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Statement of Purposes1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Back 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 Editor1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Sharing Good Fortune IN BACK TO GODHEAD, we've got a magazine like no other. One that glorifies Kṛṣṅa and tells the science of Kṛṣṅa. One that faithfully transmits the message of the Vedic sages and the Vedic culture. It Letters1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Moved Almost to Tears This note is to let you know how much I appreciate the September/October BTG. My service here at Gītā Nāgarī caring for the cows and oxen is very demanding, and I don’t take much time to read. But I “I Am Not This Body”1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Without this preliminary spiritual knowledge, Lord Kṛṣṅa says, one is a fool. By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness śrī bhagavān uvā Lessons from the Road1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Turn Off That Set! By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami IN THE AIRPORT LOUNGE on my last flight to Europe, I couldn’t escape. We found the last two seats in the boarding section, and they faced the TV sports report. It was a boxin Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine

1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Cooking Class: Lesson 11 Moist Vegetables By Yamuna Devi ALMOST ANYONE who has eaten Indian food has been served at least one. It’s commonplace in far too many Indian restaurants—an overcooked mush of greasy vegetables.

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994The Playful Mood By Urmilā Devī Dāsī FIFTEEN CHILDREN between two and five years old stood at one end of our living room. Some inched away from the wall. All waited. “Be cowherd boys!” I called, and the children pretende

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Unemployment and The Decline of Small Farms By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī A MATERIALISTIC PERSON, thinking himself very advanced in intelligence, continually acts for economic development. But again and again, as enunciated in

Bhakti-yoga at Home1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Our Deity Worship By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa THE DEITY WORSHIP in our home is simple compared to the gorgeous worship that always thrills me when I visit a temple. In ISKCON temples devotees bathe the Deities every day, dress

Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994The Brāhmaṅa’s Curse Fulfilled Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami King Pāṅḍu was cursed to die if he were to ever approach his wives for sexual intercourse. At his request, therefore, his wife Kuntī bo

Rational “Mythology”1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Can a rational person accept the stories of the Purāṅas as literally true? A lecture by Sadāpūta Dāsa Presented at the Parliament of the World’s Religion, Chicago, 1993 IN VIVEKANANDA Swami’s famous lecture on Hinduism a

Back to Godhead 1944–1994 Founded Fifty Years Ago1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Inspired by devotion to his guru and Kṛṣṅa, Śrīla Prabhupāda took a bold first step to bring Kṛṣṅa consciousness to the English-speaking world. by Satyarāja Dāsa ON FEBRUARY 14, 1944, a group of devotees gathered to cele

The Saffron Berets1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994Amid the bombs and bullets of a civil war, courageous devotees deliver Kṛṣṅa's mercy in Sukhumi, Georgia, in the former Soviet Union. By Priyavrata Dāsa April 16, 1993 AMBARĪŚA DĀSA, president of the ISKCON temple in the

Every Town & Village1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America A millionaire’s boat stall has become a shrine to Lord Kṛṣṅa. The boat stall, once owned by Lawrence (“bod

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994No More Cheap Bodies The following conversation took place in Gorakhpur, India, on February 17, 1971. Guest: If the soul is always changing from one body to another, how is the soul liberated? Śrīla Prabhupāda: In this m

Hare Kṛṣṅa Hare Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa Hare Hare Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-01, 1994THE SOUND Kṛṣṅa and the original Kṛṣṅa are the same. When we chant Hare Kṛṣṅa and dance, Kṛṣṅa is also dancing with us. Of course we may say, “Well, I do not see Him,” but why do we put so much stress on seeing? Why not

Statement of Purposes1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994Back 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 Editor1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994Doves of Peace in South Africa RECENTLY, for the first time, I traveled to South Africa to visit some of our Hare Kṛṣṅa temples. It’s a beautiful country, blessed by Kṛṣṅa with fertile land, a pleasant climate, and an ab

Letters1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994Mothers and Sons Just a small correction to Urmilā Prabhu’s otherwise very nice article [Nov/Dec 1993]. She writes, “… a properly trained young man should be able to look upon any woman other than his wife as if she were

