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Doctors of Body and Soul

Mar 1, 2002 | Uncategorized, Volume-36 Number-02

Two doctors discover the benefits of doing their work while wearing tilaka, the symbol of the Lord, on their foreheads. IN ONE OF OUR FIRST meetings with His Holiness Sivarama Swami Maharaja, who is now our spiritual master, he instructed my husband and me, "Now... read more

Destiny and Endeavor by Bhayahari Dasa

Jan 1, 2002 | Bhayahari Dasa, Uncategorized, Volume-36 Number-01

Are we simply puppets, helplessly manipulated by the strings of our past activities? I LOOK ON WITH dismay as the tow truck drives away with the wreck that used to be our car. "It's all right," my wife tries to console me. "Probably some bad... read more

Facing Our Reality, Living With Our Ideals by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jan 1, 2002 | Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Uncategorized, Volume-36 Number-01

Although Lord Krsna wants our full surrender, He encourages us to progress gradually to that exalted goal. THE Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.29.11-12) states, "The manifestation of unadulterated devotional service is exhibited when one's mind is at once attracted to... read more

How Scared Should You Be? By Arcana-siddhi Devi Dasi

Jan 1, 2002 | Arcana Siddhi Devi Dasi, Uncategorized, Volume-36 Number-01

By choosing service to Krsna over service to material illusion, we can progress toward fearlessness. I PULL OUT THE stack of mail from our mailbox and bring it into the house, where I plop it down onto the kitchen table. I begin the ritual of sorting out the few... read more

Twin Towers of Material Life by Kalakantha Dasa

Nov 1, 2001 | Kalakantha Dasa, Uncategorized, Volume-35 Number-06

The sickening images of two hijacked passenger jets smashing down two huge office towers knots my gut and floods me with raw, confusing feelings. Sorrow. For the terrified, doomed passengers, the thousands of unsuspecting office workers buried or burned alive, and the... read more

The View From the Bridge by Yogesvara Dasa

Nov 1, 2001 | Uncategorized, Volume-35 Number-06, Yogesvara Dasa

Somehow I managed to get out before New York City was shut down. Moving at a snail's pace across the Fifty-ninth Street Bridge, my car was one of the few vehicles in an exodus of pedestrians crossing to safety in Long Island City. I looked south from the bridge... read more