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Ritvik Movement Calls it Quits: Unable to Think Up More Silly Names for ISKCON Gurus

March 7th, 2008 ·

LOS ANGELES - The Ritvik movement has announced that it will be disbanding this week after members concluded that their arsenal of silly names for ISKCON gurus has finally been exhausted.
“While the basis of our philosophy is that Srila Prabhupada never told his successors to become gurus in their own right, 95% of our [...]

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Tags: Gurus · Ritvik

Local ISKCON Temple Holds Clearance Sale on Hindu Samskaras

February 29th, 2008 ·

PARAMUS, NJ - In their latest newsletter, ISKCON temple president, Mahavikas das announced that area brahmins will be holding a two-month long clearance sale to make way for new Samskaras.
“The assembled devotees would be crazy to miss out on such an auspicious event,” Mahavikas said. “But with the new samskaras coming in, the old [...]

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Tags: Hinduism · ISKCON inc.

Study Proves Old ISKCON Adage about Women and Cows

February 22nd, 2008 ·

KANSAS CITY - A recent study conducted by Kamadeva das brahmacari has scientifically proven the old ISKCON proverb that a woman is ten times lustier than a cow. Kamadeva began this research while working on his doctoral thesis for the Rupanuga Vedic College last summer. In order to complete the degree, Kamadeva was required to [...]

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Tags: Brahmacari/ni Life · Science · Women's Issues

Maverick Book Distributor Accidentally Reads Srila Prabhupada Book

February 8th, 2008 ·

SPRINGFIELD, MO - Area ISKCON book distributor, Bhakta Steve, enjoyed several pages of Beyond Birth and Death by ISKCON Founder-Acarya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada earlier this month during a slow stretch on 25th Street.
“There just weren’t a lot of fallen souls on 25th that day,” recounts Steve, “I got bored with preaching to the bugs [...]

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Tags: Brahmacari/ni Life