Ritvik Initiation / BVKS / More Cancer / Ekanath Departs etc. 02 14 26

 

Bhajan Clubbing. ISKCON has almost no more harinama going almost anywhere, but there is a demand for kirtan. So now it is going to "clubbing." That means ISKCON failed to deliver what people want, and in fact need. I am for Bhajan Clubbing because some chanting is better than zero.

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Asociación Vaisnavas de España

The myth of "Combat Preacher" by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

BVKS says "I speak harshly -- like Prabhupada, and if I get rejected that proves I'm right." "But Prabhupada challenged Mayavadis -- BVKS attacks other vaishnavas. He discards humility and diplomacy as weakness, directly contradicting Mahaprabhu's sunicene trnad api. Present a false disunited narrative: you're either aggressive or you're a phony.

This philosophy isn't just bad logic -- it's dangerous. In 2016, BVKS used this exact scheme to publicly defend Bhakti Vidya Purna Swami against the findings of CPO's child abuse, framing it as "speaking the truth boldly against the establishment." 

It was later confirmed that Bhakti vidya Purna Swami was a high level child abuser. Here’s the inevitable outcome: When you build an identity around “I’m the brave one to tell the truth and my critics are cowards,” you lose the ability to recognize when you’re simply wrong — even when children are the ones paying the price.

The doctrine of the "Combat Preacher" doesn't justify harshness; it provides a prefabricated excuse to silence accountability itself. BVKS is not accountable for all the damage his defending child abuse programs has created -- for children.


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MORE MALIGNANT TUMORS

Hare Krishna,

My name is Vijaya Pandita Dasa. I am launching this fundraising campaign to financially assist Guru Dakshina Prabhu, a pioneer in the distribution of Srila Prabhupada's books in Italy. Many devotees know him: he is a dear servant of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Guru Dakshina Prabhu was recently diagnosed with a malignant tumor and, unfortunately, is no longer able to work. He was the sole breadwinner for his family. They live in England and, unfortunately, English employment contracts do not provide for long-term paid sick leave: they only grant about twenty days per year, after which you remain employed but without pay.

Let's help Guru Dakshina Prabhu until he can return home healed: the road ahead will still be long.

Thank you very much.
Hare Krishna
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Vijaya Pandita Dasa


https://www.gofundme.com/f/hare-krishna-guru-dakshin-prabhu-ha-bisogno-del-nostro-aiuto?

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EKANATH DEPARTS

HG EKANATH Prabhu disappeared on Ekadashi afternoon of the 13th of February, 2026, in North Carolina, USA, due to heart failure. The Bhaktivedanta Archives, Friends, Family, and myself are devastated. Will dearly and surely miss him on his journey back home.

First photo on a Morning Walk with Srila Prabhupada 1974 Juhu Beach, Mumbai.
Second and Third Photos, Mayapur 1973 wearing white hat/beanie center.

Fourth Photo more recent with his wife Nitya-trpta Dasi.

Ekanatha Das of Dutch origin joined ISKCON Amsterdam in 1972. He came to India in 1973 and was a key figure in the construction of ISKCON Juhu, Hare Krishna Land, Mumbai. Later he moved to Los Angeles, then North Carolina, leading and preserving for nearly 50 years Srila Prabhupada's Works.

Ekanatha Das was a key figure and president of the Bhaktivedanta Archives, responsible for preserving the legacy of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He oversaw the digital preservation of thousands of original audio recordings, letters, documents, and photos, and frequently updated the VedaBase.

He worked to create a "museum-quality" facility that serves as a research center for studying Prabhupada’s life and work.

Key details, preserve original, fragile materials—including 4,500 documents, 9,000 letters, and 200,000 photo slides—in a controlled environment.

VedaBase Updates: He manages the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase updates, which involve reverifying audio transcripts and correcting text, providing updated resources for the Vaisnava community.

Archives Mission: The Archives ensure the "as-is" preservation of historical records to prevent degradation of original tapes and photos.

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UKRAINE

Bloomberg’s reporting put Russian losses for January just around 44,000 dead on the battlefield, a number Sciutto made even more eye-popping with added context. The Soviet Union lost some 14,500 to 23,000 troops between 1979 and 1989 fighting in Afghanistan, although estimates vary.

Sciutto shared Wickham’s post and wrote, “In a single month, Russia had twice as many soldiers KIA as its entire ten-year war in Afghanistan, which helped bring down the USSR. The losses are staggering.”

