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Book Review by Rayarama Dasa

Mar 1, 1968 | Book Review, Rayarama Dasa, Volume-01 Number-17

The Saint Who Wasn't SIDDHARTHA, a novel by Hermann Hesse; 153 pps; New Directions Books, $1.15. SIDDHARTHA could only have been written by a European scholar, and even though the setting is India, circa the start of the 5th Century B. C., and the characters are... read more

Evolution and the Human Mission by Rayarama Dasa Brahmachari

Jul 1, 1967 | Material World, Rayarama Dasa, Volume-01 Number-15

Long before the advent of Linnaeus, the existing species of life had been analyzed and categorized in the uniquely scientific scriptural literature of India. And, at about the same distance in time from Darwin, a presentation of the evolutionary process was made. In... read more

The Ogre’s Lament by Rayarama Dasa

Jun 1, 1967 | Poetry, Rayarama Dasa, Volume-01 Number-13

Gnarled within And gnarled without, I am the lumbering, lusting Brute denizen of this concrete swamp, The minion of immemorial shadow. I am the killer and the coward, I the beast of rages, The blind and ugly madman Chasing other madman Through the death-choked... read more

My Subway Song of Love by Rayarama Dasa Brahmacari

Apr 1, 1967 | Poetry, Rayarama Dasa, Volume-01 Number-11

A formidable endeavor, To enter the labyrinthine depths And pass among the shuffling, shuttling Subway mob Shoving, scuffling, rushing with the hour In a gray atmosphere which only merchant greed will adorn, In a foul, burnt-iron, screeching hell. Here beneath the... read more

Poems by Brahmananda Dasa Brahmachari, Rayarama Dasa Brahmachari, Rabindrasvarupa Dasa Brahmachari

Mar 1, 1967 | Brahmananda Dasa Brahmacari, Poetry, Rabindasvarupa Dasa Brahmachary, Rayarama Dasa, Volume-01 Number-09

To doubt is to say, "God is wrong. I will find my own answers." But do you know who you are? where you came from? why you are here? To know the answers to all questions all you need to know is that you are a fragment of Krishna. Brahmananda Das... read more

The Transmigration of the Soul by Rayarama Dasa Brahmachari

Feb 15, 1967 | Bhagavad Gita, Rayarama Dasa, Volume-01 Number-08

The transmigration of the soul, sometimes called reincarnation, is a much misunderstood phenomenon. This is because the doctrine has often been presented by philosophers who do not actually believe in the existence of the individual spirit soul. However,... read more