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Vanipedia is a dynamic encyclopedia of Śrīla Prabhupāda's words (vani). In Vanipedia we explore and comprehensively compile Śrīla Prabhupāda's teachings from various angles of vision and present them in accessible and easily understandable ways. We are building an unparalleled repository for the benefit of all and will offer a continual, worldwide platform for Śrīla Prabhupāda to preach and teach the science of Krsna consciousness to the world.

There are seven divisions, or petals, in the whole Vanipedia project, each one with its own website (you can see the list of the site titles under "Interaction" to the left). At the moment there are four petals that are filled with content: Vanisource, where you can read the archived collection of Śrīla Prabhupāda's books, lectures, conversations and letters, Vaniquotes, where we are thematically mapping all of Śrīla Prabhupāda's teachings, and Vanimedia, where we are creating many audio and video clips of Śrīla Prabhupāda's lectures and conversations. In addition, we are now beginning to create articles in the Vanipedia petal (the site where you are now). Recently we also started the Vaniversity petal with some crosswords.

We have created a very easy compiling process to populate the Vaniquotes petal. Compiling in Vaniquotes is a penetrating way to study Śrīla Prabhupāda's teachings. Each Vaniquotes page contains one or more quotes and is organized under a system of categories based either on a theme or on a key word or phrase. As Vaniquotes grows, content for the other petals - in the form of written articles, reference guides, and other educational material - will naturally develop.

The Vanipedia project is a collaborative endeavor that is succeeding due to the many devotees that have come forward to participate. And introduction to the whole Vanipedia project is here. Below you can check out our ongoing projects. If you have a question, want to be involved, or just want to say hi, then please contact us.