Controversy
BY: RASANANDA DAS - 26.6 2016
Excerpted from the section "Notes on The Conduct of Rathayatra" of the (contemplated) second edition of the author's The Rath Construction Book. The references are all from Vedabase 2015.
"How any spiritual activity should be done is...Read more...
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BY: BHAKTA TORBEN - 23.6 2016
Destroying the Authority of Bhagavad-gita As It Is and Srila Prabhupada
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
"By anything spoken by God or His son or His representative, that cannot be changed. It is not that Christ said two thousand years ago, "Thou...Read more...
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BY: H.H. BHAKTI VIKASA SWAMI - 17.6 2016
The very title (“Harmonizing Our Preaching Efforts”) sets the tenor of the resolution (http://www.dandavats.com/?p=28016) by its striking euphemism. Harmonize means “to bring into consonance or accord,” but there was no attempt...Read more...
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BY: MAHAVIDYA DAS (ACBSP) - 13.6 2016
Nope... I must confess... I haven't read H.H. Bhakti Vikas Swami's controversial book from cover to cover.
But...
if, as Bhakti Vikas Swami says...
his book is a compilation of quotes from the books of His Divine Grace A.C....Read more...
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BY: GADADHARA DASA - 13.6 2016
Seeing the information about the medieval, barbarian act of banning H.H. Bhakti Vikas Maharaja's Women: Masters or Mothers book, my proverbial cup of patience overflowed and I feel the urge to write something from my insignificant...Read more...
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By editor - 5.6 2016
Indradyumna Swami's Physical Contact with Children
A video, which has been posted various places on the Internet, shows Indradyumna Swami in close physical contact with children. The video producer has narrated and captioned the film, which viewers may find...Read more...
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BY: JAYA MADHAVA DAS (ACBSP) - 28.4 2016
Falling Off the Cliff with Krishna West and the GBC Body
Did the GBC Body just throw HDG Srila Prabhupada's instructions and standards for Krsna Consciousness under the bus again?
Well, it's no surprise the GBC Body has again given...Read more...
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By editor - 26.4 2016
The following open letter to Sacinandana Swami was published on author Hanuman das's Facebook page:
This letter was sent to sacinandana.swami@pamho.net::
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 09:17:08 +0000
Subject: open letter - Ramesh baba in Croatia -...Read more...
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BY: MAHAVIDYA DAS (ACBSP)
It has been some years since the departure of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the latest Sampradaya-Acharya and Founder-Acarya of His society, ISKCON.
I am under no illusion that there are many newcomers who read about the various goings...Read more...
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BY: SVATANTRA DASA - 6.4 2016
Over the last 25 years there has been a steady rise in secular values (feminism and egalitarianism) in ISKCON. Many things have been sanctioned by the iGBC that are directly in opposition to Krsna's Vedic culture as taught by Guru, Sadhu and Sastra (female TPs...Read more...
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BY: RAJASEKHARA DASA BRAHMACHARI - 3.4 2016
Refuting the Video Presentation, 'Bhu Mandala, Versus the Bhu Gola'
'FOOLS RUSH IN WHERE WISE MEN FEAR TO TREAD'
This presentation entitled "Bhu Mandala Versus the Bhu Gola" by Achintya Govinda das, attempts to...Read more...
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By editor - 1.4 2016
This is a response to the video "She can become guru" for all those who want to know the arguments from both sides.
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By Sri Brajalila Devi dasi (JPS) - 31.3 2016
I am very grateful for having come across this book,Women: Masters or Mothers? by H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Swami, but I lament not having come across it earlier, for I would then have avoided many mistakes in my life. I was born and brought up...Read more...
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By Sun Staff - 13.3 2016
In response to the recent unrest in Mayapur dham, the following proposal was made for consideration by the India Bureau, or RGB (Regional Governing Body). In India, Srila Prabhupada set up an independent trust like the BBT called the Bureau, which has legal authority...Read more...
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By Krishna dasa - 11.3 2016
Response to the GBC UK and GBC NA EC Banning of 'Women: Masters or Mothers?'
This book was banned by the GBC UK, GBC NA EC and VEB (Vrindavan Executive Board). We begin our serialized response to the Resolution by NA EC banning Women...Read more...
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By Sunanda das - 9.3 2016
From: GBC EC
Dear Friends and Fellow Vaishnavas,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
We are writing to you as members of the Executive Committee of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission. We'd like to...Read more...
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By Krishna dasa - 7.3 2016
A serialized response.
Introduction
In January 2016, the GBC North American Executive Committee (NA EC) banned the sale ofWomen: Masters or Mothers? (WMM) by H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Swami. The book in question is largely made up of quotes of Srila...Read more...
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By Madhavananda Das - 5.3 2016
There is a lot of discussion right now, especially in America, about the latest presidential election. In a recent issue of Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu we put together a collection of statements from Srila Prabhupada regarding his mood towards voting in...Read more...
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By Prabhupadaservant dasa - 2.3 2016
For GBC members and ISKCON devotees: Standing.Executors@pamho.net
Whereas prolonged polarisation regarding the female guru crisis is regurgitated year after year, taking up valuable GBC time which could be delegated to more substantial topics. The...Read more...
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Official TOVP Response to Radha Jivana Prabhu's Recent Communication
By Sunanda das - 2.3 2016
Below is a letter from Ambarisa Prabhu to all ISKCON leaders and devotees and TOVP supporters in response to a recent communication from Radha Jivana Prabhu. It assures everyone...Read more...
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By Sunanda das - 29.2 2016
I understand your open-hearted and sincere concerns for Radha Jivan, and all the devotees worldwide are indebted to him for his invaluable service and sacrifices for the TOVP. Ambarisa and the TOVP Team are also most appreciative and grateful to him and are...Read more...
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By Sun staff - 26.2 2016
Following is a letter released by Radhajivana dasa, with a cover note from his associates at the North American TOVP Office:
Dear Respected Donors to TOVP,
You may or may not have heard that in recent days there has been some controversy in Mayapur regarding the...Read more...
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By Sun Editors - 22.2 2016
Reports have been bulleting across the Net about the recent disturbance going on in Sridham Mayapur. Much of the information being relayed appears to be tinged with the political leanings of those who are (re)packaging and pushing the content. For that reason, we...Read more...
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By Mayesvara dasa - 21.2 2016
Srimad Bhagavatam and the Horizontal Plane of Bhu-mandala
The following is a response to an article by Rajaseklhara dasa posted to Sampradaya Sun on February 17, 2016 regarding the flat-Earth concept of Srimad Bhagavatam and the Temple of Vedic Planetarium....Read more...
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By Jayadvaita Swami - 18.2 2016
System Failure: Trustee Unreliability in the Sale of ISKCON's Brooklyn Temple
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 17, 2016
Contact: Jayadvaita Swami, jaswami+rgbrooklyn@gmail.com
System Failure: Trustee unreliability in the sale of ISKCON's...Read more...
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