The Vedic Solution to World Hunger by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi
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
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 moreSiksastaka 3
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 moreOver the Edge by Samba Dasa
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 moreDhritarashtra’s Liberation
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
For Children: Easy Entrance Into The Best of Books
Now young readers have a lavishly illustrated volume of "The Beautiful Bhagavatam" just for them. Srila Prabhupada's translation, with commentary, of the eighteen-thousand-verse Srimad-Bhagavatam is perhaps his greatest literary contribution.... read moreFriend to All Spring 1973 – ISKCON Los Angeles
Srila Prabhupada rang his bell. I went at once to his room and offered by obeisances. When I sat up, his eyes widened. Looking at me with great concern, he pointed to the floor near my legs and said, "Do you see that bug?" After looking around for a few... read moreTime for Krsna by Giriraja Swami
In the use of our time our life we should give priority to the supreme cause, Krsna. TIME … "Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds," says Lord Krsna, "and I have come here to destroy all people." (Bhagavad-gita 11.32) The... read more
Every Town & Village, Volume-31 Number-03, 1997
The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) North America ISKCON's trekking swami completed his trans-Canada walk in December. Canadian-born Bhakti Marga Swami started from Vancouver in April and reached the... read more
Wise Advice from the Kuru Elders by Hridayananda Dasa Goswami
Bhisma, Drona and Vidura advise Dhrtarastra to make peace with the Pandavas. The sage Vaisampayana is telling the history of the Pandavas to their great-grandson, King Janamejaya. As the narration continues, King Dhrtarastra has just heard the advice of his son... read more