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Vedic Thoughts, Volume-31 Number-03, 1997

May 1, 1997 | Vedic Thoughts, Volume-31 Number-03

At the present moment the human society teaches one to love his country or family or his personal self, but there is no information where to repose the loving propensity so that everyone can become happy. That missing point is Krsna, and The Nectar of... read more

The Vedic Solution to World Hunger by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

May 1, 1997 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-31 Number-03

LAST NOVEMBER the World Food Summit in Rome tried to figure out how to feed the world's 840 million chronically hungry people. The meeting's secretary general, Dr. Kay Killingsworth, said that the problem was not insufficient food production but inequitable... read more

Something Worth Hearing by Navina Nirada Dasa

May 1, 1997 | Book Distribution, Navina Nirada Dasa, Volume-31 Number-03

HERE ARE SOME experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Krsna consciousness by giving them books by Srila Prabhupada and his followers. I start with an experience of my own. While distributing books recently I met a young man very interested in Krsna... read more

Siksastaka 3

May 1, 1997 | Lord Caitanya, Volume-31 Number-03

by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu trnad api sunicena taror iva sahisnuna amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada harih More humble than a blade of grass, as tolerant as a tree, To think, "All praise belongs to others, none belongs to me" These qualities attract the... read more

Over the Edge by Samba Dasa

May 1, 1997 | Samba Dasa, Uncategorized, Volume-31 Number-03

A terrifying fall inspires renewed conviction in the real value of human life. Varahavana Asrama, Western Ghats, South India Late monsoon season, 1996 IT WAS A DIM AND WET morning. I could make out the silhouettes of dark, heavy monsoon clouds as they moved slowly... read more

Dhritarashtra’s Liberation

May 1, 1997 | Bhagavatam Stories, Mahabharata – The History of Greater India, Volume-31 Number-03

An excerpt from Illustrated Bhagavatam Stories, Chapter 4 When Dhritarashtra was conceived in the womb of Queen Ambalika by the sage Srila Vyasadeva, whose body was frightfully old, the terrified queen closed her eyes in horror, and thus Dhritarashtra was born... read more