On Conceiving the Inconceivable by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa
Some Principles in Understanding the Origin of the Conditioned Soul WE CONDITIONED souls are originally Krsna conscious living entities, but owing to a desire to be independent of God and to be the Supreme ourselves, we have fallen from our original position and... read more
Scenes From Navadvipa Parikrama, 1993 by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa
Two Auspicious Baths After pulling ourselves from the grip of the Ganges, we clamber up the sand bluffs. The river glows like molten lead. The noon wind dries us. Languorous from water, wind, and sun, we make our way slowly up the long cart-track toward Belpukur, the... read more
With Shelter in Reading: The Scene at Unisound by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa
BY 9.00 P.M. THE CLUB is packed, maybe 500 kids crowding this industrial loft of 150 feet by 40 above an auto parts warehouse. On a stage at the far right four shirtless men, the skin of their elaborately tattooed torsos shining blue and red under the spots, push... read more
Disease by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa
THE HEROES OF MY YOUTH were the great healers of humanity. While it's true that in those days I could be seen with other American boys paying homage to the likes of Elvis Presley and Joe DiMaggio, I rendered them only lip service. My real if somewhat secret... read more