KCd's Monthly Missives - December 2020

Tattva viveka

The Awakening of Truth: Awakened Intelligence in Absolute Truth by Srila Om Vishnupada Paramahansa Astottara-sata Sri Srimat Saccidananda Bhaktivinode Thakura An English rendition of his translations and purports: THE VAISHNAVA FOUNDATION

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Concerning Initiation Written by VF member Puëòarék On May 28,1977, in respect to diksha initiations after his disappearance (less than six months later on November 14th), Srila Prabhupada stated: "When I order, 'You become guru',’he becomes regular guru. That’s all. He becomes disciple of my disciple. That’s it.” Upon the command of Prabhupada, one of his initiated disciples becomes a "regular,” i.e., under rules and regulations, a madhyam diksha-guru, and those he initiates become the initiated disciples of Prabhupada’s authorized diksha-guru disciple. They become a "grand disciple” of Prabhupada. ibid, "He is grand-disciple.” Any such authorized guru in the Madhva-Gaudiya sampradya will not consider himself a guru on any level above a madhyam, at least until he has proven himself fully obedient to the rules and regulations incumbent upon him, particularly in accord with the guru-vani which preceded him, as recorded in that May room conversation. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

February 2020 On Bad Logic and Useful Idiots by Kailäsa Candra däsa Leading secretary: … sometimes you find an idiot, he can look at a column of figures and he can compute the sum in his head very easily, but he can’t even understand how to tie his shoes. And many of these scholars are like that. They’re actually idiots, but they have one talent for Sanskrit or for history, and because of that they can get along… Prabhupäda: Çüdra. Unless he gets that post, he’ll starve. He has got some talent in some particular subject, but he must get some service. Room Conversation, 7-9-73 in London “Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns . . .” Henry Kissinger In order to warp the cult’s sordid history by applying an anodyne, intellectual emphasis on “balance,” you become the useful idiot of the fabricated, so-called “ISKCON” confederation. The post-1977 legacy of “ISKCON” is harsh, and delineating that fact without compromise is also necessarily harsh. Applying such bad logic (in the name of balance and so-called fairness) when considering or describing its deviations is both counterproductive and a distraction. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

August 2018 The Politics of “ISKCON” Inevitability by Kailäsa Candra däsa Part Two of a Two-part Series “ . . . unless one comes to the standard of inquiring, 'What I am? Why I am forced to suffer? I do not like to suffer. I do not like to die. Why there is death? I do not like to become old man. Why I become old man? I do not want any disease. Why there is disease?' they are not making solution of these problems.” Platform Lecture on Çrémad-Bhägavatam, 5.5.5, 9-3-71 in London “'G.B.C. meeting irregular. My strong disapproval. Make no changes. Inform others. Letter follows.'' So you can understand that I am very much perplexed why you have done these things without consulting me in the matter? If every time someone feels something they call for changing everything, then all that I have done will very quickly be lost.” Letter to Hansadutta, 8-2-72 “He who is deceived is turned into a thing.” Mikhail Bakhtin READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

Refuge for the Genuine Seeker by Gokulänanda “Every living creature is engaging in the service of something else. A living being’s constitutional position is to render service, but in the atmosphere of māyā, or illusion, or the conditional state of existence, the conditioned soul seeks the service of illusion. “ Çrémad-Bhägavatam, 2.2.6, purport The ocean of mäyä is covering all things that cannot rise above her waters, and even great ships (such as ISKCON) can be sunk when the captain’s position is taken over by unskilled sailors, those who wish to sail the ship in the direction that they desire--and not toward the original destination. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

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BOGUS PROPAGANDA & BOGUS GURU CULTS by Bhakta Meesala Pseudo-Vaiñëavism Versus Genuine Vaiñëavism by Bhakta Meesala The Self-Serving Rationalizations of “ISKCON” and Rittvik 'by Kailasa Candra das Sincere Bhajan Better Than Kapaöa-Kåpä by Bhakta Ernest Pseudo-Vaiñëavism Versus Genuine Vaiñëavism by Bhakta Meesala Rittvik: Weak Evidence . . . or Bad Logic? 'No Change' in the Face of a Big Change - by Kailasa Candra das “ISKCON” Priestcraft, Rittvik Priestcraft Bhedäbhedävidyä: Different Faces of the Same Avidyä - by Kailasa Candra das KÅÑËA CONSCIOUSNESS UNDERMINES ECCLESIOLOGY Part Nine: G.B.C. Does Not Look After Spiritual Life - by Kailasa Candra das Darkness at the Edge of Reality - by Kailäsa Candra däsa Adhere to the Real Authority - by By Bhakta Çré Hari Vijayaraghavan

