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Welcome, Volume-48 Number-04, 2014

Jul 1, 2014 | Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-48 Number-04, Welcome

Since the 1990s, Hrimati Devi Dasi, the author of the cover story for this issue, has lived at the expansive Hare Krishna temple-complex in Mayapur, West Bengal. As a follower of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, she knows Mayapur to be the holiest of holy places, as revealed... read more

Since God Was a Boy by Nagaraja Dasa

May 12, 2014 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-48 Number-03

“I’ve been worki ng here since God was a boy,” I heard someone say recently. Amusing as the expression is in its own right, for devotees of Krishna it has an extra twist: we know that God is still a boy. The saying assumes, of course, that God has... read more

Welcome, Volume-48 Number-03, 2014

May 1, 2014 | Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-48 Number-03, Welcome

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu introduced the means to God realization in this age: congregational chanting of the names of God. As anyone who has seen Hare Krishna devotees chanting in public can attest, dancing always accompanies our singing. We don’t just chant; we... read more

“Krishna Is Coming!” by Nagaraja Dasa

Mar 14, 2014 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-48 Number-02

When Srila Prabhupada’s disciple Mahamaya Devi Dasi published her memoirs about her spiritual master in the year 2000, she titled the book Srila Prabhupada Is Coming! The exclamation point aptly captures the devotees’ mood whenever Prabhupada visited any... read more

Three Spiritual Authorities by Nagaraja Dasa

Jan 10, 2014 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-48 Number-01

When I first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is, I was excited about my discovery. I’d been searching for answers to life’s great questions, and after only a short time in the company of the philosophy of the Gita, I had... read more

Counting Species by Nagaraja Dasa

Sep 1, 2013 | Guest Editorial, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-47 Number-05

Srila Prabhupada often referred to the Puranic statement that there are 8.4 million species. A couple of years ago, scientists publicized their latest estimate of the number of species on earth: 8.7 million. But don’t get too excited about the closeness of these... read more