Back To Godhead July 1982 PDF Download
During the Sweetwaters festival every summer, devotees give thousands of New Zealanders a taste of the ecstasy of singing, dancing, and eating for Krsna.
A Cause for Jubilation
The Krsna consciousness movement is the sankirtana movement, the movement for spreading the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra. This chanting may appear to be the repetition of some ordinary words, but it is not. We simply require to practice it a little to experience its effect.
“I want to know more” — Letters
I want to know more. I am genuinely interested. The devotees were chanting Hare Krishna Hare Rama, and I have never seen people’s faces so happy and peaceful.
New Zealand South Island Story
When I came to New Zealand in 1972, the farthest thing from my mind was opening a Hare Krsna temple. I was on a world surfing safari and the closest idea I had to spiritual life was finding “the perfect wave.”
Bhaktivedanta Hilltop School Enrolls 425
The Hare Krsna movement has opened a gurukula school that has won a warm response from local parents. More than 425 children have enrolled in Bhaktivedanta Hilltop School and are studying the usual academic subjects side by side with Krsna conscious philosophy.
Srila Prabhupada in Calcutta 1944
With World War II raging in Europe and the Far East, Srila Prabhupada launches BACK TO GODHEAD magazine and addresses the issues of the day from a Krsna conscious viewpoint.
Sweet Waters Festival New Zealand 1982
Pastureland next to the Waikato River (south of Auckland) was transformed into a tent-and-caravan metropolis. Seventy thousand young people were basking in perfect weather at the annual Sweetwaters Rock Festival—New Zealand’s Woodstock.
Vicki Overton: From Haute Couture To Hare Krsna
When Vicki Overton was growing up in Auckland in the 1950’s, duly attentive to her studies at St. Cuthbert’s College for girls, no one would have imagined she would one day be among the most sought-after fashion models in the world.
Devotees of Krsna Are Optimistic
Despite all the gloom, the devotees of Lord Krsna are optimistic, unfazed. Indeed, they’re positively joyful. Why? And if they are, can others be? Yes.
Hare Krsna Farm In New Zealand 1982
Land and cows provide the economic basis for a prosperous, happy, healthy life of Krsna consciousness at New Varshan, the Hare Krsna farm near Auckland, New Zealand.