Radharani Bhajan & Vrndavana Scenes (video)

 

Bhagavad Gita in Tamil (from Puducherry)

 https://www.facebook.com/skm.pondy/live

Jaipur Prabhupadanugas Announce Kirtan Mela

 

Predictions of Kali Yuga (From the Vedas) VIDEO

PADA: Pretty interesting. Cannot validate all of the content, but predictions of Kali Yuga is a topic of interest that needed to be analyzed by someone. This person at least did a lot of research. Much of his presentation seems to make a lot of sense. 

It is a good idea to keep ourselves in the perspective of the long time spans of the yugas and so on, so we don't get too wrapped up in our teeny little time frame here on this teeny place in the universe. Kali Yuga is predicted to get progressively worse and worse, and as we see for ourselves on a regular basis, it is getting worse and worse. That means -- it just might be a good idea to take spiritual life very seriously, so we do not return back here -- to an even worse Kali Yuga -- in our next birth. ys pd      

Over 400 Jagannath Puri Temple Staff Contract Virus

 https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/coronavirus-outbreak/story/over-400-servitors-at-puri-s-jagannath-temple-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19-odisha-govt-to-hc-1726367-2020-09-28?

PADA: Producing: Shortage of temple sevakas. Oddly, some devotees STILL keep writing to tell me the whole virus thing is a made up fake news hoax. Umm, people are generally not getting sick and dying from fake news hoaxes. Just saying! Of course, when I said the fake GBC guru program is a hoax, many devotees attacked me for saying that! It never ends. ys pd 

Fire At "Russia House" Devotee Residences Vrndavana

 

PADA: Actually not really sure what is going on here. Could not read the Russian text. Maybe its: some sort of Russian mob owns the building. People could not pay their rent because of the virus, so their electricity was cut off. People were then not able to run the A/C when it was scorching hot. 

Then there was a fire, to collect the insurance -- knowing the government was going to demolish parts of the building. Then there was a kirtan to protest the owners, and the media was called in. 

Who owns it, still not sure. Government leader on another video supposedly, says government is going to demolish the top three floors, also in Hindi. Not sure what this is about exactly either. OK I cannot figure this all out, except -- it looks like another fine mess with ISKCON's leaders missing in action. 

If anyone can explain all this -- we would like an accurate report spelled out clearly in English. In the end, it looks to me like the bottom line is -- some devotees invested large sums of money in getting a residence in the dham, and they were cheated. 

Isn't that generally the root of all these troubles? Tell me it ain't so! One person summed, they ripped off all of us in the West, and now they are ripping off the poor souls from Russia. Anyway, someone please send me the real story, if anyone can even figure that out. Hee hee! ys pd

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Prayers Needed for Yadunandana Maharaja (ISKCON)

Satsvarupa Das Goswami and Yadunanandana maharaja

URGENT Prayers Needed!

His Holiness Yadunandana maharaja has been diagnosed with COVID 19. He's been 8 days with symptoms of fever, cough, lots of muscle pain and physical tiredness. He currently resides on the ISKCON farm New Vrajamandala in Spain.
According to the news source, his health has not improved, but he's not hospitalized yet. We ask all devotees to join aking our Lord Krishna for his well-being.

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Yadunandana Swami — principal of Bhaktivedanta College, teacher, and spiritual counselor — is a sannyasi in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He is an initiated disciple of His Holiness Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami and a sannyasa disciple of His Holiness Jayadvaita Swami, who are both disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON.

His main services in ISKCON are focused on systematic God-centered education by developing educational initiatives and by teaching courses on Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana), and other subjects. He is convinced that such education is the best way to improve the lives of individuals, develop communities, and, ultimately, better the world.

He is also active in interreligious dialogue and lectures on the philosophy and culture of Krishna consciousness in many countries around the world. Yadunandana Swami is the first Spanish second generation sannyasi of ISKCON. He was approved by ISKCON's GBC body in February 2009, as an ISKCON sannyasa. 

He is one of the original developers of VTE (Vaisnava Training and Education) courses and is currently an Executive Member of Governing Body Commission Ministry of Educational Development. Among other subjects, he teaches Bhaktivaibhava courses at Bhaktivedanta College and is specializing on History of sannyasa in ISKCON. 

He has been described as one "of the best scholars in the field of ISKCON Studies" and has represented ISKCON, along with other senior swami of ISKCON, Indradyumna Swami in the parliament (Maha Satsang) of World Religions. He was the first ISKCON speaker on Krishna Consciousness and the Environment in 2009 Parliament of World's Religions and 2011 World Yoga Masters Summit for Proclamation of the World Yoga Day.

[PADA: Expert in the history of sannyasa in ISKCON. And he does not know that these people are not gurus? OK, so it looks like he is a participant in the illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara from heaven. Or from hell? You decide. Anyway, here is yet another big ISKCON leader evidently -- getting the virus. ys pd]

The good news is:

Satsvarupa knows what planet he is going to

as indicated by his art. 

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Mathura Lawsuit Filed To Remove Mosque

 https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/hindu-deity-shri-krishna-virajman-moves-mathura-court-to-reclaim-lost-site-at-mathura-says-aurangzeb-demolished-katra-keshav-dev-in-1669-70?

Mantra of Love and Devotion (Video)

 

Mahanidhi swami Advises his God brother "Gurus"

 

Mahanidhi Swami:

11 Suggestions for Leaders

Mahanidhi madan gopal das

1. Regularly serve prasada.

[PADA: Yes, but offering bhogha to an illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara does not produce any prasadam? Bhogha has to be offered to the pure devotee, or its not accepted. It is amazing to us that food -- even being offered to homosexual pedophiles posing as gurus -- has been widely called "prasadam." It is not prasadam.

Why do these folks keep saying offering bhogha to illicit sex with men, women and children deviants equals = prasadam? When will these people study the actual shastra, everything has to be offered to the pure devotee, and not to the contaminated and impure.] 

2. Are generous.

3. Push others forward.

4. Genuinely care for others’ welfare.

5. Instruct disciples to honor godbrothers.

[PADA: How do "gurus" in an illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara have "disciples" in the first place? OK, no explanation is ever given. Why do we keep saying deviants are gurus who "have disciples," at all? They have usurped some followers from the pure devotee, that is another thing.] 

6. Are inclusive instead of exclusive.

7. Live very simply.

[PADA: Why are various GBC gurus famous for living like Saudi princes, while the gurukula children were being fed rotten, moldy oatmeal?]

8. Sometimes joke and laugh with us, not at us.

9. Apologize after making mistakes.

[PADA: Yep, here we go again -- to the root issue. They keep saying Krishna's "guru successors" are generally conditioned souls who "make mistakes," are in illusion, they are thus cheaters, and they rely on false sense perception. 

