Eagerness to Attain Krsna Consciousness by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jul 1, 1993 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-27 Number-04

Srila Prabhupada often instructed us on the importance of cultivating eagerness, or the strong desire to attain Krsna. He said we should desire and hanker after the supreme kingdom if we really want to achieve it. Once, a young man asked him what it was like to desire... read more

In Happiness and Distress by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

May 1, 1993 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-27 Number-03

MISERY AND HAPPINESS come and go in this world, just like winter and summer. The Bhagavad-gita advises us to tolerate both happiness and distress. We are meant to tolerate while we keep performing our duties, and we are meant to keep worshiping Krsna despite... read more

Italy Diary by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Mar 1, 1993 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-27 Number-02

May 11, Vicenza THE PADUA TEMPLE MOVED since I was here last year. The devotees purchased a three-hundred-year-old villa. They call it Prabhupada-desa, "Srila Prabhupada's estate." They have already done lots of work to make the place habitable and... read more

A Preacher’s Diary – Visit to the Caribbean by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jan 1, 1993 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-27 Number-01

I STEP OVER the chrome faucet. A pair of bulging eyes meet mine. It's a friendly lizard. Welcome to the Caribbean. As I arrived in Trinidad the other day, I realized that Prabhupada wants us to serve him by preaching. I often say I am serving him, but sometimes it... read more

Begging for the Nectar of the Holy Name by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Nov 1, 1992 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-26 Number-06

Recently I Took time out from traveling and lecturing to work on my practice of japa (quiet chanting on beads). Although I have been following Srila Prabhupada's order to chant at least sixteen rounds of the Hare Krsna mantra daily, I knew... read more

Is Krsna a Myth? by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami replies to a letter

Sep 1, 1992 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-26 Number-05

Harish Dindigal Syracuse University Dear Harish, I have seen the letter you wrote to the editors of Back to Godhead. You describe yourself as a South Indian Hindu brahmana "asking questions and inquiring seriously about religion." You are... read more