The Origins of Cow-Killing Economics by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Mar 1, 1992 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-26 Number-02

PART II STARTING AROUND 1840, American farming became increasingly centralized. Replacing oxen with horses freed people to move to the cities to work in factories. And the new city dwellers became consumers for the products they'd once grown. The village miller... read more

The Origins of Cow-Killing Economics by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Jan 1, 1992 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-26 Number-01

Part 1 The Bhagavad-gita specifically instructs us, krsi-go-raksya: we human beings must protect the cow, our milk-giving mother. Go-raksya "protect the cow." Not go-hatya "kill the cow." This is most sinful. (Srila... read more

Who Can We Give the Bull To? by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Nov 1, 1991 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-25 Number-06

Once Srila Prabhupada was explaining how we can use all our natural tendencies in Krsna's service. A young devotee raised his hand and asked how a brahmacari (unmarried celibate student)could use the sex impulse in Krsna's service. Srila Prabhupada... read more

Chant Hare Krsna And Draw a Plow by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Sep 1, 1991 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-25 Number-05

KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS is practical. For spiritual advancement, you don't have to renounce everything, go to the forest, and simply chant Hare Krsna all day long. In the Bhagavad-gita Krsna explains that all of us should continue to perform our duties... read more