Misleading Missionaries by Jayadvaita Swami
RECENTLY I ATTENDED a conference held to honor an Indian missionary who'd come to America a century ago bearing India's message of Vedanta. Though in America his name is now all but forgotten (if ever it was known), back home in India his fame lives on, his... read moreStatement of Purposes
Back to Godhead magazine is a cultural presentation to respiritualize human society. It aims at achieving the following purposes: 1. To help all people distinguish more clearly between reality and illusion, spirit and matter, the eternal and the temporary.... read moreGiving Everything Up? by Jayadvaita Swami
SOMETIMES THOSE unfamiliar with the Hare Krsna movement think that to attain Krsna consciousness one needs to quit one's job, break off from one's family, give up everything, and just chant Hare Krsna. If the world and what's in it are material, the... read more
Every Town & Village, Volume-27 Number-05, 1993
The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America An official endorsement from the mayor and an escort of ten police motorcycles highlighted ISKCON's Chariot Parade and Festival of India this... read moreGrowing With Grief by Cintamani Devi Dasi
Her voice hesitates. "I have bad news for you." BREATHLESS FROM running to the phone, I pick up the receiver, my seven-week-old daughter gurgling playfully in my arms. "Can I speak to Rosalynne?" asks the voice at the other end.... read moreProject Profile
HERE'S A Krsna conscious project you might like to support or get involved in. PROJECT Krishna Vision HEADQUARTERS Villa Vrindavana, Florence, Italy PROJECT MEMBERS Krsna Prema Dasa (musician, audio engineer) and his wife, Nitya-trpta Devi Dasi (photographer,... read more
Senior Black Leader Endorses Hare Krsna by Bhaktin Robin Cannon
BEFORE COMING TO Krsna consciousness, I had a mentor for whom I still maintain great respect and loving affection. Although no one has done for the world what Srila Prabhupada has, what Queen Mother Audley Moore has accomplished in her lifetime awes me. She was born... read more
One Book In Bengali by Maha-Visnu Swami
This past February during ISKCON's annual walking pilgrimage in Navadvipa, West Bengal, a BTG photographer snapped a special encounter. Maha-Visnu Swami, the ISKCON devotee in the pictures, tells the story. ALMOST A THOUSAND devotees were walking together that... read more
Real Advancement Of Civilization
This conversation between Srila Prabhupada and some American disciples took place in Surat, India, on December 21, 1970. Srila Prabhupada: In your country there is a welfare department. The expenditure is increasing. Disciple: Yes. Srila... read more
Shelter Beyond Duality by Indradyumna Swami
"Life was tough from the start … a slap on the backside. But at age four came my first hard taste of reality." THIS IS THE STORY of my life. Or better yet, the story of two lives: the one my spiritual master saved me from, and the one he gave me. Both... read more