Taking Krsna Personally by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jul 1, 1999 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-33 Number-04

MOST PEOPLE READING this magazine understand, at least theoretically, that Krsna is God and we are His servants. Many of us have learned to be pessimistic about achieving material happiness and optimistic about attaining spiritual happiness. We aspire to attain... read more

Saints Offer Proof by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

May 1, 1999 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-33 Number-03

THAT GREAT SAINTS exist is the most powerful proof for me that God exists. Few of us get excited about academic exercises proving God's existence, and most of us have been born with a healthy amount of skepticism. Therefore, we need to find personal proofs, proofs... read more

Otherworldliness by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Mar 1, 1999 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-33 Number-02

AT A BACK TO GODHEAD editorial meeting in the mid 1980s, we discussed a letter from a reader criticizing us for not being relevant. Why, if we claimed that Krsna consciousness could solve real problems crime, war, famine were we keeping those solutions to... read more

The Search for the Authentic Self by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jan 1, 1999 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-33 Number-01

IN HER BOOK Mightier Than the Sword, Kathleen Adams has a chapter called "Authenticity." She writes, "The discrepancy between image/being, external/internal, acculturated self/authentic self the maintenance of the lie reverberates in the... read more

The Power of Initiation by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Nov 1, 1998 | Lessons from the Road, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-32 Number-06

Whenever I Read about Narada Muni in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, I am reminded of the power of initiation into Krsna conscious life. Narada was only five when his spiritual masters came to spend the rainy season at his mother's inn. They stayed four months,... read more