Devotee and the Divinity

An Essay By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

A pure devotee is just like the Desire-Tree from whom we can have on request everything desirable. This is no myth or bluff but it is actual fact. The devotee can deliver to us the mercy of God and what is not obtainable by one who has got the mercy of God? Therefore the devotees are the most magnanimous in their charitable disposition of mind. They are also the deliverer of the fallen souls and we need to offer our obeisances unto their lotus feet so that we can invoke their blessings in our all attempts.

The highest authority for benediction is God Himself and the Devotees are His custodians. If a devotee desires to bestow upon us the mercy of God, he is quite competent to do it in all respects. Such devotees are called Mahatmas i.e. those who have surpassed all narrowness of the mind because supramentally they depend upon God & God alone they enchant(?) His glories and discuss about His wonderful acts. All these make the devotee just qualified to accept everyone's' obeisances and the devotee as respectfull as the Personality of Godhead Himself. There is no difference between them qualitatively.

I must think always myself as the most fallen soul as I am so by dint of my mundane attachment and if I surrender unto the devotee, surely he will protect me in all respects: I am a needy man, constantly suffering from the pangs of insufficiency and the devotee is as above mentioned, the desire tree from whom I can have everything that I may desire. The devotee is not a miser like the mundane people and had he not been so, I could not have satisfied all my needs from him only. The Divinity has empowered the devotees to deliver the fallen souls like me and by nature they are not only kind but also liberal and munificent. They are not poor either in knowledge or in opulence. Therefore, if we at all want to satisfy our all (?) needs, we must approach the devotee only; otherwise if we approach any other person, not only not our desires will be satisfied in full but also we shall imperceptibly accumulate a range of inauspicious things which will baffle our desire to become complete and self-sufficient.

If we have to approach therefore a devotee of the nature described above, we must have at last the preliminary knowledge for discriminating a pure devotee from the nondevotee. Let us first of all understand what are the other (?) that co-exist along with the pure devotee. The devotee is relatively known with the existence of the Divinity or the Personality of Godhead who is the Fountain head of everything that be. (?) along with the existence of a devotee and the Personality of Godhead, there is another set of living being who are detached from direct relations of Godhead and therefore known as the nondevotee. In other words men who are eternally attached to the transcendental loving service of Godhead, is called the devotees and men who are wrongly detached from the transcendental service of Godhead but have the latent potency to become so engaged (in the service) of Godhead, are called the non-devotees. In Sanskrit language the devotee is called 'Vaisnava' the divinity is called 'Visnu' and the nondevotee is called 'Avaisnava' Thus we can conclude that there are these three categories eternally co-existent in this world.

The 'Avaisnavas' or the non-devotees are those who are constantly engaged in topics and matters not concerned with the Divinity or Visnu. Such non-devotees have made up their own plan of living, dictated by the illusory energy of Godhead and they think it their duty of life to eat drink be merry and enjoy the senses. The whole plan of material civilization is based on the foundation of such non-devotional plan of sensuous activities.

Therefore if we want to be devotee or 'Vaisnava' we must make it a point of our life, that we shall not talk or hear of anything which is unconcerned with the Divinity. What we eat, what we give, what we meditate upon, and all such other things must be related with the Divinity. It is our duty to eat the remnant of food stuff first offered to the Divinity, it is our duty to talk about Him and to preach about Him. We must always allow ourselves to be under the guidance of a pure devotee and if we neglect to become so and so in relation with the Divinity, then it is sure and certain that we become identified with those who are in the categories of nondevotee.

Materially advanced people may ask what is our loss by remaining a nondevotee? What is there if somebody remains nondevotee by his natural tendency unlike One who becomes a devotee by his inclination. To answer this question it may be said that if we want to remain a nondevotee, threefold miseries inflicted bv the laws of Nature will surely disturb us. The miseries are, one related with our gross body and subtle mind, two in relation with other living being and three in relation with the troubles inflicted upon us by the controlling deities namely the sun, the moon, the planets, and others. And such troubles are generated only in our state of forgetfulness of our eternal relation with Godhead. In the Bhagwat Geeta it is said that the laws of Nature are insurmountable by the attempt of conditioned souls. Those who surrender unto the Supreme will of Godhead, can only get rid of such threefold miseries of the laws of Nature. It must be understood that the laws of Nature is so made that they make a presance(?) by force to revoke the lost relation of living being with Godhead. In extreme difficulty i.e. when a man fails to make solution of his difficult problems, he automatically and unconsciously makes a surrender unto God. It is clear therefore that the natural law is something like police action of Mother Nature to reinstate a living being unto the transcendental loving service of Godhead. It being so, if we want to get real relief from the stringent laws of Nature it is our duty to become devotee. We gain everything by becoming a devotee and we spoil everything by remaining a nondevotee. The human form of life offered by Mother nature is a chance for the living entity to revert to his original position of a devotee.

The material Nature of Godhead is called illusory (Maya) because it keeps us in darkness of ignorance when we misuse our human independence by animal proclivities. The material Nature is personified in the divinity of Godess 'Kali' whose grim feature is devastating and she dark all over the body although she appears Herself in the attractive feature of a young girl. Her thankless task is to keep the conditioned soul in the darkness of ignorance as long as misuses his human independence and keep him always aloof from the transcendental service of Godhead. In that state of ignorance, the conditioned soul, instead of rendering service unto Godhead, thinks himself wrongly as the one who may be served by Godhead. In such a state of ignorance, he thinks that the beauty of material nature is made by Godhead for his exploitation and enjoyment. In that state of ignorance he wants to lord it over the laws of nature and meets thereby devastation and nothing else. That is the picture, real picture of Godess 'Kali'. The conditioned soul wants to pacify the devastating feature of material Nature by his own manufactured plans and techniques without knowing it well, that the material Nature cannot be brought into service of the conditioned soul and that she cannot be conquered except by the method of complete surrender unto the lotus feet of the Absolute Personality of Godhead Sree Krishna.

By the misuse of the infinitesemal independence given to the living being, he poses himself to be able to accept the prayers of other individual souls by becoming a false God himself and does not put himself for the prayers of Godhead. With such vain purpose, the conditioned soul is trying to become a designer of a peaceful world situation(?) Such imperfect wishful desires in the minds of the conditioned souls, make them oblige to become the leaders of other innocent men, just like a blind man desires to direct the activities of other fellow blind men. And all these misconducts become possible when we are overshadowed upon the pure knowledge of our own self. In such state of things only we think ourselves only as the supreme designer, master, enjoyer, seer and doer of everything. But when we enter into the association of devotees for guidance we can know that we are neither, the designer, nor the master, nor the enjoyer and everything is done by the will of God through His different agencies and therefore He is only the object of our adoration and worship.

It is however very difficult to rise up to such standard of pure devotional activities in this world. Most people are inclined to work under the laws of 'Karma'or to work for one's own fruitive enjoyment. No body works for any other else except for his ownself. Under the law of 'Karma' the narrow minded conditioned soul does labour for his own benefit under illusion He works for his own benefit, for his family's benefit, for his society's benefit, for communities benefit, for his country's benefit or for his party's benefit, but no body works for Gods' benefit. That is the life of a nondevotee.

Beneficient activities for ones' self-interest or for the matter of extended self-interest are done under the laws of 'Karma' and the labourer under such laws of 'Karma' are called 'Kripana' or misers distinguished from the 'Brahmanas' or the broad minded liberals. Such narrow minded leaders may be very popular by their philanthropic activities, but the devotees let us know that such leaders under the laws of 'Karma are bound up hands and legs and cannot deliver us the real thing. They can give us temporary relief and illusory happiness subject to the laws of Nature and as such beneficial activities are sure to be lost in the wilderness of eternity at the cost of immense loss of human energy. The devotees let us know that our only duty is to workout the plan of Godhead by rendering transcendental loving service for him. Such service is possible to be done by every one and all because God is for all living beings. Sectarian service for Material Nature keeps aloof the lower grade of living entities from direct service but transcendental loving service of Godhead is possible to be done by all creatures of God never mind what they are either the gods, the men the beasts, the birds, (? ) , and all other living entities. Non-devotees are inclined to think that human being is meant for enjoying life. The human life is different from the animal life by the angle of vision of the nondevotee in as much as varieties of enjoyment can be undertaken by the human being. Such non-devotees distinguish the life of human being from the life of lower animals by qualitative and quantitative distinction of the grades of sense gratification.

The conditioned soul therefore is afraid of mixing with the association of devotees thinking that by such association he may be drifted from his sensual enjoyment. In such ignorance only, the nondevotee tries to turn the table upon the devotee by emphasizing on the point that the devotees are not liberal because they do not encourage their indomitable desires for material hankerings neither do they support others wild (?) for extravagancy conditioned by the laws of Nature. To the non-devotees the cultural and progressive life of a devotee is a sort of monotory and obstruction to unrestricted flow of material enjoyment. The nondevotee will be able to make a perfection of his life when he will be able to see the Personality of Godhead besides his ownself and try to serve Him instead of falsely serving himself either in concentrated or extended mode. On that auspicious day of his life, the nondevotee will get relief from such troubling conceptions as the atomic theory of the cosmic world(? ) or the conceptions of false nationalism, philanthropic and other mundane (?) one ideologies. The nondevotee will from that date engage his ears for aural reception of the science of transcendental loving service of Godhead from those who are engaged hundred per cent in such transcendental loving service of Godhead.

