There are many international societies, such as the United Nations. So the idea of an international society is very nice, but we must try to understand what the central idea of an international society should be.…
The Focus for True Global Unity
How I Came to Krsna Consciousness
In distress I prayed out loud: "If there is someone behind all this, I want to know You. I will be obedient to Your will." I prayed from my heart, with every bit of sincerity I could muster. At the time, I thought that if there actually was a God, He must have heard me.…
The Lord of the Universe Comes to Washington D.C.
The first annual Ratha-yatra chariot festival in Washington, D.C. Hare Krsna devotees came from around the country and at the foot of the Washington Monument thousands of well-wishers, friends, and onlookers joined them for the parade to the Capitol.…
Deprogramming or The Freedom to Make Up Your Own Mind
They threw me in the van, lay on top of me, and gagged me. From the back of the van my mother and stepfather came forward and said, "It's all right, Kim, you've been brainwashed by the Hare Krsnas, and these men are going to help you return to normal life."…
New York City Taxi Tattva
Everyone in New York City thinks he's a philosopher. And who do they talk with about politics, religion, traffic, and the weather? Not their psychiatrists, business associates, or even their families as much as the New York cabbie.…
Cooking for Krishna
How can a twentieth-century woman simply stand there cutting a cauliflower, with the Middle East in crisis, millions going hungry, and the national economy tottering?…
George Harrison on “My Sweet Lord”
By the time the Hare Krsna movement first came to England in 1969, John and I had already gotten a hold of Prabhupada's first album, Krsna Consciousness. We had played it a lot and liked it. That was the first time I'd ever heard the chanting of the maha-mantra.…
The Camel and the Thorns
Dumb. That's the only word for the camel, who often feasts on thorny bushes, mangles his mouth-and enjoys the taste of his own fresh blood. Never mind the pain and self-mutilation: it's the taste that counts.…
The Passing of Bhisma
Bhisma was such a fierce and skillful fighter that he was virtually invincible; only by a trick was he mortally wounded. Now, in recognition of his exalted position and his profound devotion to Lord Krsna, many great saints and sages have also gathered to hear his last words.…
The Focus for True Global Unity
How I Came to Krsna Consciousness
The Lord of the Universe Comes to Washington D.C.
Deprogramming or The Freedom to Make Up Your Own Mind
An Expanding Ocean Of Bliss
The Nectar of the Holy Name of Krishna
Sankirtana — The Perfection of Glorifying God
Chanting Hare Krsna is for Saints and Sinners — Notes from the Editor
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami & Allen Ginsberg
Sweet Waters Festival New Zealand 1982
Ratha-Yatra—A Festival for Everyone
New York City Festival Diary — Notes from the Editor
The Meaning of the Mantra – Letters
Arthur Avalon [a writer on yoga] places as: Ram the mantra of the Manipura cakra (around the navel) and Ha . . . Ksa . . . for the petals of the Ajna cakra (between your eyebrows).…
85.5 Million Prabhupada Books in Print (1979)
Last year the printing total surpassed the previous year's total by thirty percent, and BBT books appeared for the first time in Danish, Greek, and Kannada (a South Indian dialect).…