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Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 19961996 / #30-01 / 19 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 19961996 / #30-02 / 22 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 19961996 / #30-03 / 21 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 19961996 / #30-04 / 20 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 19961996 / #30-05 / 19 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 19961996 / #30-06 / 20 articles

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Statement of Purposes1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 19961. To help all people discern reality from illusion, spirit from matter, the eternal from the temporary. 2. To expose the faults of materialism. 3. To offer guidance in the Vedic techniques of spiritual life. 4. To prese Guest Editotial1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Guest Editorial Time to Celebrate ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA’S Centennial is here. After four years of preparation, the celebrations have started. Let us pray to Lord Kṛṣṅa for the success of our attempt to glorify His pure devote Letters1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Consoled by BTG Recently my cousin Reshma Rampersad, a very great devotee of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṅī, left her body. A week prior to this she spent a few weeks at Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Rādhānātha temple in Durban The Soul’S Fall1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Responding to our desire, Kṛṣṅa gives us a chance to forget Him. A lecture given in Tokyo, on April 20, 1972 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Lessons from the Road1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Temple of Viṣṅu By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami DEVOTEES KNOW that their bodies are temples of Viṣṅu, or Kṛṣṅa. Kṛṣṅa, the Absolute Truth, appears in three features: as the impersonal Brahman, as the Supersoul, and as Bhagavā Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996

Cooking Class: Lesson 22 Prabhupāda's Guava Jam By Yamuna Devi THE ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA Centennial year is a cause for great celebration and a chance for us to relish on many levels increased spiritual commitment. Our indivi

Through the Eyes of Śāstra1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996The Inconceivable … One More Time By Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa A NUMBER OF Back to Godhead readers have written—several at formidable length—to express doubts or objections concerning the essay “On Conceiving the Inconceivab

Calendar Close-up1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Śrīla Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī Appearance Day: January 24 Śrīla Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī is an eternally liberated associ-ate of Lord Kṛṣṅa who appeared to join the Lord when He ap-peared five hundred years ago as Śrī Cait

Śrīla Prabhupāda Centennial 1896–19961996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Events At Every Iskcon Center January 1–7 Inauguration of the Centennial Year June 2–8 Padayatra Week June 9 World Holy Name Day August 7 ISKCON’s Incorporation Day August 4–September 9 Book Distribution Marathon Septemb

Prabhupāda Centennial 1896–19961996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996He Came with the Message of the Absolute World His Journey ALTHOUGH ONE candle kindles unlimited numbers of other candles, each with the same intensity as the first, there yet remains the original candle. Similarly, alth

Reincarnation1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996“As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.” (Gita 2.13) ŚRĪLA PRABH

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Crow-And-Tāl-Fruit Logic Śrīla Prabhupāda dictated this essay in reply to a question about the origin of the living entity: Were we originally with Kṛṣṅa, or did we fall from Kṛṣṅa's impersonal energy, the brahma-jyoti?

Every Town & Village1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America Eight oxen and six teamsters are being trained in New Vrindaban by Balabhadra Dāsa, head of the Internatio

Is Back to Godhead an Offender?1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Back to Godhead has been publishing (and plans to continue) a series of articles called “The Glories of the Demigods.” Yet not everyone is pleased with it. We publish here an objection, along with our reply. Federation o

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Is Experience the Best Teacher? By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī AFTER GIVING Arjuna knowledge of matter and spirit, Lord Kṛṣṅa tells him, “Deliberate on this fully, and then decide what you wish to do.” Our children also have to cho

Book Distribution1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996The Power of Prabhupāda's Books By Navīna Nīrada Dāsa In this column we present the experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Kṛṣṅa consciousness by giving books by Śrīla Prabhupāda and his followers.—The

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996One Family’s Cow Protection By Lavaṅgalatikā Devī Dāsī A note from our regular columnist, Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī: Here is an account of cow protection on a small family farm in India. Because Śrīla Prabhupāda often advocat

Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Arjuna Fights A Celestial Being Challenged by an angry Gandharva, Arjuna quickly shows his fighting skill. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history of the Pāṅḍava

