Friday, January 31, 2025
Was Ramesvara "Grooming" Rukmini? 01 31 25
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard / Jiva Tattva / Sulochana / Devamrita 01 29 25
Letter to Jagadisa dasa -- Los Angeles 25 April, 1970
"GET SULOCHANA" CONSPIRACY
January 26, 2019: On this date in history 6 years ago, a reader writes to the author about “Killing For Krishna”:
I will just tell you that when Sulochan was being stalked much of the communications went through my telecom systems. At some point I was told directly that “they are going to kill him.” I don’t want to go into any more details, you’ve got all the players right as far as I know and you know more details than I at this point. Besides it was so long ago that details are getting harder for me to remember.
I was surprised to hear that you didn’t know beforehand, about the murder conspiracy; to me it seemed common knowledge at that time, but thinking back, this may be blurred memory. But just like the morning after the murder at mangal-aroti there was like this electricity in the air and a buzz of whisper, “The demon was killed!”
HH Bhakti Vishramba Madhava Maharaja Ki Jai!
HH Bhakti Vishramba Madhava Maharaja Ki Jai!
DEVAMRITA DECLARATION (Blame the victim)
My declaration…
The proverbial ‘elephant in the room’ … is my re-entry in to Iskcon after being excommunicated during the New Vrindavan years was under an agreement of amnesty, I continue an expectation of that amnesty being honored, I reserve my right to silence on questions around my involvement in the activities of the time, assets I had control over, and the ongoing proprietorship of said assets.
In unison with the vast majority of my Sannyasi godbrothers, I decline to participate in the GBC mandate that Sannyasis’ declare their assets and income on an annual basis. I include questions around my Australian registered company ‘Jay Matsya Superannuation’ within this privacy.
I have several aliases that I have not deemed necessary to declare publicly in the past, Devamrita Swami, Jay Matsya, and my birth name Lee Reynolds. I have been married and divorced twice, once to a Polish devotee, once to a Danish devotee. There have been times where I have denied being married.
In 2016 a recording was made public of me giving advice in regards to how local authorities should deal with the reporting of a sexual assault. In the recording I advise them to try and get the victim to state it was mutual and that it will all go away. No Iskcon authority has expressed to me that this advice is inappropriate.
Your humble servant, Devamrita Swami
Monday, January 27, 2025
Prayers to Lord Narasimha (Madhva Sampradaya)
PRAYERS TO LORD NARASIMHA
From Madhvacarya Sampradaya:
1. udaya ravi sahasra-dhyotitam ruksa-viksam pralayajaladhi-nadam kalpa-kridvahni-vaktramsura-pati-ripu-vakshah-kshoda-rakta-kshitangam pranata-bhaya-haram tam narasimham namami
The radiance of a thousand rising suns is the glow on the Lord's face. His eyes are fiery and His voice roars like the turbulent ocean of devastation. His body is wet with the blood of Indra's foe, Hiranyakashipu. Lord Narasimha, the redeemer of the fear ridden, I bow down to Your feet.
2.pralaya-ravi-karalakara-rukchakra-valamvirala-yaduru-rocirocitashanta-ralam prati-bhaya-tama-kopatyutkatoccatta-hasindahadaha narasimasahya-viryahitam me
Your effulgence is dazzling like that of the destructive sun, pralayaravi. It glows and glitters, makes the wicked tremble with fear. You laugh in a piercing high tone at the fear, ignorance and anger of the demons. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
3. sara-sarabha-sapadapata-bharabhiravapracakita-chala-sapta-dvandva-loka-stutastvam ripu-rudhira-nishekenaivashonamghri-shalin daha dahanarasimasahya-viryahitam me
Your lotus feet are reddened by the blood of the enemy. Fourteen lokas are scared by the stamping of Your feet. Demigods assemble, fear and tremble and pray for Your mercy. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
4. tava ghanaghana-ghosho ghoram aghrayajamgha parighamalaghum uru-vyaja-tejo-girim cha ghana vighatitamaga-daitya-jamghala-samghodaha daha narasimasahya-viryahitam me
You take great pleasure in slaughtering the armies of the demons. You wield Your heavy mace in a most cunning manner with the force of a great mountain. As You chop demons into pieces others immediately flee for their lives. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
5. kataki-kata-karala-dhatakagrya-stha-labhaprakata-pata-tadit te sat-katishthati-patvi katuka katuka dushtatopadrishti-pramushtau daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
The mountains of Your hips are nicely decorated with yellow garments, which appear just like lightning in its intense brilliance. Attacking fiercely he who had the foremost position (the seat of King Indra), You removed the threat of that exceedingly wicked one. O ferocious one! Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
6. prakhara-nakhara-vajrotkhata-rukshari-vakshaha shikhari-shikhara raktai rakta nandoha-deha suvalibha-shubha-kukshe bhadra gambhira-nabhe daha daha narasimasahya viryahitam me
