Lokanatha dasa: Dear Maharaja, Prabhu, Mataji, please accept my respectful obeisances. AgtSP!
I would like to ask whether You know anyone who could AS SOON AS POSSIBLE take up the service of being the personal servant of my guru-maharaja, HH
Smita-Krishna Swami, who lives in Sweden at the ISKCON farm Almviks gård. Sucha personal servant would need to be constantly with him.
Smita-Krishna Swami, who lives in Sweden at the ISKCON farm Almviks gård. Sucha personal servant would need to be constantly with him.
He should be spiritually advanced enough to simultaneously understand his exalted spiritual position and the fact that SKS is suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Furthermore, he should be able to communicate (if not in Swedish) then at least in basic English or German.
The servant would have his own private accommodation and all facilities necessary for performing the service without disturbance.
Also, such a person would have to come from a country for which obtaining
residence or a visa for Sweden is not problematic. For example I found one
very qualified Vaiṣṇava from Pakistan, but for him the visa application process is extremely complicated and lengthy (and in the end it was still not certain that he would receive it).
residence or a visa for Sweden is not problematic. For example I found one
very qualified Vaiṣṇava from Pakistan, but for him the visa application process is extremely complicated and lengthy (and in the end it was still not certain that he would receive it).
If You know someone suitable—kindly forward this message to him along with my contact details
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Armageddon? OH OH PILGRIMS!
PADA: Yeah I love the Evangelicals, but have to admit, they have not got good ideas for managing an entire society. And it looks to me like they have some of the same issues that ISKCON has, i.e. little bit sentimental, if not sometimes fanatical. I am hoping they are not going to start Armageddon, but unfortunately, they might do that. Heh heh heh. ys pd
PADA: Yeah I love the Evangelicals, but have to admit, they have not got good ideas for managing an entire society. And it looks to me like they have some of the same issues that ISKCON has, i.e. little bit sentimental, if not sometimes fanatical. I am hoping they are not going to start Armageddon, but unfortunately, they might do that. Heh heh heh. ys pd
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IMAGINE a combat-unit commander proclaiming that the Iran war is part of God’s divine plan. Now imagine this commander suggesting that President Trump was “anointed by Jesus” to ignite Armageddon. You'd be forgiven for imagining this as a bad movie script. It is exactly the kind of religious zealotry that many evangelical Christians have long-feared from Middle Eastern Muslims.
IMAGINE a combat-unit commander proclaiming that the Iran war is part of God’s divine plan. Now imagine this commander suggesting that President Trump was “anointed by Jesus” to ignite Armageddon. You'd be forgiven for imagining this as a bad movie script. It is exactly the kind of religious zealotry that many evangelical Christians have long-feared from Middle Eastern Muslims.
Unfortunately we don't have to imagine it, because this is the current reality. A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth." 110 military personnel submitted complaints. A hundred and ten! This religious extremism has turned the current US administration into the very thing they have long feared.
When faith is turned into a weapon for war, we know we have gone off the rails and are nowhere near Jesus. When killing schoolchildren prompts a shrug and is chalked up to 'the cost of war'—we have aggrieved God. Jesus preached nonviolence and love for one’s enemies, urging us to turn the other cheek and embrace compassion (Matthew 5:39, 44). When extremists like Pete Hegseth hijack these teachings to justify violence, they are literally the Christian version of those who flew the planes into the World Trade Center.
Further, using the Book of Revelation as a blueprint for chaos is Scriptural malpractice. Its vivid imagery reflects the struggles of early Christians facing persecution, serving as a call for spiritual resilience for those living under the threat of violence from the Roman Empire. For the world's most powerful empire *today* to use it to justify current and future conflicts is the work of religious charlatans. Those who do this kind of spiritual fortune-telling often have no background in theology, history, or the original language(s) in which these texts were written.
The recent complaints logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) highlight a critical issue: military personnel are being exposed to dangerous ideologies that conflate patriotism with divine will. This creates an environment where ethical considerations are overshadowed by a misguided sense of righteousness.
Finally, the US and Israel are attacking Iran during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. This is not by accident. Evangelical Christians have long vilified peace-loving Muslims into a threat that must be stopped. Yet it is this violent, xenophobic Christo-fascism that is a threat to the future of all humanity. All Christian pastors and all religious leaders of goodwill should be denouncing this war, as well as the ideology that undergirds it.
This administration imagines they are prompting the return of Jesus. They are not. The only reaction Jesus has to any of this is to weep.
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