Vedic Thoughts1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-01, 1996Devotional service of the Lord that ignores the authorized Vedic literatures like the Upaniṣads, Purāṅas, and Nārada Pañcarātra is simply an unnecessary disturbance in society. —Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu

Statement of Purposes1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 19961. To help all people discern reality from illusion, spirit from matter, the eternal from the temporary. 2. To expose the faults of materialism. 3. To offer guidance in the Vedic techniques of spiritual life. 4. To prese

From the Editor1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996Lord Caitanya's 510th Anniversary In the Prabhupāda Centennial Year WHEN I FIRST HEARD the name of Lord Caitanya, I pictured a tall gentleman in Wellingtons, riding whip in hand—your turn-of-the-century British lord. Had

Letters1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996Thanks to Prabhupāda I am an ardent follower of this beautiful magazine, and I have decided to share my story with the thousands of readers of BTG. I came from a family with a strong religious background, all widely read

Reaching Kṛṣṅa His Way1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996No need to guess —Kṛṣṅa lets us know which method of reaching Him will work. A lecture given in New York City, on November 28, 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the Internatio

Calendar Close-up1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Appearance Day: March 5 Five hundred and ten years ago, Lord Kṛṣṅa appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in Navadvīpa, West Bengal. The following account of His appearance is from Śrī Caitanya-carit

Lessons from the Road1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996Renunciation and Devotion By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami AS LONG AS WE are attached to material enjoyment we will not be able to concentrate on devotional service. Śrīla Prabhupāda in his purports to Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996Prabhupāda in the Kitchen Plus: Cooking Class, Lesson 23—Pakorās By Yamuna Devi THERE ARE ONLY a few photos of Śrīla Prabhupāda cooking, and for twenty years I’ve kept one of them in my kitchen. He is standing in front o

India’s Heritage1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996The Original Social System By Ravi Gupta ONE OF THE FIRST things that comes to mind for many people when they hear mention of India is Hinduism’s infamous caste system, one of the most hotly debated topics on India. Peop

Science: The Vedic View1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996The Miracle of the Milk By Sadāpūta Dāsa ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1995, Hindu communities all over the world were electrified by news of temple deities accepting offerings of milk. According to the stories, when deities of Gaṅeś

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996Durgā Devī and the Fabric of History By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī Centennial note: What is the most opulent offering? “Anything grown in a garden is a hundred times more valuable than if it is purchased from the market,” Śrīl

Śrīla Prabhupāda On Science1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996A Centennial Meditation With the support of Vedic knowledge, Śrīla Prabhupāda challenged society’s blind allegiance to modern science. By Drutakarmā Dāsa ON A WARM, SUNNY, dry December morning, my taxi driver turned from

Every Town & Village1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America Scholars from six countries gathered at the Hare Kṛṣṅa temple in Detroit last November for a conference on

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996“There is Only One Religion” Here we continue an exchange that took place in Paris, on June 15, 1974, between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, two priests, and two Christian scholars. Madame Siaude:

Musings of an Aspiring Spiritualist1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996If tended with care, the creeper of devotional service will one day reach the abode of Rādhā-Kṛṣṅa. By Viśākhā Devī Dāsī WHEN my mother-in-law came to visit us for the first time in our new mountain home, she noted our p

Remembering Śrīla Prabhupāda1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996Painting Under Authority By Yadurāṅī Devī Dāsī Śrīla Prabhupāda carefully guides a young artist in painting pictures of God. ONE DAY IN December 1966, I was cleaning the room next to Śrīla Prabhupāda's room at 26 Second

The Glories of the Demigods1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996Hanumān The Emblem of Pure Service by Satyarāja dāsa Sired by Lord Śiva, he uses his great powers in the service of Lord Rāma. HANUMĀN IS EASILY AMONG the most popular divinities in India. A small monkeylike figure, Hanu

Bhakti-yoga at Home1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996The Best and Worst of Japa by Dvārakādhīśa Devī Dāsī I LOVE CHANTING japa*—some days. Other days, I endure chanting japa. It seems to be bliss or boredom. On the good days I am enthralled. Kṛṣṅa feels very close, and ver

