New "Cosmic Krishna" Video / Hare Krishna Project / Russia News 11 06 25

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“Building Bridges: Working together for Srila Prabhupada” PODCAST: Episode 191 – Friday 7th November 2025 

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We’re pleased to welcome Mahaprabhu Gaura Prabhu as our guest on this week’s podcast. Born and raised in the former Republic of Yugoslavia under the Soviet Union, he has been around the Hare Krishna community for over 30 years. Inspired by his grandmother, a devout Catholic, to explore spirituality from a young age – he met Krishna devotees on the streets after the fall of communism. 

Attracted to bhakti yoga’s message of love and inclusion, he has been an enthusiast for collaborative working within the Krishna Consciousness movement for many years. A disciple of HH Jayapataka Swami, he shares his guru’s vision and focus for grassroots, ‘community-based’ preaching projects. “We need to show that Krishna Consciousness is relevant and practical in the modern era,” said Mahaprabhu Gaura. 

Mahaprabhu regularly meets leaders and gurus from a range of Gaudiya Vaishnava groups as part of his seva to ‘build bridges’ within the Hare Krishna community. For more details, check out his Facebook page: 

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PADA: OK wait a minute. Jayapataka kicked me out of ISKCON for complaining about his Vaikuntha acharya Jayatirtha's illicit sex and drugs program. I said that a guru having sex with a follower is the same as a father having sex with his daughter, according to Prabhupada. 

So now we are worshiping a pedophile. And that will act like a magnet and attract more pedophiles to ISKCON, i.e. we will become what we worship, and it has done exactly that. And Jayapataka told me to take him to court if I thought this was harming the children. 

OK then we did take him to court for mass child abuse, for $400,000,000, and all he did then was run at me screaming like a wounded elephant when he saw me in LA, raaaaaarrrrrrhhhhhh! OK so when we followed his advice to have him sued, he was angry as fire. 

Evidently thousands of children are also victims of his program. And some of them took their lives and many suffer from trauma and all sorts of negatives -- for their whole lives, thanks to JPS making his homosexual and pedophile messiah's project. 

I just got another horrible report about an ISKCON center where two girls were abused, and when they began to report it, the temple and their parents put them into a mental home to silence them. And now they are suffering worse. 

OK and JPS also spends $20,000,000 trying to shut down a free food program for kids by jailing the managers of the program, after he was sued for not feeding ISKCON's children. But now all of a sudden, after having all of us banned, beaten, sued and assassinated, he is all about "inclusion." Ummm, we are not included at all?

But yeah, the ISKCON leaders go and meet with the Muslims, Catholics, Christians, Buddhists and all that, but -- not us? We are still the enemy. And so now they are suing our Krishna Books program to cease our printing of books. 

OK yeah, the followers of the JPS homosexual and pedophile messiahs program are welcome and pals with one another, but we are not, and that means they are not being inclusive at all. "Working Together" is a good idea, they should start by repaying the Bangalore temple for making all this legal expense, and they should welcome the ritviks back into ISKCON. Instead the temple congregations are more and more Hindus, many of whom are meat eaters and mayavadas. 

There is no bridge preaching if we are constantly being banned, beaten, sued and killed -- when we try to walk on their bridge? So ask this JPS guy why this is all going on like this since 1978? There is no bridge that we can walk on together as long as some of us are systematically banned, beaten, sued and -- killed. And we are told that we have to promote JPS pedophiles or de facto ones -- as God's successors -- if we want to stay in their operation. 

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com 

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Madhusudana Das (Russia news)

I see the ritviks as an attempt to build a GBC 2.0 system—an even more cunning version. The ritvik leaders—Krishna Kant, Madhu Pandit, and Sundar Gopal—have already demonstrated their worth and ambitions, and the crowd is following them.

PADA: Madhusudana Das There is only one process for going back to Godhead, for trillions of years, worship of a pure devotee. Even Krishna worshiped Sudama to show us the example.  

You seem to say the ritviks started all this process of the worship of pure devotees 20 years ago, but which has factually gone on since trillions of years ago. You have also so far not told us what is your better idea. Against everyone, which means, as Srila Prabhupada says, when no one else is the guru, you are your own guru. If you say Srila Prabhupada is the guru, then you are doing what the ritviks are doing, except, you have not even explained what your "better" idea is so far. 

Yes, no one should follow the ritviks and worship a pure devotee, they should worship -- whom? The ritviks were here trillions of years ago? I do not believe the ritviks started the idea of worship of a pure devotee, it is the standard for trillions of years. 

So we should not worship a pure devotee -- as the ritviks are doing, and worship -- no one? I am sorry to inform you, Krishna Kanta was not here on the planet trillions of years ago, the worship of pure devotees was already in motion long before any of us were alive here. 

Krishna Kanta is not the author of the Vedas, "acharya upasanam" was written thousands of years before he was even born. You never tell us what is the right idea? To worship nothing? I find it amazing that you keep citing people like Krishna Kanta and not Krishna or the Vedas. 

Krishna Kanta is not the author of the Vedas. Krishna says we have to worship His acharyas, or have His acharyas worshiped by their priests, for millions of years, and that is what the ritviks are doing. And if there is a better system, please let us know what it is. Worship of a pure devotee is not GBC 2.0, it is Krishna's order. You are mixing up the GBC with Krishna. 

The GBC is NOT Krishna. 

You never mention what Krishna orders, and He orders the system of acharyas and / or their representatives or priests (ritviks), and in fact Sudama is one of them. Why is it that Krishna's orders do not get mentioned by you? 

You are only talking about Krishna Kant, who is a conditioned soul. You also said that this point has been argued for 20 years, no it was made trillions of years ago, not 20? you seem to mix up 20 years and trillions of years, they are not the same thing. Worship of the pure devotee is what the ritviks have done -- for trillions of years. 

To say this idea was made 20 years ago, is -- false. This seems to be the whole problem, you and others are living in 20 years time, while the Vedas are living in trillions of years time. We have to be able to tell the difference.

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com

Ritviks and GBC -- Both Bad! // Kirtanananda is Jesus update (Henry) 11 06 25

PADA: I used AI to translate one of  Yasoda's Hindi Lullaby songs.

I dunno, I kinda like it. 

