We must invite Krsna back as the central object of all our senses. He is as available to us today as He was when He wandered at will in the Vrndavana forest, charming all beings. We need only chant His holy names.…
With Krsna in the Peaceable Kingdom
Remembering How Srila Prabhupada Cooked
"I learned to cook by watching others—my mother, my aunt, and even the 'walas' [restaurant and street-stand cooks] in Calcutta," Srila Prabhupada said. Later on, in his householder days, he occasionally joined his wife in the kitchen.…
Death: The Traveller’s Nightmare
By disease, accident or providence every one of us will be forced out of our body for what seems an unknown destination. Death's stroke doesn't wait for us to resolve our unfinished business, nor does it heed our careful moves to stave it off. When it's time to go, you go.…
“A Great Fortune for the People of Trinidad”
Although Srila Prabhupada never set foot in Trinidad, the chanting of Hare Krsna is nonetheless resounding today throughout this Caribbean island. No one need wonder any longer how Lord Caitanya's miracle will come to pass: At least for Trinidad, the miracle has become a reality.…
Srila Prabhupada: Carrying Krsna’s Message to the West
In 1952 Srila Prabhupada began preaching Krsna consciousness in Jhansi. With the support of local doctors and businessmen, he began an organization—the League of Devotees—dedicated to spreading Krsna consciousness in India and abroad.…
The Myth Of The Innocent Citizen
The central myth of the whole nuclear disarmament movement—the innocent citizen. These "innocent citizens" surmise that if they can just get Ronnie and Leonid to sit down together the U.S. and the Soviet Union could bury the nuclear hatchet.…
When Men Become Animals
Eating, sleeping, sex, and defense—these are common to both human beings and animals. The distinction between humans and animals is a man can search after God but an animal cannot. Therefore a man without that urge for searching after God is no better than an animal.…
How to See and Know God
Krsna is explaining Himself. But suppose you say, "How can I believe that Krsna said these words? Somebody may have written them in the name of Krsna." No. Because the Bhagavad-gita is accepted by saintly persons, we should also accept it.…
Krishna Reveals His Universal Form at Kuruksetra
If hundreds of thousands of suns were to rise into the sky at once, their effulgence might resemble that of the Lord in His universal form. That wondrous form possessed unlimited mouths, unlimited eyes, unlimited faces, legs, and arms.…
With Krsna in the Peaceable Kingdom
Remembering How Srila Prabhupada Cooked
Death: The Traveller’s Nightmare
“A Great Fortune for the People of Trinidad”
An Expanding Ocean Of Bliss
The Nectar of the Holy Name of Krishna
Sankirtana — The Perfection of Glorifying God
Chanting Hare Krsna is for Saints and Sinners — Notes from the Editor
Sweet Waters Festival New Zealand 1982
Ratha-Yatra—A Festival for Everyone
New York City Festival Diary — Notes from the Editor
The Chariots Roll Again
Who am I? Where do I come from? — Letters
I read with interest some of the books sold by your vendors, and I would like to ask the following questions: Who am I? Where do I come from? What is the purpose of my existence? How can I get out of the cycle of repeated birth and death?…
85.5 Million Prabhupada Books in Print (1979)
Last year the printing total surpassed the previous year's total by thirty percent, and BBT books appeared for the first time in Danish, Greek, and Kannada (a South Indian dialect).…