Browsing the "Society" Category

War

Mantra Wars and Mantra Weapons

August 31st, 2024 | by

I will describe how mantras were used in ancient times. Mantras were employed in military applications as well as for spiritual enlightenment

Homosexuality

Our Opinion on Homosexuality?

August 30th, 2024 | by Madhudvisa dasa

A devotee does not try to satisfy his senses, he tries to satisfy Krishna. Everyone is part of Krishna, so if we satisfy Krishna everyone will be satisfied

Love

LOVE–Perverted And Pure

August 28th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Our loving affairs begin from self to family, from family to society, community, nation, international. But it is imperfect unless it reaches to God

Love

Giving Up Illicit Sex-life- Taking Responsibility- The Vedic Solution

August 26th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Everyone's need is sex life. All right. You can live peacefully married and have sex life for children, good children. But why should you have illicit sex

Society

You Have To Serve Somebody — The Strong Dominate the Weak

August 25th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

You have to serve somebody strong. Just study society, animal or human. The law is the strong is dominating the weak. That is the law. You cannot avoid it.

Love

Combination of Male & Female through Marriage

August 24th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Why this male and female? Why? Female is the energy, energy of the male. Why a man marries a woman and takes responsibility. That is real marriage

Religion

Understanding Our Relationship With God

August 13th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Every religion has the conception of God. Simply by understanding God is great is not enough. We must have knowledge about our relationship with God.

Religion

The Order Of God — Not that Nonviolence Nonsense

August 12th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

If somebody comes to kidnap your wife, to take your property or to set fire in your house he should immediately be killed. It is not nonviolence nonsense

Education

The State of Chaos in Education Throughout the World

August 8th, 2024 | by

The chaos in education throughout the world is no more than the natural result of the aims (or, rather, aimlessness) of the modern educational system.

Religion

Faith–You Can Find It In Everyday Life

August 2nd, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The barber has got a sharp razor in his hand, he can cut my throat but I have faith he'll not do it. Without faith we cannot step forward in our daily life

Love

Shutting Your Eyes Is No Solution

August 1st, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Artificially if I close my eyes and if some beautiful girl is in my imagination even after closing my eyes here, what is the use of closing your eyes?

Society

Natural Disasters

July 31st, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

War, famine, earthquakes and other disasters are warnings from Mother Durga and by them she confirms her eternal superiority over the illusioned planmakers

Homosexuality

Vedic Marriage is not for Sex (Certainly not for Homosexuality!)

July 27th, 2024 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Even the priests have become licentious, they are sanctioning homosexuality. If you want to help society learn from us how to train men of ideal character

Love

Pleasure is our Motivation

February 26th, 2017 | by Madhudvisa dasa

We are all engaged in some service and the motivation for us to render this service is the pleasure or taste which we get from it

Welfare Work

Great Souls Do Not Return to this World of Suffering

January 26th, 2016 | by Madhudvisa dasa

After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.

Religion

Who Is God?

January 19th, 2012 | by

There are a variety of names and many conceptions of God ranging from one of a formless spirit to that of an old man with a beard sitting on a throne

Society

Plain Living and High Thinking

March 3rd, 2011 | by Madhudvisa dasa

It is possible to live a comfortable, simple life in harmony with nature. All that is required is some land, cows and food grains.

Homosexuality

Homosexual Marriages in ISKCON?

August 23rd, 2010 | by

The contention of Hridayananda is homosexuals be allowed to stay with a partner as a heterosexual couple would stay together in the grhasta asrama

Love

Love, Ego, Truth, Knowledge

August 14th, 2010 | by Gadadhara das

Our desire to love someone is a reflection of our original desire to love Krishna. To awaken this original desire we have the opportunity to serve Krishna

Society

What Movies Have Devotees Appeared in Since 1990?

May 16th, 2005 | by

ITV is planning to update its Hare Krishna in the Movies. We request that if you know of any movies with devotees or mention Krishna let us know the names.