–The Australian Society for Krishna Culture. AUSKCULTURE, operation start 1984 — ABN 65 231 425 870.

Whereas ISKCON is meant to be a public organisation for the cultivation of self-realization also called Atma-Tattva in Sanskrit language, ISKCON seems to give priority to the mundane.

For example, when you have one or several mundane diplomas such BA, MA or PhD, you are sure to be accepted immediately as a big shot in ISKCON and may even be given a position. You certainly will be given priority and some kind of a red carpet. But what does BA, MA and PHD know about Atma Tattva ???

The theoretician versus the practical man – jnana versus vijnana, theoretical knowledge against realised knowledge – is an old dichotomy and Srila Prabhupada illustrates it in the following story He told in Cambridge Mass. USA, on the 8th of May 1968 to students at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). So in Vedabase terms, the lecture reference will be 680508LE.CAM. We note that the moto of this prestigious place of learning is “Mens et Manus”, which is Latin for “Mind and Hand.” This motto illustrates our point very well:

“Unfortunately, we have got technology for the bodily senses, we have got technology for psychology, but we have neither any technology for intelligence nor for any technology in the science of the soul. The Krsna consciousness movement is the technology of the science of soul.
There is a nice story. You’ll appreciate it. In India, especially in Bengal, there are many rivers. The land is full of rivers. Because it is on the bank of the Bay of Bengal, all rivers are falling. Therefore Bengal, the land of, especially the East Bengal, is full of rivers. One student of technology was going home, and he was on the boat. So the student was asking the boatman, “Do you know what are the stars?” The boatman said, “Sir, we are ordinary boatman. What do we know about these stars?” “Oh. Then your fifty percent of life is wasted, useless.”
Then he was asking, “Do you know what are these trees? Do you know any science of botany?” He said, “Sir, we are ordinary laborer. What do we know about botany?” “Oh. Then seventy-five percent of your life is useless.” In this way the student of technology was asking the boatman, “Do you know this? Do you know that?” And he said that “I am ordinary man. What do I know all these things?”
Then all of a sudden there was a black cloud, and there was storm, and the river began to be inflated, and the boatman said, “My dear sir, do you know swimming?” “Oh,” he said, “no.” Then he said, “Then your cent per cent knowledge is spoiled. Now you have to go down to the river. Your life is finished.” In this way they dropped in the river, and the technological student, because he did not know how to swim, so the storm and the waves grabbed him.

The idea is that we are making progress, certainly, in technology, in economics, in so many other departments of human necessities. But Bhagavad-gita says that real problem of this world, or real problem of our life, it is said in the Bhagavad-gita,
janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-
duhkha-dosanudarsanam
[Bg 13.9]

If you are intelligent enough, then you should see the real problem is birth, death, old age and disease. Janma means birth, and mrtyu means death. Janma-mrtyu-jara. Jara means old age, and vyadhi means disease. So actual material problem is this, janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi.”

But we have here not only a question of “Mens et Manus” but also a question of character.

The bearded Hayagriva.

The most blatant case of corruption is the case of departed Professor Howard Wheeler aka Hayagriva whose consciousness of drug addicted, homosexual misogynist and sexist shines and permeates throughout both versions of Srila Prabhupada glorious Bhagavad Gita As It. He qualified as an English teacher and taught at State University of Ohio, USA and he undertook the editing of Srila Prabhupada’s BGAII in the seventies. And Jayadavaita’s Second Revised and Enlarged Edition in the early eighties is broadly based on the first Hayagriva edition. “Jayadvaita Swami was born Jay Israel to a Reform Jewish family.^[1] He spent his childhood in Englewood, New Jersey, where he attended Dwight Morrow High School.^[” (Wikipedia.) Jayadvaita did NOT make the fundamental changes he should have done by reverting to a more faithful version to Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita As It Is. Jayadvaita therefore shares the responsibility and the blame. Srila Prabhupada’s Original Transcript (OT) enables us to do just that. Jayadvaita’ s edition, however, is currently accepted as the “official version” of BGAII. What hoax and a farce this represents!

Two more very ugly consequences follow:

ONE. Anyone who reads, studies, or hears such presentations of BGAII is subtly and unconsciously trained at being a drug addicted, HOMOSEXUAL SEXIST and MISOGYNIST. In other words, both these versions of BGAII promote at least discretely and subtly the exploitation and suppression of women in general, which represents more than half humanity and is in one sense a crime against women.

TWO. Because all this is done in the name of Srila Prabhupada there is a grave case of defamation of Srila Prabhupada Who besides being God’s or Krishna’s special emissary can be described as a perfect truth-telling gentleman, advocating gender equal-opportunity. He is also my revered spiritual master and that my position implies unavoidable duties of protection to Him, especially when He is disrespected on such a grand scale, and especially in His physical absence.

Further more the innumerable and unauthorised changes, additions, subtractions introduced by both editors make both current Bhagavad Gitas only a pale reflection and a travesty of Srila Prabhupada original intentions. This is death by a thousands cuts! The original Prabhupada rendition of Bhagavad Gita (OT) can be found here thanks to an Australian devotee of the name Madhudvisa Prabhu: https://bookchanges.com/bhagavad-gita-as-it-is-manuscript/. Madhudvisa Prabhu deserves ample recognition for his brave action of justice of posting Srila Prabhupada’s original rendition of BGAII on line for the whole world to consult and verify, even though the presentation is sometimes very rough and even illegible and some pages are missing as well.

