Why is the attraction between male and female so powerful? What is the essence of this attraction? And why does the Vedic literature call it illusion?…
Liquid Beauty
The Master Plan for Krishna Land at New Vrindaban
The 25-million-dollar Temple of Understanding will be the main attraction in the Land of Krishna, a one-hundred-acre complex that will include sculptures, botanical gardens, art galleries, multimedia exhibits, a planetarium, and more.…
Reflections At The Zoo
I spent an afternoon at the Zoo with my two-year-old son. As I carried him from the elephant compound to the lion house to the bird sanctuary, I began to wish I had heeded my wife's advice to bring along the stroller. "Why He knows how to walk."…
Simply Wonderful Sweets!
The art of making these sweets has been preserved through generations of specialized sweet-makers in India. There the sweet repertoire is extensive and elaborate, and although preparing such sweets may appear simple, to do it masterfully requires great skill.…
True Happiness Must be Eternal
There are those who will say, "Ah! These Hare Krsna people are just escapists. They cannot face up to life." And our reply is simply, "Yes, we are escapists. You stay here; we will leave!"…
Temple Worship
Service of the Lord, especially in dressing and decorating the temple, accompanied by musical kirtana and spiritual instructions from the scriptures, can alone save the common man from the hellish cinema attractions and the rubbish sex-songs broadcast everywhere by radios.…
The Spiritual Master: Emissary of the Supreme Person
How can one know that the spiritual master is bona fide? What is the duty of the spiritual master? What are his symptoms? These and other questions concerning the spiritual master and Krsna are discussed herein by way of authoritative evidence.…
An Ancient Science for Modern America
This Vedic knowledge which is Krsna consciousness is an ancient science which is eternally new. Modern America has reached a stage of civilization where it is ready to ask important questions. This science, as always, is ready with the answers.…
The Scientific Reality of Spiritual Life
The soul transmigrates at every moment as our body changes from childhood, to youth, and then to old age. When the body disintegrates at death, the soul start s another round of transmigration in a new body.…
Liquid Beauty
The Master Plan for Krishna Land at New Vrindaban
Reflections At The Zoo
Simply Wonderful Sweets!
Krsna Is The Original Cowboy
Lord Caitanya Festival
Ratha-Yatra — A Festival of Spiritual Pleasure
Lord Caitanya at Ratha-yatra Festival in Jagannatha Puri
Brahmananda Congragulates BTG — Letters
I have just gone through BACK TO GODHEAD Vol. 19, No. 9, and as I went through the magazine—beginning with Srila Prabhupada's lecture, which was No. 9. and feel compelled to congratulate you on what a fine issue it is.…
Why Hare Krishnas Distribute Books
Have you ever met a Hare Krsna devotee in an airport, a parking lot, or on the street distributing books and collecting donations? Many people wonder why we do this. I've been distributing books for over six years, and I'd like to tell you something about the origin of book distribution.…