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Parampara das Stricken


After taking lunch Prasadam Sunday afternoon, I was told that Parampara prabhu had been taken to a hospital in Wheeling last evening. Last evening sometime, Parampara had phoned Rasa Caitanya & asked him to help at the lodge tomorrow, as he had become extremely ill and was going to the hospital tomorrow if he wasn’t […]

Learn Acting: No Experience Necessary


Bhakta Marg Swami, famous for turning desire into talent, is on campus and will be running drama practices every evening at 7 PM in the main prasadam room in the temple. While experience is a plus, BMS has made taking shy and inexperienced devotees and turning them into competent actors a well polished routine. As […]

Chunnchala Lights and a Dispatched Swan


By Jiva Goswami dasa After the first time I’d read the Bhagavada Gita As It Is, there was nothing logical to do but to surrender at the Temple. It was Vahna Prabhu who had introduced me to Krsna Consciousness, and I wanted to take up The Program in Columbus, where Vahna lived at the time. […]

What’s in a Name?


by Damodar das Last week Gopalasyapriya was performing her customary rounds in the Palace gardens. She was approached by one guest, an Indian gentleman who was visiting with his family. The gentleman asked Gopa her name, and then she asked him for his. He replied that his name is Maha Lingam. Other than that, he […]

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