A Bath in the Nectar at Nasik From reports by Jaya Vijaya Dasa and Maha-mantra Dasa
The quest for immortality draws thousands to this holy site once every twelve years. MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, the most powerful beings in the universe, known as the devas (demigods) and the asuras (demons), fought in the heavens over a pot of... read more
Reviving the Forests of Vrndavana by Ranchor Dasa
Devotees work together in a relief effort to recover a spiritual oasis from ecological disaster. WHEN MY SON was ten years old, I took him to India to visit Vrndavana, the home of Krsna. Having been brought up as a devotee of Krsna, he had been taught to see... read more
Teens and Celibacy by Urmila Devi Dasi
CELIBACY IS SUCH an important part of Vedic education that the Sanskrit word for student is brahmacari ("celibate"). The pressure to give up celibacy begins, of course, in adolescence, the most dangerous age and often the turning point of one's... read more
Was There an Eve? by Sadaputa Dasa
IN A 1987 ARTICLE in the prestigious journal Nature, three biochemists published a study of mitochondrial DNA's from 147 people living on five continents. The biochemists stated, "All these mitochondrial DNA's stem from one woman who is... read more