WVA Newsletter #14
World Vaishnava Association
Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha
World Vaishnava Association
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Jagadguru Sri Srimad Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada and Guru Parampara!
Respected sannyasis, vaishnavas and vaishnavis,
Please accept our humble obeisances from the WVA-VVRS' Internet Committee.
20th Anniversary of WVA - Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha
On the 20th November the historical celebration of the 20th anniversary of the WVA - World Vaishnava Association took place at the Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math in New Delhi, India.
See some of the beautiful moments of this great event on a slideshow.
Sri Chaitanya Dwar and WVA meeting
On the 6 November, 2014, an event at the Rama Krishna Mission, Vrindavan, took place for the celebration of the 500 years of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's arrival in Sri Vrindavan Dham. Another goal of this gathering was to raise support of all main heads of the Dham to the installation of the Chaitanya Dwar on one of Vrindavan's entrance.
After the event a small and spontaneous meeting of the WVA - Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha took place.
The Spirit of the WVA - Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha
By Bhakti Nandan Swami Maharaja disciple of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaja
The WVA mood is no other than Srila Guru Maharaja's mood, Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja's mood, Srila Sarasvati Goswami Thakur Prabhupada's mood, Srila Bhaktivonoda Thakur's mood, Srila Rupanuga Guru varga and Six Goswami's mood.
Poster: 7 Deities of Vrindavan
Download and print the poster of the Seven Deities of Vrindavan created by the WVA - Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha's Publication committee.
Book: Unity in Diversity
Sri Chaitanya's Achintya Bhedabheda, The Universal Principle of Harmony
Written by Radhamadhav Das
This book presents the universal principle of simultaneous oneness and difference in scientific, philosophical and spiritual ways.
Is ‘Progress’ Good for Humanity?
The stock narrative of the Industrial Revolution is one of moral and economic progress. Indeed, economic progress is cast as moral progress.
The story tends to go something like this: Inventors, economists, and statesmen in Western Europe dreamed up a new industrialized world. Fueled by the optimism and scientific know-how of the Enlightenment, a series of heroic men—James Watt, Adam Smith, William Huskisson, and so on—fought back against the stultifying effects of regulated economies, irrational laws and customs, and a traditional guild structure that quashed innovation.
India must reconnect to spiritual past: President Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said as India makes a "transformative change" from being a developing to a developed nation, it must reconnect to its spiritual past.
India Appoints Minister Of Yoga
Living up to his promise to promote India's therapeutic traditions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi created a ministry of yoga and alternative therapies for the country this week.
Radha Rani’s birthplace adopted by Hema Malini
Hema Malini, Mathura’s Member of Parliament, showed her devotion for Radha Rani by adopting her birth place Rawal as a model village, to which she will give special attention for its overall development.
Petition: Don't Merge Vrindavan in Mathura Nagar Nigam
The WVA - Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha requests all devotees and friends of devotees to sign this petition created by the Braj Vrindavan Heritage Alliance that will be taken to the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Akhilesh Yadav. Please, share it with all your friends, collect the maximum signatures as possible. Let us together fight for the protection of the Holy Dham and our culture, by also giving a chance to all devotees and friends to participate on this great Dham Seva.
Read the letter that will be sent to the chief minister along with the signatures in which are listed the negative changes that will be implanted in the Dham here.
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In the service of Sri Guru, Vaishnavas and Bhagavan,
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WVA Internet Committee