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Welcome2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014In 1973, Piggots Manor near London became Bhaktivedanta Manor after George Harrison bought it for Srila Prabhupada and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). That same year, during the celebration Letters2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014Perfect Love What is the perfect love for Krsna, and how can one generate it? Sachin Sharma Via the Internet Our reply: You can read in Srila Prabhupada's books about the activities of the residents of Vrndavana, where KFounder's Lecture - Fill Your Ears with the Transcendental Message2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014Los Angeles, June 17, 1972 Anyone serious about spiritual progress must choose carefully which sounds to hear. bile batorukrama-vikraman ye na srnvatah karna-pute narasya jihvasati dardurikeva suta na copagayaty urugaya-Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014Metaphysics and Meat-Eating The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Cardinal Jean Danielou took place in Paris in 1974. Srila Prabhupada: Jesus Christ said, "Thou shalWriting for Krsna: The Price and the Prize2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014by Caitanya Carana Dasa Advice and encouragement for anyone who wants to write articles for Srila Prabhupada's magazine. I received an email from a budding, but discouraged, devotee writer. He had submitted articles to t
The Vaisnava Path in George Harrison’s Songs
2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014by Gauri Dasa Forty years ago, George Harrison was already giving the world the gift of spiritual inspiration through his music when he donated the Bhaktivedanta Manor to Srila Prabhupada. My sweet Lord . . . I really wa
Krsna, the Chief Enjoyment Officer (CEO)2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014by Krsna nandini Devi Dasi Though our desire to find happiness is natural, our attempt to find it in this world is not. During a radio interview in London in July 1976, Mike Robinson of the London Broadcasting Company as
Vedic Observer2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014Meat, Shmeat: You Are What You Eat By Satyaraja Dasa On May 16, 2013, a particular news item caught my eye: “Shmeat: Reducing Animal Cruelty or Defeating the Purpose of a Sustainable Diet?” written by Sarah Jugovic (http
A Pause for Prayer2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014O my Lord, there is no limit to the unwanted orders of lusty desires. Although I have rendered these desires so much service, they have not shown any mercy to me. I have not been ashamed to serve them, nor have I even de
e-Krishna2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014www.brcindia.com is the website of the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre. According to Director Hari Sauri Dasa, the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC), situated in Kolkata, India, is the result of Srila Prabhupada’s desire
Adhoksaja Krsna : Beyond the Limits of the Alphabet2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014Adhoksaja Krsna: Beyond the Limits of the Alphabet Krsna is adhoksaja, which means that even persons advanced in knowledge cannot understand Krsna. Knowledge is manufactured from words and syllables and from the letters
From the Editor2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014Three Spiritual Authorities When I first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad-gita As It Is, I was excited about my discovery. I'd been searching for answers to life's great questions, and after only a short
Vedic Thoughts2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-01, 2014There is no difference between the kingdom of God and the devotional service of the Lord. Since both of them are on the absolute plane, to be engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord is to have attained t
Welcome2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014This issue's nine feature articles cover a wide range of subjects. Our cover story, Satyaraja Dasa's "Ramananda Samvada: The Perfect Conversation," tells of a five-hundred-year-old dialogue on Krsna consciousness that wa
Letters2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014Encouraging Words Hi. I just need to hear some words of motivation. Dave Via the Internet Our reply: Close your eyes and do a meditation: Think how many things in this world will make you permanently happy and cost nothi
Founder's Lecture - Rescuing Sinful, Suffering Humanity2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014Vrindavan, India, April 20, 1975 Lord Krsna descended in an especially merciful form in this age, when almost everyone suffers from degraded living in this and previous lives. namo maha-vadanyaya krsna -prema-pradaya te
Abhay Charan: A Special Gift2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014by Ananta Vallabha Dasa When a couple's unborn child is diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, they turn to Lord Krsna’s devotees for guidance. When we learned that my wife, Vaishnavi, was pregnant, it was joyous n
www.24hourkirtan.fm2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014www.24hourkirtan.fm is the website of an Internet radio station called 24 Hour Kirtan Mandali Radio. The station plays kirtanas recorded live at the Krsna-Balarama Mandir in Vrindavan, India, as well as kirtanas recorded
Toward Krsna Conscious Governance2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014by Indra Krsna Dasa A clarion call for devotees and likeminded people to come together and, by Krsna conscious governance, save the world from its precarious condition–before it is too late. Little Ahmed stretches his sm
Surfing or Suffering?2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014by Sarvabhauma Dasa Anyone in the material world looking for the perfect wave is looking in the wrong ocean. In her book Prabhupada Stories, Govinda Dasi recalls her spiritual master’s reaction when he first witnessed Am
