Back to Godhead Magazine #13, June, 1967
June, 1967 / #13
Articles
On the Coveris Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami the Swami, who has recently suffered ill health, first began publishing Back to Godhead Magazine in the 1940’s. Now 72 years old, he is the founder and revered teacher of the By The Mercy of Krishna:This is the first edition of Back To Godhead to come off our presses. Although the difficulties involved in operating an offset press, especially in view of our inexperience, are great—we nevertheless feel that this is oTeachings of Lord ChaitanyaPart IV—The Forms of Krishna’s Manifestations and Incarnations By devotional service one can understand that Krishna first of all manifests Himself as Sayamrupa, His Personal Form, then as Tadekatmarupa, and then AvesaruPoems by Vidyapati(Vidyapati (1352-1448) a famous and popular court poet of Mathila, India, wrote these Radha-Krishna love songs which find their correspondence in the West to the poems of St. John of the Cross as songs of bhakti between Krishna Consciousness in American PoetryPart IV: Hart Crane’s The Bridge and the 20th Century The victory of the North in the Civil War was also a victory of industrialism in America, for the industrial North had proved the importance of the machine—the machinPoem to Hart CraneHow many dawns you stood to watch the Bridge Usher the sun from Brooklyn to New York, Or how many dawns the Beauty of His Face Entranced you with that white pervasive smile, I know not; nor have these quick forty years CRadha KrishnaIn the days when the Infinite Lord dwelt at Vrajabhumi as boy, He was the darling of all the much-blest people of that neighborhood. Each had some particular rasa toward Krishna—that is, some sublimely sweet relationshipHow I Met Swami BhaktivedantaHaridas Das Brahmachary (Harvey Cohen) I knew right away that he was my teacher. It was like something that happens in books. In September 1965 I went up to Ananda Ashram, an hour and a half out of New York City. I went All Glories to Lord RamachandraLord Rama appeared on this planet many long ages ago. He is the Lord as the Perfect King, for He was King of this world, known then as Ilavativarsha. Lord Rama’s life, and His war against the atheist King Ravana, are theThe Ogre's Lamentby Rayarama das Gnarled within And gnarled without, I am the lumbering, lusting Brute denizen of this concrete swamp, The minion of immemorial shadow. I am the killer and the coward, I the beast of rages, The blind and uKrishna and the Vedic View:The Swami Responds Dear Swami, In some of your writings, you use the term Krishna, the Divine Lover. Do you mean that Krishna is the Universal Erotic Principle? Or is Krishna a symbol for universal brotherhood? SincerelyLord Chaitanya MahaprabhuThe innovating spark behind the present Samkirtan Movement was Lord Chaitanya, Who appeared in India approximately 480 years ago. Chaitanya is the perfect Form of Radha and Krishna, together as One. His mission was to teI Wanted toby Damodara Das I sat on a suburban hillside And watched, across a small valley, The opposite rise of land, Covered with low gray houses. Where I was in the grass, By a Black Birch tree With Branches good for toothbrusheAn Address to American YouthBy A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (Delivered Sunday, June 4, at Tompkins Square Park by Kīrtanānanda Das Brahmachary) My dear young beautiful boys and girls of America. I have come to your country with great hope and a great mAdvertisementINTRODUCTION TO GEETOPANISHAD (Bhagavad Gita As It Is) by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Bhagavad Gita is widely recognized as the compendium of all Vedic wisdom, yet there are few who have the necessary qualifications to undeThe ArtistsTHE ARTISTS whose work so beautifully graces our pages are, to begin with, Jadurani Devi Dasi, directress of the Art Department. Jadurani Prabhu’s work appears on the inside cover, and on the back cover. Her other work i