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Cheating and Fraud in ISKCON and Gaudiya math

The question is how can there be cheating and fraud in ISKCON very simple when people are not honest and one act like a pseudo devotee . ,

I recall in 1979 when I joined ISKCON , Harikesa the GBC for Scandinavia and Germany etc he was making his first album Rasa, called Oasis .

So he did not have a full band yet so he promised some musicians he would pay them ,They spend a week helping him but they did not get paid a penny. So I…

Pradyuma Prabhu warned about the Zonal acarya system in 1978

Sri Sri Guru Gauranga

7 August, 1978

Dear Satsvarupa Maharaj,

Please accept my most humble obeisances.

Maharaj, I am writing you this letter with GREAT anxiety in my heart and after days and days and long nights of thought and careful consideration.

I have been staying in Vrndavan for some time and have not visited any other center recently except Delhi. Therefore, my information I have…

One devotee asked me about Lord Nityananda Prabhus gayatri mantra one is found in Srila Dhyanachandra Goswamis Arcana Dipika :Klim deva-jåhnavî-vallabhåya svåhå.

. Concerning Nityånanda Prabhu’s mantra, a statement is made in the Brahmånda Puråna during a conversation between ¸Sesa någa and Mother Earth. The purport of that statement is such: At the beginning of the mantra, the kåmabîja shall be joined with the word deva and serve as a salutation. Then, in the middle will be jåhnavî,…

Vaisnava Amrta chapter 14 Srila Prabhupada chanted 64 rounds and this instruction is his Adi Vani

Srila Prabhupada was introduced to chanting 64 rounds of the Hare Krsna mantra when he met Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada.

One Brahmacari ,Narahari would sometimes meet Srila Prabhupada in his house in Kolkatta and described that Srila Prabhupada chanted 64 rounds

prior to his initiation in 1932.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada did not give diksa to anyone not chanting…

Today is the disapperanceday of Srila Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Maharaja

In 1968 Srila Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Maharaja wrote a letter to Srila Prabhupada informing him of the disapperance of his godbrother and sannyasa Guru Srila Bhaktivedanta Prajana Maharaja.Srila Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Maharaja was one of Srila Bhaktiprajana Maharaja formost disciples,he and Srila Vamana Maharaja (whoes disapperance day is also today )and Srila Narayana Maharaja Srila Prabhupada wrote this…

dealing with Ramachandra Puri

In Caitanya Caritamrta we read about Lord Caitanya dealing with his envious goduncle Ramachandra Puri.Often a goduncle will try to exert how they are superior than you.Some of Srila Prabhupadas disciples even told their godbrothers that you have no relationship to Srila Prabhupada without me.Harikesa said that in 1980 , do not jumb over me.This same kind of pride was found in most of the 11 first Gurus in ISKCON. What to speak of when you are a goduncle…

Remembering Subal das Babaji from Govinda Kunda

I got an interesting question today from one devotee what is the difference between sannyasis and Babajis ? Who is higher ?

Well I am not sure you can compare apples to oranges.But this is my experience I knew one babaji Subal das Babaji that lived at Govardhana hill he chanted 120 rounds daily and did madhukari begging for some chapties and little sabji and walking barefot he had a nice little bhajan kutir next to the place where…

The Mahamantra are names of Radha Krishna ,and Srila Jiva Goswami has written:

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

(1-Hare)

sarva-ceta-harah krsnas tasya cittam haratyasau

vaidagdhi-sara-vistarair ato radha hara mata

Krsna steals the minds of everyone, yet Radha steals even His mind by Her divine expertise. Thus She is known as Hara.

(2-Krsna)

karsati sviyalavanya-murali-kala-nihsvanaih

sri radham…

: Vaisnava amrta chapter 11 Gopichandan and Sri Krsnas Tilaka

Lord Sri Krsna has 3 kinds of Tilaka , 1 made of kasturi , musk from the deer , 2 is Gorocana ,gallstones from cows , and 3 kunkuma .

Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura has described Sri Krsnas tilaka as a half moon this is depicted in the detailed painting below

Lord Caitanya and His associates wore Gopichandan

in Jagannath Puri .

Lord Caitanya having tilaka made of chandan…

Vaisnava Amrta chapter 13

Did Srila Jiva Goswami tell Jayadvaita Swami to edit Srila Prabhupadas books?B

Jayadvaita Swami stated Srila Prabhupadas books are full of warts so this is my defense of Srila Prabhupadas books that made me a devotee

On the BBT edit website we find this note: http://www.bbtedit.com/node/121

The BBT web page describes that Jiva Goswami was editing Srila Rupa Goswamis ,Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu…

Chapter 12 of Vaisnava Amrta : Fasting on Visnutattva days

this is from a book I am working on

Skanda Purana states:

matr ha pitr has caiva bhratr ha guru has tatha

ekadasyas tu ya bhunkte visnu-lokac cyuto bhavet

“Those who eat grains on Ekadasi and on the Day of Lord Hari (including Janmastami, Gaura Purnima etc.) obtain the sin equal to killing one’s own mother, own father, own brother and own Guru; and they cannot reach the spiritual world, which is why…

In God we trust !

