Back to Godhead Magazine #35-05, 2001
2001 / #35-05
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WelcomeIN THIS ISSUE, three articles have to do with pilgrimage. “The Authenticity of Spiritual Places” discusses the qualifications of holy sites and the proper mood for visiting them. The cover story takes us to the holiest oLettersReligion and Science BTG magazine is meant to enlighten its readers about their spiritual identity, about God, and about the spiritual world. It is also meant to give information about the revealed scripture to first-timFounder's LectureNew York City—July 26, 1971 Govinda The Original Person If personal qualities were absent from the origin of everything, they would not be present in the material world. By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabThe Authenticity Of Spiritual PlacesPilgrimages can enhance our devotion to the Lord, provided we go to authorized holy places, and in the proper mood. by Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami WHEN ŚRĪ CAITANYA Mahāprabhu—Kṛṣṅa Himself in the role of His own devotee—wasŚrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out“The People Are Rascals—and They Have Elected Another Rascal” Here we continue an exchange between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and Australia’s director of research for the Department of Social WSpiritual PlacesThe Ride to Rama Giri An American disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda and his Indian Sikh friend ride their classic motorcycles to an ancient hilltop shrine. by Patita Pāvana Dāsa Adhikārī I FIRST SAW Rama Giri before you were The Yoga of the Bhagavad-gītāLord Kṛṣṅa discusses the major forms of yoga, setting up a hierarchy and saying clearly which one belongs at the top. by Satyarāja Dāsa THE APRIL 23 cover story of Time magazine highlighted the science of yoga. It reportFor the Gentle and the RuffiansAt a festival in Poland, the Lord's holy names soothe souls to quell a threat. By Indradyumna Swami Each summer, His Holiness Indradyumna Swami heads up a group of devotees who put on dozens of Hare Kṛṣṅa festivals throuOn PilgrimageThirty Days In Kṛṣṅa's Land In remote corners of Vṛndāvana, pilgrims find little known places of Kṛṣṅa's pastimes and get a clearer view Into their own hearts. By Lokanāth Swami THE VRAJA Maṅḍala Parikramā* is a walking A Wrinkle in TimeWhy old age is a gift from God. By Arcana-siddhī Devī Dāsī WHENEVER I WENT to my best friend’s house, her great-grandmother, Mrs. Werble, would be perched in the same spot, staring at the television. Delighted to have a From the EditorEmphasis on Living NOT LONG AGO I gave a talk about the importance of preparing our consciousness for death. We have to face the fact that death is inevitable, I said, so we’d better be ready for it. Several people in thVedic ThoughtsThe complete functional activities of a pure devotee are always engaged in the service of the Lord, and thus the pure devotees exchange feelings of ecstasy between themselves and relish transcendental bliss. This transce