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Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 20152015 / #49-01 / 16 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 20152015 / #49-02 / 13 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 20152015 / #49-03 / 17 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 20152015 / #49-04 / 13 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 20152015 / #49-05 / 14 articles Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 20152015 / #49-06 / 17 articles

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Welcome2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015The Vedic literature tells of bygone ages when godly kings ruled the world. Guided by self-realized souls, they used their positions to engage the citizens in the primary aim of human life: the awakening of pure love for Founder's Lecture - Approved Inquiry2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015Paris, June 9, 1974 Self-realized souls direct us to the most profitable subject for life's endless questions and answers. variyan esha te prashnah krito loka-hitam nripa atmavit-sammatah pumsam shrotavyadishu yah parah Letters2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015Spiritual Life Hampered When all things go well, then our spiritual life also goes well. But why is our spiritual life hampered when we fall into some material difficulties? Modim Verma Via the Internet Our reply: Even i Dallying with Material Enjoyment2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place on May 30, 1974, during a morning walk in Rome. Srila Prabhupada: If people do not want to app A Pause for Prayer2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015[Priests conducting a sacrifice on behalf of Lord Ramacandra prayed:] O Lord, You are the master of the entire universe. What have You not given to us? You have entered the core of our hearts and dissipated the darkness

Fulfilling Our Longing for Love

2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015by Caitanya Carana Dasa Five reasons why loving Krishna is the answer to the question of love. Love is our innermost longing. Gita wisdom declares that our longing for love is best fulfilled when we learn to love Krishna

e-Krishna2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015www.gitadaily.com is an online version of the book The Gita for Daily Enrichment, by Back to Godhead associate editor Caitanya Carana Dasa. The aim of the site is to present insights from the Bhagavad-gita for your daily

Book Excerpt2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015A Sheltered King By Krishna Dharma The story of a great Vedic king illustrates the character of Krishna's pure devotees and His unfailing support for them. Footnote on opening page: Adapted from Brilliant As The Sun: A S

Can God Be Immoral?2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015by Mukundamala Dasa Great spiritual authorities like Vyasadeva and Sukadeva Gosvami praise Lord Krishna's apparently immoral acts. When we tell someone that we worship Lord Krishna, they are often taken by surprise: “How

The Taste of Devotion2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015by Navina Syama Dasa Only in our relationship with Krishna can we achieve the full satisfaction that escapes us in the temporary things of this world. The concept of rasa is pivotal to understanding Gaudiya Vaishnava phi

Krishna, the Reservoir of Compassion2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015Lord Krishna enters the battlefield of Kurukshetra overtly as the charioteer of Arjuna but covertly as the apostle of compassion. Compassion can be defined as a passion to obviate or alleviate others' distress, and someo

How I Came to Krishna Consciousness2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015Making Progress Toward Seeing the Lord By Ravikant Jagtap He could not see the Lord, but the Lord, seeing him, drew him close after his long search for truth. Right from my childhood I had serious health problems. At fiv

An Introduction to Bhagavad-gita As It Is2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015As the potpourri of my spiritual experiences was cooking, my friend Sharad became a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). We would have soulful discussions on spiritual topics for hours

The Nature of the Self: A Gaudiya Vaishnava Understanding2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa Vaishnava Vedanta resolves an apparent contradiction in the Upanishads, which assert both the identity between the individual soul and the Supreme Soul and their difference. The Sparks of God The

What Does God Sound Like?2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015By Satyaraja Dasa "O lotus-eyed one, Your sweet voice and charming words, which attract the minds of the intelligent, are bewildering us more and more."–Gopis to Sri Krishna, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.31.8 It might seem naive

Vedic Thoughts2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-01, 2015In the phenomenal world three things are factually observed by any intelligent man: the living beings, the manifest world, and the ultimate control over them. The intelligent man can see that neither the living entity no

Welcome2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015The founder of the Hare Krsna movement, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, sailed to America from India in 1965. He was on a mission to deliver an urgent two-part message to everyone in the world: per

Letters2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015Keats's Immortal Bird I refer to an article of your September/October 2014 issue, entitled "Taking Shelter." It reminded me of a poem I learnt many, many years back at school, "Ode to a Nightingale," where the author, Ke

