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Training Ground For Spiritual Leaders by Nila Madhava Dasa

Mar 1, 1995 | Education, Nila Madhava Dasa, Volume-29 Number-02

The Bhaktivedanta Swami International Gurukula ISKCON's flagship school for boys is proving the value of teaching the time-honored Vedic way. A DAY OR TWO after arriving in Vrndavana, I had just finished my lunch and was waiting to wash my plate at the communal... read more

Vague … Bogus … A Waste Of Time

Mar 1, 1995 | Srila Prabhupada Conversation, Volume-29 Number-02

Here we continue an exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and an official from an impersonalist ("God-is-simply-everyone-and-everything") movement. The exchange took place in Paris, on August 13, 1973, with Prabhupada's... read more

Bhima Fights The Man-Eater Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayananda Dasa Goswami

Mar 1, 1995 | Hridayananda Dasa Goswami, Mahabharata – The History of Greater India, Volume-29 Number-02

Having escaped one calamity, the Pandavas and their mother now face the dangers of the jungle. The sage Vaisampayana is telling the history of the Pandavas to their great-grandson, King Janamejaya. As the Mahabharata continues, the Pandavas and... read more

Should We Reject Modern Science by Ravi Gupta

Mar 1, 1995 | India's Heritage, Ravi Gupta, Volume-29 Number-02

MANY INDIANS want to come to America or the West. The scientific progress of Western civilization and the obvious comforts, luxuries, technology, and efficiency afforded by modern science attract people. Are these amenities purely material distractions? How should the... read more

From Ignorance to Bliss by Vraja Kishor Dasa

Mar 1, 1995 | Straight Talk, Volume-29 Number-02, Vraja Kishor Dasa

PART 1 The Beginning of Good Fortune TWO GUYS see a Hare Krsna. One thinks it dumb; the other thinks it interesting. Why is that? Adau sraddha. One guy has sraddha; the other guy doesn't. Sraddha means "faith." Not "Amen, I believe"... read more

Devotional Service “in Secret” by Rohininandana Dasa

Mar 1, 1995 | Bhakti Yoga at Home, Rohininandana Dasa, Volume-29 Number-02

I HAVE RECEIVED the following letter: My problem arises from my attempt or rather my eagerness to love and serve Lord Krsna. It must be a typical situation, really: my parents want me to marry a wealthy young man and enjoy material benefits, and I want to practice... read more

Pay the Price by Urmila Devi Dasi

Mar 1, 1995 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-29 Number-02

AS THIS DARK AGE progresses, so does the philosophy of automatic spiritual enlightenment. In bookstores, seminars, and certainly in the literature of professional educators and psychologists, we learn that children are best left to their own devices. Parents,... read more

Protection by the Government by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Mar 1, 1995 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-29 Number-02

PART 1 According to Vedic civilization, a qualified ksatriya monarch is given the same respect as the Lord because he represents the Lord by giving protection to the prajas [citizens]. Modern elected presidents cannot even give protection from... read more

Cooking Class: Lesson 17 by Yamuna Devi

Mar 1, 1995 | Lord Krsna's Cuisine, Volume-29 Number-02, Yamuna Devi Dasi

Milk The Miracle Food LIKE THOSE WHO become lifetime gardeners from a first harvest, I fell in love with cows and milk some twenty years ago, when I got my first chance to take care of a cow. Fresh from a four-year stay in India, I ended up with a small group of... read more

Between Two Worlds by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Mar 1, 1995 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-29 Number-02

THERE ARE TWO WORLDS, the material world and the spiritual world. Great liberated devotees can experience the spiritual world, even while in their present bodies. When Uddhava, Krsna's chief associate in Dvaraka, was fully absorbed in the transcendental ecstasy of... read more

Nothing More To Achieve by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Mar 1, 1995 | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada's Lectures, Volume-29 Number-02

Pure love for God is its own reward. A lecture given in New York City, November 30, 1966 daridrya-nasa, bhava-ksaya, premera 'phala' naya prema-sukha-bhoga mukhya prayojana haya "The goal of love of Godhead is not to become materially rich or free from... read more

Letters, Volume-29 Number-02, 1995

Mar 1, 1995 | Letters, Volume-29 Number-02

Glorious Passing I am writing in loving memory of my mother, Mary Elizabeth Johnson. She left her body as the result of a heart attack on July 17, at the age of 61. Although my mother was never formally initiated, she performed devotional service since 1975. In 1976... read more