ISKCON Scholars Board / For the Welfare of All / Babaji Imbroglio 12 16 25

PADA: Well there you have it folks. The ISKCON India Scholars Bureau (Sridhara Srinivasa, Basu Ghosh, Bhakti Vikas swami etc.) says -- (1) shastra and the acharya are always free from defects. Therefore -- (2) acharyas who are free from defects are often deviating worse than karmis -- and are thus -- engaged in illicit sex with men, women and children, drinking Vodka, taking drugs, watching porno, orchestrating crimes including murders etc. And all of this is authorized -- by shastra and is free of defects. 

Then (3) their falling down acharyas are having the sincere Vaishnavas kicked out, removed, banned, beaten, molested, sued and killed -- when those "dissenting" Vaishnavas refuse to promote their program of worship of illicit sex with men, women and children as God's "free from defects" messiah's. 

And all of this is "found in shastra." Correct. It is found in shastra. It is called the Devil's Bible. And you GBC even had that crazy "GBC guru" Suhotra swami bragging that he was related to Anton La Vey, the Devil's main advocate who wrote "The Satanic Bible" and "The Devil’s Notebook." 

Sorry, to say that illicit sex with men, women and chidren is "free from defects" means, you are advocating for fallen behavior as perfection. Shastra says, the people who twist the shastra to promote false gurus are going to the most obnoxious regions. 

Gurus engaged in illicit sex with men, women and children are acharyas -- free from defects? Nope, not even in a Satanic society. The Satanists do not worship pedophiles, even they know this is very defective. 

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com 

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December 15th, 2025

For the Welfare of All

Truth is often first ridiculed, mocked, then opposed, often violently, and then accepted as self-evident, obvious. Surveying the past 48 years, with respect to the realities of Srila Prabhupada’s departure pastime, it seems that particularly the past 28 years, the needle is definitely moving towards “violently opposed”, with significant percentages also gradually entering into “self-evident”, and this direction has accelerated since 2017, and that momentum has at least tripled since September 16, 2024, with the first public issuance of the Justice for Srila Prabhupada Foundation (JFSPF).

https://justiceforsrilaprabhupadafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Vital-New-Information-that-Srila-Prabhupada-was-Assassinated-by-His-Caregivers.pdf

Truthfulness is a sattvic, divine quality, and certainly the truth ought to be spoken, revealed, and known, in relation to Srila Prabhupada’s departure in November 1977.

“Satyam, truthfulness, means that facts should be presented as they are for the benefit of others. Facts should not be misrepresented…The truth should be spoken in a straight and forward way, so that others will understand actually what the facts are… Truthfulness demands that the facts be presented as they are for the benefit of others. That is the definition of truth.” (Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 10.4-5 purport)

“Satyam. This word means that one should not distort the truth for some personal interest.” (Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 16.1-3 purport)

Apart from, yet related to, the intrinsic virtue of truths related to the assassination by poison of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, being revealed in a respectful way, our stance and conviction is that such revelations, as they are increasingly accepted, will doubtlessly be auspicious for Srila Prabhupada’s movement, including the ISKCON organization. Often we encounter the view that, even to discuss topics related to this issue, what to speak of reveal and expose uncomfortable truths, will damage ISKCON. 

We hear things like, “It will disturb the minds of sincere disciples, and unsettle devotees who are engaged in preaching Krsna consciousness”. The position seems to be that, concealment, deception and misinformation is the best possible culture to build a healthy spiritual society. It sounds absurd, because it is, and, somehow, that’s what we’re facing when attempting to discuss facts related to Srila Prabhupada being given poison, with homicidal intent, by persons close to him in 1977.

“It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”   Noel Coward

Shocking it is, though we’re encouraged, not discouraged, as the needle continues to move, gradual as it may be.

With confidence we assert that recognizing the realities surrounding Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance pastime will be vital to establish organizational integrity, and foundational for relationships, between members of ISKCON, and, with everyone, to be based on trust. Otherwise, what could be more toxic and soul-crushing, than to base a so-called spiritual community on lies and deception about the murder of its founder, the pure devotee of Krsna, Srila Prabhupada? Such coverup is increasingly becoming the elephant in the middle of the room that you dare not mention. “Elephant? What elephant?”, while everyone in the room is cramped, suffocating, dedicating massive energies to pretend that there’s no elephant.

We encourage readers to consider how revelation of what actually happened in Srila Prabhupada’s departure, might well be favorable, wonderful, for you too, personally. Imagine living and participating, in an organization, a community, where there’s room to breathe, and that’s not stifled and inundated by an atmosphere of fear and repression. 

Let’s envision how much genuine spiritual joy and freedom, intrapersonally and interpersonally, will be unleashed and shine brightly, as that culture of fear and repression is transformed to a culture of honesty, openness, and safe and sacred space to genuinely reveal one’s mind and heart in confidence. And, yes, we maintain that lifting the taboo on even honestly speaking about Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance, and what actually happened, is essential, for such breakthrough transformation of community and organizational culture.

An ISKCON leader wrote to us, “Wow! I just finished reading the letter from you and Naveen Krsna prabhu ; profound, clear, clean, dignified research and manner of expression, honorably bold and courageous to challenge the silence . Thank you and the team for such sincere efforts and time going into this service of Justice For Srila Prabhupada.”

You too have the opportunity to “challenge the silence”.

“By propaganda you can establish a false thing as real. That's all. This is going on. They know how to do it. They're expert because they're cheaters. They know how to do it.”  - April 14, 1975 Conversation with Srila Prabhupada in Hyderabad

Please examine seriously whether you’ve been a victim of false propaganda, and have accepted the ISKCON GBC’s statement as real and true. Here is that statement- “There is no evidence at this time to support the allegations of poisoning of Srila Prabhupada.” We invite you to consider carefully the evidence at our website-  Poisoning of Srila Prabhupada - Justice For Srila Prabhupada Foundation- and determine for yourself what happened in November 1977. 

