village settings. In this case—for better or for worse—we have.

Trying to make people behave ethically by teaching them to reason well is like trying to make a dog happy by wagging its tail. It gets causality backward.

The preoccupation with asana in some quarters of the yoga community frustrates Gary Kraftsow. He will tell you that yoga isn’t about getting to know the postures. It’s about getting to know yourself.

Now more than ever before, society needs a new notion of the sacred. The revival of our ancient sense of the mysteries of nature may prove essential for our survival. Science must build on spirituality to make our environment sacred once again.

The mind is commonly experienced as different from matter, and there is yet to be a satisfactory explanation otherwise. Is the immaterial nature of mental states therefore indicative of a supreme mind, whereby such a nonphysical substance could originate from?

Some may condemn the literalist as a neophyte, but is such a condemnation warranted, or does a literal orientation towards scripture function as a building block of faith in the progressive path of Krishna-bhakti?

Iskcon could exponentially increase its outreach as well as gain much-needed credibility by encouraging the BBT to accept for publication all noteworthy manuscripts on Vaishnavism, even those written by nonmembers.

Let us unite on the platform of the soul through the common tie we all have to the message of Srimad Bhagavatam, its philosophy and its ecstasy, both in its manifestation in literature and in the person of Srila Prabhupada.