Why would Krishna's guru successors be constantly described as mundane, mistake filled conditioned souls? And if they are constantly making mistakes, how are they the guru successors to Krishna? If Krishna's pure successors are full of faults, that makes Krishna full of faults. The guru must be above the conditioned platform, or he is not a guru.]

10. Ask others what they want to do to please Krishna.

11.Don’t insist on being served.

[PADA: Sounds like simply another apologist for the bogus guru process. They are God's successors, therefore, they are full of conditioned behaviors. This is an insult to God. Meanwhile Mahanidhi swami has been allegedly associated with the Radha Kunda babajis, which is also forbidden by Srila Prabhupada. ys pd]

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Prayer Request for Nitai Chaitanya Maharaja (Russia)

Dear devotees, please say a prayer for Nitai Chaitanya Maharaja of Ukraine, Lithuania, and Russia. He's in ICU with Coronavirus. He's lost 75% of his lungs. It's serious. Doctors are saying the outcome is unpredictable.

[PADA: Evidently was re-initiated by Radhanath swami. It does seem to us at PADA that first the devotee cancer epidemic was wiping a lot of devotees out, and now it is the virus epidemic that is wiping a lot of devotees out. Or it is just me who sees this?

Anyway, we wish this fellow well, as we do a number of other devotees who now have the virus, or who have had it and are still struggling to recover. Losing 75% of one's lungs, it is not something you'd wish even on your worst enemy. Really bad news problem.

Unfortunately if true, being re-initiated by Radhanath swami is not a good sign. Meanwhile! This also shows, simply being vegetarian is not sufficient to protect one from getting this illness. Some devotees have wrote to PADA gloating that we are eating a better diet so we won't get sick. OK maybe so, but maybe not. ys pd]

Bhakti Caru Swami is now ANSWERING to THIS (KB Swami)

BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI IS NOW ANSWERING TO THIS

Haribol dear devotees and friends,

Today, I came to know that my godbrother Bhakti Charu Swami passed away, afflicted with the Coronavirus. Where everybody has to answer for their mistakes, this devotee (Bhakti Charu Swami) is there now answering as to why my Guru Maharaj was poisoned when He was under his personal care. He is also answering as to why he sided against the desire of my Guru Maharaj Srila Prabhupada in his final days when He had asked and insisted to go on Govardhana Parikrama (circumambulation). 

He is now answering why he sided against Srila Prabhupada's will. Whatever mistakes we do we have to answer to them, if not here in this world, at least after death, we must answer.

Srila Prabhupada wanted to go do Govardhan Parikrama, but Bhavananda, Jayapataka, Tamal Krsna, Bhakti Charu, and many so-called big devotees all sided against Srila Prabhupada's last will; while Hansadutta, Chitsukhananda, myself, and some other devotees stood to fulfill Srila Prabhupada's last will. We all wanted Srila Prabhupada to go to Govardhana and do Parikrama. Srila Prabhupada wanted to go on a bullock cart, not by walking, to do Govardhan Parikrama.

To whomever Bhakti Charu is facing right now, he is also answering as to why he and Sarva Bhavana das poisoned me by feeding me rasagulas (sweet balls) in his room in his apartment in Kolkata. He is surely answering to this as well. He is now answering as to why, after I had collected money for him and brought him out the debt he had, that he together with Sarva Bhavana, fed me rasagula sweet balls alone in their room while talking very nicely so I would not distrust them. I got very sick on that same day, and the next day managed to fly to America and was then in hospitals for six months.

In those days I was working along with Hansadutta in his zone. So when Hansadutta saw me suffering in the hospitals with so much pain and problems and saw how my body had turned into a pale yellow color like a lemon, he decided to send me to the Philippines. Hansadutta then secretly instructed Chakravarti das (a german devotee) and his wife Dinasharanara Dasi, to put me to sleep permanently. 

The Philippines was Hansadutta's zone at that time, where Chakravarti and his wife Dinasharana were staying. They are still alive, I believe.

So Chakravarti and Dinasharana took me to a hospital managed by Dr. Baskara, who injected something into my body. I remember how Chakravarti and Dina Sharana were chanting very loudly into my ears as this was happening, and I went unconscious soon after this. When this happened they immediately informed Hansadutta (who was in the USA), who then told Bhakti Swarupa Damodar that Krsna Balaram Swami was now dead. But after some time, I woke up, because by Krsna's grace, that injection did not work and I survived.

Bhakti Charu is surely answering to all of this now. He is answering why Srila Prabhupada was poisoned when he was taking personal care of Him, and he is also answering why he poisoned a devotee, his godbrother. We should be careful while doing devotional service, and serve Lord Krsna. A devotee is always careful, always careful, always careful.

Gaura Hari! Jay Sri Radhe!
Servant of the devotees,
Krsna Balaram Swami
Vrindavan, India

[PADA: This is quite correct. Everyone has to answer for their activities -- eventually. And for someone like Bhakti Caru swami, there will be a lot of his actions that he will have to justify and explain in the higher courts -- of Yamaraja. 

For starters, why did he cover up the poison complaint of Srila Prabhupada. He should have immediately had Srila Prabhupada's food and medicines examined by a professional government agency. Instead, he went along saying the poison sabha folks are gurus, and no investigation was ever made by his party. Or else, he was in on the poison sabha himself, as some folks assert?

And he encouraged people like Jayapataka to take sins from thousands of people, which has had a severely bad effect on the maharaja and the whole ISKCON society -- which has had to accommodate these false gurus and their endless scams and scandals. And BCS was a big cheer leader of their program. And Bhakti Caru knew guys like Hansadutta were behaving like thug criminals, so why would he join the "guru sampradaya" of these thugs and criminals? 

Yes as a matter of fact, I joined the illicit sex with men, women and children guru sampradaya, which is banning, beating, molesting, suing and killing the Vaishnavas. Where is my award from Krishna for such wonderful service? Umm, sorry, you get an award from Satan for promoting that process.

At the same time, Krishna Balarama swami was himself also evidently given poisoned food of some sort. We also have an associate who was given "special prasadam" and he was then bleeding from the rectum for three days, and was in the hospital -- where they diagnosed he had been fed "finely ground up broken glass." And who knows how many other devotees were eliminated by various tricks like these. So if they would attack the disciples (aka the children of the guru) why would they not also attack the guru himself?

Meanwhile! Over the years many people have said PADA is nutty fruit cake, a liar, and / or "against ISKCON" etc. However we keep finding more and more and more people agree with us on these issues, like the poison issue. Even Narayan Maharaja eventually agreed with us on this issue. 

