WVA Newsletter #11
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.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Museum Inauguration at Vrindavan Dham
On the 9th of October it was held the inauguration of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta's Museum in Sri Vrindavan Dham, at the Sri Radha Gokulananda Temple.
Video: PM Modi gets Bhagavad Gita from Tulsi Gabbard
Influential lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard, the only Hindu member of the US Congress, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and presented her personal copy of Bhagavad Gita.
India PM Narendra Modi launches clean India campaing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi last Thursday (2nd Oct) wielded the broom symbolically at a place where Mahatma Gandhi once stayed to launch a unique nationwide campaign that seeks to change Indians’ mindset and clean up India in five years. In a spirited speech near the India Gate monument a short while later, Modi told a huge gathering that Indians had a responsibility of fulfilling Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of ridding the country of dirt and filth by 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi.
The Modern Mystics of Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Written by Tripurari Swami
Q & A with Swami B. V. Tripurari
Q. I was drawn to the mysticism of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu but found present-day Gaudiya Vaishnavism to be more of an institutionalized religion than a mystic path. With administrators and congregants, doctrines and rules, it resembles Islam and Christianity more than Sufism. Where are the mystics?
Important Festivals
Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra
From "Dasavatara - The Ten Manifestations of God"
By Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Maharaja
Appearance of Sripad Madhavacharya
Movie: The Life of Madhavacharya
Disappearance of Srila Raghunatha das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and Srila Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami
Audio: Disappearance of three Goswamis
By Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaja
Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta
Disappearance of Srila Narottam Thakur
Video: Srila Narottama Dasa Thakur
Appearance of Sri Radha-kunda
Video: Sri Radha Kunda
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WVA Internet Committee