Perhaps you’ll come to conclusions different than ours, and we welcome you to share your perspectives and views. We do urge you, to be independently thoughtful, as Srila Prabhupada wanted his followers to be. It is our viewpoint that the ISKCON GBC, for decades, has consistently misinformed and misguided others about the efforts in 1977 to poison Srila Prabhupada. In Srila Prabhupada’s words, as cited above, they have perpetrated false propaganda, and in this regard they are “cheaters”. Research for yourself, and in that way protect yourself from misguiding, misleading and misinforming others.

“The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all”, and that all, includes, you, and us, and everyone connected with the ISKCON organization.

Your Servants,

JFSPF Team

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Our mailing address is:

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THE BABAJI IMBROGLIO

Recently, some individuals who seem to be aligned with Vrindavana babaji groups (for lack of a better term), have launched a systematic trolling of Iskcon and Gaudiya Math devotees. Personally, I’m not a sentimental person — I’m not going to cry about the disrespect offered to the acharyas and lineage coming from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur by these individuals. 

I will let them do the crying when they receive the reactions I suspect are coming to them for their fairly extreme level of disrespect. I personally wish to offer all respect to the elevated babajis and saintly devotees who do bhajan in Vrindavana, while simultaneously debating contentious issues honestly and respectfully — and as if I were a civilized human being.

While conversing with these gentlemen, it has become apparent to me that there is widespread confusion about Vaishnava tridanda sannyasa in these babaji groups, but also amongst many other devotees as well. Here is a brief overview of tridanda sannyasa as described in shastra:

Firstly, Bhagavatam 10.86.2-3 has the word “tri-daṇḍī” in the Sanskrit, in a brief reference to tridanda sannyasa. However, chapter 23 of the 11th canto is entirely dedicated to describing a Vaishnava tridandi sannyasi—the Avanti Brahmana. Instead of using the BBT translations of the disciples of Srila Prabhupada, I will use the translations of the scholar G. V. Tagare (published in 1950), because then nobody can suggest that the translations are biased in favor of the beliefs of a particular Gaudiya Vaishnava group.

Verse 34 of this chapter of Bhagavatam describes the Avanti Brahmana as a tridandi sannyasi:

“Some took away his triple bamboo staff (a symbol of total renunciation),……”
That the Avanti Brahmana was specifically a Vaishnava sannyasi is proven in his own words:

“It is certain that Lord Hari, the embodiment of all gods, must have been graciously pleased with me and has brought me to such a state.”
(Verse 28)

“I (a poor recluse as I am) shall get over the uncrossable ocean of darkness (i.e. Saṃsāra) by resorting solely to the feet of Lord Mukunda.”
(Verse 58)

The Bhagavatam is far from the only Vedic text which describes tridanda sannyasa. Many Puranas and Upanishads describe tridanda sannyasa, and specifically mention that, unlike Mayavadi sannyasis, tridandis often keep their shikhas and sacred threads. Also, the wearing of reddish cloth is standard for both ekadandi and tridandi sannyasis. Here are a couple of examples:

The second kind carry three (bamboo) staves (tied together) and a waterpot, and wear tuft of hair (śikhā), sacred thread (yajñopavīṭa) and red-coloured cloth.
(Bhikshuka Upanishad verse 3)

14b-16. Either he may wear a single cloth or he may wear a loin cloth. The scholar may have either a tonsured head or a tuft of hair on the head. He should have three staffs. He should be free from acceptance of gifts. He should always wear ochre-robes. (Kurma Purana part 2 ch28)

Though the three dandas (usually made of bamboo) of the tridandi sannyasi are said to represent different things in different places, here is a standard explanation of the tridanda found in shastra:

10. That man is called a (true) tridandin in whose mind these three, the control over his speech (vagdanda), the control over his thoughts (manodanda), and the control over his body (kayadanda), are firmly fixed. (Manu Smrti Ch12)

The ascetic is proclaimed Tridaṇḍī (‘having three staffs’) because he has Vāgdaṇḍa (i. e. control over speech), Karmadaṇḍa (‘control of physical action’) and Manodaṇḍa (‘control of mind’).

(Skanda Purana Mahesvara Khanda, Kaumarika Khanda 55.134b-137)

Lastly, yes, it is mentioned in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana that sannyasa is forbidden in Kali Yuga, yet we see that almost nobody follows this. Ramanujas, Madhvas, Ramanandis, Mayavadis, Shaivas, Aghoris, etc. all have sannyasa in their lineages. Shankaracharya, Vishnu Swami, Sridhara Swami, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya, Ramananda, Lord Chaitanya, etc. all took sannyasa. Many of Lord Chaitanya’s associates took sannyasa.

It is true that after the time of Lord Chaitanya, there is no record of Gaudiya Vaishnavas taking sannyasa—until the time of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur. The tradition in Gaudiya Vaishnavism after Lord Chaitanya was to take babaji vesha (initiation), if a devotee wanted to renounce. However, a babaji is generally a reclusive sadhaka, whereas a sannyasi is meant to constantly travel, and be the guru / teacher of the other varnas and ashrams. 

One takes babaji initiation more for their own spiritual benefit, and one takes sannyasa more to travel and preach. For the first time in centuries, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur wanted to energetically and systematically spread the teachings and sankirtan movement of Lord Chaitanya. Babajis are not suitable for this purpose; sannyasis are. Therefore, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur himself took Vaishnava tridanda sannyasa, and gave tridanda sannyasa to many other devotees. If it weren’t for the mercy of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur and his disciples, many adherents of Vrindavana babaji groups around the world would have never heard of Lord Chaitanya or bhakti.

PADA: Yep, never would have heard about Krishna from these babajis. ys pd

Illegal ISKCON Building Collapses / Why Did GBC Mass Deviate? 12 15 25

 

PADA: Why did the GBC mass deviate? That is a great question. You mean to say -- not one of them stood up and said, wait hold on!: Kirtanananda is a former Mott Street boy; Jayatirtha is a former Timothy Leary disciple; Bhagavan was allegedly not paying the trash bill at the Paris temple and made a big fine, which he was chastised for; 

Hansadutta's farm was raided in Germany, where they police found books about Hitler; Tamal used to regularly have to go out hunting for his "best friend" -- blooped out Bhavananda -- at Andy Warhol's house; The sannyasas were falling down repeatedly -- and sannyasa was suspended; They were always fighting among themselves; Srila Prabhupada had to stop the GBC plan to move all the householders to Australia; And many other leaders fell down -- left, right and center, and so on. 

