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Back to Godhead Magazine #05, January 1, 1967January 1, 1967 / #05 / 5 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 19671967 / #14 / 24 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 19671967 / #15 / 20 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #06, January 20, 1967January 20, 1967 / #06 / 5 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #07, February 1, 1967February 1, 1967 / #07 / 6 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #08, February 15, 1967February 15, 1967 / #08 / 9 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #09, March 1, 1967March 1, 1967 / #09 / 9 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #10, March 20, 1967March 20, 1967 / #10 / 7 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967April, 1967 / #11 / 13 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #12, April 21, 1967April 21, 1967 / #12 / 7 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967June, 1967 / #13 / 16 articles

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By the mercy of Krishna:January 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #05, January 1, 1967The editors of Back To Godhead, along with our revered teacher, Swami Bhaktivedanta and our godbrothers of the Society, wish to express our deep hopes for a happy New Year—one in which peace and enlightenment may bless t From The Lectures of Swami A.C. BhaktivedantaJanuary 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #05, January 1, 1967Notes transcribed from lectures given September 20, 22, 1966. The Bhagavad-Gita is an authoritative statement given to Arjuna by Lord Krishna. It must be borne in the mind that the Bhagavad-Gita was spoken on a battlefie Flowers for KrishnaJanuary 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #05, January 1, 1967By Rayarama Das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais) Why does sunlight fade the carpet but not flowers? And who is the sun? Behold the countless eyes of day, Numberless daisies ashiver with ecstasy upon the meadow field. The mea Krishna: The End of KnowledgeJanuary 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #05, January 1, 1967By Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler) At the end of many births the man of wisdom seeks refuge in Me, realizing that Vasudeva is all. Rare indeed is such a high-souled person. (Gita, 7.19) Today, for the majority AdvertisementJanuary 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #05, January 1, 1967INTRODUCTION TO BHAGAVAD-GITA An introduction to Geetopanishad, the Bhagavad Gita as It Is. Swamiji is presently working on a complete translation of the text of the Gita. Now this introduction is available. 35 cents KRI

On the Cover1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967Kaliya was a many-headed serpent who dwelt in a pool of the River Yamuna, and whose poison was so potent that the entire river thereabouts was polluted. But when the Supreme Lord appeared at Vrindavan as a cowherd boy, f

By The Mercy of Krishna:1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967As must be widely known by now, Swami Bhaktivedanta, our beloved spiritual master, was stricken with severe illness in May. Although he has been unable to make public appearances since that time, the work which he instit

From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967I offer my obeisances unto my spiritual master who has opened my eyes in the midst of darkness. We are in the darkness of material nature and it is the duty of the Spiritual Master to open our eyes to the light. In our c

The First Days of Spring1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967by Damodar das The aroma of the chant is a bee, Buzzing, calling, a magnet pulling Me away from wife and friends, Forgetful of all but Krishna, A baby— God is a cowherd boy, a baby, All of us are babies, crying For our m

The Deliverance of the Fallen1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967by Satsvarupa das Mercy is kindness delivered from the Supreme Power. People are partaking of mercy whether they acknowledge it or not; Krishna's Mercy shines into all the acts of the universe. Our position as living ent

Poem by Bhaktajan1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967High ring - low moan Chanting the sacred mantra Propelling the spiritual part of us into oblivion While the illusion of this material day Slowly drifts into the now meaningless mire of the material world. Years go by Fra

My Position1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967by Brahmananda das i've grown accustomed to the birth of infants who grow into children; mature; and die— like i am doing. And, i've grown accustomed to the bloom of the earth every spring and its demise every winter. Th

Thakur Haridas Part 11967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967From the book “Sree Krishna-Chaitanya” by Professor Sannyal It will not be out of place at this stage to introduce the great personality who is the practicing teacher (Acharya) of the chanting of the Holy Name, the speci

Poem by Madhusudan1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967Dear Krishna, You supply all devotees with sufficient amount of You to always help us keep our minds off evil Maya and on Your Holy Name, Fame and Form— and we never come down from the sweet sufficient amount— As we chan

Kirtan1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967Samkirtan means singing the Glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Krishna. In the picture on the opposite page, we see Kirtan as it was performed on the shore of the Pacific in March, 1967. Leading the Kirta

