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Statement of Purposes1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 19981. 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 preseFrom the Editor1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Russia: Back to Religious Oppression THIS PAST SUMMER on a visit to Russia, I stopped in at several churches and was touched by the piety of the simple Russian people, till lately deprived of religious freedom, who come Letters1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Ginsberg Helped Thank you very much for the small article about Allen Ginsberg’s passing away. Ultimately he helped Śrīla Prabhupāda establish the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement in America. Jvala Nṛsiṁha Dāsa adhikārī Christchurch,Doubtless Knowledge1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Irrefutable knowledge that the Absolute Truth is possible through the method of pure bhakti-yoga. A lecture given in Los Angeles, on August 25, 1972 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya Calendar Close-up1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Śrīla Locana Dāsa Ṭhākura Disappearance Day: January 20 Śrīla Locana Dāsa Ṭhākura appeared in this world in 1520 A.D., thirty-four years after the appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Locana Dāsa wrote a biography on LRemembering Śrīla Prabhupāda
1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Loving the Guru April 13, 1973—ISKCON Los Angeles (New Dvārakā) Walking behind Śrīla Prabhupāda as he leaves an airplane and enters a terminal building to be met by his disciples is always one of the most amazing experie
Lessons from the Road1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Work Done As Sacrifice By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami WHEN ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA defined pure Kṛṣṅa consciousness, he followed Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s definition. Rūpa Gosvāmī said that for devotional service to be pure, it has to b
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Cooking Class: Lesson 33 Rasgullā: Bengal’s Most Popular Sweet By Yamuna Devi IN INDIA, AND PARTICULARLY in Bengal, people enjoy special occasions with sweets such as raskadam, khīrkadam, khīrmohan, rājbhog, nawabhog, an
Book Distribution1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Expressions of Gratitude Compiled by Navīna Nīrada Dāsa IN TODAY’S MATERIALISTIC world, to interest people in Kṛṣṅa consciousness is difficult. Devotees who perform the spiritual service of offering others books about Kṛ
India’s Heritage1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Why We Worship a Plant By Ravi Gupta WHEN WE DECIDED to start a Sunday school for children at our ISKCON center in Boise, Idaho, an Indian guest told us, “I’d like to send my child for all your planned activities, except
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998A Diet for Spiritual Health By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī WHEN OUR OLDEST SON was less than three, he and I were once in a supermarket when a woman passing out samples handed him a cookie that looked like ones made at our temple.
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998“Jesus and Christ Are Perfect—But You Follow Darwin” Here we conclude an exchange that took place in Perth, Australia, on May 9, 1975, between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and Carol Cameron, then
The Vedic Observer1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day Mourning Diana By Ranchor Dāsa I WAS SURPRISED was surprised by how much the recent death of Princess Diana affected me. I never took much interest in royal affairs, exc
Give Up Pride1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998A discourse given on January 20, 1996, in Accra, Ghana, Africa By His Holiness Gour Govinda Swami Mahārāja namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṅa-prema-pradāya te kṛṣṅāya kṛṣṅa-caitanya- nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ “O most munificent inc
The Sun of the Name1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998by Draviḍa Dāsa aṁhaḥ saṁharad akhilaṁ sakṛd udayād eva sakala-lokasya taraṅir iva timira-jaladhiṁ jayati jagan-maṅgalaṁ harer nāma “As the rising sun immediately dissipates all the world’s darkness, which is deep like a
Every Town & Village1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) World News India The government of India has released a five-rupee commemorative postage stamp in recognition of Śrīla Prabhupāda's
Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Princess Subhadrā’s Dowry Kṛṣṅa and Balarāma shower immense wealth on their new brother-in-law Arjuna. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history of the Pāṅḍavas to
Service to God and Service to Man1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Are they the same thing? By Girirāja Swami BEFORE I MET Śrīla Prabhupāda, I had wanted to serve humanity. Then I heard from Śrīla Prabhupāda about the importance of serving Lord Kṛṣṅa. Still the question remained: How do
How I Came to Kṛṣṅa consciousness1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Becoming One Of “Them” By Naṭaka Candrikā Devī Dāsī I FIRST MET Hare Kṛṣṅa devotees in the winter of 1971. I was a sophomore (second-year student) at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, about sixty-five
Spiritual Places1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Puṣkara—The Place of Lord Brahmā Chosen by the chief created being in the universe as the site for his temple, it has attracted sages and ascetics for thousands of years. By Nāgarāja Dāsa with reporting by Bhaktivikāśa S
The Prayers of Lord Brahmā1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured South India about five hundred years ago, He discovered the Brahma-saṁhitā, a spiritual treatise by Lord Brahmā. Lord Caitanya was greatly pleased to find this work, because it clearly
Bhakti-yoga at Home1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Chanting and Seeing God By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa WE MAY WANT to see God, but there are many impediments. We cannot even see our own self, what to speak of the Supreme Self. The Lord is far, far away from the range of our pr
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998Names and Personal Relationship By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī IN A HOW-TO BOOK on raising a beef calf at home, a rancher presents her tips on how to make the process psychologically easier: “I don’t see how you’ll ever be able
Vedic Thoughts1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-01, 1998If a devotee follows the instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he lives in the company of the Lord. Wherever he lives, he converts that place into Vṛndāvana and Navadvīpa. This means that materialism cannot touch him.
