Letters, Volume-18 Number-11, 1983
We welcome your letters. Write to BACK TO GODHEAD 51 West Allens Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119 I'd like to say your magazine is fantastic. Every page is nectar, from cover to cover. My favorites are Srila Prabhupada's lectures and... read more
Krsnas Bread and Butter Economics by Suresvara Dasa
The roots of peace and prosperity lie in working the land, protecting the cow, and loving Krsna. Being a bread-and-butter man, whenever I used to visit a Hare Krsna farm I'd marvel at the farm-fresh bread and butter. Unbelievable. Good enough even to offer to Lord... read more
Madana Mohana by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Supreme Enchanter of the Soul Cupid's arrows can no longer pierce our hearts when we become attracted to Krsna. In this material world everyone is attracted by sex. This is a fact. As the Srimad-Bhagavatam says, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi... read moreDream and Reality by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
I had a dream. I was traveling, trying to reach some distant destination, but I kept being delayed. My airplane arrived at the first stop on time, but when I tried to connect with a further flight I was unable to go on. I found myself in an airport terminal with... read more
A Young Man’s Search For Identity Takes Him From Crisis To Krsna. by Amrtamsa Dasa
I grew up in Connecticut in the fifties and sixties. Always "the observer," dissatisfied with the status quo, I saw my parents' lifestyle as boring and futile. They had to bear the burdens of clothes for the kids, schooling for the kids, toys for the... read more
An Indian Saint in America
A scholar's portrait of the founder and spiritual guide of the Hare Krsna movement. Professor Thomas J. Hopkins is chairman of the department of religious studies at Franklin and Marshall College, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. A noted scholar of Hinduism, he is the... read more
Honor Among Thieves by Mathuresa Dasa, Mandalesvara Dasa, Dravida Dasa
Honor Among Thieves The incident sounded controversial enough: a "briefing book" drawn up to help President Carter prepare for his 1980 campaign debate with Ronald Reagan allegedly found its way to the opposing camp. But when Reagan shrugged off the... read more
Every Town and Village, Volume-18 Number-10, 1983
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Deities at New Vrindaban Get a Palace of Their Own New Vrindaban, West Virginia The hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit Srila Prabhupada's Palace of... read more
Scientific Proof of the Soul
The following conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and an Indian doctor took place in September 1973 at the Hare Krsna center in London. Doctor: Can you scientifically prove that the soul exists? I mean, is it purely a matter... read more
In Pursuit of the Highest Truth by Mandalesvara Dasa
When you reach it, will you see a burning bush, a pillar of fire, or a person with unlimited, all-attractive qualities? My first encounters with concepts about God came during my strong Protestant upbringing, as I grew up in a southern Mississippi family of... read more