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Growing Up With Krsna by Dvarakadhisa Dasa

Dec 1, 1986 | Dvarakadhisa Dasa, How I Came to Krsna Consciousness, Volume-21 Number-12

From age five to twenty-three a young man's tale of spiritual development. I became a devotee of Krsna when I was only five years old. It was 1968. My mother and I were shopping in downtown San Francisco when we saw the devotees of Krsna for the first time.... read more

Meeting The Challenge by Nagaraja Dasa

Oct 1, 1986 | How I Came to Krsna Consciousness, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-21 Number-10

"I learned self-discipline and a reverence for duty, honor, and country. But I had an itch for a more basic constitutional right…" I first met Hare Krsna devotees in the fall of 1969, during my first year at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado... read more

Free to Dance by Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi

Aug 1, 1986 | Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi, How I Came to Krsna Consciousness, Realizations, Volume-21 Number-08

"I could envision myself, floating through pink and lavender hues, transforming my body into delicate strands of emotion." When I was a very young girl, I wanted to become a dancer not an ordinary dancer, bound by the laws of gravity to thump... read more

Don’t Leave…Live by Brahmatirtha Dasa

Jun 1, 1986 | Brahmatirtha Dasa, How I Came to Krsna Consciousness, Volume-21 Number-06

A Peace Corps worker on assignment in India resolves to follow the transcendental call. One hot smoggy day in the summer of 1968, I went for a walk in New York's Greenwich Village, browsing through the occult bookstores. As I stood inside one store, reading a... read more

Please Give Me A Sign by Visakha Devi Dasi

Aug 1, 1985 | How I Came to Krsna Consciousness, Vishakha Devi Dasi, Volume-20 Number-08

A prayer in Istanbul's Blue Mosque leads a young Christian to Lord Krsna. John, a slight, fair-complexioned traveler who'd left home to broaden his perspective on life, found himself stranded in Istanbul. With nothing to do until money arrived from a... read more

A New Day, A New Life by Baladeva Vidyabhusana Dasa

Jan 1, 1985 | Baladeva Vidyabhusana Dasa, How I Came to Krsna Consciousness, Volume-20 Number-01

"I had always been uneasy living in the material world. Finally, here was a source of knowledge that told me how to get out." It was the mid 70s. At twenty-six, I was a product of the consciousness revolution in America. During my last year in high... read more