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Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 20042004 / #38-01 / 14 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 20042004 / #38-03 / 14 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 20042004 / #38-04 / 15 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 20042004 / #38-05 / 14 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 20042004 / #38-06 / 15 articles

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Welcome2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004The year 2004 marks the sixtieth anniversary of Back to Godhead. When His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda launched the magazine in India, it was his first major effort toward fulfilling the mission he'd Letters2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004Innocent Killers? I was reading the book on self-realization by Śrīla Prabhupāda. In one chapter, when he talks about bhagya [fortune] he says that our every material success, failure, and achievement is predetermined. I Founder's Lecture - The Real Thing is Bhakti2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004Vṛndāvana, India—August 15, 1974 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Lord Kṛṣṅa tells us how He reveals Himself to us in many ways From Ear To Eternity - The Spiritual Dimensions of Sound2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004The Vedic literature reveals the sounds that can truly awaken the soul. by Satyaraja Dāsa What?" asks my eighty-three-year-old mother. This has become something of a personal mantra for her. Her hearing has been going fo Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004"Education for Eating, Sleeping, Mating and Defending Will Not Satisfy" This conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and the mother of one of his students, along with a Jesuit priest, t

Melukote - Dear to Rāmānuja's Heart

2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004This South Indian hill temple served as a refuge for many Vaiṣṅavas during the Mogul era, including one of the greatest saints of Indian history. by Adbhuta Hari Dāsa Melukote sits on a hill about thirty miles north of M

Visiting Melukote2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004How to Get There Melukote is about thirty miles north of Mysore. Take a bus or taxi from Mysore to Melukote. The closest airport to Mysore is in Bangalore, ninety miles away. Several trains run between Mysore and Bangalo

Post-Woodstock Bliss2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004Twelve city festivals keep spirits high for the team of devotees who presented Kṛṣṅa consciousness to hundreds of thousands at the Polish Woodstock. by Indradyumna Swami It took fifty devotees three full days to break do

How My Cancer Became a Blessing2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004"I resolved to spend the rest of my life cultivating devotional remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṅa." by Surapriya Devī Dāsī On August 18, 2002, my life took a fateful turn. A persistent leg-pain was diagnosed as being caused by m

Climbing from the Street Back to Kṛṣṅa's Lotus Feet2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004The mercy of guru and Kṛṣṅa salvaged a life of degradation born of childhood abuse. by Yoginatha Dāsa When Tota Gopinatha Dāsa arrives at the Chilliwack Community Services building driving a shiny black Harley Davidson m

Hare Kṛṣṅa Youth On Tour2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004"Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all."—Helen Keller by Manu Dāsa and Jaya Radhe Devī Dāsī In the spirit of Prabhupāda's young disciples in the '70s, a new generation hits the roads of America with Kṛṣṅa's names

Is Kṛṣṅa Our Master or Our Servant?2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004Because Kṛṣṅa's name has immense spiritual power, we must be careful how we use it. by Urmila Devī Dāsī This is the third in a series of articles on offenses to be avoided by anyone trying to progress spiritually by chan

From the Editor - The king of Books2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004Back to Godhead has inevitably undergone changes over its sixty-year history. When Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples took up the service of producing the magazine, he gave them general guidelines and left most of the details

Vedic Thoughts2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-01, 2004If one sincerely searches for spiritual salvation, then Kṛṣṅa, being situated in everyone's heart, gives him the intelligence to find a suitable spiritual master. By the grace of a spiritual master . . . , one gets the p

Welcome2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004IN THIS ISSUE we accompany Canadian-born Bhaktimarga Swami on his second walk across Canada, and we follow a group of Hare Krsna devotees on their annual touring festival through East Africa. Both the swami and the tour

Letters2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004A Guiding Light There have been many times when, living in this world, something has me down. It seems that around that time, I’ve had BTG suddenly arrive at my doorstep. Every issue is a guiding light, a path in the dir

Founder’s Lecture - Freedom from Fear2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004Paris—June 13, 1974 The key to fearlessness is to rise above material existence by connecting with the supreme controller. by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Socie

Initiation Into Spiritual Life2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004“Initiation is never altogether futile. It changes the outlook of the disciple on life.” By Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura The ceremony of diksa, or initiation, is that by which the spiritual preceptor admits on

Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004“What Is A ‘Good Life?’” Here we continue a conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and the mother of one of his students, along with a Jesuit priest. It took place in the garden at Bha

Another Moon Rises Over East Africa2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004East Africans are attaining freedom from material life, thanks to Lord Caitanya’s moon of chanting and dancing. By Tattvavit Dasa ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, 2003, the Metropolitan Police of London closed streets to traffic, and

Are We Special?2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004Our human intelligence places us above the animals, but its misuse poses the greatest threat. By Caitanya Carana Dasa THE IMPENETRABLE SHELL of the tortoise, the breathtaking swiftness of the leopard, the incredible abil

Vedic Observer2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004Transcendental Commentary On the Issues of the Day: The Bad Brains Behind Mad Cow Disease By Satyaraja Dasa The writing is on the wall. As of January 2, 2004, it became clear that meat-eating is risky business. An MSNBC

Let Go And Let Krsna2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004Because the origin of all fear and anxiety is separation from Krsna, the cure is to take shelter of Him. By Arcana-siddhi Devi Dasi I REMEMBER AS A CHILD climbing up the metal ladder of what seemed like a towering playgr

When the Road Becomes a Temple2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004Finding spiritual inspiration and giving it to others, a Hare Krsna swami completes his second cross-Canada trek. Text by Bhaktimarga Swami I JOINED KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS thirty years ago and recently turned fifty. On thes

Marvels of Mahaprabhu2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004Because Lord Caitanya is Krsna Himself, He can easily appear in seven places at once, revive the nearly dead, and make animals dance and chant. By Amala-bhakta Dasa This is the last in a series of three articles describi

In Memoriam - Sridhar Swami2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004In Memoriam - Sridhara Swami His Holiness Sridhara Swami Maharaja passed away in Mayapur, West Bengal, on March 14. Affectionately known as “the jolly Swami,” Sridhara Swami Maharaja was an early disciple of Srila Prabhu

From the Editor2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004Don’t Preach to Me OVERZEALOUS EVANGELISTS have given preaching a bad name. That’s why, when I edit articles about the Hare Krsna movement’s attempts to spread the message of Lord Krsna, I routinely replace the word prea

Vedic Thoughts2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-03, 2004Everyone is searching after peace of mind. This is obtainable only when one is completely freed from the desire for material sense gratification and is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. His Divine Grace A. C

Welcome2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004Welcome to Our Special Panca-Tattva Edition THIS ISSUE is dedicated to a momentous event in the history of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON): the inauguration of the worship of life-sized deiti

Letters2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004A Sense of Belonging I have finally found what I have been searching for my entire life. I have always been spiritual but never had an organized religion that filled my needs. I almost gave up and resigned myself to bein

Founder’s Lecture - The Rising Sun and Moon2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004Mayapur, India March 26, 1975 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness In the late fifteenth century, Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityanand

Precious Cargo2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004By Braja-sevaki Devi Dasi The sun and moon of Lord Caitanya and Nityananda are wonderful because They have appeared simultaneously. Descendents of a long line of South Indian deity carvers cast the Panca-tattva deities a

Majestic Commentary On a Memorable Event2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004Praises of the members of the Panca-tattva by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s main biographers capture the significance of the Mayapur installation. AN ORDINARY PERSON knows few words that can describe an event as vibrant, hum

Poetry2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004Twice in One Age They Come By Braja-sevaki Devi Dasi A gold moon shines in the Bengal sky; grace descends to earth; A village on the Ganga’s edge, unknown in its true worth; Five separate personalities, the form of God c

One Lord in Five Features2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004The members of the Panca-tattva characterize the inconceivable unity and variety of the Absolute Truth. By Satyaraja Dasa ALTHOUGH Lord Caitanya is the incarnation of Krsna for the current age, He is generally unknown be

Matter to Spirit2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004The Anatomy of a Deity Installation Vedic rites and mantras mark the appearance of Sri Panca-tattva in their deity forms. By Sri Prahlada Dasa and Braja-sevaki Devi Dasi AS THE FESTIVITIES and formalities unfolded in the

