Who is Krishna Dharma?

Krishna Dharma is the author of a number of English versions of Ancient Indian classics including Mahabharata, Ramayana, Srimad Bhagavatam and Panchatantra. He is also a broadcaster and has written many articles and papers giving the Vedic spiritual perspective on current events. He is a student of His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Srila Prabhupada), the Founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and author of many widely acclaimed English translations of the Vedic scriptures.

Krishna Dharma’s aim is to make these teachings accessible and relevant to today’s world. His motto is ‘Spiritual Solutions for Material Problems’, which sums up his mission, namely to address the multitude of dilemmas faced by society with the profound instructions given by the great sages of ancient times.

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Growing through Grief

Most of us discover at a fairly young age that the world is not a bed of roses. The carefree joys of childhood were brutally interrupted for me when I was just seven and I lost my mother. Navigating my way through an uncertain world after that, I encountered much more pain in the shape of a less than loving stepmother. It was enough to make me rather circumspect about the prospects of a trouble-free…

My First Janmastami

  Back in 1972 I was a 17 year-old sea cadet. My ship had docked in Bombay and I stepped onto that exotic shore in search of reasonably priced souvenirs. Under the intense encouragement of a shopkeeper I came close to purchasing a fine ivory chess set costing most of my week’s wages before I spotted a little figurine of Krishna. He exerted a strange attraction over me and after handing over my hard-earned rupees…

Liberating the Liberators

It is interesting that the US and UK style themselves as “liberators” of Iraq. Subtly implied in this euphemistic term is the assumption that we are ourselves already liberated, in a position to bestow our happy state on others. And that is surely a commonly held assumption in the West. We view ourselves as having the most progressive and free societies. But how true is this? A popular newspaper columnist recently wrote a book about…

Books Reviews

What reviewers have said …

Dharma’s Mahabharata is very readable, its tone elevated without being ponderous. Though condensed, it still runs to more than 900 pages and would interest all serious students of Hinduism. Recommended for academic libraries and public libraries with collections on religion.

JAMES F. DEROCHE, Library Journal