Founder's Lecture - Initiation Lecture2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015June 18, 1976, Toronto Why We Must Purify Our Existence Our inability to secure the complete happiness we all seek points to our diseased condition. The Sanskrit word for initiation is diksa. As stated in an authoritativ

Every Body Is Miserable2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place in Rome in May 1974. Srila Prabhupada: People are doing all kinds of forbidden activities. Why

Is Religion the Opium of the Masses?2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015by Caitanya Carana Dasa Close examination of this old charge against religion raises the opposite question: Might atheism be the opium? “Religion is the opium of the masses” is the argument often used by atheists to dism

The Ultimate Rescue Mission2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015by Purushottam Kumar Out of His infinite mercy, Lord Krsna descended as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to deliver us from our inevitable suffering in the material world. People in India are generally able to understand that God

A Texas-sized Temple with Room to Grow2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015by Sarvabhauma Dasa A dedicated congregation has developed the Hare Krsna temple in Houston into a vibrant center of devotion. Texas is a big state, but Srila Prabhupada's disciple Dina Bandhu Dasa recalls how the Intern

Matchless Gifts, the Movie: A Case of Spiritual Serendipity2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015By Satyaraja Dasa An early film about Srila Prabhupada in New York, misplaced by his first disciples, resurfaces at just the right time. After first arriving in America in September of 1965, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhakti

Arjuna and Us2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015by Visakha Devi Dasi Like Arjuna, we have attachments, hopes, fears, guilt, and confusion. And a similar path to happiness. Recently, in rereading the first chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, I felt something I hadn’t before–

Bhaktivedanta Hospice: Aid for the Journey Home2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015Shortly before passing away in Vrindavan, a devotee requested her spiritual master to establish a “Back to Godhead” clinic there for Srila Prabhupada’s followers. by Visakha Priya Dasi In his book Mathura Mahatmya, the g

e-Krishna2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015Many ISKCON farm communities around the world are fulfilling Srila Prabhupada's wish that devotees create self-sustaining rural projects. He wanted these farms to be the perfect places to practice Krsna consciousness and

The Alarm Is Ringing2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015After Lord Visnu created the raw materials for the universe, the Vedic literature tells us, the first created being to appear was Brahma. He didn't know who he was, where he was, or what he was supposed to do. Sound fami

Vedic Thoughts2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-02, 2015Religious systems are meant to show the existence of God, who is then generally approached as the cosmic order-supplier. But Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s transcendental mission is to distribute love of Godhead to every

Welcome2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015Shatakshi Goyal, the author of the cover story in this issue, grew up in Boise, Idaho, where she was home-schooled and later earned an engineering degree at age eighteen. She worked in her profession for two years before

Letters2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015Inspired by Selfless Sacrifice The Nov/Dec 2014 edition of Back to Godhead provided interesting content. If I had to single out any particular one, the "Inspiring Journey" of Bhagavan Malwadkar was my favored read. To em

Founder's Lecture - Somehow Fix Your Mind on Krsna2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015Vrindavan, India, October 26, 1972 Any contact with Krsna purifies our consciousness and gradually qualifies us for eternal loving exchanges with Him. Pradyumna Dasa, Srila Prabhupada's Sanskrit editor, begins reading Th

Book Excerpt2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015The Authority of the Puranas by Srila Jiva Gosvami The preeminent philosopher in Caitanya Mahaprabhu's line explains why, in this age, the Puranas are essential for accessing the Absolute Truth. [Footnote on first page:

A Spiritually Deepening Experience: The International Vaisnavi Retreat2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015by Shatakshi Goyal "I felt grateful, and enriched with wisdom, realizations, service, association, and inspiration." I rushed home from my dance practice, grabbed my suitcases, and ran with my mother to catch the bus. Ju

An Initiative for Spiritual Care2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015The International Vaisnavi Retreat is a fruit of the work of the GBC Devotee Care Committee. The first retreat was organized in 2011 in Govardhan by the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education (VIHE) to offer spiritual

Bad Government2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and members of the United Nations World Health Organization took place in Geneva on June 6, 1974. Srila Prabhupada: All over the wo

Are You Having PL?2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015by Krsna Dhana Dasa What some call fanaticism might more fittingly be called single-pointed focus. Before I began serving as the temple president of ISKCON Nasik (Maharashtra, India), I was an engineer by profession, and