YASHODA SINGS KRISHNA TO SLEEP

Sleep, my little Krishna, moonlight on your face,

Your curls like clouds, your breath a gentle grace.

Butter thief, flute prince, darling of my heart,

Even gods bow low when your leelas start.

Close your lotus eyes, the stars will keep watch,

Cows are resting, and the night is soft as swatch.

No more chasing calves or dancing on the floor,

Tonight you’re just my child, not the world’s adored.

Your anklets tinkle tales of joy and play,

But hush now, my Kanha, let dreams lead the way.

Yamuna flows quiet, Gokul sleeps in peace,

In my arms, your mischief finds its sweet release.

Sleep, my little Krishna, cradle of the skies,

Tomorrow you’ll charm the world with your surprise.

But now, just be my son, my joy, my light—

Sleep, my little Krishna, through this sacred night.

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RITVIKS AND GBC ARE THE SAME?

PADA: This devotee MD says the ritviks are bogus because they have "the habit" of promoting and worshiping the pure devotee. ??? He says the ritviks need to "break their habit." Yep however, worship of the pure devotee is the only road (habit) to Vaikuntha for us conditioned souls. And if we stop our habit of going on that road, that means, we stay here and suffer. In short, there is no second option.

OK, and we should do what instead then? Have the habit of helping the GBC's habit of promoting false gurus? I have no idea why promoting the worship of a pure devotee is a bad habit? We have this problem a lot with various devotees, well jeepers prabhu, the GBC is wrong to promote false gurus, BUT the ritviks are equally bogus for promoting bona fide gurus. OK! Which means what? We have to accept MD as our authority, and worship -- no named anyone? Sour grapes? 

Kaliasa Chandra does the same basic thing. Well sure, the GBC and the ritviks are both bogus. Great suff! So who do we worship instead now? Kailasa Chandra? He never names whom else should be worshiped and neither does MD. 

Worship of no one is called mayavada. Sorry, worship of pure devotees is an eternal process. For example, the lower stages of devotees worship the higher stages of devotees called the Gopis. And the lower stages Gopis worship the higher stages Gopis, and they all worship Radharani and so on and so forth. 

The process of worship of pure devotees is a habit which never ends, even when we are liberated, we will STILL be offering respects to the higher Vaishnavas. And if we do not follow this process -- then we have to stay here and suffer. 

MD: Don't replace "initiated" with "realized." They're different words. Speaking of yoga, one doesn't become a yogi simply by reading books. Theory without practice is dead. Diksa is precisely the beginning of practice.

PADA: A person who reads the books is getting divyam jnanam, or diksha, that is why Srila Prabhupada said just by reading my books they are initiated. I became a devotee, and so did thousands of other people, by reading the books. And by reading the books we connect with Krishna, and connecting with God is called Yoga, and that makes the people who read his books yogis. 

Of course that does not mean everyone will realize Krishna, some will and some will not, but the books are a starting point. Yes, so we are giving people the books, and that makes us a type of guru, called shiksha guru, we are presenting the books and that helps them link to Krishna. 

That does not mean we can give diksha, absorb their sins, and elevate them to Krishna loka, but we are pointing the way, also known as vartma pradarsaha guru, one who shows the way. A person who shows the way can be a neophyte layman, he does not need to be fully realized. ys pd

MD: Diksa is the beginning of action or the launching of the process of sadhana, which should lead the practitioner to prema. What's the point of simply reading if you don't do what's written? "I've become a devotee"—where does this pride come from? 

Today you're a devotee, and tomorrow you're no longer one. This requires reaffirming your qualifications every day. I repeat: a yogi is not someone who simply reads books and does nothing for Krishna or what He wants or needs at the moment or pretends to serve in a hypocritical manner. Why do you argue with this when your very actions confirm what I'm saying? You're fighting enemies, once your Godbrothers, who also read books, and what became of them?

PADA: We are giving people the books, ever since I joined in 1970. Then they get the divyam jnanam from the books. Then they get deities, offer their food, and do service, such as distributing the books to others. This has happened thousands of times. I never said people should only read the books and not do service? 

We have to read the books, imbibe the jnanam, and then employ the knowledge. That was always the process all along, and it has not changed. The process all along is to give people the books, and then try to help them move further into the process, and we are. Our people are printing books, distributing books, making devotees, making temples, distributing prasadam, and that is the process all along. 

I do not understand what process you are trying to promote? But yeah, just because people read a book at one time -- that does not automatically mean they understood it. Just like there are thousands of students reading surgery books, all of them are reading in the same class, but only a few of them pass the exam and become certified brain surgeons. I am thus not saying that reading a book automatically means the readers understood it. They may or may not. 

The 1936 Gaudiya Matha people also read the books, but mostly failed later, except for a few. That means not everyone understands the books, but many of our people do, and they are preaching and doing good things. And we are helping them. But yeah, I never said a devotee should read the books and do nothing, that is not at all what me and our friends are doing, we are doing lots of things. 

Srila Prabhupada also had to fight with his God brothers, so what? That is what happens in the material world, and you are also fighting with your God brothers yourself. It does not change anything from the original process. You are right, Srila Prabhupada fought with his God brothers, I fought mine, and you are fighting yours, welcome to the material world. Are you saying I should have compromised with them? Let's hope not!

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com

PADA: The truth is that I read the books, and therefore did not die from horrible diseases from eating cows -- like my parents whole generation did. And their generation now has to take birth as cows in a meat factory, and so would I have done the same. The books saved my life, this life, and 100,000 future lives. 

When Krishna is on the planet, many nice and blissful things happen, and many not so nice things happen, like millions of people die in giant wars, that is the nature of the material world. That means not everyone could apply His teachings, in fact not many did. 

Again, 100,000 people all enter the medical school, but only five of them become brain surgeons -- the others do not. That is not because of faulty medical books, it means not everyone can apply the books. I think you are confusing reading the books, and applying the books, not the same process. 

But you are exposing the GBC, and so am I, we are doing the same thing, educating people. That is my service to Krishna and it is self evident also yours. You are doing a good job of it. Blaming the teaching of Krishna and the books is what the GBC does, so we should not go on their same road. ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com

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HENRY DOKTORSKI III

November 6, 1985: On this date in history 40 years ago, the author sings “Jaya Jagad Guru Srila Bhaktipada” in the RVC temple (the first time ever) and Bhaktipada wakes in Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh after ten days in coma from a serious head injury (attempted murder by Michael Shockman).
One of Bhaktipada’s followers, Yogadeva [Dave Martin], happened to be at Allegheny General Hospital soon after Bhaktipada woke up from his coma. 

