Hrdayananda Goswami aka Howard Resnick aka Acaryadeva aka Acaryapada aka Gurudeva
Hridayananda (Howard Resnick), is a self-appointed bogus GBC ISKCON “guru” clone (clown), he perverts Srila Prabhupada’s books, preaches bogus philosophy, stealing Prabhupada’s disciples. Hridayananda received his rubber stamp guru certificate in Iskcons homosexual re-coronation ceremony and crowned himself Acaryadeva. He preaches pro homosexual philosophy, blaspheming Srila Prabhupada..
Srila Prabhupada’s Comments on Homosexuality
Prabhupada: Priests should be ideal character and they are advocating homosex? Now where is the ideal character man? If the priestly class are going to hospital for drinking habit and they are allowing man to man marriage and homosex then where is ideal character?
Social Worker: But homosexuality is a sickness, it is an illness. Just like a person cannot see would you punish him for not seeing? You can’t punish a person for being homosexual. That’s what our society says.
Prabhupada: Now, anyway, the priestly class is sanctioning homosex. Sanctioning. They are allowing homosex.
Social Worker: Yes, well we say…
Prabhupada: …and there was report that man and man was married by the priest. In New York there is a paper, “Watchtower,” – that is a Christian paper, I have seen in that paper – they are condemning it – that priest is allowing man to man marriage. And they are passing a resolution – homosex is passed, all right. And in Perth [Australia] you said that the students are discussing about homosex, in favor of homosex. So where is the ideal character? If you want something, tangible business, train some people to become ideal character. That is this Krishna consciousness movement.
Social Worker: But people say what is ideal to you is not ideal to them.
Prabhupada: I am giving the example – ideal character.
Social Worker: Yes, but it is one opinion.
Prabhupada: No. It will not depend on opinion. Opinion, what is the value of opinion if the people are all asses? There is no opinion. One should take as it is enjoined in the sastras. No opinion…Now suppose if we instruct a man, “Do not have illicit sex.” Have you got any objection?
Social Worker: Yes. I have.
Prabhupada: You have? Illicit? If I say…
Social Worker: Yes. I like sex, and my wife likes sex. We just enjoy it; we couldn’t live without it. Our marriage is happier because we have sex.
Prabhupada: Just see, this is the condition.
Social Worker: Well, it’s our life, and our marriage is happier with sex.
Prabhupada: No, we don’t prohibit sex, but we prohibit illicit sex.
Social Worker: Well, we use the pill; we use contraceptives; we use all kinds of things because it makes our life…
Prabhupada: Why do you use contraceptives?
Social Worker: Because we don’t want any more children.
Prabhupada: Then why don’t you stop sex?
Social Worker: Because we like sex. We enjoy it.
Prabhupada: That means go to physician, I want to do everything I like, still I want treatment. This is the position. You want…
Social Worker: I didn’t come for treatment.
Prabhupada: No, no, you have come for treatment here. Because you are paid to control the society, your activities, therefore you have come here for treatment. But when I prescribe medicine you don’t accept it.
Prabhupāda: They are discussing in the university homosex. They are advanced. Advancement of education. Just see. They are not even fourth-class men; they are animals, producing so many animals, that’s all, dogs and hogs. (break) …in the beginning śamaḥ. Śamaḥ, damaḥ-first two business. Control the sense and keep the mind undisturbed. That is the beginning. Now they are so much sexually disturbed, they’re discussing about the profit of homosex. Where is first-class men?
