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Prabhupada's "As It Is" translation of the Bhagavad Gita is central to the American Vaishnava movement. It was reading this book that led Dan Coggins, currently a member of the Boston temple, to convert. A Sanskrit translation of the Ghita he looked at didn't inspire him, but, three years ago, when he read Prabhupada's version, he was transfixed. "It was the most potent form of religion I could find...
...offerings to Krishna. Because Krishna respects the sanctity of all life, the devotees are vegetarian. They live according to four basic restrictions, which prohibit intoxication, gambling and illicit sex as well as eating meat. Another requirement is chanting the Hare Krishna mantra sixteen times a day. A mantra, a Sanskrit word combining mind and feeling, is a combination of transcendental sounds which are intended to free the chanter's mind from anxiety...
Things are not so simple in liberal arts land. To get trapped in the GPA inferno, you typically have something original and interesting enough to say on exams and papers to get the grader flustered, but you are not thorough enough to impress with footnotes in the original Sanskrit. Neither a bullshit artist, a workaholic, nor a genius, the soul in this circle sees his papers and exams as an endless string of B-plusses, while the operators one floor up in GPA heaven thumb their noses and jangle their Phi Beta Kappa keys at the brighter minds below...
...offhand remarks he had made during his country's July parliamentary elections. Campaigning for a fellow candidate, Veera, 38, quipped that he wished he had been born a prince: "I would be drinking whisky instead of standing here getting pains in my knees." To stress his point, Veera used Sanskrit words that are normally employed only when referring to royalty...
While both Colfax and Brumage hail from the country, Deepak Bhargava '89 is a city boy. Born in India, Bhargava moved to the New York when he was a year old. However, he still wants to find his Indian roots, and it was Harvard's Sanskrit and Indian Studies Department that convinced him to choose the Harvard over other Ivy Leaugue schools...