Thus -- how are any of them now engaged in pure devotional service, getting dictation from God, and they are serving the gopis? OK what happened was -- Tamal presented the Devil's Garden of Eden / Forbidden Apple to the other seniors and leaders -- "just go along with our bogus guru plan and we will make you the second echelon leaders / big time GBC help mates / well respected / highly placed seniors or managers, and give you a salary and maybe a few wives." 

And enough people, especially leaders, got sucked in, and took a bite from the forbidden apple to make the program get off the ground, because many sycophants, especially other GBC and leaders, saw this as an opportunity to better their own position. 

Ooops! Once the guru train left the station, it was almost impossible to put the brakes on and stop the momentum. It took on a life of its own, and people who resisted later on were banned, beaten, sued and -- killed. OK most people later on had buyer's remorse for supporting all this in the first place, they realized it was a mistake, but by then it was too late, the false guru system was now well established. 

Entrenched. Someone said -- it was the GBC's sticky fly paper trap that was almost impossible to get free of, even if you wanted to. Sulochana called them "locked in nescience." 

The real simple answer is, most people compromised with the GBC gurus "to go along to get along." They did not want to jeopardize their comfort zone situation in the GBC's house and challenge the guru system. People told me that, well yah, it is all going off the rails, but if I speak out, I will lose my friends.

Even Gaura Govinda Maharaja's people told me, GGM has to cooperate with the GBC gurus "to have a building." OK! A lot of people also went along with the Kauravas, same reason, they were handing out benefits and positions, and many people wanted to get these rewards. There are senior devotees even now who do not want me to mention their names, because they are on some GBC payroll or benefits process. 

In sum, many big leaders sold their souls to Satan in exchange for a place in Satan's kingdom, and then everything and everyone suffered. Most of the compromisers suffered in the end. And the suffering of many of the children, even of some of the compromisers, is now a well known horror movie. 

The other leaders went along to get along, and as we know from the Bhagavad Gita story, those who go along to get along will be punished along with the Kauravas themselves. The compromisers will suffer part of the same karma / fate as the main culprits, that is what happened to the Kaurava's compromisers and go along to get along folks. 

Some idiot follower of the GBC just wrote to tell me, there is only one July 9th letter that the ritviks rely on for their idea. Umm nope, there are tens of thousands of quotes -- you have to worship a pure devotee. There are ZERO quotes that we have to worship conditioned souls. Nor could he show me any. 

Anyway, all that created a big illusion and a lot of people got sucked in, but many are realizing now -- this is not what Krishna wants, and they are going back to the original idea of worshiping the pure devotee. The illusion is breaking down and yep, the emperor has no clothes, and people are catching on. 

Of course a lot of the rank and file just left in disgust, but their voices were never counted, only the big leaders had a voice, and they drowned everyone else out. And then many people were mislead, and still are mislead. Even the media says "Srila Prabhupada's 11 appointed successors," but the false guru regime is evaporating. 

Why did so many people go along, the short answer is, they wanted something which they thought the false guru regime would give them. And they ended up with nothing because false gurus cannot give us anything, they are thieves, crooks, takers and exploiters. 

But they fooled some of the people some of the time, and that was all they needed to launch this madness. Of course there are sincere people in the mix, they were fooled for some time, but now more of them are coming over to our side, because they are sincere. And the Bangalore group is part of that process.

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com

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S AFRICA TEMPLE COLLAPSE, FIVE DEAD

Update | Fifth body recovered in Verulam temple collapse - eNCA

PADA: OK so the building was illegal and there is no proper plan submitted.

Not sure what happened but it looks like the concrete crumbled, leaving behind the bent and twisted rebar. Faulty concrete? Bad planning? The government is investigating, but it looks like ISKCON did not make a proper building here.

The building did not have approved building plans. Which means, this is another typical ISKCON scam. Someone from there said it looks like the concrete just disintegrated and left the rebar behind, it could also be just bad materials. 

Notice how the GBC operates? The Jayapataka people complain to me I am helping lawsuits that is costing them $100,000,000, but there is no money to hire proper building construction people. Worse, just after spending $20M on the Bangalore lawsuit, the GBC wants another $20M to start another Bangalore lawsuit. In other words, the money that should go for proper buildings is instead going to buy Luis Vuitton suits for lawyers.  

One of the devotees involved in this project was supposedly trying to make a bridge between the Hindus, the Muslims and the Christians. I hear about that idea a lot, the so-called ISKCON inter-faith program. Our friend said, many of not most of the Hindus eat meat, most of the Muslims and Christians also eat meat. It is therefore rather ironic that the GBC has been spending $20,000,000 to sue and remove the vegetarian Hare Krishna devotees from Bangalore, while making programs to invite in the meat eating religionists. Meat eating religions ki jaya sir!

In other words, it looks like ISKCON is more favoring the meat eating religions than the Krishna religion. So we have to spend $100,000,000 on lawsuits, and try to get rid of the actual Krishna devotees in Bangalore, all so we can make compromises with the cow eater religions.

Does this not make the GBC responsible for these deaths? Bhakti Chaitanya swami is one of the people encouraging all these $100M lawsuits, while neglecting the safety and welfare of his own people with his illegal building. Someone asked me if this makes the GBC responsible for these deaths, and I said, yes of course it does. They skim off money for gurukulas, books, temple construction etc. to feed their lawyers.   

Anyway, this is a sad situation no doubt for the loved ones and God speed to these departed folks. I hope these GBC criminals are charged with criminal negligent deaths and we can get some sort of legal ruling to clamp down on these bogus messiahs. ys pd

Caxton Network News | The death toll from the Verulam temple collapse has risen to three, as rescuers search desperately for survivors. Officials confirm the illegal structure lacked approved building plans.

More here: https://www.citizen.co.za/.../verulam-temple-collapse.../

#CaxtonNetworkNews 

  

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ANUTTAMA DEVI DEPARTS

Dhaneshvara dasa

Dear Devotees,

On Friday evening Mother Anuttama (ACBSP) left this world in the company of her husband Billy, who was chanting the holy names by her side.

