May 08, USA (SUN) — I am grateful to the devotees who have been revealing the true history and nature of Bhurijan. How many devotees know who he really is and what he has done over the years? It seems that everyone thinks that he is this nice sincere soul that has never even hurt a fly. But there are many of us who know better. Over the years we have remained quiet, but that was in the days when it was seen as a sin to reveal the sinner. But now it seems that we have a voice and a voice that is not too meek to be heard. Heard, but not listened to.

Bhurijan was a teacher in the Gita-nagari Gurukula from 1976 and this is where he displayed his emotionally abusive teaching techniques on us kids. This is also where he gathered his 'experience' as a teacher that allegedly qualified him to write "The Art of Teaching."

May 08, FORT WHITE, FLORIDA (SUN) — There are some souls whose own lack of real faith in Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada causes them to become doubtful about the Divine character and flawless nature of his words and teachings, which are absolute in every regard. There will always be those who suffer from selective listening and so take personal exception to particular references whether apparently cultural or otherwise, either to use as an excuse to abuse other souls or to lose faith and subsequently marginalize His Divine Grace's perfect transcendental commentary upon absolutely everything upon which he spoke about.

I am a husband and father to two daughters. And I do not abuse their current material encasement as an excuse for condescending mistreatment ostensibly based upon the words of Sri Guru, who was respectful to his own mother and the other ladies with whom he had contact throughout His Divine Grace's lifetime, which would of course include the many ladies who became his spiritual daughters and disciples.

May 08, AUSTRALIA (SUN) — Illicit sex is the main poisonous ingredient that binds us to this mortal world. As the Spiritual Master for ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada's main concern for His followers is that He slashes the knots that bind us to this world. This is the business of a Bonafide Spiritual Master. To try and alter Srila Prabhupada's words in His books to suit the various lobbyist groups skirting the Society, or to please academics, will only serve to weaken the devotee's determination to get out of this material bondage.

The demoniac pornography industry is proof of Srila Prabhupada's statements regarding rape, and regarding non-devotee women of the world in general. Of course, we won't hear too much from the politically correct people in this regard, will we? Rather, their agenda is to attack and infiltrate ISKCON with their rubbish ideas, based on keeping people bound to this earthly world.

May 08, NEW DELHI, INDIA (HPI) — Slokas on the Mount.

"Om Namah Jesus" could well reverberate inside hundreds of Catholic churches in India very soon, if the changing physical face of these places of worship is anything to go by. The Vatican-blessed process of enculturation being implemented by the 168 Catholic dioceses in India has already seen Jesus acquiring the form of a Hindu sage, St. John the Baptist with a kamandalu, grottos in the shape of conch shells, and a church in Bangalore that can easily be mistaken for a temple.

Enculturation, broadly speaking, is the indigenization of the Church through the process of assimilating local culture and symbols in construction, layout, interior design, furniture and religious fixtures. So far, around 45 churches across the country have been wholly or partially inculturated.

May 07, VRINDAVAN, INDIA (SUN) — By Krishna's grace, everything is going well with the Samadhi this year. Harshad Marathe from Bombay donated $200 for the Hindi captions, and Niranjana prabhu sent a print-out of them. I hope they will forgive me for being a little slow, but I got wrapped up in the VIHE 10th Canto. Now that festival is over, too, I'll put them all up.

Bhaktisiddhanta prabhu is making nice progress on the brass collages of Srila Prabhupada's accomplishments, which will go in back of the altar where the huge paintings are now sitting. Meera Khurana, Samika Rsi das and Hamsa Priya dasi all gave huge donations for this. Samaka Rsi prabhu from Towaco, NJ, donated more than $5,000. Hamsa Priya prabhu from San Jose, donated almost $6,500. And Meera (daughter of Manu das in England) donated more than $10,000 for one whole panel. Because this is such a large amount, I am giving credits to the donors at the bottom after the descriptions of the collages. And Bhaktisiddhanta is reviving an old Renaissance custom by putting their faces in a couple of the kirtan party extras. Although, he did not estimate it yet, I can still imagine he will have another $5,000 miscellaneous expenses, if I know Bhakti. And I know Bhakti.

May 07, NEW DELHI, INDIA (INDLAW) — The Supreme Court today asked petitioners seeking declaration of Ram Setu as a monument of national heritage, whether a place of worship can have a length of 25 km. Justice R V Raveendran also put queries to former attorney general of India Soli Sorabjee, "We worship mother earth. Des it mean that we cannot touch earth? We also worship Himalayas. Des it mean that Himalayas cannot be touched? We worship Govardhan hill in Mathura, Vrindavan. Des it mean that nothing can be done at Govardhan hill?"

Senior counsel K Parasaran then said, "It is very difficult to answer this question and even the judges cannot answer this query." Mr Sorabjee had earlier contended before a bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices R V Raveendran and J M Panchal that any restriction on the right of a substantial number of people to follow and propagate their faith and religion violates Article 25 of the Constitution, which gives freedom to every citizen of the country to follow and propagate the religion of his or her choice.

May 06, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (SUN) — The following editorial contains excerpts from a letter and my response to the questions it contained. The letter was used with the permission of the author who is a member in good standing of ISKCON. Her name has been withheld at her request.