Great Whirling Disc of Krishna1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967sitting i a sunlit time ago ocean feet over norte churned up water— your wishes are plump oranges and magic flowers. you that the spray nuzzles in among the conch shells— well wisher to the several hebrew turtles may the

The Great Delusion of the Grand Ascension or the Call of Maya1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967by Rupanuga das Adhikary (Robert Corens) One of life's great delusions is that Self-realization is an automatic process, that simply by staying alive for sixty or a hundred years we will come to know what life is all abo

Suradas1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967As Suradas, the blind saint, sat chanting the Holy Names of God, there approached him, daily, a Child of splendid beauty, who brought a good portion of food and milk. Gentle Suradas gladly accepted the food, and blessed

On Installation of the New Deity1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967to Hayagriva das and Upendra das by Satsvarupa das I don't know if it's Monday Wednesday or Friday I'm up on my feet dancing —our temple has a new Murti! Blackish Krishna Lord of the Dance —oh now we can really sing and

How I Met A.C. Swami Bhaktivedanta1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967Brahmananda das Brahmachary (Bruce Scharf) In my second year of college I took LSD. In my third year of college I read Whitman and Henry Miller, paused, and continued eating drugs. In my fourth year, one summer day by th

Krishna and the Vedic View:1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967The Swami Responds Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta, Could you please explain the Vedic concept of Universal Time? It seems to me that this is a bewilderingly complex system of thought. Yours truly, Henry Langdon Dear Mr. Langdo

From an April Morning Talk by Swami1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967by Damodara das There is a nice example When I was flying from San Francisco— The plane was flying Above the cloud ocean. When I came first from India I saw the water ocean And the cloud ocean is just the same, Round all

Teachings of Lord Chaitanya1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967Part V by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami All of these twelve different Forms of Lord Krishna are known as the predominating deities of the twelve months. According to the Vaishnav almanac, the months are called by different Na

The One Real Eloquent Art of the Worlds1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967by Satsvarupa das Saraswati is playing her vina inspiring the speech makers and musicians But only God-praise is sweet. Somehow they get at her, though,—the others— from her generosity flows measured lyrics, sounds, form

Human Welfare Activities1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Once, when I met the founder of a human welfare society, I suggested a little improvement on it by keeping all the items of the plan in touch with the plannings of the Bhagavad Gita. The whole

Our Prayer1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967by Brahmananda das HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE; Our obeisances to You, Golden One, Prince of Him, Gouranga. Obeisances to Your pure disciples. Obeisances to our grand master, Bhaktivinode Thaku

Govinda1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967My dear friend, if you still have an inclination to enjoy material life with society, friendship and love, then please do not see the boy named Govinda Who is standing in a three-curved way, smiling, and skilfully playin

Karmi Office1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967by Satsvarupa das Karmis spread a mental blanket out over the office talking to each other so smart and clever Never praising the One. Not even seeing in their actions that He is all or they may even say it but it means

Advertisement1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #14, 1967INTRODUCTION TO GEETOPANISHAD (Bhagavad Gita As It Is) by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Bhagavad Gita is widely recognized as the compendium of all Vedic wisdom, yet there are few who have the necessary qualifications to unde

On the Cover1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967On the wedding day of Vasudeva to the maid Devaki, her mighty brother Kamsa learned by a mystic voice that her eighth son would prove, in time, to be his slayer. For the Earth then was oppressed by evil, and the Lord had

By The Mercy of Krishna:1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967The reaction to our recent editions of Back To Godhead, beginning with issue no. 13, has been very satisfying, and ought to guarantee the continuance of this move toward an ever finer magazine. We feel that a large measu

From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967Friday evening, Dec. 30, 1966 In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna is advising Arjuna. “I am speaking to you a still more confidential part of knowledge, because you are My dear friend.” As stated in the 4th Chapter, the Bhagav

Yasoda and Krishna1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967Of the states of love manifested between God and His devotee, one of the most exalted is that exhibited by Yasoda and Krishna: although He is the Supreme Absolute Truth, Krishna accepts the role of Son before His fond wo

Separation1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967by Satsvarupa das What difference will it make? if I go down to the river to look for You in the stream of the water— or if I sit down here before Your picture, Either way it is the same because I have Your Name to recit

Getting Across1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967by Damodara das A weak, starving man was walking Slowly through a landscape of Dead trees and barren thorn bushes. On his back was a large sack Filled with heavy grey stones. He had nothing except these stones. He loved

How I Met A.C. Swami Bhaktivedanta1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967by Madhusudan das I had a “normal” childhood, had fights with the kids on the block, envied my older brother for his associations with pretty girls, and tried to be a number one lover myself, all through my school days.