As Your nails, sharp like thunderbolts, tore the abdomen of the enemy, blood surged from the body of the demon and bathed You. Your lotus-like navel is deep and Your abdomen is decorated with the auspicious three lines. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
7. sphurayati tava sakshat saiva nakshatra-mala kshapita-ditija-vaksho-vyapta-nakshatra-marga ari-dara-dhara-janvasakta-hasta-dvayaho dahadaha narasimasahya viryahitam me
Your two hands, as they directly burst open the chest of the son of Diti, appear just like a necklace of stars. Supporting him on Your knees, You tore his chest apart which blocked the path of the stars. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
8. katu-vikata-sataudho-dhattanad bhrashta-bhuyo ghana-patala-vishalakasha-labdhavakasham kara-parigha-vimarda-prodyamam dhyayatas te daha daha narasimasahya viryahitam me
Your mane is burning and monstrous, and You cause the enemy to fall from his position by tearing apart his chest. Once attaining the opportunity, under the broad roof of the clouds and sky, You raise Your hand, powerful as a mace, to strike. I meditate upon You in this form. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
9. hata-lutada-laghisthotkantha-dashto ‘sta-vidyut
sata-shata-katianorah-pitha-bhit sushtu nistham
patati nu tava kanthadhishtha-ghorantramala
daha daha narasimasahya viryahitam me
Appearing brilliantly illuminated, Your neck, with hundreds of mane-hairs, is raised lightly and appears to be bitten by eight bolts of lightning. You divide the chest and very strong position of Hiranyakashipu. You are garlanded with his ghastly entrails. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power
10. hata-bahu-mihirabhasa hy asamhara-ramho huta-vaha-bahu-hetir hrepikananta-hetihi ahata-yihita-mohan samvihansai ham asyam daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
The effulgence of many suns is destroyed by Your uncheckable potency. The many weapons sent against You are like sacrificial offerings, and You reply with unlimited weaponry. Put down, strike and slay my illusion. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
11. guru-guru-giri-rajat-kandarantargad eva dina-mani-mani-shringevanta-vahni-pradipte daddhad ati-kau-damstre bhishanojjihva-vaktram daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
My Lord, Your fearful countenance, with tongue extended and sharp teeth blazing as if illuminated from within, appears as the peak of a huge mountain of gems lit by the sunrise and by fire coming from within its caves. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
12. adharita-vibudhadhi-dhyana-dhairya vididhyad vividha-vibudhadhi shraddha-pitendrari-nasham vidadhad ati-katahoddhatanoddhatta-hasam daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
The enemy of Indra (Hiranyakashipu) made waves in the ocean of demigods and took the shraddha offerings meant for the forefathers. Confounding the intelligence of the demigods, he minimized their austerity and position in various ways. But You, O Narasimha, melted him in the pot of Your shrill laughter. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
13. tri-bhuvana-trina-matra-trana-trishardra netra-trayam ati-laghitarchir vishtapavishtapadam navatara-ravi-tamram dharayan ruksha-viksham daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
Every living being in the three worlds, down to the blade of grass, was scorched by the flame of Hiranyakashipu. But You, with Your three eyes, have annihilated this flame. Your appearance is threatening to the miscreants, and Your color is coppery like the newly risen sun. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
14. bhramad abhi-bhava-bhubhrid bhuri-bhubhara-sad bhidbhida-nava-vibhava-bhru-vibhramadabhra-shubhra ripu-bhava-bhayam etar bhasi bho bho vibho 'bhir daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
You wander about without resistance, for You are the supreme power and the maintainer of the earth. Hail to You, O Lord; You are effulgent and fearful to Your enemies, although You fear no one. You divided into nine parts the burden of the earth (Hiranyakashipu) simply by the effulgence produced by the movement of Your eyebrows. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
15. shravana-khachita-canchat-kundaloccanda-ganda bhrukuti katu lalata-shreshtha-nasarunoshta varada surada rajat-kesarotsaritare dahadaha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
Your ears are prominent, Your earrings swing to and fro and Your face appears ferocious. Your eyebrows give Your forehead a threatening aspect, and You are most beautiful with Your high nose and reddish lips. O giver of benedictions, well-wisher of the demigods and devotees, the enemy is scattered by the effulgence the hair of Your mane. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
16. pravikavacha-kacha-rajad-ratna kotira-shalin gala-gata galad-usradara-ratnangadadhya kanaka-kataka-kanchi sinjini sudrikavan daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
You wear no armor, yet You are decorated by beautiful locks of shining hair and many ornaments made of jewels. Your bodily effulgence appears as if You had swallowed the newly-risen sun. Your hands exhibit various mudras, and Your waist is decorated with a gold chain, making a tinkling noise. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