Pavarga: A Lesson in Sanskrit and the Miseries of Material Existence2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015By Satyaraja Dasa Vaisnava acaryas have given us a key to remember our plight in the material world and inspire us to move beyond it. The world is a mixed bag; we know that. Good and bad permeate our lives. Sometimes we

Finding Ultimate Meaning2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015By Nikunja Vilasini Devi Dasi Is life meaningless until we give it meaning? A young woman from South Africa, where I live, is a candidate for the Mars One project, the brainchild of a Netherlands-based group hoping to se

Merging or Meeting: The River-Ocean Metaphor Revisited2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015by Caitanya Carana Dasa “The goal of life is to merge into God.” This is a widespread notion in spiritual circles, and spiritualists who adhere to it are called impersonalists. They believe that the ultimate reality is i

The Power of Krsna’s Smile2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015by Tosana Nimai Dasa The curve that sets everything straight. Nowadays I find myself increasingly cautious when sending emails or pinging my friends on messengers. This is not because I’m worried about privacy or securit

Yes, You are Special!2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015by Ajit Nimai Dasa What is the source of our natural craving for distinction, and can it ever be satisfied? Every conditioned soul wants to be special, but most souls in this world realize sooner or later that they are j

e-Krishna2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015www.vedicsky.net is the result of Anand Laksmanan’s desire to find a way to distribute Krsna conscious literature as far and wide as possible. When he ran the bookshop at the ISKCON temple in Adelaide, Australia, Anand f

A Pause for Prayer2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015O Lord, You never deviate from Your vow, which is always perfect because whatever You decide is perfectly correct and cannot be stopped by anyone. Being present in the three phases of cosmic manifestation–creation, maint

From the Editor2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015The Ocean in a Bottle Vilasini checks my heartbeat, temperature, and blood pressure, pokes my arm with a syringe, and then makes her incision. Fortunately, my six-year-old granddaughter's plastic scalpel couldn't cut any

Vedic Thoughts2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-03, 2015If one can accept the subtle body of a dream as false and not identify oneself with that body, then certainly an awake person need not identify with the gross body. As one who is awake has no connection with the activiti

Welcome2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015In 1966, Srila Prabhupada led his followers in what was probably the first public chanting (kirtana) of Krsna’s names outside India. The three-hour kirtana in New York's Tompkins Square Park attracted attention, and publ

Letters2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015The Sound of God Satyaraja Dasa's recent article "What Does God Sound Like?" [Jan/Feb 2015] nicely elaborated on this fascinating theme central to all religious conviction, especially within our personalist Vaisnava trad

Founder's Lecture - Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Mood of Worship2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015Mayapur, West Bengal, June 27, 1973 Knowing that Krsna is difficult to attain, Lord Caitanya and the devotees in His line sustain their lives by service in separation. nyarundhann udgalad baspam autkanthyad devaki-sute n

Rathayatra: When the Lord Comes Out, Let’s Invite Him In2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015Caitanya Carana Dasa When the Lord of the universe rides His chariot along city streets throughout the world, beneath the colorful spectacle lie profound devotional truths. This year, some of us will see on a street in o

How I Came to Krsna Consciousness2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015My Sources of Inspiration By Prema Vilasa Dasa A doctor in residency finds that the key to fulfilling the great American dream is not what he expected. My alarm goes off at six thirty. It’s Sunday morning. I take a showe

Srila Prabhupada: Our Founder-Acarya2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015The Spiritual Masters Echoing the command of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Prabhupada urged his strict followers to become gurus and spread Krsna consciousness everywhere. by Suresvara Dasa To honor the fiftieth anniver

Harinama Sankirtana: Taking Krsna’s Name to the Streets2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015By Satyaraja Dasa In the mid 1970s the rock band The Doobie Brothers had a hit song called “Takin’ It to the Streets.” It proclaimed man’s brotherhood and the importance of broadcasting this truth where everyone could he

The Sweet Holy Name2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015madhura-madhuram etan mangalam mangalanam sakala-nigama-valli-sat-phalam cit-svarupam sakrd api parigitam sraddhaya helaya va bhrguvara nara-matram tarayet Krsna -nama "Krsna’s name is the sweetest of the sweet and the m

Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015Structuring a Sane Society The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and members of the United Nations World Health Organization took place in Geneva on June 6, 1974. WHO me

e-Krishna2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015The year is filled with celebrations of the activities of Lord Krsna, Lord Caitanya, and many Vaisnava acaryas. There are appearance and disappearance days, Ekadasi fasts, and many other occasions to remember the Lord, H

A Pause for Prayer2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015Sri Vyasa said: O master of the demigods, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O Lord who grants desires, obeisances to You. Obeisances to You, who are Lord Ananta Sesa. Obeisances to You, who are directly Lord Rama. Eterna

Just Chant2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015Some years ago I wrote an editorial about the challenge of coming up with a one-line reply to the question "What is Hare Krsna ?" The cover story of this issue of BTG suggests one possibility: "It's a worldwide movement

Vedic Thoughts2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-04, 2015The materialist thinks that persons engaged in Krsna consciousness are crazy fellows wasting time by chanting Hare Krsna, but actually he does not know that he himself is in the darkest region of craziness because of acc

Welcome2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015This issue of Back to Godhead coincides with the thirtieth anniversary of the opening of the Sri Sri Radha-Radhanatha Temple of Understanding in Durban, South Africa. It also coincides with the fortieth anniversary of a

A Pause for Prayer2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015Sri Devaki said: My dear Lord, there are different Vedas, some of which describe You as unperceivable through words and the mind. Yet You are the origin of the entire cosmic manifestation. You are Brahman, the greatest o

The Professional Reciters Praise King Pthu2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015Despite King Pthu's humble protests, professional reciters continue to speak of the greatness of his upcoming godly reign. eṣa dharma-bhṛtāṁ śreṣṭho lokaṁ dharme 'nuvartayan goptā ca dharma-setūnāṁ śāstā tat-paripanthinā

Srila Prabhupada's Giant Step2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015The events we're commemorating in this issue could never have taken place without the occurrence of an earlier event that also coincides with this issue. Fifty years ago, on September 17, 1965, the cargo ship Jaladuta do

Three Pillars of ISKCON Durban2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015by Krsangi Radhe Devi Dasi A close-up look at three of the temple's thirty-two departments. I have just returned home after a festival at the temple and still feel the positive energy, warmth, and love shared among many

Letters2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015Why the Insecurity? Hare Krsna. I have a good family and a job that allows me to keep my family happy. So why am I always feeling insecure? Sanjay Mallick Via the Internet Our reply: The feeling of insecurity indicates t

The Sun Behind the Rainbow2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015Durban's Sri Sri Radha-Radhanatha Temple of Understanding opened thirty years ago, after many struggles during South Africa's apartheid era. By Nikunja Vilasini Devi Dasi A rainbow never ceases to capture my eyes and daz

Interview with His Holiness Partha Sarathi Dasa Goswami2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015Partha Sarathi Dasa Goswami, originally from England, is a much loved devotee in South Africa. Maybe that's because he is the only devotee since the initial days of ISKCON in South Africa who has braved the storms and ne

Sprouting Bhakti on Campus2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015By Rukmini Devi Dasi South Africa is ready for Krsna consciousness, with BYS students leading the way. I see his mane of bobbing dreadlocks. Over one shoulder hangs a backpack with a button that reads “Proudly South Afri

BBT Africa at Work2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015By Mukundaghri Dasa Africa is “young and growing,” the Economist magazine says. With its abundant mineral resources, growing population, swelling market, and emerging workforce, Africa is a dormant giant waiting to rise.

