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Turning Forty by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Dec 1, 1979 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-14 Number-12

The other day, while here in Boston, I turned forty years old. I remembered when I was twenty-five years old and went out to chant Hare Krsna with my fellow devotees on the Boston Commons. Once a heckler shouted at us: "You kids better quit this while you can! Or... read more

On the Lower East Side by Srila Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Dec 1, 1979 | Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Srila Prabhupada's Biography, Volume-14 Number-12

"Thousands of young people were walking the streets, not simply intoxicated or crazy (though they often were), but searching for life's ultimate answers." July 1966. America's first Hare Krsna center, a storefront on Second Avenue, in New... read more

India Diary by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Nov 1, 1979 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-14 Number-11

Flying to India. I am going to do research for the biography of Srila Prabhupada. My head is groggy from sitting fifteen hours in the plane seat. Suddenly the plane starts jerking up and down. A little bell rings, and the "Fasten Seat Belt" sign lights up.... read more

Moving to Second Avenue by Srila Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Nov 1, 1979 | Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Srila Prabhupada's Biography, Volume-14 Number-11

In the early summer of 1966, Srila Prabhupada was sharing a Bowery loft with a young American friend. But when the boy went crazy on drugs and drove him out, suddenly Prabhupada found himself in the street, homeless and alone. Srila Prabhupada decided to... read more

Do You Need a Guru? by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Oct 1, 1979 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-14 Number-10

Most people think they have no need for a spiritual master. In a sense, they are right. People interested only in an animal-like existence do not need a spiritual master. A spiritual master is required for a person who is inquisitive about transcendental knowledge.... read more

A Test from Krsna by Srila Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Oct 1, 1979 | Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Srila Prabhupada's Biography, Volume-14 Number-10

By the summer of 1966, a fair number of people were making their way to Srila Prabhupada's Bowery loft to chant Hare Krsna with him and hear him lecture on Bhagavad-gita. But his potential supporters in India remained less than helpful, and soon... read more