Command Respect Don’t Demand It by Hari Parsada Dasa

Jun 5, 2016 | Hari Parsada Dasa, Subhasita, Volume-13 Number-06 (Indian)

Translation by Hari Parsada Dasa, Commentary by Chandrahas Pujari If you try to grab respect, there is big trouble – for you as well as others. ravir api na dahati tadrg yadrk sandahati valuka-nikarah anyasmal labdha-pado nicah prayena duhsaho bhavati ravih... read more

Motivated Worship by Hari Parsada Dasa

May 8, 2016 | Hari Parsada Dasa, Subhasita, Volume-13 Number-05 (Indian)

God is not a means to an end, but the highest end Translation by Hari Parsada Dasa arta devan namasyanti tapah kurvanti roginah nirdhana danam icchanti vrddha nari pati-vrata artah – the distressed; devan – to the gods; namasyanti – pay obeisances;... read more

See Criticism with a Critical Eye by Hari Parsada Dasa

Feb 5, 2016 | Hari Parsada Dasa, Subhasita, Volume-13 Number-02 (Indian)

This article is based on one of the verses of the Niti-sataka of Bhartrhari, the ancient king and poet who renounced the world and led an ascetic life. The collected work of Bhartrhari is known as satakatraya consisting of three thematic compilations on Srngara... read more