Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994
1994 / #28-03
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Statement of PurposesBack to Godhead magazine is a cultural presentation to respiritualize human society. It aims at achieving the following purposes: 1. To help all people distinguish more clearly between reality and illusion, spirit and maFrom the EditorWhy Chant Hare Kṛṣṅa? Here’s a page full of reasons. I’ll spare you the footnotes, but each reason is fully upheld by evidence from Vedic writings like Bhagavad-gītā, the Upaniṣads, and the Purāṅas. CHANTING HARE KṚṢṄA aLettersRejuvenated Mind We in South Africa are trying very hard to scurry through the narrow doorway out of material nescience, and it is publications like Back to Godhead that help to advance our progress. Each time I open theOur Only DutyThe Vedic literature is filled with injunctions, but one stands supreme. A lecture given in New York, January 7, 1966 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society foLessons from the RoadThe Hard Knot in the Heart By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA speaks strongly in his purports about the attraction between men and women and how this attraction can devastate spiritual life. Śrīla Prabhupāda wriLord Kṛṣṅa's CuisineCooking Class: Lesson 13 Śāk—Leafy Green Vegetables By Yamuna Devi MANY KIDS PUSH leafy green vegetables around the plate and eat them last, if at all. I was one of those kids in the 40s and 50s. Spinach, the most frequeBhakti-yoga at Home“Always Remember Kṛṣṅa… By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa AND NEVER forget Him.” So states the most important instruction of the Vedas. All other rules and regulations simply serve to assist this one basic principle. Thinking of KṛṣThe Land, the Cows, and KṛṣṅaHow Long Can Modern Agriculture Feed Us? By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī I’M WRITING THIS ARTICLE just after the U.S. government has approved a substance likely to send thousands of cows to the slaughterhouse, drive thousands ofSchooling Kṛṣṅa's ChildrenStepping Out By Urmilā Devī Dāsī STUDENTS LOOK forward to—field trips! They’re a chance to learn by direct experience, a chance to apply or expand what one has learned in the classroom or at home. Actually, whenever KṛṣṅStraight TalkThorn By Vraja Kishor Dāsa CHEW THE THORN. Drink the blood. Call it pleasure. “Quench that thirst.” Sex is suffering. Bleed envy. Bleed jealousy. Bleed heartache. Call it pleasure. Chew the thorn. I won’t. Go ahead, say Idol Worship And The Form Of GodWhat does the Bible really say about worshiping idols? by Satyarāja Dāsa REMEMBER the old Cecil B. De Mille movies? The hero would rescue the innocent masses from the heathen idol worshipers. He would smash the idols, anOn PilgrimageRemuna—The Place of Pleasure At this temple in Orissa, the Deity is famous as a thief. by Bhakti Vikāśa Swami REMUNA IS A TINY VILLAGE in Orissa, but it’s quite a busy place, with people coming and going all the time. AlHare Kṛṣṅa People“Kṛṣṅa's Mercy” How a high-school kid from the American capital joined Hare Kṛṣṅa, made a million dollars, and stays focused on spiritual life. Devotee: Anuttama Dāsa, age 40 Residence: Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. FaEvery Town & VillageThe worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America The earthquake that shook Los Angeles in January smashed decorative onyx arches and columns at the Hare KṛAmbassador of the Spiritual WorldŚrīla Prabhupāda visits Washington D. C., to speak as the representative of Lord Kṛṣṅa. By Hari Śaurī Dāsa Excerpted from A Transcendental Diary—Volume Three. Copyright Lotus Imprints. All rights reserved. Used with permŚrīla Prabhupāda Speaks OutLet Us Join Together The following conversation took place in London, England, on August 14, 1971. Guest: We say Jesus Christ. Śrīla Prabhupāda: But Jesus Christ never said that he is God. He said “son of God.” We have nMahābhārata—The History of Greater IndiaThe Seeds of Duryodhana’s Hatred Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami After the death of King Pāṅḍu, his sons, the Pāṅḍavas, were raised as princes under the care of their blind uncle, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and tThe Vedic ObserverBig Time: “The Personal Life Clock” “Among subduers I am time.”—Bhagavad-gītā by Sārvabhauma Dāsa MODERN MAN is preoccupied with time. Big time. We race against it. We try to “kill” it. We create unlimited gadgets to sav