Supporting Bhagavad Gita As It Is NOT by Jayadvaita represents a major lapse of judgment on the part of the ISKCON leadership and simultaneously makes ISKCON bogus with no standing whatsoever in the spiritual sphere.
This morning 27 dec 2024, I found a Christian publication “Rapsody of Realities”, which made me realize that the Bible is mostly talk, whereas the Bhagavad Gita is technical talk about self-realization.
Monday 23rd of December 2024. Brisbane, Australia, extreme eastern ocean suburbs. First of all, I was not even going to stop at this shopping centre at all, but due to its size I could not ignore it. So after parking my relatively large Samkirtan van not far from one shopping centre entry, on my second call I met one Indian gentleman at the Foreign Exchange booth. He used to come to ISKCON Brisbane in the Darra area but now he actively visits AND SUPPORTS Burbank Hare Krishna temple. This is simply a matter of convenience and nothing can be done about it. In that sense, a second temple in Burbank is a benediction for the population and the preaching effort. He agreed to purchase a Krishna Book.
On the fourth or so call I met one Indian lady in a variety shop. She asked for Hindi Bhagavad Gita, which I was able to supply. After examining the book, she was very pleased to receive her Hindi BGAII. That was my second Hindi Bhagavad Gita distributed since I decided to carry them. She even allowed me to take a couple of lanyards, which I needed for Krishna service.
At that time, I could observe that center management was preparing some action against my presence on their so called “private premisses”, as a female Security Officer was hovering around me and simultaneously talking into her communication system. Everything is owned and controlled by the Lord though. In that sense there are no private premises. Private premises are a creation of Maya, the illusory energy. And the reprensentative of Vishnu or the Vaishnava saint has got a priori right of access anywhere and everywhere to perform his preaching work. Of course, unless expressly invited, we have not interests in sensitive government defence premisses and the like. I merged into the crowd and approached another young Indian couple. I gave him my phone number and we agreed to meet later, as he was queuing for Santa Pictures with his family. Some insincere individuals will invent some pretext to avoid the matter. But that was clearly not the case here.
I sensed that Center Management intervention was about to happen and quietly sat on a bench. A male security officer came and warned me that if I did not desist and leave willingly and immediately, center management would use force to remove me. This is generally what happens and at this stage of historical development, we have no alternative but to cease and desist. But I trust there certainly is a legal way to establish the Vaishnava Preacher’s rights to go anywhere and everywhere to preach the glories of the Lord as happens in India. At the present stage instead, we are considered common sales people and treated as such and the wise way is to obey the orders of center management.
But on my way out and by the Lord’s arrangement, I met Akshaya again and his young family. He agreed to come to my Samkirtan van. He is a very pleasant individual, easy to talk to. No artificiality about him ! He is a geologist by trade and works now in the IT departement in a geology company. Most Indians I meet work in IT, where brain is needed. He accepted Krishna Book and commented that he was just looking for some reading material. I retorted that Krishna Book is Lord Krishna’s special arrangement for him to satisfy his reading hunger. He stated that Akshaya means “unlimited.” And I replied that in the ISKCON early days, we had an Akshayananda Swami from New Zealand, temple president in Vrindavan and that I was his temple commander in early 1977. To seal the deal, I suddenly realised and remembered by Krishna’s kind mercy that I had one single Mangal Aratik sweet left in the van. I offered it to him. He accepted as a matter of fact. I left my details with him and he left to join his young family again.
On the whole we see that Lord Krishna had a precise plan to supply 3 of His books to 3 individuals who were already advanced in Krishna consciousness. And I was able to contact these three individuals in the window of opportunity defined by the Center management’s intervention. This happens often under various circumstances. So speed and resolve of action are important components for success in such situations.
Lord Krishna cared for me further as there was ample prasadam left at the temple even though I arrived 50 minutes late due to driving across town..
Please praise the Lord and chant
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
If one listens very carefully here, one can hear the instruments constantly repeating: ” KRISHNA, KRISHNA, KRISHNA, KRISHNA, KRISHNA, KRISHNA ……………….
My turn to play:
Number one: Srila Prabhupada for everything. If one could turn the camera 380 degrees, I could probably be seen in this shot. It was taken near Frankfurt, Germany, perhaps in Kelkeim, where we had organised a program for Srila Prabhupada. The three devotees seen in the back ground are respectively from left to right: Sriman Nispapa Prabhu, Sriman Cakravarty Prabhu and Sriman Achedhya Prabhu.
Number two and three ex aequo:
His Holiness BB Govinda Maharaja and His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Maharaja (departed but always lives with us in sound:
He reasons ill who says that Vaishnavas die
When thou art living still in Sound!
The Vaishnavas die to live and living try
To spead the holy life around!
Ref. VedaBase => A Poem on the Passing of Thakur Haridas
Both Maharajas perform extraordinarily lively and enthusing kirtans. Or as Mother Aditi puts it:”high energy kirtans where you can taste the spiritual bliss.” She is obviously a Rasika Bhaktin.
I have been suggesting that we may use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PeP-jBKKis by HH BB Govinda Maharaja as the anthem for the World Wide Krishna Consciousness Movement (WWKCM). In these sweetest kirtans, bliss is just contagious. Here we don’t even have to simulate bliss first to attain bliss. Simply listen / hear and enjoy!
