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Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 19911991 / #25-02 / 24 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 19911991 / #25-03 / 19 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 19911991 / #25-04 / 16 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 19911991 / #25-05 / 22 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 19911991 / #25-06 / 18 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / #25-01 / 21 articles

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From the Editor1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991History and the Machinery of War AMERICA AND HER ALLIES have plunged into war with Iraq. As you read these words, the war may well be over, and the land of the Tigris and Euphrates, the ancient “cradle of civilization,” Letters1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Accepting Śrīla Prabhupāda Can I accept Swami Prabhupāda as my spiritual master even though I have not had the opportunity to meet with him in person because I was too young? Can I be accepted as a devotee of Swami Prabh Risky Education1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Where does the search for knowledge lead when the scholars we follow are hollow? From the Teachings of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Conscio Lessons from the Road1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Serving the Vaiṣṅavas By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami LAST WEEK MARKED the grand opening of the second ISKCON temple in Trinidad. It’s not a huge temple, but it has a high-ceilinged kīrtana hall and separate rooms for men’s a Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Pishima, My Bengali “Aunt” By Yamuna Devi INDIA IS HOME to many unsung chefs. You find them in temple, household, and restaurant kitchens. They are unpublished, unpretentious, and uninterested in fame or fortune. Many wo Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children

1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Challenges We Face By Śrī Rāma Dāsa LAST ISSUE I WROTE ABOUT what is happening in ISKCON education. Now comes the hard part: I want to look a bit into the future and talk about what we need for the school system Śrīla Pr

Bhakti-yoga at Home1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Good Mornings By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa DEVOTEES TRY TO MOLD their lives around Kṛṣṅa. They know that when they begin to love Lord Kṛṣṅa, their hearts will bloom like flowers in the rising sun. So in the early-morning stilln

Science: The Vedic View1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991The Clockwork Universe in Chaos By Sadāpūta Dāsa ON A CARIBBEAN ISLAND, a butterfly flutters briefly to the left instead of to the right. As a result, swirls of air produced by its wings move in a slightly different way

Distributing Books1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Questions from the Field By Rohiṅī Sūta Dāsa BY THE MERCY OF Śrīla Prabhupāda, I have been distributing his books for many years, and I often travel to ISKCON centers to talk about this service. Because devotees face man

India's Heritage1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Tracing the Hindu Heritage By Navīṅa Kṛṣṅa Dāsa A FEW MORE YEARS and the twentieth century will be over. Five thousand years have gone by since the historic times of Lord Kṛṣṅa’s appearance. Since then, untold stories ha

Through the Eyes of Śāstra1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991At the Mall of Deadly Wares By Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa THE WORLD BELIEVES with all its heart that enjoying pleasure from the senses is happiness. Kṛṣṅa says the world is wrong. Contemplate for a moment the daily jostle and

Remembering Śrīla Prabhupāda1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Disciples recall the pastimes of a pure devotee. ONCE ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA was speaking to a wealthy Indian woman in Malaysia. She was the wife of a government minister, and he was hoping to persuade her to help him build a

Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṅa Part II1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991The Gauḍīya Vedāntist By Nandarāṅī Devī Dāsī and Dayānanda Dāsa SUMMARY OF PART I: In the early eighteenth century, after a vigorous study of Vedānta philosophy, Baladeva Vidyābhūṣana accepted Lord Caitanya’s teachings a

The Vedic Observer1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day Curbing The Animal Instinct by Viṣṅurāta Dāsa SINCE A MAJOR CAUSE of car accidents is inattention, a sign like the one at a busy New York intersection—“CURB YOUR ANIMAL

Kṛṣṅa’s Kind Solution: Train Calves, Don’t Eat Them!1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991By Sureśvara Dāsa BIR KṚṢṄA THE CALF loves coconut fudge, and Sītā the teamstress knows it. Her pockets bulge with the sweet as she and Bir walk to the training ring. Today the calf will learn his first call: “Get up!” T

Every Town & Village1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust has published four new books by Śrīla Prabhupāda. The Journey of Self-Discove

Project Profile1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Here’s a Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. We’ll tell you what the goals are, who’s involved, what’s going on, what’s blocking the way, and how you can give a hand. Project Manor Youth