But if the nondevotee without associating with the pure devotee continues his material worship he will do so at the risk spoiling his human energy by serving the material Nature atom by atom for millions and millions of different grades of life.

By the association of the devotee, the nondevotee will come to his senses that by serving the Divinity only all other objects will be served. By watering the root of a tree the leaves and branches are simultaneously watered and by supplying food in the stomach all the senses are automatically served and nourished. The secret of this science can be revealed only by the association of pure devotees.

Such pure devotee is peaceful and non-aggressive. He is never attracted by any object of material happiness. Neither in this life or in the life after, a pure devotee has any attraction for anything which can be more attractive than the transcendental beauty of the lotus feet of Lord Krishna the Personality of Godhead. As such, we must note it for certain that whenever there is any lack of such attraction for the lotus feet of Sree Krishna we are surely being counter attracted by the illusory Energy in her manifold representations.

We can acquire full knowledge of everything by knowing well the All perfect, from his devotee. One who has scanty knowledge of the Complete Whole or one who is materially poor in knowledge and opulence, how he can do good to others and if he ever does so he can disseminate his poor fund of knowledge to the still more poor audience or followers. In outstanding contrast to such poor fund of knowledge and acquisition, the devotee has in his possession 'Bhagawan' or 'Narayana' who is the fountainhead of all opulence, all power, all beauty, all fame, all knowledge and all indifference in fullness. Therefore a pure devotee is also full of all opulence, all power, all beauty, all fame, all knowledge and all indifference. 'Narayana' or 'Bhagavan' does never become poorer as somebody thinks Him wrongly or less than His original potency by such controlling of His devotee and He remains the same full in every aspect. That is the instruction we have from the 'Brihadasarayaka Upanishad' It is said there that the Absolute Truth is full in every respect and if His full strength is deducted from Him still He remains full. The subtracting process of matter make it ultimately nil. But the complete Whole Spirit by the process of eternal emanation, eternally remains the complete whole. One who has in his possession such Complete Whole i.e. one who is eternally engaged in supra mundane service of Godhead, cannot be compared with any mundane creature. That is the difference between a devotee and a nondevotee.

It may be noted however that transcendental service of a pure devotee is more important than the transcendental service of Godhead. The devotee is the transcendental medium through whom it is possible to render service unto Godhead. Lord Chaitanya is the ideal devotee and those who follow His footprints are also ideal devotee. Lord Chaitanya is more kind than Sree Krishna although Lord Chaitanya is Sree Krishna Emperic speculators become unwilling to surrender unto Sree Krishna as it was demanded by Him in the Bhagwat Geeta. Ashuras like Dantabakra and Shisupal considered it that Sree Krishna is not the Absolute Truth and therefore they declined to surrender unto Him. Although Sree Krishna presented Himself as the Absolute Truth and although He manifested His all-pervading universal feature in His own transcendental Body, men who have very poor fund of knowledge considered Him as an ordinary man like them and thus made malafide interpretations of the Bhagwat Geeta. And in order to rectify this malafide representation of Bhagwat Geeta, Sree Krishna appeared Himself again in the Form of Lord Chaitanya but this time He did not declare Himself as Supreme Lord but He presented Himself as an humble devotee of the Lord. As such Lord Chaitanya is more kindly than Lord Krishna.

Lord Chaitanya made it clear that by becoming a devotee of Sree Krishna no interest of Krishna is served. Sree Krishna being full in Himself He does not need the service of any body else. But it is the interest of the devotee to serve Sree Krishna because by such service only he can himself become constitutionally perfect and happy. He also warned us for committing the mistake of thinking God as an ordinary man or an ordinary man as God. Both conceptions are dangerous in the path Divine life. No mental speculator has even been able to surpass the knowledge of Lord Chaitanya. Each every one of them were defeated by Him and therefore Lord Chaitanya is worshipped by all section of sane persons. He unfolded the real nature of the living being and every one was made perfect by His preaching by knowing himself as eternal part and parcel servitor of Sree Krishna. The teachings of Bhagwat Geeta was practically demonstrated by Lord Chaitanya, the ideal devotee.

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When the agent mind, under the influence of the external energy of Godhead, tries to cheat its master spirit soul, the living entity becomes a worker to enjoy the fruitive result. Religious ideologies that have so far been introduced in the phenomenal world have practically choked up the transcendental service of the Absolute. Such mental speculationists try to engage the devotee also for satisfying their fruitive ideologies. But the devotee keeps himself aloof from them by miles asunder. Mental speculation is based on false ego as it is said in the Bhagwat Geeta that conditioned soul thinks himself a worker bewildered by the false ego. If we are therefore influenced by mental speculative process for religious ideologies, certainly we shall remain a bewildered fruitive actor and shall never be able to become devotee.

Let us therefore be prepared to become the transcendental servitor of the devotee of the Divinity only. Let us not be misled by false status quo. We can fulfil our lifes' mission simply by serving & associating with devotee who are cent per cent engaged in the service of the Divinity.

(Devotee and the Divinity: An Essay By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, Founder Acharaya for ISKCON, written on unknown date)

GHQ Serious Problems

Srila Prabhupada explained difference between Bhakti Yoga (Krishna consciousness) and other yoga's. Other yoga's are likened to a tinkers hammer, used upon gold it hits with a "tink tink." Bhakti Yoga is likened to a huge hammer in one big "pow" metal is reformed, our karma released, God worshipped.

To some extent this post to be as that, because it gets nauseating to continously speak on GHQ, but for sake of truthful protection for women and chldren, it must be done.

Principally, to clear Prabhuada's name which GHQ misuses, causing many to loose interest in joining with the Iskcon. Hopefully enough will be said now to make clear it as time to give the a "smack down" to woman abusers who blame their woman abouse on Srila Prabhupada and Veda.

Start with GHQ's endless concept all women as *hores that ruin society unless those women agree to lay beneath them in a polygamous relationship. Apparently society will fall apart unless we give our daughters to them, or ourselves.

Somehow ended up reading many editorals on them, it appears regardless how many times women tell ghq that females are not living lifestyle of *hores, GHQ ignores, basing it on quotes from Prabhupada. Therefore they insist it has to be true. Thus we now follow in their footsteps. GHQ needs reminding Srila Prabhupada also warned of male sexual propensities such as v -licking. Too disturbing? Then why it's all right they call women *hores and prostitutes? This be a two-way street. Furthermore, we found this in a quote purport of Bhagavatam, where Srila Prabhupada warns of this male desire.

Untrue? GHQ not doing this? We don't believe you, because it says so in scripture, just as you dont believe women are not *hores based on your selective scriptural quoting. Since that must be true always and we must be *whores unless we surrender to being under your thumb, so too GHQ must be engaging in this disgusting activity, because it says so, and its a male natural propensity. So proud of their claims of superior body, then don't leave that out.

Actually women do not believe all men engage in this act, or that all ghq engage in it either. (Although some might considering their belief of rape, child marriage, can do "whatever" they want, makes it a risk).

"One should never think that his mind is trained and that he can do whatever he likes." Caitanya Caritamrta, Madhya 11.10

Unlike ghq, women do not beleive to be going against Srila Prabhupada when we recognize it is not a common activity of all men. That's because Iskcon woman are more intelligent than polygamist GHQ men whose sex desire has drained away ability to discern. Misogynists refuse to hear higher philosophy on women, they quote (misquote) Prabhupada to jusitify their transgressions, call female devotee of God *hores who disagree with their sexual escapades, or their spiritual domination. Therefore ghq has lost brain substance and can not understand His Divine Grace properly.

Reading determined that many women took time to patiently explain to ghq differences between a real *hore and spirtual women, to no avail. Consequently devotee women tire to be called *hores & now have the right to call such men ... that above name.... whenver we wish. Since they assume we can't get off the bodily platform to behave in spiritual manner, we shall follow their example and proclaim the same fate unto them.

Next, GHQ disrespects motherhood, sneakily. While appearing supporitve, they hide a conglamoration of problems. Finding women as not good for much except raising children (and sex), cleaning house (and sex), feeding him (and sex), basically limited to sudra. This is strongly suggestive to children their mother is not to be respected, thus children gradually realize they too are not worthy of respect.

GHQ's truthful puporse to appear supporitve of motherhood has less ado with mothering and more of 'keeping her down.' If she does anything else & they dislike it, they can take the wind out of her sails by calling her a bad mother.

Their preachings "What will happen to children if woman gets job, does book distribution?!" Reality, it's seldom been the problem, whereas children suffered more when fathers have been selifhishly absorbed in his life and not protecting them, not making sure of qualified babysitter for mommy to go out on sankirtana, to the office, brining money into the family or preaching. Money he will gladly take while criticizing it.

