TIMELINE OF WINDLE TURLEY LAWSUIT
Yes, Pratyatosa dasa was first to contact Turley. ys pd
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ISKCON CHILDREN
They were upset, not that children were mistreated, rather -- they were upset at being exposed. In other words, the leaders orchestrated much of the problems and they oppressed us whistle blowers, and I think that needs to be made more clear. And what is worse is, just after we got the lawsuit going, they gave Bhakti Vidya Purna a higher status of control. In other words, things got worse even when they were being sued already. ys pd
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HOW DO WE KNOW WHO IS PURE?
It is pretty simple for me and many others really. Anyone who reads Srila Prabhupada's books can see he is the pure devotee. And that is how I myself came to know he is a pure devotee. On the other hand, anyone who says debauchees, drunks, predators, porno swamis etc. are in a chain of pure devotees is in illusion lower than the mlecchas, because the mlecchas at least know Jesus is a pure devotee and fallen people are not.
It is pretty simple for me and many others really. Anyone who reads Srila Prabhupada's books can see he is the pure devotee. And that is how I myself came to know he is a pure devotee. On the other hand, anyone who says debauchees, drunks, predators, porno swamis etc. are in a chain of pure devotees is in illusion lower than the mlecchas, because the mlecchas at least know Jesus is a pure devotee and fallen people are not.
I was very fortunate to grow up in the Christian Church, because we all knew fallen people are not, were not, could not have been -- God's successors -- with no special added training needed. In India, all sorts of God men claim to be elevated swamis, yogis, avatars, incarnations of Siva and Durga -- and so many things, and they are accepted as bona fide in many cases because the people there are not trained to differentiate. Anyway yeah, the acharya is self effulgent, and anyone who does not see that effulgence is -- not sincere, motivated, or is averse to Krishna and His pure representative. Srila Prabhupada says, the acharya is self effulgent, and so is Krishna, but many people could not see who Krishna is even when He was here. That means the averse cannot see who is who. ys pd
A few years ago I was talking to an Iskcon guru in Vrindavana, India. He told me that Srila Prabhupada deviated from the guru-parampara by ordering his disciples to initiate in his name or the Ritvik philosophy, as this philosophy does not come in the Sastras or Scriptures. When I heard this I thought that this person has less intelligence than a mosquito. I told him that Srila Prabhupada distributes his mercy to everyone, but if you do not want to obtain it, the fault is yours.
Srila Prabhupada ordered his disciples who initiated in his name, this is supported by a special document that Srila Prabhupada sent to all Iskcon from Vrindavana, India, on July 9, 1977.
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An ocean of mercy, by Haripada dasa
Srila Prabhupada is an ocean of mercy. The spiritual master receives the blessing of the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a forest fire to put it out, the spiritual master releases the afflicted material world by extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances to the lotus feet of that spiritual master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.
I share a very moving story, we were in Vrindavana, India, in the house of some Italian devotees, we were respecting some maha-prasada pizzas, a very old disciple of Srila Prabhupada arrived, I don't remember her name, but I know she was Lohitaksa's wife , she told us that Srila Prabhupada was in the temple in New York and they were doing guru puja, suddenly a person with very long hair and a beard and very dirty entered the temple as if it were a dog on all fours. He headed towards Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada recognized him immediately, and crying at Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet told him several times that forgive me I have failed you, Srila Prabhupada crying was stroking his head, and all the devotees in the guru puja were crying, then that person left and no one ever heard from him.
A few years ago I was talking to an Iskcon guru in Vrindavana, India. He told me that Srila Prabhupada deviated from the guru-parampara by ordering his disciples to initiate in his name or the Ritvik philosophy, as this philosophy does not come in the Sastras or Scriptures. When I heard this I thought that this person has less intelligence than a mosquito. I told him that Srila Prabhupada distributes his mercy to everyone, but if you do not want to obtain it, the fault is yours.
Srila Prabhupada ordered his disciples who initiated in his name, this is supported by a special document that Srila Prabhupada sent to all Iskcon from Vrindavana, India, on July 9, 1977.
Anyone can read this document. If you do not want to obey this order, blame is not on Srila Prabhupada, but on you. I also told him that according to Harinama-chintamani, the result of offending the guru is that one becomes a mayavadi or atheist. Then some years passed, and we also saw each other in Vrindavana. He said sorry for what I told you several years ago, I replied that you should not ask forgiveness from me, but from Srila Prabhupada.
PADA: Would a teeny Ukraine country with a few 20 year old barely moving army tanks and a few aging Russian Mig jets -- take on a giant sized superpower that has nuclear missiles and tons of tanks and aircraft? Knowing well -- that one or two of those missiles could wipe the whole of Ukraine off the map in 12 minutes?
No, it would not attack a nuclear armed nation with a much larger and modernized military, and with no nukes of their own. That is really just basic common sense.
That was never going to happen. Instead, the USA twisted the arm of Ukraine to give up their nukes, on the plea that the USA would defend them. We have not done that.
What we did do was -- tell Ukraine not to strike back at the Russians -- inside of Russia. Sort of -- do not let David use a slingshot on Goliath. Yeah you can have some weapons, but they can't be used inside RUSSIA, because we would not want to harm Goliath while he is stepping on you. Oil production in Russia targeted, nope!
All that being said, it is good that Russia is getting their oil production and military manufacturing plants blown up and destroyed. We need them to be in a less capable position to aggress others. They are also losing many of their 20-35 years old "prime aged" men, many of them also just fled the country. And those unfortunates who stayed are getting eliminated by the thousands every week in "the meat grinder." That is going to make Russia less capable of going around blowing things up.
Yep. That makes Russia less capable of causing trouble for others elsewhere, financially, militarily, man power wise, industrial capable wise, logistically etc. That is good news for the rest of the world. Of course that is not so good for Ukraine, and it is a giant potentially deadly hazard for them.
Now Putin is crying that someone tried to attack his underground bunker where he sits maybe watching Netflix. But he is not crying when old folks get blown up in Ukraine because of him. But he will be crying when he takes future birth as an old lady in his next life, and he gets bombed in that life. The karma will come back to him. Karma always catches up in time, and time -- and karma -- cannot be checked by anyone.
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