The only problem with Krishna Balarama swami is that he has gone into thinking he is another acharya and pure devotee, and he has been preaching some sort of "devotee by birth" theory that he is more elevated than we Westerners. OK maybe, but if he is more elevated than us, why were we way ahead of him in figuring out these gurus are bogus?

We also have guys like Janardan, Krishna Kirtan, Prahlad, Sanat, Mukunda,  HKC Jaipur et al. who say PADA is bogus and is destroying ISKCON. And as such, PADA needs to be removed from the internet. Right, the poisoners, molesters, sex with taxi drivers acharyas, burying pedophiles in samadhi in the dham et al. party are the good guys and PADA is the bad guy, so the poisoners program gets to stay on the internet -- and we get booted off. 

They make zero petitions to remove the bad guys, they only make a petition against us. OK so -- they are with the bad guys and worse, they think sex with men, women and children acharya programs are "ISKCON" and we are destroying ISKCON by disagreeing. 

Its always the same thing with these folks. Well jeepers, too bad, looks like more and more people are thinking -- PADA is not a nutty liar, rather what we are saying is factual. Anway, this is a good sign, more people are saying these GBC gurus are creating heavy karma for themselves, which is what we said the whole time. ys pd]  

Online Sunday School For Children (Milpitas Temple)

 http://www.ihf-usa.org/home/gopal-kidz/sundayschool

The Material World Means: Fallen Condition (SP Video)

 

Mantras for Purushottama Month (Video)

 

ISKCON's Amogha Lila Das: Severe Offenders Are Also Nitya Siddhas (?)

http://krishna1008.blogspot.com/2020/09/iskcons-amogha-lila-defends-sexual.html

ब्रह्म मध्व गौडीया सम्प्रदाय 

Ramnagar, India  · 

I have never differentiated between Gaudiya Math and Iskcon. Nor I have ever compared or differentiated between an Iskcon or a Gaudiya Math Sanyasis, Brahmacharis, Sevaks and followers.

For both are actually same. Gaudiya Math means Gaudiya. Gaudiya means Gaudiya Sampradaya or servants and exclusive devotees of Lord Sri  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ji. Thus, Gaudiya Math was established by Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakur and Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada.

All disciples of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada are Nitya Siddha and like diamonds in mines. And Beloved Acharya Srila A.C. Bhakti Vedanta Swami Maharaj is also one of the disciples of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada. 

[PADA: Srila Prabhupada says, among my God brothers no one is qualified to be acharya. And in 1936 the Gaudiya Matha's BR Sridhara Maharaja made a bi-sexual deviant as their acharya. And subsequently they made many more conditioned souls as their gurus, and many of them were falling down. 

Srila Prabhupada says in some camps the (Gaudiya Matha) acharya is being changed three times in one year (because they are falling down) and thus -- another man comes, then another, then another, to be acharya. Sorry, falling down, and falling into illicit sex, drugs and other deviations is not on the Nitya Siddha platform. Some of them also fell into Mayavada, Sahajiya and Smarta philosophy and so on and so forth. Again, this is not the Nitya Siddha platform.]  

So, Iskcon is like one of the branches of Gaudiya Math only and is preaching about Gaudiya Siksha and Gaudiya Tattva. 

[PADA: In 1982 the GBC made position papers claiming ISKCON was instructed to NOT consult with the Gaudiya Matha, and NOT to consult the person Srila Prabhupada identifies as the ring leader of the "severe offenders Bagh Bazaar party" -- namely BR Sridhara Maharaja. Do not consult with him in particular. Now they are re-writing history, we were told to consult with the Gaudiya Matha, and BR Sridhara.]  

But it is really very sad and unfortunate that many of the Iskcon Gurus, Brahmacharis and disciples are always harbouring grudges and wrong notions on Gaudiya Math and are always boasting about their superiority and their grandeur.

[PADA: So ISKCON's post 1978 gurus are bogus people who: harbor grudges, preach wrong notion (apa-siddhanta), are boastful, are full of ego -- and thus artificially think they are superior to others. And in short, various GBC gurus have delusions of "superiority and grandeur." What kind of guru parampara contains such contaminations? 

So this is a big problem with people like Amogha lila das. He says -- on the one hand -- the GBC gurus and Gaudiya Matha gurus are Nitya Siddha bona fide gurus, but on the other hand they are also -- highly contaminated boastful, egotistical, ignorant people who hold grudges. In sum, their gurus are contaminated conditioned souls. 

And they are Nitya Siddha at the same time? Satsvarupa was preaching like this all the time -- we GBC gurus are pure devotees, at the same time, we have many problems with contaminated behaviors. How can the Nitya Siddha simultaneously be contaminated?]  

 

But a Goudiya Vaishnava must never have such kind of mentallty. 

[PADA: Wow, so various GBC's gurus are not even beginner's basic level Gaudiya Vaishnavas, because of their contaminated ideas. How come they are being advertised as gurus -- if they are not even beginner Gaudiya Vaishnavas?] 

A Goudiya Vaishnava must be humble, equal, impartial and should equally respect other Goudiya Vaishnavas and never compare or judge other Goudiya Vaishnavas.

[PADA: But Srila Prabhupada does judge them. He says they are: severe offenders; my envious God brothers; cock roach acharyas; high court acharyas; sex and sex acharyas; bugs biting the king; hogs and dogs, less than sudras, snakes wearing jewels; forth class; tenth class; and so on and so forth. 

Srila Prabhupada does not agree that this means they are also Nitya Siddhas. Srila Prabhupada says they are severe offenders, and Amogha Lila says the severe offenders are also -- Nitya Siddhas? And the reason they are severe offenders is -- that they make conditioned souls into acharyas.] 

In fact it is so sad and ironical that most of the Iskcon Devotees are unaware of the fact that Our Beloved Param Gurudev Srila Bhakti Pragyan Keshav Goswami Maharaj is the Sannyasa Guru of Srila A.C. Bhakti Vedanta Swami Maharaj.

Iskcon should have pictures of Srila Bhakti Pragyan Keshav Maharaj in their temples and they should celebrate the Appearance and disappearance Tithi of Srila Bhakti Pragyan Keshav Goswami as He was the Sannyasa Guru of Srila A.C. Bhakti Vedanta Swami Maharaj.

[PADA: So the ISKCON gurus are not even educating the mass of ISKCON devotees in the proper Gaudiya history. In fact, most ISKCON devotees are clueless and rudderless on this history. How do we know? Amogha lila das just now says that himself. 

If the ISKCON devotees are not being trained, that means the leaders are bogus and are not training them properly. How can they be gurus, while at the same time, keeping their disciples in total ignorance? And worse, having their disciples hold false grudges and to become artificially arrogant people who think they are superior to others? Again, Amogha Lila admits the GBC gurus are a failure when it comes to preaching proper siddhanta.

So how are they gurus?] 