Romanian Breakthrough1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Romanians and Czechs dance to the holy names of Kṛṣṅa. Romanian Vignettes by Suhotra Swami December 1989: Jārna, Sweden SPELLBOUND, I watch the satellite TV news with Kīrtirāja Prabhu, ISKCON’s Governing Body representat

At a Glance1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991ISKCON in Eastern Europe Albania • No activity to report. • Government extremely restrictive, but policies are gradually changing. Opportunities seem to be opening up. • One small book available. • No centers. Bulgaria •

What Does Bhakti Have to Do with Vedānta?1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991NOTHING, says a letter to the Bhaktivedanta Institute. EVERYTHING, Ravi Gomatam replies. Puzzling Inconsistencies The letter to the Institute THE BROCHURE you sent me states,“Our in-house research uses paradigms for cons

Art for God's Sake1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Śrīla Prabhupāda taught that art, however crudely done, is perfect when done to please Kṛṣṅa. By Yadurāṅī Devī Dāsī IN NEW YORK CITY, 1967, Śrīla Prabhupāda asked me to do a painting of Nārada Muni, a great sage who trav

ISKCON Community Discussion1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991To Serve Is Natural More to say about the role of women in the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement. By Viṣṅupriyā Devī Dāsī Last issue, we published what several devotee women had to say about the role of women in ISKCON. Our staff, of

Attention American High School Students1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Now you can have a Hare Kṛṣṅa Club at your school! IF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE at your school allow other clubs, off the subjects taught in the regular classes, they have to allow your Hare Kṛṣṅa club too. That’s the effect

Protecting Hindu Dharma1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-02, 1991Is the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement no better than “a bird with one wing” in the face of its antagonists? A letter recently came to us from a subscriber in Libya about the need to protect sanātana-dharma. Here’s what he said, wit

Statement of Purposes1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Back to Godhead, the magazine of the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement, is a cultural presentation to respiritualize human society. It aims at achieving the following purposes: 1. To help all people distinguish more clearly between re

Notes from the Editor1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Toward an Enlightened New World Order “We’ve got a real kṣatriya for a president! “ an American devotee said to me, his face beaming. The Allies were trouncing whatever was left of the Iraqi armies, and George Bush was m

Letters1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Premiere Issue Congratulations on the Premiere Issue of the new BTG. I liked everything about it—from the mature writing and design all the way down to the stately page numbers at the bottom. It even smells better! Sureś

Compassion Well Placed1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Despite the honorable intentions of philanthropists, even their most efficient programs for helping others don’t go far enough. From The Teachings Of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of

Lessons from the Road1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Turning Fifty By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Gosvāmī IF I CLAIM “I’m middle-aged,” I’m lying. When you turn fifty, you’re facing old age. By now I ought to know what I’m doing. Why continue pretending with the little time I have lef

Science: The Vedic View1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Cross-Cultural Traces Of Vedic Civilization By Sadāpūta Dāsa THE ANCIENT GREEK WRITER Aratos tells the following story about the constellation Virgo, or the virgin. Virgo, he says, may have belonged to the star race, the

Bhakti-yoga at Home1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991In the Kitchen By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa MRS. MADHU SHARMA, at home in an Indian village, is about to begin cooking the family meal. Her mother is already squatting on the spotless stone floor, dexterously grinding spices an

Lord Kṛṣṅa’s Cuisine1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Eating Right By Yamuna Devi Is Your Vaiṣṅava Diet Healthy? As a food writer and teacher, I am often asked questions about the Vaiṣṅava diet. What are its elements? Does it meet USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) veget

Through the Eyes of Śāstra1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Pointing by Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa SOMETIME IN THE 1730’s, a young Scottish philosopher tried, and failed, to find himself. David Hume reflected upon this experience in his first book, A Treatise of Human Nature (1739). T

Schooling Kṛṣṅa’s Children1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991The Company We Keep By Urmilā Devī Dāsī CAN WE MAKE OUR CHILDREN turn out the way we want? Śrīla Prabhupāda once said, “If you place a child in good association, he will act properly, and if you place him in bad associat

