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I have just submitted the following comment to Dandavats in response to the recently published International GBC Statement Reaffirming Vaishnava Respect for Women:   As a husband and a father of four daughters, one of my primary duties is the protection of women and children, which I take very seriously.  For me, this means providing for [...]

Tonight I received a public comment on my blog that is so outrageous it deserves copying to the front page (with [sic] throughout), where I’m also responding: Hare Krsna Pandu Prabhu, Pamho, AGTSP. All glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya. It is I who closed the “Hare Krsna Diary” blog. 28 years I have [...]

If human population control is the solution, as meat-addicts often propose, then stopping population growth at 6 or 7 billion will be totally inadequate. Haven’t folks noticed the rapid economic development in many very large countries? We would need to drop worldwide human population down to around 1 billion (and keep it there) to have [...]

Hare Krishna.  Recently on one of my wife Leslie’s homeschooling e-mail groups, one of the other mothers described two recent events in their family life.  They had a ‘favorite’ chicken that died, and the young daughter was pretty upset.  A few weeks earlier, the father shot and killed a wild turkey that wandered through their yard.  Leslie said to her, “What puzzles [...]

Prabhupada: Oh, yes. You have no right. Suppose I have written one book. So I have got some intention. So why should you interpret my intention with your intention? What right you have got? You have no right. If you want to speak something of yours, then you write another book. Why you are taking [...]

Hare Krishna. I’m honored to see that my brief narration, based entirely upon observable phenomenon, of how meat-eating leads to war, inspired Sita-pati prabhu to expand on how this could play out in his region of the world.  I have no real conception of the politics over there, but I completely agree with his conclusion. I’ve been very active preaching [...]

Hare Krishna. Since I have written a few words in defense of H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Swami and his disciple Caitanya prabhu, several visitors have come to my blog and submitted comments accusing them of mistreating women. One devotee tonight accused me of not caring about abuse of women because of my defense of these celibate [...]

Hare Krishna. I’ve been having a little dialog with Gopastami prabhu in the comments section here: “So either by force or by willingly, if there is itching, everyone feels relieved itching it.” Below is my latest response: Dear Gopastami prabhu, Hare Krishna. When I distill your writing to identify the essential points it seems that [...]

Hare Krishna.  Yesterday was Nrsimha Caturdasi, and although we thought my wife, Leslie, might be giving birth that day, instead we went to the program at Gita-nagari.  We arrived late because Leslie is tiring easy due to such advanced pregnancy.  Presently we have four daughters, so it’s a big ??? what the next will be. We [...]

Hare Krishna. Sometimes I wish I was better at seeing and remembering the good in people instead of the faults.  Other times I’m too much in darkness to perceive this fault of mine.  Although it is true that I am still healing from my rift with several of Bhakti-Tirtha Swami’s disciples shortly after he left [...]