Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993
1993 / #27-05
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 EditorMagnolias and Rattlesnakes AFTER THREE YEARS in San Diego, we’ve moved to the other side of America, to the Hare Kṛṣṅa farm outside the small town of Alachua, in north central Florida. Alachua lies about seventy miles soLettersAppreciation Thank you for sending the May/June ’93 issue of BTG. We thoroughly enjoyed the magazine. Thank you for doing such a good job on BTG. The whole magazine is well-rounded with its many varied articles. Lalitā PWho Needs A Guru?The Vedic literature reveals the essential qualification of a person ready to accept a spiritual master. A lecture given in New York, August 15, 1966 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-ĀcāryaLessons from the RoadConsciousness Expansion: Humbler Than a Blade of Grass By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE helps us discriminate between what is to be done and what is not to be done. That discrimination in turn helps us rLord Kṛṣṅa's CuisineCooking Class: Lesson 9 Dry-Textured Vegetables By Yamuna Devi ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA called pan-fried potatoes “dry potatoes,” and they were one of his favorite vegetable dishes. He might ask for them any time, from breakfastBhakti-yoga at HomeChanting with Purpose By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa THE VEDIC SCRIPTURES recommend that in this age the best way to awaken our original love for God is to chant His holy names. The chanting is a meditation on Kṛṣṅa, who is preseThe Land, the Cows, and KṛṣṅaUnemployment and the Decline of Small Farms By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī PART 1 FOR DEVOTEES of Kṛṣṅa, work has a higher purpose than simply keeping the body alive. In the Bhagavad-gītā (18.46) Lord Kṛṣṅa reveals the spirituaSchooling Kṛṣṅa's Children“Your Children Are … Different” by Urmilā Devī Dāsī I RECENTLY TOOK my children and some of my teenage students with me to an education conference, where we met with Dave Marks, a textbook author and retired teacher withStraight TalkFollow Yourself By Vraja Kishor Dāsa THE SHOW IS FINISHED, the equipment loaded. The van sits before the front door, and I sit inside the van. It is cold and windy on a German shore. Three guys approach—young, clean-cut,New York City, December 1965… Swamiji’s First ChristmasNew to New York, Bhaktivedanta Swami, Śrīla Prabhupāda, had undoubtedly taken up the greatest austerity on the order of his Guru Mahārāja. In the short space of three months he had traveled from his beloved village of VṛScience: The Vedic ViewThe Seeds of Reason By Sadāpūta Dāsa IN THE MID-NINETEENTH century Charles Darwin corresponded regularly with Asa Gray, a Harvard professor of botany who was an evangelical Christian. Gray was dedicated to scientific empŚrī Bhakti Sandarbha A Treatise On Devotional ServicePart Six of an overview of the Ṣaṭ Sandarbha of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī By Kuṅḍalī Dāsa and Satya Nārāyaṅa Dāsa THE FIFTH OF THE six sandarbhas (treatises) describes abhideya tattva, or the process for attaining love of God. Mahābhārata—The History of Greater IndiaTranslated from the Sanskrit by Hridayananda Dasa Goswami EDITOR’S NOTE: The Vedic histories tell us that the civilization of India—or Bhārata-varṣa, as it was called—once extended throughout the world. Mahābhārata is thComing To KṛṣṅaShelter Beyond Duality “Life was tough from the start … a slap on the backside. But at age four came my first hard taste of reality.” By Indradyumna Swami THIS IS THE STORY of my life. Or better yet, the story of two livŚrīla Prabhupāda Speaks OutReal Advancement Of Civilization This conversation between Śrīla Prabhupāda and some American disciples took place in Surat, India, on December 21, 1970. Śrīla Prabhupāda: In your country there is a welfare department. TBook DistributionOne Book In Bengali By Mahā-Viṣṅu Swami This past February during ISKCON’s annual walking pilgrimage in Navadvīpa, West Bengal, a BTG photographer snapped a special encounter. Mahā-Viṣṅu Swami, the ISKCON devotee in the Senior Black Leader Endorses Hare KṛṣṅaBy Bhaktin Robin Cannon BEFORE COMING TO Kṛṣṅa consciousness, I had a mentor for whom I still maintain great respect and loving affection. Although no one has done for the world what Śrīla Prabhupāda has, what Queen MothProject ProfileHERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT Krishna Vision HEADQUARTERS Villa Vrindavana, Florence, Italy PROJECT MEMBERS Kṛṣṅa Prema Dāsa (musician, audio engineer) and his wifGrowing With GriefHer voice hesitates. “I have bad news for you.” By Cintāmaṅī Devī Dāsī BREATHLESS FROM running to the phone, I pick up the receiver, my seven-week-old daughter gurgling playfully in my arms. “Can I speak to Rosalynne?” aEvery Town & VillageThe worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America An official endorsement from the mayor and an escort of ten police motorcycles highlighted ISKCON’s CharioGiving Everything Up?Home…? Job…? Family…? Now…? By Jayādvaita Swami SOMETIMES THOSE unfamiliar with the Hare Kṛṣṅa movement think that to attain Kṛṣṅa consciousness one needs to quit one’s job, break off from one’s family, give up everythin