Yogadeva remembered:

I visited Bhaktipada at the hospital right after he came out of his coma. I was really worried about him. Radhanath took me to the hospital and he [Bhaktipada] came out of the coma. Everybody came in. He was in a daze, really groggy and out of it, and suddenly someone said, “Here’s Yogadeva to see you, Bhaktipada.”
He raised his head, his eyes and gaze was so intense, he had just come out of the coma. I started to cry. I didn’t know what to say. What do you say to someone who’s almost been murdered? I started crying.

Then Bhaktipada said, “If it took this to bring you to love of Krishna, then it was worth it.” That just devastated me to no end. I was blown away. I heard that the spiritual master accepts the karma of his disciples and suffers from their sins, and even though I wasn’t officially initiated, I had accepted Bhaktipada as the guru in my heart. He had suffered for me, just like Jesus Christ suffered for his followers. 

I couldn’t stop crying. Bhaktipada loved me so much.

Photo: 26-year-old Hrishikesh leading kirtan with Bhaktipada and godbrothers in Bhaktipada's suite, Juhu Beach ISKCON, Bombay, probably March 1982.

PS In the recording, I think I hear a voice which sounds like Devamrita Swami. 

Does anyone else hear his voice?

For more about this topic, see “Gold, Guns and God,” Vol. 6, p. 205.

PADA: Yep, when Kirtanananda was whacked on the head, all sorts of people, including Satsvarupa, said he is suffering like Haridas Thakura, Prahlad Maharaja and Jesus. And many other people told me Hansadutta has headaches because "he took our sins." 

Sorry, this is all highly inflated titles given to fallen and conditioned souls. None of these people can absorb sins like Jesus. And Satsvarupa folks told me his headaches are from taking sins. These GBC guru people are being compared to Jesus, told ya! ys pd 

Espana News / Faith in What? / Empty LA Japa 11 05 25

Espana news

It is said that Srila Prabhupada was physically murdered by Tamal Krishna and that his spiritual legacy, his books, were then massacred by Jayadwaita. Two infiltrators that killed him and his movement. Subsequently, countless other "disciples" usurped the post of guru with posing as acharyas, ruining Srila Prabhupada's movement further.

Radhanath has changed the line of preaching of the movement with his speeches devoid of Krishna philosophy -- and instead new age slogans; Jayapataka created a molesting of children sect within ISKCON at Mayapur, undermining Srila Prabhupada's authority by standing as the "spiritual father" and the "godfather" of the mafia in Mayapur; Hridayananda intellectualized and Westernized too much Bhakti; people like Bhavananda, Bhakti Vidyapurna and other similar monsters ruined the gurukulas (under GBC authority). Due to Bhakti Sundar's bad example, pornography is now accepted as private entertainment; Giriraj patented immunity to commit sexual indecency; etc.

The list of untruths, offenses and offenders against Srila Prabhupada is too long to produce here and reaches to the leadership of India, who have introduced racism and ultra nationalism to the ISKCON international vaisnava movement that Srila Prabbupada founded. Formerly ISKCON was totally inclusive to shelter people from all over the globe, under the universal ideals of Mahaprabhu, but now is only preaching to indigenous people of India.

How much damage and pain has been caused to Srila Prabhupada by changing the lines of his movement. This is how "followers" try to kill acharya.

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FAITH IN WHAT?

PADA: That was my original point in 1979. I asked the GBC, why are we teaching the children to worship falling down and intoxicated people who are offering LSD to the shalagram? The GBC answered by citing BR Sridhara Maharaja saying that I was "destroying the sraddha (faith) of the sisyas" -- by challenging (the worship of intoxicated and falling people). 

Gaura Govinda Maharaja told me essentially the same thing, he cannot challenge the GBC, rather he has to cooperate, tolerate and work with the GBC. Self evidently he has faith in promoting their illicit sex with men, women and children as God's guru successors process.

 

OK why are we telling our ISKCON children to "have faith" in worshiping intoxicated and falling down people? Well prabhu "it is the tradition"? The tradition of what? And all of those children eventually exited the society and many of them now hold a giant grudge against the society, which is exactly what I said would happen. Yep, Gaura Govinda Maharaja told me my idea of worshiping a pure devotee, and not homosexuals and pedophiles, is "not in the tradition." The tradition of what?

I said in 1979, these children cannot be forced to worship conditioned souls, or they will become disillusioned with the society, and they did. We cannot tell people to have faith in worshiping hokey messiahs and expect a good result, there never is a good result. There is no Vedic "tradition" of teaching little children to "have faith" in worshiping hokey messiahs. There is in fact just the opposite, many injunctions and warnings NOT to have that going on in a religion society. 

I tell people -- including some ISKCON children -- to have faith in Srila Prabhupada, and many have had that faith -- for their whole lives, while their peers have had a variety of hokey messiahs falling down left, right and center -- sometimes being re-initated several times and etc and then -- leaving altogether. We should expect such a result. What are we teaching people to have faith in, in the first place? ys pd

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THE ISKCON CHILDREN HAD CHOICES?

PADA: Many ex-children told me they never had any choice in their situation, the society crammed the worship of falling down and sometimes intoxicated people into the lives of these children, and they were never asked if they wanted to worship falling and intoxicated people, they were forced to. Children need the freedom to choose their own guru worship process, and if someone would have asked them if they wanted to worship fallen, lusty and intoxicated people when they were teen agers, they probably would have refused. OK they would have refused. Neine danke! 

But they were told they had to do that when they were only five, when they had no ability to discriminate -- or choose -- that worship of bogus people is good or bad. They simply were forced to follow the elders and leaders -- who forced them into that bogus system of worship. They should have first of all been educated on the process, i.e. we only worship the pure person, then when they were 18 we could ask them if they wanted to worship lusty and intoxicated people, then they would have had a say in their lives. 

