Every Town & Village, Volume-26 Number-01, 1992
The worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) World News North America The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust has published two new books by Srila Prabhupada. Narada-bhakti-sutra is a classic Sanskrit scripture on... read more
Promoting The Original Idea by Drutakarma Dasa
A newly chartered foundation will help ISKCON fulfill the mission of Lord Krsna. FOR SOME PEOPLE, a foundation is simply a good way to keep the government tax agents from taking away a personal fortune. Others see foundations as an excellent way to promote an idea.... read more
Sri Radha-Ramanaji The Self-Manifested Deity by Padma Nabha Goswami
Seeing His devotee's desire to increase His loving service, Lord Krsna responds in a most glorious way. WHEN Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited South India on His tour of the holy places, He visited the Sri Rangam Temple. In front of the Deity He... read more
Touch It to Your Head by Rohininandana Dasa
IN VEDIC CULTURE, one shows respect to an object by touching it to one's head. When Srila Prabhupada was a child, his mother taught him to pick up and touch to his head any grains of rice that might have fallen from his plate. I teach this same practice to my... read more
Meeting Mr. Sex-Is-Great by Bhakta Vic 108
THE CROWD TONIGHT is volatile like nitro. Intense polarization: ninety percent of the kids are totally into Shelter [The popular straightedge band Vic was part of before recently forming his new band, 108], heart and soul. The rest, dead set against us. The mixture... read more
ISKCON’s Dharma-Cakra A true story by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa
Part I: The Prophecy DASHING ALONG in a lurching little car, we were on our way to see Panditji when Delhi suddenly went dark. Our headlight beams, slewing and bouncing, threw up rapid-fire scenes of blacked-out apartment blocks, empty eroded lots, and here and there... read more
The Origins of Cow-Killing Economics by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi
Part 1 The Bhagavad-gita specifically instructs us, krsi-go-raksya: we human beings must protect the cow, our milk-giving mother. Go-raksya "protect the cow." Not go-hatya "kill the cow." This is most sinful. (Srila... read more
Kick Out Darwin by Urmila Devi Dasi
The Doctrine Of Evolution is difficult to hide from. It is so pervasive in textbooks of science, geography, history, and literature that the reader, numbed by repetition, hardly notices the constant drone. Our children need help to remain awake to spiritual life... read more
The Little Man in the Brain by Sadaputa Dasa
DURING A RECENT television show entitled "Inside Information," vision scientist V. S. Ramachandran of the University of California at San Diego made some interesting points about how we see. He said that if you ask the man in the street how vision works, he... read more
Service to the Cow by Advaita Acarya Dasa
THE VEDAS DESCRIBE the cow as our mother (go-mata). Why? Because she gives the milk that nurtures and nourishes us from infancy to old age. When the cow is happy, satisfied, and well taken care of, she produces far more milk than her calf requires. We can use this... read more