Shri Meher Baba
Your duty is to keep me constantly with you throughout your thoughts, speeches and actions. They do their duty who, sincere in their faith and love, surrender to me, guided…
How to Broadcast the Teachings of Bhagawat Geeta (2)
The Bhagwat Geeta asks every big man perfect his life with the teachings of Bhagwat Geeta and then set himself as an example for the benefit of the people in…
The Conception of The Classless Society
There is a good demand for classless society nowadays everywhere and especially in India where the classes or castes have misused the division of scientific caste system.…
Ox Cart Sankirtana
The devotees at our Krishna-Balaram Mandir in Vrndavana had already heard of our ox cart sankirtana, and they were enthusiastic to help us. The head priest came forward and offered…
Lord Shri Chaitanya, His welfare activities (and His Teachings)
Everyone who is born in the holy land of Bharat Varash or India must engage himself in the welfare activities for the human society. One desirous of doing welfare activity…
Decoration of the Dead Body
Mahatma Gandhi started this Harijan movement with a view to uplift the position not only of the Bhangis and Chamars or low grade human beings but also to uplift the…
India: “Not to Beg, But to Give”
Every nation should contribute something to the world. People are not interested in coming to India to learn technology. But people from all over the world are interested in coming…
Indradyumna Swami Journeys to a Lost City
The temple cave of Varaha-Nrsimha juts out from the mountain leading to Ahovalam. Local priests say the Deities in these solid-stone temples were installed thousands of years ago.…
A Day in Vrndavana the Land of Krsna — Notes from the Editor
Walking in the early morning, I see the tower of the Madana-mohana temple in my path. The village of Vrndavana is still dark. I enter the Yamuna's waters, and downriver…
Impressions of India
I had been present at the passing of my beloved spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and my mind was now exhausted from the mixture of appalling…
Cooling the Nuclear Vesuvius — The Vedic Observer
Cooling the Nuclear Vesuvius by Balavanta dasa After the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, President Kennedy estimated that the possibility of a nuclear holocaust had been “somewhere around one out of…
Every Town and Village
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Krsna’s Town Gets Bhaktivedanta Gate When pilgrims arrive in northern India’s Vrndavana village, the place in…
The Festival of the Chariots
Intimations of a Festive World by Jagajivana dasa This Krsna culture,” His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada used to say, “has so many festivals. We could have one every…
Jayapataka Swami gets Indian citizenship
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) India Citizenship for ISKCON Guru Since India won her independence in 1947, a mere 952 foreigners…
Conversations from India
Srila Prabhupada thought if he could get some of the Westerners to become devotees of Krishna, the Indians would then realize the importance of the spiritual culture they had…
The Transformed Face of Indian Culture
I'm in a peaceful little village, seventy kilometers north of Pondicherry. But while I write, trying my best to concentrate, the villagers we're staying with have gathered in the next…
Padayatra: On the Road With Lord Caitanya
We want to introduce Srila Prabhupada as the specially empowered representative of Lord Caitanya who fulfilled His prediction that the holy name of Krsna will be preached in every town…
The Wedding Voyage
It was the eve of Rajoman's wedding. In anticipation he put on his finest silk turban, and robes. His father called him, "Rajoman! Please hurry! It's getting late and we…
On Pilgrimage
Traveling north from Kanya-kumari, in a few days we come to the village of Tirukkurungudi, once visited by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu nearly five hundred years ago.…
Gandhi-Jinnah Talks
We are sorry to learn that Gandhi Jinnah Talks about unity of the Indian people have failed for the present. We are not very much optimistic in the result of…
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