But it's really sad they don't know anything about Srila Keshav Goswami Maharaj. Nor they know about other Great Acharyas and disciples of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada. They never praise or glorify them.

In fact Iskcon doesn't allow their members and followers to go to Gaudiya Math temples and read books published and printed by Gaudiya Math. Many of them are unaware that Pujyapad Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Deva Goswami Maharaj and Srila Bhakti Vedanta Narayan Goswami Maharaj ji were so intimately connected with Srila A.C. Bhakti Vedanta Swami Maharaj ji.

[PADA: OK so the GBC are gurus, at the same time, they are unaware of the fact that Gaudiya Matha people like BR Sridhara Maharaja are authorized gurus. That makes no sense? The GBC are gurus, but they have no idea what is the Nitya Siddha guru line?] 

In fact Srila Swami Maharaj ji told that Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaja is like His Siksha Guru and Srila Bhakti Vedanta Narayan Maharaja was his very intimate friend and  his small Godbrother that Srila Swami Maharaj wanted that Srila Narayan Maharaja to give him samadhi and complete all Samadhi rituals.

Srila Bhakti Vedanta Swami Maharaj told all his disciples to go to Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaja and Srila B.V. Narayan Goswami Maharaj to take siksha nad learn about all Tattva Siddhanta. And both Srila B.R Sridhar Maharaja  and Srila B.V. Narayan Maharaja humbly accepted all of them and gave them gift of most invaluable  and most confidential sikshas and Tattvas and Siddhantas.

So, main thing is that we should not compare or differentiation between Goudiya Vaishnavas or among any Goudiya Vaishnava Suddha Bhakti Kendra, for all are one and all are distribution the same Prema and Bhakti Dhara of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ji and Rupa Goswami.

In the end I would humbly pay my sincere Obeisances to all Goudiya Vaishnavas and All Acharyas and Guru Vargas and ask for their Gentle Merciful Glance. For me,  both Iskcon and Gaudiya Math are same and equal and I see them all as one. I respect and honour both of them very highly and like one big family. We are all one family.

I just pointed out certain views. I humbly ask for forgiveness if I said anything improper or if knowingly or unknowingly I committed any mistakes unto anyone. I am a very low insignificant condition soul and so, My Beloved Goudiya Vaishnava Vrinda please do forgive me if you find anything wrong or improper in my expression of views. 

I am dust of lotus feet of all Goudiya Vaishnavas. I am always their humble servant of the servant of the servants. My humble Obeisances again and again at Lotus feet of all Goudiya Vaishnavas who are like wish fulfilling trees and very dear to Lord Krishna.

Please accept me as your humble servant and bless me with Sraddha, Nishta, Seva, Bhakti and Prema and forgive my offenses.

Dasanudas ( Yours Servant amogh Lila Das iskcon )

[PADA: So the reason that BR Sridhara Maharaja appointed a bi-sexual deviant as the acharya in 1936 is -- he is a Nitya Siddha? And the Gaudiya Matha devotees who protested BR Sridhara's program of worshiping illicit sex as their acharya were banned, beaten and some killed. 

And that is the result of hearing from the Nitya Siddha class, Krishna's devotees are then banned, beaten and killed -- when they object to worship BR Sridhara's illicit sex deviant acharyas? And then after 1978 BR Sridhara supported the GBC's bogus gurus, and his whole program of banning, beating, molesting, lawsuits and murders started all over again. How is this all bona fide preaching of the Nitya Siddha class?

And the reason BV Narayan Maharaja supported the GBC's illicit sex with men, women and children guru lineage is -- that is another example of Nitya Siddha? 

Meanwhile, the GBC's gurus are Nitya Siddha because all of them are in the "guru varga," except they are foolish, arrogant, and they hold grudges? And they are keeping their followers in ignorance about the real guru lineage. Yep, makes perfect sense to me! ys pd]

Russian "Reincarnation of Jesus" Arrested For Fraud

 

*** Psychological abuse --

*** Taking away poor people's money --

*** Health of followers in jeopardy -- 

*** Claims to be able to take other's sins --

Hmm, and where have we heard that before? 

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Vridnavana / Mayapur 4K Travel Film (video)

 

Tamal and Bhagavan Discuss Bhavananda Fall Down (Video)

PADA: Wow! We have to "wait and see if the guru can rectify his position after he falls down." This is what ISKCON has come down to. The spiritual master is: (A) a resident of Krishna loka. Simultaneously (B) the guru is falling into illusion left, right and center. Therefore (C) we have to "wait and see what happens" -- as the rest of the devotees are being banned, beaten, molested, sued and assassinated. Sounds like a plan! Sign me up! ys pd

Krishna's Flue Music + Tabla (Raga Pahadi Video)

 

ISKCON's Amogha Lila Defends Sexual Predator "Guru Varga"

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoSWkjFKtQvEtOUgVK9NHAA

Reviving the culture -- 

of worship of GBC's illicit sex with men, women and children 

acharya's project?

[PADA NOTE: One of the regular questions we get at PADA, from really all over the world is, why are so many seemingly intelligent India folks joining the GBC's guru program, knowing that many of their gurus are falling down left, right and center? Do they not know that Krishna is God, therefore -- His successors must also be pure (as God) devotees? I don't have a good answer, but evidently they do not know that much -- actual siddhanta. 

Then I get these intense critics from India writing to me that I am a bogus mleccha. Odd huh? The mlecchas have to instruct some of you guys over there that (A) Krishna is God, and therefore (B) His successors must ALSO be pure. Or else! They are not Krishna's successors! Why do we have to tell anyone over there about this? Its their culture, they should be telling us about that. 

Then I get other folks -- even from India -- telling me that -- sure, some of the GBC / Gaudiya Matha / Narayan Maharaja gurus are bad apples, but many of them are good apples. But when we ask them -- where does Krishna say -- some of My successors are bad apples, and some of My successors are good apples, then we get the sound of crickets. Dead silence. OK Krishna never says some of My successors are good apples and some of them are rotten apples. And moreover -- the first wave of rotten apples voted in the second wave of good apples. Really? 

We even had apparently the upper echelon leaders of Dayalu Nitai's "Hare Krishna Community" (HKC Jaipur) writing to tell me that we at PADA are super bogus. OK and why is that? Because! PADA is not joining forces with them -- to promote Radhanath's cheer leaders like Bhakta das. And we are not citing the writings of Hari Sauri, where he says me and Sulochana are sahajiyas. 

So worship of pedophiles as messiahs / mass child abuse / suicides of victims is not the problem. The REAL problem is, some devotees are smoking pot somewhere. Brilliant! And worse, we are so bogus, we are not even in their Bhakta das / Radhanath club -- that buries pedophiles in samadhis in the dham! Forsooth!