We may safely assume that the clique of individuals in charge of these matters on the other side of the Pacific Ocean would have never published the original transcript (OT) and would have enjoyed perpetuating the plot and misleading us forever. Two names at least come up immediately: Jayadvaita and Dravida of ISKCON San Diego. It is now these rascal’s turn to die by a thousands cuts or otherwise for their crimes and ill, dishonest and somber intentions.

Here are some examples of Hayagriva’s unauthorised and bogus changes. They are in fact falsifications and we are being misled de facto:

ONE. In the verses always and sometimes in the purports as well (as in purport BGAII 4.33), he systematically replaces Srila Prabhupada’s thoughtful expression “the Supreme Personality of Godhead” with his own concocted “the Blessed Lord.” or other expressions. Srila Prabhupada’s plans is to inculcate into the psyche of the world that Krishna is the Supreme Boss, but Hayagriva sabotages it. This represents a betrayal of the author by the editor and a sign of envy for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a common and chronic disease for the condition souls.

TWO. Srila Prabhupada spells Brahmin always, which is totally fine. Hayagriva again falsely feels a need for change to the word “Brahmana.”

THREE. Unauthorised suppression of appealing words and expressions such as “industrialist” in BGAII 10.36, “According to logicians” in BGAII, 2.27, replacement of the colourful “originator” with the pale “source” for no valid reason whatsoever in BGAII 10.8, purport, etc etc …..

FOUR. Unauthorised introduction of Non-Prabhupada text such “Or, as the Christians say, “What profiteth a man if he gain the whole world yet suffer the loss of his eternal soul?” in the purport of BGAII 2.40. This sentence originates from Hayagriva, who falsely gave himself the liberty to introduce it. Srila Prabhupada is NOT the actual author of this sentence, just another misrepresention, betrayal and misleading! Hayagriva just keep your private feelings and thoughts to yourself. We are not interested. For the matter under consideration, we are interested in PRABHUPADA ONLY. Neither do you have license to act in this manner!

Hayagriva is really very much obsessed with men. This is not at all wonderful, as he is homosexual but is however totally out of place as an editor of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita As It Is. He is homosexual and correlatively he is a complete misogynist and complete sexist. In BGAII 4.13, purport, again this is confirmed as follows:

Here Srila Prabhupada writes:

“A person in Krishna consciousness is above even the Brahmins, because a Brahmin by quality is supposed to know Brahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth. Most of them do approach up to the impersonal Brahman manifestation of Lord Krishna. But a qualified Brahmin who transcends the limited knowledge of a Brahmin, and reaches the knowldege of the Supreme Personality, Lord Shri Krishna becomes a person in Krishna consciousness, or in other words he becomes a Vaishnava.”

Hayagriva modifies the text in the first place and gives:

” A person in Krsna consciousness, however, is above even the brahmanas, because a brahmana by quality is supposed to know about Brahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth. Most of them approach the impersonal Brahman manifestation of Lord Krsna, but only a man who transcends the limited knowledge of a brahmana and reaches the knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, becomes a person in Krsna consciousness-or, in other words, a Vaisnava.”

And Jayadvaita instead of spotting the deficiency , tacitly approves of the sexist rendition, which makes him a sexist too.

“A person in Krsna consciousness, however, is above even the brahmanas. Although brahmanas by quality are supposed to know about Brahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth, most of them approach only the impersonal Brahman manifestation of Lord Krsna. But a man who transcends the limited knowledge of a brahmana and reaches the knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, becomes a person in Krsna consciousness — or, in other words, a Vaisnava.”

Recapitulation: So Hayagriva at the first instance, replaces falsely Srila Prabhupada’s “a qualified Brahmin” with “a man” and Jayadvaita tacitly agrees.

So man, man, man, man, man or men, this is Hayagriva’s obsession and he repeats it over and over again in the entire text. Whenever he sees an opportunity, he catches it. And because Jayadvaita did not correct the matter when he had a chance, it makes both renditions of BGAII bogus, grossly misleading and phsychologically damaging and to be rejected into the bin of history ASAP. While this is a sufficient reason for rejection both current versions of BGAII, it is very far from being the only one. There are hundreds of other bogus and unnecessary changes away from the Original Transcript (OT) which will also warrant such a radical move.

To finish on positive note, we all agree that Hayagriva’s rendition of 4.20 is just perfect. One just can’t do better than:

“Abandoning all attachment to the results of his activities, ever satisfied and independent, he performs no fruitive action, although engaged in all kinds of undertakings.”

This revolution is coming. Better prepare for it.

Signed: The Krishna Conscious Observer or TKCO

tkco16108@gmail.com

Living Jayadvaita: “Kick him in the face with boots.”

Departed Hayagriva aka Professor Howard Wheeler formerly of Ohio State University, USA, is such a homosexual, misogynistic sexist. He did not miss a single opportunity to pull Srila Prabhupada’s gender neutral formulation of His glorious Bhagavad Gita As It Is to the men’s side. And living Jayadvaita follows like a faithful DOG, and criminal accomplice. He does not make the least attempt to correct matters as he should have. These two men deserve the strongest possible insults and other stronger punishments for falsely fabricating a sexist Srila Prabhupada, when Srila Prabhupada is in fact a perfect truth telling gentleman and an advocate of equal opportunity. These are criminal actions and demand counteraction. This is Prabhupada-defamation! And lawyers will find other charges and other ways to prosecute all individuals and corporate entities involved such as Iskcon and the BBT. This should serve as a warning to all concerned. Desist from printing further such Prabhupada-blasphemous Bhagavad Gitas, both versions!!!

