I remember sitting in the living room of my parents home when I was 19. They had just discovered my involvement with Krishna Consciousness and they were naturally concerned and wanted to know what I was doing. I told them … Continue reading
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I have a Ukrainian aunt, who I went to visit when I was eighteen. This was my Aunt Nettie. At the time she lived in Winnipeg Manitoba, about 2500 kms west of Toronto. Aunt Nettie was married to my Uncle … Continue reading
November 30, 2006 There is a window into space, the whole world knows. This window is a mirror, it reflects our soul: The fighting, the killing, the struggle of ages. Time moves on, struggles never cease, but the rockets stand … Continue reading
In this country there is New York, New Jersey, New England, New Holland and many other places named after their original counterpart, mostly from Europe. So in 1969 Prabhupada started New Vrindavan named after its original place in India where … Continue reading
Had Kama Nagari and I been content to live a simple life, which was our original purpose in moving to our Walden, we could have lived comfortably on my scholarship. Kama Nagari may have found a part time job in … Continue reading
The Pope Under Attack “An al Qaeda-linked extremist group warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that he and the West were “doomed,” as protesters raged across the Muslim world to demand more of an apology from the pontiff for his … Continue reading
In those days Kama Nagari generally made the business decisions. I was there just to make things work, and so I lived in constant terror of what she might do next. Mostly I was in financial fear and consequently I … Continue reading
Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:22:04 AM My desert paradise has turned into hell. Today my neighbor Mr. Wright, called me in a panic saying, “Call your wife; get her out; fire is coming. I immediately called but I could not … Continue reading
During my life I have passed through different stages of spiritual understanding. In my earliest days when I first attended the Hare Krishna temple in Toronto, I arrived with the idea of a dichotomy between spiritual and material life. Temple … Continue reading
Sunday, June 25, 2006 7:48:32 AM Years ago, as a teenager, when I started to attend the Hare Krishna temple in Toronto I never told my friends or my parents. I was embarrassed to let them know that I was … Continue reading