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From the Editor1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992The Caitanya Vaiṣṅavas WHEN Śrīla Prabhupāda brought Kṛṣṅa consciousness to the West in 1965, he was carrying forward the movement begun by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu five hundred years ago in Māyāpur, West Bengal. Śrīla Pr Letters1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992Superb Job Meant to write to you after your first new issue—you have done a superb job re-thinking and re-presenting. Good luck. My heart is with you. C.H. Coggins Auburndale, MA Cheers for Shelter Thank you very much fo The Source of Spiritual Strength1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992A lecture in Bhubaneswar on February 2, 1977 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Today Is The Appearance Day of Nityānanda Prabhu.Lessons from the Road1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992Is the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Class Still Relevant? by Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami DEVOTEES IN Kṛṣṅa consciousness are seeking new ways to open and deepen their relationships with one another. They are not satisfied with the impe Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992By Request—Cooking Lessons by Yamuna Devi I’M BEGINNING my second year writing this column. In the premiere issue I asked readers to send in their requests for topics. Nearly all the letters came from people living outsi India’s Heritage

1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992Service to the Cow by Advaita Ācārya Dāsa THE VEDAS DESCRIBE the cow as our mother (go-mātā). Why? Because she gives the milk that nurtures and nourishes us from infancy to old age. When the cow is happy, satisfied, and

Science: The Vedic View1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992The Little Man in the Brain by Sadāpūta Dāsa DURING A RECENT television show entitled “Inside Information,” vision scientist V. S. Ramachandran of the University of California at San Diego made some interesting points ab

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992Kick Out Darwin by Urmilā Devī Dāsī The Doctrine Of Evolution is difficult to hide from. It is so pervasive in textbooks of science, geography, history, and literature that the reader, numbed by repetition, hardly notice

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992The Origins of Cow-Killing Economics by Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī Part I The Bhagavad-gītā specifically instructs us, kṛṣi-go-rakṣya: we human beings must protect the cow, our milk-giving mother. Go-rakṣya—“protect the cow.”

Through the Eyes of Śāstra1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992ISKCON’s Dharma-Cakra A true story by Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa Part I: The Prophecy DASHING ALONG in a lurching little car, we were on our way to see Panditji when Delhi suddenly went dark. Our headlight beams, slewing and

Straight Talk1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992Meeting “Mr. Sex-Is-Great” by Bhakta Vic 108 THE CROWD TONIGHT is volatile like nitro. Intense polarization: ninety percent of the kids are totally into Shelter [The popular straightedge band Vic was part of before recen

Bhakti-yoga at Home1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992Touch It to Your Head By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa IN VEDIC CULTURE, one shows respect to an object by touching it to one’s head. When Śrīla Prabhupāda was a child, his mother taught him to pick up and touch to his head any gra

Śrī Rādhā-Ramaṅajī1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992Śrī Rādhā-Ramaṅajī The Self-Manifested Deity Śrī Rādhā-Ramaṅajī The Self-Manifested Deity Seeing His devotee’s desire to increase His loving service, Lord Kṛṣṅa responds in a most glorious way. by Padma Nābha Goswami WHE

Promoting The Original Idea1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992A newly chartered foundation will help ISKCON fulfill the mission of Lord Kṛṣṅa. by Drutakarmā Dāsa FOR SOME PEOPLE, a foundation is simply a good way to keep the government tax agents from taking away a personal fortune

Śrīnivāsa Ācārya1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992The Embodiment of Lord Caitanya’s Love by Satyarāja Dāsa PART I ŚRĪNIVĀSA ĀCĀRYA is one of the most important personalities in the religious history of Bengal, perhaps the most important Vaiṣṅava teacher in the generatio

Every Town & Village1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust has published two new books by Śrīla Prabhupāda. Nārada-bhakti-sūtra is a cla

Lithuanian Liberation1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992While Lithuania moved along the road to independence, a few of her countrymen discovered the path to full freedom. by Nartaka Gopāla Devī Dāsī In 1980 Rimas was studying art at the Pedagogical Institute in Lithuania when

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992Mismanagement By Rascals This exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 2, 1974. Śrīla Prabhupāda: People are not bad. I ha

Project Profile1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992HERE’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 Bala Books.

