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Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 19931993 / #27-01 / 19 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 19931993 / #27-02 / 21 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 19931993 / #27-03 / 20 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 19931993 / #27-04 / 18 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 19931993 / #27-05 / 22 articlesBack to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 19931993 / #27-06 / 18 articles

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Statement of Purposes1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Back 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 Editor1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Deadline 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 issuLetters1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Cite 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 Death1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Though 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 Road1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993A 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 Cuisine
1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Cooking 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, rice
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Now 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 sec
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Ox 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 Ha
Science: The Vedic View1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993World 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 antiq
Bhakti-yoga at Home1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Devotees 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 Śāstra1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Disease 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 Pilgrimage1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Chitrakut—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 His
The Six Treatises Of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī An Overview1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993By 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. I
Cover Story1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Cover 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 Kṛṣṅa1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Saved 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 becom
Project Profile1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993HERE’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 (Exe
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993LSD 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 constitutiona
Every Town & Village1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993The 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 Observer1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-01, 1993Of 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
Statement of Purposes1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Back 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 ma
From the Editor1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993The Conflict Over Ayodhyā A MOB OF FANATICAL Hindu extremists demolished an ancient mosque in the north Indian town of Ayodhyā. Or so we read in the newspapers. Well, it’s not so simple. To begin with, the mosque was onl
Letters1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Śrīnāthajī Wins The latest BTG issue [Nov/Dec] is for me the most impressive and beautiful one I ever held in my hand. Nikhilānanda Dāsa Heidelberg, Germany The stories related to Śrī Nathaji and Nathdwara and all the pi
No Greater Truth1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Five hundred years ago, the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṅa, descended as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and spread the same message He had spoken fifty centuries before. By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder
Lessons from the Road1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Italy Diary By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami May 11, Vicenza THE PADUA TEMPLE MOVED since I was here last year. The devotees purchased a three-hundred-year-old villa. They call it Prabhupāda-deśa, “Śrīla Prabhupāda's estate.”
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Cooking Class: Lesson 6 Parathas—Griddle-Fried Breads By Yamuna Devi OLD DELHI AND NEW DELHI ARE two different worlds. The labyrinth of Old Delhi’s streets and narrow lanes, often open only to foot traffic, contrasts viv
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Is Milk for Everyone? By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī IF MILK IS SO BENEFICIAL, WHY IS there so much controversy about it? The controversy on milk dates back to the 1950s through the 1970s. During that time, international relief
Bhakti-yoga at Home1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993“Help! My Husband Is Not a Devotee!” By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOUR spouse isn’t a devotee of Kṛṣṅa? Or how would you counsel someone in that situation? How would you decide what is the “right” thing to
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Higher Vocations By Urmilā Devī Dāsī Śrīla Prabhupāda Wanted Iskcon’s educational system to produce high-class people, high not in wealth or status but in character. We often describe the ideal character of a brāhmaṅa (i
