All That Lies Between by Kalakantha Dasa
A Poem For Srila Prabhupada You could have stayed in Vrndavana, Where chanting is most sweet, Or moved to holy Navadvipa, In spiritual retreat. Your Godbrothers had temples there With room enough for you To sit and preach each Gaura Purnima To a visitor or two. You... read moreVedic Thoughts, Volume-30 Number-02, 1996
This life is tottering like a drop of water on a lotus petal. Therefore you should always serve and worship the divine feet of Lord Krsna. -Govinda Dasa Kaviraja Bhajahu Re Mana For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever... read more
The Quest for Draupadi’s Hand Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayananda Dasa Goswami
The world's greatest young heroes gather in the opulent kingdom of the Pancalas, hoping to win Draupadi as their bride. The sage Vaisampayana is telling the history of the Pandavas to their great-grandson, King Janamejaya. Disguised... read moreSrila Prabhupada Centennial by Lokanath Swami
Magnanimous, He Came to Us "If you want to know me, read my books," said Srila Prabhupada. I found this instruction completely true recently while reading the poem Prabhupada wrote onboard the Jaladuta, "Prayer to the Lotus Feet of Krsna." This... read moreLord Ramacandra Appearance Day: March 28
The following verses from the Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.7.23-25) are from the chapter entitled "Scheduled Incarnations," which summarizes the appearance and activities of more than twenty incarnations of the Supreme Lord. Lord Ramacandra appeared in the... read more
Detachment from Children by Urmila Devi Dasi
Our Dead Son's Body, nine inches long, lay in my hand. For some months afterward, my natural affection that motherly impulse hard-wired into body and mind cried for that child. "What you grieve for is not the child," the midwife told me, "but how... read more
The Best and Worst of Japa by Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi
I LOVE CHANTING japa* some days. Other days, I endure chanting japa. It seems to be bliss or boredom. On the good days I am enthralled. Krsna feels very close, and very dear. Not that I'm seeing visions or hearing voices nothing dramatic that would... read more
Painting Under Authority by Yadurani Devi Dasi
Srila Prabhupada carefully guides a young artist in painting pictures of God. ONE DAY IN December 1966, I was cleaning the room next to Srila Prabhupada's room at 26 Second Avenue in New York City when Prabhupada called me into his room. From the trunk... read moreMusings of an Aspiring Spiritualist by Visakha Devi Dasi
If tended with care, the creeper of devotional service will one day reach the abode of Radha-Krsna. WHEN my mother-in-law came to visit us for the first time in our new mountain home, she noted our persimmon tree standing in its two- gallon pot, waiting to be planted.... read moreSrila Srivasa Pandita Appearance Day: March 13
SRILA Srivasa Pandita is a member of the Panca-tattva ("five truths") Lord Caitanya and His four principal associates. Even before the advent of Lord Caitanya, Srivasa Pandita and his three brothers would sing Krsna's names, worship the Deity of Krsna,... read more