After the BGAII 7.8 instance as described in my immediately preceding article, it happens here again in BGAII 4.12.

Srila Prabhupada’s formulation of BGAII 4.12:

“In this world, human society desires to achieve success in fruitive activities and thus they are worshiping the demigods. Quickly, of course, human society gets results from such fruitive work.”

Criminal Hayagriva’s:

“Men in this world desire success in fruitive activities, and therefore they worship the demigods. Quickly, of course, men get results from fruitive work in this world.”

Criminal Dog Jayadvaita’s:

“Men in this world desire success in fruitive activities, and therefore they worship the demigods. Quickly, of course, men get results from fruitive work in this world.

Hayagriva and Jayadvaita’s renditions are identical in all respects.

There is here, in Srila Prabhupada’s name, a wilful and somber plan and design to shackle and exploit women.

In OT we note that someone scribbled out “they” in ” they are worshipping the demigods” and superimposed “MEN.” Do we need more evidence of sexism and misogyny?

These trees were planted in 1936, so shortly before the Second World War commencing in 1939, and aged 89. They are about 1 meter in diameter. They are huge trees and the one on this picture was the tallest of them all. I just happen to noticed visually how they were hanging to a side and upon enquiry I was told that the winds of cyclone Alfred pounded them so much that the roots were starting to detach from the ground and consequently the trees represented a danger for the public and were doomed to fall. The bigger wood will go to the nearby Mullumbimby sawmill. Whereas the smaller wood is mulched on the spot with the big, loud and yellow machine behind the truck. As can be seen in the picture, one single lamp pole was destroyed in the felling. I have a video of the felling but I don’t seem to be able to load it onto this WordPress platform. These trees form a landmark in the Byron Bay beach set up being situated just between Byron Bay Hotel and the Pacific Ocean and can be seen from a distance.

Byron Bay is the most easterly point in Australia and a very popular tourist destination, especially for young international backpackers. There is an excellent Hare Krishna restaurant in Byron Bay as well as in neighbouring Mullumbimby. The Cardamom Pod, 8/7 LAWSON ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481. Lord Jaganath, Baladeva and Subhadra have often in the past displayed Their Ratha Yatra pastimes in this holy place. And we are confident They will return again in the future. Many people here not only remember these pastimes but look forward to participate again in Lord Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra’s Ratha Yatra.

The Brisbane City Ratha Yatra will be held on Saturday the 26th of April 2025, just about seven weeks away. Please do to miss this historic event. This will be a special occasion, marking the festival’s 10th anniversary.

There are still seventeen tall trees left out of nineteen in front of Byron Bay Hotel. This is the progressive and inexorable passage of time, “the destroyer of the worlds” BGAII 11.32. We also note the bold dexterity of these men (no women seen here, sometimes there are) who cut the trees. This is truly a dangerous job and Krishna says in The Challenge Bhagavad Gita As It Is 7.8:

“O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in humankind.”

This very precise, dangerous and bold art to fell such huge trees exactly as desired and needed without causing too much damage, possibly none at all, is KRISHNA, as He confirms in The Challenge Bhagavad Gita As It Is 7.8 with the words: “I am …….ability in humankind.”

Full verse 7.8 again: “O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in humankind.” 

These men sometimes climb closer to the very top of the trees as a matter of routine, with the latest safety equipment of course and in cyclone-storm condition, as can be seen on the picture below:

In this particular BHAGAVAD GITA As It Is verse 7.8 again, we note how outrageously and disgustingly sexist The Illusory, Travesty and Fake Bhagavad Gita As It Is NOT by departed homosexual and misogynistic Professor Howard Wheeler of State University of Ohio aka Hayagriva and The Illusory, Travesty and Fake Bhagavad Gita As It Is NOT by Jayadvaita aka Jay Israel both are.

They both dared purposefully to replace Srila Prabhupada’s expression “ability in humankind” by their own outrageously and disgustingly sexist “ability in man”, thus excluding women or over half of humankind from all abilities at all. Is that not a crime against women??? Is this not a crime by the stronger against the weaker??? It certainly is!!! It represents also an expression of envy against women and their good qualities. These two renditions of Bhagavad Gita As It Is truly represent a quiet, insidious and powerful plot to silence and suppress women and must be countered by all means!

Additionally, they try to shamelessly shift the sexism unto Srila Prabhupada. What offensive rascaldom! Srila Prabhupada is a perfect gentleman and stands for equal opportunity.

The first sentence of purport BGAII 8.2, version one, “The Lord of sacrifice accepts Indra and Visnu.”also shows that Professor Wheeler is completely dull and stupid as well and does not have the least clue of what’s happening here, as this sentence is totally nonsensical and irrelevant. To his credit, Jayadvaita picked up the matter here.

So the materialist may question: ” What’s the fuss about some old trees.”

The Challenge Bhagavad Gita As It Is 5.18 says:

“5.18 On account of his true knowledge and humble nature, one who is thus situated in Krishna consciousness, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog eater (outcast).”

This means that a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant a dog and a dog eater are all spirit souls, part and parcels of God, Krishna. And so are the plants, even though this verse stops short of mentioning them. So the tree is a spirit soul as is every other living entity.  