Can One Dovetail Surfing with Krsna Consciousness?2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014Some readers who are attracted to bhakti-yoga may enjoy a sport such as surfing, seeing it as a harmless form of recreation. In fact, in the Bhagavad-gita (6.17) Lord Krsna includes moderate recreation (vihara) as part o
Ramananda Samvada: The Perfect Conversation2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014By Satyaraja Dasa In a classic reversal of roles, the Lord and His devotee discuss the highest spiritual truths. Everyone likes to converse with loved ones. There is nothing quite as satisfying as sitting back and spendi
How I Came to Krsna Consciousness2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014They Won, I Lost His mother’s cultural training and his wife’s sincere prayers diverted his blind march forward and brought him to the lotus feet of Krsna. By Surendra Singh Saukhanda Life centered on religion was common
Playing with Krsna2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014By Suvarna Radhika Devi Dasi Introducing Krsna consciousness to young children through play. In one corner of my preschool room, two four-year-old boys are pretending to be Krsna and Balarama. Tying shiny scarves on thei
Why Is the Bhagavad-gita So Pessimistic?2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014Four points to consider regarding Lord Krsna’s characterization of life in the material world. by Caitanya Carana Dasa After teaching a university seminar, I was asked questions I had myself raised when I first encounter
A Retreat for Krsna Couples2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014Arcana Siddhi Devi Dasi ISKCON's Grihastha Vision Team helps married couples progress in harmony toward their shared ultimate goal: pure love for Krsna. Many years ago, when I told my boyfriend I was moving into the ashr
From the Editor2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014"Krsna Is Coming!" When Srila Prabhupada's disciple Mahamaya Devi Dasi published her memoirs about her spiritual master in the year 2000, she titled the book Srila Prabhupada Is Coming! The exclamation point aptly captur
Vedic Thoughts2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-02, 2014The greatest loss in life is passing time without understanding Krsna. Every moment of our lives should be utilized properly, and the proper use of life is to increase devotional service to the Lord. Without devotional s
Welcome2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu introduced the means to God realization in this age: congregational chanting of the names of God. As anyone who has seen Hare Krsna devotees chanting in public can attest, dancing always accompani
Letters2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014Turn to Krsna Hello, and I could say Hare Krsna, but I am not really eligible! Many years ago I used to go to Bhaktivedanta Manor and used to chant, etc. I often think of the wonderful devotees I used to know who inspire
Founder's Lecture - The Need for Ideal Leaders2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014Vrindavan, India, September 8, 1975 A small percentage of exemplary Krsna conscious persons can benefit the whole world. yad yad acarati sreyan itaras tat tad ihate sa yat pramanam kurute lokas tad anuvartate "The mass o
"Nobody Knows Life's Real Purpose"2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Mr. C. Hennis of the United Nations' International Labor Organization took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 31, 1974. Mr. H
A Pause for Prayer2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord NrsiMhadeva, the source of all power. O my Lord who possesses nails and teeth just like thunderbolts, kindly vanquish our demonlike desires for fruitive activity in this materia
The Prayers of Queen Kunti and Prabhupada’s Triumph Over Adversity2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014By Brahmananda Dasa During times of hardship and illness, Srila Prabhupada turned to the immortal prayers of one of Lord Krsna’s closest devotees. Queen Kunti, who walked this earth some five thousand years ago, was the
Forgiveness2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014By Caitanya Carana Dasa Examples from the Vedic tradition portray intelligent forgiveness that helps both the forgiver and the forgiven to grow. When someone hurts us, should we forgive or retaliate? All of us are likely
Exclusive Controllership Versus Self-Ownership2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014Dr. Aswini Kumar Misro Legal and moral codes grant us exclusive control over our own bodies, but most bodily systems operate without our awareness. Self-ownership is an exclusive right enjoyed by every individual in a de
e-Krishna2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014www.everydaygita.com Most Vaisnava web sites are like online magazines or newspapers. The ones like magazines present images and text with a focus on particular subjects, such as chanting the maha-mantra, book distributi
Once You Visit You Never Leave: A Pilgrimage to Vrindavan and Mayapur2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014By Mark D. Vickers "I had made the trip with an open heart and mind, but never imagined quite how huge a transformation this journey would have on me." I started planning my pilgrimage to Vrindavan and Mayapur early last
Four Metaphors for Transcendental Knowledge2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014Academic knowledge provides information of this world, but spiritual knowledge awards eternal liberation. By Mukundamala Dasa One of my friends in college was known for his immense general knowledge. He knew the names of
Vedic Observer2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014Why India's Women Are Not Safe by Purushottam Kumar Tougher laws fail to ensure the protection of women. We need to get to the heart of the problem. The surge in rape cases in India has shaken the conscience of every rig
The Movement of the Soul: Dancing in Krsna Consciousness2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014By Satyaraja Dasa In more ways than one, the word movement captures the essence of Lord Caitanya's religion of the holy name. I offer my respectful obeisances to the devotees of the Lord. Simply by their hearing the two
