Controversy
BY: SUN EDITORS - 27.5 2023
Page twenty-seven
THE SPIRITUAL MASTERS ARE EQUAL
Recently the issue of "representative of Krsna," was discussed with one guru. When it was proposed to him that the temple presidents of the devotees in our centers were also Krsna's...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 25.5 2023
Page twenty-six
We should stop and soberly consider, before allowing this issue to degenerate to lower levels of disagreement. These days, epitaphs like "envious snake" are being flung around with abandon. This is not at all good. We are presenting...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 19.5 2023
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LIMITATIONS OF THE MADHYAMA GURU
The qualifications of the uttama adhikari are mentioned in the Nectar of Devotion. The new gurus seem to concede that they are not on this platform of realization.
"Yes, the guru has to prove himself by...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 18.5 2023
Page twenty
MOOD OF PRABHUPADA DURING APPOINTMENTS
Before the disappearance of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, he organized and planned the entire future of the Krsna Consciousness movement by delegating the responsibility of management to the GBC, and...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 16.5 2023
Page eighteen
THE AUTHORITY OF SRIDHAR SWAMI
One sannyasi recently quipped in Vrindavan, "They (the devotees of the Gaudiya Math) are all envious of our movement. We don't need to listen to Sridhar Swami. We took some advice from him, and now we don...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 12.5 2023
Page sixteen
THE EXTENT OF GBC AUTHORITY
The post of GBC is designed to manage only. Prabhupada has specifically said that preaching is mutually exclusive from it. The post is a service, it is not a spiritual designation. This also applies to the new guru...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 10.5 2023
page fifteen
ARE THE SASTRAS LOSING GROUND?
Is sastric authority losing ground in ISKCON? Has the authority of ISKCON now become limited to a particular group of devotees as the all-in-all, with no sastric check and balance system? Even has it come to the...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 10.5 2023
Page twelve
In his declaration of will, dated June, 1977, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada stated that, "The Governing Body Commission (GBC) will be the ultimate managing authority of the entire International Society for Krishna...Read more...
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BY: ROCANA DASA - 10.5 2023
We are continuing to receive many interesting emails and submissions on issues related to guru-tattva and the Constitution for ISKCON As It Is. We appreciate hearing from all the devotees on these topics.
One devotee offered this characterization of...Read more...
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BY: ROCANA DASA - 9.5 2023
Originally published in May 2015, following release of the draft Constitution.
I would like to address the issues recently brought up by two Sun readers, Haridasa dasa and Krishna dasa regarding an essential principle within our philosophy...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 8.5 2023
Page nine
HOW OTHER SAMPRADAYAS KEEP ACARYA IN THE CENTER
The new gurus maintain vehemently that they are keeping Srila Prabhupada in the center. But we have presented some reasons for our not being able to fully accept this assertion. It would be to our...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 8.5 2023
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WHY THE CONTROVERSY THEN?
We have just previously quoted certain statements made by either initiating gurus or other leaders of the movement, the gist of them being that everything in regard to this new guru process is being very enthusiastically...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 5.3 2023
Before we continue in presenting part two of this paper, we would like to offer a few comments. First, this manuscript is formatted in many sections with very long passages, which can be quite difficult to read on a computer screen. We have taken the liberty of...Read more...
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BY: ROCANA DASA - 5.5 2023
In our continued discussions on the constitutional issue of diksa guru rubber-stamping, a reader offered the following comment and question:
"In essence, the [ISKCON As It Is] institution does not require any additional standards for being a guru. So it is...Read more...
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BY: SUN EDITORS - 4.5 2023
Today we begin what will be a lengthy serial presentation of a paper written by a collective of Srila Prabhupada disciples, released on February 17, 1979 in Vrindavan. The paper was presented to the new 'Zonal Acaryas' in an effort to share concerns about...Read more...
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By editor - 2.3 2023
Best of all the truth videos so far!
Spiritual revolution happening as the news & proof that Srila Prabhupada was poisoned with Cadmium is making waves across the Vaishnavas world.
The GBC are toast, we have to take them down & we have to stop them from...Read more...
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“None Dare Call it a(n) Isk-conspiracy, ISKCON Mythology and the Actual Facts” Challenging the SAAS (Self-Appointed Acarya Sabha) and the LGEP (Living Guru Experimental Project)
By Yasoda nandana dasa - 2.3 2023
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate...Read more...
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By Vraja Bihari Das - 10.2 2023
“That knowledge by which one undivided spiritual nature is seen in all living entities, though they are divided into innumerable forms, you should understand to be in the mode of goodness.” (Bhagavad Gita- 18.20)
“You are a monk, and...Read more...
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By Dayananda Das - 26.12 2022
The words “religion” and “Hindu” are problematic. Both are confusing, inaccurate, and not useful words.
Religion
Depending on the context, the use of the word religion can be ill-defined and even offensive—for example, when...Read more...
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The Monk’s Podcast with Madhavananda Prabhu - 23.9 2022
Succinctly summarised by Chaitanya Charan Prabhu from 1.30.59:
So, we discussed today broadly on the topic of going beyond conspiracy theories. We may blame people individually when we face problems, either our own...Read more...
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By editor - 4.5 2022
Urukrama Dasa – USA: We have been observing FISKCON`s unhealthy dynamics for a while now and it struck us with wonder; the sheer amount of devious activities that individuals can get away with, provided that they are willing to follow well rehearsed and...Read more...
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By Bhaktivedanta Book Trust - 15.4 2022
On October 17, 2019, the BBT and GBC cooperatively appointed an Editorial Review Panel (ERP) to address devotees’ concerns about making changes to Srila Prabhupada’s books after his physical departure.
Formed with the mandate to...Read more...
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By editor - 29.12 2021
Back To Godhead July 1983
A theologian and a historian of religion examine “the new bigotry.”
In a misguided attempt to make sense of the exit of thousands of young adults from mainstream society into new and alternative religious movements, “...Read more...
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By editor - 23.12 2021
December 22, 2021—The Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON today passed a resolution amending a 2019 law affirming that qualified Vaisnavis, or women devotees, may under certain conditions, initiate disciples (give diksa) within the International Society for...Read more...
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By editor - 15.12 2021
In an earlier post (which now seems ages ago), I had described the meaning of “flat earth”. The simple idea was that the flatness was an artifact of the model rather than our observation. This point has oft been repeated in my book...Read more...
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