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Food IS Money

Paper money. Can you eat it if you are hungry? Can you wear it, build a home with it? It is only as valuable as governments tell you it is.

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Satyanarayana das

What Is Wrong with Pratiṣṭhā?

Pratiṣṭhā means “fame, glory, renown, celebrity, high position, etc.” We all have taste for it. We work for it and feel happy when we get...

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H. G. Vyapaka das Adhikary

The Road to Self Sufficiency

. Self-sufficiency is the most advanced stage of ecological organization and to evolve to this state will require considerable thought, s...

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H. G. Tapahpunja das

More Kale and Less Bull

Don’t let the title fool you. Cow chauvinism is not a hyperbolic takedown of cavalier cows nor a criticism of the devotees who care for t...

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Satyanarayana das

Love and Control

In Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa says that those influenced by rajas take birth on earth (14.18), which indicates that human birth is predominantl...

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Sarva-drik das

Who Is a Leader?

Shown here is the difference between the Vedic way of management and the western ideal, the diference between an autocratic boss and a re...

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courtesy of ISKCON.org

Killing Time

Modern man is preoccupied with time. Big time. We race against it. We want to “kill” it. We create unlimited gadgets to save it. In 1965 ...

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Sarva-drik das

What The Blind Man Saw

The only way he could find his way forward was by scraping his cane along the side of the curb separating the outer sandy parikramā path ...

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H. G. Phalini mataji

The Power of Positive Affirmations

A friend asked me recently, "What are positive affirmations?" Many years ago, I read a book titled Write It Down, Make It Happen by Henri...

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Quoted from Skanda Purana and Hari Bhakti Vilasa

Even A Mouse Gets Mercy.

“In a temple of Lord Visnu, there lived a mouse that daily ate the ghee from the extinguished ghee lamps, which had been offered to the L...

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H. G. Uttamasloka das Adhikary

Don't Be A Doormat.

Just because someone is dressed like a devotee doesn't mean they have the qualities of a devotee. All devotees have different levels of q...

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Vedic Psychology- OFFENSIVE DEVOTEE

QUESTION: I am having a very hard time processing feelings of anger and disgust toward a fellow devotee. I have been in the company of th...

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H. G. Vyapaka das Adhikary

Cow Protection or Pet Cows?

COW PROTECTION is something which is held in the highest regard within our ISKCON society; yet, often misunderstood in its practical appl...

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