Vedic Thoughts, Volume-34 Number-02, 2000

Mar 1, 2000 | Vedic Thoughts, Volume-34 Number-02

The need of the spirit soul is that he wants to get out of the limited sphere of material bondage and fulfill his desire for complete freedom. He wants to get out of the covered walls of the greater universe. He wants to see the free light and the spirit. That... read more

Vedic Thoughts, Volume-34 Number-01, 2000

Jan 1, 2000 | Vedic Thoughts, Volume-34 Number-01

One who identifies his self as the inert body composed of mucus, bile, and air, who assumes his wife and family are permanently his own, who thinks an earthen image or the land of his birth is worshipable, or sees a place of pilgrimage as merely the water there, but... read more

Vedic Thoughts, Volume-33 Number-04, 1999

Jul 1, 1999 | Vedic Thoughts, Volume-33 Number-04

What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage. Lord Sri Krsna Bhagavad-gita 2.69 The servants of the Lord are actually the servants of society. … They... read more

Vedic Thoughts, Volume-33 Number-03, 1999

May 1, 1999 | Vedic Thoughts, Volume-33 Number-03

Without becoming a devotee of the Lord, one cannot perfect one's human life. The perfection of human life is to be elevated to the spiritual world, where there is no birth, no death, no disease, and no old age … Without this aim, any amount of material... read more

Vedic Thoughts, Volume-33 Number-02, 1999

Mar 1, 1999 | Vedic Thoughts, Volume-33 Number-02

Here it is, New Year's Day (my deadline comes a couple of months before publication), and like so many others, I'm sitting here thinking about New Year's resolutions. Our resolutions usually involve giving up bad habits or picking up good ones. We may not... read more

Vedic Thoughts, Volume-33 Number-01, 1999

Jan 1, 1999 | Vedic Thoughts, Volume-33 Number-01

Devotees whose tongues are decorated always with prayers to Lord Krsna are always given respect even by the great saintly persons and sages, and such devotees are actually worshipable by the demigods. Skanda Purana Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of... read more