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Substance and Shadow -The Vedic Method of Knowledge
The author: "The book is aimed at people who read Srila Prabhupada's books. Not necessarily full-time devotees. It actually turns out to be a very "straight" Krsna conscious presentation. But the presentation is through philosophy. A major theme throughout are the problems of epistemology, logic, metaphysics and ethics. While presenting these, I am very careful not to lose the reader. I assume the reader is intelligent but may not be familiar with these philosophical issues. So by reading my book one can learn traditional philosophy along the way. That is one of the main reasons why I wrote it. I believe we have a problem in ISKCON with devotees who don't know how to think rationally. Thus they are in danger of being misled by word-jugglery and "new" trends in philosophy coming from persons influenced by Mayavada and sahajiyaism. I deal with these problems also. But I avoid polemics. The whole emphasis is on rational thought. The point of the book is that Krsna consciousness is the most rational system of thinking, whether Eastern or Western. A person who has not read Prabhupada's books will likely get interested to read them from reading Substance and Shadow. He will definitely learn a lot about
Prabhupada message! At least this is my hope. (20th May 1996)" Substance_and_Shadow.pdf
Six Systems of Vedic Philosophy - compiled by Suhotra Swami
Nyaya, Vaisesika, Samkhya, Yoga, Karma-mimamsa and Vedanta
The_six_systems_of_Vedic_philosophy.pdfThe Apasampradayas - Deviation of the disciplic succession. A booklet written by Suhotra Swami in 1991. An overview of the philosophies and practices of 13 unauthorized sects that claim to represent the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, it draws extensively from Srila Prabhupada's commentaries. The information presented in the booklet will be helpful to devotees of Krsna who are uneasy about the tendency of certain enthusiasts to blindly follow leaders who are supposedly in "transcendental ecstacy". Do you see trends that disturb you - moral and spiritual laxity, syncretism, nonscriptural and nonlogical "magical thinking" (e.g. New Age ideology, Tantrism), Dionysian emotionalism - and do you wonder where these trends have come from and where they are leading? Read Apasampradayas.pdf (English) - Apasamp.pdf (Spanish)
Dimensions of Good and Evil
The Moral Universe and Vaisnava Philosophy
Dimensions_of_Good_and_Evil.pdf
Transcendental Personalism - Vedic Answers for the Human Situation
Transcendental_Personalism.pdfTranscendental Psychology - collected essays from the In2-MeC journal of Suhotra Swami
Transcendental_Psychology.pdf
Gaudiya Cosmotheism.pdf - an investigation of traditional Gaudiya-vaisnava cosmology
Studying Srimad Bhagavatam From Vedanta-sutra
Introduction to a Study Guide based upon the Govinda-bhasya of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana
SRIMAD_BHAGAVATAM--THE_NATURAL_COMMENTARY_ON_VEDANTA_-_Intro.pdfStudying Srimad Bhagavatam From Vedanta-sutra (Study Guide)
Vedanta-sutra verses are parenthetically indicated by number (adhyaya, pada, sutra). They are followed by Srimad Bhagavatam
verses--Sanskrit, word meanings and translation--that explain the sutras.
Each sutra addresses philosophical subjects that have been summarized in capital letters. The summaries are derived from
Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana's Govinda Bhasya.
Studying_Srimad_Bhagavatam_From_Vedanta-sutra.pdfVIHE course outline
SRIMAD_BHAGAVATAM--THE_NATURAL_COMMENTARY_ON_VEDANTA_(ARTHO_'YAM.pdfSrimad Bhagavatam - the natural commentary on Vedanta-sutra
Lectures 2nd - 6th, Mayapur - March 1994
Srimad_Bhagavatam_-_the_natural_commentary_on_Vedanta-sutra.pdf
Falldown of the jiva into the material world
OUR ORIGINAL POSITION, CHAPTER TWELVE
The Deviation of Kala Krsnadasa; "Factual Evidence" of Falldown from the Lord's Association
Suhotra Swami shows in the following article scriptural evidence that one can fall down from the direct association of the Lord.
CHAPTER TWELVE of Our Original Position.pdfThis essay was originally an answer of Suhotra Maharaja to a question about the "fairness" of our falldown to the material world.
FalldownAn Outline for a Discussion on the Subject of "How and from Where Does the Spirit Soul Fall Down to the Material World?"
An_Outline_for_a_Discussion_on_Falldown.pdfDid Srila Prabhupada Have a Provisional Preaching Strategy Regarding the Origin of the Jiva?
Provisional_Preaching_Strategy.pdf
BTG Articles
At_the_Edge.pdf On this line of confrontation between two powerful political doctrines, the hope of world peace is precariously balanced.
Pilgrims_from_the_New_World.pdf Pursuing the phantoms of a historical identity in Europe.
Two_Faces_of_Krsna.pdf To those who refuse to love His smiling, gentle form, Krsna shows another . . .
Report_from_Bonn.pdf Hare Krsna—A Spiritual Force at the Antinuclear Rally
Poland's_Double_Darkness.pdf As we in the "free world" watch the Poles agonize under martial law, we may forget the more basic bondage we share with them.
