Bhaktivedānta Swami and the Golden Age

Abstract

The article "Bhaktivedānta Swami and the Golden Age" by Måns R. Broo investigates ISKCON’s doctrine of a “Golden Age within the age of Kali,” a millenarian vision that reinterprets Hindu eschatology through the lens of modern optimism. Broo traces the origins of this belief in the writings and conversations of A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda, examining how the founder of ISKCON framed spiritual revival in terms of evolutionary progress. The study highlights how traditional cyclical notions of time are reconciled with modern linear narratives of improvement, offering insight into the adaptive strategies of contemporary Gaudīya Vaishnavism.