Description
1. Hare Krishna Challenge
Srila Prabhupada is a perfect Vedic sadhu. One of the meanings of the word sadhu is ‘one who cuts’, and readers of this small book will certainly experience a lifetime of illusions being chopped away. The Hare Krishna Challenge is provocative, controversial and to the point. Its conclusions are weighty, and no thoughtful person should refrain from studying it from cover to cover.
2. Hare Krishna Kirtan
“This great mantra of sixteen words Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare destroys the evils of Kaliyuga (the present age full of strife and treachery). Thirty-two These sixteen syllable names are the only means. Even after searching in all the Vedic literature, one will not find in this age any other simple and wonderful path than chanting Hare Krishna.”
3. Sri Damodar Lila
Because of mother Yashoda’s hard labor, her whole body became covered with perspiration, and the flowers were falling from her hair. When child Krishna saw His mother thus fatigued, He became merciful to her and agreed to be bound. Thus there was a competition between a devotee and Krishna. In the end, seeing His devotee’s total unalloyed determination to tie Him, Krishna had to accept defeat. In this way, mother Yashoda tied Him to a wooden grinding mortar
4. Coming Back
Since birth and death deal with the essence of our being, it is a subject of the utmost relevance to everyone. Our reincarnation after death is a predetermined fact until we choose to break the bondage. First we must become open to the possibilities of life outside our empirical understanding. Coming Back gives common examples from the Vedas that point to the truth of reincarnation and how we can make progress toward releasing ourselves from coming back.
5. Finding Our Lost Happiness
Since birth and death deal with the essence of our being, it is a subject of the utmost relevance to everyone. Our reincarnation after death is a predetermined fact until we choose to break the bondage. First we must become open to the possibilities of life outside our empirical understanding. Coming Back gives common examples from the Vedas that point to the truth of reincarnation and how we can make progress toward releasing ourselves from coming back.