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996Detachment from Children By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī Our Dead Son’s Body, nine inches long, lay in my hand. For some months afterward, my natural affection—that motherly impulse hard-wired into body and mind—cried for that child

Śrīla Prabhupāda Centennial1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996Magnanimous, He Came to Us By Lokanāth Swami “If you want to know me, read my books,” said Śrīla Prabhupāda. I found this instruction completely true recently while reading the poem Prabhupāda wrote onboard the Jaladuta,

Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996The Quest for Draupadī’s Hand The world’s greatest young heroes gather in the opulent kingdom of the Pāñcālas, hoping to win Draupadī as their bride. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśamp

Vedic Thoughts1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996This life is tottering like a drop of water on a lotus petal. Therefore you should always serve and worship the divine feet of Lord Kṛṣṅa. —Govinda Dāsa Kavirāja Bhajahū Re Mana For one who sees Me everywhere and sees ev

All That Lies Between1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-02, 1996A Poem For Śrīla Prabhupāda By Kālakaṅṭha Dāsa You could have stayed in Vṛndāvana, Where chanting is most sweet, Or moved to holy Navadvīpa, In spiritual retreat. Your Godbrothers had temples there With room enough for y

From the Editor1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Immersed in the Real Business of Life Śrīpāda Gour Govinda Swami (1929-1996) One evening in late February I was on the top floor of the “Conch Building” at our ISKCON center in Śrīdhām Māyāpur, West Bengal. I’d finished

Letters1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Chanting Hare Krsna with Love Thank you, Dvārakādhīśa Devī Dāsī, for the article on the important subject of inattentive chanting. Dvārakādhīśa has mentioned several reasons for chanting inattentively, such as laziness,

Countless incarnations1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Lord Krsna comes in many ways to draw us back to Him. A lecture given in Los Angeles on October 1, 1972, by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Co

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Cooking Class: Lesson 24 Cleanliness and Koftas By Yamuna Devi ISKCON DEVOTEES are now well into the year-long celebration of the Śrīla Prabhupāda Centennial. Seeds planted months, even years, ago are now coming into ful

India’s Heritage1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996The Marks of a Warrior By Vineet Chander It was a typical Saturday night, and my parents had left for the evening. Like many sixteen-year-olds left home alone in America, I planned to do something forbidden. But unlike m

Durgā Devī and the Fabric of History1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī Śrīla Prabhupāda Centennial note: In the last issue I suggested growing something to offer for Prabhupāda’s Centennial feast on his appearance day in September. As you weed, water, and fertilize f

“Made from Our Own Wool “1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996The following excerpt from Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami’s Śrīla Prabhupāda-līlāmṛta offers a poignant example of how one devotee used homespun wool for an offering to Prabhupāda. The scene is in Prabhupāda’s room in Vṛndāvana

Bhakti-yoga at Home1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Wonderful Prasādam By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa IN MANY PLACES in his books Śrīla Prabhupāda describes the wonders of prasādam, food prepared with devotion and offered to Kṛṣṅa. Prabhupāda discusses such merits of prasādam as h

“Cry for Krsna”1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996“Cry for Kṛṣṅa” A brief life sketch of His Divine Grace Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja: by Parantapa Dāsa, Rāghava Paṅḍita Dāsa, and Gokula Dāsa HIS DIVINE GRACE Gour Govinda Swami Mahārāja, a pure devotee and very dear dis

Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva Comes To Māyāpur1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996The devotees wanted to worship a Deity of the Lord in his fiercest form, but at first no sculptor was willing to carve Him. by Ātma-tattva Dāsa (as told to Śrīmatī Devī Dāsī) ON MARCH 24, 1984, at 12:20 A.M., thirty-five

Śrīla Vṛndāvana Dāsa Ṭhākura1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Appearance Day: May 14 Vṛndāvana Dāsa Ṭhākura was the son of Nārāyaṅī Devī, a niece of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, one of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s principal associates. When Nārāyaṅī was a young girl, Lord Caitanya would give her

Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Arjuna Wins Draupadī Disguised as a brāhmaṅa, Arjuna steps forward to meet the challenge that has humiliated the powerful young kings. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is tellin

The Vedic Observer1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day Suicide Mission by Kalakantha Dasa IT'S HARD TO THINK of a more macabre medico than Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the retired Michigan pathologist known affectionately as "Dr. Dea

Spiritual Places1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Australia's Vṛndāvana Hills A pleasing natural environment filled with glorification of Kṛṣṅa makes New Govardhana a replica of Kṛṣṅa's eternal home. by Ambikā Devī Dāsī AN HOUR SOUTH of Brisbane, Australia, the glitzy t

Remembering Śrīla Prabhupada1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Śrīla Prabhupada’s Compassion Because of Śrīla Prabhupāda's extraordinary compassion, Kṛṣṅa consciousness could take hold in the West. by Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS the ways in which Śrīla Prabhupāda

Śrīla Prabhupada Speaks Out1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Here we conclude an exchange that took place in Paris on June 15, 1974, between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, two priests, and two Christian scholars. As we join the discussion, a newly arrived A

Calendar Close-Up Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Appearance Day: May 2 In the Bhagavad-gītā Lord Kṛṣṅa says that He appears to protect His devotees and annihilate the demons. A graphic example of the Lord’s protection and annihilation can been seen in His incarnation a

Śrīla Prabhupada Centennial1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Kṛṣṅa Wants to Glorify Prabhupāda by Lokanāth Swami MEMORIES OF THE Centennial Year inauguration in Mumbai (Bombay) are still fresh in my mind. We were expecting up to 10,000 people, which seemed a lot. But Kṛṣṅa surpris

Schooling Krishna’s Children1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996Revolutionary Cleanliness by Urmilā Devī Dāsī THOSE WEEKLY girl scout meetings always began with us reciting our vows. “To be clean in thought, word, and deed,” I would say carelessly, eager to begin our project or campi

Book Distribution1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996The Greatest Gift at Any Age By Udayānanda Dāsa IN JANUARY last year a woman in her early seventies came into my art shop at the local shopping mall. She bought several paintings for her home and while I framed them we t

Vedic Thoughts1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-03, 1996In Vedic literature Kṛṣṅa is the central point of attraction, and His service is our activity. To attain the platform of love of Kṛṣṅa is life's ultimate goal. Therefore Kṛṣṅa, Kṛṣṅa's service, and love of Kṛṣṅa are the

Statement of Purposes1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 19961. To help all people discern reality from illusion, spirit from matter, the eternal from the temporary. 2. To expose the faults of materialism. 3. To offer guidance in the Vedic techniques of spiritual life. 4. To prese

From the Editor1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996The Impersonalists Prove Our Point IN THE PREVIOUS issue of BTG, we mentioned that a magazine in the Pacific Rim had published an editorial objecting to our series on the demigods, the exalted servants of Lord Kṛṣṅa who

Letters1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996Whole Life Changed I do not have the words to praise the work being done by ISKCON world-wide. In 1991, I attended one lecture and feast on Sunday in the Hare Kṛṣṅa Temple in North Sydney in Australia. That lecture has c

Shine with the Supreme Person1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996Our brilliant original nature is covered because we’ve forgotten our relationship with Kṛṣṅa A lecture given in Honolulu, on January 28, 1974 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the

The Hare Kṛṣṅa Movement.1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996Its Message And Activities “The Hare Kṛṣṅa movement says that harmony between itself and the whole world can be established by understanding one simple point …” This article closely paraphrases and to a large extent copi

Calendar Close-up1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996Śrīla Rupa Goswami Disappearance Day: August 26 Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī appeared in 1489 in Karnataka, South India. He was the younger brother of Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī. Forced by various circumstances, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and

Lessons from the Road1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996The Essence of Compassion By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami ACCORDING TO The Nectar of Devotion, “A person who is unable to bear another’s distress is called compassionate.” Whereas generally people are too focused on their own

