Parul Upadhyaya

Temple Of My Dreams A young girl hankers and prays for association of devotees until a temple opens next door. On 31″ December 1999 was my first visit to an ISKCON temple. That day, ... Read more

Lisa Chastain

I Found Krishna in Las Vegas A lifelong search for God ends in the most unexpected of places. Last year I found myself at the doorstep of Govinda’s Center of Vedic India and Radha-Govinda ... Read more

Nagaraja Dasa

Meeting The Challenge “I learned self-discipline and a reverence for duty, honor, and country. But I had an itch for a more basic constitutional right…” I first met Hare ... Read more

Amrtamsa Dasa

A Young Man’s Search For Identity Takes Him From Crisis To Krishna I grew up in Connecticut in the fifties and sixties. Always “the observer,” dissatisfied with the status quo, ... Read more

Muraridasa

My first memory of the devotees was when I was about 9 years of age. I was a passenger in the family car, enroute from Coffs Harbour to Wauchope to spend Christmas with our grandparents and ... Read more

Arcana Siddhi Devi Dasi

Lost & Found “If death led to a better life, would suicide be a shortcut?” I FELT UNCERTAIN of what to expect as I walked slowly to the counseling center. A secretary ... Read more

Kashyapi Karan

Hare Krsna My life began with my beloved gopal deity, continuing my life with him and also want to end with him because he has always been too merciful on me. Since childhood my gopal deity ... Read more

Isvara Puri Dasa

Finding India’s Spiritual Culture in America An Indian immigrant to America discovers the true substance of the religion of his youth. I am Indian by origin, but I came to the U.S.A. as a ... Read more

Yoginatha Dasa

Journey with An Unseen Guide "A faint voice began to suggest that I was near the end of a long journey a journey I hadn't even realized I was on." I'm fifty-one years ... Read more

Tranakarta Dasa

Positively Pulled to Krishna The holy name, books, prasada, and saints all help a devotee to come to Krishna. A Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. I went to a Catholic school and ... Read more