Welcome, New Readers1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Whether you’ve studied yoga in depth, or simply felt some interest, this issue of Back to Godhead has something for you. Five hundred years ago, Lord Caitanya revitalized the practice of bhakti (devotional) yoga, as taug
Letters1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998The ISKCON Laity I would just like to say how much I enjoy BTG. Each issue seems to have so much in it when it arrives. But it is never enough; I am always left wishing there was more. But I guess only one issue can come
What Is the Hare Kṛṣṅa Movement?1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Founded in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) carries on in the modern world a great ancient tradition rooted in the Bhagavad-gītā,
Who is Lord Caitanya?1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Understanding His position in the light of scripture and the teachings of previous spiritual masters. A lecture given in Māyāpur, West Bengal, on March 2, 1974 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Foun
Calendar Close-Up1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Śrī Abhirāma Ṭhākura Disappearance Day: April 19 Śrī Abhirāma Ṭhākura was a great devotee and associate of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu. He was so learned in the scriptures and such a powerful preacher that atheists would flee
Lessons from the Road1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Japa as Meditation By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya had been a famous logician and teacher of the impersonal path, and his conversion to Vaiṣṅavism is chronicled in several chapters of the Caitanya-cari
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Cooking Class: Lesson 34 The Burfi Family—Milk Fudges By Yamuna Devi WHILE BENGALI MILK sweets such as sandeśa and rasgullā are made with chenna cheese (milk curds), milk sweets of northern India are made with khoa, milk
Book Distribution1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Solace for All HERE ARE SOME experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Kṛṣṅa consciousness by giving them books by Śrīla Prabhupāda and his followers. Death Wish Stopped Once I was distributing Śrīla Prabh
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Spiritual Holidays By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī HOLIDAYS! A break from routine, a special mark on the calendar, a day that can absorb a child’s mind for weeks or more beforehand. Holidays connected with Lord Kṛṣṅa help children b
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Māyā Writes the Script By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī MAINE YANKEE, our state’s nuclear power plant, is going to shut down. Unsafe, they say. Thirty or forty years ago harnessing “the peaceful power of the atom” was the promise
Near Death While Out Chanting1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Devotees are ready to take risks to assist the Lord in His mission By Locanānanda Dāsa ALL GLORIES TO Śrī Kṛṣṅa saṅkīrtana, the chanting of the holy names of the Lord,” Yajña Pu-ruṣa Dāsa and I recite as the D train make
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998“We Are Offering, ’Here is God’ ” During a morning walk in Los Angeles on June 25, 1975, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami speaks on the value of Kṛṣṅa consciousness with Dr. J. Stillson Judah, then of the Gradua
The Religion for this Age1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998It’s available to everyone, it’s simple and joyful to perform, and it works. By Prabhupādācārya Dāsa THE VEDIC scriptures prescribe for each age a particular religious practice by which people can attain the goal of life
The Future Church of the World1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998The following, by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, a predecessor spiritual master of the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement, is taken from an essay that first appeared in the Ṭhākura’s monthly journal Sajjana-toṣaṅī, published in the 1880s.
Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Invincible Weapons For Kṛṣṅa and Arjuna Lord Kṛṣṅa receives the Sudarṣaṅa discus, Arjuna the Gāṅḍīva bow. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history of the Pāṅḍavas
Every Town & Village1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) World News India ISKCON Nagpur has moved to a new, larger place, in the heart of the city. Construction of the temple in the 27-roo
Departures1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Lohitākṣa Dāsa, a disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda's, left this world on November 29, in Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma, India. Lohitākṣa was well known in ISKCON for his talent as a Kṛṣṅa conscious actor. Since the early seventies, he
Remembering Śrīla Prabhupāda1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998The Mercy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu A godbrother of Śrīla Prabhupāda's remembers their early friendship and their meeting again after many years. Dr. O.B.L. Kapoor, a scholar and devotee, and a friend of His Divine Grace A.
The Vedic Observer1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day Good Intentions by Mathureśa Dāsa AT A PARK IN San Francisco a group of former Haight-Ashbury hippies serves free meals to the homeless. In a small town in northern Flor
Rāma-rājya Automatically1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998By Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami A lecture given in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on April 16, 1997, during the festival honoring the appearance day of Lord Rāmacandra. WE ARE CELEBRATING this evening Rāma Navamī, the appearance da
The Right Medicine1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998We place our trust in healers of the body, but we lack faith in true healers of the soul. By Devāmṛta Swami In his book Perfect Escape, Devāmṛta Swami comments on the teachings of the saint Jaḍa Bharata to King Rahūgaṅa,
India’s Heritage1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998A Blessed Departure By Ravi Gupta 3:30 A.M. on Saturday the phone rang here in Boise. When my father, Ananta-rūpa Dāsa, picked up the phone, my aunt was on the line, calling from Delhi. “Get here as soon as possible,” sh
Bhakti-yoga at Home1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Austerity—Door to the Highest Pleasure By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa HAIR SHIRTS. Little sleep. Cold showers. Dry crusts. Contrition. Severity. No affection. No sex. No fun. These were some of the images the word austerity conju
Vedic Thoughts1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998The Lord is the bestower of all benediction. If someone gives something to the Lord, he is not the loser; he is the gainer by a million times. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Kṛṣṅa, Chapter 11 Pure d
From the Editor1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-02, 1998Nothing that a Goat Won’t Eat ACCORDING TO an Indian proverb, there’s nothing that a goat won’t eat and nothing that a madman won’t say. Madmen? Sometimes it seems like we’re living in a world of them, or at least a worl
Welcome, New Readers1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda founded Back to Godhead magazine in 1944 to help bring people back to godly life and ultimately to God Himself in the spiritual world. As Śrīla Prabhupāda explains in
Letters1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Sun Spots I found the article “Advanced Astronomy” [November/December] by Sadāpūta Dāsa (Dr. Richard Thompson) fascinating and educative. However, such articles lose creditability if they have fundamental or trivial erro
Escape to Kṛṣṅa1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998A soul liberated from material bondage can’t find refuge in impersonal oneness. A lecture given in Vṛndāvana, India, on March 18, 1974 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the Interna
Lessons from the Road1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Following the Voice of Inspiration By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami WE CONSTANTLY HEAR from scripture and from others about the ideal lives of great devotees in our line. We especially relish hearing about Śrīla Prabhupāda's l
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Cooking Class: Lesson 35 Syrup Sweets (PART 1): Gulābjāmun By Yamuna Devi I RECENTLY EDITED regional Indian menus for Gourmet magazine’s 1998 cookbook, and gulābjāmun, predictably, was the featured North Indian sweet. Gu
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Observing Secular Holidays By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī THE YEAR IS FULL of holidays and special events unrelated to spiritual life. Even in India, where Janmāṣṭamī, the anniversary of Kṛṣṅa's divine birth, is a general festival,
Book Distribution1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Candidates for Mercy Compiled by Navīna Nīrada Dāsa HERE ARE SOME experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Kṛṣṅa consciousness through books by Śrīla Prabhupāda and his followers. Big Change for a Big Wom
How I Came to Kṛṣṅa Consciousness1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Refreshing Encounters An uninitiated but committed member of ISKCON tells his story. By Brian Fleming IN 1965, THE YEAR Śrīla Prabhupāda landed in America, I was browsing in a used book store in Glasgow, Scotland, and ca
