Back to Godhead Magazine #34-04, 2000
2000 / #34-04
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WelcomeARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE show the universal appeal and relevance of Kṛṣṅa consciousness, the essence of India’s great cultural tradition. “Bharata Culture on the Baltic Coast” takes us to the Festival of Indian Culture durLettersMindblowing It was really a pleasure reading the January/February issue of BTG. The article by Kālakaṅṭha Dāsa on the research project of Dhīra Govinda Dāsa was mindblowing. I am a postgraduate student at the University Founder's LectureThe Meaning Of Perfection Once we know the key, we can attain perfection by the simple acts of our daily life. A lecture given in Vṛndāvana, India, on October 24, 1972 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupQ & A on the Gītā, Part 5Compiled by Krishan B. Lal The Gītā, or Bhagavad-gītā (“The Song of God”), was spoken five thousand years ago by Lord Kṛṣṅa to the prince Arjuna. It contains the essence of Vedic knowledge. The compiler has applied a queŚrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out“Kṛṣṅa Consciousness Is Real Science” Here we continue an exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and the poet Allen Ginsberg. It took place on May 12, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. Śrīla PrabhupBharata Culture On the Baltic CoastISKCON’s “Festival of Culture” carries the essence of the spiritual culture of India (originally called Bharata) to cities and towns throughout Poland. By Śrī Prahlāda Dāsa Ewa, Beata, and Ania, three girls aged nine, elWhat Do We Mean by VarṅāśramaTo see the true value of the Vedic social system, we need to understand it in its original form. By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī Thinkers throughout history—from Plato to Locke to modern political theorists—have always discussedHands Off My Pesto!The small events of everyday life can inspire thoughts that favor our spiritual progress By Arcana-siddhī Devī Dāsī I walk into the kitchen, where my seventeen-year-old son and his friend are making a snack—using the pesThe Vedic ObserverTranscendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day Lord Kṛṣṅa on the Battlefield of...Golf? by Satyarāja dāsa FIVE YEARS AGO, William Morrow & Company published Steven Pressfield’s novel The Legend of Baggar Vance: Golf Sanātana's Great EscapeOne of the original leaders of the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement uses his diplomatic skills to free himself for the Lord’s service. By Mathureśa Dāsa Sanātana Gosvāmī resigned his ministerial post in the Muslim government of sixteReal Relief and JoyWhy try to forget life’s hardships through mind-numbing diversions, when you can escape to the pleasure of reality? By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī The glories of the Lord, God of all creation, as He appears in His original form as From the EditorHome Where We Belong The other day I caught myself feeling sad for a moment that I wouldn’t be around for a future technological breakthrough I read about: personal jet-packs. Wouldn’t they be great? Strap one on, push aVedic ThoughtsConstant thought of the Lord is the antiseptic method for keeping oneself free from the infectious contamination of the material qualities. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.32, P