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  • Vaisnava Biographies

    Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami vs.
    humanism and impersonalism
    Download - BSSTSimhaguru.txt 5 kB

    Biographies of Abhirama Goswami, Baladeva Vidyabhusana, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Madhvacarya, Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami
    Download - Other_Gva.zip 88 kB

    Biographies of Bhaktivinoda Thakura
    Download - Bvt.zip 156 kB

    Caitanya Mangala quotes referring to
    A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
    Download - SPSenapatiBhakta.txt 1 kB

    Career of Shree Krishna Chaitanya
    (Prof. N.K. Sanyal)
    Download - CareerSKC.zip 791 kB

    Biographies of Gaudiya Vaisnava acaryas
    Download - Gva-ac.zip 371 kB

    Biographies of Gaudiya Vaisnavas
    Download - Gvaa-y.zip 630 kB

    An Era Not to be Forgotten
    Srila Gaurakisora Still Lives in Our Hearts
    Translated by Vyankata dasa Brahmacari
    Download - Gkisordb.zip 48 kB

    Jagannatha dasa Babaji
    Download - JagannathadasaBabaji.zip 20 kB

    Jayananda das ACBSP
    Download - Jayananda.zip 25 kB

    Lalita Sakhi
    Download - Lalitasakhi.txt 14 kB

    Lives of the Saints
    Download - Lives.zip 244 kB

    The Life and Legacy of Sripada Madhvacarya Bhagavatapada (Jaya Tirtha Charana dasa)
    Download - Madhva.zip 646 kB

    Narottama Vilasa (Narahari dasa)
    Download - Narottam.zip 94 kB

    Nityananda lilas compilation (Caitanya Bhagavata and Bhakti ratnakara)
    Download - Nitai.zip 157 kB

    Other Biographies
    Anandibai, Advaita Acarya, Candidasa and Salagram story, Jiva Gosvami, Locan das Thakur, Madhva, Nimbarka, Pisima Gosvamini, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Ramanuja, Sankara, Srinivasa Acarya, Syamananda Prabhu, Vallabhacarya, Vamsidasa Babaji, Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
    Download - OtherBios.zip 109 kB

    Sri Sri Rasika-Mangala
    (Sri Gopijanavallabha dasa)
    Download - Rasika-m.zip 114 kB

    Syamananda Prakasa
    (Krsnacarana dasa)
    Download - Syamprak.zip 22 kB

    Vaisnava Digdarsani (Murarilala Adhikari)
    Download - Vai-digd.zip 106 kB


    Philosophy

    The Apasampradayas (Suhotra Swami)
    Download - Apasamp.zip 152 kB

    Aquinas', Anselm's and Vedic Arguments
    for the Existence of God in Syllogistic Form
    Download - ArgueforGod.zip 15 kB

    Bad karma - a short movie from film.bullguard.com
    Download - badkarma.wmv 645 kB
    Download - badkarma.zip 610 kB

    Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya sampradaya (Audarya-dhama dasa)
    Download - BMG_sampradaya.zip 190 kB

    Brahma sutra - Vedanta-sutra in Devanagari (.gif 121 kB)

    Fate, Free Will and the Law of Karma
    (Shyamasundara dasa)
    Download - Fwkarma.zip 10 kB

    Forms of God (Krsna Ksetra dasa)
    Download - Lordform.zip 65 kB

    Four Vaisnava Sampradayas notes on a seminar given by Atmatattva dasa
    Download - 4samp-at.zip 33 kB

    Ghosts from the Vedic perspective
    Download - ghostext.zip 64 kB

    Govinda Bhasya - incomplete (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
    Download - govinda_bhasya.zip 558 kB

    Govinda Bhasya (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
    fragments Download - govinda_bhasya_fragments.zip 553 kB

    Hidden Treasure Of Quran (Airavata dasa)
    Download - HiddenTreasure.zip 524 kB

    Hinduismus vaisnavismus krestanstvi - prednaska
    Download - hinduismus_vaisnavismus_krestanstvi_-_prednaska.txt 4 kB

    Jada-jiva-bheda,
    or on differentiation between matter and self
    Download - JivaSoul.zip 9 kB

    Kalisantarana Upanishad
    Download - KalisantaranaUp.txt 8 kB

    Krishna in the Srutis (Hare Krisna dasa, Mexico)
    Download - KrishnaInSrutis.zip 15 kB

    Lauri Davi story - analysis of deconversion
    Download - Lauri_Davi.zip 6 kB

    The Literary Work as Revelation: The Gaudiya Vaisnava Concept of Literature (Krsna-lila dasi, Hungary)
    Download - LitReveleation.zip 20 kB

