Back to Godhead Magazine #16-09, 1981
1981 / #16-09
Articles
The Religion Beyond All ReligionsA conversation with His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness In June 1976 at New Vrindaban, the Hare Kṛṣṅa movements farm community in WeTicket to a World Without DeathAn ancient science provides the perfect vehicle for the ultimate journey. by Giri-Yādava Dāsa If TWA were selling tickets for a flight to a newly discovered planet where no one grew old, no one suffered disease, and no oYou Don't Need a Guru—or Do You?Questions at Harvard Divinity School Recently Professor Harvey Cox of Harvard University invited Śubhānanda dāsa, a Hare Kṛṣṅa devotee, to give three talks on the traditional role of the guru. Later the talking went on, The Biography of a Pure DevoteeA Refuge For The Hippies Winter-spring, 1967: San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. “It was like opening a temple in a battlefield." by Śrīla Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswami Śrīla Prabhupāda had come to San Francisco from NewŚrīla Prabhupāda : A Modern SaintAmong the hippies in San Francisco were many young people who were sincerely searching for spiritual enlightenment—and who found it when they met His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. As recently as 1965,ISKCON’S Anti-Drug Programs Win Worldwide PraiseFrom it’s very beginning, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been active in helping young people from becoming free from drug abuse. Through a well structured program including a Vegetarian diet, yogLettersWe welcome your letters. Write to BACK TO GODHEAD 51 West Allens Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119 Once again, your latest edition of BACK TO GODHEAD was a smasher. I read it through with tear-filled eyes. EspeciallyEvery Town and VillageA look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Hare Krishna—You Can Look It Up Hare Krishna is now a dictionary word. While browsing through the most recent edition of The 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 wordsScienceA Dialogue on “The Ghost in the Machine" Is the existence of the soul merely a myth propagated by fuzzy-minded fanatics—or a fact verifiable by a nonmechanistic science? By Sadāpūta Dāsa The prevailing view among modern The Saga of Lord RāmaA classic Indian epic of the eternal war between Good and Evil comes to the television screen. by Draviḍa dāsa The Vedic literature describes how Lord Kṛṣṅa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears in the material woNotes from the EditorReincarnation and the Holy Name Is there life after death? If so, what is the nature of that life? These questions have always been with us, and the search for their answers is an intrinsic function of the human psyche.