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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

As we move closer to the new year I am appreciating many things gained in 2017, especially all the different devotees who brought joy and...

Last week a dry cough gripped my breath and made it short. I had the experience we all have - appreciating something when it’s gone or...