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.
Our Sense of Wonder — Gone Under
“Alienation,” social scientists say, is our inability to relate meaningfully to others, to nature, and to ourselves. Alienation is growing at an alarming and unprecedented rate. This trend appears to result from a radically different life view imposed upon the past few generations.
ISKCON News: Farm in Florida
Even the residents of South Honda have never heard of the Jobaticaba tree or the star apple tree. Yet there they are, right on an 8.5-acre estate that fifty devotees have transformed into a tropical paradise.
Chant and be happy
Anyone can chant the Hare Krishna mantra, anytime, anywhere. The main thing is to listen closely to the sound. Whether you sing it or say it, alone or with others, the Hare Krishna chant brings about joyful spiritual awareness.
Back To Godhead December 1976 PDF Download
Krishna and His cowherd boyfriends are coming back home at the end of the day, and the cowherd girls are looking on. Being the Lord naturally means being completely likeable which makes sense, because the name Krishna means ‘the all-attractive one.
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.
Ecstatic Hare Krishna Devotees Chanting
The special design of the Hare Krishna chant makes it easy to repeat and pleasant to hear. Spoken or sung, by yourself or in a group, Hare Krishna invariably produces a joyful state of spiritual awareness—Krishna consciousness.
Back To Godhead July 1976 PDF Download
This July 1976 issue of Back to Godhead is the 1776-1976 Independence Day celebration issue. The cover story is “Declaring our Dependence on God.”
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.
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.
ISKCON News: Vedic Psychology Explained
Last April 9 in Los Angeles, an overflow crowd of two hundred psychologists attended a symposium on Krishna consciousness at the Western Psychology Association convention.
Chanting Hare Krishna at Ratha-yatra Festival
The huge cars, with their towering canopies and colorful garlands, rumble along the city streets into the park. This is Ratha-yatra, the ancient Festival of the Chariots, glorifying Lord Jagannatha, the Lord of the universe.
Back To Godhead June 1976 PDF Download
This issue of Back to Godhead features many articles on the Rathayatra festival and Jagannatha Puri. Also a great article questioning if it is possible for the creation of the universe to come from chaos.
ISKCON News: ISKCON at the United Nations
ISKCON’s outdoor tent-exhibit, entitled “Simple Living, High Thinking,” drew rousing applause from thousands of visitors. Considerable praise went to ISKCON’s plans for a model city in Mayapura, India.
Krishna Meditation
Krishna, tending the cows and accompanied by Sri Balarama and the cowherd boys, began to vibrate His transcendental flute. When the cowherd girls of Vrindavan heard the sweet vibration, they began to talk about how nicely Krishna was playing His flute.
ISKCON Portland Hare Krishna Temple Devotees
Find out more about Krishna consciousness in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD magazine.
Back To Godhead September 1976 PDF Download
Students at ISKCON’s gurukul (primary school) in Los Angeles study English, history, math, and ancient India’s Vedic literatures. The Vedic literatures explain how to spiritualize matter by using it in the Lord’s service , and the children at ISKCON ‘s Gurukula are learning the art.