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Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 19681968 / #16 / 21 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 19681968 / #17 / 16 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #18, 19681968 / #18 / 7 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #19, 19681968 / #19 / 9 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #20, 19681968 / #20 / 5 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 19681968 / #21 / 11 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #22, 19681968 / #22 / 6 articles

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On the Cover1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968When the mad demon, Hiranya Kashipu, roamed this world—long before the dawn of our modern recorded history—he was a scourge to the righteous, including his own son Prahlad. When the five-year-old boy took to praising the By The Mercy of Krishna,1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968In trying to arrange for Kirtan (the singing of the Lord’s Sacred Names) at the beautiful Reis Amphitheater in Lower Manhattan, we recently met with a solid rebuff. The Amphitheater is situated in a city-run project, and From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968Evening, April 10, 1967 Today I shall speak before you of the history of a boy devotee. His name is Prahlad Maharaj. He was born in a family which was stubbornly atheistic. There are two kinds of men in this world: one i Narada Muni1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968One of the greatest of saints, author of the famous Bhakti Sutra, or Philosophy of Divine Love, Narada Muni is also the Deliverer of the Maha (Hare Krishna) Mantra to the planet Earth. Empowered by God with the freedom t The Divine Name Sets the World A-Spinning1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968by Damodara das Who can understand the power of The Name? The simple pronouncing of It Clears the mind of all dirt, Softens the heart, gladdens the heart, Makes the sincere person laugh, Relax, feel the Bliss of God’s as

How I Met A.C. Swami Bhaktivedanta

1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968One evening in the summer of 1966 a friend and I were waiting for a downtown bus on Second Avenue between First and Second Streets. We were going to a Fulton Street loft to rehearse music for a mixed-media show. My frien

Prayer to Maharaj Prahlad1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968by Satsvarupa das Child Prahlad remembering Lord Nrisingha is safe from all harrassment. No elephant will crush him underfoot, No snake will bite him, No fire will burn him. The blissful sweet boy-devotee is protected by

The Giver of the Holy Name1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968by Satsvarupa das Without Krishna it’s like being deep asleep in a nightmare with no inkling of how to get out. So you act out the nightmare. In Reality Krishna comes with a sword, the Son of a prince, riding a white hor

Everything for Krishna1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968by Madhusudan das Let my fingers feel the beads, with which I repeat and count His Holy Name Let my eyes behold the sight of His Lotus Feet Let my ears hear the sounds of His Glory Let my nose smell the incense offered t

The Essence of Water1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968I find, Oh Govinda Thy Presence in this bowl of water It sits there, upon Thine Altar And the bowl sighs with contented Bliss And I, I faint with love By just knowing this. Mrinalini devi dasi (Maureen Conley)

Poems1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968A Cool Day with Dark Storm Clouds “Krishna must have such fun—” She said—Jadurani Devi Dasi— She had never touched a cow before, And now, in the fields She is smiling as twelve cows Nuzzle her and lick her hands— She is

Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupāda1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupāda was born in 1873 at Jagganath Puri. His father, Kedar Dutta Bhaktivinode Thakur, was magistrate of the city and superintendent of Jagganath temple. Once, during the Rathajatra Car Fe

Another Burst Via Krishna1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968by Madhusudan das Let thy soul shine forth In the coming of this new age. Krishna Kirtan is getting in full drone, with the sound of joyous voices and people dancing like Merry Madmen chanting Hare Krishna. Mass chanting

Thakur Haridas Part 31968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968Part III from the book “Sree Krishna-Chaitanya” by Professor Sannyal [In Part II, Professor Sannyal described the gathering of great learned Pandits to hear the teachings of Śrīla Thakur Haridas, at which time Gopal Chak

All Glories to Lord Śrī Krishna1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968Śrī Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, beyond Whom nothing exists and before Whom nothing is equal. Being and non-being, void and variety rest in Him and He is the Possessor of all opulenc

The Urge to Roar the Holy Name1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968by Damodara das The Earth was green and abundant But very quiet, very sad; Then by the urge of the devotees The subterranean rocks and fires Began to rumble, then to roar The Holy Names of God; The whole Earth sang like

Swami's Departure1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968by Brahmananda das Brahmachary A girl who had been coming to Kirtan wants to be initiated 30 minutes before Swamiji is to leave for the airport. He says Yes, so while all the devotees are rushing about, making last minut

Krishna and the Vedic View1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968The Swami Responds Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta, I’ve read that your Krishna Consciousness is a non-sectarian science of the soul. How is it, then, that you follow some particular concept of God—Krishna rather than a more un

