He stands five feet high, eight feet long, and weighs three hundred pounds more than a ton. His name is Bharata, after a pure devotee of Lord Krsna, but because a simple ox responds best to commands of one syllable, the men rhyme his name with spot—"Brot!"…

Preparing and eating these foods for our own pleasure is not the same as preparing and offering them to Lord Krsna for His pleasure, because food that's material when unconnected with the Lord becomes transcendental when offered to Him.…

Having just spent four disappointing years at the Exeter Academy, in New Hampshire, I was enjoying a new freedom at Harvard. I could choose my own courses, make new friends, and take part in Boston's collegiate youth culture.…

The Philosophy of Dr. Frog There was once a community of frogs living in a well. They knew nothing of the outside world. Then one day…

Pure Love Through Transcendental Sound One can extricate himself from the bonds of material life by hearing and chanting transcendental sounds. The common, unenlightened person is…

Now His Art Has Meaning Now Bhaktisiddhanta dasa has no time for the meaningless art of the commercialized West. From his headquarters in Mayapur, he oversees…

The Self And Its Bodies As a sleeping person acts according to the body manifested in his and accepts it to be himself, so one identifies…

Khicari — A Poor Man’s Feast Fit for a King "A poor man's feast fit for a king." That's what Srila Prabhupada called the meal in this photograph—khicari, fried potatoes, yogurt,…

George Harrison: “Prabhupada Was The Perfect Example” "There's nothing better than having been chanting and dancing, or just sitting and talking philosophy, and then suddenly the devotees bring…

A Call to Spiritual Life The Krsna consciousness movement is gradually spreading all over the world, but it is a little difficult to understand the purport…

Krishna Consciousness in Canada As in all Hare Krsna temples, the devotees in Canada begin the day at 4:30 in the morning with a formal…