Thakur Haridas Part 21967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967Part II From the book “Sree Krishna-Chaitanya by Professor Sanyal [In Part I, Professor Sanyal has described how Thakur Haridas was accosted by a harlot, at the instigation of Ramchandra Khan. Instead of falling to the w

Deliverance1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967Be born again. This time a perfect child. This time immortal. This time happy, forever blissful Be born again! This time let your crying ring out to the stars! This time just scream in eternal ecstasy, “I' m back. I'm ba

Pradyumna1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967by Damodara das Pradyumna, Pradyumna, Pradyumna Prabhu, walking in the park. Pradyumna walking in the park. Yellow and blue, shaved head Prabhu, Walking in the park through the families. Pradyumna walking through the fam

In Krishna's Abode1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967The streets and houses are made of touchstone, And all the trees are fulfillers of desire. The cows give limitless nectarlike milk, And the Lord is served by many fair goddesses of Fortune. O! I worship that Cowherd Boy,

Krishna and the Vedic View:1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967The Swami Responds Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta, As simply as possible, could you tell me what the real essence of your message is? I find all philosophers to be long on wind but short on solid meaning. Please try to be clea

The Highest Sense1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967by Satsvarupa das “Every second of human life is meant for making an ultimate solution of the problems of life, i. e., repetition of birth and death and revolving in the cycle of 84 lakhs of different species of life.”—S

Truth and Beauty1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami It has often been argued whether truth and beauty are terms compatible with one another. One would agree willingly, some say, to express the truth, but since truth is not always beautiful—inde

Evolution and the Human Mission1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967by Rayarama das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais) Long before the advent of Linnaeus, the existing species of life had been analyzed and categorized in the uniquely scientific scriptural literature of India. And, at about the

Poem1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967All glorious news! The chariot pushes it's way across Creation to deliver us back. Behold the mighty driver with all the universe streaking through His hair. It's Krishna! Our Lord. So full in bliss, let our arms fly up.

The Name1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967Now—it is a joy to say His Name and hear of His Fame— Sometimes, I just can't say His Name enough! “Say it faster, faster—Krishna, Krishna Harder, harder Think deeply, concentrate—Krishna I'm Yours—” When I suddenly reme

Kirtan1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967Krishna Consciousness is the awakening to joy on a plane of experience far beyond the mundane or the physical—the sublime bliss of the pure spirit soul in a conscious ecstasy of love for the Perfect Object of Love, the S

Advertisement1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967THE SOUND OF HARE KRISHNA BLISS—what was once only a word now becomes an experience. With HARE KRISHNA you transcend everything—even your body. This is real freedom. BLISS—wherever and whenever you want it. Try it and se

The Artists1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #15, 1967Our special gratitude to Goursundar Das Adhikary and his wife Govinda Devi Dasi for their portrayals of Thakur Haridas, Krishna Loka, Lord Chaitanya and Nityananda (on the back cover), and the Appearance of Lord Śrī Kris

Blessings of Krishna!January 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #06, January 20, 1967The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is officially opening its San Francisco branch at 518 Fredricks Street. Swami Bhaktivedanta has flown out to the West Coast and will be introduced to the California aud

From The Lectures of Swami A.C. BhaktivedantaJanuary 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #06, January 20, 1967Notes transcribed from a lecture given Wednesday, December 7, 1966. "On The Teachings of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu" If you want Lord Krishna, then there is no other way except by devotional service. As for yoga, ritu

ChantingJanuary 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #06, January 20, 1967by Satsvarupa Das Brahmachari (Stephen Guarino) When we were chanting Hare Krishna and the light of the sky was going in and out My pleasure was so great I was afraid lest I be swept to Indra's heaven and there given a c

On PeaceJanuary 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #06, January 20, 1967By Rayarama Das Brahmachari Krishna delivered the message of the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra, just as two titanic armies were about to clash. The trumpets and conch shells heralding the batt

Some Questions to Lord KrishnaJanuary 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #06, January 20, 1967(Questions probably not conducive to enlightenment) From Hayagriva Das Brahmacari (Howard Wheeler) 1. Is it true That Thou art blue And art the Supreme Godhead too? I also hear You like to toy About Vaikuntha As Cow Boy.