Chanting the Holy Names1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-01, 1992by Rebecca Hickox Every day I chant Your holy names, And beg You to forgive my great offense, For though I chant, my heart remains the same, Engaged in its material pretense. I daily seek the key to Your domain, As I dan

Statement of Purposes1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992Back 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

From the Editor1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992Māyā’s Hat Trick Some time ago this item came out from the Associated Press: A man in California was driving to his wedding when suddenly his hat blew off onto the highway. Tucked into the brim of the hat was a one-hundr

Letters1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992In the Right Direction I am very happy that the BTG has begun once again. By its spiritual potency, I think my hard heart has been penetrated somewhat in that I’m finding I want to give some of Kṛṣṅa's money back to Him.

The Hidden Incarnation1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992A lecture in Māyāpur on the appearance day of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu: March 16, 1976 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness itt

Lessons from the Road1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992Preparing for a Pilgrimage by Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami I AM PREPARING to go to Vṛndāvana for a pilgrimage. To travel thousands of miles to reach a holy place will take a lot of effort, and to live without the ease of home

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992Cooking Class: Lesson 1 The Vaiṣṅava Kitchen: Hands to Work, Hearts to God by Yamunā Devī ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE aspects of visiting a temple of Lord Kṛṣṅa is sampling its renowned food—artful Indian vegetarian cuisin

Science: The Vedic View1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992Imitators of Life by Sadāpūta Dāsa Omni: “So then, aren’t you artificial life guys playing God?” Chris Langton: “Well, yeah, in a way I have to admit it.”1 THE DREAM OF CREATING LIFE is hard to resist. For many years, ar

Through the Eyes of Śāstra1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992ISKCON’S Dharma-Cakra A true story by Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa PART II: THE JOURNEY ONLY LAST NIGHT I had been led across a Delhi rooftop to a small candlelit room filled with ancient books and burnished yantras. There Pand

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992An Alternative to Nondevotional Schooling by Śrī Rāma Dāsa HUNDREDS of Kṛṣṅa conscious centers now dot the world, and sincere devotees live in thousands of other communities. Still, ISKCON has only about thirty schools f

Straight Talk1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992“I’m Not This Green Hair” by Bhakta Vic 108 I publish a “fanzine” called Enquirer—subculture stuff. This, along with being in the bands Shelter and 108, has rewarded me with a flood of mail—questions about Kṛṣṅa, appreci

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992The Origins of Cow-Killing Economics by Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī PART II STARTING AROUND 1840, American farming became increasingly centralized. Replacing oxen with horses freed people to move to the cities to work in factor

Bhakti-yoga at Home1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992Dealing with Bad Association at Work By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK, “It’s all well for the devotees who live in the temple. They don’t have to spend all day with nondevotees. But I’ve got my job and a hous

Pandharpur Land of Lord Viṭṭhala1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992Devoted pilgrims travel hundreds of kilometers and wait all night to see their Lord for a few moments. by Lokanāth Swami THROUGHOUT the provinces of India, the Supreme Lord is worshiped in various forms. In Andhra Prades

Śrīnivāsa Ācārya1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992Śrīnivāsa Ācārya The Embodiment of Lord Caitanya’s Love Śrīnivāsa Ācārya The Embodiment of Lord Caitanya’s Love by Satyarāja dāsa [From The Lives of the Vaishnava Saints © 1991 by Steven Rosen (Satyarāja Dāsa). All right

“I Have No Capacity to Repay You”1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992Śrīla Prabhupāda placed great spiritual value on the sometimes crude paintings of ISKCON’s first artists. by Yadurāṅī Devī Dāsī TWENTY-SIX SECOND AVENUE, New York City, 1967: Govinda Dāsī had recently painted Śrīla Prabh

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992How Can There Be Peace? This exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 2, 1974. Disciple: Śrīla Prabhupāda, in a recent stu

Every Town & Village1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News United Kingdom The High Court has turned down an appeal to let people keep coming for worship and festivals at ISKCON’s

Project Profile1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992HERE’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

Increasing Our Dependence On Kṛṣṅa1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992Raising kids and realizing Kṛṣṅa—do they go together? by Cintāmaṅī Devī Dāsī “ONE WHO CANNOT deliver his dependents from the path of repeated birth and death should never become a spiritual master, a father, a husband, a

Hare Kṛṣṅa Hare Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-02, 1992IN INDIA there are sacred places where yogīs go to meditate in solitude, as prescribed in the Bhagavad-gītā. Traditionally, yoga cannot be executed in a public place, but for kīrtana—mantra-yoga, or the yoga of chanting

Statement of Purposes1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992Back 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