You may know that she was very inspired to follow Srila Prabhupada's instructions for simple living, and with her husband Billy they created a small homestead in S. Washington state, and invited devotees to join them in making that vision a reality.

At present only Billy is there and given his age and the circumstances of losing his partner of 37 years, he is finding it difficult to take care of the animals, etc. They asked me last week to help find some help, and I've been looking since then. When I spoke with Billy today he said that he would prefer a young couple, with length of stay to be determined. IOW, it could be a (semi-)permanent arrangement for a couple interested in living the simple life. I'm sure he would also gladly accept the help of a single young man.

Please, everyone who reads this, share this with others. This can very well be a win-win situation. Anyone who is interested to know more please PM me on messenger.

PADA: She is a very good soul and wanted to make a rural community, but it never really got off the ground. She told me she had some kind of cancer, and thus she was going to cure it with natural remedies. I get it, and understand why people are not always signing up for the mundane doctor system.

Anyway she had her little farm and now it will be hard to maintain without her help, so lets hope someone or some couple can go there to care for the place in her absence. I liked her a lot and she was a very good Prabhupada person and I wish her soul to move on closer to Krishna. She is a lovely soul and will be missed. God speed spirit soul! ys pd

Struggle for Truth VIDEO / Purujit / Devotees Keeping Pets 12 14 25

PADA: Yeah deception is a good term, at the same time, an understatement. We are more realistically talking about massive wholesale criminal fraud, and potentially using poison and murder to attain a guru post artificially. But this is good, it makes the main point, the GBC guru program is a scam. ys pd

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PURUJIT DASA

PADA: Thanks KD. I agree, looks like Mr. Purujit has aged 40 years in 4 years. Something is wrong here. And for him to use this photo means, he and his handlers don't realize how odd this looks. Agreed, he looks angry, mean, worn out, and about as blissful as a sour lemon.   

A woman said, he looks like another spooky ghoul GBC guru. I really don't know what is going on with these folks, they never communicate. His followers said that PADA is a dried up old fart, out of touch with the newer devotees, and that is probably true. 

But it looks like they are turning into -- out of touch -- dried up -- old farts themselves. Be careful what curses we put on others, it might boomerang back to sender. Hee hee! Anyway, this is sad, he seems to be having some sort of melt down. I feel bad for the guy. Overall, I think he wanted to be a big cheese authority in the Krishna world, and he probably knows that is not going to happen by now. 

Same type problem with that Mathura Pati guy, he started promoting Mukunda's Hitler-anuga, Zionist bankers stuff -- and we had to help an Austria devotee threaten to report him to the Germany authorities for that, because it is illegal in Germany. We actually had to use the Germany laws to stop this jack booted fool from promoting worship of the Third Reich in the name of Krishna. But then again there are children abuse victims who say to PADA, these people are also defending Auschwitz for kids by attacking PADA.

Anyway! These maverick devotees almost always become attracted to things that are not authorized by Srila Prabhupada, or condemned by Srila Prabhupada. He specifally ordered all of us -- avoid Hitler topics, it will give us a bad name. And it has.

And some of them do potentially illegal things as well, which is also not good for Krishna's name. Every devotee sangha on Earth has wrote to complain to PADA about these HKC Jaipur and Mathura Pati folks promoting Mukunda's Hitler-anuga program, it is not pleasing to anyone. It is also NOT authorized by Krishna, it is a deviation. And then Mathura Pati goes and hangs out with fellow maverick Purujit.  

Meanwhile our old fart out of touch topics are being discussed all over the place, such as the bogus guru appointment, child molesting, books changes, poison case and other PADA issues. These issues are getting discussed MORE all the time, because these are the "in touch" issues and always have been. And other devotees, and indeed the Supreme Court of India, are taking more interest in PADA's topics. 

For example the $20,000,000 Bangalore case was founded on our original 1978 PADA idea, these 11 gurus were never appointed. Sorry, our ideas are gaining steam and are not old fart and out of touch issues. These are the big issues for young and old devotees alike. And other devotees are taking them up.  

https://www.dharmasanga.org/blog/children/please-dont-ignore-the-cries-of-srila-prabhupadas-abused-children/? 

The good news is, more people are onto these self promoter agenda guys, and they are not making much progress in hi-jacking the reform. Purujit's changed up self edited Gita -- has the same non-authorized problem -- and has thus had many complaints to PADA. 

And it is just not going to fly, plain and simple. Meanwhile a few people have said that since PADA is exposing child abuse, and they oppose PADA, that makes them hand maiden enablers for the abuse by suppressing our complaints. Well yup. 

And that might be why a person ages 40 years in 4 years. In any case, all along we are going after the bogus appointment issue, illicit sex acharyas issue, molesting issue, books changing issue, poison issue, and other issues, and they should be helping us and not trying to suppress us, which only helps the bad guys.

 

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com  

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VRNDAVANA DEVOTEES DROWNED

PADA: Wow pilgrims. Nine devotees went in, only four survived. Danger at every step! Let's hope they are getting a better new situation now in their next lives. God speed spirit souls. We keep hearing about people drowning in rivers in India, ever since we first heard about India. Shouldn't they use life jackets in these "fast flowing" rivers over there? Might help! 

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LALA GOPAL DASI

Yes what Dhamaghosa says is true. I was in the Montreal temple at the time and even helped with the decoration of the new gurus vyasasans. We were told that the 11 gurus were pure devotees so when Kirtananda came to the temple my street smarts immediately detected that he was a homosexual. I said as much to my husband who at that time was in charge of the farm community. Even though I had a small baby, he told me to leave because I was being so offensive to a pure devotee.

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MUNDANE WELFARE WORK AND DEVOTEE'S PET ANIMALS

[Dhamaghosh dasa]

Hare Krsna-right now I am reading during morning prasadam the SB 5th Canto and have come to this story of Bharata Maharaja and his little deer friend. This is very instructive for us all for many different reasons.

