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Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 19691969 / #23 / 11 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #24, 19691969 / #24 / 5 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #25, 19691969 / #25 / 8 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #26, 19691969 / #26 / 10 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #27, 19691969 / #27 / 11 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #28, 19691969 / #28 / 11 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #29, 19691969 / #29 / 9 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #30, 19691969 / #30 / 7 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #31, 19691969 / #31 / 7 articles

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Editorial1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969The “youth market” is a businessman’s term which refers to the fact that, if you can find something which will get a lot of kids excised, you can exploit them (and their parents) right into the poorhouse with it. In the Parts & Parcels1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969Two letters to the London Hare Krishna temple London Oct. 15, 1968 Dear Swamiji, Please accept my humble obeisances. I am writing to you because within one week I have been influenced by Krishna Consciousness. It startedThe Pleasure Principle1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969By Uddhava das All conscious activity, whether in the course of duty or in defiance of duty—depending upon the individual temperament—is regulated by what Freud called the “pleasure principle.” Few will argue the fact thNine Points Toward a Spiritual World Civilization1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969By Rayarama 1. The spiritual welfare of the people must be seen as the highest aim of human civilization That people gather together for mutual benefit is an old schoolbook axiom. Whether it is true, as Rousseau and otheTeachings of the Golden Avatar1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969by Śrīla Bhaktivinode Thakur This important figure in the field of devotional service appeared in India in 1838, and with the help of his son, Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami, rejuvenated the Hare Krishna M
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1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969The word Prabhupāda is a term of the utmost reverence in Vedic religious circles, and it signifies a great saint even among saints. The word actually has two meanings: first, one at whose feet (Pada) there are many Prabh
New Vrindaban1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969A spiritual concept of community life by Hayagriva One practical aspect of the Krishna Consciousness Movement is now taking form in the hills of West Virginia. This is a report on the development—and the philosophical ba
Advertisement1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969Children Of God They’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 GOD
Śrī Ishopanishad1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969Rendered into English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta SwamI In the final 8 verses of this major Upanishad, the ultimate message of the Rig Veda—human fulfillment through unwavering consciousness of God—is systemat
Good Food1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969by Uddhava It’s a common misconception that one must give up all of the “good foods” to become a vegetarian. However, anyone who takes to a Krishna Prasadam diet, which strictly rules out meat, fish or eggs of any kind,
Pure Blue1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #23, 1969by Shama Dasi O Krishna, Your sweet essence is dripping through my fallen soul. Govinda, pure joy is streaming from the tip of my tongue through my innermost being when I cry out Your Holy Name. Jai, Jai Jai! Your energy
Krishna The Chariot Driver1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #24, 1969by Hayagriva What are the purposes, the practices—and the fruits—of spiritual surrender? Krishna the Chariot Driver holds the reins of His chariot, the Creation. He is no inexperienced charioteer. He is very adept at dri
A Brahmin's Prayer1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #24, 1969By Janardan Deluding Maya, killing every spark Of true intelligence with ribald jest Or dry morality, not heeding lest Their castles built today should turn to dust As all within this world of matter must. With bitter so
God's Playground Vrindaban1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #24, 1969A vision of the spiritual sky—the land where Krishna, the Supreme Lord, appeared to man 5,000 years ago to reveal His pastimes Text by Jaya Govinda Today there is a seeking for a particular type of surrounding, or “spiri
Easy Journey to Other Planets1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #24, 1969By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami What the Vedic literature of 5,000 years ago has to say about the aspirations of space-age man Every living being, especially civilized man, has a longing to live forever, and
Food for Krishna1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #24, 1969By Uddhava In this month’s spiritual food article we are presenting two preparations that come down to us from the ancient line of disciplic succession. These preparations are as old as the Vedas themselves, and just lik
Krishna Consciousness Temples1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25, 1969Attend Bhakti Yoga and mantra meditation classes, lectures on The Bhagavad Gita and related Vedic literature, chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra—every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (or write for details) at any one of the f
Book Review1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25, 1969by Subaldas THE BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS, translated, with commentary, by Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta; Macmillan, $6.95, Collier (paperbound), $2.95. This book makes available for the first time in the English language an aut
