Divine and Demoniac by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
According to the Bhagavad-gita (16.6), here are two kinds of created beings: "One is called the divine and the other demoniac." The Sanskrit for "divine" is sura, which denotes the theist, whereas asura means... read more
Godly Qualities, Ungodly Qualities
This conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, on June 26, 1976. Disciple [reading from Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 16.1]: "The Supreme Personality of... read moreDivorcing The Daughter Of Time by Ananta Sakti Dasa
Man's quest for the elixir of immortality goes on, and old age continues to shatter his hopes. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? "Not me, that's for sure," I muse while a grim countenance stares back at me from... read more
Consider the Cows by Visakha Devi Dasi
The sanctity of cows and bulls is a frequently misunderstood tenet of the Vedic tradition. This tenet is not grounded in mythology or sentiment. Adherents of the Vedic culture appreciate the valuable service cows and bulls render human beings by providing milk... read more
Thorny Pleasure by Ajamidha Dasa
We spend our lives workinghard to secure happiness.It doesn't have to be that way. Today's consumer seems to be moving away from accumulating things toward acquiring new experiences and feelings, collecting mental images with which to fill his life. Thus... read more
Every Town And Village, Volume-23 Number-10, 1988
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Soviet Vice-Consul Inaugurates Calcutta Ratha-yatra Calcutta, India. The Soviet vice-consul to India. Mr. Alexander Vaulin, and the wife of the Soviet consul... read moreLetters, Volume-23 Number-10, 1988
We welcome your letters. Write to BACK TO GODHEAD 51 West Allens Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119 The rural public in India is still purer, kinder, and more inclined to nonmaterialism, though poor and illiterate. To get more honest people involved in... read more
Lessons From The Dead Sea by Harikesa Swami
Now the North Sea is dying. Fishes, swollen in death, float aimlessly as the killer algae spread like poison on the warm summer waves. Volunteer ecologists cruise the area collecting data and photos. Everyone sees, everyone knows, but still it seems they see and know... read moreLand Rights: Who’s Right? by Naresvara Dasa
"A Celebration of a Nation" catch phrase for 1988 here in Australia. It's the two-hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the first fleet of settlers to the shores of the "new" land. The settlement was begun by a group of men from England, and... read more