The VAISHNAVA FOUNDATION was founded in order to provide a forum for honest seekers of the Absolute Truth. Inherent in the purposes of the Foundation is the need to discriminate between sentimentally-driven Kåñëa consciousness and Kåñëa consciousness which is actually based on the instructions of the previous spiritual masters. As such, the Foundation keeps the emphasis on knowledge and realization, as opposed to absorption in congregationalism.

The Vaishnava Foundation spares no effort in presenting the philosophy of Kåñëa consciousness as it was presented most recently by our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedänta Swämi Prabhupäda. In this way, the Vaishnava Foundation does not sacrifice the Absolute Truth for the sake of some ephemeral unity or so-called cooperation.

In addition to offering a firm philosophical foundation, the Foundation sheds special light on the plight of the Kåñëa consciousness movement since the departure of His Divine Grace in November of 1977.

The Vaishnava Foundation was founded in 1986 by Kailäsa Candra däsa, an initiated disciple of Swämi Prabhupäda. The Foundation presents the same message and spirit that was available during the manifest physical presence of His Divine Grace, repeating his message as it is according to experience, logic, and personal realization. This is possible due to the leadership of Çréman Kailäsa Candra däsa, who represents Çréla Prabhupäda and directs service activities for the members of the foundation. Kailäsa prabhu’s teachings preserve the philosophy of Çréla Prabhupäda, because he has never allowed himself to come under the influence of party-spirit factions, such as the zonal äcäryas or those that have come after.

Çréla Prabhupäda was extremely pleased by devotees who were familiar enough with his books to resist misleading presentations by deluded leaders of his movement, such as the four sannyäsés of 1970. Strictly adhering to Çréla Prabhupäda’s instructions, Kailäsa prabhu has provided such an alternative since at least 1979. (see biography)

Those who affiliate with the Foundation obtain the opportunity to help him in this effort and thus obtain the mercy of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedänta Swämi Prabhupäda.

Svarüpa-jïäna--or intrinsic knowledge concerning the sädhaka, the sädhana, and sädhya--is non different from the svarüpa of çuddha bhakti. When such svarüpa-jïäna has not yet arisen in a sädhaka--but the desire to cross over the ocean of material existence has arisen within him--then the symptoms of bhakti visible in him at that time are merely bhaktyäbhäsa. This bhaktyäbhäsa transforms into çuddha-bhakti when one obtains svarüpa-jïäna. Even for Vaiñëavas duly initiated into a genuine sampradäya, the vastu-prabha--the illumination of one's identity arising from the mantra received upon initiation by his dékñä-guru--does not appear until he receives the enlightenment of his svarüpa-jïäna by the mercy of çikñä-guru. Due to ignorance of svarüpa-jïäna, svarüpa-çuddha-bhakti remains covered. Hence, only bhaktyäbhäsa is visible.

Unfortunately, in present day society, in the name of çuddha-bhakti, various types of mixed devotion--such as karma-miçra, jïäna-miçra, and yoga-miçra, as well as various polluted and imaginary conceptions, are spreading like germs of plague. People in general consider these polluted and mixed conceptions to be bhakti. They respect them as such and thus are deprived of çuddha-bhakti. These polluted and mixed conceptions are our greatest enemies.

Some people say that there is no value in bhakti, that God is only imaginary sentiment, that man has merely created the image of God through imagination, and that bhakti is a diseased state, unable to benefit us in any way. These types of opponents cannot harm us much, because we easily recognize them and avoid them. However, those who propagate bhagavad-bhakti as the highest dharma--yet behave against the principles of çuddha-bhakti--can be especially harmful to us. In the name of bhakti, they instruct us against the actual principles of bhakti. This ultimately leads us to a path that is diametrically opposed to bhagavad-bhakti. Therefore, with great endeavor, our previous äcäryas have defined the svarüpa or intrinsic nature of bhakti, repeatedly cautioning us to keep away from polluted and mixed concepts.

Bhakti Viveka Tattva By His Divine Grace Çréla Bhaktivinode Öhäkur Prabhupäda

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