The Transcendental Torchlight – Kailasa Candra das

Same Old Brave New “ISKCON”

Article Two, Section Two: “ISKCON” Existentialists Break the Paramparä Fourth of a Six-Part Series by Kailäsa Candra däsa “Therefore, the breaking of the sanätana-dharma tradition by irresponsible leaders of society brings about chaos in that society, and consequently people forget the aim of life: Viñëu. Such leaders are called blind, and persons who follow such

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Same Old Brave New “ISKCON”

Article Two, Section One: Existentialism and the “ISKCON” Dragons Third of a Six-Part Series by Kailäsa Candra däsa çruti-småti-puräëädi-païcarätra-vidhià vinä aikäntiké harer bhaktir utpätäyaiva kalpate “Unauthorized devotional service to Hari, not sanctioned by the direction of the Upaniñads, Vedänta-sütra, the Puräëas, corollary literatures and the Närada-païcarätra, is an unnecessary disturbance to civilized humanity.” Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, 1.2.101

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Crypto-Rittvik: Initiation by Sound Vibration

By: Ernest Dras The article, “Clarification and Statement to Date” by Dusyanta prabhu is proof of how far one can go from Srila Prabhupada’s standards, all the while claiming to act in his name. The result of enacting the recommendations in the article would be a kind of pseudo-Vaishnava-neo-Christianity that would only further muddy the

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Ages and Stages of Man and Movement – Part 3

[kml_flashembed fversion=”8.0.0″ movie=”https://returntosquareone.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/plamencek.swf” targetclass=”flashmovie” publishmethod=”static” width=”300″ height=”210″] [/kml_flashembed] Ages and Stages of Man and Movement by Kailasa Candra dasa Third of a Three-Part Series “Anything without substance will not last. So just demonstrate sincerely that we have got solid ground beneath us, not that we have only some sentiment. That’s all. Many fanatic spiritual movements

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Ages and Stages of Man and Movement – Part 2

[kml_flashembed fversion=”8.0.0″ movie=”https://returntosquareone.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/plamencek.swf” targetclass=”flashmovie” publishmethod=”static” width=”300″ height=”210″] [/kml_flashembed] Ages and Stages of Man and Movement by Kailasa Candra dasa Second of a Three-Part Series “Jnana entails receiving knowledge from the scriptures through the spiritual master by disciplic succession. In the modern age, there is a tendency to do research by mental speculation and concoction.” Srimad

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Ages and Stages of Man and Movement – Part 1

[kml_flashembed fversion=”8.0.0″ movie=”https://returntosquareone.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/plamencek.swf” targetclass=”flashmovie” publishmethod=”static” width=”300″ height=”210″] [/kml_flashembed] Ages and Stages of Man and Movement by Kailasa Candra dasa First of a Three-Part Series “There have been so many big empires in different parts of the world, there have been so many powerful kings all over the world, and there have been so many fortunate

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