Clearly -- they were not given these choices. So that is what victims tell me, all this was crammed onto us, we were never consulted or educated on what choices should or should not be made. We have had no freedom in this issue, because we were young children. And when we finally got to be young adults and had the freedom, we left en masse. We have no faith in the entire GBC process of forcing children to worship debauchees and degraded people. Why would they? ys pd

JAPA TIME LOS ANGELES TEMPLE

PADA: Thanks for this photo RMD. Yes, the LA temple used to be crowded with Western people all chanting at morning JAPA time. Now we got this one lone straggler guy there. Yup. It is truly amazing how many people have abandoned ISKCON. And it is getting worse, now some of the Hindu congregation people who were coming to ISKCON had H1 Visas -- and their Visas are being yanked and cancelled by the government. 

You are right, this photo says it all. Svavas wants people to worship Jayapataka, head honcho of the illicit sex with men, women and children messiahs project, and people are saying "nay nay." Sulochana said the LA temple is not advanced enough to worship a bucket of dog turds, because a bucket of dog turds does not ban, beat, molest, sue and kill Vaishnavas, so they are not advanced enough to worship dog turds. He is right. ys pd 

Even the kids know this is not a good situation.

For sure the adults know by now.

Notice that the religion head is to the right.

Yeah, he knows too.

Sending the wounded back into battle.

This is not a good situation, full stop period.

Bhakti Vikas Swami is a Kali Chela 11 04 25

Bhakti Vikas Swami (BVKS)

DD: In fact, much of BVKS rhetoric - attacking “liberal” ideas like women having something to offer beyond child rearing - is a form of “cultural eugenics”. He may not be actually killing liberals but he seems determined to deny them any devotional adhikara.

CK: There is a four corners documentary on abc, on the crisis in childcare and the rampant abuse without checks and balances : guardrails and next to nothing being done by mostly the for profit childcare sector and now the political class are finally spurred into action from apathy, so calculated and right under the nose of those who think it doesn’t happen at my childcare centre, no way but sadly it’s happening even pedophiles lining up for jobs. Its disturbing. Any organisation that ignores child welfare or sexual abuse of a child or seeks to minimise its lasting traumatic effects does so at its peril.

CH: Yes very disturbing actually. Sick Evil People everywhere.

BB: And people who support sick and evil like BVKS.

DD: What? This BVKS fellow again? 

BB: Yes Bhakti Vikasa Swami.

AP: In my opinion, people like Bhakti vikash Swami should be thrown in prison along with the pedophile friends they protect.

VD: Yes! Mathura das ACBS is a boy sex groomer and child sex offender ... and is therefore a big fan of this BVKS guy -- and the other BVKS program's Mayapura sannyasis and most prolific pedophiles in Iskcon ... with a 40 year career. He loved that BVP Swami too. Birds of a feather.

DD: You have been making such imputations against Mathura in recent weeks. Do you have any evidence?

VD: Only that he bragged to me about it ... and some of the other gay sex activities like his oral sex parties in Vrndavan. Also a report came out by one of his victims on a YouTube channel, but the video is now missing. Mathura expected to be praised. He was full of Bon homie but forgot that I had two grandsons of that age.

I actually found the comment on a mutual friend's music YT channel. The boy said it was non consensual, he was attacked and abused and that was going to the police. I told Mathura and he asked me to remove it. I said I don't have the password and he asked the owner of the channel to do it. That boy was one of 10 he was grooming. 13/14 years old. Yes he is a danger to boys.

He's on a mission to convert male children to the gay lifestyle. He never shuts up about it. But it doesn't matter. He bragged about it to me. Ecstatically. With a beer in one hand and a joint in the other so quite loose lipped. 

There were other people around. He didn't confess he was happy about what he'd done. He was shocked when I told him that the boy was accusing him of assault. Mathura called it a seduction. And described it in gross pornographic detail as if to impress listeners. 

He turned on me when I said that didn't want to be in his book (3 books) and went berserk and said I was having a Psychotic episode. Extreme gaslighting. Then cut me off from all contact but started calling me crazy to pre-empt me from talking about it. I said I wouldn't unless I have to. Now I feel that I do. I'll speak freely about it.

Now I hear he's giving up on his narcissistic biographies after 20 + years.

RS Dasi: He’s out of control. Happy Halloween. BVKS has a scary mask.

MM Dasi: Another bhogi yogi.

JK: Honestly … f*ck Bhatki Vikasa, and I’m not worried about “vaisnava aparadha” in the slightest. That dude sucks.

LLS Dasi: There are SO MANY reasons to dislike this BVKS "swami."

SM Dasi: It’s really troubling to see someone repeatedly dismiss or distort the experiences of abuse survivors. When people minimize or silence victims, it doesn’t just show indifference, it actively adds to their suffering. Survivors speaking out isn’t about undermining anyone’s beliefs or “narrative”; it’s about truth, accountability, and healing.

If someone feels threatened by that, it says much more about their own insecurity or ideology than it does about the people who survived. Compassion, not control, should guide any genuine moral stance.

DD: Why should hearing about others' suffering irritate anyone genuinely progressing in Krishna consciousness? Vaisnavas are meant to be compassionate. Irritation is a tell. Seeking to silence those reporting abuse. It means that "I've got a bliss party over here where I am the spiritual preceptor with a successful movement and all this noise could put people off and spoil my fun."

And there's such deep hypocrisy by him. Check out his YouTube channel. A huge proportion of his lectures are his griping about ISKCON. 

BB: While he supports the same people he criticizes as gurus, he is hyprocrite no.1. 

S. O.: Thanks for always supporting the kid’s and all of us your posts help me so much.

VV Dasi: It is so difficult to stand on the sideline and watch this. Not only this, but the very fact that the leaders of Iskcon allow him to continue is an equally hard pill to swallow. This makes me lose faith in Iskcon as an institution, and it is so sad, because I love Srila Prabhupada and, Prabhupada put his melted heart into ISKCON. 

TK: Another Kali Chela, Iskcon is full of them.

JLD: Kishori (ACBSP) tried to 'complain' to him the way she had been offended, publicly insulted by a yelling junior IN NEW MAYAPUR TEMPLE. Gopaswami (local guru) meant that she deserved to be insulted, saying 'I can do nothing for you since you are not an Iskcon devotee'... (the junior is a Narayan Maharaj disciple...!!!). Janananda Swami said to her that she gave 'her version' of the event, that everyone has his own version ... (meaning she lied???)! Of course, no action of Hrdaycaitanya, one of our GBC .... the other insulted senior who banned but not the junior ... he got no sanction!!! .......This worse offense happened on May 2022 but no justice yet .... like nothing happened.

