Brahmananda Dasa Brahmacari – Back To Godhead

In Memoriam

Jul 8, 2015 | Brahmananda Dasa Brahmacari, In Memoriam, Volume-12 Number-07 (Indian)

Brahmananda Dasa, one of the earliest devotees who surrendered to Srila Prabhupada in New York left this world on 7th June, 2015 in Sri Vrndavana Dhama. He had been ill for some time and was being taken to Delhi where he was to undergo treatment in a hospital for... read more

The Prayers Of Queen Kuntı & Prabhupada’s Triumph Over Adversity by Brahmananda Dasa

May 6, 2014 | Brahmananda Dasa Brahmacari, Volume-08 Number-03 (Indian), Volume-44 Number-03

During times of hardship and illness, Srila Prabhupada turned to the immortal prayers of one of Lord Krishna's closest devotees. Queen Kunti, who walked this earth some five thousand years ago, was the sister of Vasudeva, Krishna's father. Her story is briefly... read more

Service – Knowledge – Liberation by Brahmananda Dasa

Mar 1, 1968 | Brahmananda Dasa Brahmacari, Poetry, Volume-01 Number-17

Service of the Absolute Truth means to render service unto the Absolute Personality of Godhead. The neophyte devotee has no capacity to approach the Absolute Personality of Godhead with his present, imperfect, material senses. By submissively serving the bona... read more

Swami’s Departure by Brahmananda Dasa Brahmachari

Jan 1, 1968 | Brahmananda Dasa Brahmacari, Srila Prabhupada's Memories, Volume-01 Number-16

A girl who had been coming to Kirtan wants to be initiated 30 minutes before Swamiji is to leave for the airport. He says Yes, so while all the devotees are rushing about, making last minute preparations, Swamiji sits on his white sheet in his room, chanting the... read more

Our Prayer by Brahmananda Dasa

Jun 20, 1967 | Brahmananda Dasa Brahmacari, Poetry, Volume-01 Number-14

HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE; Our obeisances to You, Golden One, Prince of Him, Gouranga. Obeisances to Your pure disciples. Obeisances to our grand master, Bhaktivinode Thakur. Obeisances to Guru Maharaj, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati.... read more

How I Met A.C. Swami Bhaktivedanta by Brahmananda Dasa Brahmachari

Jun 20, 1967 | Brahmananda Dasa Brahmacari, Realizations, Volume-01 Number-14

In my second year of college I took LSD. In my third year of college I read Whitman and Henry Miller, paused, and continued eating drugs. In my fourth year, one summer day by the seaside, I first read the Bhagavad Gita and learned that spiritual life meant not to take... read more