Science: The Vedic View1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Consciousness and The “New Physics” By Sadāpūta Dāsa ALTHOUGH QUANTUM mechanics has been around since before World War II, many scientists refer to it as the new physics. They suggest that it conveys deep insights into t
Straight Talk1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993“Don’t Need Your Crazy Book!” by Bhakta Vic of 108 He Wasn’t Going To Believe some book. (He said it like it was a dirty word.) He was going to follow his own ideas. What he was saying, indirectly, was that your own idea
The Six Treatises Of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī An Overview1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993By Satya Nārāyaṅa Dāsa and Kuṅḍalī Dāsa Part 3: Bhagavat Sandarbha vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate “Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth ca
On Pilgrimage1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Naimiṣāraṅya The Hub Of The Universe Vedic histories tell us that sacrifices performed at this holy place can counteract the evil influences of the present age. By Bhakti Vikāśa Swami AT THE JUNCTURE OF THE previous age,
The Greed of the Lord1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993A lecture by Gour Govinda Swami Bhubaneswar, India, March 17, 1992—The Appearance Day of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu WE SHOULD KNOW the cause for the appearance of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, Lord Caitanya. There are two cause
The Gītā In A Nutshell1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness TO EDUCATE THOSE PERSONS who are enamored by empirical arguments and who do not receive transc
Interview1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Blessed to Speak About Kṛṣṅa After observing a vow of silence for ten years in the forest, Kṛṣṅa Nāma Dāsa learned from Śrīla Prabhupāda the real value of speech. In the spring of 1992, I and another devotee, Sadānanda D
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993The End Of Kali-Yuga: No More Hare Kṛṣṅa This conversation between Śrīla Prabhupāda and the poet Allen Ginsberg took place on May 13, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. Śrīla Prabhupāda: Lord Buddha is accepted as an incarnation o
Solace in Sarajevo1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993Life in this war-torn city intensifies a devotee’s yearning for the only permanent shelter. By Purujit Dāsa ONE MORE DEADLY NIGHT is falling upon Sarajevo. Although the shooting goes on the whole day, everyone knows that
Every Town & Village1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness World News North America Bill Clinton received a Back to Godhead, an ISKCON World Review, and Bhagavad-gītā As It Is from ISKCON devotee Kīr
Project Profile1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT The Bhaktivedanta Youth Services (BYS). HEADQUARTERS ISKCON Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. PROJECT LEADERS Bhakti Rāghava Swami
The Vedic Observer1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-02, 1993The World Seen Through the Eyes of Vedic Knowledge One Billion Consumer Units Yearning To Be Free By Badrinārāyaṅa Dāsa THE WALL STREET JOURNAL headline jumped out at me: “China Market Opening Up—One Billion New Consumer
Statement of Purposes1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993Back 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 ma
From the Editor1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993When Science and the Vedas Don’t Match IN THIS ISSUE WE DEVOTE a large chunk of space to an article on archeology—old bones, stone tools, broken pottery, and the like. The article says nothing about Kṛṣṅa and nothing abo
Letters1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993We’ve Moved! Send correspondence to The Editors, Back to Godhead, P.O. Box 430, Alachua, FL 32615, USA. Phone: (904) 462-7794. (Continue to send subscription inquiries to: Back to Godhead, P. O. Box 16027, N. Hollywood,
“You Can See Kṛṣṅa Always”1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993If we’ll just do as Kṛṣṅa asks, He’ll remove the covering from our eyes. By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness A lecture given in Hy
Lessons from the Road1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993In Happiness and Distress By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami MISERY AND HAPPINESS come and go in this world, just like winter and summer. The Bhagavad-gītā advises us to tolerate both happiness and distress. We are meant to tole
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993Cooking Class: Lesson 7 Purīs: India’s Festive Breads By Yamuna Devi OF INDIA’S FLATBREADS, deep-fried purīs are the most festive. You’ll find them on the menu at most celebrations—from weddings to festivals to the Sunda
Bhakti-yoga at Home1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993Family Festivals By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa KṚṢṄA CONSCIOUSNESS has to be lived to be understood, and when it is lived, one’s world becomes bright with an ever-increasing festiveness of spiritual emotion. The Sanskrit word fo
Science: The Vedic View1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993Lifeless Vitalism By Sadāpūta Dāsa THE DISTINGUISHED British scientist Michael Polanyi speaks of something he finds “unbelievable.” What is that? For three hundred years, he says, writers who contested the idea that life
