Guest Editorial The Devotees of Lord Krsna Are Optimistic by Prabhupada krpa Goswami
1982. Another year passing us by with its tidings of yet more disturbances and suffering. The headlines jump out at us . . . CRISIS! FLASHPOINT! RIOT! WAR! . . . and our anxiety increases. Even if tucked away in the most insignificant, isolated place in the world, we... read more
From Haute Couture To Hare Krsna
How an "ugly duckling" became a swanlike devotee of God When Vicki Overton was growing up in Auckland in the 1950's, duly attentive to her studies at St. Cuthbert's College for girls, no one would have imagined she would one day be among the most... read more
Sweet Waters 82 by Amogha Dasa
Beneath the Hare Krsna banner, festival goers find the sweet taste they came looking for. While the Northern Hemisphere froze last January, seventy thousand young people were basking in perfect weather at the annual Sweetwaters Rock Festival New... read more
If You Ever Get Money, Print Books ! by Srila Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
1944: Calcutta. With World War II raging in Europe and the Far East, Srila Prabhupada launches BACK TO GODHEAD magazine and addresses the issues of the day from a Krsna conscious viewpoint. In November 1935 Srila Prabhupada had traveled from Bombay to Vrndavana, near... read more
Every Town and Village, Volume-17 Number-07, 1982
A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Bhaktivedanta Hilltop School Enrolls 425 Guwahati, Assam, India Here in the northeasternmost province of India, the devotees of the Hare Krsna movement have opened... read more
South Island Story
Christchurch Hare Krsna leader Alalanatha dasa tells how he traded in his surfboard for self-realization. When I first came to New Zealand in 1972, the farthest thing from my mind was opening a Hare Krsna temple. I was on a world surfing safari that ranged from the... read more
Natural Gifts, Noble Aims by Yasomatinandana Dasa
The Hare Krsna Movement In New Zealand I used to run a citrus orchard down on the Coromandel Peninsula," says Narayana dasa, the manager of New Varshan, the ninety-acre Hare Krsna farm in Riverhead, about twenty miles north of Auckland. "It was... read moreLetters, Volume-17 Number-07, 1982
A while ago I went on holiday to Auckland, and outside a market I saw some people sitting on the grass singing and chanting. I sat down and listened until I had to go. A woman was handing out magazines called "Back to Godhead." I had heard of Hare Krishna... read more