India’s Heritage1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991How Should We Educate Our Children By Navīṅa Kṛṣṅa Dāsa WE WANT OUR CHILDREN to get an education, so we send them off to school—kindergarten through twelfth grade and then on through college. We want them to acquire all

The Vedic Observer1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day God And Country By Drutakarmā Dāsa THE PILGRIMAGE TOWN of Ayodhyā, about 345 miles southeast of New Delhi, has become the focus of a conflict that threatens the stabilit

The Case for Ox Power1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991The world’s economy and ecology are in danger, victims of the modern way of life. The situation demands a return to the natural life, based on cows, bulls, and the land. LAST JANUARY I visited ISKCON’s Śaraṅāgati communi

Deviant Vaiṣṅava Sects, Part 11991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Deviant Vaiṣṅava Sects From the time of Lord Caitanya to the present day, His pure followers have defended His teachings against philosophical perversions. By Suhotra Swami Part One: Caste Gosvāmīs and Smārta-brāhmaṅas F

Project Profile1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. We’ll tell you what the goals are, who’s involved, what’s going on, what’s blocking the way, and how you can give a hand. Project Reviving th

Interview1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991The Most Important Holy Place in the Universe An Indologist works to awaken interest in the glories of Rādhā-kuṅḍa. Dr. Mohan K. Gautam, a frequent contributor to religious and Indological journals, is the distinguished

What Happened In Māyāpur?1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991A report on the annual meeting of ISKCON’s highest governing body. For ten days every year, thirty men gather in Māyāpur, West Bengal, a village on the Ganges seventy miles north of Calcutta, to guide the course of the K

Every Town & Village1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America Hare Krishna Food For Life in Denver has started a newsletter entitled Our Newsletter. It reports on Hare

Remembering Śrīla Prabhupāda1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-03, 1991Disciples recall the pastimes of a pure devotee. December 5, 1975 Vṛndāvana, India ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA would sometimes sit in his darśana room after breakfast and chat with his servants for a while, usually commenting on th

Statement of Purposes1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991Back to Godhead, the magazine of the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement, is a cultural presentation to respiritualize human society. It aims at achieving the following purposes: 1. To help all people distinguish more clearly between re

Notes from the Editor1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991Sudden Departures With the untimely demise of Rajiv Gandhi, we bid farewell, it seems, not only to a man but to a dynasty. The family that with only short intermissions has governed India since its modern political debut

Letters1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991Spiritually Enlivened I always feel enlivened after reading BTG. It renews my enthusiasm for attaining a spiritual base for my life. Stetan Sondej Chippendale, Australia Deeper Insight The feature on Baladeva Vidyabhusan

The Spiritual Master1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991How to Find Him … How to Honor Him … How to Follow Him From the Vyāsa-Pūjā addresses of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Garlande

Lessons from the Road1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991Janmāṣṭamī in Czechoslovakia By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami THE DAY BEFORE JANMĀṢṬAMĪ, Lord Kṛṣṅa’s Appearance Day. We’ve come to the “farm.” It’s a run-down group of buildings, some with roofs entirely uncovered. Turīya Dās

Bhakti-yoga in the Home1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991“What’s for Supper, Mummy?” by Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa SHOPPING FOR KṚṢṄA with your children can be a rich spiritual event, provided you have their cooperation and plenty of time. We had neither the last time our family trund

Science: The Vedic View1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991Astronomy and the Antiquity of Vedic Civilization By Sadāpūta Dāsa TRADITIONAL CHINESE STORIES tell of a monkey named Sun who goes through remarkable adventures. In one story, two “harpooners of death” capture him, claim

Schooling Kṛṣṅa’s Children1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991Now’s Your Chance By Śrī Rāma Dāsa IT’S BEEN A PLEASURE opening the mail in response to my first columns. Readers seem excited about the plans and programs mentioned. The real surprise, however, was how many people offer

Janmāṣṭamī on the Jaladuta1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991By Yamunā devi THREE YEARS AGO, on Janmāṣṭamī, Lord Kṛṣṅa’s appearance day, I received a copy of the diary Śrīla Prabhupāda wrote aboard the steamship Jaladuta. It’s a personal account of his first journey from India to

