KCd’s Monthly Missives

Podcast transcription: The Covert Non-Compliance That Ruined ISKCON by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ “The ripened fruit is not dropped all of a sudden from the highest planet of Kåñëaloka. Rather, it has come down carefully through the chain of disciplic succession without change or disturbance.” 1 “In the Upaniñads it is stated, therefore, […]

Podcast transcription: On Presumption and Defiance of the Order: What Two Major Events (Five Millennia Apart) Have in Common By Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ “Actually, the kingdom belonged to Bhéñma, but he remained a brahmacäré, he did not marry. There was no issue of Bhéñmadeva. Therefore his nephews, Dhåtaräñöra and Päëòu, they were

Podcast transcription: The Inexorable Decline of “ISKCON”: Its Conversion Into An Organized Religion By Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ “The materialist has a natural repugnance for the transcendent. . . The church which has the best chances for survival in this damned world is that of atheism under the convenient guise of theism. .

Podcast transcription: Overcome These Six Core “ISKCON” Dogmas by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ There are many myths connected to the fabricated so-called “ISKCON” confederation, and you need to psychically and spiritually free yourself from all of them. In this particular presentation, we are going to confront and expose six of them. These can

Podcast transcription: Let’s Dig Deeper Into the Rittvik Delusion A Critical Analysis of Nityänanda däsa’s Recent Book by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ Many devotees believe that the Rittvik movement is an impediment to “ISKCON,” a kind of thorn in its side. There is truth to that, but it is applicable only superficially. On

Podcast transcription: On and For the Record A multi-part series Analysis of Eleven Naked Emperors (Review of Chapter Fifteen) Fatal Flaws in the Rittvik Shtick By Kailäsa Candra däsa Bhakta Ernest: The following discussion was held on Sunday, July 20th between Kailäsa Candra däsa and two other members in good standing of The Vaishnava Foundation,

Podcast transcription: On and For the Record A multi-part series Analysis of Eleven Naked Emperors (Review of Chapter Fourteen) by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ In the second half of 1970, Prabhupäda’s still fledgling movement was afflicted by its second major crisis. Here is an excerpt from a letter about thatto Hansadutta, a leading

Podcast transcription: On and For the Record A multi-part series Analysis of Eleven Naked Emperors (Review of Chapter Thirteen) by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ The root issues of why and how Prabhupäda’s branch of the Hare Kåñëa movement was converted into an abhäsa-dharma is analyzed every month in our presentations. This month, we

Podcast transcription: On and For the Record A multi-part series Analysis of Eleven Naked Emperors (Review of Chapter Twelve) by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ The mid-Eighties, “ISKCON” was embroiled in contentiousness. Kali-yuga was having a field day amongst the various groups of argumentative and disturbed devotees trying to get over. The whole debacle

Podcast transcription: On and For the Record A multi-part series Analysis of Eleven Naked Emperors (Review of Chapter Eleven) by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ By the mid-Eighties, fanaticism and reliability became issues in “ISKCON”: Too much of one and not nearly enough of the other. The second and third echelon fanatics were confronted