PADA: Ukraine is getting closer to their goal of increasing the current 1,000 per day eliminations to 50,000 Russians taken out per month. They also developed some new longer range drones that can go 1,100 miles and they hit a big refinery. 

I was watching a Tik Tok of Ukraine drone operators and they said the Russians are like zombies. They see a bunch of their comrades already dead in the field. But they just march forward over the same field, sometimes stepping over the dead bodies, just like a zombie movie. 

And then they end up getting hit and laying down motionless in the field with the rest of the lot. They were thinking a lot of these Russia guys are just hoping they will get taken out -- and die -- to end their misery.  

There are also a lot of videos of Russians trying to fight off drones with sticks and rocks, which does not seem to work in most cases. The good news is that Russians are struggling with their recently dismantled communications platform after starlink dropped them, so they are getting more disorganized, cannot ask for reinforcement or supplies and etc. It was already chaotic and now it is worse.

So a lot of them are just getting whacked. When Russia says they have taken a town, often times it is only a few teams of guys holed up in bombed out houses hiding in the basement there, they have not actually taken it all over. And then the Ukraine guys start mopping up the people who are hiding. 

Some of those guys end up freezing to death and never leave the house alive. If they are hiding in the basement of a bombed out house, they have not taken the town by any means. And what have they taken over? A pile of bombed out bricks. Congratulations, you now own a giant burnt out junkyard, which has a lot of dead bodies in it. Who even wants to own all that?

Meanwhile there is a drone view of a couple of Russian guys trying to surrender, and they are walking toward the Ukraine guys with their hands up, and the Russians shoot them in the back and kill them. Evidently, surrender is not an option. Ok all these guys are disposable and expendable. No one even cares about the losses. This guy does not want to be a mindless zombie, we have to kill him!

Someone said this is just like ISKCON, let them all leave, we will have a big empty building so we can make a Hindu program. There is no concern for the citizens. ys pd   

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Statement from the Executive Committee of the ISKCON Governing Body Commission on Vaisnavi Diksa Guru - GBC AGM 2026

At the GBC AGM 2026, the GBC considered and approved a proposal submitted by the GBC - ISKCON Bureau (IB) Committee concerning the topic of Vaisnavi Diksa Guru. The GBC Executive Committee presents the proposal below in its original form, as approved by the GBC. The proposal approved by the GBC is as follows:

Whereas the GBC - ISKCON IB joint committee was given the responsibility of suggesting to the GBC a way forward to resolve the issue of whether Vaisnavis can take up the service of being diksa-gurus in ISKCON;

Whereas this committee has since then discussed and deliberated Vaisnavi diksa gurus (VDG) and various connected issues to arrive at a way forward;

Whereas many highly qualified ISKCON Vaisnavis have done and are doing commendable service under Srila Prabhupada’s guidance and protection in the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

Whereas the GBC-IB committee concluded that the role of a guru in ISKCON needs to be further examined and clarified in relationship to Srila Prabhupada’s position, the managerial system that Srila Prabhupada established, the guru’s disciples, and other devotees in ISKCON;

Whereas to conclusively determine who is qualified to take up a service of leadership in ISKCON it is necessary to first determine what the parameters of that service are and the necessary qualifications required to perform it.

Whereas not only scriptural study is required for different parties to come to an agreement on such an important issue, but also continued discussion between concerned open-minded leaders who have mutual respect for each other. It will be helpful if underlying issues which are obstacles for the successful conclusion of the issue be recognized and attempts to resolve them made;

Whereas from the GBC-IB committee’s discussions and deliberations the committee can now present a way forward to resolve this issue. The committee’s proposal was arrived at after an examination of Srila Prabhupada’s instructions and example as well as after consultation with various ISKCON’s committees, leaders, and scholars.

Resolved:

1. There should be an ongoing discussion on guru-tattva based on Srila Prabhupada’s teachings and examples amongst qualified devotees in ISKCON. Details can be discussed further.

2. There should be a system to give more recognition and spiritual authority to certain qualified siksa-gurus within ISKCON.

3. Qualified Vaisnavis or Vaisnavas can be recognized as these special siksa-gurus.

4. Until the issue is satisfactorily resolved concerning Vaisnavi diksa-gurus, qualified Vaisnavis should only be recognized as siksa-gurus, with the exception of Narayani Devi Dasi who remains the diksa-guru of her current disciples.

5. The present committee remains open to assist in further research and discussions on the topic according to the GBC’s desire.

Issued by:

GBC Communications