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The Upadesamrta, [1] or Nectar of Instruction, [2] is an important Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual text, composed by Rupa Goswami. The Upadesamrta was translated into English in its entirety [3] by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Prabhupada also gives extensive ...
Rupa Goswami (Sanskrit: रूप गोस्वामी, Bengali: রূপ গোস্বামী, IAST: Rūpa Gosvāmī; 1489–1564) was a devotional teacher (), poet, and philosopher of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.
On March 29th, 2024, the Bhaktivedanta Research Center organized an exhibition at the ISKCON TOVP Temple in Mayapur in honor of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada's sesquicentennial celebration. This exhibition commemorates his life, spanning from his birth to his passing, and emphasizes his role as a prominent figure in Gaudiya ...
Bhaktivinoda Thakur (IAST: Bhakti-vinoda Ṭhākura, Bengali pronunciation: [bʱɔktibinodo tʰakur] ⓘ) (2 September 1838 – 23 June 1914), born Kedarnath Datta (Kedāra-nātha Datta, Bengali: [kedɔrnɔtʰ dɔtto]), was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and spiritual reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism [3] who effected its resurgence in India in late 19th and early 20th century [4] [5] and was ...
The Six Goswamis of Vrindavan were a group of devotional teachers from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism who lived in India during the 15th and 16th centuries. [citation needed] They are closely associated with the land of Vrindavan where they spent much time in service of their guru, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who is considered as Krishna's yuga-avatar by the Gaudiya Vaishnava lineage ...
Indradyumna Swami was born as Brian Tibbitts on May 20, 1949, in Palo Alto, California. [6] As a young man, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, thinking that helping to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam would bring about greater peace in the world.
Almost 2 million men and women who served in Iraq or Afghanistan are flooding homeward, profoundly affected by war. Their experiences have been vivid. Dazzling in the ups, terrifying and depressing in the downs. The burning devotion of the small-unit brotherhood, the adrenaline rush of danger, the nagging fear and loneliness, the pride of service.
Chanting beads, normally of tulasi wood given by an ISKCON guru at the initiation to an ISKCON devotee of Krishna. An ISKCON guru is a person who is permitted to initiate disciples into the International Society for Krishna Consciousness system. The guru system has undergone several changes and reform since its beginnings in the 1960s.