Advaita Acarya and the Unique Compassion of Caitanya Mahaprabhu
January 29, 2012 – 11:58 pm | One Comment

Although Ganges water and tulasi blossoms are not difficult to acquire, Advaita offered them with uncommon love, and thus the world knows something about love that in our times has never been known before.

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Market Idolatry
March 3, 2010 – 1:50 am | 4 Comments
Market Idolatry

The Great Recession is not just an economic crisis, it is the result of a loss of values, a moral crisis. And to say that it is a moral crisis is also to say that it is a spiritual crisis.

Sri Gaura Purnima
February 28, 2010 – 9:14 pm | One Comment
Sri Gaura Purnima

Once in Brahma’s day—in a special Kali-yuga—Krishna himself comes in the mood of Radharani to search himself. He wants to taste the mood of Radharani, to understand the nature of her inner hankering.

Avatar’s Reversal of Fortune
February 25, 2010 – 12:55 am | 11 Comments
Avatar’s Reversal of Fortune

With the dazzling 3D-vortex of colors, actions and emotions, James Cameron’s Avatar seems to have given everyone something to rave about. But let’s get it straight—Avatar is a downright misnomer for this latest new blockbuster.

Gopala-tapani Upanisad: Verse Thirteen
February 22, 2010 – 2:27 am | 2 Comments
Gopala-tapani Upanisad: Verse Thirteen

Krishna’s wife Kalindi states that she is the daughter of the sun, aham devasya savitur duhita. This same Kalindi is the goddess of the sacred river Yamuna.