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

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

Madhusudan Dasa

How I Met A.C. Swami Bhaktivedanta I had a “normal” childhood, had fights with the kids on the block, envied my older brother for his associations with pretty girls, and tried ... Read more

Radha Carana Dasa

Service To A Higher Mission The French army wanted him but so did Krishna. BORN INTO a French Jewish family on July 4, 1957, I had the privilege to receive a strict religious education ... Read more