Author Archives: Hansadutta das
The Pilgrimage Has Come to You
The pilgrimage has come to you in the form of Bhagavad-gita, the Holy Name, the devotees, the prasadam. It’s coming to you. Krishna is so kind. Isn’t it? But we have all these sentimental and traditional, pseudo-spiritual ideas: we should … more
One Religion, Like One Sun
What we see in the world as different religions may be seen as higher or lower levels of spiritual evolution or spiritual realization, but that is not different religions; that is one religion being practiced on higher or lower levels, just as education has higher and lower levels.more
What is True and What is False?
Malaysia, March 1998 Because falsehood is so prominent, truth is always shocking. Volumes of books have been written since time immemorial by philosophers and thinkers to understand: What I am? Where did I come from? What am I doing here? … more
The Premise is the Problem
California, 2001 The premise that the material world is a place of enjoyment for the living entity is the problem. Actually, the material world is a place of perpetual suffering, and material activities are a perpetual struggle to avoid or … more
The Challenge
In 1963, one Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor of Colombo, Sri Lanka, president of the Sri Lanka branch of the Rationalist Association, an organization especially dedicated to disproving the existence of God and the soul, publicly offered an award of Rs. … more
Everything Belongs to Krishna
Do I have to give anything up? Use Everything for Krishna We may keep everything and continue our usual activities, but we should learn how to devote them to Krishna. If we are businessmen, we should use our profits to … more
Yard Exercise
Here we have a Reddit headline: “It is possible Egypt’s dictator has simply been replaced by a military junta trained by the CIA leaving the citizens no better than before with Mubarak.”
Mystic Television
We recently received the following comment in response to “Hansadutta at SRJC (part 9) Krishna: The Supreme Personality”: “We are told the Bhagavad Gita is the actual teaching directly from God. Yet I read that it was Sanjaya who envisioned … more
Put Your Trust in Prabhupada’s Instructions
Nov 1, 2010 Dear Madhavananda Prabhu, please accept my most humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. I have read over your letter very carefully. You are certainly very sincere and thoughtful. I will answer your thoughts one after the … more
1970s Kirtans from the German Yatra
We have several record covers from the 1970’s up on The Bhaktivedantas website on the krsnaTunes page, available for downloading or streaming. I believe Urdhvaga also has posted some of these up at Vaishnava Gemeinde – Forum Deutscher Devotees. These … more