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996Prabhupāda's Kitchen Demeanor PLUS: Cooking Class, Lesson 25—Kacaurīs and Samosās By Yamuna Devi ANY DEVOTEE who has worked in a bustling kitchen for a temple or restaurant knows how turbulent the atmosphere can be. Work

Bhakti-yoga at Home1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996The Yoga of Love By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa ONE WET EVENING in 1972, when I was first learning about Kṛsṅa consciousness, I sat in a tent leafing through Śrīla Prabhupāda's Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. Occasionally I looked out gl

Book Distribution1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996Saved by the Book By Navīna Nīrada Dāsah ONCE IN San Diego a devotee was distributing small books in a parking lot. As he approached one car he saw a young man sitting in the driver’s seat. When the devotee knocked on th

India’s Heritage1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996Appreciating Prabhupāda's Gifts By Ravi Gupta THIRTY YEARS AGO Śrīla Prabhupāda came to America to spread the Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement. Although he had tried hard in India to interest his countrymen in Lord Caitanya’

The Vedic Observer1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day Madana Mohana Versus Madonna by Joan DeLisio AT WORK I’M forced to hear popular lust songs on the radio. As I stand in line at the grocery store, magazine covers with be

The Hare Kṛṣṅa World Convention1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996This year, ISKCON’s annual festival in honor of the appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the largest international gathering of Śrīla Prabhupāda's followers ever. By Praśānta Devī Dāsī LET’S GO BACK SOME four hundre

Victory for Bhaktivedanta Manor1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996The British government decides: The temple must stay open! By Bhakta Pradip Gajjar After a ten-year struggle, ISKCON has secured the right for all devotees to worship and attend festivals at Bhaktivedanta Manor, the Hare

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996The Highest Pleasure In A Rascal Culture This exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples took place on October 18, 1975, during a morning walk in Johannesburg, South A

Śrīla Prabhupāda Centennial1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996The Four-Year Campaign Was Worth It By Lokanāth Swami WE ARE HALFWAY through the Centennial year, and much has happened to increase consciousness of Śrīla Prabhupāda and bring him and his teachings to the notice of the w

Every Town & Village1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America NBC television aired a prime-time special last February that featured BTG associate editor Drutakarmā Dāsa

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996Prabhupāda's Unfinished Mission By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī Discharging one’s occupational duty as a means of rendering devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate goal of life. (Śrīmad-Bhāgava

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996Prepared for Death By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī A COUSIN WITH WHOM I’d had no contact since joining the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement sent me a card of congratulations when our son married. So I responded with some photos of our family and

Vedic Thoughts1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-04, 1996It has been conclusively decided in the scriptures, after due consideration, that the ultimate goal for the welfare of human society is detachment from the bodily concept of life and increased and steadfast attachment fo

Statement of Purposes1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 19961. To help all people discern reality from illusion, spirit from matter, the eternal from the temporary. 2. To expose the faults of materialism. 3. To offer guidance in the Vedic techniques of spiritual life. 4. To prese

From the Editor1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Welcome to Our New Readers in India WITH THIS ISSUE, I’d especially like to welcome our thousands of new readers in India. For Indian readers, BTG, once rare and hard to come by, is now widely available. A dedicated team

Letters1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Expanding the Chanting My wife, Sima, and I are ISKCON life members very closely associated with the Laguna Beach temple. We had been hosting six congregational programs a year at our home. About six months ago we expand

Our Happiness Is Kṛṣṅa1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Material life means struggling to find happiness, but people don’t know where to look. A lecture given in Los Angeles, on September 28, 1972 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the I

Lessons from the Road1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996The History of the Kṛṣṅa Book By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami THE BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ tells us that if we understand Kṛṣṅa's birth and activities we can go back to Godhead. Śrīla Prabhupāda's book Kṛṣṅa, the Supreme Personality of

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Cooking Class: Lesson 25 South Indian Dosas By Yamuna Devi MANY PEOPLE become dosa fans with their first taste. I joined their ranks in 1971, at a breakfast served in the Madras home of Śrī K. K. Balu. My golden-brown pa

