Volume-23 Number-12 – Back To Godhead

The Power of Prayer by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Dec 1, 1988 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-23 Number-12

Atheists think that a prayer to God is sheer imagination. But for centuries, thousands of sincere practitioners have accumulated definite evidence of the positive results of prayer. The serious doubt regarding prayer is not whether God can hear and respond, but... read more

Righting an Upside-down Civilization

Dec 1, 1988 | Srila Prabhupada Conversation, Volume-23 Number-12

This is the continuation of a conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, on June 26, 1976. Disciple [reading Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 16.4]: "Pride,... read more

First Among Kings by Drutakarma Dasa

Dec 1, 1988 | Bhagavatam Stories, Drutakarma Dasa (Michael A. Cremo), Srimad Bhagavatam, Volume-23 Number-12

From the Vedic literature: the history of King Prthu, the incarnation of the ruling potency of the Supreme Lord. Long ago, the normally peaceful wise men of a Vedic kingdom forcibly deposed an intolerably corrupt ruler. But instead of replacing him with... read more

Every Town And Village, Volume-23 Number-12, 1988

Dec 1, 1988 | Every Town & Village, Volume-23 Number-12

Devotees Welcome Peace Cruise Natchez, Mississippi For the past twenty-five years, fifty Americans have been traveling to the Soviet Union each summer to join one hundred Russians in a peace cruise down the Volga River. This year fifty Russians joined one hundred... read more

A Timely Trip by Radha Krsna Swami

Dec 1, 1988 | Radha Krsna Swami, Volume-23 Number-12

Some of the implications of the theory of general relativity, Einstein's great modern discovery, were understood by Vedic sages long, long ago. In referring to the scientific understanding attained by the sages of ancient India, the late Prime Minister... read more

No To Capital Punishment: An Opinion by Mathuresa Dasa

Dec 1, 1988 | Mathuresa Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-23 Number-12

In the Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna teaches that the body is a temporary, lifeless piece of flesh, an inanimate vehicle that appears to be alive and conscious only because of the presence of an eternal individual soul. When the soul leaves, the body loses its... read more