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Seasonal Changes by Nagaraja Dasa

Sep 1, 2011 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-45 Number-05

I’ve heard people say they wouldn’t want to live in Florida because they’d miss having four seasons. I live in north Florida, and we have four seasons here, just none with snow. It’s midsummer here now, with nature’s greenery on full... read more

Transcendental Competition by Nagaraja Dasa

Jul 1, 2011 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-45 Number-04

My Wife And I were driving past a sporting event when she mentioned how much she dislikes sports. “I hate that the winner’s happiness has to come at the loser’s expense,” she said. “I don’t understand the attraction to... read more

The Misuse of Yoga and Everything Else by Nagaraja Dasa

May 1, 2011 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-45 Number-03

According To Yoga Journal, approximately fifteen million people in the united States practice yoga, usually of a type that consists of controlled breathing and various poses that stretch and align the body. While many people do yoga as a spiritual practice, it... read more

Prabhupada’s Aphorisms of Logic by Nagaraja Dasa

Mar 1, 2011 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-45 Number-02

One of India’s traditional philosophical systems is nyaya, or logic. Although it is distinct from the bhakti tradition of the Hare Krishna movement, Srila Prabhupada would often draw from it to make philosophical points. Here’s a collection of his... read more

Indelible Desire by Nagaraja Dasa

Nov 1, 2010 | Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-44 Number-06

Srila Prabhupada once paused during a lecture to ask if anyone knew the meaning of some lines from a Bengali song we sing every day: guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya, ar na koriho mane asa. Our temple songs are in Sanskrit or Bengali, and Prabhupada... read more

Learning to Dance by Nagaraja Dasa

Jul 1, 2010 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-44 Number-04

Son after I joined the Back to Godhead staff in the 1980s, I wrote an article entitled “Won’t You Join the Dance?” It was about my typical day as a Hare Krishna devotee. My inspiration to write the article came from a book on writing I was... read more