Entries Tagged as ‘Marriage and Family’

March 18, 2008

Vedic Family Ceremonies in Cambridge

My Lakshmi-Nrsimha blessed the proceedings
The day after my talk at Cambridge University I celebrated with two families as they entered their new homes. The day was filled with ceremony, worship, kirtan and feasting as we performed griha-pravesh in the two houses.
Camborne is a rapidly developing village some ten miles from Cambridge, and is now popular [...]

November 23, 2007

Up the Revolution! Get Married!

A few months ago, I wrote that ISKCON marriages were meant to be revolutionary. In this piece I argue that in order to do that, couples have to get married first!

Not so long ago, an ISKCON leader asked me if I would help him to promote marriage amongst those in his care. He explained that [...]

April 27, 2007

Stay Married. Start a Revolution!

ISKCON marriages are meant to be revolutionary, for the couple, for those around them, and for the world.
Since the 1960’s, a time in western democracies when many young people began to question the traditional culture of their parents; the institution of marriage has often been seen as something relevant only to a previous age. Marriage, [...]

February 11, 2007

For a Hundred Autumns

My wife Guru Carana Padma on pilgrimage in India: warmer than Canada!
I talked to my wife on Skype last night. She is in Canada right now, way over in Winnipeg where the temperature is 35 below zero. She told me she can only stay outside for eight minutes before her face starts freezing. She has [...]