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993Nursery Nectar By Urmilā Devī Dāsī TWO YEARS OLD, Lalitā Mādhava sits with all her concentration focused on the book our 14-year-old daughter is showing her. Lalitā Mādhava’s older sister has just graduated from our guru
Straight Talk1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993Enter the Laboratory By Vraja Kiśora Dāsa Soul is reality, regardless what your beliefs may be. Experiments? Proof? But are you willing to enter the laboratory? —108: idefy She said: Two hydrogen and one oxygen atom make
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993How Green Is Your Tractor? By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī MANY OF THE IDEAS of the Green movement seem to fit well with Kṛṣṅa consciousness. The so-called Green Movement (not to be confused with the Green Revolution, which aims
Through the Eyes of Śāstra1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993With Shelter in Reading: The Scene at Unisound By Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa BY 9.00 P.M. THE CLUB is packed, maybe 500 kids crowding this industrial loft of 150 feet by 40 above an auto parts warehouse. On a stage at the far
Forbidden Archeology1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993ISKCON researchers have compiled evidence supporting the Vedic picture of the age of the human species. By Michael Cremo (Drutakarmā Dāsa) Modern science tells us that anatomically modern man has been around for only abo
Where Do The Fallen Souls Fall From?1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993On learning that the material world is not our real home, we naturally wonder, “How did we get here?” By Jayādvaita Swami WHEN WE HEAR that we live in this material world because we are “fallen souls,” it’s natural for u
Project Profile1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. Project Vaiṣṅava Institute for Higher Education (VIHE) Headquarters Krishna-Balaram Mandir, Vṛndāvana, India Project Leaders Bhūrijana Dāsa,
On Pilgrimage1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993Karoli Town of Natural Devotion The all-attractive beauty of Śrī Madana Mohana has won the hearts of the people in this remote desert town. By Bhakti Vikāśa Swami KAROLI, A SMALL TOWN in the harsh, hilly desert of easter
Śrī Paramātma Sandarbha A Treatise On The Supersoul1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993Part Four of an overview of the Six Sandarbhas of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī By Satya Nārāyaṅa Dāsa and Kuṅḍalī Dāsa IN THIS BOOK Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī describes the three Paramātmā manifestations of the Supreme Lord. Paramātmā lit
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993Are You God? This conversation between Śrīla Prabhupāda and some guests took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 23, 1969. Śrīla Prabhupāda: By following any guru or any principle, if you actually develop your lo
Every Town & Village1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America Temples across the U.S. and Canada will hold dinners this spring to bring together their congregations, ce
O Vaiṣṅava Soul!1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-03, 1993By Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura Alas, for those who spend their days In festive mirth and joy. The dazzling, deadly, liquid forms Their hearts fore’er employ. The shining bottles charm their eyes And draw their heart’s emb
Statement of Purposes1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Back 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 ma
From the Editor1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Case Settled, Temples Free ISKCON—the International Society for Krishna Consciousness—has settled out of court its seventeen-year legal battle with Robin George and her mother, Marcia. Though the terms of the agreement a
Letters1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Enlightening, Inspiring, Uplifting Yes, how enlivening to receive BTG. BTG is most essential to our Kṛṣṅa consciousness. That association makes us energetic in devotional service to the Lord. The illustrations are enligh
Fixed In The Higher Nature1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993When we’re ready, Kṛṣṅa will release us from the grip of illusion and bring us to His world of freedom. A lecture given in New York, July 25, 1966 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācārya of
Lessons from the Road1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Eagerness to Attain Kṛṣṅa Consciousness by Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami Śrīla Prabhupāda often instructed us on the importance of cultivating eagerness, or the strong desire to attain Kṛṣṅa. He said we should desire and hanke
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Cooking Class: Lesson 8 Vegetable Basics 101 By Yamuna Devi DOES POTATO-CAULIFLOWER Janaki, Eggplant-Coconut Murari, Spinach Karunamayi, Potato Salad Mukunda, or Brussels Sprouts Annapurna ring a bell with you? If so, yo
Bhakti-yoga at Home1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Regulation: The Path to Freedom and Love Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa NOW THAT I LIVE IN the country, I’m more aware of the predictable pattern of nature. I notice how trees and creatures in and around my cottage submit themselves
Straight Talk1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Is This Suffering? By Vraja Kishor Dāsa “This world is a place of misery and suffering.” Is it? Well, maybe. But to me it seems like it ain’t … It’s just boring as hell. You know, when I hear someone say the world is a p