The person in the mode of passion will differentiate between the many external bodies. This is a human being, this is a cockroach and this a tree. The person whose intelligence is in the mode of goodness, however, will see the oneness of the spirit soul present in all living bodies. That is the difference.

Souvenirs from the 2025 Cyclone Alfred in South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales. Australia. These exclusion tapes were collected in Byron Bay, NSW. The top tape is used by SES or State Emergency Services.

Srila Prabhupada and His disciple Hridayananda Das Goswami Acarya Deva also tell that humans that like to practice nakedness will inherit a tree body in their next live(s).

Srimad Bhagavatam 10.10.20-22

yad imau loka-palasya
putrau bhutva tamah-plutau
na vivasasam atmanam
vijanitah sudurmadau

ato ‘rhatah sthavaratam
syatam naivam yatha punah
smrtih syan mat-prasadena
tatrapi mad-anugrahat

vasudevasya sannidhyam
labdhva divya-sarac-chate
vrtte svarlokatam bhuyo
labdha-bhakti bhavisyatah

Word for word rendition.
yat — because; imau — these two young demigods; loka-palasya — of the great demigod Kuvera; putrau — born as sons; bhutva — being so (they should not have become like that); tamah-plutau — so absorbed in the mode of darkness; na — not; vivasasam — without any dress, completely naked; atmanam — their personal bodies; vijanitah — could understand that they were naked; su-durmadau — because they were very much fallen due to false pride; atah — therefore; arhatah — they deserve; sthavaratam — immobility like that of a tree; syatam — they may become; na — not; evam — in this way; yatha — as; punah — again; smrtih — remembrance; syat — may continue; mat-prasadena — by my mercy; tatra api — over and above that; mat-anugrahat — by my special favor; vasudevasya — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sannidhyam — the personal association, face to face; labdhva — obtaining; divya-sarat-sate vrtte — after the expiry of one hundred years by the measurement of the demigods; svarlokatam — the desire to live in the celestial world; bhuyah — again; labdha-bhakti — having revived their natural condition of devotional service; bhavisyatah — will become.

TRANSLATION
These two young men, Nalakuvara and Manigriva, are by fortune the sons of the great demigod Kuvera, but because of false prestige and madness after drinking liquor, they are so fallen that they are naked but cannot understand that they are. Therefore, because they are living like trees (for trees are naked ……….), these two young men should receive the bodies of trees. This will be proper punishment. Nonetheless, after they become trees and until they are released, by my mercy they will have remembrance of their past sinful activities. Moreover, by my special favor, after the expiry of one hundred years by the measurement of the demigods, they will be able to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, face to face, and thus revive their real position as devotees.

PURPORT
……………………..But Narada Muni wanted the consciousness of Nalakuvara and Manigriva to continue, so that even after being released from the life of trees, they would not forget the circumstances under which they had been punished. Therefore, to bestow upon them special favor, Narada Muni arranged things in such a way that after being released, they would be able to see Krsna in Vrndavana and thus revive their dormant bhakti.

Each day of the demigods in the upper planetary system equals six months of our measurement. Although the demigods in the upper planetary system are attached to material enjoyment, they are all devotees, and therefore they are called demigods. There are two kinds of persons, namely the devas and the asuras. Asuras forget their relationship with Krsna (asuram bhavam asritah), whereas the devas do not forget.

dvau bhuta-sargau loke ‘smin
daiva asura eva ca
visnu-bhaktah smrto daiva
asuras tad-viparyayah
[Bg. 16.6]
(Padma Purana)

The distinction between a pure devotee and a karma-misra devotee is this: a pure devotee does not desire anything for material enjoyment, whereas a mixed devotee becomes a devotee to become a first-class enjoyer of this material world. One who is in direct touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in devotional service remains pure, uncontaminated by material desires (anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam [Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11]).

By karma-misra-bhakti one is elevated to the celestial kingdom, by jnana-misra-bhakti one is able to merge in the Brahman effulgence, and by yoga-misra-bhakti one is able to realize the omnipotency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But pure bhakti does not depend on karma, jnana or yoga, for it simply consists of loving affairs. The liberation of the bhakta, therefore, which is called not just mukti but vimukti, surpasses the five other kinds of liberation — sayujya, sarupya, salokya, sarsti and samipya. A pure devotee always engages in pure service (anukulyena krsnanusilanam bhaktir uttama [Cc. Madhya 19.167]). Taking birth in the upper planetary system as a demigod is a chance to become a further purified devotee and go back home, back to Godhead. Narada Muni indirectly gave Manigriva and Nalakuvara the greatest opportunity by his so-called curse.

The Krishna Conscious Observer or TKCO

tkco16108@gmail.com

 

In my previous article “Current presentation of The ILLUSORY, TRAVESTY, and FAKE BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS NOT by Hayagriva!”, I have established that Hayagriva’s presentation of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita As It Is is fake.

The ILLUSORY, TRAVESTY, and FAKE BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS NOT by Jayadvaita is entirely based on Hayagriva’s presentation. We may therefore conclude that it is JUST AS FAKE as well.

The most amazing thing is that both parties fight amongst themselves for authenticity. “We are right and you are wrong.” says one party. And the other party retorts: ” No no no we have the correct presentation! You are wrong.”

