Magnolias and Rattlesnakes by Jayadvaita Swami

Sep 1, 1993 | From the Editor, Jayadvaita Swami, Volume-27 Number-05

AFTER THREE YEARS in San Diego, we've moved to the other side of America, to the Hare Krsna farm outside the small town of Alachua, in north central Florida. Alachua lies about seventy miles south of Georgia, eighty miles inland from the Atlantic, half an... read more

Case Settled, Temples Free by Jayadvaita Swami

Jul 1, 1993 | From the Editor, Jayadvaita Swami, Volume-27 Number-04

ISKCON the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has settled out of court its seventeen-year legal battle with Robin George and her mother, Marcia. Though the terms of the agreement are not to be disclosed, we consider them excellent. And the six American... read more

When Science and the Vedas Don’t Match by Jayadvaita Swami

May 1, 1993 | From the Editor, Jayadvaita Swami, Volume-27 Number-03

IN THIS ISSUE WE DEVOTE a large chunk of space to an article on archeology old bones, stone tools, broken pottery, and the like. The article says nothing about Krsna and nothing about spiritual life. Why then should we run it? Much of the modern world operates under... read more

The Conflict Over Ayodhya by Jayadvaita Swami

Mar 1, 1993 | From the Editor, Jayadvaita Swami, Volume-27 Number-02

A MOB OF FANATICAL Hindu extremists demolished an ancient mosque in the north Indian town of Ayodhya. Or so we read in the newspapers. Well, it's not so simple. To begin with, the mosque was only a few hundred years old, hardly meriting the term... read more

Deadline by Jayadvaita Swami

Jan 1, 1993 | From the Editor, Jayadvaita Swami, Volume-27 Number-01

SOMETIMES THE ARTICLES in BTG weave themselves around one theme without our intending it. We just put the articles together into an issue, and at the end we find that a theme has emerged. So it is with this issue. The theme this time is death. Srila Prabhupada in his... read more

With the Help of Lord Srinathaji by Jayadvaita Swami

Nov 1, 1992 | From the Editor, Jayadvaita Swami, Volume-26 Number-06

THIS ISSUE OF BTG takes us to Nathdwara, the sacred town in Rajasthan where Lord Krsna resides as the celebrated Deity known as Srinathaji. Our feature on Nathdwara started small and quickly grew. I suspect that Lord Srinathaji Himself had a hand in it. We were... read more