Jean Paul

The Book On The Shelf Srila Prabhupada’s books eventually find this young boy even though he has long forgotten them. One day, during the summer of 2004, my sister returned from her ... Read more

Satyaraja Dasa

The Agni And the Ecstasy “I considered myself a sort of Renaissance man in my own right. But through reading Srila Prabhupada’s profound works, I came to understand what I ... Read more

Ravikant Jagtap

I could not see the lord but lord could see me Hare Krsna! I was born on 5th of November 1983 and was residing at BARC colony Anushaktinagar, Mumbai. Since the age of 5 I had a severe ear ... Read more

Mathuresa Dasa

Exeter, Harvard, SDS, drugs, Skinner, James, and a place on the bay in Maine. Then what? I first heard the chanting of Hare Krsna in 1968, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during my freshman ... 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

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

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

Madhumangala Dasa

From Punk to Monk “I couldn’t accept that I would be an engineer for the rest of my life, settle down, lead a steady life, grow old. I was bored. What was the point?” I ... Read more