PD: Bhakti Vikas swami was one of the people who said I was wrong to oppose Jayatirtha being an acharya, even though it was known JT was offering LSD to the shalagram and he was having an affair with a disciple. He sided with Jayapataka to have me removed from ISKCON. So he is not actually supporting the conservative idea, he is with the radical sahajiya idea that we can worship intoxicated people who are having affairs. 

And look what happened to JT? I said making the children worship these class of people will harm the children, and -- it has. In spades. Nevermind their program hunted me down to take me out. BVKS also supported the $20,000,000 lawsuit to stop the Bangalore free food program by jailing the directors. BVKS encouraged people like Bhakti Caru to raise funds for these lawsuits, and BCS came to America and left his body while trying to help raise funds to -- starve children -- by removing their food program? 

And then ISKCON said BCS is doing great service? They were already sued for $400,000,000 for not feeing their own school kids, and they want to starve more kids, by spending $20M? There is nothing conservative about any of this, even the karmis know that we cannot have people shut down programs that help kids. JT is not here anymore, because they helped him go off the rails, neither the ISKCON kids are here anymore because they are done with all these foolish people. ys pd

DD: May be an image of fire and text that says 'I was burning, and you arrived only to blame me for the smell of ashes.' -Fyodor Dostoevsky 

JLD: Yes. We felt not a drop of empathy from BVKS but I guess he is able to give very scholarly lectures about compassion...?

HAD: Another advanced ISKCON guru. You are risking your devotional lives speaking ill of him and creating doubts in the minds of his loving disciples. He is speaking from the spiritual platform. 

DD: Unfortunately, it's not just that! This is demonstrated by the reactions of many in the group, not only this one, who are stigmatized by his words.

DD#2: BVKS is a public figure making derogatory statements - contemptuous statements - on a regular basis. And, with the classic shield of “don’t offend a senior devotee”, we’re just supposed to nod and smile? Not offer rebuttal? Not point out how problematic his rhetoric is?

Why are his disciples lurking in a group like this if they can’t handle the conversation? And if the criticisms have zero merit, why would they cause disturbance?

You are welcome to regard him as a pure devotee if you wish. No one here is invested in dispossessing you of that. Nor are we obliged to revere him and support his harmful rhetoric just so as not to disturb those of feeble mind and fragile faith.

We care about the plight of the movement’s vulnerable children who the leaders have let down all these years. With this particular leader, he’s not merely neglectful. He gives shelter to abusers. And he compounds victims’ suffering by criticising them for not just suffering silently.

Worship away. Knock yourself out. Don’t dictate to the rest of us that we have to honour this man.

AP: As we learn from the Mahabharata -- those who side with adharma and turn a blind eye to it end up on the other side to Krsna just as Bhishmadeva and Dronacharya did. In such a situation Krsna expected Arjuna to fight against his own guru and Bhishmadeva. For siding with adharma Bhishmadeva had to lay on a bed of arrows and have his impure blood drained and only after that did Krsna allow Yuddhistra maharaja to take final siksha from Bhishmadeva!

TK: I can’t even watch this BVKS speak. 

SK Dasi: This “get over it” mentality is based in cruelty and hard heartedness. The reason it’s still painful and paralyzing for these victims is because NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE!! Without action and solution, the pain becomes family wide, community wide, SOCIETY WIDE.

Protecting the few and destroying the many MUST STOP!

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Day of the dead festival.

This is perhaps why Srila Prabhupada says:

modern life is "decoration of a dead body." Hee hee.

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It looks like Russia and Ukraine are in a battle to

wipe out each other's infrastructure.

Well Ukraine just got a fresh batch of UK Storm Shadows.

OK. It is going to get much worse for Russia.

But this is exactly what Russia wanted, 

a giant never ending war. 

Be careful what you wish for!  

Purujit / Jayapataka / Hari Parsad / Iran Water 11 02 25

PURIJIT UPDATE

PADA: Thanks prabhu. Now he is advertising himself as "The Founder of Bliss." I know it looks sorta hokey. I am also the founder of PADA, but I don't try to give myself that title because yeah, it looks sorta like self promoting. I agree, he has no social awareness or Vaishnava etiquette concept. I am the founder father of BLISS, yeah, he has no idea how this looks. 

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Health Update of
HH Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja
30th October 2025

Hare Kṛṣṇa,
Dear Disciples and Well-wishers of HH Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja,

Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to Guru Mahārāja!

Day before yesterday, Guru Mahārāja experienced a mild episode of fever, which subsided on its own and has not recurred since. The recent procedure in Chennai was mainly a temporary measure to relieve the obstruction and improve breathing. However, similar issues have been reappearing, with mucus again accumulating in the lungs and requiring frequent clearance and respiratory therapy, along with intermittent requirement of oxygen.

These respiratory challenges have been accompanied by fluctuations in blood pressure, which are being carefully managed by the medical team. Despite low energy levels, Guru Mahārāja continues to attentively attend meetings and carry on his services with remarkable determination and spiritual strength.

After each session of intensive therapy, Guru Mahārāja’s breathing shows improvement. He remains stable and is under close and continuous medical supervision.

On this auspicious day of Gopāṣṭamī, we humbly request everyone to offer special prayers to Go-mātā and Gopāla, along with your regular heartfelt prayers to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva and Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava, for Guru Mahārāja’s continued strength, protection, and steady recovery.

On behalf of the
JPS Health Team & JPS Seva Committee
Mahā Varāha Dāsa

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PADA: OK, so the founder fathers of the homosexual and pedophile messiah's club -- that bans, beats, molests, sues and kills Vaishnavas -- have considerable extra Saudi Prince perks not given to others -- such as the rank and file disciples of Prabhupada. That includes: Lifetime personal care and servants; Sometimes "the servant" doubles as a sex partner; expensive health treatments; 500 Rupee health drinks; Health Club memberships; Nice housing, computers, motorcars; Netflix accounts; The best medicine and doctors money can buy; Howard Johnson Motel accounts; and according to Jayapataka's people -- $100,000,000 spare pocket change to spend on "legal fees." 

