Srila Prabhupada’s (ISKCON’s) four regulative principles, which all devotees must vow to follow at the time of initiation, are mentioned in the Manu Samhita as follows: pānamakṣāḥ striyaścaiva mṛgayā ca yathākramam etat kaṣṭatamaṃ vidyātcatuṣkaṃ kāmaje gaṇe “Drinking, gambling, women, and hunting, in that order – these four should be understood as the most troublesome among…
For the fourth time now, Lord Krishna has once again saved the life of Tunglu the street dog.
Chakratirtha Baba sitting in front of his dhuni. This photo was taken on November 30, 2010. The winter cold had already begun, hence he was wearing the turban on his head.
Chakratirtha Baba tending the dhuni inside his mud hut in the Salandi Reserve Forest. This photo was taken on August 31, 2012, when he was 91 years old.
The mother of Tunglu the street dog gave birth to a set of 5 puppies a few days ago. Unfortunately we have no more place to keep additional dogs at our ashram (already there are 12 dogs spread in three separate groups, some in the goshala, some in the garden, etc.). The best we can…
A video of Chakratirtha Baba (recorded on 2 June, 2006), chanting Hare Krishna maha mantra next to his dhuni (sacred fire). At the time of this recording he was 85 years old (now he is 105 years old, and still present at this ashram).
As often happens, someone in a comment has once again brought up the story of Bharata Maharaja, apparently implying one should not show kindness to animals: “Better to be absorbed in the Holy Names and in constant connection/communication with your eternal best friend Krishna in the heart. Have you ever heard of Bharata Maharaja and…
Today Vaishnava the cat showed up in my room unexpectedly. Four years ago we had treated him for a terrible wound on his neck. The treatment took more than 7 months to complete, and for that duration he had to stay locked up in my small 10 foot x 12 foot room nonstop. I also…
As most will know, Hindu originally referred to a region, and was derived from the name of the river Sindhu. In ancient Iranian languages, the sanskrit ‘s’ was often converted to ‘h’, so the Sindhu region became known as Hindu. This Iranian form of the word was then transmitted to Hebrew, where it became Hodu,…
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