What’s So Special About Chanting Hare Krishna?

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama
Rama Rama, Hare Hare

We’ve all heard the Hare Krishna mantra at some time, but what the heck is so special about this mantra? Why are we …

Top 6 benefits of Spiritualizing your busy life and HOW?

Author: Stephen Knapp
How to spiritualize our lives is easier to explain than why, especially when we are so busy with numerous responsibilities or goals that we face everyday. After all, if we are already so …

Why Be A Hindu: What does Hinduism stands for?

Hinduism is, basically, the modern name for the Vedic way of life, especially the spiritual path usually associated with India. Previously, those who followed the Vedic system were also called Aryans. It is often considered …

Is the Universe a Computer Simulation? — The Nature of Reality

By: AIF Staff
Scientists are discussing the nature of reality. They have made a discovery in physics pointing to the possibility that the universe is not billions of light-years across as astronomers speculate but may be …

Delhi Gang-Rape and the modern Shurapanakha

 Author: Chaitanya Charan Das
“The sexual exposure we face is unparalleled in the history of mankind… Because pornography and sex have such a forceful pull on us, if left unchecked our society will erode before our very …

Why is peace elusive?

Author: Vraja Bihari dasa
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”- Buddha
In the 1960’s American kids were promised that science is advancing at such a rapid pace that three decades down the line people …

Giving Vedic Culture to the Next Generation

By Stephen Knapp
The future of the Vedic community, and of the temple, is in the way the future generations get involved. But they have to understand the philosophy and the purpose of the traditions, perhaps …

Does God Exist ? Albert Einstein

“A True Story” Albert Einstein
Did God create everything that exists? Does evil exist? Did God create evil?
A University professor at a well known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question. “Did God …

How to see God?

By: AIF Staff
Sometimes people say that they want to see God , but that God is not perceivable to them. But the real question is: do we have the proper eyes to see God? Are we …

Deepavali – The Festival of Light

Deepavali (also spelled Divali in few countries) or Diwali, popularly known as the festival of lights, is an important five-day festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism, occurring between mid-October and mid-November. For Hindus, Diwali is the …