So this seems to be a recurring theme. We get these various folks from India writing very bewildering stuff, either to the public or to PADA. Anyway, here is another example of an India citizen who seems to be rudderless when it comes to getting a handle on Vaishnava siddhanta. Its sad. Of course it could be worse, we might ALSO be just as rudderless as them -- if Srila Prabhupada had not saved us -- from these folks.] 

Amogha Lila Das (GKS)   

Hare Krishna, bow down to you.

I apologize from my heart to all the Goudiya Vaishnavs who are doing devotional bhajan etc in the Gaudiya Math. 

Personally I respect Gaudiya Math very much. I have been there many times to visit Goudiya Maths and get delicious Maha Prasad. And I will continue to go for the whole life. Along with that I have read the divine Goudiya texts written by respected Srila Narayan Goswami Maharaj ji and respected Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj ji.

[PADA: Right, where would the Gaudiya Vaishnavas be without Narayan Maharaja, the biggest cheer leader of Tamal and the GBC's illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara? And when we were preparing to have Tamal sued in Dallas for $400,000,000 -- for mass child abuse -- Narayan Maharaja was in Dallas glorifying Tamal as "Radha's dear Tamal tree." 

And when our associates came to Dallas to discuss some of this with Narayan Maharaja, he was spitting mad that our associates were not accepting his and Tamal's pedophile guru lineage. Narayan Maharaja is in Dallas defending his favorite pedophile guru lineage, and meanwhile "the karmis" in the Dallas courts are barfing, gagging and getting very upset in TOTAL and SHEER disgust at the way the Tamal / Narayan Maharaja guru process treats Krishna's little children. Yep, Radha's dear Tamal tree has an orchestrated program of starving, beating, molesting and harming little children, causing some of them to suicide. 

It is amazing that the average hamburger eating materialistic person can see that the Tamal / Narayan Maharaja guru process is dangerous -- if not demoniac and hideous -- to children. And yet NM's followers think he has been doing a great job supporting that regime. Various devotees still tell me NM was "healing ISKCON," as if defending the worship of a pedophile guru regime is going to fix things.  

Yep, NM's evident process -- anyone who is not worshiping our nice pedophile guru lineage makes me very angry! And this is a person we "respect and listen to"? Worse, NM gets even more angry when he finds out our people are worshiping pure devotees, and he says we are ritvik poison. Thus, it is bona fide to worship their illicit sex deviants as God's messiahs, and worship the founder fathers of child molesting guru projects, it is just -- not bona fide --- to worship pure devotees. 

Narayana Maharaja has been a huge lover, advocate, cheer leader and defender of Tamal's "illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara (regime)." And worse, after NM defended that regime -- he says the children victims are "getting their karma." OK so Narayan Maharaja is authorized to be the biggest cheer leader of Tamal's pedophile guru cult, and then he blames the victims for having bad karma? You victims are the problem, you have bad karma! I am innocent, because I am only indirectly helping you get molested by supporting Tamal's molester regime. 

Sorry, according to the laws of karma the supporters of criminal regimes are implicated in the crimes, direct or indirect. Of course, that rule often applies even in mundane laws as well. The getaway car driver is also implicated when the people are getting shot inside the bank during the robbery, because he is part of their team. So we have "great respect" for the cheer leaders of the GBC's illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara. And we have great respect for the people who shout down our associates who complain about their pedophile worship project, never mind their project molests children and causes $400,000,000 lawsuits against ISKCON.  

Yep its all in the divine texts, we have to worship Tamal and NM's illicit sex with men, women and children guru lineage, and bury pedophiles in samadhi in the dham, if we want to attain Krishna. Really!]

I think I gave this ignorant mayavadi discourse about 2 years ago and from my words because the great Vaishnavs of the Gaudiya Math have been hurt. It is very self-respecting for me. I'm definitely a fierce illusionist ignorant, foolish, arrogant and hypocrite so called devotee. So I have a deep tendency to commit global crime. But I hope that all you Goudiya Vaishnav devotees who are the Indus of grace will forgive this foolish mayawadi Amogh Leela Maya Das.

I will be editing this sermon tomorrow morning and deleting all the offensive statements in it. Once again, I apologize to all of you, including the teachers of the great Goudiya Math, at the feet of all the Goudiya devotees.

Your worst mayavadi slave

[PADA: Right, all the (bogus) Gaudiyas who supported the GBC's illicit sex with men, women and children guru varga should be respected. Not us, we should be sued in Delhi court. And there is the foundation of the whole problem right there. ys pd] 

B.B. Bodhayan Maharaja writes ISKCON (Gopinath Gaudiya Matha)

The "guru varga" is from Vaikuntha?

Or the lower planets?

A letter by Pujyapada B.B. Bodhayan Maharaja to ISKCON leaders.

All Glories to Sri Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Saraswata Sampradaya (lineage). 

All Glories to my beloved Grand Spiritual Master His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur PRABHUPADA & my beloved Spiritual Master His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Thakur.

Respected HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja, HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj, HH Radhanath Swami Maharaja, and all ISKCON Leaders,

Please accept my Dandavat Pranams. 

We read in Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur's song - "vaishnava charitra sarvada pavitra // je ninde himse kori // bhakativinoda na sambhashe taare thake sada mauna dhari" -

Translation — "The character of the vaishnava is always pure. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur remains silent and does not talk with a person who criticizes and expresses enviousness towards a vaishnava."

Also, we know from Sri Caitanya Caritamrta where Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami says - "niraparadhe nama loile paay prema-dhana" - 

Translation - "One can attain pure love for Krishna if he chants the holy names without offenses. This is the ultimate goal of our spiritual practice." 

It is my humble request to all members of the ISKCON authority to please listen to this lecture of Amogha Lila Das Brahmachari, disciple of HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja (attached below). In this lecture, Amogha Lila is openly blaspheming the entire Gaudiya Math in a very heart-destroying manner. 

The Gaudiya Math, Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupada -- as well as all of Srila Prabhupada's disciples -- are the strength of our spiritual practice, world wide preaching and the source of our connection. The way in which Amogha Lila has blasphemed the entire Gaudiya Vaishnava society is not good for his own spiritual life and it is detrimental to all the listeners as well. 

ISKCON society also is part of our Guru Varga founded by HDG AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. I remember how Srila Swami Maharaja had apologized to all his God brothers a few days before his physical departure in Vrindavan during Kartik of 1977. Thus, I am sure that he is not pleased with the words and attitude expressed by Amogha Lila. Although I am not a member of ISKCON, but I am a member of the vaishnava community and ISKCON is also a part of the vaishnava community.

