What is the importance of the principle “Always remember Krishna and never forget Him.”
“Copyrighted content. Do not copy paste anywhere without the author’s permission. Contact Akincana.net“ The principle of always remembering Krishna and never forgetting Him is the essence of all other instructions given in the shastras. Shastras describe many rules and regulations governing all the different areas of human life. The ideaContinue Reading
Psychotherapy is useless
It looks like psychotherapy doesn’t help people all that much. When it comes to America, we must notice, as I have often said, that far too much American therapy is of the touchy feely variety. Patients are induced to get in touch with their feelings and to feel their feelings.Continue Reading
A Follow-up to the What the MS-13 Gang and ISKCON Have in Common Post
As a follow-up to the posting on MS-13 and ISKCON, I received a number of interesting reactions. But before I share some of those, I would like to make a few summary points: ISKCON and the MS-13 Gang’s point of commonality is that women are kept out of decision-making onContinue Reading
Modern Civilization of Mudhas
Modern civilization is about ahara(eating), nidra(sleeping) , bhaya(defense), maithuna(Sex) or sense gratification. In modern society nobody knows his original position and how to act properly. Because people are generally acting differently, they do not know what is proper- the modern population is so much ignorant about their life – itContinue Reading
What the MS-13 Gang and ISKCON Have in Common
Chanakya Pandit says, viśvāso naiva kartavyaḥ strīṣu rāja-kuleṣu ca: “There are two persons one should not trust—a politician and a woman.” And then there is this bit of recent news from the Washington Post: In the summer of 2003, an angler working the dark waters of the Shenandoah River inContinue Reading
The Limits of (Social) Science
The American Psyhciatric Association has produced this position statement about “Same Sex Unions” (gay / lesbian marriage): “The American Psychiatric Association supports the legal recognition of same sex unions and their associated legal rights, benefits, and responsibilities.“Action Item: Position Statement Proposed by APA Committee on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues Position Statement on SameContinue Reading
What defines whether a quality is divine or demoniac?
(Copyrighted content. Do not reproduce without author’s permission. Contact akincana.net) What defines whether a quality is divine or demoniac? For instance, anger used against the enemies of devotional service purifies one, whereas for sense gratification lust, anger and greed pave the “royal road” to hell. The actual standard to judgeContinue Reading
Plates or Balls?
Over the last few years, some devotees have mistakenly thought that I am the one who has written elaborate articles attempting to show how the Vedas support a flat earth universe. The mistake is understandable considering the many years I have written articles about the Vedic “Science of the Soul”Continue Reading
Good Behavior is as Important as Preaching
Mata Radha Devi Dasi, a senior member of ISKCON’s Vaishnavi Ministry, is also a long-time divorce lawyer. The problem in this case is not that she is a lawyer or that, as a woman, she is running her own practice. It is that she has built her career on fosteringContinue Reading
Slander Advances the Left’s Agenda in ISKCON
Neema Parvini at Quillette.com explains how the Left’s use of name-calling and slandering is very effective at advancing their agenda. For the last few years, Bhakti Vikasa Maharaja on account of his book Women: Masters or Mothers? has endured slander at the hands of people who apparently hold a similar agenda.Continue Reading