Neo-Vedic Exhibition
Recently gallery owners and art agents, writers, and publishers converged on the Indian consulate for the first exhibit of the Bhaktivedanta Trust Collection of paintings, photos, and sculpture.
Letters
I am very confused about the pronunciation of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. If you could properly instruct me on the correct pronunciation, I would very much appreciate that.
ISKCON Free Clinic
The Minister for Health and Family Welfare in Maharashtra state, presided at the inaugural ceremonies for ISKCONs new free clinic and dispensary, the Bhaktivedanta Institute.
The Chariot of the Body
Our material body is a lot like a chariot. It has five horses (the senses of hearing, touch, sight, taste, and smell). Each of us is a spiritual soul riding within-we are the passenger. And to keep the horses on course, we have the reins (our mind) and the driver (our intelligence).
Back To Godhead December 1978 PDF Download
In the forest of Vrndavana, Lord Krsna and His cowherd boyfriends enjoy a picnic lunch. The cowherd boys, having performed many pious activities in past lives, were able to laugh and play with the Supreme Lord as if He were an ordinary boy.
City Hails Krishna Restaurant
The City Council recently passed a resolution congratulating ISKCON for opening a budget vegetarian restaurant in the heart of a deprived section of the inner city.
Toward Appropriate Living In the Vedic Tradition
Prabhupada wanted to start farm projects. For many years the devotees had been trying to get people to accept Krishna consciousness as it appears in books like Bhagavad-gita. “But, if the people are in chaos, how will they be able to accept this great philosophy?”
Hare Krishna Food Relief in Kenya
ISKCON Food Relief workers are providing meals for thousands. The food is called prasada, “the Lord’s mercy,” since it is offered to Lord Krsna. A team of volunteers works adjacent to the ISKCON center and each evening people come for steaming bowls of a Kenyan staple.
Questions People Ask About Chanting
I’m afraid I’m a rather materialistic person. I want a compatible mate, a reasonable amount of money, healthy children, and things like that. Can I still chant Hare Krsna? I’ve read about plants responding to sound. If you chant Hare Krsna, does it have any effect on them?
Remembering Srila Prabhupada
“Better to have warm legs and a cool head,” he went on, “You must have a cool head to understand this Krsna consciousness philosophy.”
Back To Godhead September 1978 PDF Download
When Krsna last appeared on earth, some fifty centuries ago, each day His friends came over and His mother helped Him get dressed. He played like an ordinary boy. Yet at times He did things that were anything but ordinary.
Back To Godhead February & March 1979 PDF Download
Balarama and Krsna Enter Vrndavana Village. Fifty centuries ago Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Lord Balarama, His brother and primary expansion, displayed Their transcendental pastimes as cowherd boys in Vrndavana, a village in northern India.
Notes from the Editor
More Than Meals: Solving the Food Shortage Some people take a quick glance at the Krsna consciousness movement and conclude that its members are not working to solve humanity’s day-to-day crises. These people tend to think that by chanting the names of God (Hare Krsna), the devotees have become “otherworldly,” “out of touch with reality.” […]
Questions People Ask About Chanting Hare Krsna
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Q; Does chanting Hare Krsna have anything to do with reincarnation? A. Definitely. The whole process of reincarnation depends on what you’re thinking about at the time of death. If you’re thinking about a dog, you could become a […]
Remembering Srila Prabhupada
Some personal recollections by his disciples. I remember being with Srila Prabhupada once when a cynical reporter interviewed him. The man challenged, “You claim God is speaking to you directly, telling you what to do?” “Yes,” Srila Prabhupada said. Sitting there beside Srila Prabhupada, I could feel the reporter’s skepticism. “How can God speak to […]
The Rathayatra Festival’s Inspiration
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada brought the ancient Indian Ratha-yatra, the Festival of the Chariots, to the West in 1967. That year Srila Prabhupada held the festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, and it quickly caught on all over the world. In 1969, at the third San Francisco festival, Srila Prabhupada spoke […]
Back To Godhead June 1978 PDF Download
Thousands of years ago, Krsna manifested His form called Jagannatha, the Lord of the Universe. This summer His chariots will carry Him through main streets and parks in cities all over the world.
What is a Mantra?
In Sanskrit, man means “mind” and tra means “freeing.” So a mantra is a combination of transcendental, spiritual sounds that frees our minds from the anxieties of life in the material world.
“Krishna Temple Is Labor of Love”
Something of a minor marvel is taking shape in the hills of Marshall County, where members of the Hare Krishna religious community have sacrificed over the past four years to complete a “labor of love”—a temple in honor of their spiritual master.
Jayapataka Swami gets Indian citizenship
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) India Citizenship for ISKCON Guru Since India won her independence in 1947, a mere 952 foreigners have received citizenship, and of those only a small percentage have been Westerners. But not long ago India’s Home Ministry granted citizenship to American-born Jayapataka […]