Accepting a Spiritual Master by Urmila Devi Dasi

Sep 1, 1996 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-30 Number-05

THIS MONTH (September) we celebrate Srila Prabhupada's one-hundredth birthday anniversary. To honor Srila Prabhupada, our children can sing his praises, decorate his seat, write homages to him, and help cook a feast in his honor. Honoring Prabhupada in these ways... read more

Prepared for Death by Urmila Devi Dasi

Jul 1, 1996 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-30 Number-04

A COUSIN WITH WHOM I'd had no contact since joining the Hare Krsna movement sent me a card of congratulations when our son married. So I responded with some photos of our family and a card of pleasantries. She then sent me photos of her family and told me she and... read more

Revolutionary Cleanliness by Urmila Devi Dasi

May 1, 1996 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-30 Number-03

THOSE WEEKLY girl scout meetings always began with us reciting our vows. "To be clean in thought, word, and deed," I would say carelessly, eager to begin our project or camping excursion. FFor children being raised in Krsna consciousness, cleanliness... read more

Detachment from Children by Urmila Devi Dasi

Mar 1, 1996 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-30 Number-02

Our Dead Son's Body, nine inches long, lay in my hand. For some months afterward, my natural affection that motherly impulse hard-wired into body and mind cried for that child. "What you grieve for is not the child," the midwife told me, "but how... read more

Is Experience the Best Teacher? by Urmila Devi Dasi

Jan 1, 1996 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-30 Number-01

AFTER GIVING Arjuna knowledge of matter and spirit, Lord Krsna tells him, "Deliberate on this fully, and then decide what you wish to do." Our children also have to choose between material and spiritual life. To prepare them for this choice, do we need to... read more

Names and Dates by Urmila Devi Dasi

Sep 1, 1995 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-29 Number-05

THE ELEVEN-, twelve-, and thirteen-year-olds raise their hands with questions. "Do we need to know the difference between the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation?" "Will there be questions on the test about the Revolutionary War?"... read more