Purified Eating by Ravi Gupta
AN INDIAN GUEST at our Hare Krsna center in Boise once told us, "My father was very strict in his daily habits and spiritual practices. He would eat only food cooked by his own hands." My father, Anantarupa Dasa, has similar remembrances of his grandmother.... read more
India’s Heritage by Purusottama Dasa
Why Accept a Spiritual Master? I WAS BORN INTO a Hindu family, and from an early age I was taught the necessity of accepting a spiritual master. Also early on, I was disciplined to get up every day at 4:00 A.M., bathe, meditate, say prayers to Lord Krsna and Lord Rama... read more
Don’t Be Shy – Chant! by Ravi Gupta
ON THE FIRST OF January this year, at our ISKCON center in Boise, Idaho, we held a "japathon" an eight-hour session of japa (chanting the Hare Krsna mantra on beads). It was a spiritually rejuvenating way to begin the New Year, and many in our... read more
India at Fifty-one by Tattvavit Dasa
THE COVER STORY, "India Turning Fifty," in National Geographic (May 1997) quoted Nehru, India's first prime minister, as having said that, after independence from Britain, India would rediscover herself. To Nehru, this rediscovery meant that... read more