THE FACT IS THEY ARE BOTH WRONG AND IN ILLUSION ABOUT WHAT SRILA PRABHUPADA’S “BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS” REALLY IS. And we have just added another two versions to the 600 existing versions of which Srila Prabhupada comments in His introduction to the work “Recently an American lady asked me to recommend an English translation of Bhagavad-gita. Of course in America there are so many editions of Bhagavad-gita available in English, but as far as I have seen, not only in America but also in India, none of them can be strictly said to be authoritative because in almost every one of them the commentator has expressed his own opinions without touching the spirit of Bhagavad-gita as it is.”

BUT WE ARE GETTING CLOSER, MUCH CLOSER NOW!

Even though Srila Prabhupada used this Bhagavad Gita Himself and seemed to give it His stamp of approval, still strictly speaking this work cannot be called Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita As It Is when we compare it to the Original Transcript (OT) found here: https://bookchanges.com/bhagavad-gita-as-it-is-manuscript/

Anyone with little education, will quickly come to the very same conclusion. Too many bogus alterations and additions, and too many whimsical cuts have been effected. Srila Prabhupada was very liberal with his Bhagavad Gita and never double checked the editors. He ordered some changes such as blatant matters from “cattle-raising” to “cow protection” in BGAII 18.44

The result is that we are being mislead and being cheated. We are not getting Srila Prabhupada. We are getting Hayagriva aka Professor Howard Wheeler of Ohio State University, USA.

One of his most idiosyncratic behaviour is to systematically replace the expression “The Supreme Personality of Godhead” with his own concoction as “The Blessed Lord” or similar contorted expressions, especially in all the verses. But both editors do it in purport of BGAII 8.1, not only once but twice. Srila Prabhupada’s intention is to establish Krishna’s identity as “The Supreme Personality of Godhead” in the world’s psyche. But Hayagriva is out to sabotage Srila Prabhupada’s purpose. Him and his presentation need to be rejected.

He also replaced Srila Prabhupada’s original “brahmin”, with “brahmana”. “Brahmin” is just fine and used routinely. And Srila Prabhupada Himself uses it always in (OT). There is consequently no license to replace it with any other word.

Professor Wheeler also takes the liberty to impose the following sentence unto Srila Prabhupada’ Bhagavad Gita As It Is 2.40: “Or, as the Christians say, “What profiteth a man if he gain the whole world yet suffers the loss of his eternal soul?” This sentence does NOT AT ALL originate from Srila Prabhupada. It is Hayagriva’s view only and is therefore unwanted and rejected.

These are just three obvious examples to illustrate my point and there are hundreds and perhaps even thousands of other such examples. It is a bit like the soft drop of water, repeated over and over again, that brakes the hard stone or death by a thousand cuts.

On this picture we see along with Srila Prabhupada Himself, one of His right hand man, His Holiness Gopal Krishna Maharaja (departed), still dressed in white as a grihastha or householder, we see on the extreme right His Grace Dhananjaya Prabhu, in the middle we see two other familiar figures, the right one being His Grace Upendra Prabhu, who departed on New Govardhana farm, NSW, Australia, more than 25 years ago and on the extreme right we see the daughter of His Grace Omkara Prabhu, a fellow Frenchman, who, in the 1970ties, used to be head-pujari at Krishna Balaram Temple, Vrndavan, India, .

THIS IS VIOLENCE. The managers of the Australian division of the BBT are so rascal that they will weaponise the supply of Srila Prabupada’s books and other books in general. I cannot speak about other divisions of the BBT, as I generally dont deal with them. They are actually not qualified to hold such important positions.

Let us get specific here. As far as I can see, there are three individuals involved here and I shall not grant any titles whatsoever because they engage in such low class activities and tactics, against Srila Prabhupada’s wishes and against what should be written in the BBT’s code of conduct. But we do not know whether such a document actually exists. Just names only:

Devamrta, the Australian BBT Trustee,

Naresvara

and the Sydney warehouse manager Dandakaranya.

Naresvara has blocked me from reaching him by emai for some time now. He seems to be quite an unusual individual. I have also heard that Naresvara was alledgedly once scolded, admonished and reprimanded by Srila Prabhupada Himself, the way Srila Prabhupada never admonished someone else before. So there must be something seriously wrong with this individual.

To weaponise the supply of Srila Prabhupada books represents VIOLENCE according to the following statement from The Challenge Bhagavad Gita As It Is 13. 8-12, purport:

“Non violence is generally taken to mean not killing or destroying the body; but actually non-violence means not to put others in distress. People in general are trapped by ignorance in the material concept of life, and they perpetually suffer material pains. So without elevating people to spiritual knowledge, one is practicing violence. One should try his best to distribute real knowledge to the people, so that they may become enlightened and leave this material entanglement. That is nonviolence”

VIOLENCE breeds VIOLENCE and will be meet with VIOLENCE, be it mental VIOLENCE, verbal and written VIOLENCE or physical VIOLENCE.

Yes, there are three platforms of VIOLENCE: mental violence, verbal and written, and finally physical violence. And each needs to met on its own level. That is fair play and legitimate defence.

So, Mr. Dandakaranya, please don’t complain about receiving violent communications. It will only make you look like an ignorant hypocrite because YOU are the original source of violence. Your radical decision to cut off book supplies makes YOU the aggressor according to Srila Prabhupada’s above CBGAII 13.8-12 statement.

Personally, I have been distributing the books of my beloved spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada for the last 52 years and still do so, commencing in the streets of Paris in 1973, when Harivilasa and Bhagavan Prabhus were in charge and now BBT Australia cut off all book supply. Things changed markedly with the arrival of the current BBT administration headed by Devamrita Swami.

