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No hope for justice?

Is it too much to ask for a spiritual leadership free from corruption? Apparently it is.  Last year I reported a violation of ISKCON Law 3.5.5.1.3.9, pertaining to Child Protection Concerns, which had occurred at Gita-nagari in 2005.  The persons I identified as violating that law were Radhanatha, Malati, and Tamohara.  In 2005, Tamohara was [...]

An unexpected fruit

I never suspected I would feel this way, now after fifteen years of doing my best and trying really hard to live for pleasing Srila Prabhupada by participating in and promoting his movement.  I was greatly inspired by a vision of Krsna that originally caused me to seek out devotees as purported to exist in [...]

A truth quest

Sita-pati blew me away with this post: People don’t care if something is true today, they want to know if it works. So you don’t present truth to people, you present them with something that works. They are not on a truth quest, they are on a happiness quest. Anandamayo ‘byasat My response: Some of [...]

Dear Gentle Vaishnavas…

I sent the following e-mail out to about 20 devotees who are on an e-mail list that I used to ‘co-own’ (until a few hours ago). >Dear gentle Vaishnavas, >Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. >I am writing to notify you that Kalavati devi dasi has abused her position [...]

a glimpse of the dark side of ISKCON

[August 29 updates] Hare Krishna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I am not supposed to be writing this. I had that meeting on Thursday with the Gita-nagari Community Board members. The following words come to mind when I think of that meeting: deceptionliesdirty politicsmind gamesbetrayaltwisteddouble-standardssacrilege Today is Srila Prabhupada’s appearance day, and I feel I [...]