based on an interview with Candramauli Swami Q1: What is the concept of a Founder-Acharya, and how do you explain it? A: The term “Founder-Acharya” was first used by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati in an article in Sajjana-toshani. It refers to the spiritual teacher who establishes a movement’s foundational teachings within…
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by Bhakti Charu Swami Being enlivened by numerous thought-provoking observations and concepts on the subject of guru-tattva and the ISKCON institution, I feel inspired to share some ideas and insights on this issue. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, while reviving Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Sankirtana movement, realized that the massive task of spreading…
by Daivi Sakti On 17th of September 1965, Srila Prabhupada, writing in his diary, says that they reached the Bermuda area and turned the wheel to go northwest. That’s up the coast of the Atlantic Ocean of the United States. It took them an extra day. After 35 days at…
by Daivi Shakti Devi Dasi Srila Prabhupada began his 37-day journey from Calcutta to New York City by cargo steamship. Today, a flight from Delhi to America takes just hours, but he had no money, no possessions—only the instructions of his spiritual master. He was a sannyasi, having renounced his…
A talk by Giriraj Swami on Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in America, September 9, 2020, ISKCON Portland (via Zoom) I will begin by reading a couple of exchanges with Srila Prabhupada about his coming to America. Once, Srila Prabhupada was asked, “Your godbrothers who came to the West went to England…
Based on a seminar given by Bhakti Charu Swami in July 2014 Srila Prabhupada’s Position as the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON Hare Krishna. Today is the second day of our discussion of Srila Prabhupada’s position as the founder-acharya of ISKCON. Yesterday, I gave an overview of three main points: The Three…
Based on a seminar given by Bhakti Charu Swami in July 2014 The Divine Mission and Global Reach Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, predicted that the Krishna consciousness movement would spread worldwide. Since God’s word is absolute, this prediction is unfolding. And it’s happening through Srila Prabhupada,…
On the auspicious occasion of Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja 2025, the members of the Vyasa Puja Book Team are excited and delighted to announce a special development — the launch of a new Vyasa Puja website and a dedicated Vyasa Puja mobile app! These platforms offer several features not available…
by Madhudvisa Dasa The next day was Vyasa-puja. We were not well seasoned in Krishna conscious observances. Kirtanananda was the most senior among us, as he had been a devotee for two or three years. Although we still should have known how to properly celebrate Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja, we were…
By Kripamoya Das Every year the disciples and followers of Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of ISKCON, compose written tributes in celebration of the day of his birth. In 2014, I visited the city of Kolkata and was taken by a kind devotee to an old building on a short backstreet…