Mother Jagattarini and missing Srila Prabhupada

I just read this post on mother Jagattarini’s blog.  Mother Jagattarini was the first senior Prabhupada desciple who really inspired me in Krishna Consiousness even though I have never met her.  Once a long time ago I visited the Iskcon temple in Christchurch NZ.  Everything was very new and strange.  I went to the early morning [...]

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Listening with compassion

“How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk” by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.
This is a book that I’ve been wanting to read for a while and finally I found it in the second hand book store.  I didn’t realise it is geared more toward older (school age) children, but most [...]

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The need for spiritual role models

I just finished reading “Women of Wisdom” by Tsultrim Allione. A compilation of the life stories of six Tibetan female mystics. All of the stories were amazing, but actually what touched me most was the introduction written by the author talking about her life. This particular edition is one I picked up [...]

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Tilak

Here is an interesting article about tilak, written by Jahnava Nitai das from the Bhaktivedanta Ashram.
The tilak is an external symbol of our surrender to Krishna, or to our object of worship. The shape and material used may differ according to the particular process of surrender the sampradaya follows.
In the Sri Vaishnava sampradaya the tilak [...]

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Lord Venkateswara

The other day I did a little bit of research on just exactly who is Lord Venkateswara.  Not seen at all (as far as I know) in Iskcon temples in the USA, but a hugely prominent deity in South India and many Hindu temples here in the US too. The deities of Lord Venkateswara that I have [...]

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