Happiness and It’s Shadow
by Mahat-Tattva Dasa
Have you have ever seen a goat, a real actual goat? If you ever have, then you might have noticed that there are some peculiar nipples on the goat’s neck. What are these nipples for? In India people say that only a fool will try to milk such nipples as that’s not how [...]
The Story of Shukla
by Jayadvaita Swami
When Sukla Gupta was a year and a half old and barely able to talk, she used to cradle a pillow or a block of wood in her arms and address it as “Minu.” Minu, she said, was her daughter. And if you believe the story Sukla gradually told over the next three [...]
Natural Prosperity
by Stephen Knapp
The divine wisdom of the Vedas offers us a valuable insight into a vision of society based on selflessness and simplicity. It’s a tonic badly needed as we deal with the effects of economic beliefs and actions gone haywire.
In the following article, spiritual scholar Stephen Knapp gives us practical and enlightening perspectives on [...]
The Mission of Human Life
A conversation between Allen Ginsberg and His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) was an American poet. Ginsberg is best known for the poem “Howl” (1956), celebrating his friends who were members of the Beat Generation and attacking what he saw as the destructive forces of materialism and conformity in the United [...]
Conviction
by Ravindra Svarup
Doubt is the motor of the modern mentality, the indefatigable engine that drives the spirit of our age. Such doubt was honored with an early recognition in the essays of the Renaissance courtier Michel de Montaigne: “We are, I know not how, double within ourselves, with the result that we do not believe [...]
Simple Living, High Thinking
Filed under Issue 2, Lead Story
by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the world’s foremost teacher and guide to the practice of Vedic spirituality, gives a take on the virtues and happiness to be found in a simple life based on local farming and spiritual focus.
In the material world, there is nothing fully enjoyable for the spirit soul. Just [...]
Bhakti- The Art of Eternal Love
The basic principle of the living condition is that we have a general propensity to love someone. No one can live without loving someone else. This propensity is present in every living being. Even an animal like a tiger has this loving propensity at least in a dormant stage, and it is certainly present in [...]
A Spiritual Stimulus
Trillions of dollars in economic stimulus dominate the world headlines, and the anxious minds of rich and poor alike. To ease this anxiety, we need much more than just external, temporary attempts at relief.
Rasanath Dasa, our good friend and spiritual guide from The East Village, New York, Temple community, explains from his own unique perspective, [...]
MEAT: Making Global Warming Worse
by Bryan Walsh
(Taken from www.time.com)
Need another reason to feel guilty about feeding your children that Happy Meal — aside from the fat, the calories and that voice in your head asking why you can’t be bothered to actually cook a well-balanced meal now and then? Rajendra Pachauri would like to offer you one. The head [...]
The Journey Home
BOOK REVIEW of: Autobiography of an American Swami
By Radhanath Swami (San Rafael, CA: Mandala Publishing, 2008)
Reviewed by Steven J. Rosen
Every now and then a book is released which becomes a spiritual classic–a book that brings people in touch with a distant world, opens minds to new possibilities and becomes standard reading for spiritual seekers. Autobiography [...]