Is Sex An Addiction by Caitanya Carana Dasa
I said to Sandip, “I read about a form of addiction that is increasingly being recognized by specialists as the world’s most widespread and least discussed form of addiction: sexual addiction.” “Sexual addiction? What’s that supposed to... read more
The Highest Charity by Gautam Saha
Every civilized person is familiar with the concept of seva or service. Service can be of different types and of different qualities. At home, every member of the family is serving everyone else. Traditionally, the father traditionally earns for the family and is... read more
Why are Women in today’s India not Safe by Purushottam Kumar
In India the recent surge in rape cases has shaken the conscience of every right-thinking Indian. People were outraged when, in December 2012, a young girl was gang-raped in Delhi and later died. A similarly horrific incident occurred in August 2013 in Mumbai when a... read more
Krishna other by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
jnana-yajnena capy anye yajanto mam upasate ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudha visvato-mukham aham kratur aham yajnah svadhaham aham ausadham mantro 'ham aham evajyam aham agnir aham hutam pitaham asya jagato mata dhata pitamahah vedyam pavitram omkara rk sama yajur eva... read moreLetters Volume-10 Number-12 (Indian), 2013
Qualifying to See Krishna’s Beauty I go to the temple regularly and also chant God’s names, but still I cannot enjoy God’s beauty. How can we enjoy His beauty? – K. Jaisankar Our reply: What you mean by “enjoy His beauty” is... read moreVedic Thoughts, Volume-47 Number-06, 2013
The Bhagavad-gita (13.14) asserts that the Lord has His hands, legs, eyes, and mouths in every nook and corner of His creation. This means that the expansions of differentiated parts and parcels, called jivas or living entities, are assisting hands of the Lord, and... read moreWho Will Carry You Off? Nagaraja Dasa
In a previous editorial, I wrote about our unconventional use of the word disappearance when referring to a pure devotee’s death. Recently, I came across another way to refer to death when I read that someone had been “carried off by encephalitis.” I... read more
Krishna Controlled By Pure Devotees by Rasa Purusa Dasa
Why ISKCON is creating devotees of devotees. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.4.63) the Supreme Personality of Godhead says the following to Durvasa Muni, who had committed an offense against Maharaja Ambarisha: sri-bhagavan uvaca aham bhakta-paradhino hy asvatantra iva... read more