Writings

Swami Sadananda was the first western adherent to Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy in the 20th century. He traveled to India and became an initiated disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati.

If Srila Tirtha Maharaja had actually accepted our Guru Maharaja’s request back in 1965, then there would be no ISKCON!

“Who am I serving? Under who's asraya am I reading and hearing hari-katha?” Reading sastra without asraya of our guru is knowledge-seeking

We have to earn our position in Vaikuntha by a life or even lifetimes of devotion, purifying ourselves through volumes of service.

There are probably 100 initiating gurus in the Hare Krsna movement, but a vast majority of them are simply institutional gurus

Our story begins in 1888, with the appearance of Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaja in a renowned brahmana Goswami family of the Nityananda-vamsa lineage

How are we to understand that a disciple appears to be instructing her guru?

We present another recent letter from a Vaisnavi who has also written to an ISCON guru about the inspiration that she has felt reading the words of Srila Sridhara Maharaja.

The following is a letter written by a disciple to her guru in ISCON regarding Srila Sridhara Maharaja.

It seems that the conditioned souls of this world are infected with the disease of ‘change’ – addicted to changing everything—change, change, change!

At first, he went to New York City via Boston and started preaching the holy name with the accompaniment of mrdanga at Tompkins Square Park. Slowly, good people became attracted to his mission in large numbers.