GHQ on motherhoood is not refering how woman trains children (ghq likely control that as all else they demand to control). More speaking to physical care like changing diapers or wiping noses. Woman by nature are good at motherhood, fathers more often have to put effort into fatherhood. (The sincere ones do the work, the rascals try to opt-out.)We think ghq wants woman to take up his slack so he can keep all family members home under his extra controlling thumb, then when he feels relief that all are under his superior control, he can relax and have free time to flirt with more women.

When wife gets old, fat, looses her material beauty, does GHQ man use that as another excuse to look for new wife? This wife no longer as pleasant to look upon, so nice guy he thinks he be, he won't throw her to out and divorce her, but will keep paying her rent, food, etc, only he now has right to get new pretty wife?

This is 100% materialistic viewpoint. Indisputably he should take care of her the rest of life, but that is not gift, it is simply moral, and karmic if they don't. Purpose of mariage in Krishna consciousness is to increase spiritually, assist each other for service to Krishna. Not when wife is old and ugly, husband with money or power or popularity, shops for new women of sense pleasures. Husband is probably old and ugly too.

"Don’t be happy because you have got by karma a comfortable body. No body is comfortable. It is temporary, even it is comfortable. Even if you have got a very nice body, American body or European body, it may appear to be very nice, better than the Indian body—but that is not permanent. You’ll have to change it. That is spiritual consciousness." Srila Prabhupada Arrival Address, Vrndavana India, September 3, 1976

Wrinkly wife means the clock has ticked to the time for renounciaiton increase, time to push self forward and advance spiritual, giving up material pleasures. Starts with sexual renounciation, as Prabhupada explained the strongest pulling force to keep us in the world birth after birth, is sex desire.

GHQ polygamists are more truthfully unfaithful men who want to cheat on their wife and name it religious. Its time to stop calling it Vedic among less than pure devotees, and recognize for most in kali yug this is a disease. There are four orders to life, marriage is not the last varna, but one phase only. Initiated man is not to continously marry over and over, many women into his old age, thus increase entanglements. When wife is overweight, often from bearing ghq mans babies, putting up with his stressful abuse (stress elevates cortizol levels, this increases weight), or eating his bad sugary oily salt diet of sense gratification, or his fanatical health diet where she is chastized for mistakes, after surrendering to him, weight and health problems develop in her. Recognize this is not time to look for thin wife, it's time to use old age as signal to move forward to deeper spiritual advancement.

GHQ proudly proclaim marriage to 11, 12 year old girl to 60 year old man as bona fide. Does any reader honestly think they will not have sex with that pure young girl they've always secretly hankered after? While those who are normal see only a child, misognynists see 'wife.' Hiding behind preachings of protection to her, some might claim they wont have sex until she's of age. That is very high risk for us to also believe in, based on merely trusting such a man to do so, ignoring the power of physical hormones in his body. Blind trust puts such young girls at sexual risk. Any misogynist who marries anyone of any age, sees that partner as potential sex partner.

How long such men may wait for sexual indulgence with child bride? 1 week? 1 month? 1 year? One year is not long enough because she's child to start, still growing. Risk be high that most GHQ or misogynists WILL rape.They also may not consider rape a big offense, at first possibly use word jugglery and refute it not be rape, than may try to claim "she wanted it." However, child can not make anything consentual for good reason, they're a child! Therefore it's rape. Men who support rape of wife usually do not view it as serious thing, not even to young wife! (What has happened to his priestly celibacy?)

"Therefore, our duty is to dovetail our acts with Krsna's desire, not to manufacture an action and then declare: "I am doing this action in Krsna consciousness." We have to be very careful to ascertain whether Krsna actually wants it. Such authorized knowledge is instructed by the representative of Krsna. In our prayers of praise to the spiritual master we are singing daily, "If the spiritual master is satisfied, then God will be satisfied. And if one dissatisfies his spiritual master, then there is no way for him to please God." Science of Self Realization, ch8

Will GBC put heads in sand like they did with Gukula sexual abuse? Before it was teacher, now it be husband? (Clue: 11 year old can't realitistically have a husband in this yuga!) New devotee iskcon family man with sweet daughter will be less likely to stay if they hear iskcon has not "fully" denouced GHQ.

Next, ghq holds requirement of unconditional submission to man as guru of wife, otherwise she's stupid & can't properly understand scripture or use self control. He insists to take charge of it all. Srila Prabhupada does not give such instructions. GHQ twist what he gives, immitating ancient scriptural saints. Prabhupada did not say like this to kali yug devotees. Women are capable of understanding his books, his instructions.

Shyness is a quality GHQ insists woman must have, quoting shastra, and criticizing devotee women of this day for being bold (or strong). Without a doubt there are quotes in shastra instructing shyness of woman, yet we see an interseting example from Prabhupada. Read of when he first arrived in the west, did not know much of the culture, & asked if women were allowed to dirve cars. When he was told they were, he was surprised. He did not reply that since it is too much power for a woman to have or too bold or not Vedic, therefore it will not be allowed in Iskcon. Quite the opposite. He instructed that woman go out in cars or vans together on book distribution, somtimes even spending nights away. GHQ wants to make shyness more important than transcendental distribution of Prabhupada's books & pushing forward the Hare Krishna Movement. They're common strategy is to keep woman on the defense in general, to control her thus not have to explain his words or actions. Here we will not cooperate with such maya nonsense, but point that they are holding their wives back from helping push forward Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana Movement.

Next, Prabhupada included avoidance of "subtle" sex for the initiated disciple. Even "thinking of" the opposite gender is maya. To think of future marriage with young girl, to want to control and manipulate women, to desire more than one wife even if it never manifests, is subtle sex life.

The rare brahmacari or renounced who may also be ghq member, want other men to control women, often because he doesn't want to control himself, doesn't know how to properly humbly & not aggitatedly behave in the presense of women, thus wanting someone else to keep her controlled is all about him, not protection of women. All be levels of subtle sex life. Surely they should not intermingle, but if overly agitated than go to the forest, a comment Prabhupada made. Better they should become fixed up, which can only begain if they admit when a problem is theirs.

Maybe readers can see why in other blogs here, connections were shown between the desire to control, and sex. The desire to manipulate and sex. The desire for ownership and sex. The desire for power over, and sex. Sex is one of the most poweful forces, even the subtle level is not so subtle.

Is it normal? In certain cases. Nevertheless, its not normal for the initiated priest, monk, whatever you want to call them, to hold attachment. Disciple must either give up material worldliness, or give up being a priest. Means let go of woman issues or let go of initation as priest. They won't, attempting to have both. Illusion, as they can't attain that either. What they achieve is increasing everyone's pain connected to them, including their guru. Although guru may be merciful and continue to accept them as disciple anyway, this is not excuse for disciple to maintain lusty desires.

Even the rare brahmacari or renounced member, he hates woman too, because he feels lust or some type of inadequacy around her. Time to strengthen himself. They need to become honest about the root of their problems to cleanse their hearts, disconnect from such impure desires, control the mind, or respect and follow with honesty, unchanging the philosophy to suit themselves.

Is this not a lazy devotee who rejects undergoing purification, prefering to twist scripture and claim to be right, when wrong?! Maya is powerful.

Initially surpising some GHQ may follow strictly the 4 reglative principles. Therefore aren't they free of this misuse of sex and power? Considering they believe in abuse by another name, no. In too many cases abusive men are sexually frustrated men. In his mind he is thinking contradictory thought (sometimes violence and sex), therefore inwardly he is not keeping the 4 regulative principles. These principles must be followed, no one should use this as excuse to break, just time to mature and get honest about what is true source of his agitation.

Sucess to overcome these problems usually is blessed on those who face his anarthas, increase personal austerity, and spirutal activity. It does not come lording it over woman, directly or indirectly, because this is evidence he is full of lust or desire to control, and he can't really. No one can really control another, the other will just find different ways to get what they want. There is only self conotrol.

Brahmacari misogynists ghq desiring to keep his vows, also desires sex and power over women, that is why he supports polygamy of other men. That they will do it on any level, since he cant. Such men, both brahmacari and householder misogynists, view self as advanced and all should be like them. No thank you. Honest self evaluation, and not reading only that which pleases their senses and mind in scripture, is more attractive to most. Look at the whole picture or stop pretense of being an advanced superior devotee.

Next be the way minds of GHQ think and function be unlike most others. Example, in some of their letter exchanges they blame women for husbands who cheat on her. Their basis: She is not agreeing to co-wife idea, therefore husband was forced to cheat since he could not bring his mistress home and make her a wife. Insane. Too often they twist things up. Never taking responsibility for lust, rather to fault of woman that she refuses to live misserable lifestyle to save him. With such stinking thinking, what kind of preist are they.

Surprisingly, even with this lustful angry mind, he still thinks himself guru-pati. Therefore if he hits wife, or verbally insults her seriously, he portrays it all Gods will. Again taking no responsibility for his actions, or his desires.

