A Proposal for Economic Sanity by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
Unemployment. Inflation. Recession. High interest rates. Mounting personal, national, and international debt. Depression. The litany of economic woes pours from television, radio, and printed page, and no one can seem to explain them, much less do anything about them.... read moreThe Yoga Dictionary
The Sanskrit language is rich in words to communicate ideas about spiritual life, yoga, and God realization. This dictionary, appearing by installments in BACK TO GODHEAD, focuses upon the most important of these words (and, occasionally, upon relevant English terms)... read more
Privilege Declined by Yogesvara Dasa
"I thought of the people I had known who had shown the promise of genius and then left that promise unfulfilled …" YOGESVARA DASA, a devotee of Krsna for thirteen years, is a contributing editor for BACK TO GODHEAD magazine. He is also head of Bala... read moreDo Bad Things Happen to Good People? by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa
A rabbi's best-selling book proposes a radical solution to the problem of evil. Does it work? RAVINDRA-SVARUPA DASA holds a doctorate in religion from Temple University, Philadelphia. He has been a devotee of Krsna for eleven years. About five years ago, when we... read more
The Perfect Person’s Perfect Diet by Visakha Devi Dasi
When you eat what Krsna eats, you know you're eating the best way you can for body, mind, and soul. Like most Westerners, I was raised a meat-eater. Then, about ten years ago, after wrestling with the Krsna consciousness philosophy for about a year, I... read more
Every Town and Village, Volume-17 Number-10, 1982
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) London Chariot Festival First of Six in England London Last summer, thousands of tourists sightseeing in the center of this city may have been more than a little... read more
On the Dis-United Nations
This conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Mr. P. Sharma, a former United Nations worker, took place in Paris some eight years ago. Srila Prabhupada: Suppose I ask the United Nations, as an organization, to explain the... read more
Higher Education by Amogha Dasa
At School With Krsna's Canadian Kids In Vancouver, children at a Hare Krsna school learn and play in an atmosphere of love. They rise at 4:00 a.m., chant Hare Krsna and dance, and stand respectfully when their teachers enter the classroom. They're vegetarians,... read moreFor a New Kind of Social Security by Drutakarma Dasa
Social Security payments top $200 billion a year, yet old people still feel insecure. Why? "America's grandpas are now mugging their young." That's how English economist Norman Macrae describes the present state of this country's Social Security... read moreLetters, Volume-17 Number-10,1982
We welcome your letters. Write to BACK TO GODHEAD 51 West Allens Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119 Regarding the article "Actions Speak Louder Than Birth," by Vasu Ghosa Dasa (BTG Vol. 17 No. 4), I'm afraid I must protest your... read more