SB 5.8.8-Gradually Mahārāja Bharata became very affectionate toward the deer. He began to raise it and maintain it by giving it grass. He was always careful to protect it from the attacks of tigers and other animals. When it itched, he petted it, and in this way he always tried to keep it in a comfortable condition. 

He sometimes kissed it out of love. Being attached to raising the deer, Mahārāja Bharata forgot the rules and regulations for the advancement of spiritual life, and he gradually forgot to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. After a few days, he forgot everything about his spiritual advancement.

SB 5.8.9 purport .. Naturally such an advanced person thinks of the suffering of the people in general. However, if one does not know of the material sufferings of fallen souls and becomes sympathetic because of bodily comforts, as in the case of Bharata Mahārāja, such sympathy or compassion is the cause of one’s downfall. 

If one is actually sympathetic to fallen, suffering humanity, he should try to elevate people from material consciousness to spiritual consciousness. As far as the deer was concerned, Bharata Mahārāja became very sympathetic, but he forgot that it was impossible for him to elevate a deer to spiritual consciousness, because, after all, a deer is but an animal. It was very dangerous for Bharata Mahārāja to sacrifice all his regulative principles simply to take care of an animal. 

The principles enunciated in Bhagavad-gītā should be followed. Yam hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha. As far as the material body is concerned, we cannot do anything for anyone. However, by the grace of Krsna, we may raise a person to spiritual consciousness if we ourselves follow the rules and regulations. If we give up our own spiritual activities and simply become concerned with the bodily comforts of others, we will fall into a dangerous position.

Note – We should also note that many devotees raise cats and dogs and think they can elevate their pet to spiritual consciousness, which Prabhupada tells us here is “impossible”. They think their dog is chanting Hare Krsna when it – woof woofs or similar other such nonsense things. What they don't realize is they are taking a huge risk of becoming a dog or cat in their next life by misplacing affection - not for God - Krsna but for an animal.

PADA: Well sure, but one of the reasons so many devotees started to get pet dogs and cats, and fish and other animals -- is -- ISKCON disintegrated. And then many devotees went back to regular mundane jobs, and doing material things like watching football, Netflix etc. and of course -- accumulating pet animals. I understand how all that happens. 

Some of the biggest book distributors here left ISKCON and rented an apartment, and when I went there for some errand, they were all watching football and drinking beer. They asked me if I wanted a beer? Hee hee. 

So once devotees get out of a temple routine they tend to fall back to their previous life, and Srila Prabhupada said that: If we sell the New York temple the devotees will be scatterred and they will fall back to material things, which happened. 

SB 5.8.10 purport…Material conditions are already established by the superior administration according to one’s karma. They cannot be changed. The only benefit we can render to suffering beings is to try to raise them to spiritual consciousness. Material comforts cannot be increased or decreased. It is therefore said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.5.18), tal labhyate duḥkhavad anyataḥ sukham: “As far as material happiness is concerned, that comes without effort, just as tribulations come without effort.” 

When one changes to spiritual consciousness, then the material atmosphere will change. Otherwise, one is stuck with his or her previous consciousness for that body. Srila Prabhupada is also severely warning us to be wary of doing philanthropic activities in the name of Vishnu Seva while forgetting our original intent-to please Lord Vishnu thru His bona fide representative, the spiritual master. If one serves Krsna prasadam but includes eggs in that meal, how is that pleasing to Lord Vishnu?

PADA: Right. Well many devotees have started assorted philanthropy activities / self help / new age yoga / psycho-babble / "empowerment" therapies / "bridge" preaching / and other assorted charities / to help people with more or less material things. Of course a number of them started to grow and sell marijuana and sell designer drugs etc. too. 

Personally, I see this more as an attempt at making a modes of goodness type business. Some of the food programs made by devotees have also had to compromise on the ingredients, because the funding is coming from the government etc. These governments are not saintly and that is always a problem. 

However! This is an attempt at dove tailing their business with a sort of devotional tinge. I don't think this is as bad as them just -- say for example -- becoming cigarette salesmen. I would rather see devotees giving food to the poor than have them -- OK driving a taxi in San Francisco which is what happened to me.

So I get it, they are sort of going back to the material world, but trying to make a softer footprint on doing bad karmic things. Yep, I personally drove a cab for years in the city, and so I sympathize with devotees who are making some sort of business with a lower karmic impact. It is sad, but me -- and them -- have had to do something to survive in the material world and I get that too. 

Srila Prabhupada said in the material world sometimes unfortunate women have to become prostitutes "by the tricks of fate." Of course they can still become Krishna devotees even in that state. In other words, I think we have to be careful not to judge devotees who have to make an income by some -- not so good -- means or other, or if they have pet cats and dogs and so on, they should just be encouraged to do the best they can in their circumstances. 

Thus, I personally don't ask devotees what their business occupation is, or if they have pets etc., because I already know they are struggling along with their situation, and we are too. At this point, we all have to make the best of a bad bargain. That being said, having a compromised job and keeping pets is not ideal, that is also true, but we cannot all do the ideal things in Kali Yuga. Meanwhile, if I took birth as an animal pet, I'd rather be a pet in the home of these devotees.   

ys pd 

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New Bangalore VID / ISKCON Patna Imbroglio / Health Crisis / Narasimgha 12 13 25

PADA: Right, who is the deliverer guru? Who is the person who will deliver us from samsara? It is not the GBC's gurus fer sure, who are falling down left, right and center. They are drowning in samasara themselves. A person who is entangled -- and falling -- cannot liberate another person who is entangled. Oh great, the first wave of falling down messiahs are voting in the next wave of residents of Vaikuntha. 

"I was certified as pure by the illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara." Where do I sign up? This was something I mentioned in 1979 when confronting the GBC's gang of four gurus, "how can we say Jayatirtha's illicit sex and drugs program is -- nikunja yuno -- serving the gopis? Is this not worse than the sahajiyas"? They could not answer -- so they kicked me out. And then they had me hunted like a dog for extermination.

The Nectar of Instruction says it is worse than a minor issue, when a conditioned soul takes the post of acharya artificially, he will eventually degrade. And the GBC gurus are degrading. But I mean really, does anyone honestly believe these falling down people are -- eternal servants of Radharani and the gopis! 

