Letters

Letters: On Materialism and Detachment

Your society recently acquired a twelve-story temple building near Columbus Circle in New York City. Isn't using a facility like this somewhat hypocritical for an organization that…

Book Distribution

A Taste of the Full Nectar

A Taste of the Full Nectar

By Krishna's mercy, He sends His devotees from door to door, from person to person, to distribute knowledge of Him. Such devotees have no other thought than…

Festivals

The Appearance of Lord Jagannatha

The Appearance of Lord Jagannatha

The King began to hear about an incarnation of Lord Visnu named Nila-madhava. He then became very inspired and sent different brahmanas to search for and inquire…

Society

Life in the Womb

Life in the Womb

According to the 1973 United States Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, only in the last twelve weeks of pregnancy does the growing fetus have a right to…

Preaching

The Case Against Animal Slaughter

Although meat is certainly a source of concentrated protein it is a very poor source of other food elements like minerals, vitamins and carbohydrates. In addition, eating…

News

ISKCON News — Srila Prabhupada on Tour

ISKCON News — Srila Prabhupada on Tour

A recent tour of Africa took Srila Prabhupada through East and South Africa, and to the island state of Mauritius, six hundred miles off the coast of…