OK Sulochana said this is largely a battle over the assets of ISKCON and has nothing at all to do with gurus, the parampara, philosophy, or siddhanta. He said this is a smash and grab operation to take over the assets. And -- we could die if we resist. He is right, he resisted, and died. ys pd

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HARI PARSAD DAS ON VIDHI AND RAGHANUGA 

Hari Pārṣada Dās is with Rasika Siromani Dasi and Govinda Caran Das.

Talks at Sādhu-saṅga Festival 2025 ~

Dear Vaiṣṇavas. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. With great pleasure, we announce that there will be two talks given by Hari Pārṣada Dāsa held at the Sādhu-saṅga festival 2025. These talks have been organised in the "Suwanee 16" room at the venue of the retreat. Please note that these talks will be held during the lunch break time.

​Topic: Vidhi and Rāga — two paths to Śrī-Krishna-prema. ​All devotees who wish to attend are most welcome. Sincere thanks to HH Indradyumna Maharaja and team for kindly organizing the talks. 

PADA: Evidently also a member of the ISKCON Shastra Advisor Committee (SAC) or perhaps the SABHA group. OK so the GBC is promoting the worship of illicit sex with men, women and children acharyas, and this is connected to Raga Bhakti? Nope. 

And the SABHA group is advising these acharyas. The acharyas needed to be told homosexuals and pedophiles are part of their guru parampara? Sorry, an illicit sex guru program is not connecting anyone to Vaikuntha, it is heading to Patala (hell). Special thanks to Indradyumna? Bhagavan's former hatchet man and supporter of Chloroform on kids cover up pada. Very rasika! 

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com 

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IRAN WATER CRISIS

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Iran is facing a severe water crisis characterized by depleted reservoirs, mismanagement, lack of funding and climate challenges, threatening public health and agriculture.

Current Situation

Iran's water crisis has escalated dramatically, with five major dams completely empty and over 90% of emergency water projects unfunded. Major cities, including Tehran, Isfahan, and Mashhad, are experiencing critical water shortages, with some areas facing water cuts lasting more than eight hours a day. 

The Karaj Dam, a vital water source for Tehran, has seen its reserves drop significantly, with 80% depleted compared to the previous year. The Iranian government has defined numerous projects to manage these shortages, but many have been stalled due to lack of funding.

PADA: Well yup. No funds for water development, salt water extraction programs etc. Iran on the other hand has billions and billions on hand to fund all sorts of lethal weapons building, and to fund giving those weapons to Hamas, Hezbollah, Hoothis, folks in Africa, Russia and others. And even donate millions and millions of money to these other programs. 

That is because goal number one for Iran is -- halting the Zionists. Except then you are halting progress for yourselves, you will have wasted all your primary funding and managing resources -- trying to stop the Zionists -- on very expensive programs that do nothing to help -- yourselves. 

Now they won't have water, or already don't. That is in part a good thing. Then they won't be wasting money on funding wars all over the area, and making Shaheed drones for Russia etc. That will save other people's lives.

At the same time, it means their own citizens will suffer. And that is a very BAD thing. Yeah, sorry we could not fund water development for you citizens because we had to arm the Hoothis and Russia etc. Thanks a lot for taking care of us citizens pal! Mismanaged? Are you kidding! The only thing they manage well there is weapons production, not much else.  

Sort like ISKCON, all the funding goes to the leaders, the school children have had rotten food. Great leaders think alike! This is going to be very chaotic and dangerous for the citizens, because without water, nothing survives. Anyway, another sign Kali Yuga is already upon us, water will become too much, too little, and so on. I feel bad for the citizens, unfunded and unmanaged means, no one in the top tier leadership levels -- cared. They won't be able to eat missiles and bullets now. 

ys pd  

Gopastami Celebrated 11 01 25

GOPASTAMI -- Gopāṣṭamī is celebrated on the eighth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Kārtika. It commemorates the divine moment when Lord Krishna, having reached the appropriate age, was officially given the responsibility of herding and protecting the full-grown cows of Vṛndāvana. This celebration highlights Krishna’s eternal identity as Gopāla and Govinda—the protector and friend of the cows.

Scriptural Foundations of Cow Protection:Cow protection is not just a cultural symbol but a direct instruction of the Supreme Lord:

In Bhagavad-gītā 18.44, Lord Krishna specifically mentions go-rakṣya (cow protection) as a fundamental duty of civilized society:

“kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyam vaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam.”
In Bhagavad-gītā 10.28, Krishna declares:

“dhenūnām asmi kāmadhuk”—“Of all cows, I am the transcendental Surabhi cow,” showing the sacredness and divine position of the cow.

The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.17.3) depicts the cow as the embodiment of Mother Earth and the bull as Dharma, indicating that the protection of cows is directly connected to the preservation of religion and righteousness.

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.6.19, Krishna is glorified as Govinda because He gives pleasure to the cows, the senses, and the brāhmaṇas. Similarly, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.8.21 reveals that Garga Muni prophesied Krishna would be known as the protector of cows, bringing happiness to all living beings.

Ancient Vedic scriptures repeatedly extol the cow:
The Rig Veda states that the cow is sacred and pure, never to be harmed.

The Atharva Veda (11.1.34) acknowledges cows as the mothers of gods and humans.

The Skanda Purāṇa declares that all demigods reside within the body of the cow.
In the Padma Purāṇa, it is mentioned that one who serves cows with devotion will never fall into hellish conditions.

Thus, Vedic texts unanimously declare the cow as a divine being whose protection ensures the prosperity of the world.

Gopāṣṭamī in Krishna’s Vṛndāvana Pastimes

When Lord Krishna turned six, Mother Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja celebrated His advancement from tending calves to tending cows. This ceremony marked Krishna taking up the role of a full-fledged cowherd boy. Dressed beautifully in gopa attire, He led the cows into the forests of Vṛndāvana, accompanied by Balarāma and His cowherd friends, while the residents of Vraja rejoiced, knowing that the wellbeing of their cows was now in Krishna’s capable hands.

Once Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Her gopī companions, eager to join Krishna in cow service, disguised themselves as cowherd boys to participate in go-sevā on this special day. This illustrates that serving cows is not only an act of duty but a high expression of pure devotional love.

Krishna as Gopāla and Govinda – The Eternal Protector of Cows

Lord Krishna’s identity as the protector and lover of cows is eternal and transcendental. In the spiritual world, Goloka Vṛndāvana, Krishna eternally engages in cowherding pastimes surrounded by lakhs of wish-fulfilling cows.