From the Editor1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992Pilgrims to India WHILE PREPARING this issue of Back to Godhead, some of our staff members are getting ready to travel to India for ISKCON’s annual Māyāpur-Vṛndāvana Festival in March. ISKCON has important centers in Māy

Letters1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992Bhāgavatam Is Relevant I thank Satsvarupa Maharaja for writing his article “Is Śrīmad-Bhagavatam Class Still Relevant?” [Jan/Feb 1992] and reminding us of how essential hearing and chanting are for one who aspires to dev

The Eternal Struggle1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992A lecture by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness May 15 marks the anniversary of the appearance of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, Lord Kṛṣṅa's hal

Lessons from the Road1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992Vṛndāvana Meditations by Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami I AM IN VṚNDĀVANA. It is night. The pigeons are roosting, crickets chirping. A man is intoning some śāstra, fulfilling a vow by broadcasting scripture under the distant st

Science: The Vedic View1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992On Mystic Perfections and Long-Distance Hypnosis by Sadāpūta Dāsa IT WAS 9:00 P.M., April 22, 1886. The four researchers—Ochorowicz, Marillier, Janet, and A. T. Myers—crept quietly through the deserted streets of Le Havr

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992Cooking Class: Lesson 2 Rice—Going with the Grain by Yamuna Devi UNTIL RECENTLY, nearly all the rice sold on Western grocery shelves was bland. Fortunately, India’s premier long-grain rice, regarded as the finest in the

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992Four Kinds of Parents—Four Different Results by Śrī Rāma Dāsa WE WANT TO SEE our kids grow up like us. It’s a primal instinct. Values, culture, morals, religion, way of life—we expect (or at least hope) to convey these i

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992The Origins of Cow-Killing Economics by Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī PART III By encouraging animal slaughter, the whole atmosphere becomes polluted more and more by war, pestilence, famine, and many other unwanted calamities. —

Through the Eyes of Śāstra1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992ISKCON’s Dharma-Cakra A true story by Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa Part III (Conclusion): The Prophecy Fulfilled ON THE NIGHT of February 15, 1990, during a power failure, I was led across a rooftop high over New Delhi; the cit

Indonesia’s Vedic Valley1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992Devotees on the Hare Kṛṣṅa farm near Jakarta hope to demonstrate the wisdom of the Vedic culture that once flourished in Indonesia. by Indradyumna Swami FOR ME THE ISLAND OF JAVA always stood as a land of mystery and adv

Bhakti-Yoga At School1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992Even before her Kṛṣṅa conscious club was approved, Anjali had introduced many of her teachers and schoolmates to the glories of Lord Kṛṣṅa. by Vṛndā Devī Dāsī A 1990 U.S. Supreme Court ruling (Board of Education v. Merge

God’s Family Tree1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992A student applies her academic skills to the greatest book of all time. by Jāhnavī Devī Dāsī LAST YEAR, when I was in high school, I finished reading the entire Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and most of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta. What

Śrīnivāsa Ācārya1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992The Embodiment of Lord Caitanya’s Love by Satyarāja Dāsa PART III (Conclusion) Thieves working for the king of Viṣṅupura stole priceless manuscripts Śrīnivāsa and his friends were bringing to Bengal. Śrīnivāsa therefore

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992Where Is Your Religion? This conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and a journalist took place in Los Angeles on December 30, 1968. Journalist: Why do you feel that the younger people

Painting Beautiful Lord Boar1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992Devotees of Lord Kṛṣṅa see His absolute beauty no matter what form He appears in. by Yadurāṅī Devī Dāsī IN 1967 AT ISKCON’S FIRST TEMPLE, at 26 Second Avenue, New York City, Śrīla Prabhupāda had just received a postcard

Every Town & Village1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News India Dr. P. V. Ranga Rao inaugurated the Bhaktivedanta Library at ISKCON Secunderabad on December 31, marking the preli

Indian / American / Hare Kṛṣṅa1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992An Indian immigrant in America finds a solution to the cultural conflicts that challenge Indians in the West. by Hari Mohana Dāsa I AM A DEVOTEE OF KṚṢṄA and have been one for the past seven years. I’m also of Indian ori

Project Profile1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992HERE’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 Prabhup

On Pilgrimage1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992The Temple of Lord Channa Keśava It took a century to build, and eight centuries have not diminished its grandeur. by Lavaṅgalatikā Devī Dāsī THE TWELFTH-CENTURY Viṣṅu temple at Belur, in the Indian state of Karnataka, w

