Dream and Reality by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Oct 1, 1983 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-18 Number-10

I had a dream. I was traveling, trying to reach some distant destination, but I kept being delayed. My airplane arrived at the first stop on time, but when I tried to connect with a further flight I was unable to go on. I found myself in an airport terminal with... read more

Bhagavad-gita: A Great Book, East and West by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Sep 1, 1983 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-18 Number-09

While reading Mortimer Adler and Carl Van Doren's classic. How to Read a Book, I was disappointed to note that the authors omitted the Bhagavad-gita from their long list of recommended Great Books for Reading. The reason for the omission:... read more

“Religion” vs. Love of God by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Aug 1, 1983 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-18 Number-08

On a television program in Gainesville, Florida, in 1971, the interviewer asked Srila Prabhupada a controversial question: "In what way, sir, do you think that the teaching of love of God that you are preaching is different and perhaps better than the teachings... read more

Chanting Hare Krsna – Only in Georgetown? by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jul 1, 1983 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-18 Number-07

Every Saturday evening, Hare Krsna devotees in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area gather in Georgetown with drums and hand cymbals to perform congregational chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra. Saturday night in Georgetown is a scene of heavy crowds out for... read more

Uncommon Books for the Common Man by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jun 1, 1983 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-18 Number-06

In the spring of 1976 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness spent a month at the ISKCON center in Honolulu. There he worked intensively at translating and commenting on the... read more

Are Devotees of Krsna Holier-Than-Thou? by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Apr 1, 1983 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-18 Number-04

"The Hare Krsnas have a holier-than-thou attitude," some people say. And whenever I hear that kind of talk, I start to reflect on why someone would think that. True, the devotees strongly condemn things most people think normal: illicit sex, meat-eating,... read more