Dear GBC members and other leaders of ISKCON, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The determination of the GBC body to create new rules for female diksa-gurus in secret and then vote on them, also in secret, without taking into account the views of the restContinue Reading
Vaiṣṇava Academy (Opposite Goshala) 3rd Floor, South Classroom (on the Left) February 18th and 19th (lecture) and 20th (workshop) From 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Presenters: Dāmodara Dāsa (BVKS) and Kṛṣṇa-kīrti Dāsa (BVKS)Continue Reading
It’s not Prabhupadas fault, that so many mlecchas, yavanas, varna sankaras came to the ISKCON. It is testimony of His greatness, that even they accepted His message. It’s not Prabhupadas fault, that they have brought all the dirty things, all the adharma with them, even trying to establish it asContinue Reading
Before I proceed I’ll let you know why I am writing this. A few days back I was attending an evening Bhagavad Gita class and a devotee asked a question. Which is about today’s position of ISKCON compare to Srila Prabhupada’s time (founder acharya of International Society for Krishna Consciousness)?Continue Reading
Society starts with family. Every family – I mean family and not “mama papa me” – family where are 30-40 members – every such family can be perfect varnasrama module. Idea “of birth casteism” is crazy. You cannot get even 6 Brahmanas in a family at once – what toContinue Reading
I will give you some instances to show you that Prabhupada was not equal to women. I was sitting with Prabhupada at 7 Bury Place, our first temple in London. He told me that if Jamuna Devi who was the wife of the temple president, had been a man, itContinue Reading
“Prabhupāda: One has to follow the rules and regulations of a particular status of life in order to purify his existence.“ “Prabhupāda: So where is that institution to train people to acquire these transcendental qualities? There is no such institution. We are attempting to qualify the man in transcendental qualities.Continue Reading
If we want to be successful in our spiritual endeavors, beware of those who would minimize Srila Prabhupada’s position. Try to understand what happens when someone surrenders to Krsna. The modes of nature disappear. Srila Prabhupada is not in this world, but has a direct one-on-one relationship with Krsna onContinue Reading
Feeling dejected I walked back into the temple room to lick my wounds and feel sorry for myself for my misfortune. All of a sudden, I thought I began to hear my name being called… “Where is Mahananda. Srila Prabhupada wants to see him right away in his room.” TheseContinue Reading