Return to Dvaraka by Lokanatha Swami
At the site of Krsna's ancient-city-by the Sea, devotees celebrate the triumph of Srila Prabhupada's sankirtana Pada-yatra. Lokanatha Swami, a native of India's Maharashtra province, is the chief organiser of ISKCONs pada-yatra, a walking... read moreThe Persecution Continues
November 7, 1987 marked the seventieth anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Authorities in the Soviet Union had announced in June that they would grant amnesty to or improve the situation of political and religious prisoners Although the Soviet devotees of Krsna... read more
Remembering the Darker Days
The following interview with Premavati-devi dasi, whose eleven-month-old daughter died in a Soviet labour camp, took place in Moscow in August, 1987 Interviewer: Please tell us something about the practice of Krsna consciousness in the Soviet Union.... read more
Krsna, the Perfect Friend by Ajitananda Dasa
The more we hear about God's unlimited qualities, the more we'll understand that nothing can satisfy like friendship with Him. The desire for friendship is universal. It is based on our propensity to love someone. This propensity is thoughtfully... read more
Of Boxes, Modes, And the Freedom To Choose by Mathuresa Dasa
Are we free? Or are we like the behavioural psychologist B. F. Skinner's rats simply products of our environmental cages? "Psyche," from the Greek word for soul, connotes an inner spirit as distinguished from its vehicle, the... read more
Hare Krsna Chant
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 more
Love and Its Reflection by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The loving affairs of Radha and Krsna are on the highest spiritual platform. Our attempts to imitate them are on the lowest material one. A lecture in Mayapur, India, on March 29, 1975 radha krsna-pranaya-vikrtir hladini saktir asmad ekatmanav... read moreWhy Back to Godhead Is the Way it Is by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
Back to Godhead is not the world's most popular magazine. And yet its founder, Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, hoped that it might become extremely popular: "I am waiting for the day when this paper will take the shape... read moreLetters, Volume-23 Number-06, 1988
We welcome your letters. Write to BACK TO GODHEAD 51 West Allens Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119 I am completely wonderstruck at the way the Krsna consciousness movement is spreading. Please keep up this excellent work and carry on delivering the... read more
Going to God
This is a continuation of a conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and reporters in Melbourne, Australia, on June 29, 1974. Reporter 3: Your Divine Grace, in your books you talk about Brahmaloka, which, I suppose, is heaven,... read more