17. ari-daram asi hetau chapa-banau gadam san-mushalam api kapolam cankusham pasha-shulam dadhad api vidhutantra-sragvi-bhinnari-vaksho daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
You are equipped with bow and arrow, as well as various astras or missiles, club, mace, rod for controlling elephants, noose, and trident. Placing the enemy upon Your lap and tearing open his abdomen, he is thus purified of all contamination, and therefore You take his intestines and wear them as a victory garland. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
18. cata cata cata duram mohayan bhramayarin kada kada kada kayam jvalaya sphotayasva jahi jahi jahi vegam shatravah sanubandham daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
19. vidhi-bhava-vibudhesha-bhramakagni-sphulinga prasavi-vikata-damshtrojjihva-vaktra trinetra kala kala kala kalam pahi mam tesubhaktam daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
Even Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva and King Indra are bewildered to see Your tongue, like a firebrand, pressed between Your gigantic teeth. O three-eyed one, Your face appears most fearful, like time personified. Sound out the fate of the demons and kindly protect me, Your surrendered servant. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
20. kuru kuru karunam tvam sankuram daitya-pote disha disha vishadam me shashvatim deva-drishtim jaya jaya jaya murte 'narta jetavya-paksha daha daha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
O supreme form, Have mercy, have mercy upon me. Dispel, dispel my ignorance just as You uprooted the child of Diti. You are never subjected to the sufferings of material existence. Neither are You defeated; indeed, whoever You favor will always triumph. Be victorious. Bestow upon me the divine vision to see You always. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
21. stutir iyam ahita-ghnisevita narasimhi tanur iva parishanta-malini sabhitolam tad akhila-gurum agrya-shrida-rupa-mahadbhihi dahadaha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
This prayer, offered in devotional service to Lord Narasimhadeva, destroys all inauspicious things. That Lord of the universe, the universal teacher, appearing as if garlanded by the destroyed body of Hiranyakashipu, bestows all good fortune and opulence upon His worshipers. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
22. likucha-tilaka-sunuh sad-dhitartanusari narahari-nitim etam shatru-samhara-hetum akrita-sakala-papa-dhvamsanim yah pathet tam dahadaha narasimhasahya viryahitam me
The Lord appears in a seemingly bitter form to act for the protection of His devotee Prahlada. Anyone who reads this description of the character of Lord Narahari causes his enemies to retreat, and his sins are undone and vanquished. Burn Narasimha, burn my adversaries with Your unbearable power.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Ramesvara's "Rukmini" Speaks Up etc. 01 25 25
RAMESVARA IS MY ABUSER
Rukmini Dasi
YES, why are high profile EX Gurus like Robert Grant / Ramesvara , after sexually abusing me throughout my childhood -- allowed live in ISKCON Mayapur and put into high profile respected leader positions?
He is now well respected within ISKCON Internationally, giving Bhagavatam classes where ever he travels, & is currently in charge of the Westside of the Mayapur Planetarium !!! He has been accepted in this exalted position once again even though all the GBC and leaders of ISKCON well know he was abusing me & other Gurukulis and having illicit affairs with his God sisters while he was in charge of the BBT, GBC, & an initiating Guru!!!
PADA: Yes, this poor lady has taken a very long time to expose her abuse as a child. No doubt this has given her a long life of grief, anxiety, fear, embarrassment, guilt and a host of other negative emotions, as it has for other victims.
She was asking me to help her go public with her story long ago, but then she said wait, not yet -- and all that. This went on and on. She wanted to speak up, but was obviously afraid of the repercussions from "the devotees." And rightly so!
Many so-called members of the devotees sector have wanted to bite my head off -- since I began asking why the children have to worship deviants, in 1978. Anyone else who complains -- including victims -- can potentially get jack booted in the face. Or worse.
And that suppresses testimony from victims, and us whistle blowers, from coming forward. This poor girl knew if she speaks out, she can expect nearly NO SUPPORT from the devotee community, and maybe also LOTS OF PUSH BACK, as has happened in many other victim cases. And that is one reason there are so many victims, when the means of correcting the problem is suppressed.
Therefore many of the victims suffer in silence, fearing that if they speak out they will become shunned, exiled pariahs, if not victims of an insult and personality attack program, or they may even get threats of violence (as has happened) and so on. This push back has happened to too many of them to serve as a warning to the rest. Don't speak up, or else!
