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A Thief Requires No Invitation
September 1, 2010 – 1:27 am | One Comment
A Thief Requires No Invitation

We may have erected high walls on all sides to protect ourselves so that Krishna consciousness may not enter, but Krishna is a thief, and a thief requires no invitation. No preparation is necessary for his welcome.

More Ordination Issues
August 31, 2010 – 11:44 am | 5 Comments
More Ordination Issues

Barring women from being Catholic priests is not the result of sexism 2,000 years ago, it’s because women cannot fulfill a basic function of the priesthood, “standing in the place of Jesus,” a leading British Catholic thinker argued Monday.

Gopala-tapani Upanisad: Verses 44-47
August 29, 2010 – 1:16 am | No Comment
Gopala-tapani Upanisad: Verses 44-47

Krishna alone is the jagad-guru, or the macrocosmic expression (samasti) of the guru principle (guru-tattva), because he is the source of the knowledge that all gurus disseminate; indeed, he is that knowledge.

Srila Prabhupada’s Journey West
August 26, 2010 – 1:10 am | 2 Comments
Srila Prabhupada’s Journey West

In honor of Srila Prabhupada’s boarding of the Jaladuta on this day in 1965, Srila Sridhara Maharaja glorifies Prabhupada’s blessed journey, life, and the prayer that Prabhupada composed while traveling across the ocean.

Reasoning and the Crooked Flow of Lila
August 24, 2010 – 1:07 am | 3 Comments
Reasoning and the Crooked Flow of Lila

One day, Balarama slapped Krishna, but Krishna went to Mother Yasoda and told on him. Thus, in Krishna lila we shall find that although no party is defective, still, one will find fault with another and begin a quarrel. This is the meaning of lila.

The Line of Sri Rupa
August 20, 2010 – 11:57 pm | 7 Comments
The Line of Sri Rupa

Eliminating all other camps, direct service to Radharani is considered to be the highest. Still, there is another point…