Follow the Liberated Souls1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994While philosophers argue about “the truth,” Lord Kṛṣṅa and His devotees show the path to full knowledge and salvation. A lecture given in New York, March 7, 1966 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Fo

Lessons from the Road1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994Consolation Prize or the Goal of Life? By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami WHEN PEOPLE hold contests, there’s always a winner. Then come a second-place winner, a third-place winner, and runners-up. The first-place winner gets the

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994Cooking Class: Lesson 12 Amazing Fried Vegetables By Yamuna Devi ALMOST EVERYONE loves fried vegetables. Americans crave French fries as much as the British do their chips. Delhi streetside vendors sell vegetable fritter

Bhakti-yoga at Home1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994Ekādaśī: Kṛṣṅa's Special Day For Everyone By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa A FRIEND OF MINE in the British Air Force writes, “I’ve heard that on Ekādaśī one should not eat, drink, or sleep at night. One should also not look at or s

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994The Return of the One-Room Schoolhouse By Urmilā Devī Dāsī “SO MANY COMPUTERS!”That’s usually the first comment from someone visiting my classroom for the first time. Then, “Do you teach all ages at the same time in this

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994A Morning with the Cows By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī The morning’s at seven, The hillside’s dew-pearled; Rādhā-Dāmodara’s on the altar, And all’s right with the world. (apologies to Robert Browning) “COWEEEES! COWEEEES!” I ca

Straight Talk1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994On Tour with Shelter By Śrī Keśava Dāsī This issue I’ve turned the column over to Śrī Keśava Dāsī, who’s reporting on an important development in the Kṛṣṅa conscious straightedge scene. —Vraja Kishor Dāsa WHEN I ARRIVED,

Mahābhārata The History of Greater India1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994The Funeral of Pāṅḍu and Mādrī Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami King Pāṅḍu died in the Himālaya’s as the result of a curse, and his devoted wife Mādrī joined him on the funeral pyre. As the Mahābhāra

On Pilgrimage1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994The Lord of the Lion Hill A visit to the south Indian shrine of Siṁhācalam. By Bhakti Vikāśa Swami SIṀHĀCALAM, in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is a place of scenic beauty, set as it is among the green hills

Every Town & Village1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America More than thirty interfaith leaders in northern Texas convened at the Hare Kṛṣṅa temple in Dallas last Oct

The Glories of Govardhana Hill, the Best Servant of Lord Hari1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994Govardhana Hill knows that the secret of serving Kṛṣṅa is to serve Kṛṣṅa's devotees. A lecture given by Girirāja Swami in Johannesburg, South Africa. hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo yad rāma-kṛṣṅa-caraṅa-sparaśa-pra

Project Profile1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT Sign On to Krishna (The Hare Krishna Group for Deaf People) HEADQUARTERS Bhaktivedanta Manor, outside London, England PROJECT COORDIN

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994Who Loves God? The following conversation took place in London on August 14, 1971. Śrīla Prabhupāda: We are preaching God consciousness. God is God. God is neither Christian, nor Hindu, nor Muslim. In our movement we are

Coming To Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994How I Came To Know Kṛṣṅa as the Supreme Personality Of Godhead By Bhakta Amit Bose CALCUTTA, 1985. It was my final year in primary school, and I was visiting my grandmother. During my stay with her she happened to call a

Celebrate the Appearance of Lord Caitanya The Incarnation For The Age1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-02, 1994March 26–27* * In the various parts of the world, the celebration officially falls on either March 26 or March 27, and in the US and UK on March 26. So some ISKCON centers will celebrate on Sunday, and others on both day

Statement of Purposes1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994Back 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 Editor1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994Why Chant Hare Kṛṣṅa? Here’s a page full of reasons. I’ll spare you the footnotes, but each reason is fully upheld by evidence from Vedic writings like Bhagavad-gītā, the Upaniṣads, and the Purāṅas. CHANTING HARE KṚṢṄA a

Letters1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994Rejuvenated Mind We in South Africa are trying very hard to scurry through the narrow doorway out of material nescience, and it is publications like Back to Godhead that help to advance our progress. Each time I open the

Our Only Duty1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994The Vedic literature is filled with injunctions, but one stands supreme. A lecture given in New York, January 7, 1966 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society fo

