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The north american GBC and spiritual strategic planning initiative are actively seeking qualified secong generation man and women to fill an array of important leadership positions within our Iskcon movement.

by Matsya Avatara dasa

Why become an academic scholar when you can be a natural scholar in the eternal Vaisnava tradition?

Why not consider joining the BBT’s new, dynamic school, the Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham in Krishna’s favorite place, Sri Govardhana?

Currently the Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham is offering a three-year Bhagavata-sastri course, the students of which learn the Sanskrit grammar and six Sandarbhas of Sri Jiva Gosvami, acquire the skills to read and speak Sanskrit fluently, and become immersed in the study of the major Bhagavatam commentaries of our line. Graduates of this course will be able to pursue further individualized study and will have the opportunity to become translators and editors for the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, or find other engagement in ISKCON as teachers and researchers.

He’ll think, “I don’t like pain, so why should I give pain to an animal just so I can eat?” He’ll be honest: “I don’t like to be cheated, so why should I cheat others?” And he’ll always speak beneficially: “I like to hear the truth, I don’t like to be insulted, and I want to hear what is useful to me. Let me speak to others that way.” A truly educated person, therefore, will try not to hurt anyone, even by his words.

When our children go to school to be indoctrinated with the thesis that we are just walking mechanistic soul-less bags of chemicals, which yell ouch! when its c-fibers are firing, being mere units of stardust hurtling mindlessly through outer space for no reason whatsoever, except through the velocity of the fateful detonation at the beginning of time, a nasty trend is set.