Who’s Cool? by Bhakta Vic Shelter
I'll tell you what really rocks my boat: seeing devotee kids trying like anything to deny their involvement with Hare Krsnas. The whole thing hits right around the early-mid teenage years when they're bombarded from all sides with tremendous pressures to... read more
Collapsing the Cosmic Hierarchy by Sadaputa Dasa
At this year's annual conference of the Isthmus Institute in Dallas, Texas, Dr. John Hagelin, a highly qualified physicist, gave a lecture tying together modern physics and ancient Vedic science. In the words of Lee Cullum, who covered the conference for the... read more
The Fifty Percent Puzzle by Rohininandana Dasa
While reading Srila Prabhupada's books, I've often puzzled over passages like this: "Charity is meant for the householders. The householders should earn a livelihood by an honorable means and spend fifty percent of their income to propagate Krsna... read more
Who Can We Give the Bull To? by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi
Once Srila Prabhupada was explaining how we can use all our natural tendencies in Krsna's service. A young devotee raised his hand and asked how a brahmacari (unmarried celibate student)could use the sex impulse in Krsna's service. Srila Prabhupada... read more
A Violent Pull on the Curtain by Sri Rama Dasa
Parents and teachers often wonder if the Krsna conscious training their children receive is going to stay with them when they grow up. When we see former students seemingly abandon many of the principles of Krsna consciousness, we wonder, "Do they retain... read more
Prabhupada’s Simple Cooking by Yamuna Devi
On October 22, 1976, I traveled to Vrndavana to ask Srila Prabhupada's permission to write a Vaisnava cookbook. There I met Sruti Rupa, one of his personal cooks, and I saw her dedication to studying Srila Prabhupada's instructions on cooking. Sruti Rupa is a... read more