Regarding PsychedelicsFebruary 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #07, February 1, 1967The following is a letter received by the editors which pretty well speaks for itself: Dear Editors, In your December 1st issue of Back to Godhead, you ask for comments by your readers when they feel it necessary, and I

Psychedelic Drugs and Krishna ConsciousnessFebruary 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #07, February 1, 1967Due to the recent psychedelic drug movement in America, many people have come to us and asked about the Society's stand regarding LSD, gunga (marijuana), peyote, mescaline, psylocibin, yage, etc. in reply, we would like

By the Mercy of KrishnaFebruary 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #07, February 1, 1967We hope that the foregoing letter and reply have clarified the position of the Society on the issue of psychedelic drugs. (The reason for the somewhat confused numbering of pages is that the bulk of our magazine is typed

On Chanting Hare KrishnaFebruary 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #07, February 1, 1967By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE is the sublime method for reviving

The Man of WisdomFebruary 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #07, February 1, 1967by Satsvarupa Das Brahmachary (Stephen Guarino) According to the Bhagavad Gita, those "virtuous ones" who actually come to God, are of four kinds: "The man in distress, the seeker for knowledge, the seeker for wealth, an

Doubt, Thy Name is BondageFebruary 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #07, February 1, 1967By Hayagriva Das Brahmacari (Howard Wheeler) But the man who is ignorant and without faith and always doubting goes to ruin. Nor this world nor the world beyond nor happiness is for the doubting soul. (Krishna in the Git

By the mercy of Krishna:February 15, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #08, February 15, 1967It is our great pleasure to report that the Mantra Rock Dance, held at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco on January 29 in order to raise funds for the Radha Krishna Temple there has proved a great success. The assista

From The Lectures of Swami A.C. BhaktivedantaFebruary 15, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #08, February 15, 1967Notes transcribed from lectures given December 21, 22, 1966. Lectures on the Chaitanya Charitamrita Liberation from material bondage is called Nirguna. As soon as we are transcendental to the three modes (gunas) of mater

Poem by BrahmanandaFebruary 15, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #08, February 15, 1967“Day After Day, Life After Life” To go to Krishna’s Abode a ladder is provided. We must pull ourselves up rung by rung. There is Maya swirling like smoke above, around, below. By simply chanting Krishna’s Name with since

Poem by RanchhorFebruary 15, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #08, February 15, 1967Set adrift again perverse ocean of duality (diseased) billowing the sails (leading to hell) ever entangling web of hate minds sullied with repeated contamination hearts overladen with dust from the harvests of senses unr

The Transmigration of the SoulFebruary 15, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #08, February 15, 1967by Rayarama Das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais) The transmigration of the soul, sometimes called reincarnation, is a much misunderstood phenomenon. This is because the doctrine has often been presented by philosophers who d

Poem by HayagrivaFebruary 15, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #08, February 15, 1967Second Avenue Samadhi Standing outside the storefront of Swamiji’s Society for Krishna Consciousness, I look up and down Manhattan’s Second Avenue at derelicts Puerto Ricans and sundry fruitive laborers and wonder. Hare

Poem by BeckerFebruary 15, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #08, February 15, 1967Poem by B. R. Becker Death paddled his dory past my fishing pole And he missed me, for who could this body be? Time leaped along a line of light that years ago yearned to be with me. And he missed me too, or when will th

Eight Prayers of Lord Chaitanya or Lord Chaitanya’s MissionFebruary 15, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #08, February 15, 1967Lord Chaitanya (1486-1535) introduced the Samkirtan movement of chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Rama in India and is considered to be a complete incarnation of Krishna Himself. He is known, therefore, as Krishna Chaitanya. T

AdvertisementFebruary 15, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #08, February 15, 1967INTRODUCTION TO BHAGAVAD GITA By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Bhagavad Gita is widely recognized as the compendium of all Vedic wisdom, yet there are few who have the necessary qualifications to understand and teach this all