Major Legal Developments Impact ISKCON’s Future1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-03, 1992JANUARY 1992 was a crucial month for legal developments impacting ISKCON’s future. On January 10 the United States Supreme Court granted review of ISKCON v. Lee in a case involving the right of ISKCON members to distribu

Statement of Purposes1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Back 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

From the Editor1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Fighting in the Smog I LEFT LOS ANGELES EARLY on the morning of the riots. My departure was coincidental. I’d stayed in L.A. for two days, and now I was off to a meeting in Denver. So I missed it all. The pillars of smok

Letters1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Essential Questions Under the headline “Thirst for Kṛṣṅa” [BTG, March/April] someone from Briggs, California, expressed his or her disappointment that BTG dealt at length not with Kṛṣṅa directly but with “ISKCON’s dilemm

Your Instructions from the Mouth of a Child1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992August 22 marks ninety-six years since His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda (right), Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, appeared in this world. To honor this auspicious

Use Your Tongue To Realize Kṛṣṅa1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992A lecture by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Hamburg, September 4, 1969—Janmāṣṭamī viṣṅu-śaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetrajñākhyā tathā p

Lessons from the Road1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Returning from Pilgrimage by Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami Recently I Left Vṛndāvana to return to the West. I was in Vṛndāvana for almost four months, and it wasn’t until the end that I realized I had not entered as deeply int

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Cooking Class: Lesson 3 India’s Way with Legumes—A Healthy Protein Alternative by Yamuna Devi IT WAS ABOUT 10:30 in the morning when I arrived at Sadhu Kutir, Śrīla Prabhupāda's quarters. The two stone rooms, connected b

Science: The Vedic View1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Paradoxes of Time and Space by Sadāpūta Dāsa IMAGINE THAT A MAN TRAVELS into outer space on a rocket at near the speed of light and then returns to earth. According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, the man will find h

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Mayapur Visions: Reorganizing the Gurukula by Śrī Rāma Dāsa The ISKCON gurukula (school) in Māyāpur, India, has had some problems in the last year. A reorganization is underway. So far, things are looking good. THE MĀYĀP

Straight Talk1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992“Karma Kills Compassion” by Bhakta Vic 108 DRY WIND SCRAPES over the dead land. Young boys cry, flies on their mouths, air in their bellies. Famine. Drought. Hopeless reality for millions of human beings. I can just see

Bhakti-yoga at Home1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Tilaka: The Mark of God By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa ANYONE WHO WISHES TO acknowledge the simple truth that “I am Lord Kṛṣṅa's servant” can wear tilaka, the clay mark devotees wear on the forehead and other places on their body

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992The Farmer and the Land by Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī IN THE PAST SEVERAL COLUMNS I’ve described the evolution of a world economic system in which cow slaughter plays a central role. Now I want to contrast that system with Kṛṣ

Peace and The New Nationalism1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Despite the best attempts of the United Nations, conflicts will end only when we rise above nationalistic consciousness. by Drutakarmā Dāsa AUTUMN, 1971. I was twenty-three years old and hitchhiking south through Yugosla

Every Town & Village1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America The Reverend Jesse Jackson visited the ISKCON center in Detroit this past March. There the Reverend Jackso

Project Profile1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. Project The BBT Library Party (India). Headquarters Hare Krishna Land, Juhu, Bombay. Project Leaders Bhīma Dāsa Adhikārī (Chairman), Mahāmant

On Pilgrimage1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992At the Festival in India, 1992 Devotees from around the world come to ISKCON’s yearly gathering. by Jayādvaita Swami EVERY SPRING, the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement holds its annual get-together in India. In Māyāpur, West Bengal,

My Discovery of India's Wealth1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992An address given on Indian Republic Day, January 26, 1992, in San Diego. by Badrinārāyaṅa Dāsa LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, directors of the Federation of Indian Associations, Thank you for giving me this opportunity to address

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Where Is Your Religion? The following conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and a journalist took place in Los Angeles on December 30, 1968. Journalist: The biggest problem preventing

Light for the Dark Well1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Kṛṣṅa Conscious Family Life by Mūlaprakṛti Devī Dāsī and Viśākhā Devī Dāsī ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA envisioned a Kṛṣṅa conscious society. And that implies harmonious relationships among individuals, families, and communities, sh

Is Krsna Consciousness Hindu?1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-04, 1992Sometimes, it seems, devotees of the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement say that Kṛṣṅa consciousness is a form of Hinduism. Yet at other times we say it's not Hindu at all—it's nonsectarian. So we seem to swing back and forth according