Females who reject GHQ man of his flirtous glances, or know he has a wife so she ignores his advances, is next blamed for his lust, that she was flirting with him. Realisticially, she was just normal as she always is, he simply thinks everyone is flirting with him. She is also the cause of immorality in society because she won't surrender to polygamy. He never admits he has a problem with lust, greed, egotism. Its everyone elses fault who disagree with him. He thinks he be Vedic and you (the sensible one) are in maya. Reality be, he is fallen, and most who think different from him are more honest, sensible, and realistic.

GHQ condemen men who refuse to support them in their lust for power. Although men get more padding, or are criticized secondly, the ghq has sneakily stated in emails, they will filthy any man's reputation who goes against them. Iskcon's GBC only disagree? Are they afraid of the GHQ?

Although impossible to summarize, since they're continually swaying & story-telling, often misusing Veda to do so, here is an ATTEMPT AT SUMMARY of GHQ:

* Have now found many places with offensive comments about women by GHQ. Mentioning only some: she's stupid, are *hores, never take woman seriously, women are just to play with, women are like toilets (referencing sexual release). According to Bhagavad gita, sex life is religious when practiced within religious principles. It must be they who are not practicing it in religious principles if this is their sad understanding how to be with spiritual women.

* GHQ openly and proudly admitted to bigotry against Afro-Americans and Latinos Vaisnava's of the Lord (male or female irrelevant). Whereas Prabhupada gave them initiation just like he did anyone, treated them as he did any other devotee, saw them as he did any other devotee, and loved them as part of his divine family.

* the GHQ man does not wake in the morning telling self "how may I become more humble today? How may I serve more?" No, he thinks differently: "My castle, my woman, I'm king, you do what I want of you unconditionally. I'm alays right, wife always wrong."

* GHQ believe more importance to get underaged girl "married off," then to educate females. Their emails exchanges revealed they believe a girls schooling to be of little importance. Whereas boys should have much education.

* A minority of the GHQ members might mechanically follow even in temples. Don't be fooled, they still believe woman must be kept under thumb of GHQ, they also having woman problems. Some chant 16 rounds, follow 4 regulative principles, attend morning & evening program, but hold tightly a bitterness toward women, likely resultant from past bad experiences. In kali yuga many have problems understanding the opposite sex. Difference worth noting is when no one acceptes responsibility for his contribution to the problem, especially when it happens repeadedly. Finally they give up and (instead of getting professional help) just want to lay down the law, bully women so they won't have to deal with women. Such men if also ghq member, though the minority chanting and following in some ways, not be following in admitting personal faults, not be following when rejects lifting false ego, and continues daily thinking they are always right. Them we almost feel sorry, except for the potential narcisism lurking in them, or emotional problems they insist they don't have, while maintaining cruel, bitter thoughts about women.

* GHQ stated endlessly, they are superior birthed. Whereas Krishna consciousoness is not of birth, Hindu caste system is of birth. (Most of them are western non-Indian birth, since birth level so imporant to them, we suggest they instead compare their mlecha birth to those born in Holy Lands.)

*Once asked to show a miracle Srila Prabhupada replied he could walk into a room filled with naked women and not be the least bit agitated. That is a symptom of a pure devotee. Can you reader do it? Temple president can you? GBC, how about you? Lets be realistic: no. How can ghq practice polygamy and be the superior devotee? The guru-pati? The higher birth? GHQ's brain cells are clogged with high levels of hormones, thus giving them spiritual blindness. Anyone who thinks ghq can have more than one wife, and virgin girl cowives walking about their home, and he still be good following initiated devotee, may be a lusty misogynist themselves.

* Egotistical likely to the point of no return, because of living long time in controlled environment where everyone must agree with them. Therefore becomes clearer why man should take to the next varna and ashrama of life after age 50. Their wives can't cleanse his heart and mind, only their godbrothers have a chance to help.

* Prabhupada explains Mother Bhumi standing on her last leg of religiousity which be honestly. GHQ are dishonest to a fault, and manipulative. Evidence has been revealed by women they tried to trick. Further evidence of GHQ's untruthfulness has been revealed in many of their very own email exchanges. They started an underhanded plot to overthrow ISKCON, collectively made organized group plans to hurt anyone who got in their way including men, they hanker deeply to control women, justify sneakiness with self-rightness, etc.

*GHQ are SAHIJYA'S. Often quoting Sita Rama and forest excrusion, or pastimes of the pure devotee Caiva Muni, GHQ think they and their wives, without a doubt, can copy the lifestyle of the pure souls in Srimad Bhagavatam. This while all know realistically, they're breaking the regulative principles or making excuses around them, with little control over their mind, lashings out, hihgly manipulation, are driven to go after sex and Power.

* The GHQ do not surrender to Srila Prabhupada, they look hard for excuses round where they disagree with him, they search out reasons they prefer as to why Prabhupada did something or let women do something. In the face of no evidnce of Prabhupada wanting anything different, they continue to make excuses, never surrendering they be wrong, or admit they have a problem with women & control. Some women I read, say they suspect in addition to ghq's inability to have a healthy reliationship with female, is that ghq are also envious over women, the service Prabhuapda let them do, which is also why they abuse them.

* GHQ follow something DIFFERENT from Prabhupada. Anyone doubting this, ask when last time ghq sent their daughter on HariNama with temple devotees? Whens last time ghq man went on sankirtana? Last time they preached that which wasn't of women but verses of Krishna?

* GHQ are filled with members who have problems with woman, sex, power, and their minds. Making huge offense against Srila Prabhupada misusing his words in attempts to repair their personal problems. If I were to agree with them women should be more submissive etc, there'd still be no agreement to ruin Prabhupada's good name in order to repair their life, or make it go the way they think it should. ( I don't agree with them.) They are so messed-up they're unable to understand Prabhupada correctly. Its extremely selfish to please their mind, genitals, and psychological problems about woman, using Prabhupada quotes for blame of their bad behavior and crocked beliefs. They need to stop this selifhsness, stop this ghq group. Unlikely.

* GHQ preach extensively about woman PROTECTION but they "can not give" woman protection. The reason is because they are misogynists. A misogynist has psychological or criminal or addictive, or other problems, therefore can not protect women - its impossible. GHQ say things like, we women are against woman protection thus ruining society. Inaccurate. We are not against woman protection, we are against LIARS, against the UNQUALIFIED, & those who make false claims. In case this wasn't fully absorbed the first time, here is that mantra again:

"Misognyists can not give woman protection - it is impossible."

How can a woman hater be a woman protector? They can't.

* GHQ have no problem lying to you, reader, or to put anyone thru the emotinal roller coaster, because they are always right; if you disagree its always because you are just too low birthed, too stupid & incapble to understand, therefore they must trick you into understanding. Truth be told, you may not understand them, as you dont understand marriage to 11 year old girl, you don't understand beatings as holy, we don't understand because those attracted to such activity are unusually egocentric, crazy, lazy, addicted, or criminal minded. Whereas reader you are sane and sane persons can not understand the crazy, cruel, or selfish. What to speak of, addiction.

Hopefully this be close to the endings of my bloggings about the offenders GHQ. Much has been complied in this post, & others available around here, for the sincere to read and learn how to avoid their poision. Now if any joins them, next when your life becomes filled with suffering (men included), only a matter of time, not to come crying.

Shall temple authorities still continue to 'only disagree,' instead of find disguest with GHQ, this also has been given warnings that good families, and sane educated people, will run the opposite way. Therefore, no one to blame but yourselves, temple authorties Sir.

When underaged girls become co-wives sexually molested by old men,
when boys be taught to sew their wild oats in many future wives
--instead of sense controlled & truthful gentleman,
when sweet women be taken advantage of due to her sweetness,
and slavery to be practiced like in the west,
When blacks & latino's are as automatic low birthed,
When devious plot to overthrow an entire movement despite whose reputation they'll destroy,
you now know they are not the association to keep,
you now know they're not following Prabhupada & not repeating his pure teachings,
--but twistings, which is what they do.

Now knowing better then to join GHQ, be consciously aware. I be sick of writing of them, but fear no one is taking it seriously enough. Here is compiled plenty. Those too lazy to read it, or too curious then join, or like temptation pretending it can be spiritual, no one can save you from the suffering sure to follow. However here is this post and others, filled with knowledge. Use it with intelligence, the responsibility now on your shoulders.

To the sincere: don't give up, just take shelter of Srila Prabhupada's superior philosophy. The rest will fall into place, will make sense, in a rational sensible way.

To GHQ: get professional help before you'e arrested, harmed by the father or Uncle of a young girl, or that co-wifes get together and take a type of revenge beyound your control.

To GBC: Do something before you loose whats left of your power. More laugh at you as fools because you are out of touch with the life of the ordinary devotee. Part of that is, GHQ are not good Vedic men, they are lusty men, cheaters, twisters of scriptures, and historically in this age of our Movement it has not been been women *hores doing massive falldowns, its been men. If you won't get strong to protect iskcon society from these pimps - next women, and families, may move away.

