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3 lessons from cicadas
Those of us who live on the east coast of the US are nearing the end of the cicada season. They are curious creatures who teach us a few...
Simple, catchy, ingenious, and filled with meaning
by Hari-kirtana Dasa My spiritual teacher, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, had many extraordinary talents. One of them was his...


Mohini's Moment
The vet called late in the evening. “We have to do surgery now. It can’t wait until morning.” Earlier that day the devotees from Gita...


A Question on Chanting
We are always being advised to chant with emotion like a child crying for its mother. But when I chant, it takes everything I got to be...


Ways to Cope
This morning I overheard a conversation and in response to the usual question of ‘How are you?’ the person answered, “Well, I’m having a...


Rising Up and sinking Down
“There is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it.” –Amanda Gorman Personally, I was in...


The Power of Truthfulness
It’s said that we live in an unfortunate season of time; a time when simple living and elevated thinking give way to complicated...
Chaos and Crisis in Washington DC
Lord Krishna explains in the sacred text, Bhagavad-Gita, “Whatever action a great man performs, others will follow. And whatever...


Memories & spiritual Practice
It’s time to say goodbye and good riddance to 2020. I hope you’ve found some silver linings in a year that’s offered so little and taken...


Change
We come to the end of a long and painful year Where death and illness showed their suffering face Now hope and ending finally appear...
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