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Real Advancement Of Civilization

Sep 1, 1993 | Srila Prabhupada Conversation, Volume-27 Number-05

This conversation between Srila Prabhupada and some American disciples took place in Surat, India, on December 21, 1970. Srila Prabhupada: In your country there is a welfare department. The expenditure is increasing. Disciple: Yes. Srila... read more

Shelter Beyond Duality by Indradyumna Swami

Sep 1, 1993 | How I Came to Krsna Consciousness, Indradyumna Swami, Volume-27 Number-05

"Life was tough from the start … a slap on the backside. But at age four came my first hard taste of reality." THIS IS THE STORY of my life. Or better yet, the story of two lives: the one my spiritual master saved me from, and the one he gave me. Both... read more

Mahabharata – The History of Greater India Translated from the Sanskrit by Hridayananda Dasa Goswami

Sep 1, 1993 | Hridayananda Dasa Goswami, Mahabharata – The History of Greater India, Volume-27 Number-05

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Vedic histories tell us that the civilization of India or Bharatavarsa, as it was called once extended throughout the world. Mahabharata is the great history of that greater India. It is an epic poem of more than 100,000 verses,... read more

A Treatise On Devotional Service by Kundali Dasa and Satya Narayana Dasa

Sep 1, 1993 | Bhakti-yoga and Krsna Consciousness, Kundali Dasa, Satya Narayana Dasa, Volume-27 Number-05

Part Six of an overview of the Sat Sandarbha of Srila Jiva Gosvami THE FIFTH OF THE six sandarbhas (treatises) describes abhideya tattva, or the process for attaining love of God. As the name of the treatise suggests, that process... read more

The Seeds of Reason by Sadaputa Dasa

Sep 1, 1993 | Sadaputa Dasa, Science: The Vedic View, Volume-27 Number-05

IN THE MID-NINETEENTH century Charles Darwin corresponded regularly with Asa Gray, a Harvard professor of botany who was an evangelical Christian. Gray was dedicated to scientific empiricism, but in those days he opposed the idea of the evolutionary transformation of... read more

New York City, December 1965… Swamiji’s First Christmas

Sep 1, 1993 | Srila Prabhupada's Biography, Srila Prabhupada's Memories, Volume-27 Number-05

New to New York, Bhaktivedanta Swami, Srila Prabhupada, had undoubtedly taken up the greatest austerity on the order of his Guru Maharaja. In the short space of three months he had traveled from his beloved village of Vrndavana, crossing the ocean in a small freighter... read more