Readers, shall you be currently practicing a particular faith, I highly recommend you make every attempt to separate the above problems from the spiritual aspect, from the addiction, and then recognize the recovery needed too. My purpose is not to undermine the benefits of religious practice. Indeed, I believe that religion serves a tremendous purpose in our society when practiced in a truthful spiritual sense.

Srila Prabhupada never treated woman as misogynists preach, therefore they should take humble position admitting they do not understand him. Give up their abuse which they next blame on His Divine Grace. Bogus.

To overall misogynists who deem their material position is protective of woman, that their sex within polygamy or one wife but not restricted to trying to beget children with 50 rounds, thinking ithis all be protective and spiritual:

"Prabhupada: Madana-mohana, Madana-mohana. Madana means sex attraction. Madana, sex attraction, Cupid, and Krsna is called Madana-mohana. One can, I mean, neglect even sex attraction if one is attracted to Krsna. That is the test. Madana (is) attracting in this material world. Everyone is attracted by sex life. The whole material world is existing on sex life. This is the fact. Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-suhkham hi tuccham. Here, the happiness, the so-called happiness is maithuna, maithunadi. Maithunadi means here happiness begins from maithuna, sex intercourse. Generally, people..., a man marries. The purpose is to satisfy sex desire. Then he begets children. Then again, when the children are grown up, they, the daughter is married with another boy and the boy is married with another daughter, another girl. That is also the same purpose: sex. Then again, grandchildren. In this way, this material happiness -- sriyaisvarya-prajepsavah. The other day we discussed. Sri means beauty, aisvarya means wealth, and praja means generation. So generally, people, they like it -- good family, good bank balance and good wife, good daughter, daughter-in-law. If one family is consisting of beautiful women and
riches and grea..., many children, he is supposed to be successful. He's supposed to be most successful man. So sastra says, "What is this success? This success is beginning with sex intercourse. That's all. And maintaining them." So yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham [SB 7.9.45]. Here the happiness begins from sex life, maithunadi. We may polish it in a different way, but this maithuna, sex life happiness, is there in the hogs. The hogs also, they are eating whole day, here and there: "Where is stool? Where is stool?" and having sex life without any discrimination. The hogs do not discriminate whether mother, sister or daughter. So therefore sastra says, "Here, this material world, we are entangled, we are encaged in this material world only for this sex life." That is Cupid. Cupid is the god of sex life, Madana. Unless one is, what is called, induced by Madana, the Cupid, he cannot be, I mean to say, engladdened in sex life. And Krsna's name is Madana-mohana. Madana-mohana means that one who is attracted to Krsna, he'll forget the pleasure derived from sex life. This is the test. Therefore His name is Madana-mohana. Here is Madana-mohana. Sanatana Gosvami worshiped Madana-mohana. Madana or
Madana. Madana means to become mad. And Madana, the Cupid." -NOD28
72/11/01 Vrndavana, Vrndavana, November 11, 1972

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ShaktiPujah

ShaktiPujah

by His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Poetry and prose in Bengali composed by Shri Baidya Nath Sircar the famous Ayurvedic physician of Delhi populary known as "Vaidji of Pahan Dhiraj." We are glad to go through the pages of the little emotional booklet of Shri Sircar in which we can have a peep into his heart which is full of devotion towards Mother Shakti or the material energy of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord is recognised by the author as Shri Krishna and has tried to explain the non-differential aspect of the Potent and the Potency. Mother material energy of Godhead known as Durga, Kali, Chandi Bhadrakali, Tungabhadra etc. are different features of the same external energy of Godhead, described as Daivi Maya in the Bhagwat Geeta, In Bengal, specially, there are two classes of devotees of which one is called the Vaishnavas and the other is called the Shaktas. There are many Shakta devotees headed by Shri Ram Prasad Sen, Gadadhar Chatterjee ( later one Ramkrishna Paramhamsa) etc. and they are considered as good as the Vaishnava devotees like Jayadeva, Chandidas, Vidyapati etc. This opinion is maintained by the impersonalists of the Shankara school who advocate that the Absolute Truth is ultimately an impersonal glowing effulgence and according to the devotional attitude of the particular devotee the Absolute Truth accepts a Form which may be either in the form of Shakti, Surya, Ganapati, Shiva or Vishnu. This process of workship is called Panchopasana and the whole idea is merged into one, never mind whatsoever the form is worshipped in the initial stage! Shri Sircar is somewhat influenced by this school of Panchopasana but at heart he appears to be a different student from the Panchopasana school.

From his writings it appears that he is on the progressive path of pure devotional cult which is distinct from the Vaishnavism of the Panchopasana school. To be more clear Panchopasana is a mode of devotion of the Sha(n)karites whereas pure Vaishnavism is the cult of the four Vaishnava schools headed by Shri Ramanuja Madhya, Vishnuswami and Nimbarka. Pure devotional activities are different from the devotional activities of the Shankara school. The last pages of Sri Sircars' book (page 38-39) gives a vivid picture of the heart of the author and we cannot restrain ourselves without rendering it into English for presenting it to our readers. He says as follows: "There is definitely a decline in the form of religiousity. The Personality of Godhead cannot remain silent. The eternal servant of God in a state of forgetfulness does not any more try to go Back to Godhead. And for this the merciful Lord in a compassionate mood has causelessly descended to reclaim the fallen souls. Out of His causeless mercy He is calling back all of us towards our eternal home. He (the Lord) says that nobody has any more to enter in to the hills or forest for meditation or to perform austere penances. Here is for you the word of deliverance; you can simply ask for it from Me and it is yours. Just remember your eternal Lord. And He has sent His representatives also for this deliverance of the fallen souls. All such representatives are fully empowered by the Lord. And because they have descended with deligated power they are called Avatar (or the servants with deligated powers) It is the order of the Lord that everyone of us, inspired by that order, must move from door to door of the eternal servants, who are in slumber of forgetfulness for awakening them. And the awakening process is to chant the message of the Lord or the message of liberation. For this purpose only, has come down Nadia's Nimai" etc

Within this small passage, the whole mission of the paper "Back to Godhead" is inculcated as if some body has forced Shri Sircar's pen to write down the manifesto of "Back to Godhead." The message of Nadia's Nimai, Who was later on known as Lord Chaitanya, is potentially expressed by Shri Sircar. The Lord (Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) said that every one born in India must perfectify his life by His instruction and then distribute the same message to the whole world for bringing in real peace and prosperity.

The people of the world are almost cent percent forgetful of their eternal relation with the Personality of Godhead. They have forgotten their constitutional position as eternal servant of God and by such forget fulness everyone is trying to become a tiny God by himself! By doing so the illusioned soul is putting himself more and more under the strigent trident of His (God's) external potency Mahamaya Who is equally strong like God, to put down the rebellious audacity of the Ashuras headed by Mahishasura. The descendants of Mahisasura Ravana etc. have increased in a numberless quantity but the mother Chandika has insurmountable weapons to punish this rebellious attitude of the false gods. The false gods who wants to enjoy Sita or Laxmi of Narayana are sure to be vanquished by the material energy of God. Presently the atomic weapons are created for such Ashuras. And Persons who are intelligent enough, must take shelter of the lotus feet of Shre Krishna so that one can get rid of the powerful weapons of Durga the superintending goddess of the material world. She cannot be hoodwinked by clever manoeuvres Do not try therefore to enjoy the material world and be punished by Her (Mahamaya). On the contrary try to serve the Lord by all energy (Shakti) that you have because it is all God's property that you falsely claim to be yours. This is called surrender unto the Personality of Godhead. And whoever so surrenders, becomes liberated from the rules of Mahamaya—as it is confirmed in the Bhagwat Gita.

Daivi hyesa gunamai mama maya duratya
Mameiba ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te

A surrendered (?) therefore is sure to get relief from police action.

"The laws of the material energy is insurmountably hard and stringent and no body can surpass them by the tiny efforts. The only way out is to surrender unto Me (Shri Krishna the Personality of Godhead) and thus get rid of the trident rod (Trisula) of Mahamaya. The conclusion is that effective Shakti-Pujah is resulted in the attainment of transcendental loving service of the Personality of Godhead. That is the highest stage of Mukti or liberation. Except this everything is bondage. Om Tat Sat.

Jaladuta Diary, Journey

The Journey

Jaladuta sets sail for America

12 TUESDAYTo start for U.S.A. byMV. Jaladuta from Calcuttaport (K. George's Dockyard)

13 FRIDAYToday at 9 a.m. embarked on M.V. Jaladuta. Came with me Bhagwati, the Dwarwan of Scindia Sansir(?) Mr. Sen Gupta, Mr. Ali and Vrindaban. The cabinet is quite comfortable. It is owner's residence and therefore the sitting room, the bedroom and the bath and privy all equipped with first class materials. Everything is nice in the 1st class compartment and thanks to Lord Sri Krishna for His enlightening Smti. Sumati Moraji for all these arrangements. I am quite comfortable.The ship started at 1/30 p.m. very slowly from the dock (and) reached near Botanical Garden and stopped at mid-stream of the Ganges till 11 p.m. and then turned towards the front and started. It is quite steady. I cannot understand in my cabin if it is at all moving. I am so comfortable. The voyage was again stopped at 3/30 a.m. at Kalpi(?) near Diamond Harbor & Ganokhali(?) wideth(?) and detained for about 8 hours. The delta of the Ganges quite wide with shallow water.

