The very first supporting argument in the recent GBC resolution concerning female devotees becoming gurus contains the following sentence: “So I hope that all of you, men, women, boys and girls, become spiritual master and follow this principle.” It’s taken from London Vyasa Puja address given on 22 August, 1973, availableContinue Reading
A Reply to the GBC Action Order 305 (2009) Part One Part Two Part Three “Suniti, however, being a woman, and specifically his mother, could not become Dhruva Maharaja’s diksa-guru.” SB 4.12.32 purport In this response to SAC’s (Sastric Advisory Committee) paper titled Female Diksa-gurus in ISKCON, on whichContinue Reading
The post below has been taken and translated from the official page of ISKCON Belém, in Brazil. Engaged in the Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign, ISKCON Belém ( @iskconbelem ) and Vida Zen Belém ( @vidazenbelem ) hold a special program aimed at alerting women and society about theContinue Reading
When a supposedly advanced group of devotees made a decision with full knowledge of Guru Sadhu and Sastra but only to reject all three and just yield to the pressure from western uncultured butchers of Vedic culture… When a common devotee gets this information and if that person rejects itContinue Reading
Song Being a lifelong songwriter as well as initiated disciple of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami I know the effect of song and it’s origination. My spiritual master often talked about the uselessness of ” rubbish sex songs”. By this he did not mean songs about the act of reproduction but theContinue Reading
Judge For Yourself -KGBG p.114 We have been asked to review all the hearsay, revisions of what can be heard in whispers, jump-to-conclusions hair studies, coincidental health timelines, 249 pages of character assassinations, insufficient medical diagnosis, questionable qualified expert opinions, allegations from false witness, translation disputes, retracted assertions, suspicions aboutContinue Reading
Calling Sisupala’s Bluff The so-called evidence compiled by the Goof team is sloppy, unprofessional, speculative, and pragmatically absurd. Those who created this huge conspiracy originally came just short of admitting how it is a tactical maneuver that would get laughed out of court if they tried to take it there.Continue Reading
In 2001, Sripad Jayadavaita Swami gave a lecture series titled “Food for Death”, which is still available on his website at http://www.jswami.info/seminars#food and which examined how prasadam distribution seen by the public as ordinary welfare work affects ISKCON’s core values. Sripad Bhakti Vikasa Swami in his 2011 lectures titled “Some Concerns About ISKCON” and “Further Discussion on Concerns About ISKCON” addresses the same issue Jayadvaita Swami addressed but in a more generalized context that includes other welfare initiatives.[1] Bhakti Vikasa Maharaja in his lectures also addresses what he identifies as fundamental, philosophical differences that have emerged within our society.
As far as social welfare is concerned, the lectures of both Swamis make a common point: the time and resources devotees increasingly give to indirect preaching in the form of welfare work, at the expense of direct preaching, reflects ISKCON’s growing acceptance of karma-kanda as a part of its core mission and, hence, core values.Continue Reading
Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD-Disingenuous) HPD Definition: People with Histrionic Personality Disorder have a high need for attention, make loud and inappropriate appearances, exaggerate their behaviors and emotions, and crave stimulation. Disingenuous: Underhanded, double-dealing, scheming, contriving, plotting, crafty, false-hearted; egocentric, insincere, deceitful, calculating, guileful. Liar, liar, pants on fire? Besides being an extremely juvenileContinue Reading
Innocent Until Proven Guilty The glaring proof that none of the prestidigitations we are being offered is legitimate is that, if it was, a court case would have been filed a long time ago. Those perpetuating this myth know all too well that these tales of who-done-it, intrigue would neverContinue Reading