VINA - Vaishnava Internet News Agency http://www.vina.cc/news Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:23:15 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.vina.cc/news/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.vina.cc/news VINA - Vaishnava Internet News Agency http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Mission/Ram-Navami-Vyasa-Puja-Festival-Report.html Devotees from all over India and abroad were present to bless themselves with the rarest opportunity of celebrating Vyasa Puja of Gurudev at His birth place for the first time in His divine presence! Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:49:37 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/NASA-Images-Reveal-Bridge-to-Sri-Lanka.html Space images taken by NASA reveal the mysterious ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. The unique curvature of the bridge and composition by age reveals that it is man made. Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:32:20 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/WVA-Secretary-Defending-Vaishnavism-on-TV.html A chief christian priest had been fighting the devotees and is trying to get Vaishnavism prohibited in the Ukraine. The local devotees requested Srila B.B. Bodhayan Maharaja, to defend their cause on Ukrainian TV. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:07:39 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/WVA/WVA-Meeting-Gaura-Purnima-2007.html The WVA meeting was held in Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math after the installation ceremony of Srila Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada which was attended by many sannyasis in the presence of Srila B.B. Tirtha Maharaja. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:00:46 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/The-Rtvik-Conception-of-Guru-Parampara.html Srila Prabhupada did not evolve or create an entirely new system of initiation. He simply adjusted some of the details of Gaudiya Vaisnava initiation in consideration of unprecedented circumstances. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:48:57 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Philosophical/The-Standard-of-Living-in-Gaudiya-Math.html To ensure that there is no place for laziness, bad conduct, trivial thought, gossip, or vulgar desire in the math, you have to go from door to door, where your hari-kirtana will be tested by the public. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:37:59 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/General/The-Heliodorus-Column.html Most Vaisnavas refer to Krishna as having appeared 5,000 years ago and generally credit Vedic civilization and Vaisnavism with great antiquity. But what hard, empirical proof do we have for this assertion? Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:33:01 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Dham/New-Temple-Project-at-Ekachakra-Dham.html The importance of Ekachakra Dham to Gaudiya Vaishnavas is immeasurable. Even so, despite its spiritual significance, it is quite un-visited. This is mainly due to its rural location and lack of facilities for pilgrims. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:24:27 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Publications/Sri-Chaitanya-Mahaprabhu-for-Young-Readers.html This book is intended to bring to the attention of young readers, a brief introduction of the holy life of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; the Founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and the Redeemer of the people of Kali-yuga. Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:10:11 +0100 http://www.vina.cc/news/index.php/Dham/Why-the-Yamuna-s-Just-a-Dirty-Drain.html Over Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) has flown into the sewage canal the river Yamuna has become since the government began its efforts to clean it up in 1985 - Delhi's allocation of the Yamuna Action Plan is around Rs 573 crore. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:16:25 +0100