Hare Krishna1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968Join us in Kirtan—the ecstasy of Krishna Consciousness—at our temples: Boston, Massachusetts—95 Glenville Avenue, Allston Tel: 542-7910 Los Angeles, Cal.—5364 West Pico Boulevard Tel: 937-9556 Montreal, Canada—3720 Park

Advertisement1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968SRIMAD BHAGWATAM by Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasadeva The original and genuine commentary on Vedanta philosophy by the author of the Vedanta Himself, Vyasdeva is now available in English with an authorized commentary by Swami

On the Back Cover1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #16, 1968In order to establish the principles of Devotional Service in this Age of Discord, the Lord appeared upon the Earth near the close of the Fifteenth Century, in the Form of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Śrī Chaitanya display

Editorials1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968This is undoubtedly the most naive editorial you will read about the rioting at Columbia University: Newsweek (May 6) reported: "In the office of [Columbia President] Kirk some students … broke into his stock of liquor a

Advertisement1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968This man has changed the history of the world. Do you know him? He’s A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, the Acharya (Holy Teacher) from India, who came to the U. S. in 1965 and touched off a major revolution. The Swami’s revoluti

On the Cover1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968The Battle of Kuruksetra Modern historians differ as to the age of the various Vedic Scriptures, but the Scriptures themselves seem to agree that they were formally compiled five thousand years ago. Vyasadeva, the greate

Book Review1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968The Saint Who Wasn’t by Rayarama Das SIDDHARTHA, a novel by Hermann Hesse; 153 pps; New Directions Books, $1.15. SIDDHARTHA could only have been written by a European scholar, and even though the setting is India, circa

Poem1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968by Harsharani Devi Dear Swamiji I offer my respects unto the Lotus Feet of my Spiritual Master, Who is always herding cows In Goloka Vrindaban with His Dearmost Friend, Krishna. Sometimes He is running barefoot Through t

Krishna's Dishes1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968The woods are so dark and rich and deep and calling me tonight. “Come out. Come out of the temple and walk amidst our splendor,” say the trees. The moon is a white sliver and it rocks me back and forth: “Come out, come o

The Butter Thief1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968by Satsvarupa Das This Lord Krishna Blackish, plump Standing on the shoulders of His pals, His two hands around the covered bowl of butter hanging on ropes from the ceiling, has stolen my understanding. Yasoda is ducking

The Return of Swamiji1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968by Madhavendra Das Brahmachary April 17, 1968 John F. Kennedy Airport Just hearing that Swamiji was coming back to New York, the devotees, having felt separation from their Spiritual Master, were filled now with so much

To Rupamanjari, Who Knows the Heart of Lord Chaitanya1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968by Rupanuga Das O Dear Gopis! O purest of the Pure So dear to Krishna, Who can help you look for Him, When suddenly He leaves The Sacred Rasa Dance, Black Cloud adorned with lightning, Disappearing in the dark Tangled wo

Food for the Soul1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968by Himavati Devi Dasi In Bhakti Yoga, all activities can be turned to spiritual advancement. This article describes how to spiritualize your eating—and enjoy ecstasy at every meal. Krishna Consciousness is a way of life

Food for Krishna: Recipes for the Transcendental Pleasure of the Lord1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968by Yamuna devi dasi & Himavati devi dasi EggPlant Puki 1 lb. butter 1 tsp. cumin seed 1 tsp. salt eggplant ¼ cup turmeric powder ¼ cup water Melt butter in pan; add cumin seeds. Brown (don’t burn). Cut eggplant in wedges

Perfection in Yoga1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968By Subal das Adhikary In the Bhagavad Gita (6.2) Krishna defines Yoga as “linking oneself with the Supreme.” Yoga means to get into touch with the Supreme Lord. That Supreme Lord is Bhagavan Śrī Krishna, as is stated in

Service - Knowledge - Liberation1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968by Brahmananda Das Service of the Absolute Truth means to render service unto the Absolute Personality of Godhead. The neophyte devotee has no capacity to approach the Absolute Personality of Godhead with his present, im

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami & Allen Ginsberg: A Conversation1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968Recorded by Guru Das Adhikary Swamiji had come to San Francisco in late January, 1967 for the opening of the Krishna Consciousness Temple there, at 518 Frederick Street. Allen Ginsberg had always shown friendly and helpf

Can You Dream Hare Krishna?1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968by Satsvarupa Das Yes this Hare Krishna if you practice in dream that you are chanting Hare Krishna you are dancing in the temple you are seeing Lord Jagganath you are seeing Krishna you are talking with Swamiji or your

