Back to Godhead Magazine #13-04, 1978
1978 / #13-04
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Searching for the Real Self, Part 2VedicViews on Western Thinkers Carl Jung (1875 -1961) Psychologist Carl Jung felt he had searched for his real self in past lives but had "not fulfilled the task" and never would. (A discussion with His Divine Grace A.C.Energy- How to Meet the CrisisWith oil running out and no substitute in sight, we need more than stopgap solutions. by Balavanta dāsa Recently thirty-five of the world's leading scientists met at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and predicteChild Prostitution - Promiscuity’s Bitter Harvest"With promiscuity as a norm and even a commodity, no wonder it's hard to draw the line between 'tolerable' and 'criminal.' " Child prostitution is on the rise in cities all over America. Los Angeles police estimate that Questions People Ask About Chanting Hare KṛṣṅaHare Kṛṣṅa Hare Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa Hare Hare Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare Q. What is the Hare Kṛṣṅa mahā-mantra? A. A mantra is a transcendental sound vibration that delivers the mind from material anxieties. OTaking Shelterby Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura (translated from the Bengali by Jayaśacīnandana dāsa). O Lord, there is nothing that I call "mine." You alone are my father, friend, and brother. My friends, wife, sons, and daughters are acRemembering Śrīla PrabhupādaSome personal recollections by his disciples. The first day I saw devotees chanting was October 16, 1966. They were at Tompkins Park in New York City. Initially I was captivated by the dancing. Some minutes later, thoughŚrīla Prabhupāda Speaks OutOn the United Nations This conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and Mr. P. Sharma, a former United Nations worker, took place in Paris. Śrīla Prabhupāda: Suppose I ask the United NatiEvery Town and VillageA look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) 66 Million Books Now In Print Just-released Bhaktivedanta Book Trust figures (for the period October 1966 to March 1978) A Kṛṣṅa Conscious CityTaking Shape A report from the birthplace of the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement. by Maṅḍaleśvara dāsa On a verdant stretch along the bank of the Ganges, in India's province of West Bengal, lies the village of Māyāpur. As history shRiding the Whirlwind DemonThe Transcendental Pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṅa "The whirlwind demon intended to take Kṛṣṅa up in the sky and kill Him, but Kṛṣṅa was simply enjoying the ride...." by Drutakarmā dāsa When Lord Kṛṣṅa, the Supreme Personality ofNotes from the EditorGod, Karma, and the World Do you remember 1968—when churches offered "sanctuary" to draft resisters? I was in Boston at that time, and there it was big news for a while, part of the protest against the Vietnam War. Every