The Festival of the Chariots
Every summer in dozens of cities across the earth, Ratha-yatra—the Festival of the Chariots—blossoms like a multicolored lotus flower. Red, yellow, and green silk canopies tower above the chariots and…
Lord Caitanya – The Joy of Mother Saci
An especially touching instance of Lord Caitanya's exemplary behavior was His loving relationship with His mother, Sacidevi. Theirs was the ideal relationship between an enlightened, loving mother and her Krishna-conscious…
The Science of God-realization
When it comes to the science of God-realization, most people are pretty much in the dark. In this conversation with Professor Alphonso Verdu of the University of Kansas, Dhrstadyumna Swami…
A Christian Tribute to Krsna Consciousness
The following is a statement by Dr. Harvey Cox, theologian at Harvard Divinity School, at a symposium titled "Krishna Consciousness and Religious Freedom," conducted at the Center for the Study…
Breaking the Bonds of False Fatherhood
Unfortunately many parents are not satisfied with this movement... However, we have no alternative other than to teach our disciples to free themselves from materialistic life. We must instruct them…
Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out: the Hare Krishna Puzzle
An intelligent person is not supposed to work like an ass. If we are parasites, then a high-court judge is also a parasite. A rascal sees a judge sitting—talking a…
Every Town and Village – Devotee Foils “Deprogrammers”
Titled "Deprogramming Failure," the Post article recounts twenty-four-year-old Megha-devi dasi's kidnapping, her attempted "deprogramming," and her successful effort to fool her captors and return to the Washington, D. C., Radha-Krishna…
The Secret of the “Superman”
Friedrich Nietzsche thought of the "superman" as someone totally self-controlled, unafraid, simple, aware, self-reliant... and nonexistent. But here His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada tells us about real supermen—who…
Chant and be happy…
I've been chanting Hare Krishna and reading authorized books about Krishna consciousness for four years, and now I'm finding a higher happiness than I've ever experienced before.…
Back To Godhead June 1977 PDF Download
From the very first, his beloved disciple Jayananda dasa engineered the huge chariots of Lord Jagannatha, the Lord of the Universe. In this photo (New York, 1976) Jayananda steers one…
Man on the Moon – A case of mass brainwashing
Twenty-eight percent of all Americans, according to a Gallup poll cited in the Los Angeles Times on October 13, 1976, have seen through the sham and now believe the moon…
The Song of God
The Song of God in English Verse by Hiranyagarbha dasa (Based on the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.) O Prabhupada!…
Spreading the Holy Life Around
We are five in the van and the hardy mood of spiritual pioneering predominates. There is a distinct sense of mission. We travel to the remotest corners of France to…
Every Town and Village: Deprogramming smashed in courts
ISKCON has defeated a highly publicized challenge to the authority and value of its spiritual teachings. On March 17, New York State Supreme Court Justice John J. Leahy threw out…
Calling the Blind Scientists’ Bluff
No matter how huge a telescope is, or how precisely the data it reports is handled by a computer, the scientists themselves suffer from four basic defects that completely invalidate…
Krishna – The Personal Form Of God
"The Supreme Lord walks and does not walk. He is far away, but He is very near as well He is within everything, and yet He is outside of everything."…
Beyond Animal Technology
Today's scientist has devised a lofty technology but essentially he knows about as much as a dog: how to eat, how to sleep, how to have sex, and how to…
Chanting Hare Krishna in Amsterdam
ISKCON Devotees chanting Hare Krishna downtown and standing before the Amsterdam center of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. 1977.…
Back To Godhead May 1977 PDF Download
This is the "We did not send men to the moon" edition of Back to Godhead. It also has a great photo article on a sankirtan (book distribution) party in…
Matchless Gifts
I attended the first meeting in the little storefront with two of my friends. I was surprised to see half a dozen people there. The storefront was narrow and squalid.…
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