By the Mercy of Krishna:March 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #09, March 1, 1967We’re very happy to be able to report that Swami Bhaktivedanta has been lecturing at various places in and around San Francisco during his visit there, including the Berkeley campus. A donation of land has made it possib

From The Lectures of Swami A.C. BhaktivedantaMarch 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #09, March 1, 1967Notes transcribed from a lecture given September 4, 1966 To begin to understand the Truth, one must surrender oneself, because surrender is the beginning of spiritual life. Ultimately, we must surrender to God. To do thi

PoemsMarch 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #09, March 1, 1967To doubt is to say, “God is wrong. I will find my own answers.” But do you know who you are? where you came from? why you are here? To know the answers to all questions all you need to know is that you are a fragment of

The Spiritualization of EnergyMarch 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #09, March 1, 1967by Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler) “The world is charg’d with the grandeur of God . . . .” —Gerard Manly Hopkins (Mantra to be sung at the top of your lungs to whatever tune you like from dawn to dawn to dawn

A Work-Prayer to Kṛṣṅa:March 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #09, March 1, 1967Dear Lord, as I begin this day, assure me that Your energy is in Your Name. I ask no boon but to be allowed to do everything for You, and transform the mundane into actual service acceptable to Your mercy in Your inconce

The FloodMarch 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #09, March 1, 1967An infinite ocean of bliss! Is it milk? Or pure love energy? Dancing, on a sea of chimes, Arms stretched out In a rain of sweetness; Legs, dancing for God, Dancing to His tune; Alan, leaping to the chant Like a drunk Cos

Two FoolsMarch 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #09, March 1, 1967A short dialogue by Daniel Clark Fool Number One: Am I talking to Krishna? Am I talking to an angel? Am I talking to my wife? Am I talking to myself? One moment without you is an agony in Hell. And even more hellish is t

Following our CoverMarch 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #09, March 1, 1967is a picture of Vasudeva, Who is a plenary expansion of Krishna (in other words, a fully empowered incarnation representing the Lord engaged in one of His eternal and infinite pastimes). With Vasudeva is Lakshmi, His con

AdvertisementMarch 1, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #09, March 1, 1967SRIMAD BHAGAWATAM by Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasadeva The original and genuine commentary on Vedanta philosophy by the author of the Vedanta Himself, Vyasadeva—now available for the first time in English with an authorized c

By the Grace of Krishna--March 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #10, March 20, 1967By the Grace of Krishna— March has already been an eventful month for all three centers of the Society—in San Francisco, Montreal and New York. Swami Bhaktivedanta led kirtan at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. t

From The Lectures of Swami A.C. BhaktivedantaMarch 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #10, March 20, 1967Notes transcribed from a lecture given December 21, 1966. Lord Chaitanya is describing the Leela Avatars. There are innumerable avatars: Rama Nrsimha, Kalki, etc. In Śrīmad Bhagavatam some names are mentioned. All the in

Teachings of Lord CaitanyaMarch 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #10, March 20, 1967The Teachings of Lord Caitanya The Teachings of Lord Caitanya By A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami In the instruction of Lord Chaitanya to Sanatan Goswami we can understand the Science of God in the matter of His transcendental

InvocationMarch 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #10, March 20, 1967Meditation on the Gita by Śrī Shankaracharya Purports by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Text rendered into verse by Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Śrī Shankaracharya—or Shankara—is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva, ac

Come to KIRTANMarch 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #10, March 20, 1967The practice of bhakti yoga through singing, dancing, philosophy and the distribution of Prasadam-spiritual food! Chant **HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA** **KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE** **HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA** **RAMA RAMA,

Krishna Consciousness in American PoetryMarch 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #10, March 20, 1967by Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler) Part I: Emerson In the past 130 years the United States has swiftly travelled a long way down the road of materialism and atheism and has done a great deal in bringing the re

Samsara BluesMarch 20, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #10, March 20, 1967I got those Samsara Blues, Thinking good or bad? Win or lose? All that smokin’ and talkin’ meth Just turns the wheel of birth and death. I’ll never attain liberation By mere sense gratification LSD and marijuana Won’t ge

On Our CoverApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967is the Lord, Sri Krishna, in full battle array. As Creator of all that be, God is no stranger to violence. It too is His play-for He has the full knowledge of the eternal, indestructible nature of all living entities, an

