Dying to Live to Serve 16 Aug 2013 | 12:07 am

By Prema-bhakti dasi “Die to Live”. There are so many expressions employed by saints, acaryas, and avataras, but for me these three words have had the most pragmatic and powerful effect. Srila Bhakti...

The Gospel According to ‘Me’ 7 Aug 2013 | 11:13 am

By Simon Critchley and Jamieson Webster The booming self-help industry, not to mention the cash cow of New Age spirituality, has one message: be authentic! Charming as American optimism may be, its 2...

Failed curse 3 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm

Danda Meditation 30 Jul 2013 | 06:05 pm

By Nandini dasi When visiting my teacher’s asrama in Costa Rica, I had the fortunate opportunity to venture on a walk with him and fellow students to a ninety foot waterfall deep in the jungle. This ...

Following in the Footsteps 10 Jul 2013 | 10:30 am

Adapted from a lecture by Swami B. V. Tripurari. Hear the full audio. Footprints are symbolically important. They represent where we stand, where we go, and what we do. They symbolize what we stand f...

Nama-Kirtana: The Essence of the Bhagavata 1 Jul 2013 | 10:01 pm

By Dhanurdhara Swami Sri Caitanya sat attentively at the feet of his divine master, Sri Isvara Puri, who had just promised to disclose to him the verse that is the essence of the Bhagavatam. Emphatic...

The Facts About Our Relationship with Facts 24 Jun 2013 | 12:28 am

By Chris Mooney “A man with conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see y...

Sri Upadesamrta: Verse Nine, Part One 21 Jun 2013 | 01:53 am

The following is an installment of our classroom series: Sri Upadesamrta, with Illuminations by Srila B. R. Sridhara Deva Goswami, published by Gosai Publishers, 2009. View past installments, here. va...

What’s Behind the Glass of Milk? 14 Jun 2013 | 12:07 pm

The business of producing milk is sustained by a process of relentless cruelty towards animals, from birth till death, with little letup. Cruelty compounded by poorly defined, poorly implemented metho...

Vedabase 9 Jun 2013 | 10:15 pm