This tickled me and I thought I’d share it with you. Its nice to see a Christian brother find something helpful in the wisdom of the East for a change and to want to share the inner meanings of a common Sanskrit greeting with his flock. I hope it helps...

After my grumbling yesterday about impending winter, I was at least happy to hear that my daughter Jahnavi is firmly situated in the Spring season. She is currently in Australia as a member of the kirtan group As Kindred Spirits. They are on a tour of...

I came back from India yesterday. Oh dear. I watched the golden sun come up over a bleak and mountainous Afghanistan, chanting my gayatri mantra while peering out of a small window in the back of the plane. By breakfast time I was dipping down through...

I write this with the sound of Diwali firecrackers going off all over the town. I am in Tirupati, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Tomorrow is a big Diwali festival here at the ISKCON temple There will be the ceremonial burning of...

I’m in India and its the night before the beginning of Kartik month. This afternoon we had a monsoon downpour after a grey and muggy morning. Right now the full moon is hanging in the sky and the crickets have all come out to sing to it. If I was at...