ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head><title>The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - News - November 2011</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" width=800 link="#990000" alink="#990000" vlink="#000088"> <table width=750 border=1 bordercolor="#CC9933" bordercolordark="990000" bordercolorlight="CC9933" cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top><font face="verdana"><font size=2> <center><P> <img src="../head1.gif" width=605 height=99 border=0 usemap="#nav1"></center> <center><table width=700 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2><font face="verdana"><font size=2> <MAP NAME="nav1"> <AREA COORDS="23,17,110,82" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../index.htm"> <AREA COORDS="1,87,46,98" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../../media/mantra.wav" target="_blank"> <AREA COORDS="76,86,111,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../news/news.htm"> <AREA COORDS="121,86,189,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../editorials/editorials.htm"> <AREA COORDS="199,86,256,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../features/features.htm"> <AREA COORDS="266,86,329,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF"../../sunblogs/sunblogs.htm"> <AREA COORDS="339,86,412,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../classifieds/classifieds.htm"> <AREA COORDS="421,86,466,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../events/events.htm"> <AREA COORDS="476,86,539,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../recipes/recipes.htm"> <AREA COORDS="549,86,796,604" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../podcasts/podcasts.htm"> </MAP> <P><BR> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=700> <P><BR> <blockquote> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+2><p style='text-align:justify'> Akshaya Patra Embraces Mayavada & Promotes Meat Eating for Money </font></font> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=2><p style='text-align:justify'> BY: BHAKTA MANISH </font></font> <P><center><img src="ap2.jpg" width=680 height=510 border=1></center> </FONT></FONT><P><BR><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><B>Nov 29, 2011 &#151; INDIA (SUBURBAN) &#151; </b> It seems that Akshaya Patra will do anything for money. Doesn't matter if it comes from selling chicken meat or at the cost of sacrificing Srila Prabhupada's teaching and embracing the lotus feet of Mayavadis. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Recently Madhu Pandit das and Chanchalapati das of ISKCON Bangalore accepted siksha from Murari Bapu, and are now promoting him as the face of Akshaya Patra. They organized a program for Akshaya Patra, with Murari Bapu as the heart and soul of their programs in London and Kolkata. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Akshaya Patra spent 2 crores of rupees in organizing the Ram Katha by Murarai Bapu in Kolkata itself, and for last 21 days, all the leading newspapers have contained the advertisement for the Ram Katha by Murarai Bapu. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>For all these 9 days Katha, from 21st November to 29th November 2011, so-called devotees of ISKCON Bangalore humbly and publicly served and glorified Murarai Bapu. Chanchalapati das himself took the lead and publicly paid dandavats to Murarai Bapu, attentively and submissively hearing his Ram Katha, in which Murari Bapu glorified Ramkrishna, Paramhamsa, Swami Vivekananda and other Mayavadis. <P><BR><center><img src="ap3.jpg" width=680 height=510 border=1> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> </b></font></font></center> </font></font><p><BR><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><a href="https://www.akshayapatra.org/index.php?q=Morari_bapu-in-aid-of-Akshaya-Patra-Foundation" target="_blank"><b>On their website</b></a>, Akshaya Patra has put Murarai Bapu's pictures, and in all their brochures and pamphlets, they have put pictures and praise of Murarai Bapu. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>They have become so much blinded by money that they are now even accepting donations from the sale of chicken curries, as noted in this <a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091109/jsp/frontpage/story_11716601.jsp" target="_blank"><B>Telegraph of India</b></a> news story. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>The meat-eating contributions are being generated for Akshaya Patra by Iranian-born Bharat Saxena, whose company, Anaarkali, is selling a two-person serving of the curry, laced with real gold and silver foil, for Rs. 6,000. As Saxena says, "In India, people are ready to pay any price for quality and a good cause". </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>While Anaarkali is now selling their pricey chicken dish publicly, as of December 1st, all proceeds from the sale of the butter chicken will go directly to Akshaya Patra: "Those wishing to get a taste will have to pay the Akshaya Patra Foundation, an organisation that provides free meals to the poor." Only Rs 1 lakh gets you dinner for four, and a plate full of bad karma for dessert. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Anaarkali.in's website touts their charitable efforts on Akshaya Patra's behalf <a href="http://www.anaarkali.in/Butter-Chicken/anaarkali-butter-chicken-faq.html" target="_blank"><B>here</b></a>. <P><BR><center><img src="ap4.jpg" width=680 height=510 border=1> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> </b></font></font></center> </blockquote> <P><BR><P> </td></tr></table></center> <center><a href="../../index.htm"><img src="../../leftarrow.gif" width=20 height=15 border=0 alt="Homepage"></a></center> <P><BR><P><BR> <!-- ========================END NOTES===================== --> <blockquote> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><center> | <a href="../../index.htm">The Sun</a> | <a href="../../news/news.htm">News</a> | <a href="../../editorials/editorials.htm">Editorials</a> | <a href="../../features/features.htm">Features</a> | <a href="../../sunblogs/sunblogs.htm">Sun Blogs</a> | <a href="../../classifieds/classifieds.htm">Classifieds</a> | <a href="../../events/events.htm">Events</a> | <a href="../../recipes/recipes.htm">Recipes</a> | <a href="../../podcasts/podcasts.htm">PodCasts</a> | <P> | <a href="../../about.htm">About</a> | <a href="../../submit.htm">Submit an Article</a> | <a href="mailto:sun@harekrsna.com">Contact Us</a> | <a href="../../ads/advertise.htm">Advertise</a> | <ahref="../../../index.htm">HareKrsna.com</a> | </center> </blockquote> <P> <center><b>Copyright 2005,2011, HareKrsna.com. 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