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Kṛṣṇacandra Dāsa – Śrī Vṛndāvan Dham: Nearly everyone in ISKCON knows that Prabhvisnu Dāsa has resigned [coerced resignation] in disgrace from all his official positions within the ISKCON institution. His state of affairs was that ‘he wanted to have his cake and eat it too!’ Basically he wanted to have
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Kṛṣṇacandra Dāsa – Śrī Vṛndāvan Dham: I happened to come across the official ISKCON website called ISKCON.org and decided to read what they said about His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. I was not surprised to read that they took an impersonal academic view to His Divine Grace which I
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Kṛṣṇacandra Dāsa – Śrī Vṛndāvan Dham: ISKCON or the International Society for Krsna Consciousness is meant for the propagation of Lord Caitanya’s Sankirtan Movement. We as a society should represent the absolute truth by setting the highest example of religious practice and standard and be a world leader in the principles of religious
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Kṛṣṇacandra Dāsa – Śrī Vṛndāvan Dham: What our leaders do sets an example for others to follow, so it is imperative that our leaders set a very high standard of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, character and behavior. To know how to behave and respond as a leader in our Kṛṣṇa conscious ISKCON
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Krsnacandra Dasa – Vrndavan: Swami means controller of the senses. For a person in Krsna Consciousness or engaged in pure devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna is said to be a perfect sannyasi or to have renounced the pursuit of sense objects by accepting the Lord of the senses,
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Vikramasingha das – India: “Heresies of the Governing Body Commission Rejected” The Iskcon GBC philosophy on guru-tattva and initiations has evolved over the years. In the late 1970s and early 80s, they conceded, due to the insistence of a few leading members, that eleven individuals had been appointed and empowered
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Bhaktin Rachael – UK: PAMHO AGTSP – Dear devotees I am moved by your replies thank you. I did not know what I hoped to achieve from my plea but felt I needed to say something. I am practicing my spiritual life and going to the Temple as often as
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Bhaktin Rachael – UK: Dear Prabhus and Matajis PAMHO AGTSP. Please forgive me if I offend anyone in what I am about to say but I feel it needs to be said. I have been a devotee for no more than four and a half years. In this time I
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Kṛṣṇacandra Dāsa – Śrī Vṛndāvan Dham: When we look at the devotees who were the senior GBC at the time of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s entrance into Samādhi perhaps we think that they were very experienced and mature devotees, we never think of them as being young and inexperienced. Yet how old
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Manohara Dāsa: In the Srimad -Bhagavatam we find very interesting descriptions of the hellish planets and who goes there and why. Srila Prabhupada left us everything in his books. Lets’ peek into some verses… SB 5.26.Summary One who does not follow scriptural injunctions but who does everything whimsically or follows some rascal is put
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Kṛṣṇacandra Dāsa – Śrī Vṛndāvan Dham: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was caught being involved with prostitutes and resigned citing ‘personal failings’. Spitzer’s political platform was that he was a fierce enforcer of ethics in public life but he too fell from grace and resigned for not being able to
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Kṛṣṇacandra Dāsa – Śrī Vṛndāvan Dham: This article has appeared in the Times of India where an unnamed GBC member [The only GBC for Delhi is Gopal Kṛṣṇa Maharaja] and several other members of ISKCON had an FIR or a First Information Report, which is written statement given by a
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Concerned Devotee – Delhi: Pamho // AgtSP // AgtGG. This is to inform all the sincere & honest Vishnavas who have genuine concerned for the ISKCON movement of Srila Prabhupada . Dayanidhi das who is a secretary to GKG, he has a serious problem of homosexuality. He has contaminated quite
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Prabhupāda Vision Staff: Think global act local… Being very grateful that Srimate Rādhārāṇī has blessed us with being able to live in the Holy Dham we decided that we need to be more integrated with the local community or ‘colony’ as it is termed in Vṛndāvan. It all began with a
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By a Sincere Devotee: Srila Prabhupada referred to Ravindra Svarupa as a professor of Fool-osophy when he found out Ravindra wanted to go to college to become a learned professor. Now he is a doctor of divinity I have heard. This might not be a spiritual disqualification but it isn’t
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By the Untouchable Post 1977 “Have Not” devotee: The following is a continuation from our previous article of the Satire about the Pre 1977 initiates of Śrīla Prabhupāda, most of whom have misused their good fortune of being initiated during the Physical presence of Śrīla Prabhupāda: Some, however remain humble
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Anonymous – Australia: Most tyrants and dictators rule through a network of hand picked thugs and cronies, enabling them to rule with absolute power. Through nepotisim they can maintain their corrupt regimes and can easily squash any dissidence. Over many years in the Australian yatra, Ramai Swami has held a
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Prabhupāda Says: He reasons ill who says that Vaiṣṇavas die, When thou art living still in sound! The Vaiṣṇavas die to live, and living try To spread the holy name around. [Nārada Bhakti Sūtra - Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura] If anyone stopped and thought about this statement by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura we
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Prabhupāda Says: The Vaiṣṇavas are by far the greatest philosophers in the world, and the greatest among them was Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī Prabhu, whose philosophy was again presented less than four hundred years later by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Mahārāja. Therefore one must know very well that Vaiṣṇava philosophers are
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Prabhupāda Says: The living entities in this world are so jealous that if one’s personal interest is hampered, one will immediately be ready to give trouble to others, even to one’s nearest relatives. The word khala means “jealous.” This material world is a world of jealousy and envy. I am
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Kesava Dasa – Sri Vrndavan Dham: Following is the original analysis of the May 28 1977 tape. Please note that there is a typo in the first sentence of the report. The year should be 1997, not 1977.
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Prabhupāda Says: In the process of devotional service, the first step is to take shelter of the spiritual master and then inquire from the spiritual master all about the process. This inquiry is essential for immunity to all kinds of offenses on the path of devotional service. Even if one is
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A particular individual currently engaged in vilifying our website, is falsely claiming that we are responsible for the personal activities of devotees who comment on our site. He claims that his website was hacked or attacked by someone he claims was a commenter on our website and therefore we are
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