Bangladesh Cracks Down on ISKCON / Women and ISKCON ETC. 11 26 24

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BANGLADESH CRACKS DOWN ON ISKCON

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/iskcon-why-is-bangladesh-cracking-down-on-a-global-hindu-sect/articleshow/115700862.cms?

PADA: Well this was sort of inevitable me thinks? What will the India government do? Probably, nothing. Bangladesh has been moving more towards Hindu intolerance for decades now, and it seems -- it will get worse before it gets better. 

ISKCON has relied on Jayapataka's Bengali congregation to send his disciples to be cooks and poojaris in various Western temples, but that was never the plan authorized by Srila Prabhupada. 

One lesson here is -- devotees should not be engaged in political causes, demonstration marches, and other such agitations, that is not our domain. Of course, ISKCON defending Hindu-ism is also not something we should be doing either, the Hindu program is also not authorized. Yeah, now we are "a global Hindu sect." 

One devotee told me the GBC plan all along has been to gradually get Hindu managers signing on as directors for ISKCON's legal documents, so they can hand off ISKCON to the Hindus, and not the Prabhupada devotees or their children. They wanted to make it an official Hindu church, and they are.

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com

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WOMEN AND ISKCON

PADA: All religions have a class of separated male clerics, yogis, celibates, monks, sadhus etc. And all of them are meant to seclude themselves from females. And that is because our love for Krishna is transformed into material lust here in this world, and it is a very powerful force.

Generally, a man cannot get free of that power -- unless he is very Krishna conscious. Until that time arrives, he is advised to reduce his connection to females. But all of the living entities in this world are subject to failing into lusty desires, male or female, so it is a sort of putting on brakes to avoid women in the material world -- who are an allurement for the men of the material world, so they are advised to keep separated.

That being said, except for Krishna, all other living entities are ultimately considered as prakriti or female, whatever body they have now. And the highest devotees of Krishna are considered to be His female consorts called gopis. And the second highest entity -- besides Krishna -- is His female expansion called Radharani, His primary expansion.

So the female form of Radha and Her consorts is also the highest principle -- apart from Krishna -- in another realm, called the spiritual realm. However when the female expansion potency becomes Durga shakti, the potency of keeping the conditioned souls in illusion, she becomes the prison keeper of the fallen souls.
And she keeps them in her prison house by binding them to material lust. But that is not really so much the fault of the females actually, it is a defect of the conditioned and lusty males who are attracted to material lust, they are the actual main source of the problem. You also need to hide the Vodka from an alcoholic, same principle.

Anyway, women in the material world should be avoided by a male neophyte aspiring devotees, because they are not cured yet. So yes, women in the material world are an impediment for a neophyte male, at the same time, all of us jeevas are prakriti, female, or "enjoyed" by Krishna, so that is also another thing to keep in mind. What is actually female from spiritual perspective?

I think we need to keep everything in context. Yes, women in the material world are a great illusion for a man in the material world, because his love for Krishna has been transformed into material lust. But in the spiritual world, the women are the highest principle and highest devotees.

And that is why this world is called an upside down reflection of the spiritual, where women are the higher principle there, they are the lower or impediment here, because that is what happens when we want to imitate Radha and Krishna, we become captivated here artificially. Anyway it is a great big topic, but we need to study it all in context of all the other information.

Yes, a material world man should avoid women, because he is covered and contaminated by material lust. But that only applies here. In the spiritual world -- the women are considered as the higher bhaktas and devotees principle, and moreover, all the living beings there are considered as prakriti or female principle. 

So we should avoid material lust, because that is the shackles of the material world, but if anyone is attracted to material lust, that means he is a prisoner of Durga's shakti, and he will remain in the condition of having lusty attraction whether he is a man, a dog, a frog, a fish, an insect and so on, unless he is purified.