SATURDAY 14 The ship started at about 11 o'clock in the morning majestically. I do not feel any jerking whatsoever. But on reaching the Bay of Bengal, there is tilting of the ship and little rolling also. The roughness increased gradually on the upper Bay of Bengal and I felt sea sickness. There was vomiting tendency and dizziness and I felt uncomfortable the whole day and night. The sea was foamy all through. It appeared like a big plate of water extending to 40 square miles but factually it was endless so, today. It is a vivid example of God's Maya because it appears like something but factually it is something else.

SUNDAY 15 In the morning I woke up and felt a little better but I felt no hunger. Took only a glass of lemon sikanjie [lemon drink/nimbu pani] but the head dizziness is continuing. Up to 10/30 I was in the captain's room, radio room, chatting with the officers. In the radio room they were despatching news to other ships. The captain's room is full with nautical paraphernalia. I saw a chart of different appearancial(?) photo of the sea. The grades are 0 to 10 degrees and I think we are passing on the sea between 4 to 7 points the scene of the 10th point was furious and the 12th serious. The captain advised me to take more solid food.

MONDAY 16 Today early in the morning I saw that the ship is plying on the surface of the sea almost on 0 degree of waves. Yesterday night was comfortable and although I did not take my lunch, I took a little chara-murki [puffed rice/chidwa] with milk. The ship ran all the night yesterday smoothly and the sky although not very clear there was moon light in the night. In the morning there was sunshine but after 11 the sea became a little more rough showing foamy waves from distance. After passing the latitude of Trichinopoli we experienced a dark cloud subsequently raining all over the sea. The siren sounded on account (of) hazy vision to warn other ships coming from opposite direction. At about 12 noon it is raining heavily and the ship is stopped moving occasionally sounding the siren. There is constant sounds of thunderbolt. This is the first time I am experiencing heavy rains in the midst of deep ocean. From 12 noon we are passing through cyclonic weather. The ship is tilting too much. I felt sea sickness all day and night. At 3 p.m. the ship turned towards Ceylon coast and we are now in the Ceylon water.

17 TUESDAY Today morning the sky is scattered with cloud. The ship is going toward western side. I feel a little bit well after passing my stool. The ship is running against wind current. The sea is little rougher. At 10/30 we saw the south coast of Ceylon with a white light house. Two ships passed from the opposite side. Some daring fishermen were fishing in small boats. From distance they appeared to be almost drowned in the water but next moment they appear to be safely working. There is sunshine but the sky is not clear. The captain informed me that by next six hours we shall reach Colombo port. The hilly southernmost Ceylon coast is said to be 4 to 5 miles away from our ship. This means the fishermen were fishing in small boats 5 to 10 miles away from their native coast. Certainly very daring job. At about 2 p.m. we have now turned towards northern front. The sky is cloudy but we are forwarding steadily. Today I was better than other three days. At 3 p.m. the Colombo city became faintly visible from the ship. The colour of water in the India ocean is different from that of Bay of Bengal. The ship reached exactly at 4/30 in the port but the management of Colombo port could not receive the ship for want of berth and then it is anchored on the shore waiting to enter the port. At about 9 p.m. the ship was escorted by the Pilot and we entered the dockyard very old pattern(?) but there were many ships from various countries including passenger and cargo ships. At night the dockyard ships assumed a brilliant (sic:) espectacle on account profuse light. We rested the whole night the ship being anchored. Next morning barges loaded with goods arrived near the ship.

18 WEDNESDAYToday 18/8/65 I felt quite normal and the sea-sickness completely removed. The ship remained silent the whole day on account of hazy sky and only a few loads of goods were admitted. I wanted to see the Colombo city but I could not make any arrangement. The ship was standing at the midstream and I did not like to go alone.

19 THURSDAYThe next morning 19/8/65 I informed my situation to Captain Pandia and he was very kind to take me to the shore in a motor launch. We dropped at Elizabeth gate talked with some Ceylonese clerks and then in a taxi we went to the office of Narottam & Pierera Co. The manager Mr. Banka was a Gujarati gentleman and he received us well. He arranged for me a good car to go round the city. The office quarter was quite busy and many foreign offices and renowned Banks were there. I saw the Governor General's House, the Parliament House, the Town Hall (and) one very nice sea-side Hotel and passed through very nice clean roads, bazars. The city appeared to be nice and clean and the small bungalows nicely decorated. It appears that people although not very good looking they are not uncultured neither they are tasteless. The city is quite up to resembling an Indian city like Madras and Poona(?) The buses and taxis were clean to see. The bus stands almost crowded like that of the Indian cities. The offices conducted almost in Indian style. The culture and civilization is Indian cent per cent but artificially India and Ceylon is divided. We starting for Cochin at 6 p.m. The ship started at 7 p.m., the pilot being late in reaching the ship. It ran for the whole night and next day up to 3/30 p.m. and reached the coast of Cochin. The ship is standing on the coast of Cochin without entering the dock.

FRIDAY 20Today at (20/8/65) the captain arranged for a meeting on board the M/V Jaladuta on account of Janmastami day and I spoke for an hour on the philosophy and teachings of Lord Sri Krishna. All the officers attended the meeting and there was distribution of Prasadam. The matter was radiographed to Smt. Sumati Moraji in Bombay. The ship is stranded on the Arabian Sea about 4 miles away from the coast. We are in this position from 3/20 p.m. 20/8/65 to 9/30 a.m. on 22/8/65. SUNDAY 22At about 10 a.m. we are now in the dockyard of Cochin. The dock is peculiar because it is by nature full of small islands. Some of the islands are full with nice hutments formerly known as British Island. I saw my books from Bombay arrived in five cases and the agents loaded them on the ship at 4 p.m. on 22/8/65. The agent m/s Jairam & Sons kindly sent their car for my driving in the city. Out of the group of islands two big islands joined by an iron over-bridge are known as Cochin and Ernakulam. The iron over bridge was constructed by the Britishers very nicely along with railway lines. The railways line is extended up to the Port. There are many flourishing foreign firms and banks. It is (?) Sunday, the bazar was closed. I saw a peculiar kind of plantain available in this part of the country. The island known as Coachin is not an up to date city. The roads are like narrow lanes. The part of the city where the foreigners are residing are well situated. The buildings factories, etc. all big and(?) well maintained. The mohamedan quarters are separate from the Hindu quarters as usual in other Indian cities. The part known as Ernakulam is up to date. There is a nice park on the bank of the gulf and it is named Subhas Bose Park. It is good that Subhas Babu is popular in this part of the country. I saw the Kerala High Court and the public buildings, the High Court being situated in Ernakulam it appears that the city is capital of Kerala. This Official Bhadra 31 days 1887 Saka part of India resembles Bengal scenario and the city Ernakulum also Cochin appears to me like old Kalighat or Tollygunge area of Calcutta. The culture is Indian as usual.
Official Bhadra 31 days 18887 Saka

23 MONDAYToday Annada EkadashiWe started towards Red sea on the western front at about 12/30 noon. The sky was almost clear and there was sunshine since the starting of the trip from Cochin port. We are floating now on the Arabian sea. My sea sickness again began. Headache vomiting tendency no hunger dizziness and no energy to work. It is continuing. There are sometimes showers of rain but for a short time. There was a fellow passenger in my cabin. He is also attacked with sea sickness. The whole night passed

24 TUESDAYToday at about 1/30 p.m. I enquired from wheel-room that we have come only 400 miles off the Indian coast. My sea-sickness is still continuing. I take my meals once only but today I could not take my full meals also although I was fasting yesterday. I (am) feeling uncomfortable.

25 WEDNESDAYBeginning from today down

26 THURSDAY

27 FRIDAY

28 SATURDAY

29 SUNDAY

30 MONDAY

31 TUESDAY Passed over a great crisis on the struggle for life and death. A separate statement has to be written on this crisis area.

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PEACE FORMULA

THE PEACE FORMULA

The great mistake of modern civilization is to encroach upon others' property as though it were one's own and thereby create an unnecessary disturbance of the laws of nature. These laws are very strong. No living entity can violate them. Only one who is Krsna conscious can easily overcome the stringent laws of nature and thus become happy and peaceful in the world.

As a state is protected by the department of law and order, so the state of the universe, of which this earth is only an insignificant fragment, is protected by the laws of nature. This material nature is one of the different potencies of God, who is the ultimate proprietor of everything that be. This earth is, therefore, the property of God, but we, the living entities, especially the so-called civilized human beings, are claiming God's property as our own under both an individual and collective false conception. If you want peace, you have to remove this false conception from your mind and from the world. This false claim of proprietorship by the human race on earth is partly or wholly the cause of all disturbances of peace on earth.