Spiritual Places1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Journey To The Land Of The Gods ISKCON’s perennial pilgrims travel to the holiest sites in the world’s greatest mountains. By Jaya Vijaya Dāsa In 1995, small groups of Hare Kṛṣṅa devotees traveled throughout India collec
Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998The Astonishing Royal Hall The Pāṅḍavas receive as a gift an assembly hall that rivals even Lord Kṛṣṅa's. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history of the Pāṅḍavas
Every Town & Village1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) World News India The ISKCON-Hinduja Glory of India Vedic Cultural Centre, ISKCON’s splendid new cultural complex in New Delhi—with
Kṛṣṅa Consciousness on Tape1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Here are some sources for audio-cassette recordings of classes on Kṛṣṅa consciousness. These are the ones we know of. There may be more, and we apologize if we’ve left any out. Please call or write for catalogs. Śrīla Pr
The Vedic Personality Index1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998How do the three modes of material nature influence you? By Dhīra Govinda Dāsa adhikārī A technical version of this article was published in the January 1998 edition of The Indian Journal of Psychology. IF YOU’VE READ th
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998“So Easily Cheated and Befooled.” This exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples took place during a morning walk in Denver, Colorado, on June 28, 1975. Śrīla Prabhup
The Strategy of Atheism1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998A Vedic perspective on the popular allure of Buddhism. By Mathureśa Dāsa BUDDHISM HAS AT times attracted a measure of interest from a small number of Americans. In the last century Henry David Thoreau wrote, “Some will h
Calendar Close-up1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva Appearance Day: May 10 The Seventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam relates the history of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. He appeared many millions of years ago to protect His devotee Prahlāda by killing Hiraṅyakaśipu, Pra
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Kṛṣṅa's Occupational Therapy By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī AN OLD FILM, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, recounts the life of a Texas folk hero who brought law and order to the Wild West. Armed with a hefty law book, Bean
India’s Heritage1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998The Land of Gurus By Ravi Gupta MORE THAN ANY PLACE in the world, India is the land of gurus. Nearly every Hindu, in India or abroad, has a guru to turn to for advice. The Vedic scriptures present the teachings of great
Vedic Thoughts1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Compassion for the eternal soul is self-realization. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 2.1, purport Living beings entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be fr
From the Editor1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-03, 1998Enlightened Introspection INTROSPECTION. You need it. Take a break and think about what your life is about. Put your routine aside, put your plans aside, put your everything aside, and take the time to think: What is my
Welcome, New Readers1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998On page 51 of this issue, you’ll find Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s speech at the opening of a new temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The Prime Minister’s attendance at
Letters1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Who’s the Rāma in “Hare Rāma”? Why don’t you have to know the meaning of the words in the mahā-mantra in order for it to be effective? Does the word Rāma in the mantra refer to Lord Rāma of Rāmāyaṅa? Ajay J. via the Inte
Attaining a Spiritual Body1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998You can attain a spiritual, eternal body, full of bliss and knowledge. Here’s how. A lecture given in Mexico City on February 14, 1975 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the Interna
Lessons from the Road1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Ultimate Freedom By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami IMAGINE YOU ARE at the ancient forest known as Naimiṣāraṅya, hearing directly from the learned Sūta Gosvāmī. He has just finished describing the instructions given by the sage
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Cooking Class: Lesson 36 Syrup Sweets (PART 2) By Yamuna Devi OF ALL THE syrup sweets Śrīla Prabhupāda taught his disciples to make, the most famous is gulābjāmun, the focus of my last column. Gulābjāmuns have been a tra
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Drug Free By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī IT’S RATHER COMMON now in America—a sign proclaiming “Drug-free School.” But teachers, parents, and students know the idea is a joke. Intoxicants—tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine—rage th
Book Distribution1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Changing Minds and Hearts Compiled by Navīna Nīrada Dāsa HERE ARE SOME experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Kṛṣṅa consciousness through books by Śrīla Prabhupāda and his followers. Follow the Leader I