Vedic Thoughts2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-03, 2014The gross ignorance of the mass of people, including even the so-called scientists and philosophers, makes life a risky situation in which human beings do not know whether they are making progress in life. According to S
Welcome2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014Since the 1990s, Hrimati Devi Dasi, the author of the cover story for this issue, has lived at the expansive Hare Krsna temple-complex in Mayapur, West Bengal. As a follower of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, she knows Mayapur
Letters2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014What's Wrong with Commercial Media? I refer to your reply, in the Letters section of the January/February issue of BTG, on "How to Control the Mind," with specific reference to the following: ". . . keeping good associat
Founder's Lecture - Everyone Will See God2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014New York, July 31, 1971 Krsna is everywhere, and He reveals Himself to each of us according to our relationship with Him. eko ’py asau racayitum jagad-anda-kotim yac-chaktir asti jagad-anda-caya yad-antah andantara-stha-
Social Body Without a Brain2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014The following is a continuation of a conversation that took place between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Mr. C. Hennis of the United Nations International Labor Organization on May 31, 1974, in
Ghosts Demystified2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014by Caitanya Carana Dasa Despite the disapproval of scientists, many people believe in ghosts. What does the Vedic literature have to say on the subject? Do ghosts exist? Yes would be the answer of many people across hist
Srila Prabhupada’s Transcendental “Otherness”2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014By Satyaraja Dasa How a local newspaper helped ignite the explosive growth of the worldwide Hare Krsna movement. I recently spoke to Peter Leggieri. The name might not mean much to most readers of Back to Godhead, but, i
Save Earth Now!!2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014by Irving Shushnick (Peter Leggieri) The East Village Other (Volume 1, No. 22, October 15–November 1, 1966 issue). Reprinted by permission. Once upon a time, a bunch of theologians jumped a poor old man in a darkened chu
Hare Krsna People–An Inspiration for Devotees of All Ages2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014Though she never learned to read, Sarva Kanti Devi Dasi is dedicated to giving others the opportunity to read Srila Prabhupada's books. By Vrndadevi Dasi Sarva Kanti Devi Dasi beams with pleasure as she hands over change
A Pause for Prayer2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014My dear Lord, You are the only worshipable Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore I offer my humble obeisances and prayers just to please You. O son of the king of the cowherds, Your transcendental body
Prayag Raj: A Place for Vaisnavas2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014by Hrimati Devi Dasi What was supposed to be a brief, casual trip to accept an invitation from an old friend turned out to be a wonderful, purifying, spiritual journey. Two of the holiest places we in the Hare Krsna move
Life's Most Important Moment2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014by Rasa Purusa Dasa Biographies from the Vedic literature teach us what determines our destination after life in the human form. Whenever I read or hear about someone's death, I wonder what that person was thinking of at
From the Editor2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014The Guru and the Miraculous mukam karoti vacalam pangum langhayate girim yat-krpa tam aham vande sri-gurum dina-taranam “I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His m
Vedic Thoughts2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-04, 2014The almighty Personality of Godhead, by His causeless mercy, descends to the earth and manifests activities almost on the line of the worldly men, but at the same time extraordinarily, because He is almighty. He does so
Welcome2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014Readers outside India may never have heard of Noida, where an impressive ISKCON temple opened in February. It's a planned township across the Yamuna River from New Delhi. Started in the 1970s, it has grown steadily, and
Letters2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014Raising Devotee Children Among Meat-Eaters How can I raise my children (ages six and ten) in Krsna consciousness when we are surrounded by close family who are nondevotees. It is a constant challenge for me. I teach my c
Founder's Lecture - Radharani, the Pleasure Potency of Krsna2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014Radhastami, London, August 29, 1971 The best way to please Krsna is to please His greatest devotee. This evening we are talking about Radhastami, the appearance day of Srimati Radharani. We are trying to understand the c
"We Have Created So Many Unprescribed Masters"2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Dr. Chaturbhai P. Patel took place in Bombay on March 23, 1974. Dr. Patel: The other morning, when a young lady told you, "I am
"Do You Still Believe in God?"2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014A skeptical friend challenges a devotee's faith after the devotee's painful injury. by Caitanya Carana Dasa I recently came across a Gallup poll, conducted in 2011, in which Americans were asked, "Do you still believe in
Book Excerpt2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014Death and Dying in the Vedic Tradition by Giriraja Swami A talk presented to the doctors and nurses of San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine in San Diego, California. Footnote on the opening page: A
