Niranjana Swami Health / Harinamamrta Das 06 15 25

NIRANJANA SWAMI

H. H. Niranjana Swami

Health Update

Dear Devotees,
Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I believe it is an appropriate time to provide an update on my current health situation. I am writing from Hungary. I was supposed to stay longer in the clinic in India, but the heat and humidity made it too difficult for me to continue the treatment.

In the early part of last year, I explained in a blog post the source of stress I was experiencing back then, albeit with some details, but not all of them. The fact is that the war in Ukraine, its impact on devotees over the first two years of the war, and the fact that the war still continues, have taken a toll on my health. When it comes to helping devotees, most godbrothers who know me well know that by nature, I tend to take on more than my nerves can handle.

Last year, my digestive and nervous systems were adversely affected. As I wrote in my blog, it got to the point where I couldn't sleep. Although it was not so much emphasized, I also had trouble digesting. 

The focus of my recent treatment at the Ayurvedic clinic was on both. My digestion has improved. However, Ayurveda does not have a direct cure for the nervous system. Various treatments can help deal with stress, but I'm still dealing with an overstressed nervous system.

Currently, sleep, rest, and complete withdrawal from all sources of stress, both apparent and those which may not be so apparent, are essential components of the treatment. I did this last spring and summer. My health improved later last year. But then I relapsed earlier this year, due to my own negligence. 

I was not recovered enough then to take on a load heavier than the unexpected knee replacement surgery, along with the extensive rehabilitation it required.
Here in Hungary, my sleep is gradually improving. From a past experience, I know it takes time. In 2006, the GBC granted me a one-year leave of absence due to stress-related events. It took two years to recover. I also stopped initiating for almost three years.

Meanwhile, I try to keep my days structured as much as possible, balancing my daily activities between those that are health-related and those that are naturally more nourishing, such as kirtan, extra japa, and reading.

Although I have spoken publicly about dramatically changing my lifestyle many times over the past decade, Krsna has already forced it upon me. First came the pandemic from 2020 - 2022. However, I started traveling extensively again in 2022 - 2023, including five long trips into Ukraine during the war. It came to the point where I had to resign from the GBC last year. 

Frequent travel, most meetings, and, unfortunately, even most correspondence have become stressful. I haven't been opening most emails and private messages.
I have a strong desire to be a useful servant of Srila Prabhupada. I pray for this every day. 

I also have a strong desire to assist others in their devotional service. These, and more, are goals that motivate me to continue resting. However, all things considered, I ask my disciples to bear in mind that I have no choice but to accept a lifestyle of diminished stress. The weight on me from relentless expectations and unintended pressure must continue to move in the opposite direction, not just now but into the future.

This brings me to another topic... the future. As soon as possible, I aim to reestablish connections with my dear friends and increase communications with those who are already disciples. I will try my best to introduce ways that will make this more apparent, but gradually. Regarding travel, I'm not thinking about that at the moment. In other words, this is clearly not the right time for me to accept more disciples.

Therefore, as I did in 2006, I wish to wait up to three years before even considering giving initiations again, unless I decide to stop giving initiations altogether before that. If that decision comes to pass, I would announce it immediately. The last initiations I gave were in February 2024.

Second initiations will need to be discussed, but definitely not this year. Additionally, initiations online were an exception for me during the pandemic.
I will now expand on this topic a bit further.

I do not expect anyone who has been thinking of being initiated by me to wait almost two more years for me to decide whether I will resume giving initiations. I encourage you to consider if there is someone else who might be more accessible and who could provide you with the inspiration required to maintain your vows and your devotional service. I assure you that I would not be offended if you were to take this initiative. 

All I ask is that you inform my English - and Russian-speaking secretary, Vrndavanesvari dd, of your change of intention.

Please also bear in mind that I've given numerous lectures on the topic of "What is association?" and how to experience genuine spiritual association most effectively, both before and after initiation.

These instructions, as outlined in books, other writings, and thousands of lectures, are still available online. Of course, those instructions include the hundreds of instances when I've impressed on the need to study these same topics in Srila Prabhupada's books.

