Back To Godhead October 1981 PDF Download
Radha and Krsna, standing on a teak-and-silver altar, are the center of attraction at Hare Krsna Land in Bombay. Lord Krsna’s devotees in Bombay number well over two million.
Placing Our Love in Krsna
Our program is to worship Govinda, the original person, with love and devotion. This is Krsna consciousness. We are teaching people to love Krsna. That’s all.
The Lord of the Universe Comes to Haight-Ashbury
San Francisco, 1967. Prabhupada’s temple had become an integral part of the youth scene in the Haight-Ashbury district. Now, unexpectedly, the Lord of the universe came to the temple through the agency of a local import store.
Science Can Not Account for Consciousness and Complex Biological Forms
Modern mechanistic science rests on the premise that reality is ultimately reducible to a simple set of mathematical equations. Such a view fails to account for two important aspects of reality: consciousness, and complex biological form.
Letters — What a happy family you seem to be!
I have known and loved Sri Krishna’s devotees for many years, and though I am a Buddhist and not a member of ISKCON, I am in close touch, what a happy family you seem to be!
Srila Prabhupada Speaks Out on Education and The Good Life
Vedic culture teaches the culmination of education is to understand God. That is education. Otherwise, the education for learning how to eat nicely; how to sleep nicely, how to have sex and defend nicely—this education is there even among the animals.
Hare Krsna Among the Eskimos
Two women recently traveled 850 miles from Edmonton to this lonely outpost in Canada’s Northwest Territories to spread the message of Krsna consciousness.
Hare Krsna Land—Bombay
Hare Krsna Land receives two to three thousand guests daily, ten times that many on Sundays, and as many as 100,000 for its major festivals.
ISKCON Rural Development
What they do essentially is take a failing farm and make it work. The unique part is that they do it without spending any money.
The Role of the Disciple — Harvard Divinity School
You’ve been speaking at some length about the notion of the guru. According to your tradition, what is the role of the disciple? How does he deal with the guru?
The Yoga Dictionary
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.
The Search for Self-fulfillment
Since everyone, no matter how he chooses to define the self, is interested in self-fulfillment, it is of paramount importance to know what the self is. Generally our concepts of the self are vague and speculative; so we often feel unfulfilled, even after attaining our goals.