Same dynamic in many other bogus cults. We cannot go after the top leaders because, they wield a lot of power, and have a fanatical fan base. So when the Windle Turley lawsuit was filed -- to help liberate hundreds of children from their schools -- to stop other kids from going to their schools -- to help curb the suicides -- and to get victims some cash to start their lives off -- we got tremendous push back from leaders, seniors, parents and even some of the Narayan Maharaja people said I was "picking on Tamal as a personal grudge."
And then GBC help mates Sanat and Mukunda wrote on their site that they wanted to see the gurukula victims -- killed in a bloodbath -- in Dallas. Right away some of the victims noticed, Sanat and Mukunda wanted zero punishment for the perps, leaders, seniors, enablers, sycophants etc. -- only the victims have to suffer, not the regime. Of course later HKC Jaipur guys like Prahlad began to advertise these folks as his mentors.
Same thing when we got the poison tape, the person who gave me the tape said never mention his name in public. Right away Sanat and Mukunda mentioned his name, to make him a target and suppress his testimony.
OK all of this is called suppressing the testimony of victims, and / or witness tampering. This is quite common in MAFIA style gangster mob operations. The snitch is suppressed, or even murdered etc. So a lot of effort has been made to suppress victims by leaders, seniors, parents, and their fanatical henchmen.
Therefore victims are reluctant to come forward. I also have friends who said their kids were treated badly, but these victim kids are now afraid -- and cannot say anything. The kids are afraid they will lose their friends and status in the Krishna community, be banished, be branded as offenders to the GBC guru etc. And some of them are doing business with other devotees and they fear losing their income and so on.
In any case, it is what it is. More victims are coming out and that is good, and it will help them have closure. At the same time, the society that caused them to be fearful to come out in the first place is part responsible for all their long time suffering. PADA is being credited by a number of victims with giving them the courage and fortitude to speak up. And we appreciate that.
The reason we speak up is, as Trivrikrama swami says, PADA is like the junkyard dog of ISKCON. Barking at the junkyard dog will just produce a counter barking from him. Whereas these victims are in a fragile PTSD type state of shock and we just cannot expect them to run out and challenge the regime.
A number of them call themselves "gurukula survivors." That means they know, a number of their peers -- did not survive. Anyway, now Ramesvara has ran off to be associated with the other members of the Jokernath lusty dog's messiah's club in Mayapur. He has found his home. He has run away, but he has caused a lot of suffering to a lot of people, including this child, her life has been derailed in so many ways, and he will be held to account by the higher authority eventually. You can run, but you cannot hide, from the all seeing and all knowing omnipresent karma. ys pd
ANOTHER PRABHUPADA PERSON EMERGES
Starting with 1st ekadashi for no one but Srila Prabhupada. For the satisfaction of my Spiritual Master whose satisfaction is Krsna's satisfaction. I am praying the way I had met Him, that was more brilliant than all the supernovae combined together, may take over my heart and make me breath through His dance, of His memories, each and every moment of my existence...
Hare Krsna. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Unity / Radhanath / Vaiyasaki / New Book 01 23 25
January 24, 2008: On this date in history 17 years ago, in a letter to the author, Tirtha in prison threatens the author that if he publishes his forthcoming history book(s) about New Vrindaban, “You will gain nothing but pain and suffering in your life.”
The following are some comments by HG Vaiyasaki prabhu on the topic of B.G. 9.30.
"Even if one commits the most abominable action, if he is engaged in devotional service he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated in his determination?"
That’s all regarding BVPS". Your servant, Sivarama swami.
"Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted Jagāi and Mādhāi; they were very sinful. What is their sin? They're illicit sex, woman-hunter, drunkard, meat-eater—that is sinful activities according to Vedic scripture. So they became debauched and guṇḍā, disturbing element. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered them. Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered them on one condition. What is that condition?
Prabhpada continues in the purport [SB 6.1.38]
janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām [Bg. 7.28]
So yes, Sivaram Maharaja, let's follow BG 9:30, and let's follow the example given by Lord Chaitanya, for accidental falldowns. But never for planned falldowns. That is the teaching of Sri Krishna, Lord Chaitanya, and Srila Prabhupada.
Prabhpada continues in the purport [SB 6.1.38]
janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām [Bg. 7.28]
So yes, Sivaram Maharaja, let's follow BG 9:30, and let's follow the example given by Lord Chaitanya, for accidental falldowns. But never for planned falldowns. That is the teaching of Sri Krishna, Lord Chaitanya, and Srila Prabhupada.
In service, Vaiyasaki Das"
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