In_Search_of_Happiness.pdf There are many ways to try to find it, but only one will give us the full enjoyment and complete freedom we're looking for.
1984_Revisited.pdf Thirty-six years ago George Orwell selected this year's date as the title of his novel of ominous social prophecy. In his vision, the nations of the world of 1984 would form three superstates, pitted against one another in constant war.
Peace_Talks_Paradox.pdf For a growing number of people on both sides of the Atlantic, the nuclear arms buildup is the issue of the eighties.
Chanting_the_Holy_Names_in_West_Berlin.pdf Now the people in this politically tense city have something to sing about.
Terror_From_The_Year_Zero.pdf The year 1986 is proving to be a strange and terrifying year, especially for Americans living in Europe.
Romanian_Vignettes.pdf Romanians and Czechs dance to the holy names of Krsna.
Deviant_Vaisnava_Sects.pdf From the time of Lord Caitanya to the present day, His pure followers have defended His teachings against philosophical perversions.
Channeling_-_Extrasensory_Deception.pdf "If the guides were not guides after all, who were they?"—Hungry Ghosts, by Joe Fisher, p. 202
Other writings
Lately (written in 1994) a bit of controversy has arisen within our movement about raganuga-bhakti. Some Godbrothers of mine have reported that there are
ISKCON devotees in Vrndavana who say that because raganuga-bhakti is not being cultivated within ISKCON, we should consult Gaudiya Vaisnava
authorities outside of ISKCON to help foster our understanding and practice of it. Otherwise, if we all simply remain in vaidhi-bhakti (the platform they say that ISKCON is presently on), we will never attain the goal that Srila Prabhupada wanted us to attain--pure love of Godhead (krsna-prema).
Raganuga-bhakti_and_ISKCON_-_An_Examination.pdf
BRAHMANA_TEST_ by_H.H.Suhotra_Swami.pdfThe Upanisads are vedasya-antah, meaning that they express the conclusion of Vedic knowledge. They are to be learned by "sitting close to the spiritual master"
(upa-ni-sad). The knowledge of the Upanisads is guha-vidya, secret. The ancient sage Dramida defined upanisad as brahmani upanisanneti upanisat, "that which is
deeply immersed in Brahman." What_the_Upanisads_Teach.pdf
Danda Conference 1994-1998
Download - Danda.zipDanda 1994 and 1998
Download - Danda_1994.pdf Danda_1998.pdf
These two years of Danda were nicely edited and sorted out by Kasya Prabhu. Very easy reading of Q&A.Download - Danda_1995.pdf Another year of Danda edited for easy reading.
Download - Danda_1996.pdf Another year of Danda edited for easy reading.
Download - Danda_1997.pdf Another year of Danda edited for easy reading.
A Reply to a Christian Scholar's Criticisms- False Interpretations
Table of contents:
* {1.} Hinduism
* {2.} Vedanta
* {3.} Siddhanta (Philosophical Conclusion)
* {4.} Shankara and Buddhism
* {5.} Differences Among the Four Vaishnava Sampradayas
* {6.} Reconciliation of the Four Vaishnava Viewpoints
* {7.} Sanatana-dharma
* {8.} The Avataras of Godhead
* {9.} Liberation in Krishna Consciousness
Hinduism_Followers_of_the_Veda.pdf
Seth, Ramtha, Lazaris, Ashtar, Mashiyach - the vaguely Biblical-sounding names have the ring of "prophet" to them. Channeling is defined as "the process in which a person transmits messages from a presumed discarnate source external to his or her consciousness." What is the Krishna conscious view of it?
CHANNELING_-_Extrasensory_deception.pdf
In a spatio-temporal sense at least, this article on prayer is outside the Christian tradition. But space and time have only to do with physics. If there is anything accessible to human experience that is metaphysical (that is, "beyond physics"), it is prayer. I therefore believe that prayer is the true common ground upon which all religions and all humanity can find a unity that remains ever-unrealized within the physical realm.
Prayer as the Voice of Pure DevotionSiddhartha Gautama was the blessed and beautiful prince of the Sakyas, a royal family descended from the Suryavamsha (the Solar Dynasty of ancient Indian kings). He had always been carefully sheltered from the distresses of life by his father, King Shuddhodana. The Avatar Buddha
Herewith I submit for your kind consideration five papers on the need for social development in ISKCON. My focus is on philosophical
and moral fundamentals. It is my basic contention that the issue of our development as a society is inseparable from the issue of our
system of morals (i.e. our ethics), and that in turn is inseparable from our philosophy. Social Development.pdfOn Varnasrama Development
Letter to Lokanath Swami - (1997) I have looked over your list of questions. In response, I would like to offer you the following thoughts. While my thoughts are not point-by-point replies to your questions, they are in my humble opinion essential to any serious discussion on varnasrama. I offer these thoughts to you with the suggestion that perhaps your discussion group should reconsider its present emphasis on "how to" question, and consider more the "why" question.
