Kamra Devi Dasi

Find a Bona Fide Guru A young woman tells of her search for satisfying answers in a world of hypocrisy and dead ends. I entered Cornell University in the fall of 1971 at the age of ... Read more

Kundali Dasa

My Eureka Experience A few lines from a little book turn a routine evening after work into an Archimedean bath. A eureka experience occurs when something routine and familiar suddenly ... Read more

Duhkhahanti Devi Dasi

How I Came to the Krishna Consciousness Movement as told to Bibhavati-devi dasi When I was a young girl in Bordentown, New Jersey, I went to a strict Catholic elementary school. The ... Read more

Acarya Devi Dasi

A Lifetime of Service Her search was not a sentimental one. She was looking for a pure spiritual process a practical way of dedicating herself to God. I grew up in the sixties, and like ... Read more

Dharmadhyaksa Dasa

Heroes, Anti-Heroes and Antidotes A former student of psychology traces his life, from childhood to now from looking up to others to looking into himself. On June 17, 1959, with summer ... Read more

Bahudaka Dasa

How I Came to Krishna Consciousness Bahudaka dasa has been the president of the Vancouver ISKCON center for six years. When he first joined, in 1970, the center had only four full-time ... Read more

Jananivas Dasa

Please Give Me A Sign A prayer in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque leads a young Christian to Lord Krishna. by Visakha Devi Dasi John, a slight, fair-complexioned traveler who’d left home ... Read more

Indradyumna Swami

Shelter Beyond Duality “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 ... Read more

Niranjana Swami

How I Came I was introduced to the Krishna consciousness movement and introduced to Srila Prabhupada by first receiving a copy of Bhagavad Gita As It Is. Sometimes people ask me “When was ... Read more

Krishnamayi Devi Dasi

Now I Know Why A young journalism student’s path to Krishna consciousness takes her from curiosity to conviction. It was 4:15 in the morning. On the north side of Chicago, not even ... Read more