I am worried about such type of devastating and heartburning, offensive propaganda being spoken from the Vyasasana of the ISKCON society. I don't know what your understanding is about Amogha Lila's blaspheming tendency towards the whole vaishnava community. It seems like he is destroying the Gaudiya Math, ISKCON as well as the devotion of all followers of vaishnava practice. 

I have heard from our Guru Varga that the main goal of spiritual discourses is to increase the devotion of the listeners. Amogha Lila is a very famous speaker on social media and in ISKCON. If he speaks in such a manner, will the audiences be spiritually benefited? Do you think the audience will be benefited by listening to such indiscriminate blasphemous discourses? 

Please think about it. It is very difficult to cultivate devotion in the hearts of the general people. But in the name of devotional discourses, such type of devastating blasphemy is destroying the neophyte devotees' hearts. I know that according to the scriptures, those who will relish listening to his lecture will also have their devotion destroyed. 

While Srila Jayapataka Maharaja is present with us, we have faith that ISKCON and the Gaudiya Math can cooperate -- but it seems that as the future progresses and when we grand-disciples of Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur are no longer present on the planet, then the relationship between ISKCON and the Gaudiya Math may be completely destroyed by preachers such as Amogha Lila who will be spreading offensive propaganda.

For the sake of Amogha Lila's future spiritual benefit and the benefit of all vaishnavas, I am requesting all of the concerned ISKCON leaders, teachers and preachers to please speak with Amogha Lila, make him understand and properly teach him what real vaishnava practice and discourse mean, wherein there is no blasphemy taking place. If there is any possibility, please have him publicly apologize and beg forgiveness from all the vaishnavas for the sake of saving his own devotional practice and the devotional practice of the audience. 

I'm sure that thousands of neophyte and mature devotees have already heard his lecture which has been circulating on Facebook, whatsapp, etc. Although it may be deleted from Facebook now, the impressions and offenses have already been imprinted in the minds of many devotees and new listeners. It my humble request to you to please tell Amogha Lila to apologize while sitting on the same Vyasasana from which he spoke his words, as this will be an opportunity for him to be forgiven for the offense he has committed from speaking such discourses.

It seems that Sriman Amogha Lila is trying to glorify ISKCON by criticizing those who are not part of ISKCON. In my opinion, something that is great will shine on its own and will not require its glories to be highlighted by criticizing others.
His speaking skills are an asset for expanding the loving mission of Lord Chaitanya if used properly. Please help him to properly hone his speaking skills in the right direction. 

Please excuse me if my heartfelt expression written above hurts you in any way.
Yours in the Service of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's Mission,

B.B.Bodhayan Maharaj ji Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math (President).

[PADA: First of all, many Gaudiya Matha people have endorsed -- and thus aided, abetted, cheer lead and enabled -- the ISKCON GBC's guru process, which includes ISKCON's Gopal Krishna swami. Bhakti Pramode Puri maharaja (BP Puri) is one of those people. He has been favorable, friendly and supportive of folks like Jayapataka Maharaja, which sort of helps rubber stamp these types of ISKCON people as bona fide gurus. 

Did I forget to mention that Mayapur is perhaps the citadel of the GBC's deviant, drug addict, drunkards, sexual predator, homosexual, pedophile and /or criminal guru (varga) parampara? The GBC's folks themselves (like Jayadvaita swami) admit that their guru parampara contains "illicit sex with men, women and perhaps children." Why should we "cooperate" with the idea -- that this is "the guru varga from Krishna"? 

Gaura Govinda maharaja also uses this "guru varga" term to refer to his GBC pedophile messiahs program. "Varga" means family or group. So why would we want to be in the "varga" -- or family and group of -- porno swamis, deviants, drunkards, if not homosexuals and pedophiles. This sound like the "family or group" of the residents of Yamaraja's hells? OK we have: (A) God Almighty, the Supreme Pure, and then there are (B) God's guru lineage of pure successors (the guru varga), who are often debauchees, sexual predators, homosexuals, pedophiles, drunks and drug addicts. Are we making any sense yet?

"Yes as a matter of fact I am in the deviants, drunkards, homosexuals and pedophiles family division of the guru parampara (varga) group." And we want to advertise that idea as "the guru varga" from Krishna? OK what about those of us who do not want to be advertised with your guys homosexual and pedophile guru's group? Narayan Maharaja followers kept telling me the same thing, "oh yes your Tamal Krishna and Bhavananda folks are in the eternal guru varga." Well nope!

Why do they think homosexuals, pedophiles, and / or their enablers are in the eternal "guru varga" lineage from Krishna? Do they have the slightest clue who is Krishna, and who is part of His guru varga? Did we forget to mention we tend to agree on one issue, sexual predator and pedophile guru programs are eternal. That is fine -- but they are eternally in hell? 

And all this compromise is from the "Gopinath Gaudiya Matha"? Hey guess what! We should not cooperate with homosexual and pedophile guru programs that advertise such deviants are often -- acharyas and servants of the gopis! And in sum, the guru varga. 

Then again many Gaudiya Matha folks endorsed various bogus gurus in their own 1936 "guru varga" camp, but Srila Prabhupada says -- among my God brothers no one is qualified to be acharya: including BP Puri maharaja. And that is one of the reasons they are not qualified, they add all sorts of deviants as the guru varga. Yes, we have some nice people in our wonderful guru varga from Krishna: porno swamis, Jim Jones, David Koresh, Rasputin, Al Capone, Satan, Jack the Ripper, pedophiles, homosexuals, drunks, and who knows what else deviations? I am sorry to have to report this, but this is not "the guru varga from Krishna."   

Bhakti Pramode Puri maharaja also extensively glorifies BR Sridhara Maharaja (and other Gaudiya Matha acharyas) and BR Sridhara Maharaja has been one of the biggest cheer leaders of the GBC's guru program in the early stages. BR Sridhara writes that acharyas -- go mad after money, women and followers.

 Just a little bit of madness in Krishna's successors?

Then, after they go along with these false acharyas projects, and they endorse, enable, rubber stamp, cheer lead, assist, apologize for, act as shastric defenders of -- the GBC's guru process, they wonder why their own Frankenstein monster bogus acharyas -- that they helped co-create -- are coming back to haunt them, and attack them. "You break it, you own it"? 

Again! BR Sridhara Maharaja writes that acharyas go mad after money, women and followers. Gopi servants of God are -- mad fools? Where do they come up with this stuff? God's gopi sevakas are also -- mad fools who are chasing skirts, money, and phoney worship? Nope! These are the "mad fools" you guys artificially rubber stamped as Krishna's guru varga successors. Has nothing to do with the actual Krishna, or the actual guru varga etc. 