Amogha: They say that homosex keeps the balance of things because…
Prabhupāda: Yes, fourth-class man can say anything wrong, bad, but we are not going to hear of it. A fourth-class man’s philosophy, we will have to waste our time to hear them—that’s not good. They are not even fourth class; they are animal class. Fourth class has got some position, but they are narādhama, the lowest of the mankind. So what is their philosophy, and who is going to spoil his time to hear about their philosophy? (Morning Walk — May 14, 1975, Perth)
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“Lord Brahmā, approaching the Lord, addressed Him thus: My Lord, please protect me from these sinful demons, who were created by me under Your order. They are infuriated by an appetite for sex and have come to attack me.” (SB 3.20.26, Translation and Purport)
Purport: It appears here that the homosexual appetite of males for each other is created in this episode of the creation of the demons by Brahma. In other words, the homosexual appetite of a man for another man is demoniac and is not for any sane male in the ordinary course of life.— (Bhag. 3.20.26 purport)
Srila Prabhupada saw homosexual tendencies as excessive and perverted lust. The legitimate correction for lust is self-control and purification by religious marriage. If a person of homosexual tendency thinks it is impossible to be married to the opposite sex, then he or she is faced with only one other alternative: celibacy. These are the same two alternatives that Srila Prabhupada wrote to me in a letter when I had mentioned to him of my sex agitation. He said one can either engage oneself fully in Krsna consciousness, and thus lose all desire for sex, or become religiously married. But no immoral sex.
A person who has been an active homosexual or feels that he or she is inherently a homosexual should respond to this by accepting a life of full celibacy. The so-called curse can therefore become a blessing. In order to lead a life of celibacy, such a person may have to make certain adjustments in mixing with persons of the same sex. The same general principle holds: one should not associate intimately with persons with whom one is likely to be sexually attracted. This is true not only of homosexuals but of all celibates. They should avoid genital sex as well as pregenital sexual behavior, and this implies avoiding personal relationships of human affection which are likely to be genitally expressed.
Neither heterosexuality nor homosexuality are natural.; Heterosexual desire is a perverted reflection of our original love for Krsna and homosexuality is another twist. Srila Prabhupada: The homosexual appetite of a man for another man is demoniac and is not for any sane man in the ordinary course of life.; (SB 3.20.26)
Due to the influence of Kali-yuga, homosexuality is now a common problem. As Kali-yuga advances we will have to accommodate more and more people with past perverse lives and give them the opportunity for purification. If homosexuals sincerely come to Krsna consciousness, what advice should we give them?
In the Vedic culture, heterosexual desires can be accommodated within the grhastha-asrama, but there is no scope for accommodating homosexual desires. Srila Prabhupada recommended marriage (to a woman!) for a disciple with homosexual desires. This advice may not seem very practical, for the homosexual’s attraction is to men rather than women. But homosexual or heterosexual, the disease is lust. Homosexuality means that the lust has increased to an abnormally high degree. Marriage means to channel that lust in a manner acceptable within the Vedic culture.
In the conditioned state a homosexual person can, via sadhana-bhakti, get his or her perverted sex desire redirected to the natural object in the conditioned stage which is the opposite sex and then from that point engage that desire in the service of Krishna (sex life not contrary to religious scripture) and ultimately totally transcend all sex desires.
If one claims to be exercising “compassion without following the Vedic Shastric version of compassion, their conclusions, statements, and actions are erroneous. Worse, they are in themselves an act of violence.
Compassion upon an individual is not displayed by applauding the development of a sinful principle into a lifestyle that is meant to be accepted and admired by the general population to the point where spiritualists and transcendentalists who see such behavior as a symptom of a sinful mentality are considered a “danger to society. This kind of approach is the real danger.
SD 6.5 Slaughterhouse Civilization
Srila Prabhupada: The priests are after money. They are not first class; they are low-class men. This is the reason that Christianity has fallen down. The priests cannot speak straightforwardly. There is a straightforward commandment–”Thou shalt not kill.” But because people are already killing, the priests are afraid to present the commandment straightforwardly. Now they are even granting man-to-man marriage, what to speak of other things. The priests are sermonizing on this idea of man-to-man marriage. Just see how degraded they have become! Previously was there any conception like this, at least outside America? Nobody thought that a man could be married to another man. What is this? And the priests are supporting it. Do you know that? So what is their standard?