The Lord of Unlimited Pastimes1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991This September, Lord Kṛṣṅa’s devotees celebrate His birthday. Like everything else about Kṛṣṅa, His birth is nothing ordinary. By Harikeśa Swami IT IS NOT POSSIBLE for an ordinary living entity to compare to Kṛṣṅa. From

Deviant Vaiṣṅava Sects, Part 21991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991Deviant Vaiṣṅava Sects Some who say they follow Lord Caitanya try to make His easy method easier— by throwing out the rules. By Suhotra Swami Part Two: Prākṛta-sahajiyās The great spiritual master Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhāk

Project Profile1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. We’ll tell you what the goals are, who’s involved, what’s going on, what’s blocking the way, and how you can give a hand. Project The Bhaktiv

Sharing in New Caledonia1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991Where is it? And what about the horrible stories? By Indradyumna Swami THE LETTER ARRIVED by air mail registered express from New Caledonia. Sitting in the office at our center in Sydney, Australia, I mused over the colo

Remembering Śrīla Prabhupāda1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991Disciples recall the pastimes of a pure devotee. IN BOMBAY, every morning for a week or two a life member used to take Śrīla Prabhupāda and a small group of his disciples for a walk on a pleasant open walkway near the se

Every Town & Village1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News United States ISKCON’s first temple opens again in July, at 26 Second Avenue in New York. This is the small storefront w

Legal Victories1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-04, 1991U.S. Supreme Court Grants ISKCON Appeal, Sends $5-Million Judgment Back to California for Review The Hare Kṛṣṅa movement won’t have to sell its Los Angeles temple and won’t have to pay $5 million to a California woman an

Statement of Purposes1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Back to Godhead magazine is a cultural presentation to respiritualize human society. It aims at achieving the following purposes: 1. To help all people distinguish more clearly between reality and illusion, spirit and ma

Notes from the Editor1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Gifts and Gatherings A GROUP OF TEENAGE KIDS have commandeered a full sixteen pages of this issue of Back to Godhead. And we’ve been glad to see them do it. We’re not interested in hardcore music and youth scenes. But we

Letters1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Whose Opinions? It seems to me an article like the one about ISKCON’s governing body [BTG, May/June] should have had the author’s name on it. When I’m reading opinions, whose are they? Anthony Morgan Amherst, Massachusse

Inquiries1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Q: The Bhagavad-gītā (18.48) says that we should continue to carry out our prescribed duties, for they are born out of our own nature. (1) What does “born out of our own nature” mean? (2) The purport also says that a śūd

Liberation In Service to Lord Kṛṣṅa1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991A lecture in Vṛndāvana on November 2, 1972, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ato vai kavayo nityaṁ bhaktiṁ paramayā mudā vāsude

Lessons from the Road1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Who Is God? by Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami LAST CHRISTMAS, Life magazine did a cover story entitled “Who is God?” They asked that question of many people and printed the replies. The color photos of worshipers throughout the

Lord Kṛṣṅa’s Cuisine1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Kicchari: India’s Famous One-Pot Meal by Yamuna Devi LONG-TIME Back to Godhead readers will recall that for several years Viśākhā Dāsī wrote this column. Since she has made kicchari nearly every day for twenty years, I a

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Chant Hare Kṛṣṅa And Draw a Plow by Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī KṚṢṄA CONSCIOUSNESS is practical. For spiritual advancement, you don’t have to renounce everything, go to the forest, and simply chant Hare Kṛṣṅa all day long. In

India’s Heritage1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991How Do We Understand The Temple Deity? by Navīṅa Kṛṣṅa Dāsa MOST OF US FROM INDIA, regardless of where we’re living now, at times go to a temple to see the Deity form of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṅa or Viṣṅu or one of His inca

Schooling Kṛṣṅa’s Children1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991What’s a Child to Read? by Śrī Rāma Dāsa PARENTS OFTEN WRITE and ask for advice about reading material for their children. They want to expose their children to as much Kṛṣṅa consciousness as possible (and limit their ex

