An Age-old Tradition Comes to the Western World
For thousands of years devotees in India have known that we can personally see and serve the Lord in His Deity form. Now, to the Western mind this idea may seem unfamiliar, but it’s easy to understand.
ISKCON News: Prabhupada Begins Tour
On June 1, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada stepped from a plane at Los Angeles International Airport and began his summer tour of the United States.
Finding a Genuine Guru
You have to surrender to the guru, but not blindly or sentimentally. First you should study him carefully to find out whether he has the qualifications spelled out in the Vedic literature.
Light of my Life
Srila Prabhupada you are fulfilling Lord Gauranga’s wish. Without discrimination you distribute the contents of the storehouse of transcendental love.
Separating the Saints from the Swindlers
If you want to be cheated, you will find cheating gurus. But if you are sincere, you will find a sincere guru. The genuine guru is God’s representative, and he speaks about God and nothing else.
Sankirtan in New York City
ISKCON devotees chant Hare Krishna in New York City in 1976.
Back To Godhead August 1976 PDF Download
The August 1976 issue of Back to Godhead magazine is the Janmastami Issue. With great articles showing how the ISKCON devotees celebrate Janmastami.
The Birth of Lord Krishna
In the darkness of night, as a thunderstorm brought heavy rains to Mathura, Krishna appeared before Vasudeva and Devaki within the jail of Kamsa. He had four arms, and held a conchshell, club, disc, and lotus flower.
The Boar Who Battles for Planet Earth
Diti felt pressed by Cupid, and she caught hold of Kasyapa’s clothing, just like a shameless prostitute. Unable to dissuade his wife, Kasyapa resigned himself to his fate and lay with Diti in a secluded place.
A Spirited New Theater
Sudama Svami recalled theater had come up at his first meeting with Prabhupada, “I love to sing and dance.’ “Very good. You can go all over the world and present Krishna conscious theater.”
ISKCON News: Professor Eulogizes Bhagavad-gita As It Is
Concepts of the self, duty, personal attainment, and self-reliance—all facets of a world germane to Emerson and Thoreau and their contemporaries—now become clear in this rich edition.
The Transcendental Trend in Science
“Dr. Newton,” the man stared, “who made this wonderful contraption? The planets move with utter precision, you know. Why, it’s ingenious. Who made it?” “No one,” Newton replied. “One day last week it simply appeared here.”
In Any Language
In any language, isn’t communicating what we really care about? And in any spiritual process, isn’t God consciousness all that really counts?
Devotees chanting Hare Krishna in New York’s Central Park
Devotees chanting Hare Krishna in New York’s Central Park.
Back To Godhead November 1976 PDF Download
This issue of Back to Godhead magazine features an article glorifying the name of God in any language, the transcendental trends in science and Lord Varaha.
Krishna Consciousness: The Spirit of '76!
You see them in almost every big city in the United States: devotees of Krishna singing the holy names of God (Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare).
ISKCON News: Tenth Anniversary of ISKCON
July 6, 1976, marks the tenth anniversary of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In only a decade, ISKCON has grown into a worldwide confederation of more than one hundred asramas, schools, temples, institutes, and farm communities.
Then and Now — the Right to Distribute the American Dream
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.
Simple Living, High Thinking
Paradoxically, the materially advanced nations are just as frustrated as the developing nations, if not more so. Where materialism has produced the greatest wealth the people suffer from the most psychological distress and crime rates.
Declaring Our Dependence on God
Americans fought for Independence to assure life, liberty, and happiness. Prabhupada explains that Americans can actually achieve these things only by maintaining a God conscious society, with God conscious leaders.