Parts & Parcels1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25, 1969London Yatra In January 1969 the sound of HARE KRISHNA vibrated across Britain’s “Today” program on Thames television as millions of viewers throughout the country began to fall in love with the holy sound of HARE KRISHN
A Study in Mysticism1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25, 1969by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami An explanation of the mystic techniques offered by the great Teachers of Vedic wisdom—and their value to contemporary man. Yoga means the connecting link between the soul and the Supersoul, or
Two Poems by Bhaktivinode Thakur1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25, 1969A Poem on the Passing of Thakur Haridas He reasons ill who says that Vaishnavas die When thou art living still in Sound! The Vaishnavas die to live and living try To spead the holy life around! Invoking the Name of Krish
Devotion and Rationalism1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25, 1969By Hanumanprasad Poddar Mr. Poddar is widely known for his beneficial work as Controlling Editor of India’s leading religious magazine, KALYANA KALPATARU, and is the motivating force behind the renowned Gita Press. Gross
Prahlad Maharaj1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25, 1969By Satsvarupa das From the most ripened vedic wisdom, Srimad Bhagavatam comes this story of sublime devotion Prahlad Maharaj was a boy who, at 5 years of age, preached to his school-fellows of their urgent need for takin
Food For Krishna1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25, 1969By Uddhava Cinnamon Apple Pastries are a great treat either served by themselves or as a dessert. The dishes they complement best are vegetable preparations such as Sweet Pepper. And to finish the meal off I’m passing do
Krishna Consciousness Temples1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26, 1969Attend Bhakti Yoga and mantra meditation classes, lectures on The Bhagavad Gita and related Vedic literature, chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra-every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (or write for details) at any one of the f
Parts & Parcels1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26, 1969Los Angeles Sankirtan According to the eternal Vedic calendar, this material world is now well advanced into the Age of Kali, the iron age of quarrel, during which the attractiveness of the temporary manifestations of ma
Krishna Consciousness means giving. Please give.1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26, 1969If you purchased this copy of BACK TO GODHEAD from a Krishna conscious devotee who is trying to give everything to God, and he asked you for an offering—it's because he wants you to share in his joy of giving. Join us in
Beyond the Universe1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26, 1969By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Using the Vedic scriptural writings of India, the author makes an important contribution to our knowledge of man, his universe and the destiny of his life. In the Brahma Samhita, one of the ol
On Our Cover1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26, 1969The painting on this month's cover of BACK TO GODHEAD was originally commissioned by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami for the dust jackets on his 60-volume masterwork, "Śrīmad Bhagwatam." The present version is
Goverdhan Hill1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26, 1969by Jaya Govinda Little known to most of the world, there is a spot in India where the Supreme Godhead, Krishna, once displayed the eternal pastimes of His spiritual kingdom. This is the story of that place as it still en
The Hare Krishna Explosion1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26, 1969The joyful history of a dynamic transcendental movement by Hayagriva Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare vibrates from a walkup temple on New York's Lower East Side, from the sidewalks of Haight Ashbur
Stay High Forever1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26, 1969No More Coming Down Practice KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS Expand your consciousness by practicing the TRANSCENDENTAL SOUND VIBRATION HARE KRISNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE Thi
Food for Krishna1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26, 1969By Uddhava Krishna is eternally situated on the transcendental plane, and all items associated with Him are fixed in that desirable location. In that spiritual atmosphere, no entities exist for the slightest moment witho
The Brahmin and the Mercantile Man1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26, 1969By Birbhadra Birbhadra is an 11-year-old devotee shown here before a painting of one of the great saints in the disciplic succession, Gour Kishore Das Babaji Maharaj. Long, long ago there once lived brahmin devotee of Lo
Krishna Consciousness Temples1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969Attend Bhakti Yoga classes and congregational chanting of the HARE KRISHNA Mantra, and hear lectures on The Bhagavad Gita As It Is- every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 P. M. at any one of the following ISKCON Temples
The Buffalo Lectures of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969For those who have developed the urge for hearing the spiritual message, the message becomes purified without any doubt. The idea is that Krishna or God, in His Supersoul form, is situated in everyone's heart. And He is
Fathers and Sons1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969by Satsvarupa It is said that one's body is an inheritance from one's father, that the sins of the father are visited on the son, that in terms of progress we stand upon our fathers' shoulders. So many "truths” have defi
The Great Soul Who Walks Among Us1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969Notes on the teachings of a pure Devotee … taken by Satsvarupa Swamiji has said that what is important is sincerity. Not the rules and regulations, but sincerity. To the sincere devotee, Krishna from within the heart rev
