Open Letter to ISKCON
BY: JAYANANDA VENKATACHALAM
I, and many, many others from India have always been deeply troubled by undue pernicious influence of Western culture upon the traditional (Vedic) culture of India. This influence has greatly accelerated in recent years due to the ubiquitous sway of the Internet.
Simultaneously, in recent years, I have found myself more and more sympathetic to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) for helping restore and promulgate our traditional Vedic heritage. At the very least, ISKCON has been a stabilizing influence on traditional Indian society and mores.
However, I have recently come across a website that has given me serious misgivings about ISKCON. This website is "www.iskcon.us". That website uses the official ISKCON logo, and their Facebook page uses that logo as well as a tagline, "Independent ISKCON publication". So it certainly appears to be an official ISKCON website.
[PADA: Nope, this web site is managed by ISKCON approved "gurus" like Hrdayananda and Bir Krishna. It is an official ISKCON approved web site because the people operating the site are ISKCON approved "acharyas."]
I find the images and content disturbing. A great deal of the material focuses not only on its unabashed championing of homosexuality, but an extremely outrageous flamboyant type of depravity, as exemplified by the images here.
I realize that this website is being targeted to the American audience. But is there a plan to export this type of watered-down, deviant Vaishnavism to India? When I return to India, what can I expect to see? Will ISKCON continue to uplift society or hasten its degradation? Is society not degenerating fast enough on its own?
[PADA: ISKCON is hastening is own degradation, sums it up pretty much.]
I pray that perhaps this www.iskcon.us is not an official ISKCON website. Perhaps the ISKCON trademark and logo has been pirated by some lunatic fringe element. If that is the case, then ISKCON should enforce its copyrights and trademarks, and not have the reputation of ISKCON besmirched by this sort of thing.
Respectfully yours,
Jayanand Venkatachalam
BY: JAYANANDA VENKATACHALAM
I, and many, many others from India have always been deeply troubled by undue pernicious influence of Western culture upon the traditional (Vedic) culture of India. This influence has greatly accelerated in recent years due to the ubiquitous sway of the Internet.
Simultaneously, in recent years, I have found myself more and more sympathetic to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) for helping restore and promulgate our traditional Vedic heritage. At the very least, ISKCON has been a stabilizing influence on traditional Indian society and mores.
However, I have recently come across a website that has given me serious misgivings about ISKCON. This website is "www.iskcon.us". That website uses the official ISKCON logo, and their Facebook page uses that logo as well as a tagline, "Independent ISKCON publication". So it certainly appears to be an official ISKCON website.
[PADA: Nope, this web site is managed by ISKCON approved "gurus" like Hrdayananda and Bir Krishna. It is an official ISKCON approved web site because the people operating the site are ISKCON approved "acharyas."]
I find the images and content disturbing. A great deal of the material focuses not only on its unabashed championing of homosexuality, but an extremely outrageous flamboyant type of depravity, as exemplified by the images here.
I realize that this website is being targeted to the American audience. But is there a plan to export this type of watered-down, deviant Vaishnavism to India? When I return to India, what can I expect to see? Will ISKCON continue to uplift society or hasten its degradation? Is society not degenerating fast enough on its own?
[PADA: ISKCON is hastening is own degradation, sums it up pretty much.]
I pray that perhaps this www.iskcon.us is not an official ISKCON website. Perhaps the ISKCON trademark and logo has been pirated by some lunatic fringe element. If that is the case, then ISKCON should enforce its copyrights and trademarks, and not have the reputation of ISKCON besmirched by this sort of thing.
Respectfully yours,
Jayanand Venkatachalam
[PADA: No, the iskcon.us web site is an official ISKCON web site run by ISKCON approved acharyas. And yes, its attacking Vedic culture. Correct. The GBC of ISKCON has become completely shameless, thats the conclusion. ys pd]
HARE KRSNA Thank you very much for pointing out the perverse nature of "KRISHNA WEST". The teachings found there are not Srila Prabhupada's.These perverts MUST be kicked out of any official position within ISKCON.No one can be a sincere devotee and yet still remain attached to material desires and conceptions.These "acharyas" are actually crazy.ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA!
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