Bhakti-yoga at Home1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Śrīla Prabhupāda—Kṛṣṅa's Miracle By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa IT MUST BE ONE OF the greatest preaching adventures of all time. An elderly mendicant in complete obscurity struggles relentlessly to carry out the order of his guru

Book Distribution1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996You Can Distribute Books By Navīna Nīrada Dāsa FOR MANY YEARS members of the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement around the world have gone out daily to distribute Śrīla Prabhupāda's books. These devotees want to give everyone the chanc

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Become A Rascal And Suffer Here we continue an exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples that took place on October 18, 1975, during a morning walk in Johannesburg, S

Śrīla Prabhupāda Sevā-Prārthanāṣṭakam1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996“Eight Prayers Pleading for Śrīla Prabhupāda's Service by Jaya Balarāma Dāsa yo megha-varṅa-puruṣaṁ puruṣārtha-dātā tad-dṛṣṭi-spṛṣṭa-patitādhika-vipra-varyaḥ svāhlāda-tyakta-guru-sevana-tāpa-labdhaḥ sevāṁ pradehi prabhup

Coming to Kṛṣṅa1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996An Impersonator Gets Caught He’d never take the Hare Kṛṣṅas seriously —or so he thought. By Bhakta Sean Carolan [Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī said to Lord Caitanya]: “Jagāi and Mādhāi had but one fault—they were add

Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Five Husbands For Draupadī Arjuna surprises his mother when he returns with his wife-to-be. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history of the Pāṅḍavas to their grea

Project Profile1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Murāri Sevaka Farm Location Mulberry, Tennessee Project Managers (under the guidance of Jayapatāka Swami and Bīr Kṛṣṅa Goswami) Jvārajit Dāsa, Nandanācārya Dāsa, Nirguṅa Dāsa, Gāyatrī Dāsa, Vijayā Devī Dāsī The Beginning

Spiritual Places1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Śrī Raṅgam—Temple of Temples The history of this holy place traces back to the beginning of creation. By Bhakti Vikāśa Swami and Jaya Vijaya Dāsa ŚRĪ RAṄGAM, or Śrī Raṅgakṣetra, is the largest temple in the world in whic

Śrīla Prabhupāda In Australia1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Wherever Prabhupāda traveled he showed how everything —even the cynical press—can be used in the service of Kṛṣṅa. By Kūrma Dāsa From an upcoming book entitled The Great Transcendental Adventure: The Pastimes of His Divi

Śrīla Prabhupāda Centennial1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Confidential Servant of the Lord By Lokanāth Swami ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA appeared in this world just a day after the celebration of Lord Kṛṣṅa's appearance day. We followers of Śrīla Prabhupāda's see this as a sign of his int

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Accepting a Spiritual Master By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī THIS MONTH (September) we celebrate Śrīla Prabhupāda's one-hundredth birthday anniversary. To honor Śrīla Prabhupāda, our children can sing his praises, decorate his seat,

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996Varṅāśrama Village for the Twenty-First Century By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī I’VE WRITTEN HERE about Śrīla Prabhupāda's plans to spread Kṛṣṅa consciousness by developing varṅāśrama, the Vedic social system. If put into place

Vedic Thoughts1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-05, 1996The greatest enemies to progressive spiritual culture in human society are the old fossils of political parties who are blind themselves and who try to lead other blind men. They bring about disaster in a peaceful human

Statement of Purposes1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 19961. To help all people discern reality from illusion, spirit from matter, the eternal from the temporary. 2. To expose the faults of materialism. 3. To offer guidance in the Vedic techniques of spiritual life. 4. To prese

From the Editor1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996The Hare Krishna Virus WORD SPREAD ON THE INTERNET of a new threat to computers—“The Hare Krishna Virus.” According to reports, the infectious computer code was timed to go off in September, and it was a nasty one: It wo

Letters1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996The Task of Saving Hinduism Thank you BTG for standing firm in your resolve not to bow down to pressures from the so-called defenders of Hinduism. I used to be one of those millions of Hindus who hesitated to proclaim my

