Elections: Changing Guards
The trouble with elections is they give us the sensation things have changed because our representatives have changed. Year after year, century after century, institutions, administrations and world leaders come…
Kirtan at the Hindu Centre, London
Transformed hippes clad in saffron robes...chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra"—so ran a recent story in the London Evening Standard.…
The Origin of the Hare Krishna Movement
Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Great Apostle of love of God and the Father of the Sankirtan Movement, advented Himself in the City of Nabadwipa in Bengal, India. This…
Just Like a Ghost
Ghosts are denied any existence in the modern scheme of things, but nevertheless the exploits of such beings are widely reported in newspapers, periodicals and books, and on television as…
Dr. Spock & The Good Guys & The Bad Guys
By Rayarama Das Brahmachary On Tuesday evening, October 8, Dr. Benjamin Spock received the Gandhi Peace Award at the Community Church of New York. This award is a far-distant poor…
Chapatis, Dal, Subji, Rice: The Standard Yoga Diet
The simple and tasteful way to translate your eating into spiritual bliss, according to the teachings of the great sages of India. This is the Vedic method of conducting the…
I knew it was time for me to leave Oregon
The language hypnotized me, to say the least, and I couldn't put the book down. After about two days of reading, I began to feel out of place around my…
The Knowledge Implosion
There is no benefit or public welfare in material questions and answers, because ultimately they cannot save us from—nor clearly explain—death. This is illustrated in the story of the scholar…
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