Kali Chelas : Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur

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PADA: Thanks very much Bhakti vikas swami for making a nice description of your messiahs from heaven. They are afflicted with kama, krodha and lobha : lust, anger and greed. Despite being proud of big buildings, some of them cannot sleep without taking a lot of Vodka and psychotropics. And from the looks of your photo, they are going to hell by doing all these deviations in the name of acharyas. Hee hee, yep. 

Someone just told me a rather horrific tale of their GBC's guru having an affair with a minor aged female, which caused considerable trouble for that female. And worse, one of the followers told this guru about his health problems -- and the guru just laughed and waved it off, and then the follower died from this health issue. 

And needless to say, this guru was not interested in hearing about the child mistreatment issue in ISKCON. And now this guru is treated as royalty in the temple and he is giving classes all the time. And the person relating all this to PADA is afraid to have me publish the whole story because they fear -- if the details come out, they will be identified -- and there will be all sorts of troublesome reactions and repercussions. In other words, the GBC program is basically a goonda operation.

Another person wrote to tell me that ISKCON is factually a child sacrifice cult, because thousands of children had to be sacrificed to make their program operate. Cannot argue that. Anyway, people are waking up, albeit slow but sure.

Someone else wrote to complain about Madhu Pandit's program, but as we said a number of times, some form of organization is required to make temples, deities, kirtans, devotees, and more importantly -- to print books. A lot of the critics of Madhu Pandit are not doing anything substantial. Show us the better way and we will follow you -- maybe -- but we will have to see how well your program is following. 

ys pd 

angel108b@yaoho.com        

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Only those who can reject Kali’s domination and continue can become pure Vaiṣṇavas.

"The jīva who has obtained a little taste, in other words, who has a mental inclination towards hari–nāma, that jīva develops bhakti. Simply by logical reasoning one can never obtain bhakti. The Vedas have only glorified that which cannot be established by logic.

The jīvas who are afflicted by Kali do not develop a taste for hari–nāma easily. Through discrimination they have heard:

harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam
kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā

(“There is only the Name of Hari, only the Name of Hari, only the Name of Hari – there is no other way, no other way, no other way in the age of Kali” – Bṛhan Nāradīya Purāṇa 33.126)

When the mental tendency is dragged away by endeavours for brothels, wine or gold, then the Kali-inflicted jīva becomes bewildered about his duty, and while trying to save himself from the flaws of his own character, he takes shelter of different paths. Through logic he tries to show that if one does not take some amount of alcohol or meat, human strength cannot be maintained. 

He says in many ways that going to prostitutes etc. is an unavoidable human sin. He collects money by displaying deceitful bhakti. Presenting hari-nāma-kīrtana as a good deed, he creates a group to perform hari-samkīrtana with an aim to nullify plagues, epidemics and other sins. In this way, to achieve selfish ends, he goes on performing kīrtana in the cities (nāgara-kīrtana) etc. 

The karmīs engage in activities for gaining money by taking a cunning approach and saying, kṛṣṇārpanam’astu (‘May this be an offering to Kṛṣṇa’). The atheists establish an imaginary Brahman within void, or within something which is almost void, and wish to show themselves in this way as religious. 

Such deceitful activities are happening every day in the world. Again, their saying is, “Even imitating good things is also good.” By presenting such advice as this, they are increasing the number of deceitful ‘Vaiṣṇavas’ and in so doing, they are serving Kali.

Kali is at the root of all disturbances. Only those who can reject Kali’s domination and continue can become pure Vaiṣṇavas. For our individual benefit, we will consider what is Kali’s domination.

Such a description is there in Śrīmad Bhāgavata – at the time when Mahārāja Parīkṣit persecuted Kali on the strength of dharma, Kali made one request to him. Parīkṣit said, “O friend of adharma! You will not get any place in my kingdom. Four irreligious places will be given to you.”

abhyarthitas tadā tasmai sthānāni kalaye dadau
dyūtaṁ pānaṁ striyaḥ sūnā yatrādharmaś catur-vidhaḥ

(Śrimad Bhāgavatam 1.17.38)

Based on the request of Kali, the king gave four places to him. Gambling, drinking, illicit connection with women and killing animals – where these four activities go on, these places were given to Kali.

punaś ca yācamānāya jāta-rūpam adāt prabhuḥ
tato ’nṛtaṁ madaṁ kāmaṁ rajo vairaṁ ca pañcamam

(Śrimad Bhāgavatam 1.17,39)

When he requested one place where all these things, then the king also gave him gold. Dishonest conduct, intoxication, lust, passion and enmity – he also gave him these."

- Kali, article by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Sajjana Tosani, Vol. 15. issue 1, 1903