710725SB.NY Lectures
And what is the tapasya? That is also… Brahmacaryena. Brahmacaryena. Brahmacaryena means restricted sex life. Real meaning is no sex life, no sex, celibacy, completely. This is tapasya. Therefore, according to Vedic culture, the first beginning of life is brahmacari. (break) But in the brahmacari life there is no sex life. Only in the grhastha life there is sex life, married life. I was reading the other day a magazine, Watch… What is that? Watchtower. So this paper was criticizing so many immoral activities in the Christian world. And one item I was surprised to read that a Christian priest has sanctioned marriage between man to man. That was written there. I do not wish to discuss all those things, but people are degrading for want of this tapasya. People are not taught how to execute tapasya life, tapasvi life. Simply by criticizing will not do. Practically you have to be trained in the life of tapasya. Then it will be effective. Just like we are doing. Here, in our Krsna consciousness movement, in every center, everyone, at least who are living within this temple, must get up at four o’clock to perform the aratrika. This morning I was asking somebody that if you cannot rise, then you cannot live in this temple. Because this temple is meant for tapasya, not for extravagancy. Unless you follow the life of tapasya, you cannot make progress.
740611r2.par Conversations
Prabhupada: Yes. They’re after money. So they are less than sudras. That is the cause that Christianity has fallen down, that they cannot speak straightly, or otherwise… It is straight commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.” And because people are killing, they’re… Now they are give man-to-man marriage, what to speak of other things. The priests, they are sermonizing this man-to-man marriage. Just see how degraded they have become. Whether any conception… At least, outside America, nobody knows that a man can be married with another man. What is this? And they’re supporting it. You know that?
750521rc.mel Conversations
Prabhupada: No. There is no question of high percentage. I said that even a small percentage, there must be some ideal men. At least people will see that here is the ideal man. Just like we are having. Because they are chanting and dancing, many outsiders are coming and they are also learning, they are also offering obeisances. And gradually they are offering their service: “Please accept me.” The example is better than precept. If you have an ideal group of men, then people will automatically learn. That is wanted. But don’t mind, I don’t find any ideal group of men. Even in the priests they are going to hospital for their drinking habit. I saw in some times before in a hospital, five thousand patients, alcoholic patients, priest. Priest should be ideal character. And they are advocating homosex. So where is the ideal character men? If the priestly class they are going to hospital for drinking habit, and they are allowing man-to-man marriage and homosexuality, then where is ideal character?
760108rc.nel Conversations
Prabhupada: That they are doing. Still they are doing. Just like you said, some sprinkling water. They have no philosophy and they violate everything, what is stated there in Bible. Now you say that “Thou shall not kill;” they say, “Thou shall not murder.” They are molding. Now this homosexuality they are sanctioning, man-to-man marriage. They are sanctioning abortion.
Acyutananda: Yes. Two homosexuals were married by a priest.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Tamala Krsna: Now they have a church where the priests are homosexuals and the attending people are homosexual.
Prabhupada: Hm?
Tamala Krsna: Now they have churches for homosexuals. That means the priest is a homosexual, and the persons who come are homosexuals. A special church for homosexuals.
Prabhupada: Just see. Is that religion?
770428rc.bom Conversations
Prabhupada: No, they are drinking. They are having homosex. They are encouraging homosexuals, giving man-to-man marriage. You know that? This is going on. Doing everything nonsense.
N98:720928MW.LA conversations
Prabhupada: …the injunction of the scripture, and still they say, “We do not know.” So many drunkards priest, they are going to hospital for treatment ,and they are eating, and they are getting married man to man, and still they say, “We do not know what we have done.” Just see how cheaters they are.
Jayatirtha: In the last six years…
Prabhupada: Hm?
Jayatirtha: In the last six years in the Catholic church, 25,000 priests have left and taken up…
Prabhupada: 25,000?
Jayatirtha: 25,000 in six years.
Prabhupada: What is that?
Jayatirtha: Have left the Catholic church, priests.
Prabhupada: Left.
Jayatirtha: Ordained priests, they have left and gone off to marry or whatever. Especially they are concerned that they can’t marry. Catholic priests are not allowed to marry.
Prabhupada: Marrying? They are marrying man to man ,what to speak of marrying. Sodomy.
Jayatirtha: So that’s the alternative. Either they’re leaving or they’re marrying man to man.