Bhakti-yoga at Home1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Early to Bed… by Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa ŚRĪLA PRABHUPāDA taught that devotees of Kṛṣṅa don’t “live to sleep, but sleep to rest the body.” They work hard for Kṛṣṅa and rather unwillingly lie down for rejuvenating sleep. As it

Through the Eyes of Śāstra1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Of Death and Editors by Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa AFTER I MISSED my last column, a memo from our hard-boiled editor slithered off my fax machine. “Near-death is a valid excuse for not writing,” he conceded grudgingly. “But s

Padayātrā Worldwide1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991In Celebration Of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Centennial Appearance Anniversary 1996 marks the one hundredth anniversary appearance of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the founder-ācārya of the International

Hardcore Hare Kṛṣṅas1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991The Straightedge Connection by Bhakta Vic Shelter Last year I joined the Hare Kṛṣṅas. And as if that wasn’t enough to drive any respectable American mother to tears, these weren’t just any Hare Kṛṣṅas: they were punk roc

Every Town & Village1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America A committee of the American Psychiatric Association has apologized for insensitive remarks about Hinduism

Deviant Vaiṣṅava Sects, Part 31991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Deviant Vaiṣṅava Sects Sex, drugs, and the teachings of Lord Caitanya. No, they don’t go together as some would have us think. by Suhotra Swami Part Three: Ativādī, Āula, Bāula, Sain, and Daraveṣa Ativādī In the early 18

Project Profile1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. We’ll tell you what the goals are, who’s involved, what’s going on, what’s blocking the way, and how you can give a hand. Project Cultural In

Kṛṣṅa's Followers in Moscow1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991This article appeared in the December 1990 issue of Soviet Union Illustrated Monthly magazine. The magazine, founded under the title USSR in Construction in 1930 by Maxim Gorky, is published in twenty-one languages. The

Remembering Śrīla Prabhupāda1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991Disciples recall the pastimes of a pure devotee. AT THE Māyāpur festival in 1975 I was posted outside Śrīla Prabhupāda’s room to run errands for his servants. One morning as I waited on the veranda, Prabhupāda came out t

Primordial Alphabet Soup1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991The recipes seemed good. Monkeys love it. But scientists may have to eat some pretty strange words. by Sadāpūta Dāsa Thirty-eight years ago what is arguably the greatest mystery ever puzzled over by scientists—the origin

Avoiding Foods with Animal Products1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991One of our subscribers, Yamunā Jagannātha, asked us for help in reading food labels. How can you tell which items might contain products from slaughtered animals? With help from our friends at Vegetarian Times, here’s a

UP with Kṛṣṅa. DOWN with Illusion. FORWARD with BACK TO GODHEAD1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-05, 1991From institutional sponsorship to self-sufficiency A SUBSIDIZED magazine tends to be a dull magazine. Living on handouts from its parent institution, it lives distant from its readers and their needs. For years Back to G

Notes from the Editor1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991Inside Talk This is what you might call our “Special Fall Issue.” Starting on page 24, we focus on falldown from spiritual life. You might think this a discouraging topic. Kṛṣṅa consciousness, after all, offers us great

Letters1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991The Passing of Kṛṣṅa’s Devotee I couldn’t help but wonder what supercilious fancy drove your “Every Town and Village” writer to add this comment in the May/June issue to the Buddhimanta obituary: “He seemed to forget abo

Christ and Kṛṣṅa Consciousness1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991From the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Compiled by Mathureśa Dāsa The symptoms of a sādhu [saintly person] are tha

Lord Kṛṣṅa’s Cuisine1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991Prabhupāda’s Simple Cooking by Yamuna Devi On October 22, 1976, I traveled to Vṛndāvana to ask Śrīla Prabhupāda’s permission to write a Vaiṣṅava cookbook. There I met Śruti Rūpā, one of his personal cooks, and I saw her

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children Washington Post.1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children A Violent Pull on the Curtain by Śrī Rāma Dāsa Parents and teachers often wonder if the Kṛṣṅa conscious training their children receive is going to stay with them when they grow up. When we see

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991“Who Can We Give the Bull To?” by Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī Sometimes we ask the wrong question … Once Śrīla Prabhupāda was explaining how we can use all our natural tendencies in Kṛṣṅa's service. A young devotee raised his h

