One Day in the Cave Above Yamunottari

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“One Day in the Cave Above Yamunottari”
by Swami Garamhawananda
The seasons of the rains had ended, and now pilgrims were once again trekking through the peaks and valleys of Uttaranchal. Places like Badarinath (the northernmost of Bharatanhumi’s four dhamas and sacred tapo-bhumi of the revered Sage [...]

Yashomatinandana sounds off…

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The Mother Theresa Conundrum Continues -
In the interest of flogging to death the issues of the possibility of sainthood for Mother Theresa, Pavan’s Press is pleased to present more of Yashomatinandan’s Krishna conscious insight. So let’s put our hands together for the real scoop on saintliness, beatitude and final destination of the [...]

Nature and Female Energy

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Point of View
Pavan’s Press welcomes Vaishnavi writer Abhaya Mudra Dasi of Bulgaria, who herewith kindly gives us a lady devotee’s view on the material and spiritual worlds, and on the role of female energy, ultimately controlled by Shrimati Radharani Ji, here and hereafter here and hereafter.A KRISHNA CONSCIOUS PERSPECTIVE
ON NATURE AND [...]

Real vs showbottle saints

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Mother Theresy Conundrum (Part Three) – by Patita Pavana das
In the final analysis, there is no room at all for novel interpretations in the simplicity of Mahaprabhu’s Ultimate Command:
harer nama hare nama hare nama eva kevalam
kalau nasty’eva nasty’eva nasty’eva gatir anythah
In spite of the fact that Shrila Prabhupada left us sixty volumes [...]

Mother Theresa, “fill in the blank”

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Part Two: The Mother Theresa Conundrum – by Patita Pavana das
A Religion Without Philosophical Substance Cannot Hold a Religious Congregation
Mother Theresa, to be sure, could have done a better job of telling the world about the place she called home for decades. But that wouldn’t have served the Church’s interest in [...]

Mother Theresa’s Calcutta

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The Mother Theresa Conundrum (Part One) – by Patita Pavana das
Saint Means “Sant”
All this recent banter about the late Mother Theresa has got me asking a few questions. Like, why did the respected Catholic nun only find poverty, ignorance and disease in Calcutta and not elsewhere? These miserable conditions are concomitant factors [...]

Hallowe’en Gurus

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Editor’s Editorial (Who Else Would Write An Editorial, Prabhu?):
Dressing Up Guru …and the Dangers of Premature Acceptance of the Symbols of a Paramhamsa
Part One:
Hallowe’en Gurus
Numerous untoward disasters have befallen many of those who have prematurely adopted the very symbols which should merit the wearer the highest platform of worship. These sacred emblems [...]

Shri Chanakya Niti Shastra

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With Commentary by Patita Pavana Das Adhikary
(Note: Verses 1 and 2 have appeared with Commentary in Pavan’s Press 2 and 3)
Chapter One, verses Three and Four:
3. For the sake of the general well being of society, I shall speak that which, when understood, will lead to a knowledge of all things in [...]

Pavan’s Press Issue Four

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All Glory To Shri Guru And Gauranga
Issue Four
Pavan’s Press is an in-house Gaudiya Vaishnava ”journal of interest” for the ever-growing world-wide family of Krishna’s devotees, initiated or not. Or we may define “initiation” as a heartfelt yearning to serve Shrila Prabhupada out of selfless devotion. He who feels this way towards Shrila [...]