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Your Kids And the One-Eyed Guru by Urmilā Devī dasī When our oldest son, Mādhava, now eighteen, was small, he had few toys—some blocks, some clay. We never had a television or a video player, so he played with his toys i
Science: The Vedic View1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Does God Go Against The Laws of Nature? by Sadāpūta Dāsa ERNAN MCMULLIN, a physicist, philosopher, and Catholic priest in the Department of Philosophy at Notre Dame University, has given careful thought to the relation b
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993The Tragedy of Toxic Meat by Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA TAUGHT that the purpose of all religions is the same: to help people develop love of God. And to aid in achieving this end, the basic principles of relig
Rathayātrā Pastimes1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993By Lokanāth Swami Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spent His later years in Jagannātha Purī, Orissa, immersed in love of Godhead and absorbed in wonderful pastimes with His intimate associates and with the Deity of Kṛṣṅa in Purī,
Śrī Kṛṣṅa Sandarbha A Treatise On Lord Śrī Kṛṣṅa1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Part five of an overview of the Ṣaṭ Sandarbha of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī By Satya Nārāyaṅa Dāsa and Kuṅḍalī Dāsa IN THE FIRST THREE of his Sandarbhas (treatises), Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī discussed the supremacy of Bhagavān, the Pe
Project Profile1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT Gurukula Alumni, Inc. HEADQUARTERS Los Angeles, California. PROJECT COORDINATORS Bahulāśva Dāsa, Caitanya Maṅgala Dāsa, Manu Dāsa, an
On Pilgrimage1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993Scenes From Navadvīpa Parikrama, 1993 By Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa Two Auspicious Baths After pulling ourselves from the grip of the Ganges, we clamber up the sand bluffs. The river glows like molten lead. The noon wind drie
Every Town & Village1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America A BTG columnist has won first place in the “international” category at the annual James Beard/Farberware B
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993The Fighting Spirit The following conversation with a military officer took place in Indore, India, on December 13, 1970. Guest: From what I have heard from you, I have not understood your conception of God. Śrīla Prabhu
The Vedic Observer1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-04, 1993The World Seen Through the Eyes of Vedic Knowledge We Queer Conditioned Souls by Sureśvara Dāsa You can’t miss Jack. The feather in his hat, the flower in his lapel, the sottish old twinkle. Round the town square he cour
Statement of Purposes1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Back 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 ma
From the Editor1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Magnolias 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 so
Letters1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Appreciation 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 P
Who Needs A Guru?1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993The 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-Ācārya
Lessons from the Road1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Consciousness 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 r
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Cooking 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 breakfast
Bhakti-yoga at Home1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Chanting 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 prese
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Unemployment 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 spiritua
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993“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 with
Straight Talk1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Follow 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 Christmas1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993New 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 Vṛ
Science: The Vedic View1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993The 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 emp
Śrī Bhakti Sandarbha A Treatise On Devotional Service1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Part 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 India1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Translated 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 th
Coming To Kṛṣṅa1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Shelter 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 liv
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Real 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. T
Book Distribution1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993One 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 Kṛṣṅa1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993By 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 Moth
Project Profile1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993HERE’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 wif
Growing With Grief1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Her 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?” a
