Back to Godhead Magazine #46-05, 2012
2012 / #46-05
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WelcomeFrom the earliest days of the Hare Krsna movement Srila Prabhupada encouraged disciples to produce paintings of Lord Krsna and other subjects related to Krsna consciousness. His disciple Visnu Dasa has been doing that siLettersSaving the Yamuna in Vrindavan The article "The Save Yamuna Campaign" in the July/August issue was great but did not address the specific problems in Vrindavan or the efforts to solve them. I feel strongly that Mr. K. P.Founder's Lecture - The Original Seed of EverythingBombay, February 24, 1974 The Bhagavad-gita and other Vedic scriptures tell us that we can trace everything back to Krsna. punyo gandhah prthivyam ca tejas casmi vibhavasau jivanam sarva-bhutesu tapas casmi tapasvisu "I The Brahmana and the CobblerA story illustrates how one can appreciate Krsna. Once, Narada Muni was passing by, and a very learned scholar, a brahmana, asked him, "Sir, where are you going?" Narada said, "I am going to Vaikuntha to see my Lord." "OThe Lack of Human ReasoningThe following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place in May 1975 during an early-morning walk in Melbourne. Devotee: Srila Prabhupada, I read in onBhakti and Our Authentic Illusory SelfBy Arcana Siddhi Devi Dasi To move forward along the spiritual path, it's important to understand our unique conditioned nature. I’m ten years old and standing at the blackboard in elementary school on an island in Puget“Mesdames et Messieurs, Metroyoga!”Spreading the sankirtana movement in the Paris subway. by Candrasekhara Acarya Dasa As the train approaches the platform, we begin kirtana. The doors of the train open, and we enter, singing. Passengers look at us with pExtremist Misconceptions About the Bhagavad-gitaBy Caitanya Carana Dasa Only someone who doesn't undertand the Gita could call it an extremist literature. During the abortive attempt in Russia to ban the Gita as an extremist book, a question came up repeatedly on GoogVedic ObserverReligious Views Toward Women in the Public Sphere By Gunavatara Dasa For some time now I have been following a hot topic of public discourse in Israel—Hadarat Nashim, or the exclusion of women from the public sphere. UltThe True Sage Sees With Equal VisionBy Hari-sauri Dasa Despite the best intentions, attempts at equality in this world inevitably fail. [Footnote: Adapted from a paper delivered at a seminar on "Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Universal Brotherhood," hosVerses of Surrender: The Carama-slokas of the Sri Vaisnava TraditionBy Satyaraja Dasa Great Vaisnava teachers have selected certain scriptural verses as ultimate spiritual instructions. As devotees of Krsna, we often study the Vedic literature with a great deal of seriousness. Over time,Our Only BusinessBy His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Saranagati, surrender to Krsna, is our only business. This Krsna consciousness movement is trying to teach people not to declare independence, which is not possiblFrom the EditorWho's Scared? I don't much like nighttime. Watching the sun set recently, I thought how horrible it would be to fear darkness, powerless as we are to prevent the arrival of night. Some people suffer from this fear, calleVedic ThoughtsOur only business in the human form of life should be to revive our relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus become qualified to return home, back to Godhead. Material happiness and distress come as