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PADA: New Krishna Art : "Sri Radhe." angel108b@yahoo.com
SRILA RUPA GOSWAMI -- “O Queen of Vrndavana, O Radharani, Your complexion is like molten gold, Your doe-like eyes are captivatingly restless, a million full and brilliant moons wane before Your lustrous countenance, and a blue sari, having stolen the hue of a fresh rain-laden cloud, has enwrapped Your exquisite form. O Radha, You are the crest-jewel of all the dallying damsels of Vrndavana, fragrant and pristine like a budding jasmine flower. Your sublime form is adorned with priceless jewelry, and you are the best of all the charming and intelligent gopis. You are decorated with all wonderful excellences and surrounded by eight dedicated and beloved cowherd girls known as the asta-sakhis.
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PADA to Nityananda Moodley: Where is the rasika indeed. Arjuna wanted to fight for Krishna, and that is also his rasika. Whatever service a person is doing sincerely is appreciated by Krishna, and is reciprocated and recognized by Krishna. Arjuna is not looking for rasika, he is looking for service, and that is the foundation of his rasika relationship. In sum, serving Krishna is how we attain rasika, we do not attain rasika and then start serving -- cart before horse does not work. ys pd
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Maneka Gandhi vs ISKCON
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has decided to file an Rs 100-crore defamation case against BJP MP Maneka Gandhi after the latter in a video alleged that the organization sells cows from its gaushalas (cowsheds) to butchers.
PADA: Looks like the GBC is always getting attacked from various sources, and then having to pay all sorts of lawyers to keep their process going. It is called karma. There is another lawsuit in the works and we cannot discuss the details just yet, but it looks like it will be a major issue when it comes out.
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PADA: My Weird Dream. 09/29/23
PADA to Nityananda Moodley: Where is the rasika indeed. Arjuna wanted to fight for Krishna, and that is also his rasika. Whatever service a person is doing sincerely is appreciated by Krishna, and is reciprocated and recognized by Krishna. Arjuna is not looking for rasika, he is looking for service, and that is the foundation of his rasika relationship. In sum, serving Krishna is how we attain rasika, we do not attain rasika and then start serving -- cart before horse does not work. ys pd
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Maneka Gandhi vs ISKCON
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has decided to file an Rs 100-crore defamation case against BJP MP Maneka Gandhi after the latter in a video alleged that the organization sells cows from its gaushalas (cowsheds) to butchers.
PADA: Looks like the GBC is always getting attacked from various sources, and then having to pay all sorts of lawyers to keep their process going. It is called karma. There is another lawsuit in the works and we cannot discuss the details just yet, but it looks like it will be a major issue when it comes out.
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PADA: My Weird Dream. 09/29/23
I was in a big temple on top of a mountain and there was a big program with hundreds of devotees. Wonderful program. Everyone was happy. After the program was over -- we all went outside to leave, but there were no vehicles, just and empty road going down the mountain. So all of us started to walk down the road to go somewhere, but no one seemed to know where we were going exactly, including myself.
There were hundreds of devotees of all ages. And we just kept walking, and walking, and eventually all of us were starting to get very tired. I knew some of the devotees walking in the crowd, but I was reluctant to ask them what was happening, since these are devotees I had strained relations with. I thought they would be insulting towards me -- if I asked them anything about the situation -- so I kept silent.
Eventually, the children started to get exhausted from the long trek, and they started to realize this is a long road which seems to be going nowhere. And so many children started sitting on the side of the road crying profusely. And the adults were just sort of bewildered about what to do now, and that is when I realized, no one had any idea what was going on here. We were basically lost in the middle of nowhere. That is when I woke up. Then I realized, this is exactly what happened to ISKCON. We were all in a big temple. Then we all left, and we all started walking along an endless road -- that seems to go no where in particular, in the middle of nowhere. Wandering aimlessly. Then the people who really suffered the most, were the children. Summed up the whole thing? ys pd
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PADA: All considered, I feel like even if I never wrote anything again, my main work is done. Most people agree with PADA on the molesting issue, many agree with the book changes issue, and many agree on the poison complaint issue. These issues will continue to be of great importance, long after I am not here.
