Back to Godhead Magazine #33-06, 1999
1999 / #33-06
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LettersLiving with Love I wish to thank you and the special person who faithfully sends me your magazine. There are many books and journals in the marketplace. Yours is the one I save, the one I pick up first if I have a few miWelcome to Our Special Māyāpur EditionOn the banks of the Ganges in Māyāpur, West Bengal, a region of tree-shaded villages and fertile farmland, the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement is planning to build a spiritual city, centered on a temple that will last a thousand yeaCaitanya Mahāprabhu—Rādhā and Kṛṣṅa CombinedA lecture in Māyāpur, India, on March 25, 1975 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness vande gurūn īśa-bhaktān īśam īśāvatārakān tat-pInterviewŚrīla Prabhupāda's Cherished Dream A disciple welcomes the challenge of fullling a difcult order from his spiritual master. Ambarīṣa Dāsa (Alfred Ford) is the great-grandson of Henry Ford. He was initiated by Śrīla PrabhMillenniumA Temple for the Next Millennium A Temple for the Next Millennium by Abhirāma Dāsa, Managing Director of the Śrī Māyāpur Project Development Committee THE VISION of the Śrī Māyāpur Project was born from a seed (bīja) manFor the Benefit of AllAn overview of the three main aspects of the Śrī Māyāpur Project. The chief architect for the Śrī Māyāpur Project is Pāda Sevanam Dāsa, a Ph.D. candidate at the Prince of Wales’s Foundation of Architecture in England. ReFoundations of Vedic Architectural DesignThe following is an extract from Pāda Sevanam Dāsa’s report to Prince Charles. VEDIC TRADITION describes the vastu puruṣa maṅḍala as the magical diagram and form that defines the functions, proportions, and shapes of theBuilt to Last a Thousand YearsThe Temple of the Vedic Planetarium will be a great feat of engineering that will attract worldwide attention. The following general description of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is based on interviews with two membNavadvīpaA Timeless History By the will of the Lord and His pure devotees, His eternal abode is visible to us today. by Mañjarī Devī Dāsī IT IS JUST AFTER SIX o’clock in the evening, and the sun is setting on the horizon in MāyāpThe Discovery of Śrī MāyāpurBY THE 1800s, the site of Śrī Caitanya’s birth—Māyāpur, also known as Navadvīpa—had become obscured, and few people were aware of the importance of the Lord’s life and mission. There were, however, those who were very awMāyāpur RealizationsMāyāpur residents speak about life in the holiest of holy places. Adapted from interviews by Mahāmāyā Devī Dāsī Originally from England, Kṛṣṅa Mādhurī Devī Dāsī joined the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement in Australia. She had lived Spiritual PlacesA Western Pilgrim In Mayapur “After a refreshing afternoon swim, we relax on the shore of the Ganga and discuss pastimes of Lord Caitanya.” by Nitya-tṛptā Devī Dāsī CAITANYA Mahāprabhu appeared to deliver divine love of The Center of Attention:Rādhā-Mādhava by Jananivāsa Dāsa At the heart of any Kṛṣṅa conscious community are the Deities. On the main altar of the Māyāpur Chandro-daya Mandir (ISKCON’s temple in Māyāpur) stand Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava (Rādhā-Kṛṣṅa) Lord Caitanya's Life and TeachingsUnderstanding the significance of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s appearance will help us appreciate the importance of Śrī Māyāpur. by Bhānu Swami LORD CAITANYA WAS BORN on February 27, 1486, at a time when India was suffering froGuest EditotialGuest Editorial Insight at St. Paul’s PERHAPS IT’S BECAUSE my maternal English bloodline has become Americanized, but the idea of a church representing a particular nationality sits poorly with me. And yet, while in LondVedic Evidence that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme LordThe appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu fulfilled each of the prophecies given here. In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings t