KCd’s Monthly Missives

Podcast transcription: Glaring Flaws in the Old Guard Narrative by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ In the early Eighties, just before The Second Transformation went down in the fabricated, so-called “ISKCON” confederation, a popular game was invented. It today serves as an analogy to our theme. This game centered around many four-sided wooden sticks, […]

Podcast transcription: A Kaleidoscope of Cult Corruption by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ Consider this excerpt from a letter to Nathan Baruch, 8-7-68: “The spiritual master must be bona fide representative of Krishna, by disciplic succession, receiving orders from the superior, and the disciple must agree to abide by the orders of the spiritual

Podcast transcription: The Absurdity of Rittvik Hyper-Reality by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ Post-modernism is represented by hyper-reality, which consists of ever-increasing absurdity and nihilism. Its ultimately goal is completely unfettered sense gratification. In the pseudo-devotional sphere, it also promotes this, but in a somewhat different way from the vikarmic Western culture, as must

Podcast transcription: Controlled Demolition (The Dead Bounce and the Long CON) by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ We need to understand Prabhupäda’s movement in terms of the applicable time and scale perspective. We need to understand its superficial–and, hopefully, temporary degradation (its current deplorable state)—in terms of a time-scale which differs from that of

Podcast transcription: A Thin Veneer Covering a Cult-ure Beneath It by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ There are unexpected influences which enter the astral body of an individual seeking the Absolute Truth, influences which could result in such a transcendentalist coming to Kåñëa consciousness. Whatever path or cult one chooses will be produced by

Podcast transcription: Q&A [First Principles] by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ Gokulänanda, feel free to begin your questions. Q: What is the basis of the Hare Kåñëa movement? KCd: The basis is Vedic and Vaiñëava perfect authority. Q: Of those two, which is the most important? A: By far, it is Vaiñëava spiritual authority,

Podcast transcription: SIDDHA Confronts Cult Obstacles by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ “Now, to take such guidance means the spiritual master should also be a very perfect man. Otherwise, how can he guide?”Platform Lecture, March 6, 1966 in New York “The guru must be mahätmä and muni. Muni means thoughtful, philosopher. Not foolish rascal,

Podcast transcription: After The Burn Code By Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ An all-pervading illusion promulgated by “ISKCON” is that the many deviations of the zonal äcärya imposition have been completely overcome in their movement. “Old news, move on.” It is not so, but could they have been overcome in the early years after

Podcast transcription: “The Whole Thing Would Have Been Killed” by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ The majority of disciples, adherents, and even casual followers of Prabhupäda’s branch of Lord Caitanya’s Hare Kåñëa line believe, with no lack of evidence, that things have not gone well in the G.B.C. since he left the scene in

Podcast transcription: Only Experts in Forming Initiation Machines by Kailäsa Candra däsa HARIÙ OÀ NAMAÙ If you are attracted to Kåñëa consciousnessand have begun research into it,that is most commendable; however, you are only at the beginning of your search into achieving perfection. Specific manifestations of what appear to be Kåñëa conscious institutionsrequire more than