Bhakti-yoga at Home1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991The “Fifty Percent” Puzzle By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa While reading Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books, I’ve often puzzled over passages like this: “Charity is meant for the householders. The householders should earn a livelihood by an

Science: The Vedic View1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991Collapsing the Cosmic Hierarchy by Sadāpūta Dāsa At this year’s annual conference of the Isthmus Institute in Dallas, Texas, Dr. John Hagelin, a highly qualified physicist, gave a lecture tying together modern physics an

Straight Talk1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991Who’s Cool? Bhakta Vic Shelter I’ll tell you what really rocks my boat: seeing devotee kids trying like anything to deny their involvement with Hare Kṛṣṅas. The whole thing hits right around the early-mid teenage years—w

India’s Heritage1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991The Virtues of Indian Culture by Gadādhara Dāsa THE INDIAN'S FAITH in God, the soul, karma, and reincarnation is his greatest asset, an asset inherited from Vedic culture. When a person has deep faith that his happiness

Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Rooms at Rādhā-Dāmodara1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991He left from these simple rooms in the heart of Kṛṣṅa’s land to bring others the spiritual bliss he knew here. Before bringing Kṛṣṅa consciousness to the West, Śrīla Prabhupāda lived for six years at the four-hundred-yea

Iskcon Community Discussion1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991Falldown from Spiritual Life What is it? Why does it happen? What to do about it? In Bhagavad-gītā Arjuna asks Lord Kṛṣṅa, “What happens if I start this practice of yoga and then later I fall down? Then I’m nowhere. I’ve

After the Fall1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991by Satsvarūpa Dasa Goswami Technically, a devotee falls from Kṛṣṅa consciousness when he breaks the rules against illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating, or gambling. We all try to avoid falling. But when a devotee does

Uncommon Friendship1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991by Viśākhā-devī dāsī I thought for many years that from my single-minded attempt to serve Lord Kṛṣṅa everything else would come. But what finally came was a stark realization: my service mood was incomplete; I was missin

Every Town & Village1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America A California court is considering ISKCON’s appeal of the Robin George “brainwashing” case. Following guide

Deviant Vaiṣṅava Sects, Part 41991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991Deviant Vaiṣṅava Sects The weeds of deviation—choking the plant of bhakti—take firm root in offenses to the holy name. By Suhotra Swami Part Four: Kartābhāja and Neḍā-Neḍī Kartabhaja Worshipers of Guru as God In India pe

Project Profile1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991Here’s a Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. We’ll tell you what the goals are, who’s involved, what’s going on, what’s blocking the way, and how you can give a hand. Project The Interna

The Procession1991 / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-06, 1991A reminiscence By Rasarāja Dāsa In the South Indian city of Madras, the reigning Deity of Kṛṣṅa is known as Pārtha Sārathi. And as in many Kṛṣṅa temples, on festive days the Lord goes out on procession. The main Deity st

From the Editor1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineAll glories to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṅa! Back to Godhead reappears. With this issue, we give you an idea of where we’re going and what’s to come. Our goal is the same as ever—Kṛṣṅa—but our outlook is in many ways new. We’re coming

Letters1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineWe welcome your letters. Write to BACK TO GODHEAD 51 West Allens Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119 Come Back Soon! This is the one magazine I usually read cover to cover as soon as it hits the mailbox! I hope to see

Living by Nature's Gifts1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineAfter several centuries, the Industrial Revolution has left a legacy of dissatisfaction, conflict, and pollution. Śrīla Prabhupāda advises us to stay away from the factory, live in harmony with the earth, and make our go

Lessons from the Road1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineA Weekend in Santo Domingo By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami Each of our columnists focuses on a specific area of interest. But I suggested to Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami that he take on a special portfolio: “Write about whatever y

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineBeginnings with Prabhupāda by Yamunā Devī I’D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ALL to this cooking column. Vaiṣṅavas, or devotees of Lord Kṛṣṅa, have been exploring this devotional art for millennia. This is a subject of such history

