On the Crucial Choice: To Be Controlled by Force or by Love
The following conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples took place in January 1974 on an early-morning walk in Hawaii. Devotee: Materialists think that everything in nature is meant for man, for his... read more
Actions Speak Louder Than Birth by Vasu Ghosa Dasa
Popular wisdom said, "A brahmana is someone born in a brahmana family." But Srila Prabhupada, following Vedic scripture, had another idea . . . Back in 1966, sometime in September, Allen Ginsberg dropped by a little Hare Krsna... read moreLetters, Volume-17 Number-04, 1982
We welcome your letters. Write to BACK TO GODHEAD 51 West Allens Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119 I'm a fifth-grader from Saudi Arabia. I was born in New Jersey, U.S.A. My parents are Hindu. I am Hindu too. I would like to know how man was made and how the... read more
Drawing Inspiration From a Rich Devotional Heritage by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
1922-1923: Calcutta. The lives and writings of two great Krsna conscious teachers deepen Srila Prabhupada's appreciation for a spiritual tradition he already knows well. (Excerpted from Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta, by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami. 1981 by the... read morePoland’s Double Darkness by Suhotra Dasa
As we in the "free world" watch the Poles agonize under martial law, we may forget the more basic bondage we share with them. Forty-three years ago, on September 1, 1939, World War II began in Europe with the invasion of Poland by Hitler's Wehrmacht.... read more
How to See and Know God by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A talk given in October 1968, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, at the Hare Krsna center in Seattle. We are worshiping Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person. And this song we were just singing... read moreThe “Krsna” Books: Antidote for Suffering by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
Among the selected books of Vedic literature His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada translated and wrote commentaries on, the trilogy known as Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is unique. Srila Prabhupada's Krsna books... read moreClose Encounter with Another Kind
Of the 8,400,000 species of life enumerated in the Vedas, two confront each other on the broad Australian plains. The feathered and the unfeathered biped regard each other across the vast gulf that separates their kinds. The emu, like all animals, must follow the... read more