We at PADA therefore see no authority for anyone from the Gaudiya Matha to endorse and support the GBC's guru process from square one, day one. This is the root problem which they themselves describe: we have faith that -- as long as Jayapataka is alive -- we can cooperate (with the GBC's pedophile acharya's agenda). Why is the Gaudiya Matha "cooperating" with the founder fathers of the illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara leaders, like Jayapataka? At all? Did we forget to mention, that the Jayapataka guru varga program has a history of banning, beating, molesting, suing, and assassinating the Vaishnavas? And that is the process we all need -- to "cooperate" with? 

We are worried about people making offenses. Fine, but what about the offense of endorsing, aiding and abetting this vicious, dangerous, and damaging program that not only offends Vaishnavas, it is having Vaishnavas physically banned, attacked, sexually molested, maybe beaten and maybe killed by -- contrived assassinations. Who authorizes anyone from the Gaudiya Matha to "cooperate" with this process, and encourage the leaders of this process? 

Gaura Govinda Maharaja told me the same thing, he has to "cooperate, tolerate and work with the GBC gurus." We have to cooperate with -- Satan? Your honor, it is not really my fault. I was merely cooperating with Satan, and he caused all this problem. You have to blame the problems on Satan, I am only his maid servant.

So "cooperating" with Satan, is how we serve God? You folks cooperating with this process is making life for us very dangerous. The false guru process you are enabling has been hunting and chasing us down, to kill us. Now you folks are being hunted yourselves, that's all. However you folks helped spawn all this by enabling the false guru process in the first place, just like you folks spawned the banning, beating, assassinating, bad media, scandals, lawsuits etc. false guru process of your own Gaudiya Matha after 1936. The false guru process your ilk helped make in 1936 has simply been recreated after 1978, by people like yourselves. Same ilk.

Now Amogha lila has recently apologized for his "offending the Gaudiya Matha." Well yes, he should not attack the enablers of the GBC's pedophile guru process, since he is himself a member of that illicit sex guru varga. That makes no sense? We are against the defenders of the illicit sex guru parampara, but we are in the illicit sex guru parampara ourselves? 

Our guru Gopal Krishna swami buries homosexual pedophiles and porno swamis in samadhis in the dham, and we are going to criticize others? Our guru is "2/3 show of hands voted in" to the illicit sex with men, women and children, and maybe donkeys -- guru parampara -- and I am going to challenge another party? And all of this is in "the guru varga"?

Amogha lila apologizes because, he is already in the Gopal Krishna maharaja guru parampara that buries pedophiles and porno swamis in samadhis in the dham. He is not in a position to attack anyone, since he is already in the illicit sex with men, women and children guru varga himself. 

Anyway, we are glad all these people are admitting they are cooperating with / are part of / the illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara "varga." That makes a lot less work for Lord Yamaraja. 

Yamaraja does not have to work very hard to find evidence these folks cooperate and support the worship of deviants as acharyas, as they admit to that themselves. This debauchee guru lineage is their "guru varga." Did I forget to mention, anyone who says acharyas are ordinary men has to go to hell, what to speak of these guys "guru varga" of "acharyas" who are "engaged in illicit sex with men, women -- and children"? And maybe donkeys? 

And Bhakti Vikas swami says that Jayapataka, the founder father of the illicit sex with men, women and children "guru varga," is "doing great preaching." And Hanuman Croatia thinks that BVKS's support of the illicit sex acharya's program is also great preaching? Sulochana said, even dogs do not worship pedophiles, the dogs have more God given sense.

Anyway! Yep, this is great! Yamaraja will simply read their own statements to them when they get there. Forsooth! Some of these "India sadhu supporters" people have wrote me recently complaining that I am a mleccha. Well thanks to God for that! We mlecchas know that illicit sex with men, women and children folks are definitely, for sure, for absolute positive, clear as day, NOT the guru varga from God! Hee hee!

ys pd

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Probably NOT the guru varga from God.

Just saying!

Hare Krishna Movement (Jaipur) Growing Nicely!

 https://www.facebook.com/HareKrishnaJaipur.org/

[PADA: Good job guys! They have made some lovely festival videos. Its nice to hear the standard prayers of Srila Prabhupada, and to hear of him being worshiped as the acharya. We keep getting more and more nice questions from nice people in India. And a number of them are associated with the Bangalore branches (like this one). Its self-evident -- to us at least -- who is making the more thoughtful and inquisitive folks into devotees. 

Although we have to admit, a nice Bhakti Caru swami devotee has recently wrote to tell PADA saying -- "hey wait a minute! Why wasn't everyone worshiping Srila Prabhupada as their acharya -- in the first place? That would have avoided decades of fall downs, scandals, child molesting, lawsuits, murders, associated bad media publicity, depressed and upset devotees, the huge exodus to Narayan Maharaja and the Gaudiya Matha, and the mass exodus in general. And everyone would have had a bona fide acharya." Well yep, more folks catching on here. ys pd]

Cora-Astakam (Krishna Bhajan) VIDEO

Cora-astakam 

(song to recite during Purusottam Adhik masa)

Hare Krsna Dear Devotees.

Posting here with Corastakam (by Sri Bilvamangalam Thakura). It is very very auspicious to chant / sing Caurashtakam daily during Purushottam Adhika Maasa. Purushottam Adhik Maas. 

Song Name: Vraje Prasiddham Navanita

Official Name: Corastakam

Author: Bilvamangala Thakura

Language: Sanskrit
LYRICS:

(1) vraje prasiddhaḿ navanīta-cauraḿ / gopāńganānāḿ ca dukūla-cauram /
aneka-janmārjita-pāpa-cauraḿ / caurāgragaṇyaḿ puruṣaḿ namāmi

(2) śrī rādhikāyā hṛdayasya cauraḿ / navāmbuda-śyāmala-kānti-cauram /
padāśritānāḿ ca samasta-cauraḿ / caurāgragaṇyaḿ puruṣaḿ namāmi

(3) akiñcanī-kṛtya padāśritaḿ yaḥ / karoti bhikṣuḿ pathi geha-hīnam
kenāpy aho bhīṣaṇa-caura īdṛg / dṛṣṭaḥ-śruto vā na jagat-traye 'pi

(4) yadīya nāmāpi haraty aśeṣaḿ / giri-prasārān api pāpa-rāśīn
āścarya-rūpo nanu caura īdṛg / dṛṣṭaḥ śruto vā na mayā kadāpi

(5) dhanaḿ ca mānaḿ ca tathendriyāṇi / prāṇāḿś ca hṛtvā mama sarvam eva
palāyase kutra dhṛto 'dya caura / tvaḿ bhakti-dāmnāsi mayā niruddhaḥ

(6) chinatsi ghoraḿ yama-pāśa-bandhaḿ / bhinatsi bhīmaḿ bhava-pāśa-bandham / chinatsi sarvasya samasta-bandhaḿ / naivātmano bhakta-kṛtaḿ tu bandham

(7) man-mānase tāmasa-rāśi-ghore / kārāgṛhe duḥkha-maye nibaddhaḥ
labhasva he caura! hare! cirāya / sva-caurya-doṣocitam eva daṇḍam

(8) kārāgṛhe vasa sadā hṛdaye madīye / mad-bhakti-pāśa-dṛḍha-bandhana-niścalaḥ san / tvāḿ kṛṣṇa he! pralaya-koṭi-śatāntare 'pi / sarvasva-caura! hṛdayān na hi mocay

TRANSLATION

1) I offer pranama to that foremost of thieves – who is famous in Vraja as the butter-thief and He who steals the gopis' clothes, and who, for those who take shelter of Him, steals the sins which have accrued over many lifetimes.

