Volume-01 Number-12 – Back To Godhead

Poem to Walt Whitman by Hayagriva Dasa Brahmacari

Apr 21, 1967 | Hayagriva Dasa Brahmachari, Poetry, Volume-01 Number-12

You too found Him all attractive, And your thoughts of Him you called Leaves of Grass For His green handiwork bends beneath His Feet, And you knew well those leaves of life Transpire from the breasts of the dead. Those leaves of grass for you Were tokens designedly... read more

Krishna Consciousness in American Poetry by Hayagriva Das Brahmacari

Apr 21, 1967 | Hayagriva Dasa Brahmachari, Poetry, Volume-01 Number-12

Part III: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself." O joyous seer! Recorders ages hence, yes, they shall hear In their own veins uncancelled thy sure tread And read thee by the aureole 'rond thy head Of pasture-shine, Panis Angelicus! (Hart Crane's homage... read more

On Being Crazy by Brahmananda Dasa Brahmacari

Apr 21, 1967 | Brahmananda Dasa Brahmacari, Poetry, Volume-01 Number-12

That's right, look at me, all of you, peeking over your Housewife Stabbed In Queens, and your stock market scores, and your baseball scores, and your Viet Nam scores; Just keep looking at me, as I sit across from you, fingering these ripe, red beads, chanting Hare... read more

Poems by Haladhar Devi Dasi

Apr 21, 1967 | Haladhar Devi Dasi, Poetry, Volume-01 Number-12

This mandarin child waits for hidden dragon Sleeping sound in hollow mountain pine. Wanting yet in breath of bowing lower, Reverence serves to further keeping still. At dawn the dragon yawning breath like thunder Vibrates waves of gentle wind and fire, Spinning... read more

Teachings of Lord Chaitanya by His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Apr 21, 1967 | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Lord Caitanya, Srila Prabhupada's Lectures, Volume-01 Number-12

Part III Actually all the Vedic literature directs the human being toward the perfect stage of devotion. The path of fruitive activities, speculation, knowledge and meditation do not actually lead one to the perfectional stage, but the Lord actually becomes... read more

Questions And Answers

Apr 21, 1967 | Questions And Answers, Volume-01 Number-12

(Questions asked by congregation and devotees and answered by Swami A.C Bhaktivedanta, New York, Sept-Dec.1966) Q: What is the relationship between Christ and Krishna? A: Don't you know? What does it say in the Bible? Christ is the Son of God. Q: He is... read more