Prabhupada: Homosexuality. They are supporting homosexuality. So degraded, and still they say, “What we have done?” They do not know what is degradation, and they are priest. They are teaching others. They do not know what is the meaning of degradation.
740614rc.par Conversations
Prabhupada: Yes. Some of our men, at least one, left our association. He thought that “This is denying the primary necessities of life.” Rayarama, Rayarama. He left for this reason, that we do not allow the bare necessities of life. Illicit sex, intoxication… He was first-class criminal on this account, but he could not give it up. Therefore he left.
Devotee: Yes, I spoke with him in San Francisco, and he said, “Swamiji will not be successful because he does not allow free love in his movement.” He says, “That is why I had to leave because there was no place for me and my boyfriend.” Even he was not attracted to having a girl, but he had a boy. That boy used to be also your typist. He was from Harvard University.
Prabhupada: That Neil.
Devotee: Yeah, Neil.
Prabhupada: Oh.
Devotee: And he told me that “Swamiji will not be successful in his movement because he will not allow free love.” I just saw him in San Francisco before I went to India two and a half years ago. We were trying to get him to come back to the temple.
Prabhupada: No, he cannot give up these bad habits.
Pusta-krsna: You said in Geneva that no one has died from giving up cigarettes or illicit sex. So it is not so hard to do.
Prabhupada: No, it is not hard. Now the Christian church is giving liberty, man to man marriage. Most unnatural.
Devotee: Previously they didn’t allow divorce. The first principle was there is no question of divorce. Then so many people began leaving the Catholic Church. So then they allowed divorce. And then they did not allow abortion. So again so many people left the religion. Now they allow abortion. And now they are allowing man to man marriage.
Prabhupada: Just see.
Devotee: They compromise just to keep their followers.
Bhagavan: It’s a matter of money.
Prabhupada: And that is freedom. So Raya Ramananda left because such freedom is not allowed here. So we have to allow this freedom like the church? (laughs)
pamho agtACBSP, here we are, we can see that through the factor time I mean may be in the beginning one could not see that all these senior disceples of SRILA PRABHUPADA are deviants because are still trapped in the fake reflection of the truth by identify the soul with the body,they are attached to the false physical image which change constantly,if one really want to become changeless beyond the gross and subtly bodies one need to become timeless as well and that’s possible only by following the order of our guru maharaj through ahaituki apratihata unmotivared and without interruption loulyan kalatvam spiritual selfishness in using the time to find out who we really are to know where we are going in the next life,all the spiritual forms of life remain manifested therefore they can be easily be remember because are connected to the transcendental body of SRI KRSNA but is not the same with all these bogus gurus forms I mean they are destined to disappear again but condizioned souls give so much importance to this yantrarudhani mayaya to this unwanting body machine delivered to us by the agency of maya devi to get the falso ego smashed because unless one get completely smashed one can’t come to this realization regarding the self realization by following the order of our guru maharaj through complete saranagati surrender to HIS lotus feet,all the acharyas are bodily concept of life free they are moving directly under the supervision of the supersoul therefore they can’t make any mistake by changing constantly though the sarvoupadhi fake images of the bodily designations because they already established their sambandha jnana with SRI SRI GURU GAURANGA and they are conscious that they are a lovely divine creation of SRI KRSNA by identify the soul with the supersoul which is the origin of all senses activities therefore they feel that divine love constantly because as soon as we forget this transcendental feeling as soon as all the senses become polluted by the fake reflection of the truth trapped through the temporary gross and subtly bodies,of course homosexuality it’s in the opposite side of krsna consciousness I mean it’s demoniac one already get trapped by doing that with girls which are not less stink then men and what to say to mix the own stools through lesbians and gay degraded society,they so called hare krsna devotees already done that in America, as soon as SRILA PRABHUPADA departed physically from this world of living dead as soon as all this rubbish came up and is still growing because of all these offences to the lotus feet of a maha bhagavata devotee of the lord like SRILA PRABHUPADA,all these wretches are moving under the law of material nature and although they associated directly with SRILA PRABHUPADA they are still working very hard to find out their spiritual bodies through the sambandha jnana giving to us by our beloved acharya because of this guru mara vidya which is still alive in f-iskcon by washing the stink feet of all these murders of SRILA PRABHUPADA therefore they are killing the own self as well life after life until they understand that they have to surrender everything including iskcon to SRILA PRABHUPADA,agtSP ys haribol
Whoever has no attachment for real saintly Vaisnavas can never distinguish between a devotee and a non-devotee.
