My front doorsteps are strewn with red autumn leaves. I feel like a celebrity leaving the house and stepping onto a red carpet. Nature is...

Next Tuesday is Election Day here in the United States. And, by virtue of one form of disillusionment or another, a lot of people who...

The Gita wasn’t the first book that connected me to Krishna, yet it remains the most impactful reading experience of my life. I remember...

Last night the temperatures took a dive, so we moved Tulsi Devi into her winter home - a clean and warm greenhouse. Tulsi devi is a...

'Contentment' is one of the niyamas, the set of five personal observances that Patanjali lists in the second chapter of his Yoga-sutras....

Making his way towards the car with boxed lunch in hand I began to say goodbye but he stopped and said “Just going to get my metal...

I spied it on the side of a box I opened that said “Don’t throw away a chance to recycle.” What a great tagline! And of course it got me...

Life is often defined in the Bhakti teachings as ‘a struggle for existence’. The daily grind, the showing up, the making it to the end of...

On the altar of humility If our desires are serious Never blind to our efforts His mercy is mysterious Charmed with compassion Our...

What I remember most was how quickly I was able to accept what was happening. An eastward swing down Porter Street, a long residential...