    On Logical Argument
    Download - Logic.zip 11 kB

    Mezináboženský dialog mezi římskokatolickou církví a hnutím Hare Kršna
    Download - mezinabozensky-dialog-probihajici-mezi-rimskokatolickou-cirkvi-a-hnutim-hare-krsna.zip 16 kB

    Mormons talk
    Download - Mormons_talk.txt 4 kB

    Prameyas
    Download - Prameyas.zip 50 kB

    Puranas in tables (Ekanatha dasa)
    Download - VE-Ekanath.zip 169 kB

    Rabbi and I: Equality based on the Soul (Isa dasa)
    Download - Rabbi_and_I.zip 56 kB

    Raganuga-bhakti and ISKCON: An Examination
    (Suhotra Swami)
    Download - Raganuga.zip 22 kB

    Articles by Ravindra Svarupa dasa
    Download - Ravindra.zip 198 kB

    References to the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra
    Download - References_to_the_Hare_Krishna_Maha-Mantra.pdf 107 kB

    Reincarnation references (world religions and modern thinkers and researchers)
    Download - Reincarnation_The_Art_of_Transmigration.pdf 348 kB

    Shalagrama-shila. Shastric Evidence.
    (Padmanabha Gosvami, Radharamana Mandira)
    Download - ShalagramaShila.zip 18 kB

    Vedanta introduction
    (Jahnudvipa dasa)
    Download - Vedanta-intro.zip 6 kB

    Six Systems of Vedic Philosophy
    (Suhotra Swami)
    Download - Sixsys.zip 98 kB

    Top 100 Names of God
    Download - Top100NamesBook.zip 11 kB

    Triguna (Three Gunas of Prakrti)
    (Ratnabhusana-bhusana dasa RVSD)
    Download - Triguna.zip 41 kB

    Vedanta-sutra (transliteration, translation)
    Download - Vedanta-sutra.zip 18 kB

    Articles on women in Vaisnava tradition
    Download - Women.zip 55 kB


    Study Guides

    Brhad-bhagavatamrta Study Guide
    Download - BBStudy.zip 364 kB

    Bhagavad-gita
    Download - Bhagavad-gita.zip 1701 kB zip

    Bhagavad-gita - four popular versions compared
    Download - Comparing_four_Gitas.zip 200 kB zip

    Brahma-samhita
    Download - Brahma-samhita.zip 430 kB zip

    Bhagavad-arka-marici-mala (Bhaktivinoda Thakura) - 20 topics of SB
    Download - Bharka.zip 267 kB

    Srimad Bhagavatam Meter (Ekanatha dasa)
    Download - SBmeter.zip 3 260 kB

    Studying Srimad Bhagavatam From Vedanta-sutra
    (Suhotra Swami)
    Download - Vedanta.zip 434 kB

    Demons Representing Anarthas
    (Bhakti Caitanya Swami)
    Download - DemonsAnarthas.zip 1088 kB

    Course on four sampradayas
    Download - FourSampradayas.zip 96 kB

    Isopanisad
    Download - Isopanisad.zip 246 kB

    The Narada Purana: A Summary Study of the Sixth Maha-Purana (Ekanatha dasa)
    Download - NaradaP.zip 22 kB

    Nectar of Devotion
    Download - NOD.zip 1637 kB

    Nectar of Instructtion
    Download - NOI.zip 172 kB

    Perfect Questions Perfect Answers
    Download - GuidePQPA.zip 35 kB

    Q&A Jaiva Dharma
    Download - Q&AJaivaDharma.zip 56 kB

    Q&A Manah Siksa
    Download - Q&AManahSiksa.zip 17 kB

    Srimad-Bhagavatam
    Download - Srimad-Bhagavatam.zip 410 kB

    Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
    Download - Tlcguide.zip 94 kB


    Bhakti-yoga

    Bhakta Program (two versions)
    Download - BhaktaProgram.zip 473 kB

    Brahmacari test
    Download - Brahmacari_test.zip 129 kB

    Counsellor test (ISKCON Chowpatty)
    Download - Counsellor_test.zip 13 kB

    The Four Principles of Freedom (Satyaraja dasa)
    Download - Fourregs.zip 32 kB

    Krsna conscious play scripts
    Download - KCplays.zip 465 kB

    Padma Purana on urdhvapundra tilak
    Download - Padma_Purana_on_urdhvapundra_tilak.zip 3 kB

