Nataka Candrika Devi Dasi

Becoming One Of “Them” I FIRST MET Hare Krsna devotees in the winter of 1971. I was a sophomore (second-year student) at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, ... Read more

Clara Caprario De Tarres

An lnformed Opinion When her son joined the Hare Krishna movement, she didn't make any judgments without finding out for herself what it was all about. Mrs. Caprario de Tarres, ... Read more

Kumkum Dvivedi

Nectar of Prabhupada’s guidance My first exposure to Prabhupada was five years ago when I just casually dropped in at the ISKCON temple at camp Pune. There were tables there distributing ... Read more

Pervin Jumala

Love at First Sight How a moment and a few sincere words changed a life. Wow! That’s So beautiful.” Firoz and I were frozen for a moment, awestruck by our first glimpses of Radha and ... Read more

Manoharini Devi Dasi

Punk and Krishna In a Teabag “The Hare Krishnas shaved their heads like us, so they couldn’t be that bad.” The following is dedicated to His Holiness Sridhara Swami, who ... Read more

Sita Devi Dasi

A Hunger Strike Amidst turmoils, a student activist receives the message of the Gita. The Gita explains that four kinds of people come to Krishna consciousness: one who is in great ... Read more

Caitanya Carana Dasa

An Intellect Discovers Its Perfection The profound philosophy and devotional nectar of the Vedic scriptures whets a brilliant student’s appetite. I was born with a congenital heart ... Read more

Dvarakadhisa Dasa

Growing Up With Krishna From age five to twenty-three a young man’s tale of spiritual development. I became a devotee of Krishna when I was only five years old. It was 1968. My mother ... Read more

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

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