DD: Please pray for my godbrother Pundarika prabhu ACBSP. He’s been in the hospital for the last few days, he was brought in with difficulty breathing. And has been diagnosed as having pneumonia, although the doctors do not know the cause of it yet, and are still doing tests.
He is one of the early disciples of His Divine Grace, and was on the Nama Hatta Sankirtana parties in the early days with Gurukripa, and helped raise a lot laxmi to build Sri Dhama Mayapur in its early stages. He’s a dear friend of mine, and is a very sweet devotee with great a love for Srila Prabhupada. Thanks in advance for all my Facebook friends, who will kindly pray for his recovery to good health, so he can do more service for Srila Prabhupada.
===================
Your Prayers are Needed for Her Grace Kanchanbala Dasi (ACBSP)
Dear Devotees,
Hare Krsna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Kindly pray for my godsister and dear friend, Her Grace Kanchanbala dasi, the wife of Madhusudan das, in San Diego, California (U.S.). She fell some weeks ago and broke several bones and has experienced severe pain. Presently, she is going through Physical Therapy which is enabling her to now walk with a cane. Her lovely daughter, Chintamani, is assisting as her caregiver at home.
Kanchanbala Prabhu joined the Krsna consciousness movement in 1967 at the age of 16 at ISKCON's first temple at Matchless Gifts Storefront in New York City. She is a very dear disciple of our beloved Srila Prabhupada. Please send her your blessings and join us in prayer for her full recovery. Thank you!
Always your servant,
Sangita devi dasi
Kanchanbala DD
[PADA: It is a fact many of our first generation devotees are getting older, many are in ill condition, many are departed -- or departing soon. It is unfortunate that ISKCON really has hardly any facility for these retired folks to live in a holy place with some sort of senior care facility. Oh I forgot, that facility was reserved for the elite leaders. They get a retirement facility, free housing and health care, servants etc. -- the peons, ok not so much. Hence -- evidently -- Kanchanbala is getting mainly help from her daughter, not so much from the society overall.
I got into a testy discussion some years ago with Madhusudan das about why he is wrong to try to promote GBC gurus, and to advise ISKCON youth to surrender to these bogus gurus. And he sort of blocked me from then on. That is what a lot people are gradually starting to realize: there has been SOME LEVEL of dissent from the oppressors ALL ALONG, but our dissent is often ignored, suppressed, placed in the trash pile, all to the peril of ISKCON citizens and especially its children.
Anyway, we wish everyone well and hope for their best outcomes. There is not really much value in holding a grudge at this stage. Everyone did what they did, and will have to be accountable for their own situations. Srila Prabhupada says: false gurus go to the lowest regions, and so do their associated cheer leading supporters. That means, the supporters share in the karma of the false gurus they promote. That means, shastra itself pretty much explains the whole situation for us.
My neighbor's giant pit bull jumps up and down behind the fence -- barking his head off -- when I walk by, but then the little teeny terrier comes out of the other house to defend me by barking at the pit bull. That little dog has more sense of defending Vaishnavas than does most of the devotees in the ISKCON orbit. It is what it is.
ys pd]
Update on Pundarika prabhu: Pundarik is out of the hospital, and doing much better. He almost feels 100% again. He was on oxygen, but does no longer have to take it. Turns out he had some bacteria in his lungs that he was allergic to. Also some fungus. He’s already prone to lung issues, because he was diagnosed with asthma within the last year. They gave him some drugs to take for both issues, when he has to take for the next three or four months.
ReplyDeletePundarik really doesn’t like Facebook, and all these media things, he’s more old-school. But he asked me to relate to all of you how much he was touched, and appreciated your prayers. And he firmly believes that it made a big difference. He wanted me to thank all of you, out there who are praying for him. I had sent him photos of the comment thread, so he could read what you all were saying. And, I would personally like to thank all of you also, for being so sincere. Forgot to mention, how he was amazed that, devotees that he didn’t even know we’re praying for him.
LD: Pundarika. Another devotee "not active on social media." Or anywhere else. The battle of Kurukshetra started ... and it seems to me ... they just went off to Starbucks ... to buy a strawberry mocha latte? That is what happened ... is it not clear to everyone? They too care of themselves ... but not their guru and his temples. Or the children ... of their own ISKCON.
ReplyDeleteThe GBC fool gurus ... and then a giant "conspiracy of silence" among the mass ... to allow that. And they still are silent. Silence ... when devotees are being treated badly ... including children being molested ... its not a badge of honor.
It is a badge of foolishness ... and cowardly slinking off the battlefield. My Q anon friend says the big ship stuck in the Suez was full of kidnapped children ... and the children were rescued. This shows more concern for children ... maybe imaginary children ... than this lot of people seem to have ... for the real children of ISKCON.
Even Q people are more worried about children ... than this group. Where have they been hiding all this time? While all these problems went on? And on. I think! They are not on social media for a good reason ... they cannot explain why they allow all this crap to happen in ISKCON. They sit around silently ... or going to Starbucks. They are going along with the crap ... to get along. They are too embarrassed probably? I know I would be ...