Arjuna And Us by Visakha Devi Dasi
Like Arjuna, we have attachments, hopes, fears, guilt, and confusion. And a similar path to happiness. Recently. in rereading the first chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, I felt something I hadn’t before – a surge of empathy for Arjuna in his plight. His... read more
Why We Must Purify Our Existence by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Our inability to secure the complete happiness we all seek points to our diseased condition. (An initiation lecture.) The Sanskrit word for initiation is diksa. As stated in an authoritative Vedic dictionary, divya jñanaṁ ksapayati iti diksa: “Diksa means... read moreLetters, Volume-49 Number- 02, 2015
Keats’s Immortal Bird I refer to an article of your September/ October 2014 issue, entitled “Taking Shelter.” It reminded me of a poem I learnt many, many years back at school, “Ode to a Nightingale,” where the author, Keats, explores... read more