Back to Godhead Magazine #12-12, 1977
1977 / #12-12
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A short statement of the philosophy of Kṛṣṅa ConsciousnessThe International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a worldwide community of devotees practicing bhakti-yoga, the eternal science of loving service to God. The Society was founded in 1966 by His Divine Grace Searching for the Place of No Anxiety . . . .Atheist-existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre writes that because man wants to be God but cannot, he is a "useless passion" in a universe that has no purpose—and thus, he is always in anxiety. "That is foolishness," says His DPeace on Earth Or Earth in Pieces?At Christmas Mandaleśvara dāsa and an airman talk of peace "This book will tell you about real peace on earth," I promised. "All right, sir, I'll give it a look." The young airman smiled as he tucked the volume under hisThe Things Christ Had to Keep SecretWhat does God's abode look like? What does God Himself look like? "I have yet many things to say unto you," Christ told a world, filled with crudeness and ignorance, "but ye cannot bear them now" (John 16:12). The son ofEvery Town and VillageA look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) ISKCON Scientists Disclose Life's Origin In mid-October, as the world's attention turned to the 1977 Nobel Prize science Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks OutOn Christ, Christians and Kṛṣṅa The Tolerance And Compassion of Christ The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titikṣā (tolerance) and karuṅā (compassion).Are We Really FreeThe Human Rights Crusade by Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswami Freedom of thought, of religion, of assembly; freedom of speech; freedom of the press; freedom of movement both within and outside one's own country; freedom to take paTraining Tomorrow’s Leadersby Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswami We all know that education is for training tomorrow's leaders. But today's schools are little more than training grounds for criminals. Last year's U.S. statistics bear witness to the horror: 1The Royal Road to KṛṣṅaFrom the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. (Adapted by Drutakarmā dāsa.) "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich