Devising a philosophy of classroom management is quite an introspective task. Given the brevity of my experience in the New Zealand classroom, I can only surmise that whatever rationale I could present should be subject to perpetual revision as I gain more insight into the dynamics of teaching. At the onset, I can certainly affirm…

Surely public opinion is a secondary consideration as reflected in this conversation with Srila Prabhupada: Hari-Sauri: One of the differences that first sprung up between the two groups was that one group was going out when you were saying “Go out and distribute books profusely,” so they were going and distributing. And they had various…

This is a song by a different Ekendra das. Once upon a time, I elected myself king Told my pizza chef, “make me one with everything” then I went out shoppin’ didn’t buy nothin’ at all I couldn’t tell a t-shirt from a cotton ball bought a ticket to Topeka but I landed in Duluth.…

By Lilananda Dasa, Lalita Priya Devi Dasi, and Bhakta Ivan Salles Posted October 27, 2004 on dipika.org (click here for pictures) “Brazil?” you ask. “Where is Brazil on the map, anyway?” Well, you will be hearing more from us from now on. There is a preaching revolution going on in Brazil, perhaps the greatest, most…

BY KRSNA PREMA DASI FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, Oct 19 – Krsna Prema dasi reads Bhagavad Gita As It Is to Senator John Kerry During a recent trip to Southwest Florida to survey hurricane damage, US Presidential candidate Senator John F. Kerry met with Krsna Prema dasi on The tarmac along side the Kerry/Edwards campaign jet…

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura: If love for Krsna in a seedling state has fructified in one’s heart – one is not agitated by material things. Not a moment should be lost. Every moment should be utilized for Krsna or connected with Him. In the material field, people are interested in material enjoyment, mystic power and sense…

by Michael Cassidy (a.k.a. Mangalandanda das) Dr. Frog was a brilliant scholar, a little like you and me. He didn’t believe anything was real except for what he could see. Dr. Frog was a great professor a genuine PhD. He lived in a pool in a shallow well just as happy as he could be.…

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur: “But it is not for us or anyone to fully know the ways of God. We are only aware of that much of the divine activity as is helpful to us for His service. The least particle of such knowledge is more than sufficient for all the purposes of our pure…

Men and women wore vibrantly colored dhoti, classical Indian garb, while the sound of transcendental hymns and the smell of traditional Indian cuisine filled the air as the HUB lawn was temporarily transformed into ancient India yesterday afternoon. The Penn State Vedic Society, along with the Festival of India, presented Transcendence ’04: A Celebration of…

Early one morning Subala left the land at Ramana-reti, where he had been staying, and approached Srila Prabhupada on the roof of the Radha-Damodara temple. “Prabhupada,” he said, “I am having so much difficulty. I don’t have time to read, I can’t chant my rounds properly, I can’t think of Krsna. I’m always thinking of…

Govinda dasi : We had met Swamiji in San Francisco, and only a few days before Swamiji left for New York, Gaurasundara, my husband, and I decided we desperately wanted to go there with him. After all, we had left college in November in search of a spiritual teacher and we met Swamiji in December…

by Sruta-kirti das October 1972, Vrindavan, India Camp: Radha Damodara Temple Since arriving here on October 15th Srila Prabhupada has been giving classes on the “Nectar of Devotion” every evening in the courtyard near the Bhajana Kutir of Srila Rupa Goswami. This took place during the month of Kartika. Srila Prabhupada had spoken about doing…

A very poor householder brahmana had to maintain a large number of children. The brahmana was almost a pauper and he lamented his prolonged poverty. The local people never cared to help him but used to ridicule him in many ways, saying that he actually possessed huge wealth and pretended to be a pauper with…