Nikunja yuno rati keli siddhas? Ummm probably -- nope. So yes, this is the main point, who is the guru who can free us from samsara? And yes, it is not a person who is himself stuck in samsara. Srila Prabhupada says this often, a drowning man cannot save another drowning man.

And if we do not know "who is the guru," we cannot be liberated ourselves. There are people who criticize me for "working with Bangalore," but I have to say, I agree with the siddhanta presented in this video. And mis-directed and crooked siddhanta is 100% the reason ISKCON has fallen into a sewer pit. 

As one person said recently, they sat on their big golden Vyasa seats gloating over their ill gotten wealth, followers, big houses and cars. And as they sat in their golden chairs, the rest of ISKCON was burnt to the ground. And all that remains now are the ashes. Umm, yep.

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com 

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PATNA IMBROGLIO 

PADA: OK Bangalore, find these guys and get them to testify for your court case with the GBC's gurus. We need to start to connect the dots here.

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ANOTHER HEALTH CARE CRISIS

PADA: So sad. Really terrible how so many peons and rank and file devotees are suffering from shortages of money for -- vehicles, food, housing, helpers, health care etc. while the GBC gurus are living like Saudi Princes. And some of the rank and file are suffering terribly, like this poor soul. The level of non-empathy for the fellow citizens by the leaders is disgusting actually. Someone recently said on a forum, the gurus are living like Saudi Princes. OK they read PADA. ys pd  

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Real Gurus and Ecclesiastical Gurus

By Narasimha das

In his Purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.9.43, Srila Prabhupada describes who is a genuine disciple and who is a genuine spiritual master. The original guru is Lord Sri Krishna and the original disciple is Lord Brahma. Devotees in the Brahma Sampradaya receive transcendental knowledge through the Parampara coming through Narada Muni, Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Goswami—and other great paramahamsas in this line of succession. All this is described.

Qualifications of Genuine Disciples and Gurus:

Those who attempt to understand Vedic knowledge through grammar alone are not allowed access into the pure transcendental knowledge of bhakti-yoga. Such jnanis, yogis, karmis, and even prakrita-bhaktas, generally try to capture Vedic knowledge through scholarship, or under the tutorship of institutional leaders or professional clerics or pundits. Because they have not surrendered to a “realized person”, a pure devotee, they remain on the mundane plane.

“One who is now the disciple is the next spiritual master. And one cannot be a bona fide and authorized spiritual master unless one has been strictly obedient to his spiritual master.” (SB.2.9.43, Purport)

Are Ecclesiastical Gurus Genuine?

Those who are disobedient, or those who never surrender to the real acharya, cannot be counted as disciples in the eternal parampara. They can never be real gurus or disciples but are, at best, veda-vada-ratas—according to Srila Prabhupada’s purports.

The veda-vada-ratas sometimes criticize the bona fide spiritual master for doing things (such as initiating non-Brahmins or initiating through ritviks) that seem to them to be against Vedic principles. They adjudge such actions for preaching to be apa-siddhanta. They claim that only “living” ecclesiastical gurus can offer diksa through formal Vedic ceremonies authorized by clerics and institutional leaders. Or they say only born Brahmins can receive diksa. They often claim to be equal to Vedic acharyas, or they say great acharyas are subservient to Vedic procedures and regulations.

“Therefore, the so-called formal spiritual master and disciple are not facsimiles of Brahma and Narada or Narada and Vyasa. The relationship between Brahma and Narada is reality, while so-called formality is the relation between the cheater and cheated.” (SB. 2.9.43, Purport)

“Sri Jiva Gosvami advises that one not accept a spiritual master in terms of hereditary or customary social and ecclesiastical conventions. One should simply try to find a genuinely qualified spiritual master for actual advancement in spiritual understanding.” (Cc. Adi-lila 1.35, Purport)

Followers of various teachers often claim their guru is the only guru and the only way, or they say, like some Christians do, that there will never be another real teacher in the guru-paramapara. This reactionary stance is another unauthorized point of view.

Real Gurus are Eternal:

On the other hand, without sectarianism, we can understand that real gurus are eternal. Thus, there is no need to replace them every few years with updated upstarts. Nor do we need to wait around anxiously for another maha-bhagavata to appear or reappear. Great devotees are eternal and still living in sound
“One should not think of Brahmaji as a dead great-grandfather… He is the oldest great-grandfather, and he is still living, and Narada is also living.”

“The spiritual master is not a question of [living or dead] … The spiritual master is eternal—the spiritual master is eternal.” (Conv. Oct. 2, 1968, Seattle)

“A nitya-siddha devotee comes from Vaikuntha upon the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and shows by his example how to become a pure devotee… A pure devotee, therefore, is a practical example for all living entities, including Lord Brahma.” (SB. 7.10.3, Purport)

All glories to Srila Prabhupada, the eternal living link in the Brahma Sampradaya and Spiritual Master of the Universe!.

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CONTAMINATED AURAS  

PADA: A devotee told me he feels a very bad aura from ISKCON gurus, and even their followers. He says they are full of contamination and it makes him feel sick to be near them. Well yep that makes sense, if we absorb their energy, we get contaminated. Makes sense. ys pd

ASTRAL EXPLORATION WITH LARA STARR

Spirits attract Spirits

It’s a common misconception why alcohol is occasionally referred to as ‘Spirits’. People often think it ‘makes you spirited’ but that’s not all it does! It very easily attracts unwanted attention from regressive astral entities (such as demons) and Earthbound spirits (deceased people who haven’t crossed over yet) too. 

This is why they often linger in bars, clubs, and other places that serve alcohol. All they have to do is wait around for someone who doesn’t practice psychic protection to start drinking. Then they can easily attach to their auric field and start swaying them into drinking more alcohol while siphoning away their energy..

For those who aren’t aware.. 

Everyone has an auric field. Think of your auric field as your own personal force shield. Just one sip of alcohol causes your personal shield to start to shrink, leaving you more and more susceptible to entities the more you consume. This is why they will wait in bars or other shady areas, waiting for unsuspecting people to lose their inhibitions. Many of these Earthbound spirits were addicts themselves before they died and they are trying to live vicariously through other people with the same addictions they had.