Parts & Parcels1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969Beatle John Lennon With Montreal Devotees by Bibhavati Dasi As devotees of Lord Śrī Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we are not supporters of the cult of Beatle worship. So when John Lennon and his wife Yoko
Mystic Experience and the Name of God1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969by Achyutananda Taking into account the many descriptions of Godhead found in ancient books, scriptures and the eternal wisdom heard by disciples from their venerable masters, the Absolute Truth may be defined as follows
Krishna Consciousness in Hawaii1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969by Goursundar "That which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul."—Bhagavad Gita, 2.17 Anyone can understand what is spread all over the body: it is consciousness, the
Boston Weddings1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969by Uddhava The most important celebration in the study of God realization is the initiation ceremony, when the student agrees to live by the orders of the spiritual master who has understood the necessity for a program w
Sree Vyas Puja Homage and Offering1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969This "Sree Vyas Puja Homage" was read by Abhay Charan Das (His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami) before the members of the Śrī Gaudlya Math in Bombay in February, 1936 on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of
Book Review1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969Teachings Of Lord Chaitanya by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami; 292 pp., ISKCON Books, $5.95. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, foremost teacher of the Vedic science of spiritual realization in the world today, was bor
Prayers to the Six Goswamis1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27, 1969by Srinivas Acharya 1 I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Goswamis, named Śrī Sanatan Goswami, Śrī Rupa Goswami, Śrī Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Śrī Raghunath Das Goswami, Śrī Jiva Goswami and Śrī Gopal Bhatta Go
ISKCON New York City1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969In this Age of Kali, characterized by chaos and quarrel, the pursuit of spiritual life is considered to be difficult. Handicapped by symptomatic disturbances of the age (short life span, poor memory, and political turmoi
ISKCON Boston1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969This process is especially recommended for self-realization in this age. By performance of Samkirtan, one can achieve the perfection of human life, and the process is so simple that anyone can take it up without qualific
Krishna Consciousness Temples1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969Lord Chaitanya, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, wanted the Hare Krishna Mantra to ring in every town end city of the world to make one world of fully Krishna conscious servitors. His pure devotee His Divine Grace A.C
What is the International Society for Krishna Consciousness?1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhupāda A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India on the order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Pra
The OSU Yoga Society Presents1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969SWAMI A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA Chanting magic word formulas HARE KRISHNA HARE RAMA Transcendental pastimes Ecstatic illuminations FREE TO ALL 8 PM MONDAY MAY 12th HITCHCOCK HALL AUDITORIUM WOODRUFF & NEIL Ohio State University
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and poet Allen Ginsberg—Conversations1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969[EDITOR'S NOTE: The following conversations between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and poet Allen Ginsberg took place at the Radha Krishna Temple in Columbus, Ohio May 11, 12 and 14, just before and
"Krishna's Number One"1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969Ohio State University Students Write Their Reactions To Hare Krishna [Editor's Note: Below are excerpts taken from the essays of sixteen Ohio State University freshman students who wrote their reactions to Hare Krishna a
Transcendental TV1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969by Damodar (ISKCON—New York) New York's WNEW-TV chose to include Samkirtan Party as part of the opening show in their new series, "Helluva Town" on June 29, 1969. Our chanting performance was recorded on video tape one s
ISKCON Hamburg1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969Krishna Consciousness came to Hamburg in October, 1968. Two Americans and one native German formed the team for the first center in Central Europe. The Hamburg Krishna Consciousness center will especially occupy itself w
Lord Shiva, the Pure Devotee1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969by Satsvarupa Das Adhikary (ISKCON—Boston) Once, at the dawn of the universal creation a great sacrifice was performed by the leaders of mankind,—namely Marichi, Dakha and Basistha. All great personalities, powerful sage
Prabhupāda1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28, 1969by Patit Uddharan Paramhansa of the nectar lake Did You Your own True Love forsake, Leaving His sweet and fragrant breast To come to this world of birth and death? Or is this a helping hand You lend While this world of m
Boston Samkirtan1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #29, 1969—By Satsvarupa das Adhikari The Boston center has been eager to fulfill the wish of our beloved Spiritual Master Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta. Coming in the line from Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who so much stressed the pub
What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #29, 1969The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhupāda A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India on the order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Pra
