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Facing the Illusion
Did it ever occur to you that perhaps 98% of our time we are in illusion? This illusion comes about when we think: “I am so and so.”, “I...


Spiritual Health
In a conversation with a person wanting to begin a more serious practice of bhakti yoga, we spoke about many things. The 9 process of...


Eat Well
All yogis are careful about what they eat...or at least they should be. Food is not only connected to our physical well being but also...


The Wind and the Mind
As I listen to the wind howl and the windows rattle, I remember when Arjuna told Krishna that to control the mind is more difficult than...


In Search of Kartals
In search of sweet sounding kartals (small hand cymbals used in kirtan) I was led to the recommended store through the winding streets of...


A Bridge to Krishna
by Sacinandana Swami Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said: “Of the nine processes of devotional service, the most important is to always chant...


Mercy in Mayapur
I’m in Mayapur, West Bengal, and standing in front of the magnificent Deity of Pancha-tattva. Magnificent as in ‘splendid, spectacular,...


Remarkable
Srila Prabhupada once said, ‘It is a remarkable thing that the perfection of yoga was taught in the middle of a battlefield.’ And indeed...


Beginnings
We might want to know when it all began, you know, this whole cosmic existence and us little snowflakes within it. Early in the Gita...


Holy Places
The Bhagavad-gita opens with the following verse: Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O Sañjaya, after my sons and the sons of Pāṇḍu assembled in the place...
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