Lessons from the Road1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994The Hard Knot in the Heart By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA speaks strongly in his purports about the attraction between men and women and how this attraction can devastate spiritual life. Śrīla Prabhupāda wri

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994Cooking Class: Lesson 13 Śāk—Leafy Green Vegetables By Yamuna Devi MANY KIDS PUSH leafy green vegetables around the plate and eat them last, if at all. I was one of those kids in the 40s and 50s. Spinach, the most freque

Bhakti-yoga at Home1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994“Always Remember Kṛṣṅa… By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa AND NEVER forget Him.” So states the most important instruction of the Vedas. All other rules and regulations simply serve to assist this one basic principle. Thinking of Kṛṣ

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994How Long Can Modern Agriculture Feed Us? By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī I’M WRITING THIS ARTICLE just after the U.S. government has approved a substance likely to send thousands of cows to the slaughterhouse, drive thousands of

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994Stepping Out By Urmilā Devī Dāsī STUDENTS LOOK forward to—field trips! They’re a chance to learn by direct experience, a chance to apply or expand what one has learned in the classroom or at home. Actually, whenever Kṛṣṅ

Straight Talk1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994Thorn By Vraja Kishor Dāsa CHEW THE THORN. Drink the blood. Call it pleasure. “Quench that thirst.” Sex is suffering. Bleed envy. Bleed jealousy. Bleed heartache. Call it pleasure. Chew the thorn. I won’t. Go ahead, say

Idol Worship And The Form Of God1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994What does the Bible really say about worshiping idols? by Satyarāja Dāsa REMEMBER the old Cecil B. De Mille movies? The hero would rescue the innocent masses from the heathen idol worshipers. He would smash the idols, an

On Pilgrimage1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994Remuna—The Place of Pleasure At this temple in Orissa, the Deity is famous as a thief. by Bhakti Vikāśa Swami REMUNA IS A TINY VILLAGE in Orissa, but it’s quite a busy place, with people coming and going all the time. Al

Hare Kṛṣṅa People1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994“Kṛṣṅa's Mercy” How a high-school kid from the American capital joined Hare Kṛṣṅa, made a million dollars, and stays focused on spiritual life. Devotee: Anuttama Dāsa, age 40 Residence: Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. Fa

Every Town & Village1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America The earthquake that shook Los Angeles in January smashed decorative onyx arches and columns at the Hare Kṛ

Ambassador of the Spiritual World1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994Śrīla Prabhupāda visits Washington D. C., to speak as the representative of Lord Kṛṣṅa. By Hari Śaurī Dāsa Excerpted from A Transcendental Diary—Volume Three. Copyright Lotus Imprints. All rights reserved. Used with perm

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994Let Us Join Together The following conversation took place in London, England, on August 14, 1971. Guest: We say Jesus Christ. Śrīla Prabhupāda: But Jesus Christ never said that he is God. He said “son of God.” We have n

Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994The Seeds of Duryodhana’s Hatred Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami After the death of King Pāṅḍu, his sons, the Pāṅḍavas, were raised as princes under the care of their blind uncle, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and t

The Vedic Observer1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-03, 1994Big Time: “The Personal Life Clock” “Among subduers I am time.”—Bhagavad-gītā by Sārvabhauma Dāsa MODERN MAN is preoccupied with time. Big time. We race against it. We try to “kill” it. We create unlimited gadgets to sav

Statement of Purposes1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Back 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 Editor1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Hare Kṛṣṅa: Sticking with It IN 1966, WHEN THE Hare Kṛṣṅa movement first got started in the West, it was something new and strange. People didn’t know what to make of it. Now, for many people in their thirties and fortie

Letters1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994BTG Festival Thank you for producing such an attractive magazine. The January/February issue in particular was deeply impressive, up-to-date, filled with spiritual purity, and offering a good combination of articles. It

The Yoga Of Attachment1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994To know Kṛṣṅa we must learn the secret that will inspire Him to reveal Himself. A lecture given in San Francisco, March 26, 1968 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International

Lessons from the Road1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Travel Notes By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami British Airways Flight to Trinidad “STEAK OR FISH?” The friendly stewardess doesn’t know what a horrible question she is asking. I am trying to relax. We are going to Trinidad. I a