    Rathayatra katha
    Download - Rathayatra.zip 16 kB

    Srila Prabhupada in Advaita Bhavan (cz, en)
    Download - advaitabhavanlila.txt 17 kB

    Srila Prabhupada's Analogies
    Download - SPanalogies.zip 50 kB

    Srila Prabhupada's Maxims
    Download - Spmaxims.zip 78 kB

    Vaisnava Etiquette (Bhakti Caru Swami)
    Download - VaisnavaEtiquette.zip 173 kB

    Vaishnava Etiquette Manual (Radha-Gopinath Mandir)
    Download - Vaishnava_Etiquette_Manual.pdf 726 kB

    Vedic clothes (dhoti, sari) in history and present time
    Download - vedic_clothes_dhoti_sari.txt 71 kB

    Deity Worship Seminar (Krsna Ksetra dasa)
    Download - Worship.zip 19 kB


    History

    Animal Sacrifices Before Deities - Tarachand Devmal Gajra 1918
    Download - Animal_Sacrifices_Before_Deities_-_Tarachand_Devmal_Gajra_1918.pdf 148 kB

    Antiquity of Bhagavatam (MA thesis by Horacio Francisco Arganis Juarez - summary)
    Download - Antiquity_of_Bhagavatam_MA_thesis_summary.zip 53 kB

    Report on a Southern Russia Vaisnava community
    in XVII-XIX centuries
    Download - VaishnavasInRussia.zip 18 kB

    Indo-European Linguistics (IEL), a belief system: reclaiming history of Bharatiya languages
    Download - IEL.zip 94 kB


    Practical

    All the Good Things (Sister Helen P. Mrosla)
    (appreciating others as a way to overcome first offense)
    Download - AllGoodThings.zip 9 kB

    Cokolada (bh. Ondra) a souvisejici clanky
    Download - cokolada.zip

    Discussion on giving a class
    Download - Class.zip 17 kB

    Counseling Devotees (Jagadisa Goswami)
    Download - Counsel.zip 9 kB

    Hindu dictionary by Manurishi Foundation
    Download - Manurishi.zip 530 kB

    Hare Krishna Handbook
    Download - HK-Handbook.zip 156 kB

    Introductory Handbook for Krsna Consciousness
    Download - IntroHandbooktoKC.zip 88 kB

    Introduction Mantra Temple Guide (mantras, songs)
    Download - IntroTempleGuide.zip 25 kB

    Jídlo (katastrofální kvalita komerčních potravin v České republice)
    Download - Jidlo.rtf 30 kB

    Basic Management Book for ISKCON temples (Harikesa Swami)
    Download - Managing.zip 96 kB

    Mudra Vidhanam - puja mudras
    Download - Mudras.zip 318 kB

    Articles on dealing with parents of devotees
    Download - Parents.zip 17 kB

    Articles on selecting a devotee partner
    Download - Partner.zip 67 zip

    Non-violent means of pest control
    Download - Pest.zip 8 kB

    Reiki (Bhanu Swami)
    Download - Reiki_(Bhanu_Swami).doc 70 kB

    ISKCON Resources
    Download - Resource.zip 197 kB

    Congregation development seminar
    (Radhanatha Swami)
    Download - RNSseminar.zip 80 kB

    Samskaras (Bhanu Swami) and other texts
    Download - Samskaras.zip 158 kB

    Seminar on social development
    Download - SocialDevelopment.zip 70 kB

    Support to ISKCON by prominent persons
    Download - Support.zip 96 kB

    Articles on travel health risks in India
    Download - Travel.zip 9 kB

    Vegetarianske syry (dopisy ceskych vyrobcu)
    Download - vegetarianske_syry.rtf 8 kB


    Sanskrit

    Indian language support installation (fonts)
    Download - indianlang.zip 629 kB

    Sanskrit-English Dictionary (words extracted from BBT books)
    Download - Sanskrit-EnglishDictionary.zip 1,54 MB

    Sanskrit course
    Download - Sanskrit-course.zip 610 kB

    Sanskrit Course (Bhakti Caitanya Swami)
    Download - SanskritVyakarana.zip 190 kB


    Science, academe

    Texts from Bhaktivedanta Institute
    Download - BItexts.zip 169 kB

    The Ultimate Pragmatist: Kautilya’s Philosophy on SMART Power in National Security, by Breena Coates (CSUSB) and Col. Jeffrey Caton, International Society for Military Ethics, 2010
    Download - Coates-Caton10.doc 345 kB