In Memoriam - Jagajivana Dasa2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004The staff of Back to Godhead would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Jagajivana Dasa, who passed away on May 2 in Clearwater, Florida. He was a Back to Godhead associate editor. Jagaj

Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004Advanced in foolishness This exchange between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place in Mayapur, India, on January 16, 1976. Srila Prabhupada: If a man does not read th

Hare Krsna People2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004Actions Speak Volumes A quiet, unassuming devotee from Australia has played a major role in bringing the Panca-tattva deities to Mayapur. By Braja-sevaki Devi Dasi AS THE preparations for the installation of Sri Sri Panc

Reaping What They Sew2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004A team of women from around the world meet the king-sized challenge of sewing outfits for Sri Panca-tattva in time for their installation. By Braja-sevaki Devi Dasi GROUP OF BUBBLY, CHATTING women, their colorful saris r

An Outsider’s View2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004A visit to Mayapur proves to be an unforgettable experience for a group from the Emerald Isle. By John Alexander John Alexander and his group of fourteen children and five adults from a school in Dublin, Ireland, visited

Guest Editorial2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004Prabhupada’s Desire Fulfilled INSTALLING A WORSHIPABLE deity begins in a conception stage, when the desire or thought manifests in the heart and mind of one person. In the case of Sri Panca-tattva in Mayapur, nearly thir

Vedic Thoughts2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-04, 2004Send your favorite quotations to: Vedic Thoughts, Back to Godhead, P. O. Box 430, Alachua, FL 32616, USA. Locana Dasa Thakura declares that the two Lords Nitai-Gauracandra—Lord Nitai and Lord Caitanya—are very merciful.

Welcome2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004IN THIS ISSUE we hear about the life and glorious passing of one of the Hare Krsna movement’s pioneers, His Holiness Sridhara Swami. Known as “the jolly swami,” he joined Srila Prabhupada’s fledgling movement in 1969 and

Letters2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004A Seed Bears Fruit Many years ago, and it seems like lifetimes now, I had two high school friends who were a couple of years older than I and were Hare Krsna devotees. We used to go on the weekends to the Potomac, Maryla

Founder’s Lecture - Remember Krsna at the End2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004Paris—June 14, 1974 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness The success of whatever we do in life will be tested by our ability to rem

Respect for Those Who Give the Holy Name2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004Lord Krsna reveals Himself through His holy names to chanters who honor and obey His agents. By Urmila Devi Dasi This is the fifth in a series of articles on offenses to be avoided when trying to progress spiritually by

Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004“Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, Milk–Why Should You Kill the Animals?” Here we continue a conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and the mother of one of his students, along with a Jesuit

The Jolly Swami2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004A friend, dear to many, leaves a legacy of humor, grace, and spiritual insight. By Adbhuta Hari Dasa and Kalakantha Dasa When His Holiness Sridhara Swami left this world on March 14, 2004, it was on his terms—in holy May

A Hero’s Welcome2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004This excerpt from Diary of a Traveling Preacher, by Indradyumna Swami, begins outside the Calcutta airport. Indradyumna Swami is helping Sridhara Swami (referred to here as “Maharaja”) make his final journey to Mayapur.

Srila Prabhupada and the Sixth Commandment2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004When meeting with followers of the Bible, Prabhupada would invariably urge them to stop the killing of animals. By Satyaraja Dasa At a recent interreligious conference, I happened to mention that we devotees of Krsna are

The Commandment and Diet2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004Several studies discuss the significance of “Thou shalt not kill” from a vegetarian point of view. The most noted work from this perspective would be Aaron Frankel’s “Thou Shalt Not Kill”—The Torah of Vegetarianism, publ

Srila Prabhupada 108 Celebration2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004A Special Year Begins By Lokanath Swami The year beginning on Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja this September and ending with his Vyasa Puja in 2005 marks the 108th anniversary of his birth. While everyone honors 100th anniversar

Seed of a Sage Vision2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004By the shores of the Ganges in Mayapur, West Bengal, an educational institution is arising to fulfill a global prophesy of ISKCON’s founder/acarya, Srila Prabhupada. By Suresvara Dasa Although his friends in Melbourne, A

