Back to Godhead Magazine #51-02, 2017
2017 / #51-02
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A Pause for PrayerWe pray for Your Lordship to favor us by instructing us how to engage in the transcendental loving service of Your lotus feet so that we may never forget our eternal relationship with Your Lordship. We do not want liberaSatisfying the UniverseIn the form of a calf, Mother Earth mystically fulfills the desires of beings from all over the universe. daiteyā dānavā vatsaṁ prahlādam asurarṣabham vidhāyādūduhan kṣīram ayaḥ-pātre surāsavam daiteyāḥ—the sons of Diti;Fatalism or Pragmatism?by Caitanya Carana Dasa Understanding the concept of destiny disempowers passivity and empowers a focus on duty. Indian thought is sometimes deemed fatalistic, holding that everything is destiny, predetermined by our pasWelcomeLast year was the fiftieth anniversary of ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, which means that Hare Krsna devotees in the form of followers of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadLoving a Loving GodMost people value love as an ideal. The religiously inclined like to say, "God is love." Srila Prabhupada would point out that love is part of our essential nature as spiritual beings and that even ferocious animals showMy Only Problem . . . and Maybe Yours Too!by Indra Krsna Dasa The author discovers that all our problems are the manifestation of one single problem. If you know it you can solve it, and make your life successful. It's 7:00 a.m., and I'm standing on the balcony BBC Meditationby Krsna Dharma Dasa The author has been a regular British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) contributor since 1998. BBC Radio 2, where these meditations are aired, attracts from one million to eight million listeners, depeLettersFrom Voidist to Personalist I read ”Spiritual Exchange: A Correspondence Leading to Krsna” in the September/October issue with great interest. The author’s transition from Donna Lee, voidist and impersonalist, to DanakelKulimela: The Next GenerationOn the tenth anniversary of the first Kulimela, Kulis explore how to create a new and better world for future generations. By Madhava Smullen In a leafy yard in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, a large group of children is What Is a “Kuli”?Gurukulis were students in ISKCON’s early spiritual boarding schools, or gurukulas. When they graduated, they remained bonded through their shared experiences and kept the moniker. The name was later shortened to “Kuli,”A Life of DharmaBy Nikunja Vilasini Devi Dasi In memory of His Holiness Krsna Dasa Swami, whose life and passing exemplify his words: “Live for dharma, die for dharma; live for Krsna, die for Krsna.” Forty-one-year-old Krsna Dasa was alThus Spake Sri CaitanyaBy Satyaraja Dasa Though Lord Caitanya's disciples wrote many books expounding His teachings, only a handful of verses are generally attributed directly to Him. sriman mahaprabhura viracita ai sloka ihate prema-praptira Founder's Lecture - Try to Understand KrsnaVrindavan, India, August 9, 1974 To truly benefit, we have to go beyond a superficial view of Krsna and learn how great He really is. manuṣyāṅāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāṁ kaścin māṁ vetti tatOur System of Civilization: Everyone SatisfiedThis conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place at ISKCON's farming village in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, on June 24, 1976. Srila Prabhupada: This iIn Memoriam - Sri Nathji DasaMay 22, 1940 – October 17, 2016 “I first met Srila Prabhupada, my spiritual teacher, in March 1971, and this changed my life," Sri Nathji once said. "Meeting a pure devotee has that effect–it brings one to another stage Vedic ThoughtsTo follow the instructions of the Lord is to associate with the Lord. The Lord is not a material object whose presence one has to feel for such association. The Lord is present everywhere and at all times. It is quite poAn Everyday Life Mystery: Reflections on the Universal Formby Yudhihira Dasa Looking for relevance in the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad-gita. The Supreme Lord, Sri Krsna, is the unlimited source of all that be. Throughout the Srimad-Bhagavad-gita the Lord Himself confirms thi