This is poetically described in the Brahma Saṁhitā (5.29):

cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-
lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam
lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is tending the surabhi cows in His transcendental abode, surrounded by millions of wish-fulfilling trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune.”

This verse establishes:

Krishna’s eternal occupation is cow protection (abhipālayantam).

His supreme spiritual identity is Govinda, the giver of pleasure to cows, senses, and devotees.

The environment of Goloka is centered around cows and cowherding, indicating that cow protection is not a temporary activity of the material world, but an eternal, spiritual pastime of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The Cow as a Spiritual Mother

In Vedic culture, the cow is revered as go-mātā, our mother, because she selflessly provides milk and nourishment. The scriptures explain that:
Just as the mother nurtures a child with breast milk, the cow nourishes humanity with her milk.

Cow products like milk, ghee, yogurt, and butter are essential ingredients in yajñas (sacrificial rituals), temple worship, and deity offerings.

Glories of Cow Protection in Bhakti Tradition

Bhakti scriptures glorify the cow as a pathway to Krishna’s heart. Krishna chose to appear in a cowherd family, spend His childhood among cows, and engage in go-sevā personally. It is said that where cows are protected, Krishna is naturally present and pleased.

The Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa states that the house where cows are properly maintained becomes a place of pilgrimage. The Mahābhārata declares that giving protection to cows is the highest form of charity and brings blessings equivalent to performing all sacrifices.

The Material Creation (ccdas.net) 11 01 25

 

PADA: There is good news. More people are studying Srila Prabhupada's books and making nice analysis of various topics, such as this one. And they are NOT citing the GBC's wonderclub messiahs, or at least we see those jokers cited less and less, as their authority dwindles. 

There is also bad news, many of the current editions of his books have been given a hatchet job of editing and the GBC sues and harasses people who want original books. But there is also resultant good news, more people are aware of the fact the GBC is taking a hatchet to the originals, and they are seeking the originals more and more. If there is a demand for originals, hopefully there will be a supply. 

Anyway, this is a good job here, bravo. This devotee lists the parampara as ending with Srila Prabhupada and not the molester messiahs project members, so it is looking like he only accepts Srila Prabhupada and not the hokey jokesters. 

In any case, this is a nice read, and summary of how the material creations take place, which is important for us neophytes to grasp. We need more such sites that cite Srila Prabhupada and that is good progress. 

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com  

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PADA: Yeah JMD I am not sure what to comment here. Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and many other places around the world are seeing civilians targeted and treated horribly, if not killed. Someone said -- the people who get killed in Sudan are the lucky ones because the survivors have to suffer badly. 

There is no doubt about it, Kali Yuga is inching ahead and these are the symptoms, among many other inauspicious developments. I was told the whole Sudan thing is about control of their large scale gold production, and if so, this is a perfect example of how Kali Yuga resides in gold, and this is the result, suffering and death. ys pd 

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MAHATMA DAS

PADA: Yeah SD Dasi this is a joke, he is having a japa sessions class, when nearly none of the Hindus who come on Sunday have beads, bead bags, or are doing any regular chanting. And a lot of the Hindus eat meat and are Sankaracharya mayavadas. 

Mahatma thinks these people are going to take japa classes? Nope, this is another one of his many scams. He wanted to convert ISKCON into his meat eating mayavada Hindus program, then he thinks they are going to chant, when -- they aren't -- and have not done that even when Prabhupada was preaching for 40 years there. They are not interested, plain and simple. He wanted to convert ISKVON into meat eating mayavadas, not chanters, who are Westerners. He wants the Westerners out and Hindus in, and that is what he has made. 

Yeah it is a scam. As soon as Mahatma's program finds out people are chanting and worshiping the pure devotee, his program spends $20,000,000 to sue them and get rid of them. They are not welcome in Mahatma's meat and mayavada land.   

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THE MATERIAL CREATION BY LORD VISHNU

Pradhāna, the unmanifested, undifferentiated mass of all material elements
We all know about Māyā, the illusory potency of the Lord that makes us attracted to this material world. As long as we are attracted to Māyā, we remain in this material world, chasing different material goals and desires, life after life.

Real as it may appear to us, this world is described in the Vedas as illusory. It has a beginning and an end, different from the spiritual realm that is eternal and immutable. However, how does this material world come to be? We know that the creator is the Lord, but what is the material used in this creation? From what is the material creation made?

Apart from Māyā, the illusory energy, another feature of the external potency of the Lord is pradhāna, the unmanifested, undifferentiated amalgamation of all material elements. Pradhāna is the material energy in its dormant state, with no variety, no activity, and no manifestation of the three material modes. Pradhāna exists beyond the causal ocean, on the material side. Sometimes it is described as being like a cloud on top of the waters, but without touching them.

Lord Kapila describes it on SB 3.26.10: “The unmanifested eternal combination of the three modes is the cause of the manifest state and is called pradhāna. It is called prakṛti when in the manifested stage of existence.”

Prabhupāda gives more details in his purport:

"The Lord points out material nature in its subtle stage, which is called pradhāna, and He analyzes this pradhāna. The explanation of pradhāna and prakṛti is that pradhāna is the subtle, undifferentiated sum total of all material elements. Although they are undifferentiated, one can understand that the total material elements are contained therein. 

"When the total material elements are manifested by the interaction of the three modes of material nature, the manifestation is called prakṛti. Impersonalists say that Brahman is without variegatedness and without differentiation. One may say that pradhāna is the Brahman stage, but actually the Brahman stage is not pradhāna. Pradhāna is distinct from Brahman because in Brahman there is no existence of the material modes of nature. One may argue that the mahat-tattva is also different from pradhāna because in the mahat-tattva there are manifestations. 

"The actual explanation of pradhāna, however, is given here: when the cause and effect are not clearly manifested (avyakta), the reaction of the total elements does not take place, and that stage of material nature is called pradhāna.Pradhāna is not the time element because in the time element there are actions and reactions, creation and annihilation. Nor is it the jīva, or marginal potency of living entities, or designated, conditioned living entities, because the designations of the living entities are not eternal. One adjective used in this connection is nitya, which indicates eternality. Therefore the condition of material nature immediately preceding its manifestation is called pradhāna.”

