Author: The Editor

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in Navadwip, situated on the bank of the holy Ganges river in Begal, in February 1486, during the eclipse of the full moon amidst the loud chanting of the Holy Name of the Lord. His father,...

The Hare Krishna mantra: “There’s Nothing Higher…” An Interview with George Harrison in 1982 If you open up your heart You will know what I mean We’ve been polluted so long But here’s a way...

Spiritual adventurers, ascetic warriors, devout mystics, occult rebels or philosophic monks, the sadhus are revered by Hindus as representatives of the gods, sometimes even worshipped as gods themselves. Holiness is still common...

[Editor’s note. Originally written in 2001.] I am writing to comment on the recent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, which you must have heard of by now. I am aware that some devotees take a casual or...

ishAvAsyam idam sarvam yat kinca jagatyAm jagat tena tyaktena bhunjIthA mA gRidhah kasya svid dhanam “Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore...

kurvann eveha karmani jijivisec chatam samah evam tvayi nanyatheto ‘sti na karma lipyate nare “A person may desire to live for hundreds of years if he works according to this truth [of the first mantra], because that...

manah-prasadah saumyatvam maunam atma-vinigrahah bhava-samsuddhir ity etat tapo manasam ucyate “Serenity, simplicity, silence, self-control and purity of thought are the austerities of the mind.” The so-called...

Vedic culture has always emphasized the harmonious relation between man and the forces of nature. The importance of each season has been beautifully narrated by the great poet Kalidasa in Ritu Samharam, an epic (albeit short)...

Rta, the great order of the cosmos, is born afresh in each Rta, season. In traditional societies, humans do not merely observe the cycle of seasons, equinoxes, solstices; they participate in, and recreate the pulse of rhythm in...

The Guru refused to initiate the learned disciple six times, but the disciple was not discouraged and came back for the seventh time! The gracious Guru, seeing the sincerity and earnest of Ramanuja, now gave him the mantra,...