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PADA: All considered, I feel like even if I never wrote anything again, my main work is done. Most people agree with PADA on the molesting issue, many agree with the book changes issue, and many agree on the poison complaint issue. These issues will continue to be of great importance, long after I am not here.
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Urmila writes wrongs update
PADA: Urmila is once again chastising the maha-bhagavata acharyas of the GBC. Some of them are evidently not giving the proper mantras. OK that means, they are not gurus. Pratyatosa said that he agrees with me, Urmila is not understanding the siddhanta when she thinks she is the advisor for the acharyas. ys pd
Urmila dasi
Chairperson, Sastric Advisory Council
Gradually in ISKCON various gurus, as well as some ISKCON authorities who recommend devotees for 1st and 2nd initiation, have introduced additions, subtractions, and changes to the system of initiation that Srila Prabhupada had for his society. The changes to the giving of the Brahma-gayatri mantra was what first came to the GBC’s attention, and so they requested their Sastric Advisory Council (SAC) to research the topic. After years of review and discussion on the SAC’s research, the GBC now publishes their paper, along with four related resolutions. Anyone who wants to be enlivened in their chanting of the Brahma -gayatri, to explore diksa in our sampradaya, and to examine the relationship of varnasrama to bhakti and principles to details should find this paper of interest.
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Approved: June 14 and 28, 2023
Whereas, the GBC Body has been informed that there are instances within ISKCON where systems of initiation have been instituted that differ significantly from the system followed by Śrīla Prabhupāda in terms of the eligibility of a devotee for initiation, as well as the vows taken, and the mantras given at the time of initiation.
And whereas, at the request of the GBC Body, its Sastric Advisory Council (SAC) has extensively researched the matter and presented a paper in their advisory capacity.
Therefore, it is resolved as follows:
1. Initiates’ vows at first initiation shall be, as Śrīla Prabhupāda required, to chant a minimum of sixteen rounds daily of the mantra: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, as well as giving up intoxication, illicit sexi, gambling and the eating of meat, fish, and eggs.ii
2. Initiating gurus at second initiation shall give the specific seven mantras that Śrīla Prabhupāda gave to all initiates at what we call brahminical initiation or second initiation, and direct them to chant them three times a day at three sandhyās (at morning, mid-day, and evening).
3. Gurus and those who recommend initiation candidates shall not make any distinction of birth, nationality, race, ethnicity, previous saṁskāra, marital status, gender, or classifications within the varṇas (such as occupational livelihoodiii) as to who would be eligible to take those vows and receive those mantras in full at first and second initiation.
4. At the time of initiation, gurus should say, “As a member of ISKCON under the guidance and leadership of the GBC Body, I give you initiation in the guru Parampara.” Initiates must then take only the vows that Srila Prabhupada gave. Gurus may request, or instruct, disciples to accept additional voluntary individual commitments, such as chanting extra rounds on Ekadasi, or remaining loyal to ISKCON. However, such should be in the form of instructions or guidelines and should not be included as an initiation requirement or vow.
5. The GBC is hereby publishing the Sastric Advisory Council paper entitled “Brahma-gayatri Mantra in ISKCON — Varnashrama, Bhakti, Principle or Detail?” (Note: The SAC serves the GBC Body in an exclusively advisory capacity and its papers are published as SAC advice, not GBC conclusions, unless explicitly specified otherwise.)
