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The encyclopedia of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda's teachings
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Vanipedia is a dynamic encyclopedia of Srila Prabhupada's words (vani). In Vanipedia we explore and comprehensively compile Srila Prabhupada's teachings from various angles of vision and present them in accessible and easily understandable ways. We are building an unparalleled repository of Srila Prabhupada's digital teachings (text, audio, video & images) to offer him a continual, worldwide platform to preach and teach the science of Krishna consciousness to the world, for the benefit of all.
There are seven divisions, or petals, in the whole Vanipedia project. You can see them listed under all Vanipedia petals to the left. At the moment there are five petals that are filled with content: Vanisource, where you can read the archived collection of Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters, Vanimedia, where you may listen to and watch many audio and video clips of Srila Prabhupada's lectures and conversations. In addition, we are now beginning to create articles in the Vanipedia petal (the site where you are now) and recently we started the Vaniversity petal with some crosswords.
In Vaniquotes, you can experience the thematic mapping of Srila Prabhupada's teachings. We have created a very easy compiling process to populate the Vaniquotes petal. Compiling and studying in Vaniquotes is a penetrating way to absorb oneself in Srila Prabhupada's teachings. Each Vaniquotes page contains one or more quotes and is organized under a system of categories based either on a theme, personality, scripture 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.
Steadily Vanipedia is becoming a series of multi-faceted festivities of association with Srila Prabhupada's teachings. The list of devotees appreciating the offering Vanipedia makes is increasing rapidly. Scrolling through What's in Vanipedia NOW you will surely find something that captures your attention.
The Vanipedia project is a global multilingual (98 languages) collaborative endeavor that is succeeding due to the many devotees (over 1,300) who have come forward to participate in various ways. Vanipedia's Manifesto reveals the principles on which we stand and an introduction to Vanipedia 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.
As of today we have created categories, pages and there are now quotes drawn from the following places.
quotes from Bhagavad-gītā As It Is
quotes from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
quotes from Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta
quotes from other books by Śrīla Prabhupāda
quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda's Lectures
quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda's Conversations and Morning Walks
quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda's Correspondence
Once completed we estimate that Vaniquotes will have around 16,000 categories, 150,000 to 200,000 pages, and somewhere between 2 to 2 1/2 million quotes.
Serving all together - we are actually doing it.
Vanipedia articles - our first theme - Śrīla Prabhupāda's books
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
The Vanipedia petal is now beginning to unfold. Glancing through the first two completed thematic articles - Animal-Killing in Human Society and Buddha: A Vaisnava Perspective - one can experience the high standard of devotional research within Vanipedia, complete with easily accessed source notes and extensive references for additional reading and study in Vaniquotes. Just imagine the power of delivery to have 500 to 1,000 similar thematic multilingual articles, all interlinked with each other and all accessible in one place, under one platform! We also have some introductory articles that bring to light the wealth of content that Śrīla Prabhupāda delivers to us in Vaniquotes.
