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Prayer and Health Care: A Legitimate Pair?
December 31, 2009 – 2:19 am | No Comment
Prayer and Health Care: A Legitimate Pair?

Some are seeking legislation to include prayer and other “spiritual treatments” in health care coverage.

Bridge Construction Threat to Yamuna and Vrindavan
December 27, 2009 – 1:07 am | 31 Comments
Bridge Construction Threat to Yamuna and Vrindavan

The government of Uttar Pradesh and private contractors have begun construction of a bridge that will cross Vrindavan’s Yamuna River. Devotees of Vrindavan and environmental activists are speaking out against the action, but is it simply too little too late?

Our Affectionate Guardians, Chapter Six, Part Two
December 26, 2009 – 12:35 am | No Comment
Our Affectionate Guardians, Chapter Six, Part Two

Swami B. B. Vishnu presents extensive excerpts from meetings between Iskcon’s GBC and Srila Sridhara Maharaja demonstrating Sridhara Maharaja’s balanced and sincere response to issues that arose regarding Iskcon’s original eleven initiating gurus.

Post-Copenhagen Assesment: Just Not Good Enough
December 23, 2009 – 12:22 am | 10 Comments
Post-Copenhagen Assesment: Just Not Good Enough

The past few weeks have lead to a conclusion that many expected from the outset. Much talk, many promises, and a small sigh of relief that at least something was agreed upon.

Sri Sri Dauji Gopala Arrive in Latin America
December 21, 2009 – 1:36 am | 10 Comments
Sri Sri Dauji Gopala Arrive in Latin America

Self-sustaining spiritual community of Madhuvan holds the first installation of Krishna and Balarama in Latin America.

Our Affectionate Guardians, Chapter Six, Part One
December 20, 2009 – 12:29 am | No Comment
Our Affectionate Guardians, Chapter Six, Part One

Chapter 6 traces Iskcon’s relationship with Srila Sridhara Maharaja from the time when the GBC first approached him until the time of the writing of Our Affectionate Guardians.

A Living Building?
December 16, 2009 – 1:01 am | 11 Comments
A Living Building?

The “living building”—a structure that generates its own power, treats its water, and more—has emerged as a new ideal for design and construction.

Our Affectionate Guardians, Chapter Five, Part Two
December 14, 2009 – 11:46 pm | No Comment
Our Affectionate Guardians, Chapter Five, Part Two

Swami B. B. Visnu counters the claim that Srila Sridhara Maharaja sought to usurp Srila Prabhupada’s students.

Update from Climate Conference 2009
December 10, 2009 – 11:42 pm | 31 Comments
Update from Climate Conference 2009

Stephen Schneider, founder of the Climate Project, gives us any eye into the meeting in Copenhagen and clears up a lot of controversy surrounding “Climategate.”

Our Affectionate Guardians, Chapter Five
December 9, 2009 – 11:56 pm | One Comment
Our Affectionate Guardians, Chapter Five

Chapter five of our Affectionate Guardians addresses the many misconceptions that are often raised as objections to Srila Sridhara Maharaja and those who sought his association.

New Theory Says Death Does Not Exist
December 8, 2009 – 11:57 pm | No Comment
New Theory Says Death Does Not Exist

Biocentrism, a development of multiverses, proposes that our “alive feeling” might continue after death and even travel from one world to another.