Find a Bona Fide Guru
This article first appeared in the January 1st 1984 edition of Back to Godhead magazine. It was part of a series entitled How I Came to Krishna Consciousness."Find a Bona Fide Guru" Jan 1, 1984 |Back to Godhead magazine | How I Came to Krsna Consciousness, Kamra Devi...
The Imposters in the Great Sinister Movement
There are many levels of deviations on the path of devotional service. The simple sense gratifier, while doing disservice to himself, also serves to lower the “devotional frequency” of his or her entire community by introducing impurities of body and mind. The person...
The Subversive Agenda for ISKCON Exposed: “Abuse the Women, Destroy the Preaching”
There was an evil, covert operation, well planned, to minimize the position of the women in ISKCON and dishonor and stifle their spirit after Śrīla Prabhupāda left this world. It actually started well before he departed, and he...
Propaganda Warfare, Which Will You Choose?
There is an evil agenda at play, and there is the real transcendent Truth. The two are always at odds, even though the evil agenda is also subservient to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In modern terms, it is playing out as an information war. The evil agenda...
Transgender Agenda
When a nation wants to conquer another nation, the first thing it does is destroy the culture of the target people. The British did this to India, and then created artificial division between the Hindus and the Muslims. They destroy the culture essentially by...
My Dear Brethren
My Dear Brethren, Some of you are true godbrothers and godsisters, some of you in name only. Kali-chelas, sitting on the raised seat of hypocrisy, expounding eloquent truths whilst trying to keep your skeletons out of public view, deep in the closet. There is nothing...
A Bus Story
It was 1994 or 1995… I had gone back to college at the University of Tennessee Knoxville to catch up some neuro-anatomy and neuro-physiology courses and some other things. I lived about two and a half miles from the campus, and there were regular buses scheduled from...
If It All Crumbles
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was a most extraordinary and unique person. He was kind and respectful to everyone, and worked for everyone’s benefit. He never desired respect or material possessions for himself. He was a person of purity,...
Keeping the Disciplic Succession Alive
Ritvik or the organization…. Is that the only choice? We at Purely Prabhupada Inc. have been asked if we are ritvik. We replied, "We are not of the ritvik camp. We do not, however, agree with the system of initiations as it currently exists within the organization of...
Not In His Name
My name is Karen Eva Silberstein. I was also given the name Kamra devi dasi by Srila Prabhupada in December of 1974. From the time I was very young, I understood that I was God’s child. I knew that I had taken birth from a certain mother, and I even voiced it to...