Back to Godhead Magazine #16-08, 1981
1981 / #16-08
Articles
Aristotle and His TeachingsA Vedic Perspective An excerpt from Dialectical Spiritualism: A Vedic View of Western Philosophy, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna ConsciousRatha-Yātrā—A Festival for EveryoneThe world’s oldest celebration comes to the West. by Prahlādānanda Dāsa For thousands of years devotees of Lord Kṛṣṅa have journeyed to Jagannātha Puri in India to take part in the annual celebration called Ratha-yātrā, The Biography of a Pure DevoteeThe Mantra-Rock Dance January 1967: San Francisco. "The Avalon Ballroom seemed like a human field of wheat blowing in the wind—finally everyone was jumping, crying, shouting." by Śrīla Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswami Though someEvery Town and VillageA look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Sītā-Rāma Installed Near London: 10,000 Attend Hertfordshire, U.K.-Recently at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, the country āśramA Vital TransitionThe Molding of the Hare Kṛṣṅa Movement in British India by Dr. Thomas J. Hopkins Dr. Thomas J. Hopkins is the chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. DŚrīla Prabhupāda Speaks OutOn Sex and Suffering The following conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples took place on an early-morning walk in January 1974 at Venice Beach, California. DevoThe Meeting of Rādhā and Kṛṣṅaby Draviḍa dāsa Lord Śrī Kṛṣṅa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, stands on the bank of the River Yamunā with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṅī, His eternal consort, in this scene in Goloka Vṛndāvana, the Lord's spiritual abode. The pThe Yoga DictionaryThe Sanskrit language is rich in words to communicate ideas about spiritual life, yoga, and God realization. This dictionary, appearing by installments in BACK TO GODHEAD, will focus upon the most important of these wordLettersWe welcome your letters. Write to BACK TO GODHEAD 51 West Allens Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119 Dear Sadāpūta dāsa: I would like first of all to express my appreciation for your articles in BACK TO GODHEAD, Vol.16Notes from the EditorWhy You Should Become a Devotee of Kṛṣṅa—and Why You Don't You should become a devotee of Kṛṣṅa. Why? 1. When you become a devotee of Kṛṣṅa, you enter into the association of great souls. These great souls, or pure devot