Volume-20 Number-01 – Back To Godhead

Seeing the Bright Side of Illness by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

Jan 1, 1985 | From the Editor, Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami, Volume-20 Number-01

While writing this month's column, I am confined with an illness that has stopped my normal work. It's a discouraging, uncomfortable interlude, yet I am seeing how illness can also bring one valuable realizations. For example, I wrote a poem that I don't... read more

Letters, Volume-20 Number-01,1985

Jan 1, 1985 | Letters, Volume-20 Number-01

We welcome your letters. Write to BACK TO GODHEAD 51 West Allens Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119 Earlier this year, with some patient perseverance on the part of my wife, I began reading some of the books published by the International Society... read more

Can God Do That? by Mathuresa Dasa

Jan 1, 1985 | Lord Krsna—The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mathuresa Dasa, Volume-20 Number-01

Some of Lord Krsna's transcendental pastimes may seem hard to swallow.But there's a sound explanation. If I were to tell you I knew a story about a boy who swallowed a raging forest fire to save his friends and relatives, you'd probably think it was a... read more

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Jan 1, 1985 | Holy Name, Volume-20 Number-01

In Sanskrit, man means "mind" and tra means "freeing." So a mantrais a combination of transcendental, spiritual sounds that frees our minds from the anxieties of life in the material world. Ancient India's Vedic... read more

My Encounter With the Art of Perfection by Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

Jan 1, 1985 | Ravindra Svarupa Dasa, Uncategorized, Volume-20 Number-01

I, who had worshiped so long at the shrine of the Bard, now astounded myself by thinking, "This is greater than Shakespeare!" RAVINDRA-SVARUPA DASA, a devotee of Krsna for fourteen years, holds a doctorate in religion from Temple University. The above... read more

Futurists’ Follies by Grahila Dasa

Jan 1, 1985 | Grahila Dasa, The Vedic Observer, Volume-20 Number-01

How many times have you had trouble finding a parking space downtown? Well, according to some scientific theorists, the day may soon come when you won't have to drive around block after block looking the computer in your car will tell you where you can park. And... read more