The Authority of Sadachara
Krishna Kirti das explains the basis of the authority of sad-achara (exemplary behavior), and why it’s necessary in order to obtain an authoritative answer to questions about dharma for which there are no points given in either the shrutis (Vedas) or smritis (literature composed by great sages and devotees).Continue Reading
Abusing Children & Srila Prabhupada
Abusing Children & Srila Prabhupada There has been a huge outcry over Child Abuse whenever it gets reported in ISKCON. This is as it should be. No level of Child Abuse should ever be tolerated but unfortunately it is an ongoing problem not just in ISKCON, but in every institution,Continue Reading
RtVik Dearth: No Accountability
Promoting WOKE Irresponsibly One of the most critical flaws in the RtVik paradigm is that it does not accommodate any means for correction when the disciple takes a wrong turn on their devotional path. They cannot explain how the spiritual master will be able to successful discipline his disciple ifContinue Reading
Equal rights are not Vedic civilization
When Krsna with His sixteen thousand wives went to Hastinapura, soDraupadi… It is natural between woman and woman, they talk about theirhusband. That is natural. So Draupadi was inquiring from each and every wifeof Krsna. Not all of them; it is not possible, sixteen thousand. At leastthe principal queens, beginningContinue Reading
Article by Sitalatma Das…on Kaunteya’s book
In a comment on Kaunteya’s book elsewhere, I mentioned “distance” but I think it deserves a little more attention. The book is almost 700 pages long and the title is not settled yet. Originally it was “Racism Sexism & Homophobia in Srila Prabhupada’s Teachings?” but now he changed it toContinue Reading
In Pursuit of ISKCON Child Abusers
I recently had the opportunity to read the heart-wrenching testimony of Vedasara das. He was five years old when he came to the Mayapura Gurukula and he stayed there for 21 years until he was 26. He tells the story of how he was terribly molested, abused, and tortured, particularlyContinue Reading
ChatGPT on Soviet Objections to the Bhagavad-gita
Q: In the Soviet Union what were the main ideological objections to the Bhagavad-gita? ChatGPT: During the Soviet era, the main ideological objections to the Bhagavad-gita were rooted in Marxist-Leninist ideology, which viewed religion as an opiate of the masses that served to perpetuate social inequality and hinder the developmentContinue Reading
Poison Conspiracy Fraud #8: Nobody Poisoned With Cadmium
“No Cadmium Poison Cases in 1977!” One of the single most convincing pieces of history that confirms how the P-Con can’t possibly be true is the simple fact that doctors were only beginning to understand how cadmium impacted the body in 1977. In the early 1900’s the water supply inContinue Reading
Basu Ghosh Das’s Short Eulogy shared on Facebook
The Mahatma – HH Kadamba Kanana Swami – has left this material world, a few hours ago.He was “a friend”. We met many times over the past four decades that I knew him. We worked in different spheres. He was at Mayapur and Vrindavan, at the beginning of his “devotionalContinue Reading