Training Through The Stages of Childhood by Urmila Devi Dasi
WHAT WE CALL "a child" is simply a soul in a particular type of physical and mental dress. And by understanding the stages of material growth through which the child progresses, we can help the soul attain ultimate freedom. The sage Canakya saw these stages... read more
Pay the Price by Urmila Devi Dasi
AS THIS DARK AGE progresses, so does the philosophy of automatic spiritual enlightenment. In bookstores, seminars, and certainly in the literature of professional educators and psychologists, we learn that children are best left to their own devices. Parents,... read more
Divine Consciousness Of a Previous Life by Urmila Devi Dasi
THE BHAGAVAD-GITA tells us that a child with good opportunities for genuine spiritual life must have progressed in yoga, or Krsna consciousness, in a previous life. Krsna tells Arjuna some symptoms of such a child. First, the child will be attracted automatically to... read more
Crack in the Universe by Urmila Devi Dasi
THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY founder of Sunday school in America, H. Clay Trumbull, remembers calling to his father before falling asleep at night. "Are you there, Papa?" "Yes, my child, I am here." "You'll take care of me tonight, Papa,... read more