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Cooking Class: Lesson 14 Vegetable Soups Revisited By Yamuna Devi AS PROMISED, here’s a cooking class from the road in India. For me, being back in India is an instant case of “what is old is new again.” Of course, I’ve

Bhakti-yoga at Home1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994The Kṛṣṅa Connection By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa THE AIR IS CRISP. Alone, I climb a stile and step into a field. My boots crunch on the hard, frosty ground. The trees are still today. Even the ponies are still, save jets of sm

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994A Taste for the Lord’s Name By Urmilā Devī Dāsī IT’S AFTER THE TEMPLE’S Sunday feast. Packed into our van, the children laugh and jostle one another as we head for the gurukula to watch a video of Kṛṣṅa's pastimes. Nimai

Straight Talk1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Dead and Gone By Vraja Kishor Dāsa I REMEMBER WHEN my grand-father died. I was pretty young then; the exact age escapes me. He was so cool. There was nothing I didn’t like about him. He was a rip to hang out with. He was

India’s Heritage1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Dumping Tea By Ravi Gupta Chāy! Chāy!” The calls of tea vendors echo through India’s train stations at any time, whether it be two o’clock in the morning or ten at night. The vendors are always busy selling tea through t

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994A Day with the Oxen By Balabhadra Dāsa A FARMER’S WORK begins at sunrise. As I walk down the lane to the pasture, I can hear the soft chirping of the sparrows announcing the rise of a huge, golden, mist-covered sun. Out

Project Profile1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT Krishnafest U.S.A. HEADQUARTERS Dallas, Texas PROJECT LEADERS Guṅagrāhi Dāsa Goswami, Mahātmā Dāsa GOALS To help young people in Amer

Is God Partial?1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994With so much fighting going on in the name of God, one might wonder, “Whose side is God on?” By Mathureśa Dāsa A QUICK WORLDWIDE poll of assorted fundamentalists as to whether or not God is partial would no doubt indicat

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Increasing Population: No Problem This conversation between Śrīla Prabhupāda and some journalists took place in London, England, on August 18, 1971. Śrīla Prabhupāda: Now India is faced with so many problems on account o

The Transcendental Dream Machine1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Is there any significance to the dreams of us souls caught up in the dream of material life? By Drutakarmā Dāsa WITH THE SUN going down, the subtropical heat of the day had abated somewhat. The gentlemen I was coming to

Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Arjuna: The Greatest Archer Full dedication to his guru makes Arjuna the best of Droṅa’s students. By Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana, speaking to King Janamejaya, tells the history of the brāhmaṅa Droṅa,

Oṁ or Hare Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Though the sacred sound oṁ is often associated with impersonalists, only the devotees understand its full import. By Karuppiah Chockalingam THROUGHOUT THE VEDAS there is much mention of the syllable oṁ. This spiritual vi

Knowledge, Ignorance, Philosophers, and Psychologists1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Our revered institutions of higher learning are reinforcing our ignorance. From a lecture by Girirāja Swami “Modern psychologists can study the activities of the mind—thinking, feeling and willing—but they are unable to

Gopāla Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994by Kaumodakī Devī Dāsī The morning sky, still pink with dawn, Illuminates the woods today Upon the hill called Govardhana, Where Gopāla Kṛṣṅa comes to play. His body, colored blackish blue, Is wrapped around by yellow si

A Memorial to the Master of the Movement1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994A progress report from Śrīdhām Māyāpur, West Bengal, India. IT’S SAID THAT IN CALCUTTA there are two kinds of people—those who’ve visited Śrīdhām Māyāpur and those who plan to. For here, sixty-five miles north, stands th

Every Town & Village1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America Lord Kṛṣṅa's rāsa dance charmed US audiences during a four-month tour by the Manipuri dance troupe Rangani

Soaps: Clean and Dirty1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 1994Soap gets you clean, right? Maybe not. Soap is made with fatty oils of various kinds, both vegetable and animal. But for devotees of Kṛṣṅa, smearing the body with soap made from the fat of a slaughtered animal is not the

Keep the Manor Open!1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-04, 199425,000 Hindus demonstrate in central London. DEVOTEES OF KṚṢṄA continue their struggle to keep Bhaktivedanta Manor open to the public. The local council of the Borough of Hertsmere is trying to close it. The Manor, the H

