Back to Godhead Magazine #13-06, 1978
1978 / #13-06
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There Is a Transcendental World....Śrīla Prabhupāda’s First Talks in America (New York, October 1966) How to reach the spiritual realm. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda speaks on Bhagavad-gītā, India's time-honored source book of spiriThe Festival of the ChariotsIntimations of a Festive World by Jagajīvana dāsa This Kṛṣṅa culture," His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda used to say, "has so many festivals. We could have one every day. In the spiritual world, every The Festival’s InspirationHis Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda brought the ancient Indian Ratha-yātrā, the Festival of the Chariots, to the West in 1967. That year Śrīla Prabhupāda held the festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks OutOn "Human Suffering and an Unjust God" This conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and social worker Ashok Chugani took place in Bombay, India. Mr. Chugani: I feel that your Kṛṣṅa conscEvery Town and VillageA look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Kṛṣṅa’s Town Gets Bhaktivedanta Gate When pilgrims arrive in northern India's Vṛndāvana village, the place in India most Our Place in Lord Brahmā’s LifetimeIn Ancient India's Vedic literatures we find a cosmic calendar that shows the cycle of ages—and how to break out of it. by Viśākhā-devī dāsī How long we live greatly depends on what kind of body we have. For example, an Remembering Śrīla PrabhupādaSome personal recollections by his disciples. I remember being with Śrīla Prabhupāda once when a cynical reporter interviewed him. The man challenged, "You claim God is speaking to you directly, telling you what to do?" The Vedic ObserverCooling the Nuclear Vesuvius by Balavanta dāsa After the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, President Kennedy estimated that the possibility of a nuclear holocaust had been "somewhere around one out of three.... Everything the UQuestions People Ask About Chanting Hare KṛṣṅaHare Kṛṣṅa Hare Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa Hare Hare Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare Q; Does chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa have anything to do with reincarnation? A. Definitely. The whole process of reincarnation depends on what yoA Curse For the BetterThe Transcendental Pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṅa When child Kṛṣṅa crawled through the courtyard, a 36,000-year curse turned into a blessing. Kuvera the treasurer of the demigods had two boys. As often happens with rich men's soHow to Make Everybody HappyWithout Making Yourself Miserable by Sītā devī dāsī In college I was a would-be humanitarian, always getting myself into one altruistic group or another. I leafleted with grape and lettuce workers, read books to blind peNotes from the EditorMore Than Meals: Solving the Food Shortage Some people take a quick glance at the Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement and conclude that its members are not working to solve humanity's day-to-day crises. These people tend to thi