Every Town and Village, Volume-14 Number-09, 1979,
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Ramayana: A Hit at NYC Festival For several years now, actors and critics alike have been paying regular visits to the Hare Krishna Building to take in... read moreLooking for Leaders
America In The 1980's Not long ago Ray Ruppert, religion editor of the Seattle Times, visited that city's Krsna center to talk with Srila Hamsaduta Swami. Mr. Ruppert: One of the basic questions that people ask is, What is the attraction this... read more
Beyond Sexism, Beyond Tokenism
This exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and a reporter took place in Philadelphia during July of 1975. Reporter: The Krsna consciousness movement has been what some would consider sexist, because certain propensities for women... read more
Bad Karma by Jayadvaita Swami
There's More to It Than Stubbing Your Toe In most people's minds a person is a body. Whenever a child is born, a new person has come into existence. He grows up, lives out his life, and finally dies, and then that particular person has ceased to exist. In this... read more
Slaughterhouse Civilization
How to Undo It, Before It Does Us In Srila Prabhupada points out that when humanity gets vicious, we get caught in a vicious circle. June 1974, at the Hare Krsna farm near Paris. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and several of his disciples... read moreIf This Were My Last Column…
On sitting down to write this column, I am suddenly struck by the question: "What if I were to die tomorrow and these were my last words what would I say?" And a similar question: "What if the world were to end soon and this were my last column what... read morePoem by Aksobhya Dasa
Sri Krsna's feet are tinged with pink That darkens into rose; And rosebuds, we can say, I think, Are hued just like His toes. Further up, graceful ankles turn Like vines after a rose, And Beauty must her lessons learn From His style and... read more
My Impressions of Srila Prabhupada
A historical and personal view by Dr. J. Stillson Judah. Dr. J. Stillson Judah recently retired from the faculty of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, where for many years he was Professor of the History of Religions and Director of the... read more
Because He Has Seen the Truth An appreciation by Brahmananda Swami
From Bhagavad-gita As It Is: "Just try to learn the truth by approachinga spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively andrender service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you … For the disciple the advent of the... read more