"This pradhāna is agitated by the look of Lord Mahā-Viṣnu, which activates it, leading to the manifestation of the three material modes. The contact with kāla (eternal time) leads to a series of permutations, resulting in the appearance of the material elements. These elements amalgamate with the seeds of the universes that emanate from the breath of Mahā-Viṣnu, resulting in the many material universes in their inactive state.

This process is also described in the Brahma-samhitā:

“The prime divine avatāra lying in the spiritual Causal Ocean is such a great affair that in the pores of His divine form spring up myriads of seeds of the universes. Those series of universes are the perverted reflections of the infinite transcendental region. As long as they remain embedded in His divine form they embody the principle of spiritual reflection having the form of golden eggs. 

"Nevertheless by the creative desire of Mahā-Viṣṇu the minute particles of the great elements, which are constituents of the mundane efficient and material causal principles, envelop them. When those golden sperms, coming out with the exhalation of Mahā-Viṣṇu, enter into the unlimited accommodating chamber of the limited potency (Māyā) they become enlarged by the nonconglomerate great elements.” (Brahma-samhitā 5.13 purport)

The “prime divine avatāra” mentioned here by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura is Mahā-Viṣnu, lying on the spiritual waters of the causal ocean. He produces the seeds of the material universes, as reflections of the spiritual creation, and these universes are enveloped by the material elements, staying under the influence of Māyā, the illusory potency. Sometimes we think that Mahā-Viṣnu creates the universes already as balls of matter, but this view is not entirely correct. The universes are originally subtle, as reflections of the spiritual creation. They are covered by matter later on, as they move in the direction of the external potency.

"These innumerable universes float on top of the causal ocean, just like many balls or bubbles floating on water. Another analogy that is sometimes made is with a board of styrofoam floating on water, since styrofoam is also composed of many small bubbles.

"Once pradhāna becomes active (starting with the manifestation of the three material modes), it is called mahat-tattva, or prakṛti. These three words thus describe the same material nature, but in different stages. The word prakṛti is also used as a generic term for the material energy, as a potency of the Lord.
Once creation happens, the cosmic manifestation remains active for 311.04 trillion years, the lifetime of Brahma. 

"When the creation is withdrawn, the souls merge back into the body of Mahā-Viṣnu for a very long sleep during the inactive phase of the material manifestation, and the material energy returns to its original state as pradhāna. In this way, the material energy is never really transformed; it is just assembled into the material manifestation, and later returns to its original state, just like a bar of gold hammered into different objects and later melted back into the original form.

This is described in Prabhupāda’s purport to SB 1.10.21:

“There are two types of dissolution of the manifested cosmos. At the end of every 4,320,000,000 solar years, when Brahmā, the lord of one particular universe, goes to sleep, there is one annihilation. And at the end of Lord Brahmā’s life, which takes place at the end of Brahmā’s one hundred years of age, in our calculation at the end of 8,640,000,000 × 30 × 12 × 100 solar years, there is complete annihilation of the entire universe, and in both the periods both the material energy called the mahat-tattva and the marginal energy called jīva-tattva merge in the person of the Supreme Lord. 

"The living beings remain asleep within the body of the Lord until there is another creation of the material world, and that is the way of the creation, maintenance and annihilation of the material manifestation.The material creation is effected by the interaction of the three modes of material nature set in action by the Lord, and therefore it is said here that the Lord existed before the modes of material nature were set in motion. In the śruti-mantra it is said that only Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord, existed before the creation, and there was no Brahmā, Śiva or other demigods. 

"Viṣṇu means the Mahā-Viṣṇu, who is lying on the Causal Ocean. By His breathing only all the universes are generated in seeds and gradually develop into gigantic forms with innumerable planets within each and every universe. The seeds of universes develop into gigantic forms in the way seeds of a banyan tree develop into numberless banyan trees.”

"The idea of the jīvas merging into the body of Mahā-Viṣnu may sound strange at first, but it doesn’t mean they lose their identity. It’s just like a fish entering the ocean, or a bird entering a tree. It just describes proximity, and not loss of identity. Prabhupāda explains this point later in the same purport:

“The merging of the living beings into the body of Mahā-Viṣṇu takes place automatically at the end of Brahmā’s one hundred years. But that does not mean that the individual living being loses his identity. The identity is there, and as soon as there is another creation by the supreme will of the Lord, all the sleeping, inactive living beings are again let loose to begin their activities in the continuation of past different spheres of life. 

"It is called suptotthita-nyāya, or awakening from sleep and again engaging in one’s respective continuous duty. When a man is asleep at night, he forgets himself, what he is, what his duty is and everything of his waking state. But as soon as he awakens from slumber, he remembers all that he has to do and thus engages himself again in his prescribed activities. The living beings also remain merged in the body of Mahā-Viṣṇu during the period of annihilation, but as soon as there is another creation they arise to take up their unfinished work. This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (8.18-19).”

"In this way, we can see that all the components of the material creation are different potencies of the Lord. Mahā-Viṣnu is His expansion, who lies on the causal ocean, which is a feature of His spiritual potency. Both pradhāna and māyā are features of His external potency. The time-energy and the jīvas are also potencies of the Lord, just as Lord Sadaśiva. The material elements and the cosmic manifestation itself are nothing more than the same material energy previously present in the pradhāna after being agitated by the contact with these different potencies.

"The material energy is also spiritual in nature, being one of the potencies of the Lord. However, the presence of Māyā, the illusory potency, makes the jīvas see it as separate from the Lord, as an object of their enjoyment. This is what makes the cosmic creation appear material. The material creation is thus illusory, due to the presence of Māyā, but it is not false. The Lord appears inside of it in many different incarnations, but He never comes in contact with the material energy and never falls under the control of Māyā. Because He remains transcendental, He can give liberation to the jīvas who so desire.

» You can find all my other articles and books on the website: ccdas[dot]net
There is much more there that is not posted here, and you can even download the PDFs of the books for free.

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OUT OF GAS

PADA: This is amazing really. A Russian blogger says "Putin is taking us back to the stone age. We won't have gas for our cars, and now they are taking out our power stations. Putin is moving Russia back 200 years. And we are all going to freeze this winter." Well yep, but isn't that what you all wanted, to be at war for the next 200 years? You get what you vote for, that is the problem.