By Stephen Knapp Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare We’ve all heard the Hare Krishna mantra at some time, but what the heck is so special about this mantra? Why are we supposed to spend time chanting it? What can it do for us? First…

[India News]: Agra, Dec.21 : In its endeavour to help underprivileged children, the Sandipani Muni School run by ISCKON in Vrindavan, not only educates the children from extremely poor families, but also provides them food, clothing and other amenities of life free of cost. A usual day starts with toddlers chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Rama…

A Texas professor searches for the human soul “I think death is an illusion. I think death is a really nasty bad lie. I don’t see any truth in the word death at all.” This is the conclusion of Pam Reynolds, a singer-songwriter. She spits out her defiance softly while recalling her vivid brush with…

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Today is the ninth of December 1968. Thirty-two years ago, I was in Bombay doing some business. At that time Guru Maharaja was a little indisposed, and was staying at Jagannath Puri on the seashore. So I wrote him a letter, “My dear master, your brahmacārī and…

HASTINGS, New Zealand: A mother has been breastfeeding her Staffordshire terrier puppy, saying she did not want to waste the milk after her own daughter switched to being bottle-fed. Kura Tumanako, said she saw nothing wrong with breastfeeding the dog as she wants it to protect her baby girl as the pair grow up. “He…

Thai Gov’t: Giving Smokes to Monks Is Sin Sun Dec 19, 6:20 PM ET BANGKOK, Thailand – Cigarette packs in Thailand may soon carry more than the usual health warnings, with an edict admonishing the public not to give Buddhist monks a smoke. The new label, proposed by the head of Thailand’s National Buddhism Office,…

By Stephen Knapp (Srinandanandan dasa ACBSP) When we consider the story of how baby Jesus appeared in the heart of his mother Mary by immaculate conception, as well as the bright star appearing in the night sky, we can discern a direct parallel to Lord Krishna’s birth three thousand years earlier in Vrindavana, India, as…