This is a reply to those who are providing the “lineages” as logic for FDG decision. “Lineage” means “caste Goswami”. Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur both condemned the caste Goswamis as Sahajiyas! Srila Prabhupada wrote in his Back to Godhead magazine, Y4, Vol. 1, part 9, in MarchContinue Reading
All glories to Syamananda, the life of Vallabha! Please favor me so that I may sing your glories. With many great devotees in his company, Rasika would travel from place to place chanting the name of Hari. Some persons played musical instruments to add to the sweetness of the kirtana.Continue Reading
New age ISKCON which provides you gymnastic and meditational yoga-related courses and compromises the mission of the organization. Below are some experiences which revealed the Srila Prabhupada’s position towards these mundane activities. Danavir Goswami’s experience with Srila Prabhupada was that he wanted only the teachings of our Vaisnava books taught to newcomers.Continue Reading
All glories to Syamananda, the worshipable Lord of the world, the All glories to the deliverer of all creatures, the lord of Rasika’s life, and the most merciful to the poor. On his journey to Nilacala, Rasika took all his books on music and literature, and many saintly persons andContinue Reading
All glories to Syamananda, the abode of mercy, the life of the poor and of the world. Each year as Rasika organized the famous rasa festival a Gopivallabhapura its grandeur increased ten times. It is not easy to describe the festival. First, there was the graceful arrival of Sri GovindaContinue Reading
I LOVE CHANTING japa* some days. Other days, I endure chanting japa. It seems to be bliss or boredom. On the good days, I am enthralled. Krsna feels very close and very dear. Not that I’m seeing visions or hearing voices nothing dramatic that would excite the tabloid crowd. The experience is closer toContinue Reading
It is profoundly shocking that ignoring sastra and guru and sadhu has become a fashion. I refer to the announcement that the ISKCON GBC has evidently according to report decided to allow female initiating guru. The fact that the founder-acharya said ” Women can never transcend the modes of passionContinue Reading
FDG Revisited A paper on the FDG/Female Diksa Guru Issue Evidence Ignored by SAC FDG Theory A Review of SAC FDG Paper by Ambika Devi Dasi Introduction According to religious principles, a female guru must be chaste assistant/helpmate to her husband. She is there-by called dharma-patni. If her husbandContinue Reading
Religious zealots force twisted interpretations to suit their selfish propaganda A religious zealot, famed for his so-called knowledge of the Vedas, quotes Yajur Veda (32.3) to prove that God has no form. Whether God has a form or not according to Vedic scriptures is a secondary point. It’s more important to first question the authenticity ofContinue Reading
A plea for our four-legged friends Every autumn for the last few years I have been subjected to a sad and harrowing experience. Living close to a livestock farm, I have had to listen to the plaintive wails of distressed cows separated from their calves. Where the calves were takenContinue Reading