Back To Godhead August 1987 PDF Download
August 16 marks the anniversary of Lord Krishna’s appearance on earth, and devotees around the world will celebrate the event, known as Janmastami, with grand festivals.
President of Zanzibar Welcomes an ISKCON Guru
When the group arrived at the Zanzibar airport, members of Parliament, national television correspondents, and leading citizens welcomed Navayogendra Swami.
CHANT!
The name Krishna means “the all-attractive one” the name Rama means “the all-pleasing one,” and the name Hare is an address to the Lord’s devotional energy.
Back To Godhead September 1986 PDF Download
The Jaladuta II, the Hare Krishna movement’s fifty-three-foot teakwood ketch, rounds Makapuu Point on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu and heads northwest.
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Notes From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
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CHANT!
“We’re practicing yoga.” “Yoga? You call this yoga? Chanting and dancing, playing on drums and hand cymbals, passing out magazines and sweets—all in one big group?” “Absolutely! Yoga means ‘to link with God,’ and this congregational chanting of God’s names.
New ISKCON Temple in Thailand
ISKCON Adds a Center in Thailand and reprints Thai Books by Srila Prabhupada.
Back To Godhead December 1985 PDF Download
A window on the spiritual world: Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Srimati Radharani, the personification of loving devotion to Him, display all-attractive, spiritual pastimes in Their eternal abode, Goloka Vrndavana.
CHANT!
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare In Sanskrit, man means “mind” and tra means “freeing.” So a mantrais a combination of transcendental, spiritual sounds that frees our minds from the anxieties of life in the material world. Ancient India’s Vedic literatures single out one mantra […]
Notes from the Editor
Love Feast One of the more important public services of the Krsna consciousness movement is to hold festivals. Our Sunday festivals usually consist of a discourse, a drama, or the celebration of a special event, such as the anniversary of the appearance of Lord Krsna or the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana. But at […]
Every Town and Village
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Italians Gain Spiritual Perspective on Animal Rights Florence, Italy—Animal-rights activists recently met at ISKCON’s Villa Vrndavana rural community here to discuss the spiritual dimensions of the animal-rights movement. Participants included members of the Italian Vegetarian League, the Italian League for Animal […]
The Vedic Observer
Transcendental Commentary on the Issues of the Day The Intellectual Animal by Rupanuga dasa Eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. These propensities are common to the animal, including the human animal. Especially for humans, fulfilling these propensities creates a constant challenge: how to eat well, how to sleep comfortably, how to make more suitable arrangements for […]
Back To Godhead April 1986 PDF Download
BACK TO GODHEAD is the monthly journal of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. When Srila Prabhupada began the Society (in New York City, in 1966), he put into writing the purposes he wanted it to achieve. They are as follows: 1. To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all […]
Back to Godhead Vol 52, 1973 PDF Download
Leaders of society should seriously learn the science of Krishna consciousness in order to give society proper guidance and direction not only materially but spiritually as well.
Back to Godhead Vol 53, 1973 PDF Download
Krishna used to break the butter pots of His foster mother Yasoda and distribute to His friends. Out of pure love Yasoda decided to punish her transcendental son, and she took a rope and threatened to tie up the Lord
Krsna’s Garlands Grace Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II bows slightly to receive a garland worn earlier by the Krsna Deity at London’s ISKCON center. Making the presentation is eight ·year-old Bhaktimati dasi.
A New Hare Krishna Farm in the Rockies
Hare Krsna devotees from Denver started ISKCON’s fifteenth farm community, a 340-acre spread atop Sunshine Mesa and overlooking the Peonia-Hotchkiss fruit valley, on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies.
“Hearing is the beginning of understanding.”
The most potent method for self-realization in this age is to hear the transcendental sound vibration of Krsna’s name and glories from the lips of a pure devotee.
Letters
It is so unfortunate that in most parts of India we know very little about Lord Caitanya. All I knew was that He was a very great devotee; I knew very little about His pastimes and sankirtana movement.