227. Eat away

In a lecture given by His Holiness Bhakti Vigyna Goswami Maharaj on a topic related to mind, he mentioned to the attentive class that people nowadays eat atleast 10 times more that what is actually required. To the students in the class, he enquired why this is so? One answered that people eat more because [...]

226. Seeing Him

I was at Crossways restaurant today for lunch. As I sat there by myself, a father and his 20 year old son decided to share the table with me. For the next one hour, we spoke about Hare Krishna in Australia, the philosophy in simple language, lack of quality leaders in the world, the rise [...]

205. Mind your Minerals !

As a vegetarian of many years, I have heard this all too often, “How do you get your proteins? How do you get your iron?”. And all I could say was, “Well…as a vegetarian, you can get all sorts of nutrients and minerals in a nice vegetable diet”. But I realized that its still possible [...]

153. Part 6 – At the farm with HH Devamrita Swami

Part 6 – Glories to the “Cookers” The cooks did it again. Finger lickin’ good ! I saw His Holiness Devamrita Swami get off the car and walk towards the lecture hall. I am usually seated right behind the door in a corner. So, most of the time, I am the one who opens and [...]

138. My 2nd year of cooking with Kurma – Part 6

Part 6 – The eating ! (The final article on this topic) The guests looked visibly happy. The food was made. They did it ! They all seemed proud and by now Chef Kurma was like their best friend. One group quickly began to gather plates, bowls and cutlery for the table. A few others [...]