Inaugurating Govind Dham2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014by Lokanath Swami A grand temple opens in Noida, one of New Delhi's important satellite cities. After one crosses the Yamuna River from Delhi, India’s overcrowded capital city, the sight of Noida, a large satellite city
Taking Shelter2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014by Navina Syama Dasa For relief from life's inevitable distress, we need to stop looking in all the wrong places. In ISKCON we often speak of “taking shelter” of Lord Krsna or His devotees. For example, a new member who
Time for the Journey Back Home2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014by Purushottam Kumar Learning our true identity should inspire us to fully use our life to secure the best destination after our time in this body runs out. It cannot be seen or touched or felt, but its existence is unde
Sehnsucht: When Vocabulary Encourages Yearning for Krsna2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014By Satyaraja Dasa The more spiritually evolved we become, the more we long for life's "missing piece." “Woooahhh! That’s it!" I said when I came across the German word sehnsucht (ZEN-zookt). "That sums it all up!” Sehnsu
e-Krishna2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014www.iskconcommunications.org is the website for the Office of Communications for the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The Office of Communications engages the world’s media to create and sustain a
From the Editor2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014Magical Distractions Adept yogis can attain siddhis, mystic powers, or what Srila Prabhupada sometimes referred to as magic. These powers can distract the advancing yogi, forcing him to lose sight of the goal of God real
Vedic Thoughts2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-05, 2014Real happiness must be appreciated by one's transcendental senses. Unless one is purified, the transcendental senses are not manifest; therefore to purify the senses one must take to Krsna consciousness and engage the se
Welcome2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014When His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada left India for American in 1965, his mission, as described in the standard prayer to him, was to deliver "the Western countries, which are filled with impersonal
Life in Svargaloka2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014All glories to your service to Back to Godhead magazine! I love to read it from the first to the last word every time. I especially appreciated your reply in the Letters section of the March/April 2014 issue entitled "On
Founder's Lecture - Limited and Unlimited Consciousness2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014Visakhapatnam, India, February 19, 1972 Lord Krishna teaches that the individual living entity, though possessed of the attributes of God, is never equal to Him. What is the objective of this Krishna consciousness moveme
Chewing the Chewed2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place in May 1974 during a morning walk in Rome. Srila Prabhupada: Adanta-gobhir vishatam tamisram p
TOVP: The Future in the Making2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014by Ajita Nimai Dasa Metaphorically, prominent acharyas in Lord Chaitanya's line laid the foundation for the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium. The construction of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP)–the biggest Vedi
Beyond the Resplendent Rainbows2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014by Damodara Nityananda Dasa Considering that rainbows are visible only when certain conditions are met, one may reasonably ask, "Who set the conditions?" In 1666 Newton demonstrated that normal white light is composed of
How I Came to Krishna Consciousness2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014My Metamorphosis from Judaism to Vaishnavism by Len Cohen "Merciful music and Krishna’s transformative power saved me from a life of impersonalism." What was I, a nice Jewish fellow, doing in front of the Radha-Krishna t
A Back to Godhead Distributor’s Inspiring Journey2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014by Chaitanya Charana Dasa A retired college principal dedicated to delivering Krishna's teachings passes away in the most favorable atmosphere for remembering the Lord. “If Srila Prabhupada could go door to door distribu
The Vulture Is Cursing the Cow: Prabhupada and the “God Is Dead” Controversy2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014By Satyaraja Dasa “God is dead. . . . And we have killed him.” –Nietzsche Although Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was not the first philosopher to proclaim that “God is dead”–indeed, his predecessor Hegel had used the s
Freedom?2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014Is there a conception of truth or freedom beyond the bars of race, religion, nationality, and political affiliation? Is there something higher we can strive for? By Devamrita Swami This is the second annual Bhaktivedanta
e-Krishna2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014www.howicame.com collects stories from around the world about how ISKCON devotees came to Krishna consciousness. An initiative of the ISKCON Governing Body Commission Outreach Committee, it is designed to inspire devotee
A Pause for Prayer2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014O Supreme Lord, the living entities in this world are bewildered by Your illusory energy. Becoming involved in the false concepts of "I" and "my," they are forced to wander along the paths of fruitive work. I too am delu
From the Editor2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014The Gold Standard for God Knowledge Certain phrases and ideas tend to be especially memorable for devotees who regularly read Srila Prabhupada's books. One such idea is that we must know not only that God is great but al
Vedic Thoughts2014 / Back to Godhead Magazine #48-06, 2014Everyone has a tendency to love someone. That Krishna should be the object of love is the central point of Krishna consciousness. By constantly chanting the Hare Krishna mantra and remembering the transcendental pastimes