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Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 19701970 / #32 / 13 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #33, 19701970 / #33 / 9 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 19701970 / #34 / 11 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #35, 19701970 / #35 / 7 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #36, 19701970 / #36 / 7 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 19701970 / #37 / 10 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #38, 19701970 / #38 / 6 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #39, 19701970 / #39 / 6 articles

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On The Cover1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970On the cover is Caitanya Mahāprabhu leading a saṅkīrtana chanting party through the streets of Puri in India, 480 years ago. The five-thousand-year-old Vedic scriptures foretell the appearance of Caitanya Mahāprabhu: “In London Town Town Lecture1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970London Town Hall Lecture —by A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī [This lecture, delivered September 15, 1969 at Town Hall in London, is His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Prabhupāda’s first public address in England.] Ladies London Airport Press Conference1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970[The following is a press conference given upon Prabhupāda’s arrival in England, September 11, 1969. These are the first words he spoke to his English audience.] PRABHUPĀDA: I am personally not very much fond of receptio Prasādam: Food for the Body, Food for the Soul and Food for God.1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970—by Kīrtanānanda Swāmī Prasādam means food for the body, food for the soul and food for God. More specifically, it is food which has been sanctified by special selection and preparation and then offered to Kṛṣṅa, God, in The Avatāras of Godhead1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970—by Nayana Abhiram das Brahmacārī The Vedic literatures such as Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Brahma-saṁhitā, Padma Purāṅa, etc. all confirm Lord Śrī Kṛṣṅa as the original manifestation of Godhead. This is proclaimed

Śrī Dhām Māyāpur , The Most Holy Abode

1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970Śrī Dhām Māyāpur, The Most Holy Abode —by Acyutānanda das Brahmacārī The archetype pattern of all universal harmony, the scheme of the universe, is the beautiful Form of Kṛṣṅa within the lotus. In Brahma-saṁhitā, one of

Lust and Love1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970—by Subal dās Adhikārī Māyā, the illusory material nature, is duping people into accepting lust in place of love. Lust is what traps the living entities, who are spiritual by nature, in this material world. It makes us a

Los Angeles—Bliss!1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970Within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the Los Angeles center is known as the best saṅkīrtana center. That is because the Los Angeles devotees have taken with the utmost seriousness the spiritual mas

Love of God1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970“Any child who is given an impression of the Lord from his very childhood can certainly become a great devotee of the Lord.”—Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. The fortunate children born of Kṛṣṅa conscious parents or those children fo

Liberation at Last1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970—by Satsvarūpa dās Adhikārī Recently I spoke to an acquaintance who is practicing “meditation” and I asked him the goal of his practice. The answer was, “Liberation. To merge with the one.” Expressions such as “annihilat

Kṛṣṅa līlā: The Divine Forms and Pastimes1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970—by Hayagrīva dās Adhikārī Lord Kṛṣṅa’s pastimes, His appearance and disappearance, are continuous and eternal throughout the universe. As far as these pastimes are concerned, there is no stoppage. It is hard for the com

Īśāvasya: God-centered society1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970—by Rūpānuga dās Adhikārī The immediate result of chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa, Hare Kṛṣṅa, Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare has been the phenomenal growth of a unique federation of urban commun

The Transcendental Sound Vibration1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32, 1970—by Jadurāni devī dāsī Sound has form eternal. According to the Sāṅkhya philosophical system disclosed to the world by Lord Kapiladeva at the dawn of creation, the whole material world is produced by sound. This is also

Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā (5th Chapter)1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #33, 1970First Installment With commentary by Śrī Śrīmad Jīva Gosvāmī and translation and purport by Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya (108) Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī [Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of the Br

Śukadeva's Instructions1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #33, 1970[delivered as a lecture by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī before the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in Boston, December 22, 1969] I’m pleased that you are doing things just to my satisfaction.

Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, Part 11970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #33, 1970Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra - Part 1 by Kirtanānanda Swāmī (ISKCON—New Vṛndāvana) [Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of eighteen essays on the chapters of Bhagavad-gītā.] Bhagavad-gīt

Addresses to the Grand Spiritual Master1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #33, 1970The following addresses of worship unto Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, were submitted by the students of Bhaktivedānta Swāmī, the foremost disciple of Bhaktisiddhānta. They were mailed to Prabhupāda Bhaktivedānta on the Appe

Saṅkīrtan1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #33, 1970Saṅkīrtana means singing and dancing about the glories of Kṛṣṅa, the Supreme Personality of God. It is nothing manufactured or concocted; it is not a “new religion.” The most ancient Vedic scriptures of India recommend t