So this covering has to be taken care of, and separating men from women is helpful, but by no means is that a guarantee of losing these desires, it is only a regulated principle that is designed to help. Meanwhile, most of the Vaishnava acharyas are considered to be manjaris, assistants of the gopis, or actual gopis, which means -- they ultimately are females. And if they are giving us advice, it is for our own good. ys pd

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THE DIRTY GAME OF "NARAYAN MAHARAJ" EXPOSED:-

Narayana Maharaja committed a big Vaishnav Aparadha at the lotus feet of our Gurudev Srila Prabhupada in his lecture given on September 19th, 1994:-
“Those who are not rasika Vaisnavas, they don’t know tattva, they have not gone to association with any Vaisnava…they think that to preach whole world…the name of Krishna…and to give Gita sandesha…is the whole thing. So I want to say that your Prabhupada has given these things…only these things…and not beyond these things. Then he was only the servant of Mahavisnu, not of Krishna. 

"A strange thing… for them who are ignorant. But those who are wise and have done initiation from any rasika vaisnava, bhava bhakta of Caitanya Mahaprabhu,… Those who have given their heart to them and have realized anything…very little…they can realize these things.. . ."

REPLY TO THIS OFFENSIVE LECTURE:-

Our philosophy is of "Vipralamba bhava" which is the "feeling of separation from Lord" as taught by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in His Shikshastaka, "shunyayitam jagad sarvam Govinda virahena me" & not to become artificially a rasika bhakta which results in becoming a prakrita sahajiya, which is a cheap practice of imitating gopi bhava. 

Narayan Maharaj started the GBC's Gopi Club or Gopi Bhava Club & invited many senior disciples of our Gurudev Srila Prabhupada to make them such cheap rasika bhaktas by giving them "rasika diksha" & he even changed their spiritual names. 

Of course, "Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread," so only the fools & offenders joined Narayan Maharaj in this offensive Gopi Club. Narayan Maharaj wanted to take the control of Iskcon, so he started this offensive spiritual game. But, his game got flopped. How?? 

That time ,the President of Ahmedabad Iskcon - H.G. Jashomatinandan Prabhu, wrote a scholarly letter to all GBC & Temple President of Iskcon against the dirty game played by Narayan Maharaj, which was an eye opening letter for all & ended the dirty game of Narayan Maharaj.

Narayan Maharaj said, "Srila Prabhupada was a servant of Maha Vishnu & not of Krishna." To refute this offensive statement made by Narayan Maharaj, I have quoted the following words of our Gurudev Srila Prabhupada from Bhagavad Gita As It Is - 18.65 purport:-

"These words stress that one should concentrate his mind upon Krsna-the very form with two hands carrying a flute, the bluish boy with a beautiful face and peacock feathers in His hair. There are descriptions of Krsna found in the Brahma-samhita and other literatures. 

"One should fix his mind on this original form of Godhead, Krsna. He should not even divert his attention to other forms of the Lord. The Lord has multi-forms, as Visnu, Narayana, Rama, Varaha, etc., but a devotee should concentrate his mind on the form that was present before Arjuna. Concentration of the mind on the form of Krsna constitutes the most confidential part of knowledge, and this is disclosed to Arjuna because Arjuna is the most dear friend of Krsna's."

From the abovementioned purport by our Gurudev Srila Prabhupada, it's clear that Srila Prabhupada is the pure devotee of the Supreme Almighty God Shri Krishna & not of Maha Vishnu. We can also find similar type of statements made by Him in His purport in Srimad Bhagavatam & Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita.

Narayan Maharaj called himself shiksha disciple of our Gurudev Srila Prabhupada but actually he was very envious of Srila Prabhupada. That's why he used the words "your Prabhupada" in his lecture instead of saying "our Gurudev Srila Prabhupada." He was telling everyone that he too had a title "Bhaktivedanta," thus, he tried to compare himself with Srila Prabhupada. The bad karma & aparadha committed by Narayan Maharaj proved that he was "Bhakti Vinash" & not "Bhakti Vedanta."

IRM exposed the dirty game & cheap philosophy of Narayan Maharaj. So, IRM has become the enemy of the cheap & foolish disciples / followers of Narayan Maharaj.
Now, it is the moral duty of all sincere Prabhupadanuga Vaishnavas to publicly challenge, reject and uproot the most dangerously toxic anti-theistic group of Narayan Maharaj & his disciples / followers.

Jai Gurudev Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krishna