Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993
1993 / #27-01
Articles
Statement of PurposesBack to Godhead magazine is a cultural presentation to respiritualize human society. It aims at achieving the following purposes: 1. To help all people distinguish more clearly between reality and illusion, spirit and maFrom the EditorDeadline SOMETIMES THE ARTICLES in BTG weave themselves around one theme without our intending it. We just put the articles together into an issue, and at the end we find that a theme has emerged. So it is with this issuLettersCite True Authority Thank you, editors, for printing Bhava Dasa’s letter [Sep./Oct.] in regards to Śrī Rama Dasa’s “Four Kinds of Parents” article (May/June ’92). As a father of five children I appreciate BTG’s commitmenVictory Over DeathThough beautiful, the setting sun represents the passing of our days and the steady march to our final appointment. By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Lessons from the RoadA Preacher’s Diary—Visit to the Caribbean By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami I STEP OVER the chrome faucet. A pair of bulging eyes meet mine. It’s a friendly lizard. Welcome to the Caribbean. As I arrived in Trinidad the other dLord Kṛṣṅa's CuisineCooking Class: Lesson 5 An Introduction to Capātīs By Yamuna Devi The First Bite of a hot capātī is memorable. Mine was in September 1966, at my first lunch cooked and served by Śrīla Prabhupāda. Once the vegetable, riceSchooling Kṛṣṅa's ChildrenNow Can We Work Together? By Śrī Rāma Dāsa SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR Burke Rochford told me, “No religious movement has ever survived when it lost its second generation.” Śrīla Prabhupāda had high expectations for ISKCON’s secThe Land, the Cows, and KṛṣṅaOx Power or Horse Power? By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī SUPPLIES OF PETROLEUM are dwindling, and that poses a special problem for farming. In his book Family Farming, Marty Strange summarizes a study at the University of New HaScience: The Vedic ViewWorld Views: Vedic vs. Western By Sadāpūta Dāsa In The Late Eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, European scholars and scientists began to come in contact with the culture of India. Many were impressed by the antiqBhakti-yoga at HomeDevotees and Health By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa WHEN I FIRST LIVED in a Hare Kṛṣṅa temple, another new devotee, Bhakta Michael, won my admiration for his complete neglect of his health and hygiene. I had learned that the self Through the Eyes of ŚāstraDisease By Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa THE HEROES OF MY YOUTH were the great healers of humanity. While it’s true that in those days I could be seen with other American boys paying homage to the likes of Elvis Presley and Joe On PilgrimageChitrakut—Lord Rāma’s Forest Home Though exiled from His kingdom, Lord Rāmacandra lived happily in this beautiful holy place. By Bhakti Vikāśa Swami LORD RĀMACANDRA LIVED for twelve years in the Chitrakut forest with HisThe Six Treatises Of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī An OverviewBy Satya Nārāyaṅa Dāsa and Kuṅḍalī Dāsa Part 2: Tattva Sandarbha SANDARBHA MEANS “essence” or “heart.” Ṣaḍ means “six.” The Ṣaḍ Sandarbhas are six treatises that give the essence of six topics about the Absolute Truth. ICover StoryCover Story Tulasī Devī, Beloved of Kṛṣṅa Cover Story Tulasī Devī, Beloved of Kṛṣṅa One of Kṛṣṅa's most intimate servants comes in a special form to bless us with extraordinary fortune. By Govinda Dāsī Devotees of Kṛṣṅa Coming To KṛṣṅaSaved by Kṛṣṅa “I tried to imagine how my wife and children would feel when they found my dead body.” By Jamnadas Vanmali ALONG THE JOURNEY of life we all have milestones, major events that direct us and mold us to becomProject ProfileHERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT ISKCON World Review. HEADQUARTERS San Diego, California (moving to Alachua, Florida, this year). PROJECT LEADERS Mukunda Goswami (ExeŚrīla Prabhupāda Speaks OutLSD And Liberation The following conversation between Śrīla Prabhupāda and the poet Allen Ginsberg took place in Columbus, Ohio, on May 11, 1969. Śrīla Prabhupāda: Nobody is free from service because we are constitutionaEvery Town & VillageThe worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America Devotees from seven countries gathered in Topanga, California, in August for ISKCON’s first conference on The Vedic ObserverOf Gold and Nectar Olympic gold medals can’t compare with the rewards of a swift moonlit walk around Vṛndāvana’s most sacred hill. By Sureśvara Dāsa OUTSIDE HIS NATIVE SPAIN Daniel Plaza Montero’s Olympic gold medal in t