The Opulences of Kṛṣṅa1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #33, 1970—by Hayagrīva dās Adhikārī (lSKCON—New Vṛndāvana) Lord Kṛṣṅa has innumerable expansions. As far as Kṛṣṅa Himself is concerned, there are six opulences which are always present—knowledge, wealth, fame, strength, beauty an

Narada1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #33, 1970—by Satsvarūpa dās Adhikārī (ISKCON—Boston) If you have read or heard even a small sampling of the vast Vedic literature, you have come upon the name of Nārada, who is depicted on the back cover of this issue of Back to

The Descent of the Holy Name1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #33, 1970—by Achyutananda dās Brahmacārī (ISKCON—India) B.R. Śrīdhara Mahārāj sat on the roof of his quarters in Navadvīpa. The now very old sādhu was in a very contemplative mood, and to approach him in this state disturbed me.

Saṅkīrtana and Puppet Show at Griffith Park1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #33, 1970—by Lalitā devī dāsī (ISKCON—Los Angeles) The Los Angeles Saṅkīrtana Party usually goes to the downtown area to preach and chant during the week, but since it was Thanksgiving Day, Saṅkīrtana Party was held at Griffith P

Poem by Śrīla Prabhupāda on His First Arrival in the USA1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970The spiritual master and founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, is now engaging thousands of men and women in America and throughout the worl

Hari Kirtana: The Yoga for the Modern Age1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970—by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Ceto-darpaṅa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahādāvāgni-nirvāpaṅam śreyaḥ kairava candrikā vitaraṅaṁ vidyāvadhū jīvanam ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ pratipadaṁ pūrṅāmṛtāsvādanaṁ sarvātm

Contents of the Gītā Summarized, Part 21970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970—by Kīrtanānanda Swāmī (ISKCON—New Vṛndāvana) Sañjaya said: “Seeing Arjuna full of compassion and very sorrowful, his eyes brimming with tears, Madhusūdana, Kṛṣṅa, spoke the following words: My dear Arjuna, how have thes

The Guru: Via Media to God1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970—by Hayagrīvadās Adhikārī (ISKCON—New Vṛndāvana) It is always best to assume that we are in the modes of ignorance, and at least we will be right on that point. When knowledge is staggeringly finite, humility is the best

Nonviolence1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970—by Dāmodara dās Adhikārī (ISKCON—Washington, D. C. War is inevitable: an eye for an eye, dog eat dog, kill or be killed. Human history is a history of wars. Lust, anger and greed run amok in our minds, and for the sake

Saṅkīrtana1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970Sometimes friends look at pictures of saṅkīrtana which are gathered from various cities, and they become curious to recognize the locale: “Oh, that is downtown New York.” “That must be Seattle.” “There is Vancouver.” “Th

The Prayers of Akrūra1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970—by Satsvarūpa dās Adhikārī (ISKCON—Boston) Akrūra, a devotee of Kṛṣṅa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, achieved perfection by his notable prayers. In his book Easy Journey to Other Planets, His Divine Grace A.C. Bha

Kṛṣṅa consciousness is the Absolute Necessity for Mankind in this Age1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970—by Jananibas dās Brahmacārī (ISKCON—Columbus) Let me first offer my obeisances to my spiritual master, His Divine Grace Om Viṣṅupāda Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya 108 Śrī Śrīmad A.C. Bhaktivedānta Gosvāmī Mahārāj Prabhup

The Intelligence to Love Kṛṣṅa1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970—by Jayadvaita dās Brahmacārī (lSKCON—Boston) “Intelligent persons who are endeavoring for liberation from old age and death take refuge in Me in devotional service. They are actually Brahman because they entirely know e

The Mahāmantra and the German Expedition1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970—by Gurudās Adhikārī (ISKCON—London) Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the golden avatāra, the embodiment of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṅa in the aspect of a devotee, appeared 484 years ago to deliver the pure essence of the Vedic literat

ISKCON Around the World1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #34, 1970In no country is Kṛṣṅa foreign. The chanting of God’s holy names is natural to every land. In the Bhagavad-gītā, the Lord Himself declares, “I am the father of all living entities.” Therefore, since Kṛṣṅa cannot be forei

The Highest Love1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #35, 1970By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda If one protects the tender creeper of devotional service nicely, then gradually it will produce the fruit of unalloyed love for God. Unalloyed love for God means lo

