Creating a Culture of Pure Chanting

By Arcana Siddhi Devi Dasi January/February 2010 Reflections after a five-day retreat dedicated to japa, the meditative chanting of Krishna’s holy names. In 1974 two of my college friends suddenly disappeared from my circle of friends. I no longer saw them at the cafeteria where we would often sit together and speculate about the meaning […]

Dying to be Born

By Krishna Dharma Dasa on 27 Feb 2010If we have to take birth again in this world there are some places we might prefer over others. Ireland, for example, would be a good choice. In that fine land abortion is mostly illegal, giving you a fair chance of emerging from the womb in one piece. […]

Communism

By Ravindra Svarupa Dasa on 23 Jan 2010 The communist philosophy as it is now practiced is vague, but it can become perfect if they accept the conclusion of the Bhagavad-Gita—that Krishna is the supreme proprietor. My beginning association with Krishna devotees offered me an extended sequence of astonishments.  It amazed me, for example, to […]

Cows or Sacred Cars? A Field Trip

BY: BALA KRSNA DASADec 27, SARANAGATI VILLAGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA  — I would like to take you on a journey, and am going to ask you to please fasten your seat belts. We are going to time travel a few years into the future, to a small village, to take a little tour. As we arrive […]

Vishnu’s Web is the Vertical and Horizontal Cause of the Cosmos

BY: BAHUSHIRA DASA (ACBSP) Dec 26, USA (SUN) — I often wondered about some of the mystical statements that Srila Prabhupada would make that would later be confirmed by science or by some intuitive individual. Here is an example. In a letter to Bhaktisvarupa Damodara dated April 27, 1976, Prabhupada wrote, “There are pathways leading […]

Soul Survivors

by Bhutatma dasaThomas Hobbes, a materialistic, and admittedly cranky, British philosopher from the 17th century, held a rather stark view of life. He famously declared that in its natural state, the life of man is “nasty, brutish, and short.” Following his own lead, he also suggested a quick-and-easy method for realizing one’s inner-being; viz., let […]

Yoga and the Art of Tax Collecting

By Sesa Dasa on 18 Dec 2009In November the State of Missouri Department of Revenue began enforcing collection of a 4-percent sales tax on yoga classes. In November the State of Missouri Department of Revenue began enforcing collection of a 4-percent sales tax on yoga classes. Church-going ain’t what it used to be in America. […]

Dying to be born

12.16.09 by Krishna DharmaIf we have to take birth again in this world there are some places we might prefer over others. Ireland, for example, would be a good choice. In that fine land abortion is mostly illegal, giving you a fair chance of emerging from the womb in one piece. But not everyone is […]

Intolerance is a Two-way Street

BY: SUDHEENDRA KULKARNIDec 12, NEW DELHI, INDIA (INDIAN EXPRESS) — Underground and secretly maintained Krishna temples in Iran? Yes. And I’ll tell you why I am beginning this column on the raging global debate on the recent Swiss ban on the construction of new minarets by recalling a stunning personal experience in Iran. Dec 12, […]

The Myth of Aryan Invasion Theory

June 28th, 2007 — Steven Knapp Aryan Invasion Theory has been proved to be a myth and as a wrong theory long back. But let me explain in detail the actual history and dirty politics behind this theory. Note that this theory was used as a basis by Hitler to advocate his theory of the […]