Spiritual Places2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004Pilgrimage To Bangladesh Hare Krsna devotees from the West make a rare visit to sites in Bangladesh connected with Lord Caitanya’s movement. By Indradyumna Swami January 30–February 10, 2004 The Bangladesh ambassador had

From the Editor2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004A Near-Life Experience Near-death experiences change people, often starting them on a sincere spiritual search. But they only happen to people extremely close to death who live to tell about it. So most of us won’t get t

Vedic Thoughts2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-05, 2004One who takes shelter of the Supreme Lord has nothing to fear, even in the midst of the greatest calamity. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Bhagavad-gita As It Is 1.19, Purport Krsna is the Supreme P

Welcome2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004IN THIS ISSUE we visit Nashik, a holy site whose history traces to the remote past. In a previous age, Lord Kapila performed austerities there. Much later, Lord Rama chose it as the site for His ashram. Still later, the

Letters2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004Bangladesh Pioneers Congratulations on another excellent issue of BTG [Sept/Oct]. I especially liked the article about my dear friend Sridhara Swami, and the article on Bangladesh by Indradyumna Swami was quite enjoyable

Founder’s Lecture - Symptoms of the Liberated2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004Paris—June 15, 1974 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness How we can recognize a person truly free from the influence of material na

Srila Prabhupada’s Visit to Venezuela2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004For seven days in 1975, devotees in Caracas basked in the presence of the ambassador of the spiritual world. By Jagat Caksur Dasa In the ’70s, Srila Prabhupada and his disciples traveled all over the globe spreading the

Spritual Places2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004Nashik Lord Rama’s Home in Exile When Lord Rama asked the sage Agastya to suggest an area where He could build a hermitage, Agastya directed Him to this place. By Adbhuta Hari Dasa As described in Valmiki’s Ramayana, at

The Origin of Triambakeshwar2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004From Siva Purana Once the sage Gautama performed great penance to invoke rain. When the deva Varuna, who is in charge of water, appeared before him, Gautama requested him to cause it to rain. Varuna replied that if Gauta

At Home in Panchavati2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004From Ramayana, By Kamala Subramaniam (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, 1988). They had arrived at Panchavati. Rama looked around and said: “Lakshmana, this is the place which was indicated by the sage Agastya. Look at tho

Culture? What Culture?2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004The mistreatment of cows rips the fabric of India’s esteemed heritage. By Braja Sevaki Devi Dasi The I-5 freeway that runs between Los Angeles and San Francisco is a long, straight stretch of road. The landscape is borde

Srila Prabhupada 108 Celebration2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004Bhurida: The Most Munificent By Lokanath Swami While devotees from far and wide offered prasadam to Lord Jagannatha during the Rathayatra festival, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stopped His dancing and went to a nearby garden.

Vedic Observer2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004Transcendental Commentary On the Issues of the Day Artificial Rains: Imaginary Gainsand Real Pains By Caitanya Carana Dasa ”Artificial rains soothe Maharashtra.” Headlines like these have been a frequent sight in recent

How I Came to Krsna Conscoiusness2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004Punk and Krsna In a Teabag By Priya-kirti Dasa “The Hare Krsnas shaved their heads like us, so they couldn’t be that bad.” The following is dedicated to His Holiness Sridhara Swami, who asked me to write about this exper

Youth On a Mission2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004From saving Krsna’s temple, to spreading Krsna’s message to other youth, Pandava Sena celebrates its tenth anniversary. By Nima Suchak Pandava Sena is the student arm of ISKCON UK, and one of Britain’s most dynamic youth

Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004“There Must Be Four Classes In Society” Here we continue a conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and the mother of one of his students, along with a Jesuit priest. It took place in th

From the Editor2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004Categories of Truth A POPULAR HINDU magazine recently ran a two-page color spread on ISKCON’s installation of the Panca-tattva deities in Mayapur. I was happy to see that the magazine’s subscribers are being blessed by t

Vedic Thoughts2004 / Back to Godhead Magazine #38-06, 2004Srimad-Bhagavatam is the topmost theological science, and therefore it can react on the laymen as medicinal doses. Because it contains the transcendental activities of the Lord, there is no difference between the Lord an