Bhakti Is Only For Kṛṣṅa1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996Real devotees are not after rewards. A lecture given in Bombay, April 1, 1974 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness kāṅkṣantaḥ karma

Lessons from the Road1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996Pure Bhakti—“It Requires Nothing More Than Sincerity” By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami WHAT THE Bhāgavatam defines as religion far surpasses what most people think of as religion today. According to the Bhāgavatam, religion me

Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996Cooking Class: Lesson 27 Tikkie: Indian-Style Veggie Burgers By Yamuna Devi VEGGIE BURGERS—once a favorite of vegetarians only—are now showing up in restaurants everywhere. President Clinton is purportedly a big fan of t

Bhakti-yoga at Home1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996Giving Kṛṣṅa Away By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa I OWE A LOT to Lord Kṛṣṅa's devotees. On an underground train in London many years ago, as I sat in my seat, alone and lost in thought, I heard a voice call to me—“Hey, man!” I gla

Book Distribution1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996From Fear to Bliss in Kenya By Mahāvegavatī Devī Dāsī ONE NIGHT IN Mombasa, Kenya, I was returning from preaching when three young Muslim men approached me. One of them asked challengingly, “What is your name?” “Mahāvega

Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996“Material Education Will Make You Even More Of A Rascal” Here we conclude an exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples. It took place on October 18, 1975, during a mo

Spiritual Places1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996A Showcase for Kṛṣṅa in Houston Here in the American Southwest, Asian Indian families are showing that if you have the will to serve Kṛṣṅa, He’ll help you find the way. By Nāgarāja Dāsa with reporting by Vivek and Vijay

Giving to Kṛṣṅa1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996Dr. RAKESH K. DHINGRA, a Houston physician, is the main contributor to the Hare Krishna Dhama project. In 1992 devotees asked Dr. Dhingra to lend them money so that the construction could continue during the fund-raising

Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996The Proposed Marriage Challenged King Drupada and his son doubt: Should Draupadī marry five men? Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history of the Pāṅḍavas to their

Every Town & Village1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America An eighteen-year-old Kṛṣṅa devotee won first prize for his sculpture at a Pennsylvania regional art fair.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: A Modern Nārada Muni1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996A look at the similarities between a great sage seen throughout the Vedic literature and the greatest preacher of Kṛṣṅa consciousness in the modern age. By Sārvabhauma Dāsa ŚRĪ NĀRADA MUNI, a son of Lord Brahmā (the firs

In Touch With Eternity (Almost)1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996“From the viewpoint of eternity, a life span of five thousand years is the same as that of five years: both are a flash, both temporary.” By Viśākhā Devī Dāsī TWO SUMMERS AGO when the Reforestation Department of the Sequ

India’s Heritage1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996Many Paths to One Goal? By Ravi Gupta AN INDIAN GUEST at our Sunday Feast once asked, “Why do you talk only of Kṛṣṅa-bhakti [devotion to Kṛṣṅa]? Our tradition is so rich—jñāna-yoga, dhyāna-yoga, karma-yoga, haṭha-yoga, r

Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996Motivation for Obedience By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī LORD KṚṢṄA DEMANDS surrender, and Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that without obedience one cannot attain to the Lord’s kingdom. So how do we teach our children obedience? Here are

The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996Why Commercial Dairies Can’t Stop Killing By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī FROM TIME TO TIME I receive letters from people who want to help our Hare Kṛṣṅa farms develop. They often suggest we market “organic milk” or “milk from p

Śrīla Prabhupāda Centennial1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996The Best Welfare Program By Lokanāth Swami During a talk at a Christian monastery in 1972, Śrīla Prabhupāda said, “When I started this movement I was cooking and distributing prasādam. . . . We invite everyone, ’Please c

Vedic Thoughts1996 / Back to Godhead Magazine #30-06, 1996One who has experienced his own true identity understands that all things exist as paraphernalia for giving ecstatic pleasure to the Supreme Lord. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Commentary on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1