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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’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, 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.
Find out more about Krishna consciousness in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD magazine.
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.
We want to attract people from all over the world to visit the holy land of Lord Krishna’s birth—and to provide nice facilities for them when they come. Vrindavan is a land of great spiritual potency. Anyone who visits will automatically chant the holy names of the Lord.
With roots in pre-colonial America, Philadelphia’s New Year’s Day Mummers’ Parade of elaborately costumed string bands and colorful floats has been a city-sponsored classic since 1901. This year’s parade was certainly unique for Krishna and Arjuna were there
God has an unlimited variety of names. Some of them—like Jehovah, Adonai, Buddha, and Allah—are familiar to us, while the names Krishna and Rama may be less so. However, whatever name of God we may accept, we are enjoined by all scriptures to chant it for spiritual purification.
A very special edition of Back to Godhead Magazine covering the opening of ISKCON’s Sri Krishna Balaram Temple in Vrindavan, India.
A brief look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Relieving the “Religious” War Years of bitter fighting, terrorist bombings, armored cars, and patrolling troops have made residents of Belfast, Northern Ireland, rather grim. But as visiting devotees have noted, Belfasters brighten when they hear the chanting of Hare Krishna. “The […]
Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name of the Lord. In this age of quarrel there is no other way, no other way, no other way to attain spiritual enlightenment
This issue of Back to Godhead magazine features an article on Plato’s Politics, a discussion of whether God is formless or not and many other great articles