Krishna Consciousness Floods the Gateway of India1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998A thriving Kṛṣṅa conscious community blossoms in the heart of India’s most westernized city. By Kālakaṅṭha Dāsa MUMBAI (as Bombay is now officially called) is both India’s gateway to the West and the West’s gateway to In
Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998The Obstacle to the Royal Sacrifice King Yudhiṣṭhira, inspired to perform a great Vedic sacrifice, seeks the blessings of Lord Kṛṣṅa. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling
Calendar Close-up1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Śrīmatī Sītā Devī Appearance Day: August 27 Sītā Devī, or Sītā Ṭhākurāṅī, and her sister Śrī were both married to Śrīla Advaita Ācārya, a close associate of Lord Caitanya. The sisters were expansions of Yoga Māyā, the in
Special Prerogative1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Śrīla Prabhupāda stress the importance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa at least a certain number of times every day. By Girirāja Swami ONE OF MY MOST wonderful experiences in life came when I accompanied Śrīla Prabhupāda on his t
How I Came to Kṛṣṅa consciousness1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Service To A Higher Mission The French army wanted him—but so did Kṛṣṅa. By Rādhā Caraṅa Dāsa BORN INTO a French Jewish family on July 4, 1957, I had the privilege to receive a strict religious education throughout my ch
A Letter from a Grandfather1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998By Caitanya Vallabha Dāsa Dear Grandson, My heartiest congratulations to you for securing admission to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the top schools in the U.S.A. It is an achievement worth
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Dog Race in a Dangerous Place Here we conclude an exchange that took place between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples during a morning walk in Denver, Colorado, on June 28, 197
A Sanctified Union1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Hare Kṛṣṅa couples know from the start that their life together has a spiritual purpose. By Dhyāna-kuṅḍa Devī Dāsī IN MY MOTHER’S wedding photo, she holds a thin bunch of flowers as if she wished to hide it somewhere. Th
Every Town & Village1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) Worldwide News New Delhi Prime Minister of India Opens New ISKCON Cultural Center Speech by Śrī Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Honorable
The Vedic Observer1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day The Mighty Itching By Kālakaṅṭha Dāsa The world’s most mighty man, it seems, Is under seige again, Another lovely lady claims An after-hours’ sin. The charges may or may
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998No More Cows By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī DURING A conversation in Los Angeles in 1968, Śrīla Prabhupāda made a sobering prediction about what would happen if humanity continued its practice of cow slaughter: Devotee: You sai
India’s Heritage1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Who Is Worshipable? By Devāmṛta Dāsa THE Śrī Īśopaniṣad (Mantra 13) declares: anyad evāhuḥ sambhavād anyad āhur asambhavāt iti śuśruma dhīrāṅāṁ ye nas tad vicacakṣire “It is said that one result is obtained by worshiping
Vedic Thoughts1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998The sage feels transcendental pleasure in the gradual advancement of spiritual culture, whereas the man in materialistic activities, being asleep to self-realization, dreams of varieties of sense pleasure, feeling someti
From the Editor1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-04, 1998Praise for the Glory of India THE SECRET OF SUCCESS in spiritual life lies in satisfying the desires of the bona fide spiritual master. The spiritual master is understood to be the representative of Kṛṣṅa. So when the sp
Welcome1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998We human beings have the ability to search for truth. But since our limited, imperfect senses can deceive us, we can’t always be sure what’s true and what’s not. For example, what looks like a table is really atoms and s
Letters1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998Vedic Personality Index Many readers responded to our offer to analyze their responses to The Vedic Personality Index (May/June 1998). The results are quite varied. Some replies indicated a balance between goodness, pass
Even God's Killing Is Good will appear in the next issue.)1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998Even God's Killing Is Good A true devotee of the Lord loves to hear about all His activities, including those that seem violent. A lecture given in London on July 10, 1973 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Pra
Lessons from the Road1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998What is Real? By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami OUR IDEAS OF THE REAL and the unreal are formed early in life. Life is filled with sensual and subtle impressions that condition us to accept certain things and reject others. Tho
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998Cooking Class: Lesson 37 Kheer—Classic Milk Puddings By Yamuna Devi MORE?” “Aah, yes. More sweet rice please.” Or, “Mmm, some ambrosial sweet rice please.” Two typical requests for seconds on what devotees in ISKCON call
