Volume-31 Number-04 – Back To Godhead

Vedic Thoughts, Volume-31 Number-04, 1997

Jul 1, 1997 | Vedic Thoughts, Volume-31 Number-04

According to our time scale, 4,320,000,000 years constitute only twelve hours of Brahma, and Brahma lives one hundred of his years. Yet the whole life of Brahma is contained within one breath of Maha-Visnu. That Maha-Visnu is but a partial manifestation of Krsna. His... read more

Lokanatha Goswami Disappearance Day: July 27

Jul 1, 1997 | Calendar Close-up, Volume-31 Number-04

Lokanatha Gosvami was a direct associate and pure devotee of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. From early childhood he had no interest in family life. One day, while still an adolescent, Lokanatha left his home and parents to take shelter of Lord Caitanya. When Lord Caitanya... read more

The Search for the Saintly Pilgrims by Phalini Devi Dasi

Jul 1, 1997 | Phalini Devi Dasi, Uncategorized, Volume-31 Number-04

"I felt as if those monks were kindred spirits, as if I had been there myself at some distant forgotten time." ON A CRISP, sunny October morning in 1958 I sat in my third-grade classroom at St. Philomena Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Our regular... read more

Exact Science In the Srimad-Bhagavatam by Sadaputa Dasa

Jul 1, 1997 | Sadaputa Dasa, Science: The Vedic View, Volume-31 Number-04

A unit of measure known as the yojana hints at advanced astronomical knowledge in the ancient Vedic civilization. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA article states that in early times length was defined by the breadth of the palm or hand, and the length from the elbow to the... read more

The Sense of Kindness by Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi

Jul 1, 1997 | Bhagavatam Stories, Dvarakadhisa Devi Dasi, Volume-31 Number-04

The Vedic king Rantideva showed what realization is required for true compassion. WHAT WOULD modern-day social services make of a man who gives away the food meant for his own children to satisfy the hunger of strangers? How would they judge this man, whose... read more

Departures

Jul 1, 1997 | In Memoriam, Volume-31 Number-04

The American poet Allen Ginsberg passed away last April in New York City at the age of seventy. By taking part in Srila Prabhupada's early kirtanas in New York, Mr. Ginsberg had helped draw attention to the fledgling Hare Krsna movement. He wrote a... read more