In my question which forms the title of this blog, I am using the word “religious” to indicate a person who is only a “part time devotee”, or whose practice of Krishna consciousness is sort of on the back burner—only one of many interests. It is important to think about this for both a new…
Seeking Spiritual Solutions to Global Problems: Lessons from Vedic Philosophy – HH Bhakti Vasudev Swami
Faculty Lecture at Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Nigeria, by Bhakti Vasudeva Swami — June 2010. First, I thank the Vice Chancellor of this university for giving us the opportunity to be able to meet with all of you! Second, I would like to thank the Dean of the Faculty of Arts for creating an avenue…
Feta & Potato Spring Rolls with green pea chutney
Feta & Potato Spring Rolls Taken from “Quick Vegetarian Dishes” by Kurma Dasa Crispy, crunchy and deliciously melt in your mouth…
Bhakti Yoga From Beyond the Grave – Kesava Krsna das
Is this a ghost story? It could be if we consider how many of us are nitya-baddha wandering spirits searching for a permanently settled situation. But now we have human occupancy we still like to be scared and awed by graveyard tales. Since the word human sounds better than subtle body, this could be described…
SURRENDER!!!! Do I have to? YES! Bummer! – Karnamrita das
Krishna’s final and concluding instruction in the Gita is that we should give up all materially motivated religions and just surrender unto him. Since surrender could be considered a filled out application for the keys to the Kingdom, so to speak, we need to really understand what “surrender” means.
Intellectual Simplicity- Kesava Krsna Dasa
It can sometimes be tough being an intellectual in Iskcon. The tendency to keep one foot in the empirical camp and the other in the devotional arena can cause incompatibilities of faith, especially when continuing to grapple with “oddities” like elephant sized mangoes, airborne mountains, talking hyenas and bodily exuded cosmic bubbles. Almost everything is…
The Spirit of Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita contains the essence of all spiritual knowledge spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna. Because Bhagavad Gita is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one need not read any other spiritual literature. One need only regularly and attentively hear and read Bhagavad Gita. At the present time mankind is so absorbed with day-to-day activities related…