Books Available Through the Center for Vedic Culture
The Environmental Solution, 455 pages, is an academic work. It compares the major world cultures in terms of their relationship with nature. It has over 1000 citations from articles, books, and websites.
The book comprehensively presents the Vedic solution to environmental issues. Click on the picture to order.
The Perfect Society is an important, well-researched, and deeply thoughtful book for the ISKCON society about the next phase in the dissemination of the sankirtana movement–varnasrama.
This is both a work of genius and the way forward for those who wish to live in a perfect society, a daiva-varnasrama society.
The Bhagavad-gita is the basis of Vedic culture. It is an extension of the Vedas and contains the teachings of Krishna.
This translation and commentary is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the twentieth century’s foremost Vedic scholar and teacher of Vaishnava culture.
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Srimad-Bhagavatam lies at the heart of Vedic culture. It is an epic with 18,000 verses, featuring the lilas of Vishnu and Krishna. This 18-volume set has the original Sanskrit verses, their translations, and commentary by Srila Prabhupāda. After the Bhagavad-gita, it is essential reading for all.
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Krishna’s Bhagavad Gita, 105 pages, is translated by Dayananda into simple, modern language. And he minimizes Sanskrit terms.
It is a translation only, without commentary. Each chapter has a summary. And there are brief explanations of terms and concepts.
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Glimpses of Traditional Indian Life by Bhakti Vikasa Swami is a journey to the real India. Discover the wisdom and devotion at the heart of Indian life. Meet people brought up in an atmosphere of godliness. Find out how it shaped their character and enriched their lives.
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By Sivarama Swami, this first volume of the Varṇāśrama Compendium is about varṇā, designed to elevate devotees to goodness. This handbook guides devotees in living, working, playing, and worshiping, while offering principles of ethics and behavior.
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Bhakti Raghava Swami’s MODERNITY is KILLING CIVILIZATION unravels the plight of modern man’s current narrative by scientifically presenting the Vaisnava Vedic perspective of society (Vedic Sociology). The book describes the Vedic sciences of economics, politics, and enlightenment.
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In Without Fear: Glimpses of Srila Prabhupada, Rupa-Vilasa Dasa, with much evidence from sadhu, sastra, and guru, as well as from his own personal experiences and those of his contemporaries, shows us that Srila Prabhupada is still alive and that we can approach him through his vani, his words.
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Prahlad is the hero of this age-old tale. He is a five-year-old boy persecuted by his father, Kashipu. The ungodly Kashipu conquers the gods and inhabits their celestial realm. He then discovers that his son is a devotee of Vishnu, Kashipu’s sworn enemy. Prahlad offers a glimpse into the divine stories of the Puranas.
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In today’s societies, enjoyment causes destruction of the planet. But it is possible to learn how to enjoy life without overexploiting the earth’s resources.
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