Living and Dying Absurd1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #17, 1968An analysis of materialistic madness by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami [Evening lecture on the teachings of the boy Prahlad Maharaj, April 12, 1967] Prahlad Maharaj is instructing his young friends: “My dear friends, material

Editorials1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #18, 1968Item 18 of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical on birth control, “Humanae Vitae,” begins: “It can be foreseen that this teaching will perhaps not be easily received by all…” The Pope’s words have rung true, for his stand against “

Advertisement1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #18, 1968This man has changed the history of the world. Do you know him? He’s A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, the Acharya (Holy Teacher) from India, who came to the U. S. in 1965 and touched off a major revolution. The Swami’s revoluti

Spiritual Names1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #18, 1968The reader may note that, with only a few exceptions, the names of those who produce and contribute to BACK TO GODHEAD are, to say the least, not Anglo-Saxon. The reason for this is that they are spiritual names, awarded

Book Review1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #18, 1968The Critique THE BOOK (ON THE TABOO AGAINST KNOWING WHO YOU ARE) by Alan W. Watts; 148 pps. Collier Books, 95 cents. THE BOOK purports to be a reinterpretation of Vedanta, one of the ancient Scriptures of India. This is

The Nationalism of Pure Consciousness1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #18, 1968by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami When a man enters the room of a friend, the friend receives the man with all cordiality, and offers him the best couch for his comfort. The friend may accept this welcome and sit along with hi

Evolution—The God That's Failling1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #18, 1968By Rayarama Das Brahmachary Recently, some college students ardently proclaimed a certain comic book writer to be their modern mythmaker, in honor of his exciting and weird superhero tales. This proclamation led me to re

Food for Krishna1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #18, 1968For this issue we’ve chosen a few nice sweet preparations for you to enjoy. Simply Wonderful (This name was given to this preparation by our Spiritual Master, who made this comment upon tasting these easy-to-make, quick-

Editorial1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #19, 1968Generatiocide The world over, students, faculties and/or parents are in revolt, determined to alter their educational systems. Generally speaking, governments and school administrations are willing to make small changes,

Parts & Parcels1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #19, 1968by Nayana Bhiram Das In September, 1965, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami—a holy man in the renounced order of life—landed in New York and introduced the Hare Krishna movement to the West. The movement is based on the chanting o

Jagannath Puja1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #19, 1968by Satsvarupa das This is the topmost opulence and all the courtiers and fools, jesters, politicos who ever packed great emperors’ palace rooms, hobnobbing and scraping before the throne, are no more than figs to this, t

Poem of Narottama das Thakur1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #19, 1968by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Although I have come to this human form My Lord I have passed my life uselessly. I did not care to serve Radha and Krishna Yet I have swallowed poison carelessly. Hare Krishna comes straight f

Super Consciousness1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #19, 1968by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Krishna Consciousness is the highest Yoga performance by trained devotional yogis. The Yoga system, as is stated in the standard Yoga practice formula given by Lord Krishna in The Bhagavad Git

The Official Electric Globe Direction Finder1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #19, 1968by Rayarama Das “Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men will follow in his footsteps. And whatever standard he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.” The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, 3.21 Here are so

Rishikesh1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #19, 1968Sacred Temple City of the Ganges by Jayagovinda Das Brahmachary Formerly Rishikesh was a special retreat of the ’’sadhus,” the saintly wise men, reserved for “tapasya,” the performance of austerities. But today this type

Three Features of the Absolute1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #19, 1968by Subal Das Adhikary There are three classes of transcendentalists, according to the degree of realization of the absolute truth. One class of transcendentalists are the devotees, who have realized the Absolute Truth to

Eternal Dharma1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #19, 1968The religion nobody has to join by Satsvarupa Das Adhikary Krishna Consciousness is the science of God realization. By this science, we can understand that all living entities are parts and parcels of God. As samples of

Editorial1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #20, 1968Changing Guards The trouble with elections is that they tend to give us the distinct sensation that things have changed simply because our representatives in government have changed. Year after year, century after centur

Just Like a Ghost1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #20, 1968By Goursundar Das Adhikari The Battle of Edge Hill was fought centuries ago in England when Cromwell’s Roundheads met the army of King Charles I. Blood, they say, ran in rivers. After the field was cleared, silence reign

Dr. Spock & The Good Guys & The Bad Guys1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #20, 1968By Rayarama Das Brahmachary On Tuesday evening, October 8, Dr. Benjamin Spock received the Gandhi Peace Award at the Community Church of New York. This award is a far-distant poor relative of the Nobel Prize, which went

Guru1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #20, 1968By Sudama das brahmacary |t was a very hot day in Oregon, in August of 1968. I awoke rather early, which for me and the people I was around at that time was somewhat unusual. Usually, coming down from last night’s drugs,

