Author Archives: Indradyumna Swami

“I am no stranger to vaccines, or to put it bluntly: I am alive today because I got vaccinated.”

“Forty-six festivals, one after another,” I thought. “And with Woodstock in the middle. No wonder I’m exhausted.” But there was no time to dwell on the tiredness of my body. Hundreds of excited people were alread…

“Did some gypsies really save your life?” my driver, Prema-vilas dasa, asked me as the light turned green.

Going anywhere outside the Guru Karishni Camp was a challenge because there was a veritable flood of humanity outside its confines: an estimated 64 million people were descending upon the Mela to bathe on February 4th, the most auspicious bat…

“People stopped to stare at the unusual sight: a sannyasi sitting on a bench and a Buddhist monk meditating on the ground next to him. They looked at me as if asking for an explanation, but I had none. I could only sit silently while he offer…