His Holiness Bhakti Bringa Maharaja is my God brother. What a privilege for me! And I just found this very wonderful picture of HH. The colors and lights are just astounding! But HH Kadamba Kanana Maharaja is my God nephew and his disciple Nitai Pada Kamala Prabhu, who is also travelling the world spreading the holy name, is third generation. Whence my suggestion that everyone may signify his Prahupada-gotra by adding (acbspx), X is number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc , according to one’s position. Sriman Nitai Pada Kamala Prabhu would be carrying the number 3, as he personally pointed out to me in our last conversation in Brisbane, Australia. So the time factor is very active as always. And soon we shall have number 10 ,.. 50 ,…and 100. etc etc…..
Just see Maharaja’s absorption and the wonderfull colour combinations and contrasts!
Srila Prabhupada writes in OT:
“The Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, said: I instructed this imperishable science of the relationship with the Supreme to the sun-god of the name Vivasvan and Vivasvan instructed the same to his son Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in his turn instructed the same to his son Iksvaku.”
Hayagriva gives:
“The Blessed Lord said: I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvan, and Vivasvan instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Iksvaku.
Ref. VedaBase => Bg 4.1, 1972
and Jayadvaita:
“The Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, said: I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvan, and Vivasvan instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Iksvaku.”
Ref. VedaBase => Bg 4.1
Notwithstanding his dislike for the expression “the Supreme Personality of Godhead”, for which he takes the illegal freedom to change into “the Blessed Lord” Hayagriva and Jayadvaita drop the word “son” twice. Why do that? Either positive or negative, the relationship between son and father is of a very personal nature. So this a perfect example of impersonalism, which Srila Prabhupada wants to eradicate as per His second pranam mantra:
“Sanatana Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami belonged to the Bharadvaja-gotra, which indicates that they belonged either to the family or disciplic succession of Bharadvaja Muni. As members of the Krsna consciousness movement we belong to the family, or disciplic succession, of Sarasvati Gosvami, and thus we are known as Sarasvatas. Obeisances are therefore offered to the spiritual master as sarasvata-deva, or a member of the Sarasvata family (namas te sarasvate deve), whose mission is to broadcast the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (gaura-vani-pracarine) and to fight with impersonalists and voidists (nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine). This was also the occupational duty of Sanatana Gosvami, Rupa Gosvami and Anupama Gosvami.’
Ref. VedaBase => Adi 10.84
The International Society for Krishna consciousness or ISKCON is bogus and a-sampradaya to the extent that it supports Bhagavad Gita As It Is NOT by the cheater and traitor Jayadvaita, to say nothing of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust or BBT, which finds itself in the very same position.
Despite it’s so called big scholars – contemporary Iskcon especially and paradoxically stresses mundane scholarship- and despite it’s so called advanced devotees, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON remains in the grand scheme of things a bogus and a-sampradaya spiritual organisation to the extent it supports the concocted Bhagavad Gita As It Is NOT by the cheater and topmost arrogant traitor Jayadvaita. Full stop.
I am saying “topmost arrogant” because while re-editing Bhagavad Gita As It Is this shameless individual exhibited the topmost impudence in unnecessarily and constantly correcting his spiritual master, the truly great A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He must be a fanatically suicidal individual, as such kind of improper and offensive behaviour certainly brings spiritual ruination. If ISKCON persists in its present position certainly ISKCON will share in this ruination.
AND THE APOGEE OF THIS FELLOW’S ARROGANCE AND SIMULTANEOUS STUPIDITY IS THAT HE THINKS HE IS SMARTER THAT SRILA PRABHUPADA HIMSELF. HE ACTUALLY DOES NOT HAVE A HIGH OPINION AT ALL OF HIS GURU’S TALENTS. THIS MENTALITY OOZES FROM EACH CORRECTION HE DARED TO IMPOSE IMPUDENTLY ON SRILA PRABHUPADA’S ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT (OT).
“Apaisunam means that one should not find fault with others or correct them unnecessarily. Of course to call a thief a thief is not faultfinding, but to call an honest person a thief is very much offensive for one who is making advancement in spiritual life.”
SO FAR I HAVE NOT FOUND A PERSON SMARTER, WISER, more Sanskrit and Shastra educated, AND MORE REASONABLE and benevolent THAN SRILA PRABHUPADA. THAT WOULD HAVE TO APPLY IN ALL SPHERES OF LIFE, NOT JUST TO Srila Prabhupada’s SPECIALITY, WHICH IS SELF REALIZATION. SRILA PRABHUPADA IS TRULY NARASHRESTHA, THE BEST AMONG PEOPLE. AND JAYADVAITA IS A PUFFED UP FOOL AND discretion-less and discrimination-less IMBECILE. He is a fanatic too for sacrificing his spiritual interest to his worldly goals, typically the person who will cause religious wars, because he uses spirituality for advancement of worldly goals. Srimad Bhagavatam completely rejects him and such attitude and mentality.
His so far successful agenda is to transform a philosophical treatise into a crowd and sense gratifier pleasing, smooth sounding, suave commercial manual with many nonsensical contradictions. But hey, who will notice the contradictions? Who has the education and the time to notice the philosophical contradictions? I do!
In any case, Jayadvaita’s Bhagavad Gita As It Is NOT is a-parampara. That should settle the matter and make the devotee community thinks how they wish to be situated. Do they wish to be situated in the parampara line or outside parampara? The answer is obvious. So are consequent actions to be taken. I am happy to debate this matter with qualified individuals.
Ref. VedaBase => Bg 16.1, Bg 16.2, Bg 16.3, Bg 16.1–3
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