Travel Notes by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jul 1, 1994 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-28 Number-04

British Airways Flight to Trinidad "STEAK OR FISH?" The friendly stewardess doesn't know what a horrible question she is asking. I am trying to relax. We are going to Trinidad. I am thinking about how important it is to hear from Srila Prabhupada. In a... read more

The Hard Knot in the Heart by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

May 1, 1994 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-28 Number-03

SRILA PRABHUPADA speaks strongly in his purports about the attraction between men and women and how this attraction can devastate spiritual life. Srila Prabhupada writes: "Material existence means living together as male and female and being attracted by one... read more

Consolation Prize or the Goal of Life? by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Mar 1, 1994 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-28 Number-02

WHEN PEOPLE hold contests, there's always a winner. Then come a second-place winner, a third-place winner, and runners-up. The first-place winner gets the car or the trip to the Bahamas. The second- and third-place winners end up with the power-tool set and the... read more

Turn Off That Set! by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jan 1, 1994 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-28 Number-01

IN THE AIRPORT LOUNGE on my last flight to Europe, I couldn't escape. We found the last two seats in the boarding section, and they faced the TV sports report. It was a boxing match. The black guy hit the white guy twice in the face, and the referee stopped the... read more

Tat Srnu: Simply Hear by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Nov 1, 1993 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-27 Number-06

RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN reading both the Caitanya-caritamrta and the earlier cantos of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srila Prabhupada once said that the Bhagavatam contains many things: Joan of Arc is in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, and the sound... read more

Consciousness Expansion: Humbler Than a Blade of Grass by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Sep 1, 1993 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-27 Number-05

SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE helps us discriminate between what is to be done and what is not to be done. That discrimination in turn helps us rise higher and higher in spiritual life until our consciousness expands and blossoms into the spiritual world. Consciousness... read more