Jul 03, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (SUN) — The Jewish ‘hot button’ issue is being decompressed by the Sun editorial policy on objective and fact-based research. Janet Sullivan objects that such objectivity is not possible in an inherently Fascist organization. She has a point. Not so much about the means, but the motive. There have been no Iranian-style civil riots. Not even a tremor of covert grassroots resistance. Findings depend very much on what the ‘researcher’ is looking for.

Jul 03, USA (SUN) — After reading Urdhva Ketu prabhu's letter, I had to respond. Urdhva Ketu prabhu says we are beating the same dead horses… sadly the 'horses' aren't dead and are running ISKCON. You state that there are qualified gurus in ISKCON and the atrocities were years ago… and we should move on. Let me remind you, prabhu, that the same perpetrators and/or their 'partners in crime ' are still being worshipped and sitting on vyasasans… it does not matter if it was 50 years ago.

You seem to think that a pure devotee (some of them , as you state) would mingle with murderers, child molesters, woman haters/beaters/cow killers... this is absurd! Even non-devotees have higher standards than to mingle with molesters, killers, and people with such debauched backgrounds.

Jul 02, UK (SUN) — I have been awaiting your new editorial policy on the issue about the Jewish impact on our Vaisnava Society and I see it has finally arrived along with research ‘tools’.

The one glaring problem I see with the points you have raised is that devotees don’t have the means to conduct this research. As you are well aware, the ones with the means are the ones with the power. The ones with the power are not going to release information or documentation and they are certainly not going to condone or facilitate research conducted on themselves or the institution unless they themselves conduct the research under their criterion, terms and conditions.

Jul 02, FORT WHITE, FLORIDA, USA (SUN) — I am most grateful to a good friend for the recent reminder of Sri Chaitanya-caritamrta, Sri Ramananada Raya and his conversation with Mahaprabhu. For several decades the first verse of Sri Chaitanya-caritamrta has been the Sri Guru pranam mantra, which I use to pay respects to Sri Gurun (the plurality of gurus), all others and God Himself. I often think of Sri Ramananda Raya's transcendental indifference to mundane sensuality. Especially because our 18-year old autistic daughter now often requires help getting clothed. Thinking of Sri Raya Ji helps me to turn my senses off. As if they were momentarily deadened. In order to steel myself to act as an impartial caregiver to our daughter.

Recently, Sri Guru has caused me to reflect deeply much upon the penetrating notion of finding innate goodness everywhere, inspite of apparent external malefic incongruities. I am caused to ponder that Mahaprabhu's true lineage is a paramahamsa succession. And how true devotion and inner development caused many of His saintly successors to contemplate that the only deficiency was within themselves.

Jul 02, JAGANNATHA PURI, ORISSA — If you think Bahuda Yatra (homecoming festival) brought the curtain down on the nine-day festive fervour at Puri, you are wrong. The temple town geared up to observe Suna Besha on Friday, where Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra don huge quantities of gold ornaments on their bodies. This is an important annual ritual performed after the end of Car Festival.

Lakhs of devotees are likely to converge in the seaside town to have a glimpse of the gold-clad Deities aboard their respective chariots, in front of the 12th century Jagannath Temple.

Jul 01, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (SUN) — Guru, Sastra and Sadhu state that one does not perform devotional service until one is brahma bhuta, freed from the bodily designation.

"After attainment of the brahma bhuta stage of freedom from material conceptions, devotional service begins by one's hearing about the Lord.”
(Bhagavad Gita As It Is 19.55 Purport by HDG Srila Prabhupada)

It would seem reasonable that if one finds devotees in certain capacities of leadership sharing the same bodily designation, say a Jewish background, that such a fact exceeds the probability due to chance, or if you philosophically discard chance, the free play of the material gunas. If the exalted hierarchy is indeed completely transcendent, then one should expect a truly random mix of bodily types, n’est-ce pas? There are, apart from the pure devotee, ninety-one varieties of devotees depending on the combination of gunas that influence them. So it is not surprising that devotees with similar consciousness would congregate in the same activities and roles, regardless of whether they be Jewish, or Muslim etc.

Jul 01, USA (SUN) — Do you find in your mailbox the latest issue of the freebie rittwic quarterly, Back to Prabhupada? Although each issue is presented as though it exposes some grand revelation, we find that the same lifeless horses are whipped and beaten till the putrefaction becomes unbearable. The optimistic editor, Krishnakant, seems to fancy that by some miracle, the dead horses will rise to life and follow his lead in carrying us limping pedestrians “back to Prabhupada.” Who funds the printing and posting of this redundant balderdash?

Back to Prabhupadaeditor Krishnakant, like James Bond with his license to kill, feels he has been issued a license to fault-find. Wherefrom this Krishnakant gets his authority, however, remains in question. Were this so-called Krishnakant a sworn-in devotee of ISKCON, he would be known as Krishnakant “das”. No “das” means “no service attitude.” And no service attitude means that the editor of Back to Prabhupada is not authorized to carry on a tireless campaign against a religious organization of which he is not a part.