TV for Free? No Thanks! by Rohininandana Dasa

Nov 1, 1993 | Bhakti Yoga at Home, Rohininandana Dasa, Volume-27 Number-06

[Editor's note: Two issues ago, Urmila Devi Dasi in her column had some strong things to say about television. Now Rohininandana Dasa has more.] WHEN I WAS BORN my father bought my mother a present: our first television. In my childhood the television was pretty... read more

Chanting with Purpose by Rohininandana Dasa

Sep 1, 1993 | Bhakti Yoga at Home, Rohininandana Dasa, Volume-27 Number-05

THE VEDIC SCRIPTURES recommend that in this age the best way to awaken our original love for God is to chant His holy names. The chanting is a meditation on Krsna, who is present in the sound of His name. As one associates with Krsna through His name, one's... read more

Regulation: The Path to Freedom and Love by Rohininandana Dasa

Jul 1, 1993 | Bhakti Yoga at Home, Rohininandana Dasa, Volume-27 Number-04

NOW THAT I LIVE IN the country, I'm more aware of the predictable pattern of nature. I notice how trees and creatures in and around my cottage submit themselves to the laws of the universe, as if even they recognize a superior power. At an ordained time they... read more

Family Festivals by Rohininandana Dasa

May 1, 1993 | Bhakti Yoga at Home, Rohininandana Dasa, Volume-27 Number-03

KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS has to be lived to be understood, and when it is lived, one's world becomes bright with an ever-increasing festiveness of spiritual emotion. The Sanskrit word for festival is utsava, which means "pleasure," or more fully,... read more

Help! My Husband Is Not a Devotee! by Rohininandana Dasa

Mar 1, 1993 | Bhakti Yoga at Home, Rohininandana Dasa, Volume-27 Number-02

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOUR spouse isn't a devotee of Krsna? Or how would you counsel someone in that situation? How would you decide what is the "right" thing to do? I recently received a letter from an aspiring devotee named Susan, who wrote that she... read more

Devotees and Health by Rohininandana Dasa

Jan 1, 1993 | Bhakti Yoga at Home, Rohininandana Dasa, Volume-27 Number-01

WHEN I FIRST LIVED in a Hare Krsna temple, another new devotee, Bhakta Michael, won my admiration for his complete neglect of his health and hygiene. I had learned that the self was different from the body, but not knowing how to apply that understanding, I thought... read more