Pessimists With a Solution by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
On the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, the Duke of Windsor said, "The older I get, the more cynical I get…. I just think things are going to get worse." He also worried about the kind of world his grandchildren would inherit. He was a pessimist.... read more
Now Irish Eyes Are Smiling by Mathuresa Dasa
Krsna Consciousness On the Emerald Isle July 18 Through a clearing in the trees, Prthu dasa points north across the windswept lake to a green mountain rising in the distance above the rolling Irish countryside. On that mountain, he says, a fifth-century Christian... read more
None For The Nuns by Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi
Little babies are so cute. With their bodies so soft and tiny and their bright eyes so innocent and trusting, how they pull on the heart. And when they break into their toothless smiles, how they charm. Even though babies have certain repugnant habits and seem to soil... read more
Statue Of Libertines by Nayanabhirama Dasa
Every morning, weather permitting, around half past five I take my morning constitutional, chanting quietly on my beads as I walk from our Brooklyn Radha-Govinda Temple on Schermerhorn Street down to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. There under the locust trees I sit... read more
Every Town and Village, Volume-21 Number-11, 1986
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Bangladesh Devotees Bring Krsna to the Masses Bangladesh Equipped with a new Isuzu minibus, ISKCON devotees here travel throughout the country distributing the... read more
Nasty Improvements
This is the continuation of a conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some disciples at ISKCON's farming village in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, on June 24, 1976. Srila Prabhupada: "Bothering" someone who is... read more
Vegetables in Vogue by Visakha Devi Dasi
We've finally acknowledged the economic and health benefits of vegetables but what about their spiritual value? Vegetables. They used to be those small, wet mounds relegated to the outer limits of the dinner plate. They were sneered at, scorned, ignored, and... read more
Karttika by Jagatguru Swami
A Special Month for Devotion In Vrndavana the Festivals of the month of Damodara inspire the highest devotion to Lord Krsna. After the scorching heat of Indias summer season. The peacocks sing and flit parrots bathe in the rain. The crops flourish and the cows... read moreLocked Up! by Nagaraja Dasa
We're all in this together what do we do now? Although I was innocent, about five years ago I had to spend one day behind bars in the San Francisco city jail. Sitting on my bunk in the dingy, smoke-filled cell, I listened as the prisoners talked about freedom.... read more