From Sadist to Saint
He enjoyed half-killing animals and watching them writhe in pain. But before long he wouldn't harm and ant… Once, as the holy sage Narada was making his way to Allahabad, India, he came upon a deer writhing in pain on the forest floor. It was pierced with an... read more
The Form of God: Fact or Fancy? by Candidasa Dasa
Is God a formless force, or the supreme eternal person ? Very often the readers of BACK TO GODHEAD become puzzled when they see a picture of Lord Krsna. Usually they have been exposed only to Western religious philosophy, which hints that God is a person the eternal... read more
Spirit from Stone by Baradraja Dasa
(as told to Damodara dasa) I was in Mayapur, in what is now West Bengal, when I received a letter from His Holiness Gurudasa Swami asking me to go to Jaipur to see how the carving of the twelve Deities for the Krsna-Balarama Temple was coming along. When I arrived in... read more
We’d Like You To Meet Krsna…
Introducing people to Krsna is a full-time job for the members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. They chant Hare Krsna on San Francisco Bay and on Parisian boulevards, give out free pineapples offered first to Lord Krsna in the old section of San... read more