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Are You More than Green, Righteous, and Dead? by Jayadvaita Swami

Sep 1, 1992 | From the Editor, Jayadvaita Swami, Volume-26 Number-05

TWENTY YEARS AGO, no one gave a damn. You could gum up a river with factory sludge, chop down rain forests wholesale, spray fluorocarbons into the air like a kid sprinkling confetti, and no one would say boo. No longer. Grade-school kids want to grow up to be... read more

Fighting in the Smog by Jayadvaita Swami

Jul 1, 1992 | From the Editor, Jayadvaita Swami, Volume-26 Number-04

I LEFT LOS ANGELES EARLY on the morning of the riots. My departure was coincidental. I'd stayed in L.A. for two days, and now I was off to a meeting in Denver. So I missed it all. The pillars of smoke didn't start billowing into the sky till later that day. I... read more

Pilgrims to India by Nagaraja Dasa

May 1, 1992 | From the Editor, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-26 Number-03

WHILE PREPARING this issue of Back to Godhead, some of our staff members are getting ready to travel to India for ISKCON's annual Mayapur-Vrndavana Festival in March. ISKCON has important centers in Mayapur, West Bengal, the appearance place of Sri... read more

Maya’s Hat Trick by Jayadvaita Swami

Mar 1, 1992 | From the Editor, Jayadvaita Swami, Volume-26 Number-02

Some time ago this item came out from the Associated Press: A man in California was driving to his wedding when suddenly his hat blew off onto the highway. Tucked into the brim of the hat was a one-hundred-dollar bill. So in the middle of traffic the man tried to... read more

The Caitanya Vaisnavas by Nagaraja Dasa

Jan 1, 1992 | From the Editor, Volume-26 Number-01

WHEN Srila Prabhupada brought Krsna consciousness to the West in 1965, he was carrying forward the movement begun by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu five hundred years ago in Mayapur, West Bengal. Srila Prabhupada brought Krsna consciousness packaged in a spiritual tradition... read more

Inside Talk by Jayadvaita Swami, Nagaraja Dasa

Nov 1, 1991 | From the Editor, Jayadvaita Swami, Nagaraja Dasa, Volume-25 Number-06

This is what you might call our "Special Fall Issue." Starting on page 24, we focus on falldown from spiritual life. You might think this a discouraging topic. Krsna consciousness, after all, offers us great hope. It cleanses our heart, frees us from... read more