Good Mornings by Rohininandana Dasa
Good Mornings DEVOTEES TRY TO MOLD their lives around Krsna. They know that when they begin to love Lord Krsna, their hearts will bloom like flowers in the rising sun. So in the early-morning stillness, long before the postman comes, devotees are up, absorbed in... read more
Challenges We Face by Sri Rama Dasa
LAST ISSUE I WROTE ABOUT what is happening in ISKCON education. Now comes the hard part: I want to look a bit into the future and talk about what we need for the school system Srila Prabhupada wanted a Krsna conscious gurukulain the modern world.... read more
Pishima, My Bengali Aunt by Yamuna Devi
INDIA IS HOME to many unsung chefs. You find them in temple, household, and restaurant kitchens. They are unpublished, unpretentious, and uninterested in fame or fortune. Many work up to fifteen hours a day in the kitchen yet still find time for family and other... read more
Serving the Vaisnavas by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
LAST WEEK MARKED the grand opening of the second ISKCON temple in Trinidad. It's not a huge temple, but it has a high-ceilinged kirtana hall and separate rooms for men's and women's asramas. The neighbors come in the evenings... read more
Risky Education by Drutakarma Dasa and Jayadvaita Swami
Where does the search for knowledge lead when the scholars we follow are hollow? WHEN Sanatana Gosvami left his government post and came to Caitanya Mahaprabhu for the first time, he asked the Lord, 'What is education?' Although Sanatana Gosvami knew a... read moreLetters, Volume-25 Number-02, 1991
Accepting Srila Prabhupada Can I accept Swami Prabhupada as my spiritual master even though I have not had the opportunity to meet with him in person because I was too young? Can I be accepted as a devotee of Swami Prabhupada through his teachings left in his books?... read moreHistory and the Machinery of War by Jayadvaita Swami
AMERICA AND HER ALLIES have plunged into war with Iraq. As you read these words, the war may well be over, and the land of the Tigris and Euphrates, the ancient "cradle of civilization," may by now be a bombed-out graveyard. In the newspapers, words blow... read moreAnnouncing: The Back to Godhead Bad Press Award
THE BACK TO GODHEAD Bad Press Award honors journalism that is not merely unfavorable to the Hare Krsna movement but also biased, sloppy, misleading, irresponsible, foolish, or several or all of these. Many journalists turn out stuff that amply qualifies. But for... read moreThe Hare Krsna Calendar
CALENDARS HAVE OFTEN been a topic of perplexity, sometimes a matter of debate, or even a cause for pitched battles. What is the correct day on which to celebrate Easter? In the second century this question formed a dividing line between disputing factions of the... read moreAn Apology by Jayadvaita Swami
IN THE DIFFICULT TIMES after Srila Prabhupada departed this world, misunderstandings arose on a crucial issue: Who would be the next spiritual master? Srila Prabhupada had clearly taught that he wanted all his disciples to follow his teachings, teach them to others,... read more