A. What is Mayavada philosophy?
B. How to defeat it with their own arguments.
C. How to defeat it with Bhagavata arguments.
D. The historical background of the rise of Sankara's Mayavadi Vedanta in India
Mayavadi Philosophy - Analysis and Refutation
Bhagavad-Gita in Essence - Years ago I put together a seminar entitled "Bhagavad-gita in Essence." I believe I taught this only twice, in Radhadesh, Belgium, and in Perth, Australia in the early to mid-1990's. I found the files for the course on my hard disk and became absorbed in reading through them. The research I'd done to construct these course files is quite interesting. So I'm publishing the files here as a series.
BG_In_Essence.pdfWe find an outline of a methodology of care of the soul presented by Socrates in Plato's Republic. The soul is portrayed as having three faculties, which are usually translated as appetite, spirit and reason. Here we will use the word ardor in place of spirit, to avoid confusion. Elsewhere in this book the word spirit is used to mean the nonmaterial energy behind animate symptoms, whereas Plato's intention is different. According to the dictionary, his sense of the word spirit is equivalent to ardor. Care of the soul
The Spiritual Disaster of Material Attachment:
An Echo from Ancient Greece - The nature of man and his struggle with ignorance, and the disastrous truth that ignorance obscures, is the theme of the tale of King Oedipus related by the classical Greek playwright Sophocles. Even now, almost two and a half millenia after it was written, the dramatic insight of Oedipus Tyrannus (Oedipus the King) cannot fail to fascinate the reader.The English word "mode" best conveys the sense of the Sanskrit word guna (material quality). "Mode" comes from the Latin modus, and it has a special application in European philosophy. The fourteenth chapter of Bhagavad-gita (verses 3-5) presents a similar twofold description of material nature as mahat yoni, the source of birth, and as guna prakrti, that which acts wonderfully through modes. The three modes of material nature
The uses of argument by Stephen Toulmin (Cambridge University Press 1993 reprint, originally published in 1958) ADAPTED FOR USE IN VAISNAVA DISCOURSE by Suhotra Swami
Jokes by Bhakta Hap Camper The name of the conference is: (Global) Jokes - 1995
Tantra - by R. T. Crowley (December 1980)
From one of our readers we have received the following letter, which is a reaction to the article "Guruism - A Hindu Counter-mission" published in Up-date IV 1/2:A_Touch_of_Noir Out of the Darkness to the Dark Lord Sri Krsna (short Intro to intended book from 2000)
A Few Words
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Maharaja's letter (especially) to his disciples: This year as you know I was elected to be the GBC Chairman. I feel a great weight has been dropped upon my shoulders. But I am not
lamenting. This is Srila Prabhupada's mercy. If it means anxiety for me, that will be my purification.
Teachings of Lord Caitanya Guide Teachings of Lord Chaitanya, the Golden Avatara was written in the late 1960's
by Srila Prabhupada, Founder-acharya of ISKCON, as a summary study of five important philosophical sections of the
Sri Chaitanya-charitamrta by Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami. These five sections are: the teachings of Lord Chaitanya to Rupa Goswami, to Sanatana
Goswami, to Prakashananda Saraswati, to Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya and to Ramananda Raya.
Download - TLC Guide.pdfBhagavat Dharma Discourse #1
(based upon a booklet from the Vaishnava Research Institute, re-edited by Suhotra Swami)
WHAT_IS_VAISHNAVISM.pdfPrakrta and Aprakrta rasa (A lecture to be delivered by Suhotra Swami
at the Jakarta Seminar) OUTLINE_PRAKRTA_AND_APRAKRTA_RASA.pdf
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lectures
B-092 92-10-22 BG 2.29 Last days of Socrates Heidelberg Download PDF
B-756 95-04-29 SB 7.6.16 God is NOWHERE Copenhagen Download PDF
C-769 Q& A: Disneyland conception of spiritual life Download PDF
C-430 97-12-19 SB 4.23.9 Risks in personal relationships Stockholm Download PDF
C-720 98-12-05 VP Address: Why Vaisnava becomes a guru Wroclaw Download PDF
A-319 86-10-31 SB 2.3.1 The python of lust Heidelberg Download PDF
C-013 96-06-20 Gdansk SB 4.1.1 - SP's books smash the wall of false ego Download PDF
Four kinds of pious people - Bhagavad Gita 5.8-9
10.11.1990 Heidelberg - Germany (A-667)Niskama yoga - Srimad Bhagavatam 3.21.31
30.5.1994 Prague temple (B-462)The origin of our tendency to sin - Srimad Bhagavatam 4.23.10
20.12.1997 Stockholm (C-431)B-165 93-04-04 BG 5.22 Initiation - story of Kaca CZ Farm
Download PDFC-173 96-12-29 SB 4.22.5 Initiation - Don't be a cheap disciple
Download PDFC-652 98-09-28 SB 5.5.10-13 ISKCON is society of solutions
Download PDFC-391 97-11-21 VP Address - Vaisnava is always humble
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Vyasa Puja offerings for Srila Prabhupada
Offerings 1986 - 2004 (pdf) - NEW!!!
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| Vyasa Puja Book 1993 Download PDF (28.7MB) |
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| Vyasa Puja Book 1996 Download PDF (48.6MB) |
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