"I never lived on a farm before, but I always wanted to," says Krishna-bhamini-devi dasi. "It's the perfect setting, especially for children. You can do everything here--planting, building, beekeeping, artwork, writing, publishing--so many things are going on. And when you're so close, there's a community feeling, a satisfying feeling. If you're aware, each day's a festival."…
Often, as shown here, child Krishna delighted the townspeople by stealing and eating their butter.) Most of our boys have been hearing about Krishna since they were three or four years old. So now that they've come to Vrindavan, they can see the very things they've heard about: the Yamuna River, the groves, the cows and peacocks.…
In this issue of BTG we feature two of ISKCON's farm communities: New Vrindavan near Wheeling, West Virginia and Gita-nagari near Port Royal, Pennsylvania.…
in Vrindavan, the land of Lord Krishna, the gopis [cowherd girls] are concerned that He might hurt His lotus feet on the forest trail, and they're feeling such intense separation from Him that they're almost fainting.…
This is Krishna's original birthday celebration, The cowherd men and women, the musicians--everyone is giving something to Krishna. Of course, Krishna ... through His father Nanda Maharaja ... is giving everyone gifts, too.…
After five thousand years, people all over India still cherish the memory of Lord Krishna stealing butter from the ladies of Vrindavan village. Here we see Mother Yasoda about to catch Krishna in the act. "Why would God steal?" we might wonder.…
From the very first, his beloved disciple Jayananda dasa engineered the huge chariots of Lord Jagannatha, the Lord of the Universe. In this photo (New York, 1976) Jayananda steers one of the many chariots he built through the years.…
The Supreme Lord once appeared as Sri Ramacandra, the ideal God conscious king. And He accomplished His mission--to establish the principles of religion and destroy demonic, irreligious influences.…
"I don't care if I'm a 'great artist' or not," says John Swindler (Jayarama dasa). "I just want my art to point toward the mysteries and the beauties of the truth, that's all."…
This is the "We did not send men to the moon" edition of Back to Godhead. It also has a great photo article on a sankirtan (book distribution) party in France.…