Back to Godhead Magazine #15-11, 1980
1980 / #15-11
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Returning to the Abode of Real PleasureA lecture by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Delivered on September 30,1972, in Laguna Beach, California. Ladies and gentlemen, IThe Biography of a Pure DevoteeThe First Initiation by Śrīla Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswami In March 1966 Śrīla Prabhupāda had begun America’s first Kṛṣṅa conscious temple, in a little storefront on New York’s Lower East Side. A small band of followers had gImmortal Longingsby Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa No one likes to be the bearer of bad news. Not only is it unpleasant; it can be dangerous. Kings routinely used to kill on the spot hapless messengers bringing word of defeat. Even so, most peoplHow I Came To Kṛṣṅa Consciousness"I finished the school year, bade farewell to my family, girlfriend, and other intimates, and set off for Japan to practice Zen in earnest." by Jñāna Dāsa By the grace of my spiritual master, His Divine Grace AC. BhaktivEvery Town and VillageA look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Devotees Spread Aloha Spirit in Honolulu Honolulu, Hawaii—Hare Kṛṣṅa devotees recently took part in the gala floral paradPeopleAnne Schaufuss Model Devotee She had money, glamor, exciting work, admiring friends—but she gave it all up for Kṛṣṅa. by Yogeśvara dāsa Anne Schaufuss has lived what most women can hardly dream. Born of an illustrious DuNotes from the EditorGetting to Know those Decent, Hardworking "Misled" People During the three years I have been living at the ISKCON farm in Port Royal, Pennsylvania, I have noted with pleasure how things occur with natural regularity. The