Karma-yoga—Perfection through Action, Part 31970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #35, 1970by Svāmī Kīrtanānanda Mahārāja (ISKCON New Vṛndāvana) [This is the third in a series of eighteen articles on the eighteen chapters of Bhagavad-gītā.—Editor] As Chapter Three opens, it is clear that Arjuna has not underst

Lord Caitanya Festival1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #35, 1970by Haridayānanda dāsa Brahmacārī (ISKCON Boston) On March 29, 1970, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the golden avatāra, appeared on the streets of an American city, Berkeley, California. Lord Caitanya, who is Kṛṣṅa Himself, ap

The Hidden God1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #35, 1970by Hayagrīva dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON New Vṛndāvana) “For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.” (Gītā 6.30) Even the philosophers of the modern churches are decla

Transcendental Wedding1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #35, 1970A Kṛṣṅa conscious wedding is performed according to an authorized devotional procedure thousands of years old. The marriage is sanctioned by the spiritual master, the marriage vows are taken in the temple, before the Dei

Kṛṣṅa consciousness is the Absolute Necessity for Mankind in this Age1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #35, 1970by Jananivas dāsa Brahmacārī (ISKCON Columbus) This article is a continuation of “Kṛṣṅa Consciousness, the Absolute Necessity for Mankind in This Age,” which appeared in BTG No. 34. What is devotional service? In Chapter

Instructions by Vidhura1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #35, 1970by Satsvarūpa dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON Boston) A transcendentalist is generally not interested in mundane topics such as history and politics, but when the Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṅa appeared in human society

Krishna Consciousness Temples1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #36, 1970ISKCON CENTERS Atlanta Georgia 390 9th St. NE 30309 Baltimore Maryland 1300 N. Calvert St. 21202 Berkeley California 2710 Durant Ave. 94704 Boston Massachusetts 40 N. Beacon St. 02134 Boulder Colorado 623 Concord St. 803

Everything Belongs to Kṛṣṅa1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #36, 1970His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda [Transcribed from tapes of a conversation with disciples, May 10, 1969, Columbus, Ohio] When I first started going to see my Guru Mahārāj (Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī),

The Platform of Real Bliss1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #36, 1970by Jayādvaita dāsa Brahmacārī (ISKCON-Boston) Kṛṣṅa is the all-blissful Supreme Personality of Godhead, and we are all constitutionally His eternally blissful servitors. Unfortunately we have forgotten this fact, and thu

A Day at ISKCON Boston1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #36, 1970Spiritual life is blissful, but it is not whimsical. The regulative principles of bhakti-yoga (the yoga of devotional service), as defined by the spiritual master and the authorized scriptures, form the standard way for

CHANT (Part 1)1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #36, 1970by Hayagrīva dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON—New Vṛndāvana) Note: This is the first part of “Chant,” a lengthy four-part poem. Part One traces the activities of the spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabh

How to Get Out of the Clutches of Maya1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #36, 1970by Satsvarūpa dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON-Boston) The Sanskrit word māyā means that which is not. In other words, it is illusion. For example, if a servant of a king thinks that he is the king, that is illusion. Generally, it

Haridāsa Ṭhakur: Nāmācārya1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #36, 1970by Uddhava dasa Adhikārī (ISKCON-BOSTON) Nāmācārya is a compound of two Sanskrit nouns. Nāma is used in connection with the holy name of the Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṅa, and ācārya means one who teaches by example. So one who is con

Krishna Consciousness Temples1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 1970ISKCON CENTERS Amsterdam Holland Frissenstein 292, Bijlermeer Atlanta Georgia 390 9th St. NE 30309 Baltimore Maryland 1300 N. Calvert St. 21202 Berkeley California 2710 Durant Ave. 94704 Boston Massachusetts 40 N. Beacon

Love in the Absolute World1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 1970by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda As long as we have the desire for material sense gratification or the desire for material liberation there is no possibility of developing transcendental bliss in K

Transcendental Knowledge, Part 41970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 1970by Kīrtanānanda Svāmī [This is the fourth in a series of eighteen articles on the eighteen chapters of Bhagavad-gītā.—editor] In the Fourth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṅa explains two main topics to his disciple Arjuna:

The Genuine Spiritual Master1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 1970by Girirāja dāsa Brahmacārī (ISKCON Boston) “Instant Problem Solving—Guru Inside” Every day we Boston devotees pass this sign as we chant the holy names in Harvard Square. The sign hangs on a local shop window, and it is

O Glorify the One Who to Kṛṣṅa is so Dear1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 1970—Tīrthapāda Dāsa Brahmacārī (ISKCON Sydney) O glorify the one who to Kṛṣṅa is so dear, Whose presence scatters the clouds of illusion clear, Whose name is sweeter than the sweetest nectar, And who brings the torch of kno

