Training for Transcendence
This is the continuation of a conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, on June 26, 1976. Srila Prabhupada: If you scrutinizingly examine all these various godly qualities... read more
Prosperity In Perspective by Dhanurdhara Swami
Krsna encourages us to work for a living and, at the same time, to work on solving life's real problems. Once, in South India, a reporter asked Srila Prabhupada. "Sir, are you a monist or a dualist?" Sensing his pseudo intellectual tone. Srila... read more
Every Town And Village, Volume-23 Number-11, 1988
ISKCON Ratha-yatra Highlights Guyana's Immigration Day Guyana, South America ISKCON devotees here held their Ratha-yatra festival to coincide with national Immigration Day, a holiday organized by the government marking 150 years since persons from India first... read morePlaying Life’s Game by Mathuresa Dasa
We can't avoid it. But what about life's non-athletic, non-recreational business? I was only half correct when I began to suspect, around age twelve, that life didn't make any sense, and that although I dearly wanted to be distinguished and... read morePhilosophical Vignettes by Lalita Madhava Devi Dasi, Suci Devi Dasi, Nagaraja Dasa
In this feature of BACK TO GODHEAD, devotees succinctly express some of the realizations they have gained through service and devotion to Lord Krsna. Krsna's Sunrise Pacing the weathered wooden porch in the cool stillness of the early morning. I meditate on the... read moreThe Total Strategy by Jagannathesvari Devi Dasi
On June 16, millions of black South Africans observed the anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising with a nationwide strike. Although technically illegal under the present government-declared state of emergency, the strike was a statement of full-scale black support... read more
Out Of Control by Ekacakra Dasa
Fear that the earth is inching toward overpopulation has prompted the Nigerian government to promulgate a new national population policy emphasizing birth control. The policy was bound to generate some furor. Most African societies believe that children are God's... read more
Hare Krsna Mantra
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare You might not think this picture shows someone practicing yoga. But chanting the names of God is actually the supreme form of yoga. Of course,... read moreLesson One: Our Real Identity by Pavanesana Dasa
This series systematically explains some of the important philosophical concepts that form the foundation of the Vedic culture and the Krsna consciousness movement. Human life is distinguished from all other forms of life by virtue of a more developed consciousness... read more
New Friends by Len Burton
"When we told our neighbors that our son was a Hare Krsna, they were mildly interested. But when we told them that we, too, were following the principles …" My wife and I are Hare Krsna devotees. You can tell the world but don't tell the neighbors.... read more