Back to Godhead Magazine #43, 1971
1971 / #43
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What Is The International Society For Krishna Consciousness?The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a worldwide community of devotees practicing bhakti-yoga, loving service to God. It is an eternal science of God consciousness described in Vedic literatureISKCON Centers Around the WorldAmherst Mass. Cliffside Apts. A 11, Sunderland 01375 Amsterdam Holland Frissenstein 292, Bijlermeer Atlanta Georgia 24 13th St. 30309 Baltimore Maryland 1300 N. Calvert St. 21202 Berkeley California 2710 Durant Ave. 9470Teachings of Lord CaitanyaTranscription of a lecture by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The greatest spiritual master of the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, asked His disciple Rūpa Gosvāmī to go to Vṛndāvana and preIntroduction to the All-India IssueIndia has always been known as a holy land long before the advent of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who originated the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement 500 years ago. Lord Rāmacandra, who was the incarnation of the Supreme Lord in the rolPress Conference in Suratby Haṁsadūta dāsa Adhikārī (World Saṅkīrtana Party) On December 16, 1970, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda arrived in Surat at 6:00 A.M., accompanied by twenty-five of his American, European and JapanKṛṣṅites Teach the Real Vedic Culture to IndiaThe tour of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda throughout India attracted much daily news coverage, and many major magazines ran features about Śrīla Prabhupāda and his foreign disciples. The Times WeekKṛṣṅa Returns to Indiaby Girirāja dāsa Brahmacārī (ISKCON-Bombay) When the Hare Kṛṣṅa chanters first appeared in America five years ago, Americans were surprised. Dressed in “Indian” dhotis and saris and chanting “Hindu” chants in Sanskrit, tWorld Saṅkīrtana Party “There is no other alternative in this age.”text by Syāmasundara dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON—Bombay) These events are historic in the annals of Vaiṣṅava history, since the whole town of Surat was situated on the sankīrtana platform. Everywhere we went, people chanted wiMembershipWe read in Vedic literature about this present age that we are living in now, called the Age of Kali, the age of hypocrisy, quarrel and corruption. Aside from the statements of Vedic literature we can observe that the ag