Encounters at 26 Second Avenue by Srila Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
The Biography of a Pure Devotee Now that Srila Prabhupada's young friends had rented him a Lower East Side storefront (America's first Hare Krsna temple), he started giving his lectures there. But the situation was anything but serene. Now today we shall begin... read more
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura by Jayadvaita Swami
A Meditation Today our Book Trust offices in New York received delivery of a new typesetting system to be used for publishing Back to Godhead and other Krsna conscious literature. It's a sophisticated computerized arrangement with a video terminal,... read more
Butler, Pennsylvania: The First Testing Ground by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
The pure devotee's first month in the West. "Who would expect to meet a svami in someone's living room in Butler, Pennsylvania? It was just really tremendous. In the middle of middle-class America. " Srila Prabhupada was met at the dockside by a man... read more
Great Spiritual Masters Throughout History: Madhavendra Puri
(Fifteenth Century A.D.) Western religion usually teaches us that God is someone to fear and revere. In India, though, great spiritual masters have long taught that we can go beyond this limited conception and worship God as our master, friend, or child. And about... read more