From the Editor1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Are You More than Green, Righteous, and Dead? TWENTY YEARS AGO, no one gave a damn. You could gum up a river with factory sludge, chop down rain forests wholesale, spray fluorocarbons into the air like a kid sprinkling c

Letters1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Farming on Charity It is relieving to find that interest in Vedic agriculture is gaining momentum in ISKCON. But I believe some adjustments are required in ISKCON farm infrastructure. As Hare Krsna Dasi mentioned in her

Simply Love Kṛṣṅa1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992The unconquerable Supreme Lord, whom even the greatest scholars can’t approach, is controlled by the love of His devotees. by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Socie

Lessons from the Road1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Is Kṛṣṅa a Myth? Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami replies to a letter Harish Dindigal Syracuse University Dear Harish, I have seen the letter you wrote to the editors of Back to Godhead. You describe yourself as a South Indian Hi

Bhakti-yoga at Home1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992The Art of Reading Transcendental Literature By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa When Sūta Gosvāmī spoke the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to the sages in the Naimiṣāraṅya forest, the atmosphere was so intensely respectful that even the birds cea

Straight Talk1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Why Hare Kṛṣṅa And Hardcore? By Bhakta Vic 108 IT’S NOTHING NEW. Every curve and crevice of Kṛṣṅa consciousness has always been tightly interwoven and saturated thick with music. Kṛṣṅa philosophy says that music and soun

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992The Farmer and the Cows By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī The bull is the emblem of the moral principle, and the cow is the representative of the earth. When the bull and the cow are in a joyful mood, it is to be understood that t

Science: The Vedic View1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Was There an Eve? By Sadāpūta Dāsa IN A 1987 ARTICLE in the prestigious journal Nature, three biochemists published a study of mitochondrial DNA’s from 147 people living on five continents. The biochemists stated, “All t

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Teens and Celibacy By Urmilā Devī Dāsī CELIBACY IS SUCH an important part of Vedic education that the Sanskrit word for student is brahmacārī (“celibate”). The pressure to give up celibacy begins, of course, in adolescen

Reviving the Forests of Vṛndāvana1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Devotees work together in a relief effort to recover a spiritual oasis from ecological disaster. By Ranchor Dāsa WHEN MY SON was ten years old, I took him to India to visit Vṛndāvana, the home of Kṛṣṅa. Having been broug

On Pilgrimage1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992A Bath in the Nectar at Nasik The quest for immortality draws thousands to this holy site once every twelve years. From reports by Jaya Vijaya Dāsa and Mahā-mantra Dāsa MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, the most powerful beings in

Interview1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Bringing Kṛṣṅa To The Arab World Two devotees find many inhabitants of North Africa eager for the message of Kṛṣṅa. An interview with Gaura Bhakta Dāsa—February 18, 1992. BTG: When did you go to Morocco, Algeria, and Tun

Śrīla Prabhupāda's Māyāpur Memorial1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992In the land of Lord Caitanya, an architectural wonder in honor of the founder/ācārya of ISKCON towers above the plains of West Bengal. By Ṣaḍbhuja Dāsa IN VṚNDĀVANA, in July of 1977, Śrīla Prabhupāda said he wanted to go

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Instant Heaven The following conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and a journalist took place on December 30, 1968, in Los Angeles. Journalist: I think an awful lot of our readers, an

Divine Ferocity1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Śrīla Prabhupāda acts as the model for a painting of God in His most terrifying form By Yadurāṅī Devī Dāsī IN NEW YORK CITY, 1967, in Śrīla Prabhupāda's Second Avenue apartment, he asked me to paint a picture of Lord Nṛs

Every Town And Village1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992World News North America Seventy-eight U. S. television stations will show Great Vegetarian Dishes, a video series based on Kūrma Dāsa’s book of the same name. ITV (ISKCON Television) produced the series, which will be l

Project Profile1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT The Bhaktivedanta Swami Charity Trust HEADQUARTERS Śrīdham Māyāpur, Nadia District, West Bengal, India PROJECT LEADERS The Trust is o

The Vedic Observer1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-05, 1992Kṛṣṅa for President By Sureśvara Dāsa AS THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL race roars on, one night last week I had a dream. The cows at Gītā Nāgarī had me cornered in the upper pasture. They had heard I was going to vote. “Who’s it

From the Editor1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992With the Help of Lord Śrīnāthajī THIS ISSUE OF BTG takes us to Nathdwara, the sacred town in Rajasthan where Lord Kṛṣṅa resides as the celebrated Deity known as Śrīnāthajī. Our feature on Nathdwara started small and quic