What foolish, greedy rascaldom that is! There are just no other words to express this state of affairs. And we may ask what kind of rogue institution is BBT Australia. In any other sector be it private of governmental, I would at the least get a commendation for my years of service. But BBT Australia treats me like less than a dog after 52 years of faithful and unremunerated service. The previous administration used to gracefully supply me with complimentary copy of Prabhupada’s yearly Vyasapuja book. But the new administration immediately canceled that arrangement as well.

I cannot conceive of a better way to turn lifelong friends into lifelong enemies due to some kind of infatuation and illusion. How smart is that now???

The same reasoning will apply to Srila Prabhupada’s two editors, Hayagriva and Jayadvaita, who unrelentingly take the liberty to whimsically modify Srila Prabhupadas Bhagavad Gita As It Is message, when there is actually no bona fide reason to do so and thus question and attack Srila Prabhupada’s moral integrity and literary qualifications. No need to say such behaviour is violently offensive to Srila Prabhupada, our Founder-Acarya. And Srila Prabhupada needs to be defended in even stronger terms and more vigorously in His physical absence. And this will be done with all resources available.

Who do these two editors think they are anyway? Some sort of Super-acharyas transcending Srila Prabhupada authority? 

And why does the BBT trust and support them???

There is no such thing as a Super-acharya transcending Srila Prabhupada authority! There is no one even equal to Srila Prabhupada, what to speak of superior to Srila Prabhupada. 

Therefore we must conclude that they are both unfaithful and Prabhupada-betraying fools and rascals conditioned by the modes of material nature. And their so-called corrective actions are extremely petty, useless, unwanted, damaging and MISLEADING most of the time and always extremely offensive to Srila Prabhupada. And on this occasion again, the editors are the aggressors and Prabhupada-offenders by contorting, twisting, censuring, impoverishing, poisoning, falsifying etc etc …. Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental Bhagavad Gita As It Is message to the world. And aggressors will always be met as aggressors, especially aggressors to Srila Prabhupada. 

    

According to Srila Prabhupada Himself, The Challenge Bhagavad Gita As It Is 10.17 gives:

Text 10.17

O Krishna, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, please let me know how I shall think of You and how I shall know you and how You shall be remembered.

Purport 10.17

As it is stated in the previous chapter, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is covered by yoga-maya. Nobody can see Him except the devotees and surrendered souls. Now Arjuna is convinced of his friend Krishna, but he wants to know the general process by which the all-pervading Krishna can be understood by the common man. Except for the devotee, no common man, including demons and atheistic persons can know Krishna because He is guarded by the yoga-maya energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For their own benefit, Arjuna asks these questions so that these persons will be able to understand. The high-grade devotee is not only concerned about his own understanding, he is also concerned about the understanding of all persons in the world. Because Arjuna is a Vaishnava, a devotee, by his own mercy he is opening the understanding for the common man, how the common man can understand the all-pervasiveness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Arjuna specifically addresses Him as yogin, because Sri Krishna is the master of the yoga-maya energy by which He is covered and uncovered to the common man. The common man, who has no love for Krishna, cannot think of Krishna always, therefore he has to think materially. (and where Krishna exists therefore is Krishna) Arjuna is considering the modes of thinking of the materialistic persons of the world. The words “keshu keshu ca bhaveshu” refer to material nature. Bhaveshu or bhava means the material things. Because spiritually we cannot understand Krishna, therefore we should concentrate our mind on the physical things, how Krishna is manifested in those physical presentations. 

Speculative Hayagriva offers his own version of the very same thing as:

Hayagriva TRANSLATION 10.17

How should I meditate on You? In what various forms are You to be contemplated, O Blessed Lord?

Hayagriva PURPORT 10.17

As it is stated in the previous chapter, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is covered by His yoga-maya. Only surrendered souls and devotees can see Him. Now Arjuna is convinced that His friend, Krsna, is the Supreme Godhead, but he wants to know the general process by which the all-pervading Lord can be understood by the common man. No common man, including the demons and atheists, can know Krsna because He is guarded by His yoga-maya energy. Again, these questions are asked by Arjuna for their benefit. The superior devotee is not only concerned for his own understanding, but for the understanding of all mankind. Out of his mercy, because he is a Vaisnava, a devotee, Arjuna is opening the understanding for the common man as far as the all-pervasiveness of the Supreme is concerned. He addresses Krsna specifically as yogin because Sri Krsna is the master of the yoga-maya energy by which He is covered and uncovered to the common man. The common man who has no love for Krsna cannot always think of Krsna; therefore he has to think materially. Arjuna is considering the mode of thinking of the materialistic persons of this world. Because materialists cannot understand Krsna spiritually, they are advised to concentrate the mind on physical things and try to see how Krsna is manifested by physical representations.

and smart ass Jayadvaita offers the following:

Jayavaita TRANSLATION 10.17

O Krsna, O supreme mystic, how shall I constantly think of You, and how shall I know You? In what various forms are You to be remembered, O Supreme Personality of Godhead?