Statement of Purposes1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994Back 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 Editor1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994How Can a Symbol Be the Lord? LORD CAITANYA Mahāprabhu advises that one chant the names of the Lord always, since the Lord’s names and the Lord are nondifferent. A reader who got in touch with us on the vast network of c

Letters1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994Filling the Void I thought I would write to let you know how much I enjoy the magazine. It has an interesting and varied format that just gets better and better. Also, I am glad to see that in the last year or so you hav

Śrīmatī Rādhārāṅī—The Attractor of Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994To get Kṛṣṅa to accept you, pray for the favor of His greatest devotee. A lecture given on Rādhārāṅī’s Appearance Day in London, September 18, 1969 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya o

Lessons from the Road1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994Further and Further In By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami THERE IS NO END to how much we can be together with Śrīla Prabhupāda through his books. His books are like a tunnel that never comes to an end. We enter deeper and deeper

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994Cooking Class: Lesson 15 Didi Ma’s Kitchen, And Bengali Śuktā By Yamuna Devi EVERY ISKCON TEMPLE has its unsung heroes—devotees who quietly serve the Lord with dedication. You find them everywhere, but few reach the cook

Bhakti-yoga at Home1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994Karma-Yoga By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa IN THE BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ (12.8–12) Lord Kṛṣṅa gives a series of merciful prescriptions for the benefit of people in different circumstances. The first direction Kṛṣṅa gives is this: “Just fix

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994The Real Mother Earth By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī PART 1 THE CONSCIOUSNESS of the farmer while interacting with the earth not only affects productivity but also reveals the farmer’s spiritual standing. First we may ask, Who

Krishna1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994by Daniel Deleanu First I found out I'm not this body and I learnt our souls don't ever die. Then I saw in a picture His sacred face, and my ears heard His holy name: Krishna And something's changed within my heart. (Now

India’s Heritage1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994Is Preaching New to Hinduism? By Ravi Gupta AT THE ISKCON CENTER in Boise, Idaho, some guests, originally from India, questioned ISKCON’s emphasis on preaching. They said that preaching was not part of traditional Indian

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994The Creative Urge By Urmilā Devī Dāsī I’M WATCHING ROHIṄĪ, a thirteen-year-old with definite artistic talent and promise. She boards at our home to attend school here, and she spends every spare moment with her art pad a

Straight Talk1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994Transcendental Telephone By Vraja Kishor Dāsa WHEN I TOLD my father I wanted to dedicate my activities to Kṛṣṅa's pleasure, he tried to talk me out of it. One of his arguments: “How can you dedicate yourself to serving G

Kṛṣṅa in the Bhagavad-gītā1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994The Start of an Exploration of Meaning By Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami PART 1 Originally presented to the Committee on the Study of Religion, at the University of California at Los Angeles. Introduction I ATTEMPT IN THIS PA

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994We Worship Everything The following conversation took place in Los Angeles on May 14, 1973. Devotee: Śrīla Prabhupāda, if material nature is the absence of Kṛṣṅa, then what is material? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Nothing is mater

Project Profile1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT Association Orientale de Bhakti Yoga (Eastern Society for Bhakti Yoga) HEADQUARTERS New Māyāpur, France PROJECT COORDINATORS Ācāryavā

Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994The Military Exhibition An uninvited warrior threatens to eclipse Arjuna’s brilliance. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history of the Pāṅḍavas to their great-gra

Projects: New Delhi1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994The Glory Of India Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Pārthasārathi Temple And ISKCON Hinduja Glory of India Vedic Cultural Center A project of ISKCON The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Founder-Ācārya: His Divine Grace A.C.

