Three Spiritual Authorities by Nagaraja Dasa

Jan 10, 2014 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-48 Number-01

When I first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is, I was excited about my discovery. I’d been searching for answers to life’s great questions, and after only a short time in the company of the philosophy of the Gita, I had... read more

Let’s Be Good by Nagaraja Dasa

May 1, 2013 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-47 Number-03

One way to categorize philosophies, especially theistic ones, is by listing their view of humanity: Is it positive or negative? Or, put another way, does the philosophy in question regard human beings as fundamentally good or fundamentally bad? As often happens when... read more

Dying To Disappear by Nagaraja Dasa

Nov 1, 2012 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-46 Number-06

  Like most organizations, Srila Prabhupada’s Hare Krishna movement has its share of jargon. If the word jargon brings to mind its negative definition “unintelligible language” consider that the first dictionary definition is “specialist... read more

Who’s Scared? by Nagaraja Dasa

Sep 1, 2012 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-46 Number-05

  I Don’t much like nighttime. Watching the sun set recently, I thought how horrible it would be to fear darkness, powerless as we are to prevent the arrival of night. some people suffer from this fear, called achluophobia. It’s one of more than five... read more

Prabhupada’s Gift of Another World by Nagaraja Dasa

Jul 1, 2012 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-46 Number-04

The Vaishnava calendar in this issue includes anniversary dates for both Srila Prabhupada’s departure from India for America and, slightly less than a year later, his incorporation of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Though penniless when he... read more

Awakening by Nagaraja Dasa

May 1, 2012 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-46 Number-03

  Imagine Waking up one day in a foreign place with total amnesia. after the initial shock and a frightening period of adjustment, you decide to start a new life. But even though you’ve forgotten your past, it returns to haunt you. People with guns chase... read more