Jayadvaita PURPORT 10.17

As it is stated in the previous chapter, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is covered by His yoga-maya. Only surrendered souls and devotees can see Him. Now Arjuna is convinced that His friend, Krsna, is the Supreme Godhead, but he wants to know the general process by which the all-pervading Lord can be understood by the common man. Common men, including the demons and atheists, cannot know Krsna, because He is guarded by His yoga-maya energy. Again, these questions are asked by Arjuna for their benefit. The superior devotee is concerned not only for his own understanding but for the understanding of all mankind. So Arjuna, out of his mercy, because he is a Vaisnava, a devotee, is opening for the common man the understanding of the all-pervasiveness of the Supreme Lord. He addresses Krsna specifically as yogin because Sri Krsna is the master of the yoga-maya energy, by which He is covered and uncovered to the common man. The common man who has no love for Krsna cannot always think of Krsna; therefore he has to think materially. Arjuna is considering the mode of thinking of the materialistic persons of this world. The words kesu kesu ca bhavesu refer to material nature (the word bhava means “physical things”). Because materialists cannot understand Krsna spiritually, they are advised to concentrate the mind on physical things and try to see how Krsna is manifested by physical representations.

ANALYTICAL COMMENTS:

THE VERSE.

There are three elements in Srila Prabhupada’s verse:

One. How to think of Krishna

Two. How to Know Krishna

And three. How to remember Krishna.

In his presentation, Hayagriva drops two of them: how to know Krishna and how to remember Him. And as usual he abhors the expression “the Supreme Personality of Godhead” and again dares to replace it with his own concoction “the Blessed Lord”, whatever that means and whatever the origin of this expression is.

His formulation of how to meditate and how to contemplate are simply a repetition in itself and rendition of Srila Prabhupada’s “how to think”. So in his clumsiness he simply ignores “how to know and how to remember Krishna”

To his credit, Jayadvaita restores all three elements. Rightly or wrongly, he also adds the expression “O supreme mystic.”

In both cases the courteous form of expression and address containing the adverb “please” is abandoned.

THE PURPORT

It is extremely offensive to Srila Prabhupada and damaging to ISKCON, His movement, to present Him to the world As He Is NOT, especially in a bad light, as a sexist individual for example. And this both editors are doing very often.

The first sentence is common to all three rendition. No problems there.

And what is wrong with Srila Prabhupada second sentence? Why has it be changed? : “Nobody can see him except the devotees and surrendered souls?” We noticed how these two editors have a visceral dislike and aversion for Srila Prabhupada’s use of the word “nobody” and systematically replaced it with “no one” or just drop “nobody” as is the case in this passage. To use “nobody” does not mean that the author is in the bodily concept of life, whereas a systematic aversion for the word could mean the presence of a bodily concept of life.

under construction…….

Besides being a cheater and a misleader, Jayadvaita is shameless and disrespectful . He eats something, masticates it for a while, add his dirty saliva and then spits it out. AND HE EXPECTS US TO ACCEPT THAT as Prabhupada maha-prasadam! What supreme arrogance and deceit! And what an IMPOSTER!

THAT’S WHAT HE DOES WITH SRILA PRABHUPADA’S GREAT BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS

Thus putting up a deceitful and non-transparent Jayadvaita wall between the world and Srila Prabhupada.

He constantly rearranges Srila Prabhupada’s own text for no reason and when there is no necessity for it at all. So we are NOT GETTING SRILA PRABHUPADA. WE ARE GETTING JAYADVAITA. THAT MEANS HE IS AN IMPOSTER AND A TRAITOR TO SRILA PRABHUPADA AS WELL. WE WANT SRILA PRABHUPADA! WE REJECT JAYADVAITA!

Usurper, usurper Acharya, imposter, imposter Acharya, a sly subverter, cheater, traitor to Srila Prabhupada, a maha offender at the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada, morally corrupt are appropriate words under the circumstances. And arrogant like anything.

WE FEEL HIS TOTAL DISDAIN for the rest of the world and we see it on his face too.

“Hey folks, I am the superior intellectual here, even though I am just a 3rd class Vaishya with no philosophical clout, you just take it or leave it. Who cares anyway.” That is his true message.

We only feel disgust for him.

KICK HIM IN THE FACE to put him in his proper place and prevent him from mingling in the Acharya’s business.

The kicking is Srila Prabhupada’s original idea, not mine. So it is bona fide. Srila Prabhupada also advises to use boots for the deed.

The Challenge Bhagavad Gita As It Is 2.21:

Verse

O Partha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, eternal, unborn, and immutable kill anyone or cause anyone to kill?

Purport.

Everything has its proper utility, and a man who is situated in complete knowledge knows how and where to apply a thing for its proper utility. Similarly violence has also its utility and it depends on the person in knowledge how to apply violence. Just like the justice of peace awards capital punishment to a person condemned for murder, but the justice of peace cannot be blamed, because he orders violence to another person according to the codes of justice. In Manu-Samhita, the law book for mankind, it is supported that a murderer should be condemned to death, so that in the next life he does not require to suffer for the great sin he has committed. Therefore the king’s punishment to hang a murderer is actually beneficial to him. Similarly, when Krishna orders fighting it must be concluded that such violence is for supreme justice, and as such Arjuna should follow the instruction, knowing it well that such violence committed in the act of fighting for justice is not at all violence. Because at any rate the man or the soul is not going to be killed, but for the administration of justice, so-called violence is permitted. A surgical operation is not meant to kill the patient, but it is meant for his cure. Therefore the instigation for fighting to be executed by Arjuna, in terms of the instruction of Krishna is with full knowledge, and there is no possibility of sinful reaction in such activities of Krishna and Arjuna. 

The allotted reward is AU$ 1000.00. Evidence will be required.