This bring back memories from Washington DC sankirtana , Narasimha das has properly distributed books longer in Washington DC than anyone since I guessed he joined from the early 1980th and he still comes out there, he stops people with a Jagannath sticker and then gives them a book and ask for a donation , I recall from 1997 to around 2000 there was three of us out there daily Vijitatma , Narasimha and myself and we where all doing around 100 to 200 medium books daily,…

Power struggle of Trump !

Trump is desperate to be in power as president ,he is already an old man and should be joining the Hare Krsna Hari nama party in New York in stead , sell all his business and give the money to the New York Harinama Sankirtana party , instead like a dog he thinks he can be president for ever even though he lost to his self made believe enemy Joe Biden .Trump tried to serve his country and many can see that,but as Srila Prabhupada said eventually one is dragged…

my heart is filled of joy ,HH Giriraja Maharaja reminded me that Srila Prabhupada completed the Caitanya Caritamrta tomorrow on Rama Ekadasi Official Name:I remembered this song by Srila Narottama das Thakura and feel great ecstacy :

Dainya Bodhika Song 1

Author: Narottama Dasa Thakura

Book Name: Prarthana

Language: Bengali

অ

LYRICS:

(1)

hari hari ki mora karama ati manda

vraje rādhā-kṛṣṇa pada, nā bhajinu tila ādha,

na bujhinu rāgera…

why not take sannyasa ?

CC Madhya 13.80

nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro

nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā

kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramānanda-pūrnāmṛtābdher

gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ

Synonyms

na — not; aham — I; vipraḥ — a brāhmaṇa; na — not; ca — also; nara-patiḥ — a king or kṣatriya; na — not; api — also; vaiśyaḥ — belonging to the mercantile class; na — not; śūdraḥ — belonging to the worker class; na — not;…

BY SRILA RAGHUNATHA DASA GOSWAMI

Mukta Carita (The Pearl Story) This pastime took place in Kartika so I am sharing it ,the translation was done by Kusakratha Prabhu ,

Obeisances to the son of Gopendra Nanda, Who enchants the world with His lila, whose complexion is like a blooming blue lotus and who is as beautiful as millions of Cupids.

Obeisances to the Divine Couple, Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, who are immersed in the ocean of playful buying and selling of pearls, and Who…

Changes to chapter 3 of the Krsna books

In Chapter 3 of the Krsna books this section has been inserted "

All the conditioned souls are continually fleeing from one

body to another and one planet to another, yet they do not get

free from the onslaught of birth and death. But when one of

these fearful living entities comes under the shelter of Your

lotus feet, he can lie down without anxiety of being attacked

by formidable death." This statement by Devaki is…

Aindra Prabhu and his book!

Aindra Prabhu stated in many words that it is useless to distribute zillions of books unless one develops Vraja Bhakti .This was certainly not Srila Prabhupadas mood in SB 7.9.44 Srila Prabhupada writes it is the duty of every member in ISKCON to distribute Bhagavad Gita as it is .Aindra Prabhu for sure did some book distribution and was on Radha Damodara.His Sankirtana leader once punched him in the face for not distributing enough books.He told me.So that is…

how long can you stay in grhastha life ?

Srila Prabhupada writes :

SB 5.18 ,13

harir hi sākṣād bhagavān śarīriṇām

ātmā jhaṣāṇām iva toyam īpsitam

hitvā mahāṁs taṁ yadi sajjate gṛhe

tadā mahattvaṁ vayasā dampatīnām

SYNONYMS

hariḥ—the Lord; hi—certainly; sākṣāt—directly; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; śarīriṇām—of all living entities who have accepted material bodies; ātmā—the life and soul; jhaṣāṇām—of the aquatics; iva—like; toyam—the…

Bhakta das a former criminal and offender of Srila Narayana Maharaja and other vaisnavas

Bhakta das is making some wild false accusationes against Srila Narayana Maharaja and Satsvarupa Maharaja .Bhakta das was not present when HH Bhakti Vaibhava puri Maharaja spoke at Krsna Balarama temple in 1992 his speech is recorded in 8 parts and is still there on the internet .Bhakta das has hated towards Srila Narayana Maharaja and Satsvarupa Maharaja and is one of those narrow minded and…