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1 See GBC resolution 303, year 2001, for a definition of illicit sex
2 This supersedes ISKCON law 6.2.1.4
3 Those whose occupations directly involve or support any of the four sinful activities may be excluded from
initiation
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PADA: Urmila is once again chastising the maha-bhagavata acharyas of the GBC. Some of them are evidently not giving the proper mantras. OK that means, they are not gurus. Pratyatosa said that he agrees with me, Urmila is not understanding the siddhanta when she thinks she is the advisor for the acharyas. ys pd
Urmila dasi
Chairperson, Sastric Advisory Council
Gradually in ISKCON various gurus, as well as some ISKCON authorities who recommend devotees for 1st and 2nd initiation, have introduced additions, subtractions, and changes to the system of initiation that Srila Prabhupada had for his society. The changes to the giving of the Brahma-gayatri mantra was what first came to the GBC’s attention, and so they requested their Sastric Advisory Council (SAC) to research the topic. After years of review and discussion on the SAC’s research, the GBC now publishes their paper, along with four related resolutions. Anyone who wants to be enlivened in their chanting of the Brahma -gayatri, to explore diksa in our sampradaya, and to examine the relationship of varnasrama to bhakti and principles to details should find this paper of interest.
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Approved: June 14 and 28, 2023
Whereas, the GBC Body has been informed that there are instances within ISKCON where systems of initiation have been instituted that differ significantly from the system followed by Śrīla Prabhupāda in terms of the eligibility of a devotee for initiation, as well as the vows taken, and the mantras given at the time of initiation.
And whereas, at the request of the GBC Body, its Sastric Advisory Council (SAC) has extensively researched the matter and presented a paper in their advisory capacity.
Therefore, it is resolved as follows:
1. Initiates’ vows at first initiation shall be, as Śrīla Prabhupāda required, to chant a minimum of sixteen rounds daily of the mantra: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, as well as giving up intoxication, illicit sexi, gambling and the eating of meat, fish, and eggs.ii
2. Initiating gurus at second initiation shall give the specific seven mantras that Śrīla Prabhupāda gave to all initiates at what we call brahminical initiation or second initiation, and direct them to chant them three times a day at three sandhyās (at morning, mid-day, and evening).
3. Gurus and those who recommend initiation candidates shall not make any distinction of birth, nationality, race, ethnicity, previous saṁskāra, marital status, gender, or classifications within the varṇas (such as occupational livelihoodiii) as to who would be eligible to take those vows and receive those mantras in full at first and second initiation.
4. At the time of initiation, gurus should say, “As a member of ISKCON under the guidance and leadership of the GBC Body, I give you initiation in the guru Parampara.” Initiates must then take only the vows that Srila Prabhupada gave. Gurus may request, or instruct, disciples to accept additional voluntary individual commitments, such as chanting extra rounds on Ekadasi, or remaining loyal to ISKCON. However, such should be in the form of instructions or guidelines and should not be included as an initiation requirement or vow.
5. The GBC is hereby publishing the Sastric Advisory Council paper entitled “Brahma-gayatri Mantra in ISKCON — Varnashrama, Bhakti, Principle or Detail?” (Note: The SAC serves the GBC Body in an exclusively advisory capacity and its papers are published as SAC advice, not GBC conclusions, unless explicitly specified otherwise.)
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1 See GBC resolution 303, year 2001, for a definition of illicit sex
2 This supersedes ISKCON law 6.2.1.4
3 Those whose occupations directly involve or support any of the four sinful activities may be excluded from
initiation
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Pratyatosa is laid up in a rest home and can be contacted only by phone:
906 231 2852
JD: Mahanidhi, Nityananda Moodley, Narayana Maharaja ... all these rasika people ... should not be criticizing us non-rasikas. If they are actually rasika ... they would not be jabbing us and making fun of us less advanced.
ReplyDeleteThe rasika person encourages the non-rasikas, they do not make nonsense jabs, personal attack ... and make fun of the less advancement. That means ... they are not rasika really. They are another make pretend "I am more advanced than any of you because I am not engaged in menial services like you."
That is not rasika, that is enviousness. If you are more advanced than us ... you would not be sitting in Radha Kunda taking care of cows ... you would be taking care of helping the neophyte bhaktas by preaching. That is the sign of real advancement ... not sitting in a solitary place making pretend renounced. That is called sahajiya.