AND GET HIM AND HIS ILLUSORY AND DISTORTED BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS NOT out of the way for good, once and for all.

This also represents an appeal to the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust or BBT.

Signed: The Krishna Conscious Observer- TKCO

tkco16108@gmail.com

On this picture, probably in Vrndavan, besides Srila Prabhupada, we see Pusta Krishna Swami, who was Prabhupada secretary at the time, on the right we see Tripurari Swami, a big book distrtributor in the USA, so big was he that Srila Prabhupada hesitated to award him sannyasa as He was concerned that his book distribution would suffer. Behind Srila Prabhupada there is Pancadravida Swami to whom Prabhupada told once something like “Lucky you are a swami because no woman would ever accept you.” And behind Pusta Krishna we discern Aksoyananda Swami from New Zealand. He was Vrndavan temple president for a while and I became his temple commander in JAN 1977. But that arrangement did not last as I rapidly contracted jaundice. It was a wild time. Usually some one would just come up to you, look into your eyes and give a jaundice diagnosis because jaundice makes eyes yellow.

arjuna uvaca

param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan
purusam sasvatam divyam adi-devam ajam vibhum

ahus tvam rsayah sarve devarsir naradas tatha
asito devalo vyasah svayam caiva bravisi me

Word for word translation

arjunah uvaca — Arjuna said; param — supreme; brahma — truth; param — supreme; dhama — sustenance; pavitram — pure; paramam — supreme; bhavan — You; purusam — personality; sasvatam — eternal; divyam — transcendental; adi-devam — the original Lord; ajam — unborn; vibhum — greatest; ahuh — say; tvam — of You; rsayah — sages; sarve — all; deva-rsih — the sage among the demigods; naradah — Narada; tatha — also; asitah — Asita; devalah — Devala; vyasah — Vyasa; svayam — personally; ca — also; eva — certainly; bravisi — You are explaining; me — unto me.

TRANSLATION

Text 10.12-13 Arjuna said: My dear Krishna, I understand that You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Ultimate, the Purest and the Absolute Truth. You are a person from time immemorial, transcendental, original, without birth, beautiful and the greatest. All the great sages like Narada, Asita, Devala, Vyasa, everyone, confirms this truth and You Yourself also explained it to me.

Purport.

In these two verses of the tenth chapter undoubtedly the Supreme Lord gives a chance to the modern philosophers, expressing that the Supreme is different from the individual soul. So Arjuna, after hearing the four essential verses of the Bhagavad Gita in this chapter, became completely free from all doubts about Krishna being the Supreme Personality of Godhead and he at once boldly declared that: “You are Parambrahma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” The previous statements of Krishna that He is the originator of everything and everyone, every demigod, every human being establishes that all are dependent on Him. In the Gitopanishad it is confirmed as follows: men or demigods out of ignorance think that they are absolute, without any dependence on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That ignorance is removed perfectly by discharge of devotional service. This is already explained in the previous verse by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now by His grace, Arjuna is accepting Krishna as the Supreme Truth in concordance with the Vedic injunction. It is not because Krishna is the intimate friend of Arjuna that he is flattering Him by calling Him the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth. But whatever he says in these two verses is a confirmation of the Vedic truth. The Vedic injunction affirms that only one who takes shelter of devotional service for understanding the Supreme Lord, he only can understand, whereas others cannot. Each and every word of this verse spoken by Arjuna is corroborated by the Vedic injunction.

And it will be very good to discuss some of the mantras from the Kena Upanishad in this connection. The Kena Upanishad states as follows: The Supreme Brahman is the rest of everything. The Lord has already explained that everything is resting on Him. The Kena Upanishad confirms that the Supreme Personality of Godhead in Whom everything is resting can be realized only by such persons who are engaged in constantly thinking of Him. This constant thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is smaranam, one of the different methods of devotional service. Only such persons who are engaged in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead can understand and get rid of this material body. In the Vedas, the Supreme Lord is accepted as the Supreme, the purest of the pure. One who can understand this Supreme Personality of Godhead as the purest of the pure, he alone becomes purified from all sinful activities. Nobody can be disinfected from sinful activities without being a surrendered soul to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore Arjuna’s acceptance of Krishna as the Supreme Pure is according to the version of the Vedic literature. This is also confirmed by great personalities of whom Narada is the chief.

Therefore Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and one should always meditate upon Him and then he enjoys the transcendental relationship and this devotional service is recommended in the Vedic literature. He is the only Supreme Existence. He is free from bodily needs, birth and death. So Arjuna confirms this Vedic injunction. Not only Arjuna confirms this, but all Vedic literature, the Puranas and histories and everything, everywhere Krishna is described as follows. And the Supreme Lord also says in the fourth chapter: “ Although I am unborn, I appear on the earth for establishing the religious principles.” Anyone who understand Him as the Supreme Origin, without any cause, as the cause of all causes, and that everything emanates from Him has perfect knowledge. This perfect knowledge can be obtained by the grace of the Supreme Lord, as Arjuna expresses himself through the grace of Krishna. 

If we therefore want to understand Bhagavad Gita, we should follow the statements in these two verses. This is called the parampara system or acceptance of the disciplic succession. And without being in the disciplic succession nobody can understand the Bhagavad Gita simply by so-called academic education. Unfortunately the atheistic persons, in spite of so many evidences of Vedic literature and confirmation by great personalities, being proud of their academic education, will stick to their only obstinate conviction that Krishna is an ordinary person.