ISKCON Detroit1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 1970Vedic authorities confirm that the holy name of the Supreme Lord can render all benediction upon all living entities. The living beings in the material world, although originally pure in their spiritual nature, have beco

Saṅkīrtana in the Bible1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 1970by Hayagrīva dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON Calcutta) In the Vaiṣṅava (Kṛṣṅa) literature of India there are innumerable scriptural injunctions encouraging saṅkīrtana—the chanting and singing of the names of God as an efficacious

How to Check the Age of Kali1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 1970by Satsvarūpa dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON Boston) The followers of Kṛṣṅa consciousness are aware that at present the universe and the earth are in the Age of Kali. Vedic culture calculates the long duration of time between the

Tho’ I wait days, months, years1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 1970Vida Jurkovic (ISKCON Sydney) Tho’ I wait days, months, years For the moment when My worthless eyes rest upon Your divine face, What will it matter? For thou has given me shelter; Thou has led me from the darkest regions

London Saṅkīrtana1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #37, 1970On the occasion of the appearance day of Lord Caitanya, thousands of Britishers heard the joyous vibration of Hare Kṛṣṅa, the glorification of God’s holy name. According to the Bhagavad-gītā, the devotee of Kṛṣṅa is “alw

Krishna Consciousness Temples1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38, 1970ISKCON CENTERS Amsterdam Holland Frissenstein 292, Bijlermeer Atlanta Georgia 390 9th St. NE 30309 Baltimore Maryland 1300 N. Calvert St. 21202 Berkeley California 2710 Durant Ave. 94704 Boston Massachusetts 40 N. Beacon

An Ancient Science for Modern America1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38, 1970by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Vedanta means the ultimate goal of knowledge. Formerly there was only one Vedic literature, known as the Atharva-veda. In the Atharva-veda Kṛṣṅa’s name is mentioned

Karma-yoga-Action in Kṛṣṅa Consciousness, Part 51970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38, 1970by Kīrtanānanda Swami (ISKCON—Calcutta) [Editor’s note: This is the fifth of a series of eighteen essays on the chapters of Bhagavad-gītā.] As the Fifth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā opens, Arjuna is asking Kṛṣṅa practically

True Happiness Must be Eternal1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38, 1970by Upendra dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON-Sydney) Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā is one of the oldest Vedic scriptures, and it is accepted by Lord Śrī Krṣṅa Caitanya Mahāprabhu (an incarnation of Kṛṣṅa Himself who appeared 484 years ago) as

The Spiritual Master: Emissary of the Supreme Person1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38, 1970by Hayagrīva dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON-New Vṛndāvana) Guru-kṛṣṅa-kṛpayā pāya bhakti-latā bīja. (Caitanya-caritāmṛta) His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Śrīla Prabhupāda, once said that religion without philosophy is

Temple Worship1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38, 1970by Satsvarūpa dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON—Boston) There have been many newspaper and magazine articles written about visits to the temples of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Often, a mundane newswriter rep

Krishna Consciousness Temples1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #39, 1970ISKCON CENTERS Amsterdam Holland Frissenstein 292, Bijlermeer Atlanta Georgia 24 13th St. 30309 Baltimore Maryland 1300 N. Calvert St. 21202 Berkeley California 2710 Durant Ave. 94704 Bombay India 74 Marine Drive Boston

Lord Caitanya: The Golden Avatāra1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #39, 1970His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the golden avatāra, appeared in India nearly 500 years ago. It is the custom in India that when a child is born, an astrologer is called for.

On the Constitution of the Soul1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #39, 1970by Hayagrīva dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON—New Vṛndāvana) “The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be moistened by the water, nor withered by the wind.” (Bhagavad-gītā, 2.23) Here Lord Kṛṣṅa begins to des

Kardama Muni, A First-Class Yogi1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #39, 1970by Satsvarupa dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON-Boston) First let me offer my humble obeisances to my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the pure servant of God and thus the knower of the scriptu

Transcendental Art1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #39, 1970One of the basic principles of Kṛṣṅa consciousness is that one may utilize whatever talent he has in the service of the Supreme Lord. And it is a symptom of a bona fide spiritual master that he is expert in engaging ever

The Time of Death1970 / Back to Godhead Magazine #39, 1970by Dāmodara dāsa Adhikārī (ISKCON-Washington, D.C.) I offer my most respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, my spiritual master and the spiritual master of the universe, from whos