ISKCON’S Dharma-Cakra by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

Mar 1, 1992 | Ravindra Svarupa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-26 Number-02

PART II: THE JOURNEY ONLY LAST NIGHT I had been led across a Delhi rooftop to a small candlelit room filled with ancient books and burnished yantras. There Panditji, the astrologer and seer, had by his occult art pierced the veil of the future and seen a... read more

ISKCON’s Dharma-Cakra A true story by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

Jan 1, 1992 | Ravindra Svarupa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-26 Number-01

Part I: The Prophecy DASHING ALONG in a lurching little car, we were on our way to see Panditji when Delhi suddenly went dark. Our headlight beams, slewing and bouncing, threw up rapid-fire scenes of blacked-out apartment blocks, empty eroded lots, and here and there... read more

Of Death and Editors by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

Sep 1, 1991 | Ravindra Svarupa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-25 Number-05

AFTER I MISSED my last column, a memo from our hard-boiled editor slithered off my fax machine. "Near-death is a valid excuse for not writing," he conceded grudgingly. "But since you've survived, you might as well write." I didn't find out... read more

Pointing by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

May 1, 1991 | Ravindra Svarupa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-25 Number-03

SOMETIME IN THE 1730's, a young Scottish philosopher tried, and failed, to find himself. David Hume reflected upon this experience in his first book, A Treatise of Human Nature (1739). The passage is much quoted and anthologized. I encountered it... read more

At the Mall of Deadly Wares by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

Mar 1, 1991 | Ravindra Svarupa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-25 Number-02

THE WORLD BELIEVES with all its heart that enjoying pleasure from the senses is happiness. Krsna says the world is wrong. Contemplate for a moment the daily jostle and bustle of the billions in this huge hungry world, sweating and scheming and hustling for pleasure... read more

Among Students: September, 1990 by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

Jan 1, 1991 | Ravindra Svarupa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-25 Number-01

"Bodily Decrepitude Is Wisdom": The rueful line of the aging Yeats flashes into my mind as I look over the fifty or so college students sitting in rows before me. They glow with health and vigor; their faces are fresh and unlined; and they are, at this time,... read more