The Role of Women Today in the Hare Krsna Movement: Krsna Knows What We Need by Yadurani Devi Dasi
OBVIOUSLY, HAVING THE BODY of a man or a woman is not a qualification or disqualification for spiritual activities. Srila Prabhupada wanted his women disciples to be as qualified as the men in teaching Krsna consciousness, and women should be offered full facilities... read more
The Role of Women Today in the Hare Krsna Movement: Where Are Your Women Teachers? by Manasa Ganga Devi Dasi
The first preaching engagement I went to after being initiated was an experience I will always remember. In the fall of 1988, I and several other devotees, armed with karatalas, mantra cards, prasadam, and books, found our way to Temple... read more
The Role of Women Today in the Hare Krsna Movement: Srila Prabhupada And His Women Disciples by Visakha Devi Dasi
BY A QUIRK OF FATE, when my family and I were living on an ISKCON farm some five years ago, I was assigned to once-a-week nursery duty. On my first day, I went to the nursery at the appointed time with my three-year-old daughter and received eight other lively... read more
The Role of Women Today in the Hare Krsna Movement: A House Meant For The Entire World by Sita Devi Dasi
Srila Prabhupada accepted women disciples lovingly into the familial embrace of his Hare Krsna movement, engaging us and encouraging us in all different types of service. He made us feel wanted and useful; we were devotees assisting in his endeavor to present Krsna to... read more
The Role of Women Today in the Hare Krsna Movement: Doing Things “The Prabhupada Way” by Pranada Devi Dasi
IN DISCUSSING THE ROLE of women in our movement, we must understand Srila Prabhupada's teachings and the Vedic social ideal and balance those with the precedents Srila Prabhupada himself set. It's a "hot topic," one on which even devotees may have... read moreThe Role of Women Today in the Hare Krsna Movement
WHEN Srila Prabhupada came to the West, he undertook an extraordinary task: to transplant not just a philosophy but an entire culture, to preserve both the philosophy and its context. He carried with him not just the fruit of Vedic knowledge but its roots, its... read moreProject Profile
IN THIS NEW FEATURE, in every issue Back to Godhead will focus on one Krsna conscious project you may like to support or get involved in. We'll tell you what the goals are, who's involved, what's going on, what's blocking the way, and how you... read more
Baladeva Vidyabhusana Part I by Dayananda Dasa and Nandarani Devi Dasi
The Gaudiya Vedantist THEIR VOICES ROSE with the sun. It was early morning in an Indian village school. The boys sat in neat rows behind palm-leaf manuscripts, committing their lessons to memory. As they chanted their grammar rules, their rhetoric lessons, and their... read more
Hare Krsna Soweta by Indradyumna Swami
RUPA RAGHUNATHA DASA picked me up at the Johannesburg airport in his pickup truck, marked “Hare Krishna Food for Life.” We swung out of the airport and headed straight for Soweto, the African ghetto ten kilometers away. “The kids are hungry... read more
The $5 Million Brainwashing Case by Umapati Swami and Jayadvaita Swami
ISKCON takes it to the Supreme Court ROBIN GEORGE ran away from home in 1974 to be a devotee. She lived in ISKCON temples for a year and asked the devotees not to tell her parents where she was. But Robin was only fifteen, and legal pressure forced ISKCON to send her... read more