When such a person, who lacks the ability to properly discriminate, thinks himself as an acaraya as good as the Lord, he remains miserable and those who follow such personality also suffer proportionately according to ones’s own involvement.
Therefore, it is only safe to follow Srila Prabhupada and His VANI.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
SRILA PRABHUPADA COMMENTS ON HOMOSEXUALITY
By Govinda dasi
One day in Montreal, during afternoon guest hours a young devotee from the temple asked me for an appointment to see Srila Prabhupada. I agreed and told her to come in the late afternoon, as it was his custom to visit with guests and devotees after his afternoon nap. This girl was an artist, her name was Madhavi Lata and she had come from New York. She was now living at the Montreal temple and I assumed she wanted to discuss her paintings with Srila Prabhupada and ask questions about them, as did Jadurani and the other artists from time to time. However, her intention was different. When she came, she began to explain her problem to Srila Prabhupada, and Srila Prabhupada having difficulty understanding her, called me into the room.
I was working in the kitchen nearby and heard his call: “Govind Dasi!” He always pronounced my name with 4 syllables: Govind Dasi, other than Govinda Dasi. I rushed in and made obeisances and he told me to bring prasadam. Then he motioned for me to sit down and listen to the discussion.
Madhavi Lata was explaining to Srila Prabhupada that as a brahmacarini at the temple she was having difficulty being around all the other girls as they were often dressing and sometimes wearing only slips and cholis while putting on their saris. She tried to explain to Srila Prabhupada that this was a great agitation for her and she needed a different living situation. She was very upset and didn’t know what to do.
Srila Prabhupada was having difficulty understanding her problem. Srila Prabhupada was encouraging her to chant Hare Krsna, read his books and do her wonderful art work. He inspired her and preached to her and talked to her about Krsna and the temporary existence in the material world. I sat quietly listening to the conversation nearby and observing that he was giving her the highest instruction that was applicable in every case. However, there was clearly a lapse in communication.
Eventually, the girl graciously respected prasadam and left. Then I sat down in front of Srila Prabhupada’s desk and he asked me: “What is her problem?” I groped for words, trying to find a way to express it and finally said: “Srila Prabhupada, in this country there are some women who are attracted to other women sexually, not to men. So she is having this problem living with the other girls and doesn’t know what to do about it”.
Srila Prabhupada’s eyes grew large and round and he said: “Oh”. He saw the whole thing immediately. Then he said in a very surprised tone: “In India there are some such low-class men but not women, never women”. His face was full of surprise. I said: “Yes, Srila Prabhupada, in the West there are such women also”.
Then he leaned back and wagged his head side-to-side, Indian fashion in a very amused and almost amazed look. “Just see, this sex life. Men to men, women to women. Men to women. Sex life is the bondage. It is all bondage. But, he opened his eyes wide: the sex life between man and woman can be sanctified by marriage. That is the difference. Krsna says in the Gita that I am the sex life within marriage. So within marriage it can be used for having nice Krsna conscious children but not like this. This is very low class”.
Srila Prabhupada you clearly cut through the illusion of homosexuality, simply and concisely. Never mind arguments one way or another. You saw it simply as another form of bondage, one that cannot be sanctified by God or purified within the marriage institution of God.
Nowadays, Western society has begun to aggressively promote homosexuality but their promotion cannot change the truth. It is simply another form of bondage in the material world, forcing the soul to take birth after birth of endless suffering. Unlike us, Srila Prabhupada you never became swayed by personal likes or dislikes, preferences or passions. You cut through our illusions with the swift and sure knife of knowledge and irrefutable truth. Then you stitched the wound with your divine love and instruction: chant Hare Krsna and be happy.
