Every Town and Village, Volume-19 Number-06, 1984
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Elegant Restaurant Opens in Milan Milan, Italy The Govinda restaurant recently opened here, just off the famous Via Torino, and surely ranks as ISKCON's most... read more
First Deserve, Then Desire
What follows is a conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples. Recorded in July 1975 in Denver, it begins in an automobile and continues outside. Srila Prabhupada: Yesterday you were putting forward the idea... read more
Five Cuisines in One by Visakha Devi Dasi
A wide variety of cooking styles lend themselves to a single purpose pleasing Lord Krsna. What we have been calling "Lord Krsna's Cuisine" on these pages actually includes five cuisines: western Indian (Maharashtrian and Marwari), eastern Indian... read more
A Lifetime of Service by Acarya Devi Dasi
Her search was not a sentimental one. She was looking for a pure spiritual process a practical way of dedicating herself to God. I grew up in the sixties, and like most of my friends, I more or less rejected my parents' philosophy of "getting ahead in... read more
Whats Happening at Fahrenheit 662? by Devamrta Swami
A startling discovery gets modern science into hot water. Up from the floor of the Pacific Ocean comes amazing scientific news. The pages of Discover, an American popular science magazine, describe the voyage of a research submarine that brings back... read more
Illusions of Enjoyment by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The nature of the self is to be joyful. Why do our attempts to secure happiness often result in misery? sri-prahrada uvaca matir na krsne paratah svato va mitho 'bhipadyeta grha-vratanam adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram punah punas carvita-carvananam "Prahlada... read moreElection Year: What Are the Choices? by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
The year of a United States presidential election always brings intense campaigning and debating, out of which we are supposed to choose our favorite candidate. But for many of us, election time also raises the question of whether a real choice exists. Since 1960, the... read more
Hare Krsna Mantra
CHANT! In Sanskrit, man means "mind" and tra means "freeing." So a mantrais a combination of transcendental, spiritual sounds that frees our minds from the anxieties of life in the material world. Ancient India's Vedic... read more
For the Young at Heart by Suresvara Dasa
Spring will vanish with the rose, but the song of the soul in love with God lasts forever. A May sun warms our country school-house. Inside, Haridasa is wrapping up the morning's history lesson for his sixth-graders. "And so, while Ponce de Leon was... read moreReincarnation – Science or Superstition? by Kundali Dasa
Without Vedic knowledge, apparent evidence concerning past and future lives leaves us with an unsolvable and sometimes frightening mystery. In 1977, a television station in England broadcast a live program that viewers are likely to remember for a long time.... read more