Schooling Kṛṣṅa’s Children1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineWhat We’re Up to By Śrī Rāma Dāsa IN THIS NEW COLUMN on education in ISKCON, I hope not only to inform but to start with you a lively exchange of ideas about schooling for Kṛṣṅa conscious children. In this issue and the

Bhakti-yoga at Home1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineWhat About the Rest of Us? By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa AT LAST HERE’S A COLUMN especially for us! As a loyal BTG reader for nineteen years, I’ve often felt the need for a forum to discuss practical, day-to-day issues that come

India's Heritage1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineQuestions We Need to Answer By Navīṅa Kṛṣṅa Dāsa IN 1970 WHEN I WAS STILL IN COLLEGE doing graduate work in Illinois, I felt that as a person from India I was somehow expected to offer Americans some understanding of Ind

Through the Eyes of Śāstra1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineAmong Students: September, 1990 By Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa “Bodily Decrepitude Is Wisdom”: The rueful line of the aging Yeats flashes into my mind as I look over the fifty or so college students sitting in rows before me.

Science: The Vedic View1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineLife: Real and Artificial By Sadāpūta Dāsa IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, a group of scientists, mainly from the Los Alamos National Laboratories, recently held a conference on “Artificial Life.” The theme of the conference, w

Every Town & Village1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineThe worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) India Calcutta’s Food for Life program distributes prasādam—spiritual food—to a thousand people a day. Local ISKCON life members sp

The $5 Million “Brainwashing” Case1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineISKCON takes it to the Supreme Court By Umāpati Swami and Jayādvaita Swami ROBIN GEORGE ran away from home in 1974 to be a devotee. She lived in ISKCON temples for a year and asked the devotees not to tell her parents wh

Hare Kṛṣṅa Soweta1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineBy Indradyumna Swami RŪPA RAGHUNĀTHA DĀSA picked me up at the Johannesburg airport in his pickup truck, marked “Hare Krishna Food for Life.” We swung out of the airport and headed straight for Soweto, the African ghetto

Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṅa Part I1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineThe Gauḍīya Vedāntist By Dayānanda Dāsa and Nandarāṅī Devī Dāsī THEIR VOICES ROSE with the sun. It was early morning in an Indian village school. The boys sat in neat rows behind palm-leaf manuscripts, committing their l

Project Profile1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineIN THIS NEW FEATURE, in every issue Back to Godhead will focus on one Kṛṣṅa conscious project you may like to support or get involved in. We’ll tell you what the goals are, who’s involved, what’s going on, what’s blockin

Iskcon Community Discussion1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineThe Role of Women Today in the Hare Kṛṣṅa Movement WHEN Śrīla Prabhupāda came to the West, he undertook an extraordinary task: to transplant not just a philosophy but an entire culture, to preserve both the philosophy an

Painting for Śrīla Prabhupāda1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineŚrīla Prabhupāda trains one of his first disciples in painting the spiritual world. By Yadurāṅī Devī Dāsī WHEN ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA ASKED devotee named Raṅacora in 1966 what he thought my natural skill was, Raṅacora said I w

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineOn the Editorial Policy of Back to Godhead In the snowy December of 1969, in a little house in the suburbs of Boston, Śrīla Prabhupāda met with the disciples he had chosen to be the first editors of his Back to Godhead m

An Apology1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineIN THE DIFFICULT TIMES after Śrīla Prabhupāda departed this world, misunderstandings arose on a crucial issue: Who would be the next spiritual master? Śrīla Prabhupāda had clearly taught that he wanted all his disciples

The Hare Kṛṣṅa Calendar1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineCALENDARS HAVE OFTEN been a topic of perplexity, sometimes a matter of debate, or even a cause for pitched battles. What is the correct day on which to celebrate Easter? In the second century this question formed a divid

Announcing: The Back to Godhead Bad Press Award1991 Reappearance of BTG Magazine / Back to Godhead Magazine #25-01, 1991 Reappearance of BTG MagazineTHE BACK TO GODHEAD Bad Press Award honors journalism that is not merely unfavorable to the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement but also biased, sloppy, misleading, irresponsible, foolish, or several or all of these. Many journalists tu