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998Preparing Your Child for Gurukula By Naṭaka Candrikā Devī Dāsī PARENTS OFTEN ASK what they can do to help prepare their child for entering gurukula, a Kṛṣṅa conscious school. Some parents first ask this question when the
Book Distribution1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998Irresistible Attraction Compiled by Navīna Nīrada Dāsa HERE ARE SOME letters of appreciation from recipients of Śrīla Prabhupāda's books: Ignited with the Fire Of Kṛṣṅa Consciousness I want to thank you for being a criti
New Delhi—Spotlight on India’s True Glory1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998Delhi’s new Hare Kṛṣṅa complex combines the ancient and the modern to proclaim Lord Kṛṣṅa's message. By Yudhiṣṭhira Dāsa On April 5, the auspicious day of Śrī Rāma Navamī (the appearance anniversary of Lord Rāmacandra),
Vedic Culture Is the Real Glory of India1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998The inaugural address of His Holiness Gopāl Krishna Goswami, ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner. RESPECTED Prime Minister, respected Lieutenant Governor, Ms. Claire Ward, and all devotees present: We are very happy that
Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998Jarāsandha Challenged Kṛṣṅa, Bhīma, and Arjuna, disguised as brāhmaṅas, beg charity from the wicked but charitable king. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history
The Vedic Observer1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day Ted’s Big Gift by Pañca Tattva Dāsa TED TURNER, founder of the Cable News Network (CNN) and vice chairman of Time Warner, pledged a donation of $1 billion last year to t
Every Town & Village1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) World News India The ISKCON centers in Calcutta and Śrīdhām Māyāpur, West Bengal, hosted interreligious conferences, one each, in M
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998“You Are Beyond This Body” This exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples took place in Fiji on May 1, 1976. Śrīla Prabhupāda: The Lord says, mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīv
Protecting Vraja's Sacred Groves1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998The pioneering work of WWF-India* and Friends of Vrindavan Text by Ranchor Dāsa EACH DAY, KṚṢṄA and the other cowherd boys used to go to the forest with the cows. Once, His friends became trapped by a forest fire, and th
Channeling: Extrasensory Deception?1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998“If the guides were not guides after all, who were they?” —Hungry Ghosts, by Joe Fisher, p. 202 SETH, RAMTHA, Lazaris, Mashiyach, Ashtar,—the vaguely biblical-sounding names have the ring of “prophet” to them. Indeed, fo
Calendar Close-up1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998Śrīla Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī Disappearance Day: October 3 Śrīla Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, a great devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was born in A.D. 1505. He was the son of Śrī Tapana Miśra, with whom Lord Caitanya
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998A Lesson from Prema By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī THERE’S NOTHING worse than a new convert,” admonished my grandmother. “They know just enough about their religion that they’re completely gung-ho about it, and not enough to ha
India’s Heritage1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998India at Fifty-one By Tattvavit Dāsa THE COVER STORY, “India Turning Fifty,” in National Geographic (May 1997) quoted Nehru, India’s first prime minister, as having said that, after independence from Britain, India would
Vedic Thoughts1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998The liberated soul who merges into the existence of the Lord is no better than the trees. Trees also stand in the Lord’s existence, because material energy and the Lord’s energy are the same. Similarly, the Brahman efful
Awakened Intelligence1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998by Draviḍa Dāsa kāmādīnāṁ kati na katidhā pālitā dūrnideśās teṣāṁ jātā mayi na karuṅā na trapā nopaśāntiḥ utsṛjyaitān atha yadu-pate sāmprataṁ labdha-buddhis tvām āyātaḥ śaraṅam abhayaṁ māṁ niyuṅkṣvātma-dāsye In how many
Notes from the Editor1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-05, 1998Have a Blast, O Tiger Among Men! ONE OF OUR BTG staff members suggested that I comment here on the nuclear blasts detonated, amidst considerable publicity, by India and her arch-rival Pakistan. I’m not much inclined to d
Welcome1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Some commentators have opined that the Bhagavad- gītā is an allegory. For example, the “Kurukshetra” mentioned in the first verse, they say, is a symbol for the body. But His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup
Letters1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Six-day Creation Please allow me to compliment you on your beautiful and inspiration- giving magazine. I have a couple of questions: (1) Three world religions, namely Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, say that God create
What Is the Hare Kṛṣṅa Movement?1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Founded in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) carries on in the modern world a great ancient tradition rooted in the Bhagavad-gītā,
