Back to Godhead Magazine #13-08, 1978
1978 / #13-08
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Enlightened Self-interestŚrīla Prabhupāda’s First Talks in America (New York, July 26,1966) "I cannot be satisfied by serving something that is not me; I can be satisfied only by serving me. But that 'me' I do not know...." by His Divine Grace AThe Land Where Kṛṣṅa LivesDiscovering Vṛndāvana “My aversion to sentamentalism and blind faith went right to the core of my stonelike heart. Yet in Vṛndāvana we got our first inkling that there might be something higher than the mind, higher thanŚrīla Prabhupāda Speaks OutOn “Might Makes Right” This conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and one of his disciples took place in Paris during the summer of 1974. Disciple: Last night in your lecture you made Every Town and VillageA look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) New Zealand: Spiritual Cure for Addiction Dr. Fraser McDonald, Medical Superintendent of the Parnell Drug Clinic in AucklThe Master At Whose Feet Other Masters BowOfferings to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, On the Day He Appeared in This World In the fall of 1896, His Divine Grace A.C. BhQuestions People Ask About ChantingHare Kṛṣṅa Hare Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa Hare Hare Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare Q. I want to get back in harmony with nature. Can chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa help me do that? A. For sure. Say you're walking along a forest paThe Killing Of the Great PythonThe Transcendental Pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṅa With His friends well on their way into the mouth of the python, Kṛṣṅa wondered how He could kill him yet save them. Five thousand years ago Lord Kṛṣṅa, the Supreme Personality oKnowledgea poem by Citraketu dāsa There's nothing so sublime and pure As knowledge of the soul And loving service to the Lord As part unto the whole. Of knowledge 'tis the ripened fruit For which the mystics long. Whoever tastes Notes from the EditorHow To Tell the Difference Between the Cheaters and the Teachers There have always been cheaters posing as gurus. Many thousands of years ago, the demon Rāvaṅa dressed himself as a svāmī to win an audience with Sītā, the