Thank you. Your opinion, Srila Prabhupada is as valid today and unchanged by time as it was in 1968. All these various modern trends of society you once commented to me, that nothing is new, they are all old, these things have been done again and again and Krsna knows them all. He spoke about them and he deals with each one in the Gita.
Thank you, Srila Prabhupada, for being above everything and being able to teach us so that we also can see things from the window of spiritual realization. Thank you, Srila Prabhupada.
[An Excerpt from “Prabhupada Stories” by Govinda dasi]
Srila Prabhupada comments on Homosex:
75-05-26. Letter: Lalitananda
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated May 13rd, 1975 and have noted the contents. I am very sorry that you have taken to homosex. It will not help you advance in your attempt for spiritual life. In fact, it will only hamper your advancement. I do not know why you have taken to such abominable activities. What can I say? Anyway, try to render whatever service you can to Krishna. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE IN A VERY DEGRADED CONDITION KRISHNA, BEING PLEASED WITH YOUR SERVICE ATTITUDE, CAN PICK YOU UP FROM YOUR FALLEN STATE. YOU SHOULD STOP THIS HOMOSEX IMMEDIATELY. It is illicit sex, otherwise, your chances of advancing in spiritual life are nil. Show Krishna you are serious, if you are.
SB 3.20.26 P Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura
It appears here that the homosexual appetite of males for each other is created in this episode of the creation of the demons by Brahma. IN OTHER WORDS, THE HOMOSEXUAL APPETITE OF A MAN FOR ANOTHER MAN IS DEMONIAC AND IS NOT FOR ANY SANE MALE IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF LIFE.
His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada explains about the enjoyment of SEX, between man and woman, man to man and woman to woman …………. very illuminated indeed.
Excerpt from Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.64-65 lecture in Vrindavan, India, September 1, 1975
Woman means enjoyed, and man means enjoyer !
You do not think that only woman is woman. The man is also woman. Don’t think that the woman is condemned; man is not. Woman means enjoyed, and man means enjoyer. So this feeling, this feeling is condemned. If I see one woman for enjoyment, so I am man. And if woman also sees another man for enjoyment, she is also man. Woman means enjoyed and man means enjoyer. So anyone who has got feeling of enjoyment, he is considered to be man. So here both sexes meant for… Everyone is planning, “How I shall enjoy?” Therefore he is purusa, artificially. Otherwise, originally, we are all prakrti, jiva, either woman or man. This is outward dress.
In the Bhagavad-gita it is said,
apareyam itas tv anyāṁ
prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām
jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho
yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat
[Bg. 7.5]
The prakrti… We are prakrti, nature, spiritual nature, para prakrti. The material nature is apara prakrti, and we living entities, we are trying to enjoy this prakrti. Therefore sometimes the living entity, either man or woman, he is described as purusa. Purusa means the one who keeps the feeling of becoming enjoyer. That is purusa. So this material world is prakrti and purusa. It is said in the Srimad Bhagavatam in the instruction of Rsabhadeva, pum sam striya mithuni-bhavam etat. The whole basic principle of materialistic civilization is the attachment between man and woman. Pumsam striya mithuni-bhava. Mithuni-bhavam is sex. And tayor mitho hrdaya-granthim ahuh. On account of this sex relationship, the man or woman is bound up. Hrdaya-granthi. Granthi means knot, and hrdaya means heart. So the man is thinking of the woman, and the woman is thinking of man. Hrdaya granthim ahuh. Then we require material possession. Atah grha-ksetra-sutapta-vittair janasya moho yam aham mameti [SB 5.5.8].
This is our material, conditional life.
As we understand from the Sastra that the Jivas in the demoniac nature must be created in the process of the creation so that these Jivas are able to purified their contaminants of all sorts by the guidance of the Spiritual Master in the disciplic succession.
Such guidance is indeed very rare.
As Srila Prabhupada very nicely explains ; ” The whole basic principle of materialistic civilization is the attachment between man and woman. On account of this sex relationship, the man or woman is bound up ”
Jai Srila Prabhupada.