Back to Godhead Magazine #41-05, 2007
2007 / #41-05
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WelcomeWHEN Srila Prabhupada opened temples around the world, the Krsna deities he installed were almost always accompanied by Srimati Radharani, Krsna's eternal consort who resides with Him in a rural village. In Los Angeles, LettersSpiritual Support From Science What a great article by Caitanya Carana Dasa ("When Science Points to Spirituality," May/June). I especially appreciated his very powerful point that humans are the only rogue species to neFounder’s LectureLondon—July 19, 1973 Worthwhile Endeavor We've already determined our happiness and distress in this life by our actions in previous lives and should now pursue only spiritual goals. By His Divine Grace A. C. BhaktivedanKrsna as KingWhen Krsna leaves Vrndavana to become the ruler of a great kingdom, He remains the same Krsna, the treasure of His devotees' hearts. By Karuna Dharini Devi Dasi THE KRSNA DEITY worshiped at the Hare Krsna temple in Los ASrila Prabhupada Speaks OutThe Right Prayer For Failing Schools This exchange between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and a divinity student took place in Los Angeles, in January 1974. Student: Many people are frightened abouWhat Is Life Worth?By Krsna Dharma Dasa FEW THINGS FIRE the public imagination more than the disappearance of a child. When little Madeleine McCann vanished from her Portuguese holiday home recently it was headline news for weeks. PicturesSoulful ScienceBy Satyaraja Dasa "SCIENCE AND THE SOUL," a recent U.S. News and World Report cover story, caught my eye. It documents a new trend in which a contingent of modern scientists is reconsidering longstanding assumptions abouWhy Krsna Appears As JagannathaIn a unique form, Lord Krsna is worshiped in a famous temple in Puri, India, and at Rathayatras (chariot festivals) there and around the world. By Narada Rsi Dasa I WAS BORN in a conservative Orissan Vaisnava family in PAre devotional tattoos taboo or a genuine Vaisnava practice?Inking with the Supreme By Madhava Smullen TATTOOS HAVE BEEN inked permanently into modern culture. Walk down any busy city street and you'll spot a vast number of tattooees, ranging all the way from the young female proTime Travel and ConsciousnessIs time travel possible? Both Einstein and the Vedic literature have an answer. By Sadaputa Dasa IN 1898 H.G. WELLS published his famous story of the time machine—a machine that would enable a human time traveler to visiScience“Two” Short to Rope the Universe Lord Krsna’s Damodara pastime teaches us that our great intellects will take us only so far. By Caitanya Carana Dasa THIS ISSUE of Back to Godhead comes out during the month of Damodara (In your own words...What keeps you committed to Krsna consciousness? I am one of those kids whose parents hate Krsna consciousness, think the devotees are freaks, and do not bother to understand the philosophy. My dad is a butcher, which doFrom the EditorGiving Humans Their Due IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIAL about human beings? Some people don't think so, and that makes other people nervous. The idea that human beings are unique and intrinsically more valuable than other specVedic ThoughtsBecause of so-called scientific improvements in material opulence, people have entirely given up the path of self-realization. Practically no one is interested in God, one's relationship with God, or how one should act.