Varnasrama Resource Guide

Varnasrama Resource Guide

Training/Education

Saturday, 23 August 2008 04:12

GLOVESCO Resources Varnasrama Resource Guide 1. Books 2. Essays 3. Bulletins 4. Websites 5. Pamphlets 6. Interviews 7. Magazines 8. Compilations 9. Important Videos 10. Articles of Interest 11. Power Point Presentations 12. Conferences INTRODUCTION The Varnasrama Resource Guide pamphlet is especially meant for those who desire to present well prepared material to help promote the Global Varnasrama Mission. This article gives but a list of such reference materials and also offers tips and ideas how to increase the preaching strategy for spreading the varnasrama mission. BOOKS 1. Make Vrndavana Villages 2. Varnasrama Education 3. Implementing Varnasrama 4. Traditional Education ESSAYS 1. Essay on Gita Nagari by Srila Prabhupada 2. The Perfect Society (SB 7.11-15) by Srila Narada Muni BULLETINS 1. Narada Bulletin (SSKBK) 2. Varnasrama Bulletin WEBSITES The following are some important websites related to the varnasrama mission: 1. www.glovesco.org 2. www.bysindia.org 3. www.careforcows.org 4. www.varnasrama.org 5. www.sahyadriksetra.org 6. www.varnasrama.ning.eu 7. www.bhakticambodia.com 8. www.iscowp.org 9. www.varnasramabooks.com 10. www.varnasramaeducation.org 11. www.selfsufficienttechnology.com PAMPHLETS Each pamphlet addresses a specific theme. They can easily be handed out or e-mailed to anybody interested. For wider distribution, they should be translated in local languages whenever possible. For practically any theme deemed important for the varnasrama mission, one can easily learn how to compile this simple yet effective medium of publicity. At present GLOVESCO members have produced the following pamphlets (partial list): 1. Global Varnasrama Mission 2. ISKCON's 4 Movements 3. Varnasrama Education 4. Varnasrama College 5. Varnasrama Society 6. LAND - Choosing Wisely 7. Varnasrama Research Teams 8. Varnasrama Shikshalayas 9. GLOVESCO Coordinators 10. Save Our Cows 11. Bhaktivedanta Youth Services 12. Applied Varnasrama 13. 30 Qualities Human Being must possess INTERVIEWS Interviews on varnasrama have been conducted with the following devotees: 1. H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Swami 2. H.H. Bhakti Raghava Swami 3. H.H. Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami 4. H.G. Atmatattva Dasa 5. H.G. Gopiparanadhana Dasa MAGAZINES 1. Introducing GLOVESCO COMPILATIONS 1. Varnasrama Dharma by H.G. Hare Krishna Dasi 2. Make Vrndavana by H.G. Gopinatha Acharya Dasa 3. Vedic Economy by H. G. Airavata Dasa IMPORTANT VIDEOS Videos in the form of documentary movies undisputedly form very powerful media for preaching a message. A partial list of the important videos available are: 1. Save our Cows - Save our Planet 2. The Corporation 3. Poisoning India 4. An Inconvenient Truth 5. The End of Suburbia 6. Organic Rice Cultivation ARTICLES OF INTEREST 1. *A Ray of Visnu : Selected Extracts by H.G. Rupa Vilasa Däsa 2. The Land, the Cows, and Kånia By H.G. Hare Krishna Dasi (BTG-1991) 3. ISKCON and Varnasrama-Dharma: A Mission Unfulfilled (ICJ-1999) by H.G. Ravéndra Svarüpa Däsa 4. A Social Model for ISKCON : (ICC Committee - 2003) 5. In Plato, Gandhi, Bhaktivinoda And Prabhupäda (BTG - 2003) by H.G. Satyaräja Däsa * The above articles are available for electronic downloading upon request. POWER POINT PRESENTATION Power Point Presentations translate as very powerful mediums to get our message across. They are fun to compose and can be both very entertaining as well as educational. The following presentations are now available for our preachers (partial list): 1. Sahyadri Sri Krishna Balarama Ksetra 2. ISKCON's 4 Movements 3. Choosing the Right Land 4. Social Structure 5. The Banyan Tree 6. Cities not the best place to stay 7. Varnasrama Shikshalayas 8. Varnasrama Dharma 9. Nature of this World 10. Think it Over 11. Towards Realizing Varnasrama Mission 12. Joint Family System Concepts and Advantages 13. Vedic Ecology 14. Alarm Call 15. Varnasrama Shikshalayas CONFERENCES GLOVESCO Conference at PAMHO.net. CONCLUSION The list provided in this article is far from being complete. New titles and new materials are continuously being compiled. Many of these references are available either by electric transfer while others are available from our main website at www.varnasrama.org. We invite all interested persons to contact usThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it should you have any queries.