Materialistic Enjoyment Stinks
A powerful lecture by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami recorded on 02.July.2020Continue Reading
A Great Soul Passes Away
#HHBhaktiCharuSwami #HGMangalanandaDasa A Lecture by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami. Recorded on 06.July.2020Continue Reading
I Read But I Don’t Remember
A Question’s Answer by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami. Recorded on 01.July.2020.Continue Reading
Contentious Sankirtana or Compassionate Patience? Part-4
4. A Non-Dual Dialogue from the Trenches Chuck Hillig’s Opening Muse: Religion is a solution that’s used to solve a non-existent problem. Chuck Hillig Facebook post May 26, 2020 Chuck Borough A good religion helps us solve many existent problems. None of our five children, for example, ever smoked orContinue Reading
Contentious Sankirtana or Compassionate Patience? Part-3
An Editorial Study in Four Parts by HG Mayesvara Dasa(ACBSP) 3. The Futility of a Non-Dual Dialogue The Neo-Non-Duality Charade The Non-dual path known in Sanskrit as Advaita has been around for a long time. Although it was made more prominent in recent history with the advent of Sankaracharya inContinue Reading
Contentious Sankirtana or Compassionate Patience? Part-2
An Editorial Study in Four Parts by HG Mayesvara Dasa(ACBSP) 2. Don’t Waste Your Time, Or: Compassionate Patience? They Don’t Deserve Krishna Consciousness Several devotees from all layers of the ISKCON hierarchy have come to preach in Ojai over the 30 plus years I have lived here. It is interestingContinue Reading
Contentious Sankirtana or Compassionate Patience? Part-1
An Editorial Study in Four Parts by HG Mayesvara Dasa(ACBSP) 1. Stepping Away from the Choir What Attracted You? Srila Prabhupada gave us a radically new way to live and I am attracted to all aspects of it. He gave us a practical way to help us give up badContinue Reading
The Hare Krishna Mahamantra: The Solution for All Problems
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit bill. Floyd’s death triggered demonstrations and protests in more than 75 U.S. cities and around the world against police brutality, police racism, and lack of police accountability. The world had notContinue Reading
Charlatan Gurus and Disciples
It is the duty of the spiritual master to give his disciples knowledge of relationship, practice, and perfection, and it is the duty of the disciple to embrace and apply these teachings. If gurus and disciples perform their duties properly, they will both advance in the Lord’s service. If, however,Continue Reading