Back to Godhead Magazine #21-05, 1986
1986 / #21-05
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Changing Our Standard of HappinessMaterial happiness often takes the form of relieving distress. Isn't human life meant for something more? A lecture in Toronto in June 1976 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder-Ācārya of the InKarma and the Origin of EvilGod's kindness and life's hardships are an unlikely match unless we know the laws of nature. by Kuṅḍalī dāsa Once upon a time, a wicked man had a change of heart. Approaching a renowned saint, he asked, "O great saint, wThe Hymns of BrahmāAn ancient text offers us a vision of the spiritual world-a vibrant, transcendentally variegated world of devotion to Kṛṣṅa. by Śubhānanda Dāsa The article that follows is adapted from the Introduction to the recently puLord Kṛṣṅa's CuisinePlane Fare The steward offered us "just vegetables," but we had a feast in our flight bag. Last summer, when my husband, daughter, and I were flying to California to visit my in-laws, the steward dutifully brought our veŚrīla Prabhupāda Speaks OutNumber-One Nonsense This is a continuation of a conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and a guest, Dr. Christian Hauser, a psychiatrist, that took place in Stockholm in September 1973.Every Town an and VillageA look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) ISKCON Guru Tours Fiji Meets leaders Suva, Fiji—The Right Honorable Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, prime minister of Fiji, and sThe Vedic ObserverTranscendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day Wholesale Slaughter by Drutakarmā dāsa Striking meat-packers and their supporters blockaded the Geo. A. Hormel & Co. plant Monday, and Gov. Rudy Perpich called out the NJewel in KampucheaDoes it shock you that Vedic culture existed outside India so long ago?" Ta asked me, "No," I said. "Veda means knowledge, and true knowledge is everybody's birthright." by Satyarāja Dāsa While viewing a recent exhibit aA Rare Birth"An unsuccessful yogi may be born in a family of transcendentalists who are great in wisdom. Certainly such a birth is rare in this world."—Bhagavad-gītā Text by Viśākhā-Devī Dāsī This verse, spoken by the Supreme PersonNotes from the EditorThe Blight at the End of the Chunnel The political heads of England and France recently announced their sanction of "the biggest construction job of the century," the building of a railroad tunnel beneath the English Cha