Founder's Lecture - Delivering the Message of Krsna2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015October 7, 1975 The Krsna consciousness movement is not a new creation but is simply presenting the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita for the benefit of the whole world. Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your

The Solution to Food Shortages2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015The following exchange took place after a talk by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada before the World Health Organization, in Geneva, on June 6, 1974. WHO member: Your Divine Grace, do you have any sug

Srila Prabhupada: Our Founder-Acarya2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015The Founder-Acarya Principle Although the English-Sanskrit compound “founder-acarya” is less than a century old, its seeds in the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition date from the time of Lord Caitanya. By Suresvara Dasa To obser

Vedic Thoughts2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-05, 2015There is nothing in the world with which the Lord is disconnected. The only thing we must learn is to excavate the source of connection and thus be linked with Him by offenseless service. We can be connected with Him by

Welcome2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015This issue coincides with the holy month of Karttika, during which devotees worship Lord Krsna as Damodara, the darling child of Yasoda who allowed His mother to bind Him to a grinding mortar. This transcendental pastime

Letters2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015Cleared Misconceptions I recently read the article “Can God Be Immoral?” by Mukundamala Dasa from the Jan/Feb 2015 issue of BTG. It is a masterful and thorough explanation of a very difficult subject matter. I work very

Founder's Lecture - The Purpose of the Vedas2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015New York City, November 26, 1966 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu categorized all the teachings of the Vedic literature into three progressive stages. veda-sastra-kahe–'sambandha', 'abhidheya', 'prayojana' 'Krsna '–prapya samband

Science's Imitation Barking2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place on an early-morning walk in Geneva on June 6, 1974. Srila Prabhupada: Just look at this fig. I

Transcendental Poetry and Muslim Poets2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015by Damodara Nityananda Dasa For centuries, Muslim poets have revealed their attraction to all-attractive Lord Krsna. In Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 22.80), Lord Caitanya lists "poetic" as one of the twenty-six qualities

Timely Compassion2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015Syama! O friend! My afflicted life is assuaged only by You I cannot forget that auspicious day when I happened to meet You As I beheld Your moonlike face, I was overcome by restlessness! The soul of this unfortunate girl

Hear of the boyhood pastimes of the milk burglar2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015The boyhood of the resident of Mathura The boyhood of the moon-faced dancer The herdsman who roams from one forest to another Such is the boyhood of the flute-player How do I depict the boyhood of Krsna Kanhaiya? Althoug

Bhakti: The Only Transcendental Yoga2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015by Hari Parayana Dasa An analysis of four types of yoga described in the Bhagavad-gita. Lord Krsna in His teachings to Uddhava Siaclassifies action and knowledge (among other things) as being either under the control of

Srila Prabhupada’s Commentary on the Bhagavad-gita2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is conveys the urgency to preach the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Prabhupada’s mood is to give the reader transcendental bhakti on every page. Today’s readers have neit

www.iskcon.org2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015www.iskcon.org is the official website of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The site provides a place for people to find out about ISKCON, its people, their activities, and the philosophy of K

Lord Caitanya Visits Vrindavan2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015This year, beginning on the full-moon day of the fall month of Karttika, Sri Vrindavan-dhama commemorates the five-hundredth anniversary of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s two-month long visit to Krsna’s sacred land. by Lokana

Book Excerpt2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015Brahmananda Dasa Remembers: Prabhupada in Africa One of Srila Prabhupada's first disciples sets the stage, and Prabhupada arrives to deliver Krsna consciousness in Kenya. by Satyaraja Dasa [Footnote on first page: Adapte

In Memoriam - Brahmananda Dasa2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015July 14, 1943 – June 7, 2015 Brahmananda Dasa met Srila Prabhupada in New York City in the summer of 1966, and his brother Greg (Gargamuni Dasa) met Prabhupada about a month later. Brahmananda was among the first of Prab

Srila Prabhupada: Our Founder-Acarya2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015Our Srila Prabhupada During twelve pioneering years, Srila Prabhupada accepted the role of ISKCON’s founder-acarya with complete humility, nonstop surrender, and protective love. by Suresvara Dasa To honor the fiftieth a

Reflecting on Half a Century2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015Srila Prabhupada arrived in 1965 and gave America’s post-war generation–the first to grow up watching TV–sound motives to learn about Krsna. by Tattvavit Dasa Who was Srila Prabhupada, new in America fifty years ago? A h

From the Editor2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015Village Talk "When the human being gives up the process of hearing about the all-pervading Personality of Godhead, he becomes a victim of hearing rubbish transmitted by man-made machines." (Bhagavatam 2.2.36, Purport) Wh

Vedic Thoughts2015 / Back to Godhead Magazine #49-06, 2015Devotees should always be happy with all the dealings of their master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A devotee may be put into difficulty or opulence, but he should accept both as gifts of the Supreme Personality o