2) I offer pranama to the foremost of thieves – who steals Srimati Radhika'sheart, who steals the dark luster of a fresh raincloud, and who steals all the sins and sufferings of those who take shelter of His feet. 

3) He turns His surrendered devotees into paupers and wandering, homeless beggars – aho! such a fearsome thief has never been seen or heard of in all the three worlds.

4) Mere utterance of His name purges one of a mountain of sins – such an astonishingly wonderful thief I have never seen or heard of anywhere!

5) O Thief! Having stolen my wealth, myhonour, my senses, my life and my everything, where can You run to? I have caught You with the rope of my devotion.

6) You cut the terrible noose of Yamaraja, You sever the dreadful noose of material existence, and You slash everyone's material bondage, but You are unable to cut the knot fastened by Your own loving devotees.

7) O stealer of my everything! O Thief! Today I have imprisoned You in the miserable prison-house of my heart which is very fearful due to the terrible darkness of my ignorance, and there for a very long time You will remain, receiving appropriate punishment for Your crimes of thievery!

8) O Krsna, thief of my everything! The noose of my devotion remaining forever tight, You will continue to reside in the prison-house of my heart because I will not release You for millions of aeons.

Reading From Krishna Book (Video)

 

Departed Brijabasi's Memories of the Dham

Radharaman Das ji

 
[PADA: A few of the former kirtaneers of Vrndavana -- and others -- have died in India recently. One of them was being transported around and around -- and he was rejected at three different hospitals for different reasons -- until he died while in transit to the next potential hospital. Yep, getting something organized in India has always been a problem, its just worse now than it was before. 

I saw a photo where a body was in a room and various devotees were doing some poojas for the devotee's body. That might not be the best idea at the present time. My friend who works at a hospital says departed people's bodies there are immediately bagged up in body bags and handled as potentially dangerous materials. And anyone handling these bodies wears masks, gloves, plastic booties on their feet etc. The sentiment of offering poojas is nice, but may not be the best program right now.

By various accounts -- these people were appearing as very healthy only a few days or weeks earlier. It does appear as though the Virus problem is not going away in India, and it may get much worse before it gets better there. It also looks like the hospitals there are not very organized, at least in some sectors. 

Anyway, devotees should be aware of this issue and take precautions as required, either in India or wherever they are. There are still devotees writing PADA telling us the whole virus problem is a hoax. OK, but maybe not. ys pd 

angel108b@yahoo.com]   

Radharaman Dasji, a beloved fruit seller of Loi Bazaar, attained the dust of Vrindavan today. I am told he had COVID-19. A couple years ago, I interviewed him about his life and memories of Vrindavan before development. Here’s what I learned from him...
...

Yesterday I stopped to drink an orange juice at a fruit shop, and the shopkeeper, Radharaman Dasji, said to me, "You have lived here quite a while. Do you like Vrindavan?" I said yes of course, and he asked me why. 

I was just starting to answer when he said, "You know why you like Vrindavan? Because this is Thakurji's own home, and it is full of peace. “The greatest place in the world is Bharat, and in Bharat the greatest place is Vrindavan. You can live simply and peacefully here. You know, I have never even been to Delhi. I only go to Mathura sometimes for business, but I have never left Braj in my life."

His shop, he said, is about sixty years old, and it was started by his father.
"What did your family do before that?" I asked him.

“Well, my parents were from the place that is now called Pakistan. They were visiting Haridwar when the partition happened. They had to leave everything behind and start a new life, so they chose to do that in Vrindavan. I was born here. You know, even thirty or forty years ago, this place was full of trees. 

"The way Tatiya Sthan is - that's how Vrindavan was not so long ago. It was all forest. There were no monkeys in the marketplace. They all lived in the woods by the side of Yamuna Maharani. And the cowherds used to take the cows out to pasture... there was so much pasture land then. In the evening when they would come back, there would be thousands of cows coming in from the pasture around sunset. 

"Thakurji used to bring his cows home at sunset, that's why the Brajwasis did the same. Back then, Raman Reti, where ISKCON is now, was all wilderness. Nobody used to go there after 4pm for fear of robbers. At that time there was only one car in town. Everyone traveled by tonga (bullock cart). Even if you wanted to go to Mathura, you had to take a tonga only.

“Then rich people came and started building guest houses and apartments. They cut down all the trees and bought up all the pasturelands. Where will the monkeys go? What will the cows eat? I feel sad when I think of all this. People have started doing nasty things in Vrindavan, but back then people were afraid of offending the Dham. But you know, I love Vrindavan. I don't want to go anywhere else. There is so much peace here... (he said as horns blared and monkeys banged on the roof overhead)... so much peace here..." 

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India Virus Cases:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/asia-today-indias-cases-keep-053331385.html

Hail to the Thief (Krishna) Bhajan Video

 

Urban Kisaan Brings "Vertical Farming" to India

 https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/urbankisaan-betting-vertical-farming-bring-181127581.html

PADA: I once travelled to Northern California -- north of Mt. Shasta -- where it gets very cold except for two months of the year. So they cannot grow most crops out of doors, they will get frozen. There they have year round big green houses -- to supply the local supermarkets. And they have a water recycling process -- so a large percent of the water they put on the plants can be reused. 

India needs to start to come up with these types of solutions -- if they are going to feed hundreds of millions of people with increased water shortages. There was also an article about a farmer in USA who is growing ten acres of food on one acre, using this process. So it looks hopeful since the regular farming process is starting to fail to produce enough for the mass of people. 

This would be a good business for Krishna devotees to also develop, since there will always be a need for food and this process takes less space and less water. Of course some devotees already have growing skills with tulsi plants. And there are already a number of "devotees" in the "marijuana growing" business, so they have an idea how to grow things. They just need to adapt their skills over to regular produce. At the same time, it is a good idea if devotees can grown their own food as well, that will always be a good idea in any case. Maybe we cannot make large scale farms, but we could more readily get some of these mini-scale programs going. ys pd