Photo Credits: Nina Paley Sita and Rama An article entitled “When the Husband is Not a Devotee,” written by Sundari Radhika Dasi for The Eight Petals newsletter and published on ISKCON News recently, caused a firestorm of controversy. The article, which you can read along with its comments here, posed the question, “What if a woman is […]
Am I Marrying the Right Person?
Dear Grihastha Coach , I am engaged to be married in six months. My mother and father approve and his parents approve. We have known each other for about three years. We met in college but did not become interested in one another until about 9 months go. I am an initiated devotee and he […]
How to Balance Maintaining a Family & Giving in Charity?
Dear Grihastha Coach, My wife and I have been married for five years. We have two children and both of us work as computer professionals. She and I were initiated before we were married and in general get along well. Lately, though we are disagreeing more and more about finances. I want to give more […]
Are Feelings Love?
Dear Grihastha Coach, I have a question that I hope you will be able to answer. How does a person know if their feelings are love? You wrote before about infatuation, my question is specifically about love. Sincerely, Wants to know ——————– Dear Wants, Your inquiry, “How do I know it’s love?” is relevant to […]
Spiritual Lovers
Question: Wife and husband should be seen more like spiritual friends or more like “spiritual lovers”? What is the difference between the two? Answer: If the spiritual is authentic both definitions are synonymous. But only if it’s authentically spiritual, because today it is a fashion to say spiritual: “Oh, today I got to know a […]