The Vedanta: Its Morphology and Ontology1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #29, 1969—By Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj —A lecture delivered on the 27th August, 1933 at the Saraswati Assembly Hall of Śrī Gaudiya Math, Calcutta on the occasion of the Advent Celebrations of Śrīla Tha
Prabhupāda at New Vrindaban1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #29, 1969His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda arrived at New Vrindaban, West Virginia on the morning of May 21st, 1969. It was his first visit to the mountain ashram, which is the first community in the West dedic
States and Attributes of the Creation1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #29, 1969—By Hayagriva das Adhikari (ISKCON—Columbus) Part I (Continued in Issue No. 31) "Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, self-control and calmness, pleasure and pain, birth, d
Poem1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #29, 1969by Uttara Dasi Just at the end of night, when all is still And hung with blindness, breeding dark decay, The sun, with rays of cleansing, living light Moves forth on the horizon, and brings day; So an Acharya comes, bear
What It Means to be Spiritually Deprived1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #29, 1969—By Rupanuga das Adhikari (ISKCON—Buffalo) The symptoms of spiritual deprivation are the same for everybody in the material world. Consider that we are all subject to birth, disease, old age, and death. We suffer from th
Man's Link to God1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #29, 1969—By Kīrtanānanda Swami (ISKCON—New Vrindaban) Love. Love is a very pleasing word, for everyone wants to love or be loved. It is the natural propensity of the living entity, and where there is no natural object of love we
ISKCON Hawaii1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #29, 1969The Kam Day Parade —by Govinda Dasi The Kam Day Parade is a yearly event commemorating the reign of the Hawaiian King Kamehameha. This parade is known to draw thousands, so we were naturally anxious to take advantage of
Rathayatra Parade San Francisco1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30, 1969by Purushottam Das Brahmachary and Sudama Das Adhikary (ISKCON Los Angeles) On July 27th, 1969, at the corner of Haight and Ashbury, a massive three ton car stood above a huge crowd of people; they had gathered from all
Rathayatra Lecture1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30, 1969by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupāda (Delivered at The Family Dog Auditorium, San Francisco) My dear boys and girls, I thank you very much for joining us on this Rathayatra Ceremony. I am going to sing an In
Holy Rathayatra1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30, 1969Lord Jagannath's Triumphal Ride To The Sea —by Nara-Narayan Viswakarma Suddenly, at noon on the 27th of July, a frenzied storm of 10,000 young and old chanters startled the heart of San Francisco. A sea of people poured
Journey to the Sea1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30, 1969—by Sukadeva Das Brahmachary (ISKCON—Los Angeles) There was great excitement in the San Francisco temple. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, affectionately known as Prabhupāda, had given a lecture the night before, and the chants
Eyes Smeared with the Ointment of Love1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30, 1969Another Version of the Rathayatra Festival —by Lalita Devi Dasi (ISKCON—Los Angeles) On July 27th, 1969 in San Francisco the most powerful spiritual celebration the bay area has ever known, the Rathayatra Festival, took
Rathayatra, London1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30, 1969London Impressions, July 27, 1969 —by Ramatanu Das Brahmachary (ISKCON—London) A tree waiting patiently for so many years in a quiet English forest, a green spark of Krishna consciousness wishing somehow to serve the Pri
Lord Jagannath is Krishna Himself1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30, 1969—by Satsvarupa Das Adhikary The nature of God is that He has unlimited qualities. It is not that He is without qualities. In the Bhagavad Gita, the Supreme Person describes Himself: "Of all that is material and all that
What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #31, 1969The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhupāda A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India on the order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Pra
Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #31, 1969—Excerpt from a work in progress by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. [His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda’s forthcoming book, KRISHNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, will contai
States and Attributes of the Creation1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #31, 1969-by Hayagriva Das Adhikary (ISKCON-Columbus) Part two. [Continued from Issue Number 29.] Pleasure And Pain Pleasure is a general term which is applied to any feeling of satisfaction which is agreeable to the living entit
Adventures of the Boar Incarnation1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #31, 1969—by Satsvarupa Das Adhikary (ISKCON-Boston) I: Introduction There is a story in the Vedic scriptures of a time when the great sage Narada went to visit the Supreme Lord Narayan (Krishna) in the Spiritual Kingdom of Vaiku
Dullards and Slugs1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #31, 1969The Materialistic Demeanor Revisited —by Goursundar Das Adhikary (ISKCON—Hawaii) Our eighth year of “primary education” passed in an American Dependent School in Okinawa. During that eventful year we heard that we would
Krishna's Light vs. Maya's Night1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #31, 1969—by Kīrtanānanda Swami (ISKCON—Columbus) Light and dark. Day and night. These are the dualities of the material world, and they are the archetypes of the gulf between the things of this world and the things of the spirit
The Great Chant1969 / Back to Godhead Magazine #31, 1969Sung with thousands of others, or while sitting in solitude, the Maha Mantra awakens love of God, the ultimate end of life. O my Lord! Your Holy Name alone can render all benediction upon the living beings, and therefore