The Test of Education by Urmila Devi Dasi
IN THE LAST WEEK of the last year of school, students sweat at the thought of the final exam. When they've passed their exams and earned their degrees, they'll be entitled to call themselves educated. But the Vedic culture has a different standard. The sage... read more
Your Children Are … Different by Urmila Devi Dasi
I RECENTLY TOOK my children and some of my teenage students with me to an education conference, where we met with Dave Marks, a textbook author and retired teacher with more than thirty years of experience in public and private schools. He has written a text we use as... read more
Your Kids And the One-Eyed Guru by Urmila Devi dasi
When our oldest son, Madhava, now eighteen, was small, he had few toys some blocks, some clay. We never had a television or a video player, so he played with his toys in imitation of what he saw worship of Krsna, chanting of His names, initiation ceremonies, bathing... read more
Nursery Nectar by Urmila Devi Dasi
TWO YEARS OLD, Lalita Madhava sits with all her concentration focused on the book our 14-year-old daughter is showing her. Lalita Madhava's older sister has just graduated from our gurukula school, her mother is at our house to print a letter, and Lalita... read more