Happiness Beyond the Senses1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998We can never be fully satisfied even with unrivaled material pleasures. A lecture given in London on August 8, 1973 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for
Lessons from the Road1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998The Power of Initiation By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami WHENEVER I READ about Nārada Muni in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, I am reminded of the power of initiation into Kṛṣṅa conscious life. Nārada was only five when his spiritual m
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Class Dismissed By Yamuna Devi BACK TO GODHEAD’S first cooking column was penned by author and photographer Viśākhā Devī Dāsī. Seasoned with wit and wisdom, her columns consistently served us with food for spiritual thou
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Meditation—While Watching Children? By Ūrmilā Devī Dāsī IT’S 5:20 IN THE MORNING. For twenty minutes I’ve been chanting the mahā-mantra on my beads: Hare Kṛṣṅa, Hare Kṛṣṅa, Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma,
Book Distribution1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Mercy in the Factories Compiled by Navīna Nīrada Dāsa HERE ARE SOME experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Kṛṣṅa consciousness through books by Śrīla Prabhupāda and his followers. Śrīla Prabhupāda's Ble
Spiritual Places1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Kurukshetra—The Land of Dharma War and pious deeds have often come together at this ancient North Indian site. By Lokanāth Swami KURUKSHETRA, about one hundred miles north of New Delhi, is best known as the place where t
Śrīla Prabhupāda at Kurukshetra1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998SUMATI MORARJI [see “Departures,” page 32], who in 1965 gave Śrīla Prabhupāda free passage to America on her steamship Jaladuta, remembered meeting Śrīla Prabhupāda at Kurukshetra for the first time during the 1950s. Śrī
Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Bhīma fights Jarāsandha The tyrant Jarāsandha accepts a challenge from the mightiest of the Pāṅḍava brothers. Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda Dāsa Goswami The sage Vaiśampāyana is telling the history of the Pāṅḍ
Every Town & Village1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America The Bhaktivedanta Archives released its upgraded version of the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase in August, on Janmā
Departures1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998SUMATI MORARJI, the former director of the Scindia steamship line who provided Śrīla Prabhupāda free passage to America in 1965, passed away last July in Mumbai. Śrīla Prabhupāda wrote regularly to Mrs. Morarji, especial
Project Profile1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Children of Krishna, Inc. Motto “Helping Hare Kṛṣṅa Youth Help Themselves” Headquarters Alachua, Florida, U.S.A. Project Directors Anuttama Dāsa, Badrinārāyaṅa Dāsa, Dhīra Govinda Dāsa, Jāhnavī Devī Dāsī, Kṛṣṅa Avatāra D
Śrīla Prabhupāda's Equal Vision1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998He wanted the whole world to know Kṛṣṅa. By Girirāja Swami UPON THE invitation of the Gita Bhavan (“Gita Center”), in December 1970 Śrīla Prabhupāda and a party of disciples traveled to Indore, in the Indian state of Mad
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998President Big Pig Here we conclude an exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and some of his disciples, which took place in Fiji on May 1, 1976. Disciple: Well, Śrīla Prabhupāda, that’s soc
The Vedic Observer1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day Swept Away By the Sweeps by Amala Bhakta Dāsa ENTERING SWEEPSTAKES is a symptom of the gambling mentality—the desire to become extremely wealthy by risking a little mone
Best Friends1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998In the broken remnants of a beautiful relationship, a young woman discovers the real meaning of friendship. By Dvārakādhīśa Devī Dāsī JONI LIVED IN THE HOUSE across the street. She had long blonde hair and could roller-s
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998A Devotee in Pink By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī GET ALL YOUR NECESSITIES from the land,” Śrīla Prabhupāda often told devotees. Rural self-sufficiency promotes simple living, which helps reduce material desires to make way for
India’s Heritage1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Don’t Be Shy—Chant! By Ravi Gupta ON THE FIRST OF January this year, at our ISKCON center in Boise, Idaho, we held a “japathon”—an eight-hour session of japa (chanting the Hare Kṛṣṅa mantra on beads). It was a spirituall
From the Editor1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Signing Off I HAVE DECIDED to resign as editor in chief. The time has come for us at BTG to start handing the magazine over to a younger generation of devotees—the young people born and raised in the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement,
Vedic Thoughts1998 / Back to Godhead Magazine #32-06, 1998Kṛṣṅa is the supreme father, and all living entities within the material world are exactly like misled children of a wealthy man who have left home to loiter in the street. Therefore the greatest benefit one can bestow u