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Ananda's Blog


Truth and Power
There are big truths and small truths and truths that are true just for some and not for others. There are also absolute truths - those...


What Happens Next?
Life is like a game of chess – whether you’re the king, queen or pawn, at the end of the game everyone ends up in the box. Unless, of...


The Round Tower
Round towers are found throughout Ireland, remnants of a time of flourishing monasteries. We visited one from the 12th century and found...


A Place of Hunger
The nature of this world, the place we call home, is a place of “hunger.” If we think about it, in our own lives and in the lives of...


The Big Swing
Golf is not my cup of chai but there is a tournament happening next door so it’s a good meditation. 18 holes, 18 chapters of the Gita....


A Controversial Revolutionary
Hare Krishna devotees around the world were very happy last week when a movie about the founder of ISKCON won the coveted Feature...


Making Our Way Out
We often forget that the goal of life is to be free. As souls, we are prisoners of this world - covered by the modes of material nature...


How to Meditate on Krishna
The now famous 16 word maha mantra is the recommended sound for meditation on Krishna. The goal is to awaken love for Krishna, the long...


4 Ways to Stay
Last Sunday I was in New York attending an initiation ceremony. As I watched the new devotees, young and old, take their vows, I...


A Taste for Reading
by HH Sacinandana Swami You must know that there is bhakti with nectar and bhakti without nectar. Bhakti without nectar means that we do...
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