By the Mercy of KrishnaApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967The above picture is reproduced from the front pages of the Boston Globe, April 27, 1967. It shows Rayarama Das and Brahmananda Das holding kirtan at the Franklin Park zoo Be-in of the previous day. This was Boston's fir

From The Lectures of Swami A.C. BhaktivedantaApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967Notes transcribed from a lecture given December 21, 1966. Lord Krishna says, Although I am equal to everyone and no one is My enemy or My special friend, and there is no particular favor for anyone, still—and "still" her

Prayer to VishnuApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967In the morning after heavenly porridge, we go out the door, down the street flying with the Maha-Mantra through dual atmosphere of sad and glad, trying to forget all that nonsense and just fight for reaching Krishna. Soa

The Supreme Gift is Krishna ConsciousnessApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967This is an invitation to all Men and Women of Good Will to Benefit the Human Race and all other Inhabitants of planet Earth by distributing the Peace and eternal Bliss of KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS. Wherever you live, you can

Two in OneApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967And if I saw God in the woods? and I see God in cement and God in the sky And God in the headlights? would that be good? or would that be bad? And if I saw the woods in God? and I see cement in God and the sky in God and

The Teachings of Lord ChaitanyaApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967by Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Part II Nobody can trace out the history of the living entity's entanglement in material energy; therefore the Lord says that it is beginningless. Beginningless means that conditional life exi

My Subway Song of LoveApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967A formidable endeavor, To enter the labyrinthine depths And pass among the shuffling, shuttling Subway mob— Shoving, scuffling, rushing with the hour In a gray atmosphere which only merchant greed will adorn, In a foul,

Night Shower SutraApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967Bathroom light bulb bulging energy Blissfully from the ceiling, White tile walls radiant, I strip naked, chanting, chanting, I prepare my billionth bath maneuvering myself behind rubber-plastic curtains and into the tub

PranaApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967I breathe His Name An for a lasting second He's there Now gone . . . inhale. Now He stays for one whole breath At a time Now Gone . . . I inhale. How marvelous this situation, that He shows Himself in these Interval dist

Prayer of Self StudyApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967Of bondage I come, Yet must free myself and awaken. Forgive me my inexcusable cravings, my petty wants For denying the greatness and the Gift which has been bestowed upon me. Life in the fullest awakefulness in Thee— My

Just See What a Nice Thing it is.April, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967"This birth of you and I is just a footstep along the way. So it is with this child before me, who is hearing Hare Krishna, Hare Rama. It will not go in vain— it will act, because it is spiritual— not material— spiritual

Krishna Consciousness in American PoetryApril, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #11, April, 1967By Hayagriva Das Brahmacary (Howard Wheeler) Part II: Thoreau and Dickinson Thoreau made Emerson's injunction of "plain living and high thinking" famous when he set out to live outside Boston on an isolated tract of Emer

By the Mercy of KrishnaApril 21, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #12, April 21, 1967No, you didn't miss the April First issue of Back to Godhead. We did. There's a long story involved, but suffice it to say that we're very sorry to have done so. We'll certainly print that edition, and put it into circul

Questions and answersApril 21, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #12, April 21, 1967(Questions asked by congregation and devotees and answered by Swami A.C Bhaktivedanta, New York, Sept-Dec.1966) Q: What is the relationship between Christ and Krishna? A: Don't you know? What does it say in the Bible? Ch

Teachings of Lord ChaitanyaApril 21, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #12, April 21, 1967By Swami A.C Bhaktivedanta Part III Actually all the Vedic literature directs the human being toward the perfect stage of devotion. The path of fruitive activities, speculation, knowledge and meditation do not actually l

PoemsApril 21, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #12, April 21, 1967This mandarin child waits for hidden dragon Sleeping sound in hollow mountain pine. Wanting yet in breath of bowing lower, Reverence serves to further keeping still. At dawn the dragon yawning breath like thunder Vibrate

On Being CrazyApril 21, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #12, April 21, 1967That's right, look at me, all of you, peeking over your Housewife Stabbed In Queens, and your stock market scores, and your baseball scores, and your Viet Nam scores; Just keep looking at me, as I sit across from you, fi