For now, I also wish to take this opportunity to thank all the devotees who have tolerated my lack of communication and have thus supported me in my efforts to become a more useful instrument in Srila Prabhupada's hands than I have been for the past year. I thought I had a clear plan for life after GBC when I resigned from the GBC last year. But Krsna has since shown me otherwise.

Gradually, you will be hearing more from me as my health continues to improve.
Hoping this meets you in good health.

Your well-wisher,

Niranjana Swami

PADA: These GBC guru guys are over loaded with sins and they are realizing that somewhat, by their "not giving more initiations" (taking more sins and karma). Good, except you guys already took on boat loads of karma and have no way to eliminate that burden. Telling people not to accept Srila Prabhupada as their guru, and to accept these guys as their gurus, is taking toll on them and has been all along. I remember way back in 1979 people were saying Jayatirtha is failing "because he has taken too much karma." 

Yep. And then, when there is all sorts of chaos going on with their false gurus program, they no longer read correspondence -- which is why Satsvarupa was tossing complaint letters into the trash in the 1980s. "Gives me a headache."

How are they going to deal with important issues such as child molesting when they don't even read about the complaints? So I really feel sorry for these guys. They have taken on a burden they have no capacity to withstand. And Niranjana is just another guy who cannot eat, sleep and rest peacefully -- because he has taken up the post of messiah without the qualifications. That will always produce ill effects, and there are numbers of warning quotes on this topic, perhaps thousands. Not being able to sleep is one of the punishments that happens on the hellish planets, and they are already experiencing that now. 

OK so the GBC has been losing their top tier guys -- Ramesvara, Bhagavan, Jayatirtha, Harikesh, Tamal, Satsvarupa, Ravindra Swarupa, Giriraja, Trivrikrama swami and many others, and Jayapataka is no longer an effective leader, and thus most of the old guard is gone. 

It is sort of collapsing under its own weight. And why are they always hiding out in Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Russia and so on after they ruined the USA with their homosexual and pedophile guru process. They just took their snake oil sales to another location. Well this is another example of their failing process, which is sad, they still do not know what happened -- i.e. they thought they were the reincarnations of Jesus and they could take sins, but they are not another Jesus.

ys pd

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PADA: Meanwhile this Harinamamrita guy here chastised PADA as always shoveling dirt, and PADA never cites any Vedic shastra. Amazing, every time the topic is acharyas, these guys always admit their acharyas are producing dirt. Or as one of them says "PADA is always talking about stools." OK, and who created all these stools? Actual acharyas? Nope! Their acharyas? Yep!

I said that even when I was ten years old in Sunday school I ALREADY knew that lusty drunks are not God's succesors, gurus, or acharyas, with no Vedic shastra information needed. And he said see, PADA does not need shastra. 

Well yeah. Any kid in a USA Sunday school already knows that homosexuals, pedophiles, drunks, drug addicts; and in sum -- illicit sex with men, women and children deviants -- are not, were not, could not have been God's successors. No Vedic shastra needed. And that is why the USA temples are empty except for some Hindus, and hardly any Hindus come here to the local temple either, it is a very small group on Sunday. 

The Western people will not worship deviants as their messiahs. Won't happen. They don't need any shastra, they already know the lusty village drunk is not the next messiah. Only the India Scholars Board / Sridhara Srinivasa ilk does not know that. Did I forget to mention, worshiping homosexuals, pedophiles, lusty drunks and assorted fools as acharyas is not producing Harinamamrita, but a lot of burnt out, discouraged and fried victims? 

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com 

Hee hee, yeah, we will remove a large part of the construction workers, hospital clean up staff, nurse assistants, tomato pickers, truck drivers, factory workers, restaurant staff, farm help -- and that is going to help the USA. Yeah, it is going help make a tomato cost $5. I have no idea how any of this helps. Our papaya just went from $9 to $17. That means people are going to quit eating healthy foods and eat Walmart $.88 cents chips. Not helping things! ys pd