Vaishnava Internet News Agency http://www.vina.cc/news Thu, 23 May 2013 09:59:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.vina.cc/news/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.vina.cc/news Vaishnava Internet News Agency http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/Animalism-and-Humanism.html Is man an animal? According to the current evolution theory, he is. Undeniable, man exhibits animalistic features and propensities, strong enough to categorize man as animal. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:10:04 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/UN-Suggests-Eating-Bugs-to-Fight-World-Hunger.html The 200-page report, released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, on May 13 at the organisation’s Rome headquarters, called for restaurants, chefs and food writers to promote the eating of insects, in a bid to fight world hunger and global warming. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:12:10 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Vanipedia-Launches-a-Multi-language-Subtitle-Project-of-Srila-Prabhupadas-Lectures.html Have you ever thought? “I want to have access to lots of Prabhupada’s spoken words on the web, all in one place” Thu, 16 May 2013 00:42:27 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/Understanding-Sri-Ramchandra.html The pastimes of Lord being eternal are beyond the comprehension of human material non-eternal sense organs. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is Absolute; hence His pastimes are also Absolute. Wed, 15 May 2013 02:27:26 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Mission/Preaching-in-Bangladesh-Srila-BV-Swami-Maharaja.html Srila Bhakti Vijay Swami Maharaja is the oldest sannyas disciple of H.D.G. Srila B.K. Santa Goswami Maharaja in Bangladesh. Vaishnavas and Hindus in Bangladesh are frequently being attacked by Islamic militants and terrorist groups. Wed, 15 May 2013 02:15:06 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/Mind-exists-so-does-soul.html Once Gurudeva, Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj went to Punjab. He was there to attend a religious ceremony in Jalandhar. Lots of devotees have gathered. Srila Gurumaharaj was staying at a house of a doctor. Tue, 14 May 2013 00:57:54 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Publications/Gaudiya-Touchstone-Issue-5-Now-Online.html This issue of the Gaudiya Touchstone's cover story is Kumbha-Mela, the world's largest act of faith. During January/February of this year news media across India and around the world turned their attention to the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mystical Saraswati rivers at Allahabad. Sun, 12 May 2013 02:56:41 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Srila-Prabhupada-Letter-to-Pope-Paul.html Your Holiness, please accept my respectful humble obeisances at your Lotus Feet. I beg to introduce myself as an Indian monk, following the Vedic principles of religious life. At the present, I am in the renounced order of Sannyas, aged 72 years, and am preaching God consciousness all over the world. Sun, 12 May 2013 02:42:29 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Vaishnavas/The-Appearance-of-Sri-Gadadhara-Pandita.html The advent day of Gadadhara Pandita is on Amavasya, on the night of the dark moon. Mahaprabhu came in the full moon, Purnima, and He drew the entirety of internal wealth from Gadadhara Pandita. Mahaprabhu made him quite empty. He sent Gadadhara Pandita on a black night in the hot summer season. Sun, 12 May 2013 02:29:09 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Dham/New-Documentary-about-Yamuna-River-Will-Shock-and-Move.html A forthcoming documentary that highlights the plight of the Yamuna river, through the lives of children interconnected with it, is sure to both shock viewers and move them deeply. Sun, 12 May 2013 02:19:03 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Petition-to-stop-all-activities-related-to-the-Lakhwar-Dam-Project-on-River-Yamuna.html The proposed dam involves a massive 204 m high dam with storage capacity of 580 Million Cubic meters, submergence area of 1385.2 ha, including 868.08 ha forest land, at least 50 villages to be affected by submergence of land in the upstream. Sun, 12 May 2013 01:59:15 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Magic-in-Titicaca.html A small group of Hare Krishna devotees are creating an ecological monastery on a tiny island in the remote Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:00:18 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/Introduction-to-Shri-Krishna.html The ebullient human nature is regulated by censorious warning from ceremonial agencies. The sound waves irritate the auditory nerves and, the helping, prior experiences lead the aural reception to the brain for quodlibetic exploitation. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:27:32 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/World-of-Compassion.html The Godhead’s desire to bestow liberation—his compassion—requires another world. Thus from the trans-spatial, timeless realm of Vaikuntha, the world of time and space manifests, and in the above verse, Krsnadasa Kaviraja identifies the deity from whom our world issues forth. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:23:15 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Dham/Go-Green-Not-Pink-for-a-Sustainable-Future-in-India.html India has long harbored a tradition of ethical vegetarianism, anchored on the dharmic traditions' commitment to ahimsa (nonviolence). This tradition can perhaps be encapsulated by Prabhupada's statement, Indulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance, Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:14:29 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Publications/New-Book-On-Food-Released-Internationally.html According to United Nations, a disease tsunami is sweeping the world. Humanity is dying out. This is the result of our deep ignorance about our food. Food processing and health care are now multi-trillion dollar industries. Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:24:44 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Ways-to-increase-our-friendship-and-love-in-the-Gaudiya-tradition.html To learn how to perform a vyasapuja ceremony or to deal with Vaishnavas in general is part of sistacar, the way of conduct which has been transmitted throughout generations from one Vaishnava-generation to another. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:09:14 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Film-Natures-IQ-Smart-Animals-Challenge-Darwin.html The documentary entitled Nature's I.Q. - Smart Animals Challenge Darwin has been released in English for download and for online streaming worldwide. Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:08:01 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Guilty-Conscience.html Those who embark on the journey towards transcendence are brave indeed. They strive for purity in a world of degradation, they embrace simplicity amongst rampant materialism, and they cultivate selflessness in an atmosphere charged with exploitation. Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:00:45 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/What-is-a-Goswami.html In the present material world people are interested in understanding the atma (a word meaning body, mind and soul) only in reference to the body. Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:51:44 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Rules-for-the-Temple.html We who have come to the Sri Chaitanya Math are all surrendered to Sri Chaitanya Deva, therefore we do not have any other goal besides devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:39:25 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/To-Love-God.html It was Christ Jesus who first said Love God with all thy heart, with all thy mind, with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and love man as thy brother. This is an absolute truth indeed; but different men put different interpretations to this noble expression. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:16:04 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/Reason-and-Love.html We do not mean to say that Reason is a foolish principle. On the contrary we do not find better admirers of Reason than our humble selves. We hold that man's superiority amongst all created beings consists in man's possessing the noble gift of Reason. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:08:51 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Beef-Exports-Up-44-in-4-Years-India-Is-Top-Seller.html The Centre's Pink Revolution to promote meat production and export has led to a 44% increase in meat consumption and export in four years, but it has failed to regulate the industry. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:03:35 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/Scarcity-the-Fruit-of-Illusion.html Ecologists, economists, sociologists, etc., are greatly concerned with the population explosion, for they hypothesize that as the population continues to increase by leaps and bounds, the eventual result will be insufficient natural resources Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:46:35 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Dham/Bitter-Seeds-A-New-Film-about-the-Tragic-Effects-of-Globalization.html Every 30 minutes in India, a farmer kills himself in despair because he can no longer provide for his family. Manjusha, whose own father committed suicide, is determined to become a journalist. Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:28:01 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Poor-Mans-Feast.html At 8pm last night on a major UK tv station, a program called Food Glorious Food was aired. It was part of a nationwide cookery competition. By taking part, I began to appreciate what great philosophy Srila Prabhupada has presented. Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:58:24 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/The-Pandavas-Dog.html In the Mahaprasthanika Parva of the Mahabharata, the epic's second to last chapter, there is a narration of events surrounding the final pastimes of the Pandavas and their ascent into the Himalayas, where they would, one by one, depart from this world. Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:55:25 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/Some-Evidence-Regarding-Education-and-Guruship-for-Vaishnavis.html In ISKCON, while women are generally recognized informally as spiritual teachers, no woman has so far been formally allowed to serve as an initiating spiritual master, dīkṣā-guru. Now there is a proposal to allow a woman to take up this role, and this has created some controversy. Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:50:58 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Mandala-Turns-a-New-Page-in-Devotional-Publishing.html In the late 1960s, when ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada personally negotiated his first book contracts with Japanese publisher Dai Nippon, he insisted on high grade paper and binding, considering the highest quality to be essential for books containing the highest knowledge. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:36:15 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Leaning-Temple-of-Huma.html Bordered by the dusty villages and open countryside, Huma village is located on the bank of the river Mahanadi, 23 km south of the city of Sambalpur. Huma is a famous Shiva temple in the district of Sambalpur and the abode of Lord Vimaleswara. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:20:28 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Dham/Illegal-Structures-Demolished-near-Puri-Temple.html Armed with an Orissa High Court order, the Jagannath Temple administration in Puri on Tuesday started the process of demolishing portions of a building close to the entrance of the 12th century shrine. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:09:12 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Dham/Bhumi-Project-Encourages-Hindus-Worldwide-to-Go-Green.html The ancient Indian spiritual text Srimad-Bhagavatam recounts how 5,000 years ago, Bhumi Devi, the presiding Deity of the Earth, was being plundered and destroyed by evil men. Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:24:31 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/Our-Prospect-is-Through-Gaura-Lila.html All-permeating, all-comprehensive and all-controlling – the three phases of the Absolute. Then Mahaprabhu gave the fourth phase– that is the Krsna conception. Sundaram – that loveliness of the Absolute, to attract everyone for His service towards Him. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:15:01 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/The-Vrndavana-Express-and-the-Navadvipa-Special.html Navadvipa is considered by the high devotees to be the highest place of theism, of Absolute Love. Sri Radhika and Govinda combined Themselves together, and They are avowed to give their dearest thing to the public. As Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu They came here with this idea. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:06:29 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/Bitter-Cure-for-Pancreatic-Cancer-Found.html The humble karela, it has emerged, is a giant slayer of pancreatic cancer cells. A University of Colorado cancer study published in the journal 'Carcinogenesis' shows that bitter gourd juice restricts the ability of pancreatic cancer cells to metabolize glucose, thus cutting the cells' energy source and eventually killing them. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:00:32 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/What-Do-Cannibals-Look-Like-Take-A-Look-In-The-Mirror.html Human taste buds have grown tired of all the flesh and blood we gorge upon daily. To the tickling taste buds, what could be more savory than a cute little baby, killed in the womb itself. Sounds abhorring? Read on. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:52:15 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Dham/The-Yamuna-March-Is-Over-But-The-Protest-Continues.html Starting March, 1st more than 100,000 brajavasis, devotees, farmers and people of various organizations marched from Vrindavan to Delhi to stop the abuse of the Yamuna river. On March 13th the march was called off but the protest continues. Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:17:30 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Dham/Green-Kumbha-Mela.html The theater group of the Environmental Committee of the World Vaisnava Association stood out before the reporters and television, also receiving a lot of recognition on behalf of the different delegations that arrived at the Maha Kumbha Mela in Allahabad during January and February 2013. Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:04:21 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Dham/Demands-Not-Met-Yamuna-Stir-to-Continue.html The Yamuna Protest March continued to camp in Delhi after the government didn't accept all their demands. Yamuna Rakshak Dal members were in a meeting with water resources ministry officials till late Wednesday night and are expecting an outcome by midnight. Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:24:40 +0100