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Vedic Thoughts, Volume-30 Number-01, 1996

Jan 1, 1996 | Vedic Thoughts, Volume-30 Number-01

Devotional service of the Lord that ignores the authorized Vedic literatures like the Upanisads, Puranas, and Narada-pancaratra is simply an unnecessary disturbance in society. -Srila Rupa Gosvami Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.101 May there be good... read more

Arjuna Fights A Celestial Being Translated from Sanskrit by Hridayananda Dasa Goswami

Jan 1, 1996 | Hridayananda Dasa Goswami, Mahabharata – The History of Greater India, Volume-30 Number-01

Challenged by an angry Gandharva, Arjuna quickly shows his fighting skill. The sage Vaisampayana is telling the history of the Pandavas to their great-grandson, King Janamejaya. The Pandavas, living disguised as brahmanas in... read more

One Family’s Cow Protection by Lavangalatika Devi Dasi

Jan 1, 1996 | Lavangalatika Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-30 Number-01

A note from our regular columnist, Hare Krsna Devi Dasi: Here is an account of cow protection on a small family farm in India. Because Srila Prabhupada often advocated small family farms with a few cows and a few acres of land, I thought to begin his Centennial year... read more

The Power of Prabhupada’s Books by Navina Nirada Dasa

Jan 1, 1996 | Book Distribution, Navina Nirada Dasa, Volume-30 Number-01

In this column we present the experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Krsna consciousness by giving books by Srila Prabhupada and his followers. The editors The Old Book Distributor ONCE WHEN I WAS selling books on a street in Germany I showed a... read more

Is Experience the Best Teacher? by Urmila Devi Dasi

Jan 1, 1996 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-30 Number-01

AFTER GIVING Arjuna knowledge of matter and spirit, Lord Krsna tells him, "Deliberate on this fully, and then decide what you wish to do." Our children also have to choose between material and spiritual life. To prepare them for this choice, do we need to... read more

Is Back to Godhead an Offender?

Jan 1, 1996 | BTG, Volume-30 Number-01

Back to Godhead has been publishing (and plans to continue) a series of articles called "The Glories of the Demigods." Yet not everyone is pleased with it. We publish here an objection, along with our reply. Federation of Hindu Associations (FHA), Inc.... read more

Every Town & Village, Volume-30 Number-01, 1996

Jan 1, 1996 | Every Town & Village, Volume-30 Number-01

The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America Eight oxen and six teamsters are being trained in New Vrindaban by Balabhadra Dasa, head of the International Society for Cow Protection (ISCOWP).... read more

Crow-And-Tal-Fruit Logic

Jan 1, 1996 | Srila Prabhupada Conversation, Volume-30 Number-01

Srila Prabhupada dictated this essay in reply to a question about the origin of the living entity: Were we originally with Krsna, or did we fall from Krsna's impersonal energy, the brahmajyoti? The essay was an addendum to a letter Prabhupada wrote to his... read more

Reincarnation

Jan 1, 1996 | Srila Prabhupada's Views, Volume-30 Number-01

"As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change." (Gita 2.13) SRILA PRABHUPADA EXPLAINS: In the modern... read more

Prabhupada Centennial 1896-1996

Jan 1, 1996 | Srila Prabhupada Centennial, Volume-30 Number-01

He Came with the Message of the Absolute World His Journey ALTHOUGH ONE candle kindles unlimited numbers of other candles, each with the same intensity as the first, there yet remains the original candle. Similarly, although the Supreme Personality of Godhead expands... read more

Srila Prabhupada Centennial 1896-1996

Jan 1, 1996 | Srila Prabhupada Centennial, Volume-30 Number-01

Events At Every Iskcon Center January 1-7 Inauguration of the Centennial Year June 2-8 Padayatra Week June 9 World Holy Name Day August 7 ISKCON's Incorporation Day August 4-September 9 Book Distribution Marathon September 6 Srila Prabhupada's Maha Vyasa-Puja... read more

Srila Madhvacarya Disappearance Day: January 29

Jan 1, 1996 | Calendar Close-up, Volume-30 Number-01

Srila Madhvacarya was born in Udupi, South India, in the early thirteenth century. From his early childhood it was obvious that he was a remarkable person. He once cleared his father of debts by converting tamarind seeds into coins. Whenever his mother was disturbed,... read more