Back to Godhead Magazine #33-01, 1999
1999 / #33-01
Articles
WelcomeArticles under the heading “How I Came to Kṛṣṅa Consciousness” have long been popular with readers of Back to Godhead. Not surprising, since we’re all persons eternally. People like to hear about people. Back to Godhead LettersChanging Channels Suhotra Swami’s article “Channeling: Extrasensory Deception?” (BTG, Sept./Oct. 1998) is an excellent correction of many common notions about channeling, although by pointing out only the errors of thoseLife Without Meaningless WorkWhat’s wrong with working hard for success? A lecture given in Vṛndāvana, India, on November 3, 1976 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna ConscioLessons from the RoadThe Search for the Authentic Self By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami IN HER BOOK Mightier Than the Sword, Kathleen Adams has a chapter called “Authenticity.” She writes, “The discrepancy between image/being, external/internal, aSchooling Kṛṣṅa's ChildrenThoughts at the Births of Grandchildren By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī THE HEAD SLOWLY appears, then the body slips and slides, and finally the feet exit—birth! The child sounds the cry of life, and everyone is relieved and joyful.Book DistributionMercy Amid Mayhem Compiled by Navīna Nīrada Dāsa FOLLOWING ARE excerpts from the diary of Aiśvarya Dāsa. Based in San Diego, he travels throughout America with other devotees, distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda's books. SaturThe Land, the Cows, and KṛṣṅaY2K and the Simple Life By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī ON JANUARY 1, 2000, you might wake up, turn on your lights, take a shower, use the phone, and drive to the grocery store. Or you might not—if Y2K, or the millennium computeIndia’s HeritageWhy Accept a Spiritual Master? By Puruṣottama Dāsa I WAS BORN INTO a Hindu family, and from an early age I was taught the necessity of accepting a spiritual master. Also early on, I was disciplined to get up every day atA Lecacy of Devotion in DallasFaithful longtime residents and enthusiastic newcomers work together to carry on Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission. By Kālakaṅṭha Dāsa IN 1970, WHILE Richard Nixon was sending American troops into Cambodia, Śrīla Prabhupāda senMahābhārata—The History of Greater IndiaAssembling for the Rājasūya Sacrifice The leaders of the world arrive for a sacrifice only a world emperor can perform. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history oEvery Town & VillageThe worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) World News India An estimated half a million people attended the three-day celebration of Janmāṣṭamī (Lord Kṛṣṅa's appearance annivA Storybook EndingA son helps his mother prepare for the ultimate test. By Keśava Bhāratī ARE YOU READY to hear about a miracle? Don’t worry, I won’t bore you with yet another story about some pseudo-miracle-worker. This story is about a “I Have Found the Future of Vaiṣṅavism”The Story of Rasikānanda Prabhu by Satyarāja Dāsa RASIKA MURĀRI PATNAIK, also known as Rasikānanda Prabhu, was born in 1590, fifty-six years after Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had ended His earthly pastimes. Rasikānanda was bSpiritual PlacesGopiballabhpur Today A look at the temple founded by Rasikānanda Prabhu nearly four hundred years ago. By Bhaktivikāśa Swami GOPIBALLABHPUR is situated in the southwest corner of the Medinipur district in southwest West Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out“America Has to Stop Demonism” This exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples took place in Los Angeles on the morning of December 13, 1973, during a walk along the PFrom the EditorStrange But True I FIRST SAW HARE KṚṢṄA devotees in Denver, 1969 or ’70, during my first year at the U.S. Air Force Academy. They were chanting on the street, and one of them gave me a Back to Godhead magazine. I flippedVedic ThoughtsDevotees whose tongues are decorated always with prayers to Lord Kṛṣṅa are always given respect even by the great saintly persons and sages, and such devotees are actually worshipable by the demigods. Skanda Purāṅa Whoev