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The Ogre’s Lament by Rayarama Dasa

Jun 1, 1967 | Poetry, Rayarama Dasa, Volume-01 Number-13

Gnarled within And gnarled without, I am the lumbering, lusting Brute denizen of this concrete swamp, The minion of immemorial shadow. I am the killer and the coward, I the beast of rages, The blind and ugly madman Chasing other madman Through the death-choked... read more

All Glories to Lord Ramachandra

Jun 1, 1967 | Lord Krsna's Pastimes, Volume-01 Number-13

Lord Rama appeared on this planet many long ages ago. He is the Lord as the Perfect King, for He was King of this world, known then as Ilavativarsha. Lord Rama's life, and His war against the atheist King Ravana, are the subject of the famous Ramayana. read more

How I Met Swami Bhaktivedanta by Haridas Das Brahmachari

Jun 1, 1967 | Haridas Das Brahmachary, How I Came to Krsna Consciousness, Volume-01 Number-13

I knew right away that he was my teacher. It was like something that happens in books. In September 1965 I went up to Ananda Ashram, an hour and a half out of New York City. I went there mostly to get out of the city. The Indian guru who presided at the Ashram I had... read more

Radha Krishna

Jun 1, 1967 | Lord Krsna's Pastimes, Volume-01 Number-13

In the days when the Infinite Lord dwelt at Vrajabhumi as boy, He was the darling of all the much-blest people of that neighborhood. Each had some particular rasa toward Krishna that is, some sublimely sweet relationship. The highest of these relationships was that... read more

Poem to Hart Crane

Jun 1, 1967 | Poetry, Volume-01 Number-13

How many dawns you stood to watch the Bridge Usher the sun from Brooklyn to New York, Or how many dawns the Beauty of His Face Entranced you with that white pervasive smile, I know not; nor have these quick forty years Changed the Changeless the Twentieth rolls on,... read more

Krishna Consciousness in American Poetry

Jun 1, 1967 | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Poetry, Srila Prabhupada's Lectures, Volume-01 Number-13

Part IV: Hart Crane's The Bridge and the 20th Century The victory of the North in the Civil War was also a victory of industrialism in America, for the industrial North had proved the importance of the machine the machine meant power. Henry Adams,... read more