With news of Dove World Outreach’s “Islam is of the Devil” campaign and “International Burn a Quran Day”, we are called to inquire, “What makes something ‘of the Devil?’”
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Now we are distracted and have many different interests, but if we can put God’s interest in the center, then we shall be able to find that from all directions only good news is coming to us. All waves will carry only welfare to that person who is satisfied with only God and nothing else.
Darwin may have done religion—and God— a favor by revealing a flaw in modern Western faith. Despite our scientific and technological brilliance, our understanding of God is often remarkably undeveloped—even primitive.
The following is an excerpt from Swami B. V. Tripurari’s personal notes following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.
In this section Brahma concludes the present lesson of this Upanisad by urging everyone to chant the Gopala mantra. The repetition of the words nityam abhyaset is meant to emphasize that one must make this practice a daily function to achieve the desired result.
The interaction of Eastern spirituality and Western science has expanded methods of stress reduction, treatment of chronic disease, psychotherapy and other areas. But that is only part of the story.
Who will protect Vrindavan from the onslaught business schemes, pollution, and general environmental apathy?
A brief and informal discussion of the four Vaishnava sampradayas, spoken by Srila Sridhara Deva Goswami.
When I first saw a Youtube video of the Mayapuris dancing shirtless on stage, for a second I thought I was accidentally streaming the Backstreet Boys.