Foolish so-called civilized men are claiming proprietary rights on the property of God because they have now become godless. You cannot be happy and peaceful in a godless society. In the Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna says that He is the factual enjoyer of all activities of the living entities, that He is the Supreme Lord of all universes, and that He is the well-wishing friend of all beings. When the people of the world know this as the formula for peace, it is then and there that peace will prevail.

Therefore, if you want peace at all, you will have to change your consciousness into Krsna consciousness, both individually and collectively, by the simple process of chanting the holy name of God. This is the standard and recognized process for achieving peace in the world. We therefore recommend that everyone become Krsna conscious by chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare. Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

This is practical, simple, and sublime. Five hundred years ago this formula was introduced in India by Lord Sri Caitanya, and now it is available throughout the world. Take to this simple process of chanting as above mentioned, realize your factual position by reading the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, and reestablish your lost relationship with Krsna, God. Peace and prosperity will be the immediate worldwide result.

By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Aparadhi GHQ

They are an organized group of male deviants of Prabhupada philosophy, parts they object to, simultaneously claim to be his superior followers.

• All are “women haters,” most strongly support polygamy.
  
  
• All are male supremists; adamant that blacks, women, Latino's, Anyone who disagree with them – are lower classed, less intelligent (that's why there wasn't agreement), lower birth, and inferior to them.
  
  
• All are abnormally puffed-up.
  
  
• All are hard headed, and reject advice.

Lust is the name of the game. Lust over sex, but also lust for power, lust to be the thought police, lust to gain charge of ISKCON, lust to control any devotee who understands Prabhupada's philosophy different from their strange way. Lust and power – same.

The mentality of GHQ is astoundingly low. Harshness and abusive language recurrently directed at others - the privilege these overseers grant themselves, since they are authority, so they think. Kindness is artificial. Its cloaked manipulation, purposed to pull in devotees, make others deem them nice; an art they exploit.

"The pseudo religionists have neither knowledge nor detachment from material affairs, for most of them want to live in the golden shackles of material bondage under the shadow of philanthropic activities disguised as religious principles. By a false display of religious sentiments, they present a show of devotional service while indulging in all sorts of immoral activities. In this way they pass as spiritual masters and devotees of God. " Sri Isopanisad, Verse 12, Purport"

These "guru-pati's" strongly disagree with many of Srila Prabhupada’s superior most glorious instructions, but evade related conversation by use of lengthy jugglery of words, or conceal their disagreement.

They claim they’re not breaking of the four regulative principles because they do not approach their wife once she becomes pregnant. Often ending their conversation on this topic, there. However, what appears they are hiding would be this scenario:

They marry a woman, impregnate her. Easy for him to “avoid” approaching her for sex again, because now he can flirt with another woman and make her his next wife to have sex with. Once she too becomes pregnant, no problem should he get lusty, simply he takes on wife number three, then four, five, etc. He is using women to (pardon my french) “relieve” himself, as opposed to controlling himself. Thus he is breaking the 4 regulative principles, because when this man gets lusty, he feels justified to either get a new wife, or approach one that gave birth a while back. This is trickery and dishonest to their vows.

Financially they most likely can’t do this, or so we think because we could not. However they are extremely attached, and they are organizer. Most likely planning their own little cult-like society, possibly similar to the bizarre Texas Mormon polymist commune, preferably to take over Iskcon as they have mentioned. Therefore look out authorities. They are rascals, not truthfully keeping vows they made their spiritual master. If If they can be dishonest there, the foremost of all, they can be dishonest anywhere.

Polygamists point out there'd be no cheating husands if polygamy became socially acceptable. They must think anyone other than themselves as imbecille. Using a different name, polygamy, is still recognizable cheating. Worse, they give all attributions to God. However, they slant scripture and be tremendously fallen. Why must the world, society, especially women, and children, make many unpleasant changes for kali yuga polygamists who refuse to use self control? Yoga means inclusion of maha self control. There'd be no cheating husbands if they put a stop to their wandering eye as what truthfully is in accordance with vows they took. Even so, misogynists want the external circumstances to change so they don’t have to control the mind and lower chakra.

GHQ craves to indulge in sex, sex, and more sex; while remaining elusive about this maha aspect, to make others believe they're not breaking vows. They've no problem constructing many types of veils as disclosed in some of their private emails. They will ramble on and on to build smoke screens purposed for hiding their overactive sex desire, using concepts of morality, and any other issue they can. Never do they come out into the open to confess they want more and more sex. Whereas, anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows a man who wants more than one woman in his home, wants more sex in his home.

Trying to embed traditional Hindu Caste System as if it's what Prabhupada wanted, when truth remains he repeatedly preached "against" the caste system. Prabhupada all ready instructed what he wants. (See blog “Know Your Stuff,” June posting. Follow up with "Know Other Stuff," June.)

Astoundingly, even upon birth of daughters, the GHQ father never waivors (from his maya). Attached to maintaining his self-rightous position, even daughter is treated as less-intelligent female he must marry off young. Some deprive her adequate education. This be evidence of the depth of attachment to sex and ego. Even their own children, they contaminate, for purpose that they (parents not children) may continue indulgence in sex and powerful lording it over. Not pedophiles of their own children. No. However, they believe in marriage of daughters as young as 11 or 12 years old, to old feeble man. Persisting they are protecting her and keeping morality in the world, when in truth she becomes very confused and accepts the crazy lifestyle of her parents, as to be normal. We hope such a daughter, too young to make choice of marriage, does not befall to brutal harm from husband GHQ parents arrange for her to marry, or a son does not become jailed for abuse of his wife, having seen his father ceaselessly get away with .

Where is their humility as a devotee? Everyone must live their lifestyle? Twisting words anyone utters, should those words be dissimilar to theirs.

"Unfortunately, in this Age of Kali there are many mundane persons in the dress of Vaisnavas, and Srila BhaktivinodaThakura has described them as disciples of Kali. He says, kali-cela. He indicates that there is another Vaisnava, a pseudo Vaisnava with tilaka on his nose and kanthi beads around his neck. Such a pseudo Vaisnava associates with money and women and is jealous of successful Vaisnavas. Although passing for a Vaisnava, his only business is earning money in the dress of a Vaisnava." (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 1.218 purport)

Deliberately they build and install false fears: “If the women does that, what will happen to the children?!” Reality divulges women have always taken care of her children in the movement or out, its natural. Men have higher statistics to run away, or as deadbeat dads. GHQ would claim they're good fathers since they stick around. Hopefully they're good fathers but we know they have domination problems, difficulty with detachment, want to own everything and everyone.

"Not that with a motive, that "I shall become a devotee and exploit Krsna and Krsna consciousness movement and aggravate my position as sense gratifier." No, that is not devotion. - Srila Prabhupada, Bhagavatam Lecture 1.10.4--Mayapura, June 19, 1973

Nevertheless, many and most GHQ want polygamy with adolescent minor girls. These men are between ages of 45 and 65 years old. No authority finds this warps the mind of any man? They need to put an end to the acceptance, including tolerance, of the GHQ.

"For those who are too attached to material enjoyment, sense gratification is very difficult to give up. Even when one is an invalid because of old age, one cannot give up such desires for sense gratification. Therefore, one who actually desires happiness must give up such unsatisfied desires, which are the cause of all tribulations." SB 9.19.16

Surprisingly 'some' GHQ members are very strict in "mechanical" following; nontheless they maintain anger, reject purification, believe in their incontestable hierarchy, and absolute rightness. By chance if they don't want woman in their life (rare), they expect other GHQ to take them on, and keep them all down and under their thumb. Attraction and repulsion - Bhagavad Gita tells us, same thing. Repulsion is truthfully attraction. Sex desire weaves itself deeply in GHQ. Why they don't want to handle it and advance.

The word GHQ is the acronym for “General Head Quarters.” Nothing spiritual. Had they the slightest bit of pure motive, they would have rejected this name. A name which speaks for itself. Militant. They are dominators, jealous, vigilantes desirous to overthrow Prabhupada’s Movement and change it into their system.

"To become restless in the contact of women and wealth is not an astonishment, because every living being is associated with such things from remote time, practically immemorial, and it takes time to recover from this foreign nature. But if one is engaged in hearing the glories of the Lord, gradually he realizes his real position. By the grace of God such a devotee gets sufficient strength to defend himself from the state of disturbances, and gradually all disturbing elements are eliminated from his mind." Srimad Bhagavatam, 1.2.1

Readers may wonder if this be showing Prabhupada as prejudiced against women. No, it is not. It's important to study "all" his works. Having read vast misunderstandings of his works by the innocernt, thanks to the postings of misogynists and GHQ, it now becomes essential to elucidate various points. 'Disciple' also means student, accordingly to study regularly, daily, as would in any school or University. It takes time. Hence, two basic principles stand behind such quotes. One: he is usually speaking of nonspiritual materialistic women. Misogynists seldom make the distinction, and they prefer hyperfocus other texts. Two: next principle behind all such quotes, is woman also is to avoid man, an instruction for iniatates. Thus it's not a gender issue, applies equally to both genders. My speculation be, Veda originally composed in male connotations merely because of system everyone practiced in that era; with orgins of Veda reaching so far back, men who went to learn became pure devotees quickly, returning home to marry and then explain to wife. Postion misogynists and GHQ demand but unqualified in contemporary kali yuga.