Hare Kṛṣṅa People1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994“Kṛṣṅa Makes All the Arrangements” An interview with Mr. C. J. Dave (Cāturmāsya Dāsa), Project Director for the Glory of India Cultural Center. Mr. C. J. Dave, metallurgical engineer, now sixty-five years old, worked thi

Every Town & Village1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America A new book exposes a coverup of extensive scientific evidence for a picture of human origins radically dif

Vedic Thoughts1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-05, 1994We should always keep Kṛṣṅa within our minds, for Kṛṣṅa is like the sun. This is the motto of our Back to Godhead magazine: Kṛṣṅa is just like the brilliant sun, and māyā, ignorance, is just like darkness. When the sun i

Statement of Purposes1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994Back 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 Editor1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994What Do You Mean “As It Is”? IN THE INTRODUCTION to Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, Śrīla Prabhupāda writes: “We must accept Bhagavad-gītā without interpretation, without deletion, and without our own whimsical participation in

Letters1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994Wonderful Experience Recently I had the wonderful experience of reading all of last year’s BTGs in one sitting. It is evident that Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission is alive and well. Thank you for your dedication and hard work

The Mature Fruit of The Vedas1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994The author of the Vedic literature urges us to taste the best fruit from the Vedic tree of knowledge. A lecture given in London, August 19, 1971 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of t

Lessons from the Road1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994Blessed Forgetfulness By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami DEVOTEES SOMETIMES asked Śrīla Prabhupāda if when we go back to the spiritual world we will remember our former lives in the material world. Prabhupāda said we would forge

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994The Temple Kitchens Of Lord Jagannātha By Yamuna Devi I HAVE STUDIED hundreds of kitchens in the last three decades, many of them exceptional, but none as grand as the kitchens of the Jagannātha Temple in Purī, Orissa. A

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994The Real Mother Earth By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī PART 2 From the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam we learn that the earth is controlled by the goddess Bhūmi Devī, who sometimes takes on the form of a cow. The Bhāgavatam’s ancient Sanskrit

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994Crack in the Universe By Urmilā Devī Dāsī THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY founder of Sunday school in America, H. Clay Trumbull, remembers calling to his father before falling asleep at night. “Are you there, Papa?” “Yes, my chil

Bhakti-yoga at Home1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994Money, Integrity, and Kṛṣṅa By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa “Wealth makes wits waver.”—proverb AS A YOUNG preacher speaking on the spiritual dangers of wealth, I once surprised myself by bluntly asking one of two young men sitting

Straight Talk1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994Save the Earth By Paramānanda Dāsa FROM THE SECOND we got there I knew something was wrong. I mean, there were some very dedicated people there, supporting some very righteous and urgent causes. Still, something just was

Kṛṣṅa In The Bhagavad-Gītā1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994The Start of an Exploration of Meaning By Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami This paper, originally presented to the Committee on the Study of Religion, at the University of California at Los Angeles, examines five topics in the

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994Shattering “The Silence Of The Absolute” This exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and an official from an impersonalist (“God-is-simply-everyone-and-everything”) movement took place in P

Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994Duryodhana’s Evil Plan Filled with envy of the Pāṅḍavas, Duryodhana plots their murder. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history of the Pāṅḍavas to their great-gr

Why I Wear a Sārī1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994A graduate of Kṛṣṅa conscious schools tells why she chooses to wear the traditional Vedic dress. By Madirekṣanā Devī Dāsī WHY DO THEY cover their heads?” the small Catholic girl asked of the nun holding her hand. The gir

Giving Food for Life in South Africa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994South Africa’s “king of the highways” becomes the servant of the Lord of the heart. By Kapiladeva Dāsa THE MAIN DEPOT of Sentinel Transport in Durban is abuzz with activity. A convoy of spotlessly clean trucks—each beari

At Work With Kṛṣṅa1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994When you leave for work, don’t leave without your Kṛṣṅa Consciousness. By Prāṅadā Devī Dāsī EIGHT YEARS AGO I ventured from the protective environment of a life guided by full-time devotional service in ISKCON temples to

Every Town & Village1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America Devotees in New York City held their first annual Śrīla Prabhupāda Family Reunion on July 10, twenty-eight

Save-the Manor-Campaign1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994Let Hindus Share All Our Freedoms A protest over one of Britain’s important shrines deserves the support of those who believe in liberty. By Lord William Rees-Mogg LAST THURSDAY evening I was walking past the Liberal Dem

Vedic Thoughts1994 / Back to Godhead Magazine #28-06, 1994The Vedic statements are self-evident. Whatever is stated there must be accepted. If we interpret according to our own imagination, the authority of the Vedas is lost. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Mad