Sampradaya Acharyas Glorify Srila Prabhupada – Shri Cheena Jeeyer Swami, Sri Sampradaya
Tue, October 05, 2021
by Sunanda Das
Vaishnavism is not a new religion or recently invented philosophy. It is actually the oldest religion and philosophy of all, and even more so, it is the eternal function of the jiva in relation to the Supreme Lord, sanatana dharma. That function is loving devotional service in one of five primary relationships, neutrality, servitorship, friendship,
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TOVP Vedic Science Essays: Did We Land on the Moon?
Thu, August 26, 2021
by Ashish Dalela (Rsiraja Das)
Did We Land on the Moon? By Ashish Dalela (Rsiraja Das) According to a Gallup poll, about 6% of Americans believe that man never went to the moon; they endorse conspiracy theories in which these landings were supposedly staged in a studio. This post is not about such conspiracy theories. I will discuss why we
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TOVP Vedic Science Essays: The Universe of the Vedas
Sun, August 08, 2021
by Sadaputa Das
The Universe of the Vedas By Dr. Richard L. Thompson (Sadaputa Dasa) The Srimad-Bhagavatam presents an earth-centered conception of the cosmos. At first glance the cosmology seems foreign, but a closer look reveals that not only does the cosmology of the Bhagavatam describe the world of our experience, but it also presents a much larger
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The TOVP Online Flipbook Collection
Fri, July 30, 2021
by Sunanda Das
Taking advantage of the newest technology in book reading, the TOVP website has launched the beginnings of our digital TOVP Online Flipbook Collection. A digital flipbook is an online book, magazine or other multi-paged publication that turns pages manually and, depending on the company used, offers a variety of related functions to the reader. The
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TOVP Vedic Science Essays: A Trip To Bali By The Forbidden Archeologist – Michael A. Cremo (Drutakarma Das)
Sat, July 17, 2021
by Michael A. Cremo (Drutakarma Das)
This is a slightly revised version of an article ‘A Trip To Bali’ that appeared in 2004 in Atlantis Rising magazine, as part of my regular column The Forbidden Archeologist. A Trip to Bali By The Forbidden Archeologist – Michael A. Cremo (Drutakarma Das) Your forbidden archeologist sometimes has to endure being invited to out
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TOVP Vedic Science Essays: Investigations into the Antiquity of the Ranganatha Temple in South India
Wed, June 30, 2021
by Michael A. Cremo (Drutakarma Das)
This article was originally published in Atlantis Rising magazine in 2003 in my column, Notes from the Forbidden Archeologist. In February of 2002, I was on a lecture tour of South India. At universities and other educational and cultural institutions in several cities, I was giving talks about the archeological evidence for extreme human antiquity
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Astronomy and the Antiquity of Vedic Civilization
Fri, April 02, 2021
by Sunanda Das
By Dr. Richard L. Thompson (Sadaputa Dasa)BTG Issue: July/August 1991 | Vol. 25, No. 4 An examination of an extensive list of “astronomical examples” and “examples about time, indicate that old cultures around the world shared a view of the cosmos similar in many ways to the Vedic one. The details that appear again and
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The Big Bang and the Sages – A New Book on the Puranas and Science
Mon, February 01, 2021
by Sunanda Das
By: Siddha Hari das for ISKCON News on Jan. 23, 2021 Posted with permission Bibek Debroy, Chairman of India’s Prime Minister’s Economic Council has launched Sidharth Chhabra (Siddha Hari Das) and Madhavendra Puri Das’ upcoming book on the Bhagavata Purana. Srila Prabhupada frequently asserted that the Puranic accounts are historical facts, although labeled mythology by
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The TOVP Book Marketplace – Books on Vedic Cosmology, Evolution, Consciousness and More
Mon, December 14, 2020
by Sunanda Das
Srila Prabhupada repeatedly called the modern class of scientists “rascals” and “cheaters”, and accused them of speaking “nonsense”. The fact is, he was not against science as a principle, but he did not accept the authority of modern scientists whose constantly changing conclusions are based on imperfect sense perception and speculation. “We have our authorities”,
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