    On eclipse (Jaya Tirtha Charana dasa)
    Download - Eclipse.zip 15 kB

    Funeral Pyres Report (Prof. Sharma of Benaras Hindu University)
    Download - Sharma_H._R._-_Funeral_Pyres_Report.pdf 334 kB


    Books, texts and excerpts

    Vedabase.net as a searchable file
    Download - VedaBase-en-20050126.rar rar 14 MB, unpacked 133 MB, pass: the prime reason for His advent

    Vedabase.net (.chm file)
    Download - VedaBaseDDEdition_(=VedaBase-en-20050126).chm 41 MB

    Bhagavad-gita - only verses
    Download - BG_sanskrit.zip 49 kB

    Srimad Bhagavatam - only verses
    Download - SB_sanskrit.zip 1,68 MB

    Srimad Bhagavata Mahatmya from Padma Purana (cz, en)
    Download - Srimad_Bhagavata_Mahatmya_cz_en.zip 138 kB

    Rámájana: Áditja Hridaja - stótra (cz)
    Download - aditja_hridaja_cz.rtf 31 kB
    Download - aditja_hridaja_cz.txt 19 kB

    Dašaratha džátaka (buddhistický příběh Rámy)
    Download - Dasaratha_dzataka_cz.txt 9 kB

    Krišna-Balarám Swami: Ekádaší /příběhy z Purán/ (cz)
    Download - Ekadasi.zip 63 kB

    Gita Mahatmya 4 verze (cz)
    Download - Gita_Mahatmya_4x_cz.zip 104 kB

    Hari bhakti vilasa (en)
    Download - hari_bhakti_vilasa.zip 343 kB

    Mahasri sutra (Tibetan, English, Czech)
    Download - Mahasri_sutra_Tibetan_English_Czech.zip 100 kB

    Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura: Brahmana and Vaisnava
    Download - Brahmana_and_Vaisnava.zip 221 kB

    Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura (commentary Jayapataka Swami): Vaisnava Ke (en)
    Download - VaisnavaKe.zip 147 kB

    Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami: Sat kriya sara dipika (en)
    Download - Sat_Kriya_Sara_Dipika_&_Samskara_Dipika.pdf 913 kB

    Srila Narottama dasa Thakura: Prarthana (en)
    Download - prarthana.zip 35 kB

    Srila Narottama dasa Thakura: Sri Prema-bhakti-candrika (en)
    Download - prema_bhakti_candrika.zip 25 kB

    Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacha - devanagari
    Download - pancamukhi_hanuman_kavaca_devanagari.pdf 55 kB

    Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacha - ITRANS
    Download - panchamukha.itx 8 kB

    Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacha - Harvard-Kyoto with English translation
    Download - pancamukhi_hanuman_kavaca_H-K.rtf 56 kB

    Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacha - Balaram with English translation
    Download - pancamukhi_hanuman_kavaca_Balaram.rtf 27 kB

    Panchamukha Hanuman Kavacha (devanagari, Harvard-Kyoto and Balaram with English translation, ITRANS)
    Download - pancamukha.zip 44 kB

    Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura: Sri Bhagavatamrita Kanika (cz, en)
    Download - Bhagavatamrta_Kanika_cz_en.zip 22 kB

    Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura: Rupa cintamani (cz, en)
    Download - Rupa_cintamani.zip 40 kB

    The Beginning (Earle Stephen - Words Characters and Transparency) Odano Sanae Brahman realization
    Download - The_Beginning_(Earle_Stephen_-_Words_Characters_and_Transparency)_Odano_Sanae_Brahman_realization.pdf 82 kB

    Amala Bhakta dás: Tulasídéví /příběh z Purán/ (cz)
    Download - Tulasi.zip 60 kB

    Úrdhvamnaja tantra o Šrí Gaurángovi a Šrí Navadvípu
    Download - Urdhvamnaya_tantra_on_Gauranga_and_Navadvipa_cz.txt 10 kB

    Urdhvamnaya Tantra about Shri Gauranga and Shri Navadvipa
    Download - Urdhvamnaya_tantra_on_Gauranga_and_Navadvipa_en.txt 10 kB

    Vajrasucika Upanisad (cz, en)
    Download - Vajrasucikopanisad.zip 22 kB

    Visnusahasranama from Mbh, with commentary of Baladeva Vidyabhusana (en)
    Download - Visnusahasranama_Mbh_en_Baladeva.doc 455 kB

    Yamastaka (Narasimha Purana 9)
    Download - Yamastaka_(Narasimha_Purana_9).rtf 14 kB

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