Krishna Consciousness in American PoetryApril 21, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #12, April 21, 1967By Hayagriva Das Brahmacary (Howard Wheeler) Part III: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself." O joyous seer! Recorders ages hence, yes, they shall hear In their own veins uncancelled thy sure tread And read thee by the aureole

Poem to Walt WhitmanApril 21, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #12, April 21, 1967You too found Him all attractive, And your thoughts of Him you called Leaves of Grass For His green handiwork bends beneath His Feet, And you knew well those leaves of life Transpire from the breasts of the dead. Those l

On the CoverJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967is Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami the Swami, who has recently suffered ill health, first began publishing Back to Godhead Magazine in the 1940’s. Now 72 years old, he is the founder and revered teacher of the

By The Mercy of Krishna:June, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967This is the first edition of Back To Godhead to come off our presses. Although the difficulties involved in operating an offset press, especially in view of our inexperience, are great—we nevertheless feel that this is o

Teachings of Lord ChaitanyaJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967Part IV—The Forms of Krishna’s Manifestations and Incarnations By devotional service one can understand that Krishna first of all manifests Himself as Sayamrupa, His Personal Form, then as Tadekatmarupa, and then Avesaru

Poems by VidyapatiJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967(Vidyapati (1352-1448) a famous and popular court poet of Mathila, India, wrote these Radha-Krishna love songs which find their correspondence in the West to the poems of St. John of the Cross as songs of bhakti between

Krishna Consciousness in American PoetryJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967Part IV: Hart Crane’s The Bridge and the 20th Century The victory of the North in the Civil War was also a victory of industrialism in America, for the industrial North had proved the importance of the machine—the machin

Poem to Hart CraneJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967How many dawns you stood to watch the Bridge Usher the sun from Brooklyn to New York, Or how many dawns the Beauty of His Face Entranced you with that white pervasive smile, I know not; nor have these quick forty years C

Radha KrishnaJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967In the days when the Infinite Lord dwelt at Vrajabhumi as boy, He was the darling of all the much-blest people of that neighborhood. Each had some particular rasa toward Krishna—that is, some sublimely sweet relationship

How I Met Swami BhaktivedantaJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967Haridas Das Brahmachary (Harvey Cohen) I knew right away that he was my teacher. It was like something that happens in books. In September 1965 I went up to Ananda Ashram, an hour and a half out of New York City. I went

All Glories to Lord RamachandraJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967Lord Rama appeared on this planet many long ages ago. He is the Lord as the Perfect King, for He was King of this world, known then as Ilavativarsha. Lord Rama’s life, and His war against the atheist King Ravana, are the

The Ogre's LamentJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967by Rayarama das Gnarled within And gnarled without, I am the lumbering, lusting Brute denizen of this concrete swamp, The minion of immemorial shadow. I am the killer and the coward, I the beast of rages, The blind and u

Krishna and the Vedic View:June, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967The Swami Responds Dear Swami, In some of your writings, you use the term Krishna, the Divine Lover. Do you mean that Krishna is the Universal Erotic Principle? Or is Krishna a symbol for universal brotherhood? Sincerely

Lord Chaitanya MahaprabhuJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967The innovating spark behind the present Samkirtan Movement was Lord Chaitanya, Who appeared in India approximately 480 years ago. Chaitanya is the perfect Form of Radha and Krishna, together as One. His mission was to te

I Wanted toJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967by Damodara Das I sat on a suburban hillside And watched, across a small valley, The opposite rise of land, Covered with low gray houses. Where I was in the grass, By a Black Birch tree With Branches good for toothbrushe

An Address to American YouthJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (Delivered Sunday, June 4, at Tompkins Square Park by Kīrtanānanda Das Brahmachary) My dear young beautiful boys and girls of America. I have come to your country with great hope and a great m

AdvertisementJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967INTRODUCTION TO GEETOPANISHAD (Bhagavad Gita As It Is) by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Bhagavad Gita is widely recognized as the compendium of all Vedic wisdom, yet there are few who have the necessary qualifications to unde

The ArtistsJune, 1967 / Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967THE ARTISTS whose work so beautifully graces our pages are, to begin with, Jadurani Devi Dasi, directress of the Art Department. Jadurani Prabhu’s work appears on the inside cover, and on the back cover. Her other work i