Where Do The Fallen Souls Fall From? by Jayadvaita Swami
On learning that the material world is not our real home, we naturally wonder, "How did we get here?" WHEN WE HEAR that we live in this material world because we are "fallen souls," it's natural for us to ask, "Where have we fallen... read more
Forbidden Archeology by Drutakarma Dasa (Michael Cremo)
ISKCON researchers have compiled evidence supporting the Vedic picture of the age of the human species. Modern science tells us that anatomically modern man has been around for only about 100,000 years. The Vedic writings say he has been here a lot longer. Now a book... read more
With Shelter in Reading: The Scene at Unisound by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa
BY 9.00 P.M. THE CLUB is packed, maybe 500 kids crowding this industrial loft of 150 feet by 40 above an auto parts warehouse. On a stage at the far right four shirtless men, the skin of their elaborately tattooed torsos shining blue and red under the spots, push... read more
How Green Is Your Tractor? by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi
MANY OF THE IDEAS of the Green movement seem to fit well with Krsna consciousness. The so-called Green Movement (not to be confused with the Green Revolution, which aims to industrialize farms around the world) officially began in Germany in 1983. It quickly spread... read more
Enter the Laboratory by Vraja Kisora Dasa
Soul is reality, regardless what your beliefs may be. Experiments? Proof? But are you willing to enter the laboratory? 108: idefy She said: Two hydrogen and one oxygen atom make water. He said: Atoms! Give me a break! These little things you... read more
Nursery Nectar by Urmila Devi Dasi
TWO YEARS OLD, Lalita Madhava sits with all her concentration focused on the book our 14-year-old daughter is showing her. Lalita Madhava's older sister has just graduated from our gurukula school, her mother is at our house to print a letter, and Lalita... read more
Lifeless Vitalism by Sadaputa Dasa
THE DISTINGUISHED British scientist Michael Polanyi speaks of something he finds "unbelievable." What is that? For three hundred years, he says, writers who contested the idea that life can be explained by physics and chemistry "argued by affirming that... read more
Family Festivals by Rohininandana Dasa
KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS has to be lived to be understood, and when it is lived, one's world becomes bright with an ever-increasing festiveness of spiritual emotion. The Sanskrit word for festival is utsava, which means "pleasure," or more fully,... read more
Cooking Class: Lesson 7 by Yamuna Devi
Puris: India's Festive Breads OF INDIA'S FLATBREADS, deep-fried puris are the most festive. You'll find them on the menu at most celebrations from weddings to festivals to the Sunday feasts at ISKCON temples. Prepared in temple kitchens for millennia, even... read more
In Happiness and Distress by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
MISERY AND HAPPINESS come and go in this world, just like winter and summer. The Bhagavad-gita advises us to tolerate both happiness and distress. We are meant to tolerate while we keep performing our duties, and we are meant to keep worshiping Krsna despite... read more