Volume-01 Number-40 – Back To Godhead

Devotional Service: Elevation Over Illusion by Bhagavan Dasa Adhikari

Mar 1, 1971 | Bhagavan Dasa Adhikari, Bhakti-yoga and Krsna Consciousness, Volume-01 Number-40

This Krsna consciousness movement is meant to bring about the purification of human consciousness. The human form of life is a rare opportunity which we have now attained out of so many varieties of life. Therefore the opportunity afforded by this human form must be... read more

Varnasrama – Dharma by Satsvarupa Dasa Adhikari

Mar 1, 1971 | Satsvarupa Dasa Adhikari, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-01 Number-40

The followers of the supreme will as taught by Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita are generally called Hindus. This word Hindu, which has only come from recent times, is a name given by Mohammedans to those followers of the varnasrama-dharmawho used to... read more

The Great Watering of the Soul by Hayagriva Dasa Adhikari

Mar 1, 1971 | Bhakti-yoga and Krsna Consciousness, Hayagriva Dasa Adhikari, Volume-01 Number-40

The person who is in full Krsna consciousness knows nothing but Krsna. Whatever he perceives sensuously, mentally, intellectually, emotionally, or psychically is the Absolute Himself, for his consciousness is steeped in knowledge of the Absolute. One so situated in... read more

Prasadam – Spiritual Food

Mar 1, 1971 | Food for Life, Volume-01 Number-40

The taking of prasadam, spiritual foodstuffs, by the devotee and the distribution of such foodstuffs to the public is an extremely important part of Krsna consciousness. The directions for eating come from the scripture Bhagavad-gita, as translated... read more

Sankhya-yoga by Kirtanananda Swami

Mar 1, 1971 | Kirtanananda Swami, Volume-01 Number-40, Yoga

In the Sixth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna is explaining how to practice yoga by meditation. Although the Lord is recommending the eightfold yoga system here, we will also see that in the end it is rejected in favor... read more

Authorized Purports on Sripada Sankaracarya’s – Meditation on the On the Bhagavad-gita by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Mar 1, 1971 | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Bhagavad Gita, Srila Prabhupada's Lectures, Volume-01 Number-40

(Sri Sankaracarya or Sankara is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Siva, as the Padma Purana testifies. Appearing in India in the 6th century A.D., he single-handedly drove the Buddhist philosophy out of India and reestablished Vedic culture, all in his... read more