Deity Worship What’s in it for me? by Vraja Bihari Dasa
Deity worship has immense benefits for a devotee struggling to practise Krishna consciousness. The distractions and temptations are many, and so are the internal challenges and quarrels with our own loved ones. At such times, Deity worship helps a sincere devotee seek... read more
Is Religion the Opium of the Masses? by Caitanya Carana Dasa
Close examination of this old charge against religion raises the opposite question: Might atheism be the opium? Religion is the opium of the masses” is the argument often used by atheists to dismiss religion without addressing the substantial issues it... read more
What a Saint Learned from a Prostitute by Caitanya Carana Dasa
Frustration gives way to illumination during one extraordinary night in the life of a prostitute While prostitutes are often depicted negatively in traditional literature, some religious texts depict them positively as testimonies to the transformational potency of... read more
Aid for the Journey Home Bhaktivedanta Hospice by Vishakha Priya Devi Dasi
Shortly before passing away in Vrindavan, a devotee requested her spiritual master to establish a “Back to Godhead” clinic there for Srila Prabhupada’s followers In his book Mathura Mahatmya, the great devotional scholar and acarya Srila Rupa Gosvami... read more
Sacred Space by Mahatma Dasa
Creating a balance between the temporary and eternity One of the essential activities of the sadhu, and of the most successful people, is creating “sacred space,” daily quite time. Some suggest this is the time to become more clearly focused on your... read more
Arjuna And Us by Visakha Devi Dasi
Like Arjuna, we have attachments, hopes, fears, guilt, and confusion. And a similar path to happiness. Recently. in rereading the first chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, I felt something I hadn’t before – a surge of empathy for Arjuna in his plight. His... read more
Why We Must Purify Our Existence by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Our inability to secure the complete happiness we all seek points to our diseased condition. (An initiation lecture.) The Sanskrit word for initiation is diksa. As stated in an authoritative Vedic dictionary, divya jñanaṁ ksapayati iti diksa: “Diksa means... read more
Aid for the Journey Home Bhaktivedanta Hospice by Visakha Priya Devi Dasi
Shortly before passing away in Vrindavan, a devotee requested her spiritual master to establish a “Back to Godhead” clinic there for Srila Prabhupada’s followers In his book Mathura Mahatmya, the great devotional scholar and acarya Srila Rupa Gosvami... read moreLetters, Volume-49 Number- 02, 2015
Keats’s Immortal Bird I refer to an article of your September/ October 2014 issue, entitled “Taking Shelter.” It reminded me of a poem I learnt many, many years back at school, “Ode to a Nightingale,” where the author, Keats, explores... read more