If you were an abusive drunk in a past life, you will probably be an abusive drunk in death too, unfortunately, and it most likely means you’ll end up haunting people. At least, if you’re an abusive addict that has not crossed over yet anyway. 

We are the same person in death that we were in life, only without a body. That is, until we re-enter the light and merge with our higher self once again. Once we cross over we can see the bigger picture and start to remember our past.

This is why people gain these unhealthy bonds / attachments to these beings. They have something in common. These low vibe Earthbound beings want to ride your buzz, and they will quite literally ride that buzz until you become a shell of a person, decide to quit, or until you die. When there is nothing left for them, that is when they will simply leave and find a new host.

I cannot express this enough. People think psychotic breaks happen from drinking and smoking, but that’s not entirely accurate. It’s very likely that the addiction is attracting entities and it’s the entities that cause the mental health issues.

What you do with your body is entirely up to you. But, if you really want to drink publicly, without bringing home some sort of demonic spirit or earthbound, I’d do some serious psychic protection precautions.

Psychic Protection: Picture the auric / etheric body as a giant energetic egg that surrounds and protects the etheric field of the physical body. It’s a huge, protective bubble of energy that surrounds the physical body and protects it from illness, parasites, entities, other people's energies, and much more.

Mastering the art of protecting your auric field is essential to any spiritual work. It keeps us centered and safe from unwanted energies. Knowing how to protect your energy and your auric field is a fundamental part of our well-being. Not just as psychics and mediums, but as anyone who interacts with other people.

Some ways you can protect your auric field of protection:

*Burn sage, palo santo, or other natural incense sticks and smudge your energetic field and around your home.

*Use cleansing and protective essential oils such as sage, peppermint, lavender, cedar, etc.

*While smudging with smoke repeat ‘If you are not love and light leave my space/home now’.

*Light some organic white candles with the intention of cleansing energies that don’t belong to you.

*Imagine white light cleansing your energetic field.

*Your thoughts will manifest extra protection around you in the 4D astral. 

Visualize a powerful barrier of protection around your auric field. Shields, bubbles of golden light, bulletproof armor, or anything else you can cleverly come up with.

*At the end of the day or after dealing with the general public, take a hot sea salt or Himalayan salt bath.

*Sprinkle sea salt in the corners of your house, bedroom, windowsills, and doorways.

*Take a brisk walk in nature to cleanse and ground your energies.
If you need extra assistance with clearing these entity attachments that are potentially making addiction worse, feel free to reach out to me, as that’s what we do! We chase the beasties away with the help of our soul guides.

Krishna Kshetra Swami / No one Listens / Narada / Narasmimgha 12 12 25

PADA: Krishna Kshetra mentions our local Berkeley Theology program. Yes, Dr. J Stilson Judah of the Berkeley Theological Union was my good friend. I used to visit him regularly, and he told me the GBC program is lawless in the name of God aka "antinominalism." And very likely, the false guru regime would take my life because they have no tolerance for dissenters, and they are a criminal regime. 

And he said -- according to his view of history, me being a dissenter means -- I would have a very short life. He told me all the time "watch your back" and "I hope you will still be alive for our next meeting date." He really thought I would not survive dissenting the Krishna Khetra's GBC's guru's process. And he was right, we came close to losing our life and had to be saved by Berkeley law enforcement. 

CHAT GPT: Tacit knowledge = 

Tacit knowledge is information that one gains through personal experience. This knowledge is subjective, informal and specific to each individual person and environment.

The GBC gurus are learning by doing? Great! I am learning how to be Jesus, by wearing a Jesus costume? OK so the GBC makes homosexuals, pedophiles, drunks, drug addicts, porno swamis etc. into God's successors and messiahs. And they learn by doing -- from personal experience -- that that causes banning, beating, molesting, lawsuits and murders. OK but then -- the same people who orchestrated all that giant criminal operation are still -- the gurus of ISKCON. What have they learned? 

Sulochana said these scholars who promote the homosexual and pedophile guru club are just as dangerous as the deviants, because they are the enablers of the system. He said they are "the velvet glove that covers the iron fist."

ys pd

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NO ONE LISTENS!

"No one listens" to PADA's child abuse complaints.

And we should discredit anyone forwarding these complaints.

Any wonder there are so many cases of abuse? 

PADA: No one listens to PADA? Thanks prabhu. GBC / Mathura Pati and HKC Jaipur are saying "no one listens to PADA." Well that is actually 100% correct. We said children are being molested left, right and center, and not hardly anyone listened. That is true.

And then thousands of children were abused and in fact some victims were claiming they were in "Auschwitz for kids." But why would the HKC people be proud -- and doing the happy dance -- that they helped the pedophile guru regime and suppressed PADA, silenced PADA, started a forum that wanted to have us removed from the internet etc. which supports the pedophile guru regime? "I suppressed complaints of child abuse, thousands of kids suffered, and I am proud of it." WTF?

You are right, it is amazing that these people are proud of the fact "no one listened," and then -- their children victims were starved, beaten and raped. And they think they are doing the right thing suppressing our complaints of child abuse, which is what the GBC folks also have done. They are making the pedophile guru's regime happy, not the children victims. 

Anyway, for the record, at least SOME people DO listen to PADA. I am not engaged in a numbers contest. Child abuse is criminal and wrong. Why would I care if some do not agree? It is wrong and that is all there is to it. 

Personally, I think many billions and billions of people DO agree with PADA, and the numbers are on my side. How many people think suppressing complaints of child abuse is a good plan? 

We already know, the pedophiles and their support infrastructure are with the suppressing plan, while moral people, law enforcement and victims are with the PADA plan of containing child abuse. Moral principles are not decided by these mundane votes of foolish and contaminated people, the laws of God come from the higher authority. "No one listens" ok sure, but Yamaraja does. His vote counts over theirs. ys pd

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The Evolutionists

“Interpretations for Sense Gratification”

Why are Instructions for Ritvik Initiations Misunderstood?

