Peace Talks Paradox
For a growing number of people on both sides of the Atlantic, the nuclear arms buildup is the issue of the eighties. Events just won’t let us forget our seemingly inexorable march toward Armageddon.
ISKCON Food for Life in Major Cities
Miami—The ISKCON Food for Life program is in full swing here and in other cities across the United States and abroad.
The Logic of the Unlimited — The Brain Behind the Creation
Modern scientists say there is no brain behind the creation. How foolish they are. If we see a painting, we would not say, “There is no brain behind this artistic work. It is so wonderfully painted, yet it has been created automatically. There is no artist.”
CHANT Hare Krishna!
These sixteen words—Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—are especially meant for counteracting the ill effects of the present age of quarrel and anxiety.
Practical Action in Politics? — Letters
In the face of perhaps a global nuclear holocaust, is there any scope within Krsna consciousness for practical action—say as in the realm of politics?
Temple Needs Wood! — Simple Living, High Thinking
Temple needs wood! . . . Temple needs wood!” As the call echoes across our snowcapped farm, four men and two boys hop on an ox-drawn sled and head into the forest.
The Varieties of Happiness
Ordinary people are after the happiness of sense enjoyment. The seekers of knowledge are after the happiness that comes from negating sense enjoyment. But real enjoyment is the happiness of devotional service to Krsna.
Back To Godhead February-March 1984 PDF Download
Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the creator of both the material and spiritual universes and is the father of all living beings. Not even a blade of grass moves without His sanction.
A Question Of Authority
The Supreme Truth is beyond the power of the material senses to see or to know. So what spiritual understanding can we expect to arrive at by ourselves?
Curing the Vegetarian Blues
Even the classiest restaurants aren’t prepared for the vegetarian. A vegetarian friend who was obliged to go to a famous Italian restaurant for a business lunch told me of her plight.
New York Samkirtan 1969 in Photos
Many photos of ISKCON’s Sankirtan Party in New York City during 1969.
ISKCON Hawaii 1969
The Kam Day Parade is a yearly event commemorating the reign of the Hawaiian King Kamehameha. This parade is known to draw thousands, so we were naturally anxious to take advantage of this opportunity for propagating Krishna consciousness.
Love is Man’s Link to God
Love for Krishna is dormant within each of us, but because we have no conscious love for Him we are frustrated in various objects of love, and, therefore, in the material world, love is 99.9% frustration simply because the love isn’t in the right place.
What It Means to be Spiritually Deprived
Spiritual deprivation is forgetfulness of God. This is the only reason that what we see around us is happening at all. What we see around us, this material world, is the embodiment of our forgetfulness.
States and Attributes of the Creation
Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, self-control and calmness, pleasure and pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness, non-violence, equanimity, satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and infamy are created by Me alone.
Srila Prabhupada at New Vrindaban
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada arrived at New Vrindaban, West Virginia on the morning of May 21st, 1969. It was his first visit to the mountain ashram, which is the first community in the West dedicated to Krishna conscious living.
The Vedanta: Its Morphology and Ontology
The origin of the Vedanta is innate in knowledge and inseparable from the same, though its practical phases may insist on tracing the cause where it submits to inspection.
What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhupada A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India on the order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West.
Boston Samkirtan 1969 in Photos
I think you should try to always have Samkirtan going on. All other things are subsidiary. This chanting is our life and soul, so we must arrange our program so that there will be as much chanting on the streets and at college engagements as possible.
Back to Godhead Vol 29, 1969 PDF Download
Sankirtan Special Back to Godhead Edition 1969