What Do We Mean by Varnasrama by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Jul 1, 2000 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-34 Number-04

To see the true value of the Vedic social system,  we need to understand it in its original form. Thinkers throughout history from Plato to Locke to modern political theorists have always discussed the ideal form of social organization. Vedic literature also... read more

Cowgirl Sign-Off by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Jul 1, 1999 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-33 Number-04

WHILE GOING through some old photos recently, I found a picture of myself at age four, wearing a cowgirl outfit. To a kid growing up in the U.S. in the early 1950s, cowboys and cowgirls were the embodiment of heroic qualities. I wanted to be a cowgirl. I gradually... read more

Terminator Seeds and Social Order by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Mar 1, 1999 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-33 Number-02

LORD KRSNA SAYS THAT godless materialists produce "unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world." If you think this just means nuclear bombs, check out the latest from Monsanto, the folks who brought us Bovine Growth Hormones. On March 3, 1998,... read more

Y2K and the Simple Life by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Jan 1, 1999 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-33 Number-01

ON JANUARY 1, 2000, you might wake up, turn on your lights, take a shower, use the phone, and drive to the grocery store. Or you might not if Y2K, or the millennium computer bug, brings the world's economic systems to a halt. Many people say that the gravity of... read more

A Devotee in Pink by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Nov 1, 1998 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-32 Number-06

GET ALL YOUR NECESSITIES from the land," Srila Prabhupada often told devotees. Rural self-sufficiency promotes simple living, which helps reduce material desires to make way for Krsna consciousness. And rural living brings another benefit: On a farm we can engage... read more