"If we become attracted... Woman means for man the woman is woman, andfor the woman the man is woman. Not that woman means a particularclass. Woman means which are enjoyable. So in this material world, theman is enjoyable by the woman, and the woman is enjoyable by the man. For both of them, visayinam sandarsanm atha yositam. Yosit meansenjoyable." Srila Prabhupada Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam. Vrndavana, 10 September 1976

Despite fact the GHQ vigorously pursued spiritual initiation, they're advocates of polygamy, a sneaky way to break their vows of celibacy and credit/blame Veda. Reality: Prabhupada does not want a society full of polygamists.

"My Dear Rupanuga, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated 31/1/73. After conferring with my various GBC representatives I have concluded that polygamy must be strictly prohibited in our society. Although it is a Vedic institution still there are so many legal implications. Neither are many of our men fixed up enough to tend for more than one wife. Polygamy will simply increase the sex life and our philosophy is to gradually decrease the sex life till eventually there is no sex life. The policy should be that all the women are given the utmost protection. Women are looking for husbands because they feel unprotected so it is up to the senior members to give all protection to the women." Srila Prabhupada Letter, Sydney 14 February, 1973

Polygamists yearn continually after sex. Throw in some power, prestige, and massive control. All these are interconnected to sexual power. Full circling back to: GHQ's about sex.

"The conditioned soul is very proud of becoming the husband of even one wife, but the Lord laughs at this; the intelligent man can know who is the real husband. Factually, the Lord is the husband of all the women in His creation, but a conditioned soul under the control of the Lord feels proud to be the husband of one or two wives." Srimad Bhagavatam 2.4.20

Krishna explains, we took birth because we wanted to be as Him. Prabhupada reveals, the way out of the material world is to give up its highest pleasure, sex, replace it with a higher pleasure: Krishna. There is no other way anyone can give up highest pleasures in the material world, sex, except to transport into their life superior spiritual pleasure: the God connection.

"The Vedic principle is that one should avoid sex life altogether. The whole Vedic principle is to get liberation from material bondage." Srila Prabhupada and Bob Cohen, February 28, 1972

If anyone took time to go through histories of GHQ members it would be seen they are not the good devotees they proclaim. There's often a history of abuse, known or unknown to others. Verbal, physical probably sexual (can't imagine what their wife must endure.) Other GHQ may not have a recognized history in iskcon because they’re quiet, but subsequent to the discovery of this support, they spoke up about inferiority of women, giving much verbal abuse.

Whereas Srila Prabhupada's words are genuinely honest, and enlightening:

"Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are considered by saintly persons to be like unto a place of pilgrimage for crows. Since the all-perfect persons are inhabitants of the transcendental abode, they do not derive any pleasure there." Srimad Bhagavatam. 1.5.10

Point out to the misogynists they have a propensity to enjoy controlling everyone; due to their self concept as high authority, they smile. State they're enjoying lording it over women; viewing their strong sexual prowess, they smugly agree. Clarify what they're doing is abuse, they speedy validate scripturally (which they can't, but they are experts at fraudulence). Ever wonder if they have emotional or mental problems?

Insecurity
Egotism
Narcissism
Depression
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (O.C.D)
Criminal propensities
Drug /Alcohol Addictions,
Other Addictions (sex addictions, power addiction, food addiction, etc)
Copy's karmi parents, priest/rabbi, school friends; old patterns of karmi's
Keep wife down to verbally/physically/sexually abuse to get away with it.
Feel intimidated or inferior around strong intelligent women,
Feel threatened by women they can't control.
Feeling same around Blacks, Latinos, & those who disagree with them.
Other matters.
Maha Denial

Formerly each temple had a man or women with emotional or mental problems, but able to help them improve, because other normal devotees would preach to them. There are stories of devotees previously joining with history of substance abuse, or of psychological problems, completely overcoming them by authentically following Prabhupada’s process, not modifying it to give their troubles the illusion they were not troubles. A devotee confided in me some emotional illness prior to joining, and how that fully left after engaging in Krishna Conscious practices. This isn't speaking to problems requiring medication, only emotion problems. However in this case they ran deep, as was disclosed by this devotee: Emotional problems gone after commitment to pure, unadulterated devotional service.

At present, those with problems they deny, can't see, needs pointing out, and false ego's calmed, have been left without brahmacari or brahmacarini or good grhasta association surrounding them to snap them out of their illusion. Currently having internet to get organized, bullies can terrorize others who are courageous to inform them they have a problem, or are in maya, or need professional help. Its not easy to reveal this to anyone, but they disallow any cleansing, they're fine.

Conversely, there's something shoddier then all of the above. That Iskcon, or any authority, or a devotee with power, do NOTHING about them. What to speak of, inform such offenders they need a complete overhaul of their consciousness, holding these erroneous conceptions of Prabhupada's process. Still, not a finger is lifted. The cowards. Additionally sneaky misogynists, in agreement but not disclosing.

This is a lawsuit waiting to blow up in someones unsuspecting face. Its not possible to ignore known abusers, allow them to attend temple where many innocents live, GHQ can cozy-up to male authorities yet at home mistreat wife; without reactions? If ISKCON thinks: 'should a lawsuit happen it will never touch us,' think again. When somebody knowingly allows such things, they become an "accomplice."

If under the impression since wives of GHQ be extremely submissive, by no means would they take legal action, also think again. Ultimately they'll finally notice they're not living Krishna consciousness, eventually to recognize abuse as irreligiousity. Then angry to have followed a man who lead them, and their children, toward repeated birth and death, they will take some form of action. An arrest could be made, or the start of a class action law suit. If by fluke the submissives don't take such action, then a temple devotee may have felt harassed, slurred, or even inappropriately approached by GHQ, then start a law suit to include ISKCON did not warn or protect. Then if not them, an outsider (temple visitor: police brother, lawyer sister, therapist parent; or reader of GHQ on the net) may observe no one getting involved, and organize something.

Risk continues. Sooner or later its highly probable someone will end up with a broken arm, or worse. GHQ proclaims if a woman is injured by husband, its her fault. If only she did something differently then he would not have done as he did. - Hence by choice or against woman's will, sooner or later it will surely come to the attention of karmi authorities, and they shall take the action everyone else is so afraid to take. Iskcon will not be excluded. Excuses they tell devotees will not be accepted by the law.

Still believe the submissive will never do a thing, and authoritative husband, GHQ, or ISKCON authorities can keep them under control? Same had been believed by Gurukula Authorities regarding abuse; reality proved otherwise.

Temple authorities will kick out, form child molesters to innocent devotees they merely dislike. Apparently its perfectly fine to maintain woman haters and woman abusers.

Go ahead, keep ignoring the GHQ, then when ISKCON and NONiskcon authorities "themselves" begin to have serious life problems, and they will, they should connect the dots and remember this:

AINT KARMA A *ITCH.

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"Srila Narottama dasa Thakura says, chadiya vaisnava seva nistara payeche keba: unless one serves a Vaisnava, he cannot be delivered. The spiritual master initiates the disciple to deliver him, and if the disciple executes the order of the spiritual master and does not offend other Vaisnavas, his path is clear. Consequently Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requested all the Vaisnavas present to show mercy toward the two brothers, Rupa and Sanatana, who had just been initiated by the Lord. When a Vaisnava sees that another Vaisnava is a recipient of the Lord's mercy, he becomes very happy. Vaisnavas are not envious. If a Vaisnava, by the mercy of the Lord, is empowered by Him to distribute the Lord's holy name all over the world, other Vaisnavas become very joyful--that is, if they are truly Vaisnavas. One who is envious of the success of a Vaisnava is certainly not a Vaisnava himself, but an ordinary mundane man. Envy and jealousy are manifested by mundane people, not by Vaisnavas. Why should a Vaisnava be envious of another Vaisnava who is successful in spreading the holy name of the Lord? An actual Vaisnava is very pleased to accept another Vaisnava who is bestowing the Lord's mercy. A mundane person in the dress of a Vaisnava should not be respected but rejected. This is enjoined in the sastra (upeksa). The word upeksa means neglect. One should neglect an envious person. A preacher's duty is to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead, make friendships with Vaisnavas, show mercy to the innocent and reject or neglect those who are envious or jealous. There are many jealous people in the dress of Vaisnavas in this Krsna consciousness movement, and they should be completely neglected. There is no need to serve a jealous person who is in the dress of a Vaisnava. When Narottama dasa Thakura says chadiya vaisnava seva nistara payeche keba, he is indicating an actual Vaisnava, not an envious or jealous person in the dress of a Vaisnava." CC, Madhya Lila, 1.218

Women's Ministry, & Why it "had" to start:
http://womeninkrsnaconsciousness.blogspot.com/2010/07/womens-ministry.html

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