Overcoming the Obstacle that is “ISKCON” by Gokulänanda The Western world is relatively new to the teachings of Kåñëa Consciousness. When these teachings were brought from India just over fifty years ago by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedänta Swämi Prabhupäda, they were potent and unadulterated. However, after he left physical manifestation, so-called “ISKCON” allowed his
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Rittviks Their Own Worst Enemies by Kailäsa Candra däsa When the ambitious and audacious leaders of what was still considered by most to be the Hare Kåñëa movement instituted something entirely new just months after Çréla Prabhupäda departed, a somewhat covert, liberal element underlying that change was an integral part of it. Since all eleven
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There Never Was a Rittvik Dispensation by Kailäsa Candra däsa “Never ascribe to conspiracy what can be adequately explained by incompetence.” Napoleon Bonaparte The devotees and/or fanatics who have affiliated themselves with various Rittvik factions throughout America, Europe, and India would have you believe that His Divine Grace Çréla Prabhupäda intended their particular rittvik-in-absentia movement
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Liberation From the Church of “ISKCON” Last of a Ten-Part Series by Kailäsa Candra däsa Prabhupäda: He doesn’t want any improvement. He wants to keep it . . . just like professional church, temple. Disciple: They’re more attached to the external form that they already have. Prabhupäda: No, no, that is which we call Churchianity.
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A Hinge Moment in Time (Which Narration Will Prevail?) Seventh of a Ten-Part Series by Kailäsa Candra däsa “The pure devotees of the Lord, like Brahmä and persons in the chain of disciplic succession, do not do anything to instruct their subordinates without acting accordingly themselves.” Çrémad-Bhägavatam, 2.9.40, purport “Yet his spiritual master himself had
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Has the G.B.C. Now Spoiled Everything? (Sometimes the Dragon Wins) Part Five of a Ten-Part Series by Kailäsa Candra däsa “I set up the G.B.C. with hope that I shall get relief from administration of the mission, but, on the contrary, I have become the center of receiving so many complaints. So it is not
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Only a Radical Approach Can Be Effective (Solving the Problem Requires First Recognizing It) Part Four of a Ten-Part Series by Kailäsa Candra däsa “Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu has forecast that this Hare Kåñëa mantra will be heard in every nook and cranny of the globe. He is God, so it will happen; that is a
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(The Illusion of Institutional Initiation) Pressure From Above and Below Part Three of a Ten-Part Series by Kailäsa Candra däsa “ . . . in all spheres of devotional service, freedom is the main pivot. Without freedom, there is no execution of devotional service. The freedom surrendered to the Lord does not mean that the
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Return to Part One (Exposing the Illusion of Institutional Initiation) Ten-Part Series Part Two: Confronting the Root Causes by Kailäsa Candra däsa Real philosophy and real ethics must be realized personally. The Commission and its hacks bring you their self-motivated version of philosophy, but it boils down ultimately to nothing more than institutional dogma. It
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(The Natal Chart of Siddhänta Sarasvaté) Last of a Two-Part Series by Kailäsa Candra däsa “A sincere student should not neglect the discussion of such conclusions, considering them controversial, for such discussions strengthen the mind.” Caitanya-caritämåta, Adi, 2.117, purport Part Two of this series may, upon a superficial reading, be considered a bit controversial. It
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