The Knowledge Implosion1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #20, 1968By Nayana Bhiram Das Brahmachary More than one out of every five American adults, 25 million in all, are actively engaged in some form of educational pursuit, according to a recent Carnegie Corporation Survey. The above

Editorial1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 19682001: A Credibility Gap Do them there scientists have the right to play God? In the November 16 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, there is an article entitled “We Scientists Have the Right to Play God,” in which Dr. Ed

The Beach Boys Talk About Transcendental Meditation1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 1968Backstage at New York’s FilImore East, Purushottam and Gargamuni, two students of the Krishna Consciousness Yoga system, met Carl Wilson, his brother Dennis, and Mike Love—three members of the critically acclaimed Beach

Book Review1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 1968Avoid Fanaticism—Believe In Nothing The True Believer by Eric Hoffer; Harper & Row, 1966, 151 pps; $.60. Eric Hoffer, a self-made man, a longshoreman-philosopher, has been chosen by President Johnson to serve on a commit

An Open Letter to Pope Paul VI from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 1968ISKCON RADHA KRISHNA TEMPLE 3720 Avenue Du Parc Montreal 18 Quebec, Canada December, 1968 His Holiness Pope Paul VI Vicar of Jesus Christ State of Vatican Rome, Italy Your Holiness: Please accept my respectful humble obe

The Glories of Lord Ramachandra1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 1968by Satsvarupa Art by Ric Estrada Millions of years ago, according to Vedic sources, the Supreme Lord appeared on this planet as the Warrior Rama Chandra, in order to execute His Will and display the Pastimes of the Perso

Children of God1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 1968They’re meant to experience a life of sublime bliss. So are you. All it takes is awareness. BACK TO GODHEAD is the only popular magazine devoted to the joys of spiritual awareness. Each month, BACK TO GODHEAD brings you

Krishna’s Holiday Snacks1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 1968Coconut Honey Balls 1 lb. grated coconut 8 oz. cream cheese Ÿ lb. butter 8 oz. cottage cheese 1 small pinch camphor ½ cup finely chopped figs ¾ cup honey ½ cup finely chopped walnuts Melt butter in frying pan. Add a very

Whose God is God?1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 1968by Rayarama das On the morning of Friday, July 3, 1187 A. D., Guy of Lusignan, crowned king of Jerusalem, led his army of Frankish Crusaders out from their camp at Sephoria and marched eastward to the relief of Tiberias

Song of Peace1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 1968We are the living graves of murdered beasts, Slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. We never pause to wonder at our feasts, If animals like men could possibly have rights. We pray on Sunday that we may have light, To guid

The Peace Formula1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 1968by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami The great mistake of modern civilization is to encroach upon other’s property as though it were one’s own, and to thereby create an unnecessary disturbance of the Laws of Nature. These laws ar

Are You Free?1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #21, 1968By Jayapataka When a person becomes incompatible with the rest of society, he either remains unhappy in that society, or he seeks to escape to a life of greater freedom. This is what is happening in the Western world tod

Editorial1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #22, 1968The Poor Little Rich World The United States is about to enter a stage of cultural and economic ascendancy so colossal that all the rest of the world (with a very few nations excepted) will soon stand as primitives in Am

Drugs and Ecstasy1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #22, 1968by Subaldas Nature and scientific laboratories alike produce a vast supply of chemicals which are capable of altering man’s consciousness. The average “straight” American adult consumes three to five of these mind-alteri

Celebrations1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #22, 1968By Nayana Bhiram In the “Bhakti Rasamrita Sindu” (The Waves of the Nectar of Devotion), by the great saint Śrīla Rupa Goswami, there are listed 64 forms of “Upasana”—service and worship of the Lord. Of these 64, the foll

Book Review1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #22, 1968by Nayana Bhiram I AND THOU by Martin Buber, 137 pp., Scribner Library, $1.25. THE WAY OF MAN (According to the Teachings of Hasidism) by Martin Buber, 41. pp.,CitadelPress.$.95. One of the best-known Jewish thinkers of

Śrī Ishopanishad1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #22, 1968Rendered into English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The most ancient of Indias famed Upanishads speaks with surprising relevance to the problems of technological man in this new and important tr

Spiced Pastry1968 / Back to Godhead Magazine #22, 1968By Uddhava Samossa (Also Pronounced Sangossa) Is A Favorite Food Of The Devotees Of Krishna. As An Hors D’Oeuvre Or As A Course In Themselves, These Spice-Filled Pastries Are ALWAYS A SURE Delight. STUFFING: 1 medium siz