In Washington, D.C., on August 20th, a call-in radio show hosted Jean Merritt, who says that the Hare Krsna movement is a “destructive cult” with dubious religious status whose members are taught not to think for themselves.
Lord Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is shown here with His eternal consort, Srimati Radharani, seated on a lotus in the Lord’s eternal abode in the spiritual sky.
The Ratha-yatra Festival of the Chariots, celebrated here annually for the last five years by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, has apparently won the hearts of British Columbia’s officialdom.
While Lord Krsna was performing transcendental pastimes as a cowherd boy, Brahma, thinking Him an ordinary person, played a trick on Him by stealing away His cows and cowherd friends.
The theory of evolution is only a reflection of a much broader philosophy—the philosophy of materialistic science. It is this philosophy that is the cause of many people’s rejection of any theistic religion and that must therefore be exposed as inferior to belief in God.
The Sanskrit language is rich in words to communicate ideas about spiritual life, yoga, and God realization. This dictionary, appearing by installments in BACK TO GODHEAD, will focus upon the most important of these words.
Recently at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, the country asrama of the Krsna consciousness movement near London, devotees installed the Deity forms of Lord Ramacandra (Krsna’s incarnation as a perfect king) and His consort, Srimati Sita-devi.
Ratha-yatra, “The Festival of the Chariots,” an ancient celebration held annually in India, has now become popular in cities around the world. Here, on Fifth Avenue, while thousands view the parade with pleasure and curiosity.
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness has its first floating temple, a 53-foot teakwood ketch recently donated to Narahari dasa, president of the Honolulu Krsna center.
Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, speaks Bhagavad-gita to His devotee Arjuna five thousand years ago at India’s sacred Kuruksetra plain.
After the chanting (it usually goes for twenty minutes or so) there’s a talk on Bhagavad-gita. This is the basic book of spiritual knowledge the Hare Krsna devotees get their philosophy from.
The Sanskrit language is rich in words to communicate ideas about spiritual life, yoga, and God realization. This dictionary will focus upon the most important of these (and, occasionally, upon relevant English terms) and explain what they mean.
Deities of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (center figure), and His associates grace the altar of the new Krsna temple in Laguna Beach, California.
Things get started with some chanting of Hare Krsna. It’s a kind of meditation. The idea is to meditate on the sound. And if you decide to join along in the chanting too—well, so much the better.
Hare Krsna devotees recently took part in the gala floral parade celebrating Hawaii’s Aloha Festival. In tune with the festival’s theme (“Music, the International Language”), they chanted Hare Krsna.
The Divine Couple, Radha and Krsna, enjoy amorous pastimes in the spiritual realm Goloka. Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, lives eternally for the pleasure of Radha.
Devotees of Lord Krsna organized public gatherings in several major cities this summer to celebrate traditional Krsna conscious festivals.
This is the second of three celebrations of the construction of the palace. The first, last September, was a dedication. When the third occurs, on the occasion of a festival named Janmastami over the Labor Day weekend, the finishing work will still be continuing.
Krsna , the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is seen in this nineteenth century Rajasthani painting sporting with His consort, Radharaji, the personification of loving devotion to Him.
The Sunday Feast a kind of open house. You come alone of with your friends or family. When you come in, you might like to meet some of the devotees. Maybe you’ll just wander around on your own and see what the place is all about. It’s up to you.