Returning from Pilgrimage by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jul 1, 1992 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-26 Number-04

Recently I Left Vrndavana to return to the West. I was in Vrndavana for almost four months, and it wasn't until the end that I realized I had not entered as deeply into Vrndavana meditation as I could have. My underlying restlessness to go "home" was... read more

Vrndavana Meditations by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

May 1, 1992 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-26 Number-03

I AM IN VANDAVANA. It is night. The pigeons are roosting, crickets chirping. A man is intoning some sastra, fulfilling a vow by broadcasting scripture under the distant stars. They stand as cold witnesses. I want to complain that I am being forced to stay... read more

Preparing for a Pilgrimage by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Mar 1, 1992 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-26 Number-02

I AM PREPARING to go to Vrndavana for a pilgrimage. To travel thousands of miles to reach a holy place will take a lot of effort, and to live without the ease of home will take tolerance. The packing alone the separating out the essential from the nonessential makes... read more

Is the Srimad Bhagavatam Class Still Relevant? by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jan 1, 1992 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-26 Number-01

DEVOTEES IN Krsna consciousness are seeking new ways to open and deepen their relationships with one another. They are not satisfied with the impersonal communications that often characterize human dealings in the material world. To become more functional and happy in... read more

Who Is God? by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Sep 1, 1991 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-25 Number-05

LAST CHRISTMAS, Life magazine did a cover story entitled "Who is God?" They asked that question of many people and printed the replies. The color photos of worshipers throughout the world showed many ways of approaching God. Life said,... read more

Janmastami in Czechoslovakia by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jul 1, 1991 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-25 Number-04

THE DAY BEFORE JANMASTAMI, Lord Krsna's Appearance Day. We've come to the "farm." It's a run-down group of buildings, some with roofs entirely uncovered. Turiya Dasa said the Communists confiscated it forty years ago and put the farmers in jail,... read more