By Narasimha das

This question often arises: Why do many devotees reject Srila Prabhupada’s clear and common-sense order for ritvik initiations? Some suggest it is due to ignorance, or misunderstandings caused by false propaganda. Others say it because they are falsely ambitious. Others say it is due to jealousy or envy, and perhaps missing or altered recordings. Any or all these things may be true, but the primary reason is best described by Srila Prabhupada himself in many places, including the following letter and quotes cited below.

"I have got this personal experience in my Guru Maharaj's institution. Different Godbrothers took the words of Guru Maharaj in different interpretations for sense gratification and the whole mission [was] disrupted. This is still going on for the last 40 years without any proper settlement. I am always afraid of this crack, but I am sure if our aim is to serve Krishna sincerely and the Spiritual Master simultaneously, that will be our success. That means serve Krishna and the Spiritual Master simultaneously with equal faith and serious vow, and then success is sure. " (Letter, Oct.18, 1969)

Srila Prabhupada often warned that personal motives among His disciples could ruin His mission. Due to personal motives for sense gratification people lose their intelligence by becoming lusty and greedy. There are no limits for those possessed by greed and false ambitions. They may commit any abominable action for their ambitions. They may even kill their own children, parents, brothers, or spiritual master. This verdict of shastra is confirmed throughout history.

For sincere devotees, it is easy to conclude that Srila Prabhupada is the real acharya and diksa-guru for this age. He is self-effulgent. For devotees not polluted by bad association, this conclusion will be the natural result of hearing from Him, hearing about Him, reading His books, and following His instructions without personal ambitions. Such devotees easily understand the beauty and bliss of Srila 

Prabhupada’s instructions for ritvik initiations.

Text 9: Lord Kṛishṇa was sent by Arjuna into the assembly as the spiritual master of the whole world, and although His words were heard by some [like Bhīṣma] as pure nectar, it was not so for the others, who were completely bereft of the last farthing of past pious works. The King [Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Duryodhana] did not take the words of Lord Krishṇa very seriously. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.1.9)

Srila Prabhupada explains: "... By past pious deeds, one may become the king of a country, but because the results of the pious acts of Duryodhana and company were dwindling, it became evident from their actions that they were sure to lose the kingdom to the Pāṇḍavas. The message of Godhead is always like nectar to the devotees, but it is just the opposite to the non-devotees. Sugar candy is always sweet to a healthy man, but it tastes very bitter to persons suffering from jaundice.” (SB. 3.1.9, Purport)

Srila Prabhupada: “Why this Gauḍīya Maṭha failed? Because they tried to become more than guru. He, before passing away, he gave all direction and never said that ‘This man should be the next ācārya.’ But these people, just after his passing away they began to fight, who shall be ācārya. That is the failure. They never thought, ‘Why Guru Mahārāja gave us instruction so many things, why he did not say that this man should be ācārya?’

“They wanted to create artificially somebody ācārya and everything failed. They did not consider even with common sense that if Guru Mahārāja wanted to appoint somebody as ācārya, why did he not say? He said so many things, and this point he missed? The real point? And they insist upon it. They declared some unfit person to become ācārya. Then another man came, then another, ācārya, another ācārya. So better remain a foolish person perpetually to be directed by Guru Mahārāja. That is perfection. And as soon as he learns the Guru Mahārāja is dead, ‘Now I am so advanced that I can kill my guru and I become guru.’ Then he's finished.” (Conversation, August 16, 1976, Bombay)

Further points to consider:

A.) Throughout Srila Prabhupada's books, he clearly teaches that only a fully self-realized pure devotee specifically appointed by Krishna or the maha-bhagavata acharya can become a bona fide spiritual master and impart diksha to new devotees. This is proven by innumerable scriptural quotes, and by the personal examples of many great devotees, such as Sri Gadadhara Pandit and Srila Gaura Kishora das Babaji, who did not agree to initiate their own disciples without a direct order from Lord Chaitanya or Lord Krishna.

B.) When specifically asked how initiations would be continued after his disappearance, Srila Prabhupada replied, "I shall appoint some of you to act as representatives of the Acharya… Ritvik. Yes." (Conv. May 28th, 1977)

C.) Srila Prabhupada gave many follow-up instructions, including an official signed document (July 9th, 1977) stating the same thing: ritvik initiations "henceforward."

D.) The ritvik system was already functioning in ISKCON for many years prior. He simply sanctioned the GBC to manage it without his personal oversight. [Note: “Ritvik” is not a "vada" or philosophy. It is in fact an authorized Vedic system of management and sadhana by which priests conduct rituals under the auspices of a self-realized Acharya.]

E.) Srila Prabhupada repeatedly insisted that nothing in ISKCON management or sadhana be changed.

F.) Srila Prabhupada often explained that the guru-paramapara is continued by bona fide disciples of the Acharya. The bona fide spiritual master is never bound by external Vedic traditions. His mission is not dependent on ecclesiastical conventions, successor acharyas, his physical presence, or the voting and decisions of clerics.

Unfortunately, just prior to (and immediately after) Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance in November of 1977, polluted members of the GBC made illicit plans for artificially posting themselves as acharyas through duplicity and deceit. They avoided conducting “frank and open discussions” with senior Godbrothers conversant with Srila Prabhupada’s books. They acted duplicitously and avoided consulting Srila Prabhupada through His books and recordings. 

They decided instead to defy Srila Prabhupada’s many warnings for the sake of consulting a Gaudiya Matha sannyasi whom Srila Prabhupada explained had played a major role promoting unqualified diksa-gurus, causing severe disruptions in the Gaudiya Matha.

Iskcon’s leading gbc men defied Srila Prabhuapda’s orders and avoided consulting Prabhupada’s books and other senior disciples. Without authority, the gbc continues to promote misguided upstarts as diksa-gurus in iskcon.

Fortunately, despite the gbc’s deceit and false propaganda, many sincere souls have understood that Srila Prabhupada is the initiator and teacher for all real ISKCON devotees in this age. For them, Srila Prabhupada’s order for the continuation of ritvik initiations is nectar and common sense. Had Srila Prabhupada’s instructions been followed by the GBC, ISKCON would not have devolved into various factions of hodge-podge, quasi-Hindu organizations but remained a powerful spiritual movement.vati Thakura is the spiritual teacher of Srila Prabhupada.