Darwin’s Evolving Apartments
This is a continuation of a conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and a guest, Dr. Christian Hauser, a psychiatrist, that took place in Stockholm in September 1973. Srila Prabhupada: Darwin theorized that these... read more
Meat and Mr. Miller by Visakha Devi Dasi
The risk of obesity, high blood pressure, constipation, and cancer evidently aren't enough to get meat eaters to change their diet. I received a publication from the U.S. Government Printing Office entitled "There's Something to Be Said for... read more
The Noblest Ambition by Kundali Dasa
Alec's parents just wanted him to be happy. Any career he chose would be fine with them except the one he really wanted. Last Christmas, one of my devotee friends went to visit his parents. It was his first visit in the five years since he had taken up... read more
When Technology Fails by Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi
Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day When Technology Fails Why here do you look for the future of America? In technology? In politics? In urban renewal? In outer space? Ah, outer space that final, endless frontier that, though alien and forbidding,... read moreScientists, Teachers, and Cheaters
An excerpt from Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers, talks between Srila Prabhupada and Brahmatirtha dasa (Bob Cohen) in Mayapur, India, during 1972. Bob: What is a scientist? Srila Prabhupada: One who knows things as they are. Bob: He thinks he... read more
Don’t Leave…Live by Brahmatirtha Dasa
A Peace Corps worker on assignment in India resolves to follow the transcendental call. One hot smoggy day in the summer of 1968, I went for a walk in New York's Greenwich Village, browsing through the occult bookstores. As I stood inside one store, reading a... read moreThe Shelter from all Dangers by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Life's basic problem. Humanity's essential question. And God's compassionate answer. 'sadhya'-'sadhana'-tattva puchite na jani krpa kari' saba tattva kaha ta' apani "Actually, I do not know how to inquire about the... read moreThe Blight at the End of the Chunnel by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
The political heads of England and France recently announced their sanction of "the biggest construction job of the century," the building of a railroad tunnel beneath the English Channel to link the Continent with Britain. The new tunnel, or... read more
A Rare Birth Text by Visakha Devi Dasi
"An unsuccessful yogi may be born in a family of transcendentalists who are great in wisdom. Certainly such a birth is rare in this world." – Bhagavad-gita This verse, spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna,... read moreHare Krishna Chant
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Chanting these sixteen words gradually destroys all the ill effects of this age of quarrel and hipocrisy. "Krsna" and "Rama" are names of God. "Hare" is... read more