Letters1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992“Smog” Too Heavy? I just finished reading your editorial [Fighting in the Smog,” July/August] and was shocked by the coarse, insensitive manner used to convince your readers to surrender to Kṛṣṅa. Your article presented

Kṛṣṅa’s Emissary1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992A lecture by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Los Angeles, December 9, 1969— Disappearance Day of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī

Lessons from the Road1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992Begging for the Nectar of the Holy Name By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami Recently I Took time out from traveling and lecturing to work on my practice of japa (quiet chanting on beads). Although I have been following Śrīla Prab

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992Cooking Class: Lesson 4 Introduction to Dāl: Bāḍi—Sun-Dried Legume Nuggets By Yamuna Devi I Was Away From My Column last issue, but I’m glad to be back. Continuing on with our study of dāl, I’ll open with a story. Novemb

India’s Heritage1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992What is the Secret? By Kṛṣṅa Smaraṅa Dāsa THROUGH ASSOCIATION with the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement, many people move into its temples and significantly change their way of life. Some make their home into a temple, and others go

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992“Do You Force Your Children?” by Urmilā Devī Dāsī WE SIT IN THE Calcutta Airport waiting for an announcement, the flight three hours late. The many ceiling fans do little to refresh the air, polluted by cigarette smoke a

Straight Talk1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992Self-Esteem By Bhakta Vic of 108 NOT SO LONG AGO I wrote a column—I don’t know if you’ll remember it—about “Mr. Sex-Is-Great.” I got some funny feedback about that. Just last night I gave a class in Baltimore on the same

Bhakti-yoga at Home1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992Mantras in Your Home By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa MY FAMILY AND I spend a few minutes each morning memorizing Sanskrit verses, or ślokas. One of us recites a śloka line by line, and the rest of us repeat. We’ve followed this si

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992The Farmer and Kṛṣṅa By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī I’VE TALKED ABOUT how farming declines when leaders make it hard for would-be farmers to get land. And even when the U.S. government made land easier to get, eventually cow sl

Science: The Vedic View1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992On God and Science By Sadāpūta Dāsa IN A RECENT BOOK REVIEW in Scientific American, Harvard evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould points out that many scientists see no contradiction between traditional religious beliefs and th

The Six Treatises of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992An Overview By Satya Nārāyaṅa Dāsa and by Kuṅḍalī dāsa Introduction ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA considered the Ṣaṭ Sandarbhas (Six Treatises) the most scholarly and exacting of all texts on the philosophy of Kṛṣṅa consciousness. Th

On Pilgrimage1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992Nathdwara Gateway to the Lord Lord Kṛṣṅa in His enchanting form as the lifter of Govardhana Hill draws thousands of pilgrims to one of India's most popular temples. By Bhakti Vikāśa Swami IN KALI-YUGA, the present age of

Serving Śrīnāthajī1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992By Yaśomatīnandana Dāsa SRI NATHDWARA MEANS “the gateway of Lord Śrīnāthajī.” The town was built in the seventeenth century for the Deity of Lord Śrīnāthajī, after He was brought to Rajasthan from the town of Jatipur, at

ISKCON Celebrates 25 Years Of Growth1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992A look at the past, present, and future of the Hare Kṛṣṅa Movement. By Drutakarmā Dāsa Reprinted from India West Magazine, July 3, 1992. IN 1965, AN ELDERLY swami arrived in New York aboard the Jaladuta, a freighter of t

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992Kṛṣṅa Consciousness Is Not Possible For Everyone This conversation between Śrīla Prabhupāda and the poet Allen Ginsberg took place on May 12, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. Allen Ginsberg: It’s difficult for me to conceive eve

Every Town & Village1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America Hurricane Andrew’s 120-mile-per-hour winds caused minor damage to the ISKCON temple in Miami, Florida—a br

Project Profile1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT ISKCON Prison Ministries (IPM). HEADQUARTERS New Ramaṅa Reti, Alachua, Florida PROJECT MEMBERS Candraśekhara Dāsa, director; Mankumār

Mahā-Mantra Rocks Moscow1992 / Back to Godhead Magazine #26-06, 1992MORE THAT 35,000 PEOPLE packed Moscow’s Olympic Stadium in mid-July for a Hare Kṛṣṅa music festival, the climax of a week-long tour that had thousands chanting and dancing in St. Petersburg, Riga, and Kiev. In each city,