Every Town & Village1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993The 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 Chario
Giving Everything Up?1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-05, 1993Home…? 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
Statement of Purposes1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Back 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 ma
From the Editor1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Misleading Missionaries RECENTLY I ATTENDED a conference held to honor an Indian missionary who’d come to America a century ago bearing India’s message of Vedānta. Though in America his name is now all but forgotten (if
Letters1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Rescue from Children? I thank Urmilā for her list of creative ideas for preschool children [BTG, May/June]. However, I have a generally uncomfortable feeling after reading her article because she de-values the importance
The Highest Education1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993The Vedic literature reveals the essential qualification of a person ready to accept a spiritual master. A lecture given in New York, November 22, 1966 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Founder-Ācār
Lessons from the Road1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Tat Śṛṅu: Simply Hear By Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN reading both the Caitanya-caritāmṛta and the earlier cantos of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śrīla Prabhupāda once said that the Bhāgavatam contains many things:
Schooling Kṛṣṅa's Children1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993The Test of Education By Urmilā Devī Dāsī IN THE LAST WEEK of the last year of school, students sweat at the thought of the final exam. When they’ve passed their exams and earned their degrees, they’ll be entitled to cal
Lord Kṛṣṅa's Cuisine1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Cooking Class: Lesson 10 Dry-Textured Vegetables By Yamuna Devi PART 2 Dry-Textured vegetable dishes are among the most favored dishes in Indian homes, yet you’ll sample few of them in Indian restaurants. Because they ta
The Land, the Cows, and Kṛṣṅa1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Unemployment and the Decline of Small Farms By Hare Kṛṣṅa Devī Dāsī IN THE UNITED STATES, African-Americans have most severely felt the effects of being pushed off the farm and out of work. Some people may think that suc
Bhakti-yoga at Home1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993TV for Free? No Thanks! By Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa [Editor’s note: Two issues ago, Urmilā Devī Dāsī in her column had some strong things to say about television. Now Rohiṅīnandana Dāsa has more.] WHEN I WAS BORN my father bou
Straight Talk1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Politics and I-Consciousness By Vraja Kishor Dāsa THE WORLD DOESN’T NEED a political readjustment. The world needs a revolution in consciousness. Politics itself is rotten at the bone. Re-adjust a rotten bone as much as
Mahābhārata—The History of Greater India1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993The Birth of the Pāṅḍavas Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayānanda dāsa Goswami King Pāṅḍu, the emperor of the world, killed a sage and his wife who were disguised as deer just as they were about to mate. Before the sage
Śrī Prīti Sandarbha A Treatise On Love Of Godhead1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Part Seven of an overview of the Ṣaṭ sandarbha of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī By Kuṅḍalī Dāsa and Satya Nārāyaṅa Dāsa The Prīti Sandarbha is the last of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī’s six sandarbhas, or treatises. Here prayojana, or the ul
On Pilgrimage1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Tirupati—A Glimpse of the Opulence of God Thirty thousand pilgrims a day come to see awe-inspiring Lord Veṅkaṭeśvara and offer in His service their rupees, their jewelry—even their hair. by Viśākhā Devī Dāsī Wednesday, A
Every Town & Village1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness World News North America The mayor of San Diego attended the celebration for Lord Kṛṣṅa's “birthday” in August at the Hare Kṛṣṅa temple in h
Śrīla Prabhupāda Speaks Out1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Nonsense Commentary On Bhagavad-Gītā This conversation took place in Allahabad, India, on January 18, 1971. Guest (1): We believe in an incorporeal God. Śrīla Prabhupāda: Who says, “incorporeal”? Who says? Guest (1): It
Book Distribution1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Eager to Read About Kṛṣṅa Letters to the Moscow branch of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Every year, through the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust some 200,000 people buy a book of Vedic literature in Russian. And every day the Tru
Project Profile1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993HERE’S A Kṛṣṅa conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT BBT (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) Center for Sanskrit Studies HEADQUARTERS Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. PROJECT COORDINATORS Gopī
ISKCON’s Use of “Vedic” and “Vaiṣṅava”1993 / Back to Godhead Magazine #27-06, 1993Are we deviating from Prabhupāda's teachings? Dear Editor, There seems to be a disturbing trend in ISKCON today, and that has to do with the term “Vaiṣṅava.” This word seems to be more in vogue to the expense of “Vedic.”