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Parenting Couples: Helpful Reminders

July 31, 2022 by Kruti Patel

  Day to day life can get so busy – especially for those couples that are parents. We can all use a reminder of some basic mechanisms of being parenting partners. Some of the following reminders may matter more to you than others. But those “others” might just be the very things that matter more […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: communication, parenting, partners

Kartik ‘Self-reflection’ Adventure (Part One)

November 11, 2021 by Vrajalila Devi

Vrajalila

  Just before entering this beautiful month of Kartika, I decided to go on an adventure of being more present with my inner reflections on Lord Damodara’s pastimes and praying to strengthen my devotional relationship with my spouse. Each year as we celebrate this month, the sweet pastime of Mother Yasoda binding Damodara reminds us […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: appreciation, communication, family, reflections, respect

Align or Undermine

February 10, 2020 by Partha dasa

  The Wedding Present A devotee in Brazil told us of the unique wedding present he received, a bucket a flashlight and a rope….. for the deep dark well he was entering. Is that an encouraging way to start a marriage? Within our society there has been a plethora of negative attitudes and paradigms about […]

Filed Under: Articles, General, Marriage, Uncategorized Tagged With: 12 principles, alignment with values, communication, marriage, marriage education, negative paradigmas

Misconceptions about the Brahmacari Ashram

May 24, 2019 by Bhaktilata Caruso

“There are a lot of misconceptions about the brahmacharya ashram in our society. The first is that a brahmachari (student monk) is meant to remain a brahmachari forever. And if a brahmachari decides to (inevitably) change ashrams to get married or to even simply not wear saffron cloth anymore, this is considered a “falldown” and […]

Filed Under: Articles, General, Uncategorized Tagged With: Brahmacari, communication, marriage education, respect

Harmonious Discord in Marriage

February 7, 2019 by Partha dasa

A dramatic paradox of marriage is that qualities which originally attract a couple, in time can become a source of irritation. Is this a hopeless flaw of the creation or an enigma beckoning our understanding? Scene one,  Everything’s Perfect, We’re in Heaven.  Rama had become attracted to Manjari, a carefree extroverted life of the party, who […]

Filed Under: Difficult Issues, Marriage, Tips/Techniques Tagged With: communication, compassion, conflict, dealing with conflict, humility, marriage education, respect

Femininity Honored

January 28, 2019 by Visakha Devi Dasi

sristi-sthiti-pralaya-sadhana-saktir eka chayeva yasya bhuvanani bibharti durga icchanurupam api yasya ca cestate sa govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami   “The external potency, maya, who is of the nature of the shadow of the cit [spiritual] potency, is worshiped by all people as Durga, the creating, preserving and destroying agency of this mundane world. I adore the […]

Filed Under: Difficult Issues, General, Uncategorized Tagged With: appreciation, communication, conflict, criticism, marriage education, prayer, respect

The Wealthy Marriage

January 24, 2019 by Partha dasa

Confirming the old adage that money cannot buy happiness, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, with a net worth of $137 billion, is divorcing from his wife of 25 years. On the other hand, extensive research by the Gottman Institute has shown that one of the traits of a successful marriage is affluence, but of a much […]

Filed Under: General, Marriage Tagged With: appreciation, communication, criticism, marriage education, respect

The Stay High Marriage

January 8, 2019 by Partha das and Uttama devi dasi

A culture of appreciation can help us stay high forever, what to speak of improve our marriage. As we devotees would say in the early days of ISKCON, “Chant Hare Krsna and stay high forever!” Krsna is known as Stavyapriya, one who likes being praised, so it is natural that we also find it uplifting.   […]

Filed Under: Marriage, Tips/Techniques Tagged With: appreciation, communication, respect

The Unnecessary Add-ons

December 4, 2018 by Arcana-Siddhi devi dasi

A lot of the communication problems we experience as a couple comes from “not what we say, but what we don’t say.”    When we fail to be honest and direct about our feelings because we don’t want to disturb the relationship, we create a much more insidious relationship problem. Often we suppress or repress unspoken […]

Filed Under: Marriage Tagged With: communication, criticism, humility

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Healthy Marriages. Happy Families. Strong ISKCON.

The GVT is a grass roots volunteer group of Krishna devotees who are mostly mental health or educational professionals. Our intention is to provide resources to support married couples and prospective couples primarily in North American ISKCON communities. However, the broader community of Vaishnavas, and anyone who is interested in spiritual married life are welcome to take advantage of the knowledge that is shared here. We want to help spiritualize your married life so that it will be an asset for your Krishna (God) consciousness. We welcome your suggestions to make this site relevant and useful.

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