Iskcon’s Revival is about to begin
H G Gauranga Sundar Prabhu on podcast.
Gauranga Sundar is the ISKCON,Inc Communications Director, plus he heads up the organisation’s Digital and Social Media campaigns.
He is also President of the ‘Krishna Consciousness Society’ in India.
He has been practicing Krishna Consciousness for the last 25 years and has mentored thousands of young people to take up Krishna Consciousness.
In 2012, Gauranga Sundar affiliated over 100 centres under the name ‘ISKCON Inc’.
“I’m currently leading the biggest online digital preaching in the ISKCON world, with over 120 full time devotees working to re-establish Srila Prabhupada’s original society, ‘ISKCON Inc’, worldwide,” said Gauranga.
He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the The Goloka Times.
He has just started BIVS (the BhaktiVedanta Institute for Vedic Science) with 3 scientists who are working under his guidance to present Krishna Consciousness to the scientific world.
For more details about ISKCON Inc, check out their website and Facebook pages:
Web: http://www.iskconincstore.com
Facebook: ISKCON,Inc
Spiritual and Vedic Education App: https://www.iskconincedu.com/
Very nice interview! I am sure that we are at a ‘turning point’, and Srila Prabhupada’s instructions including DOM are the future recipe for success. This will solidify and re-connect to our transcendental parampara and so much blessing and good fortune will be there. I think the world is also at a turning point and so this is no mere coincidence as it has become very demonic, farcical, degraded and without proper direction.
The bubble is about to burst and the ‘old guard’ (and their corruption) are now exposed for all to see, so the populace want real answers and solutions!
Internet was not around in Srila Prabhupada’s day but he did say that “utility is the principal!” so such lateral thinking by Gauranga Sundar Prabhu to exploit this medium seems to be reaching many persons which is very encouraging! It doesn’t surprise me though that devotees are getting impatient and may think that we are just ‘armchair warriors’ but results speak for themselves!
I agree with Gauranga Sundar Prabhu that we need to get out of the cities. In a ‘lockdown’ scenario you still have the lake or river to swim in and forest etc to walk and run, greenhouses to maintain, but if you live in a flat YOU ARE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT! A PRISON CELL!
Sudarsana Prabhu says:
It doesn’t surprise me though that devotees are getting impatient and may think that we are just ‘armchair warriors’ but results speak for themselves!
Mohini:
Yes, Prabhu. These are not normal times, we are at war. It is a war against the Kaṁsas and Pūtanās who have locked up most souls in a transparent soundproof box of mental hells. Once in, no matter how hard you shout from the top of the roofs, nobody will hear you. Only the transcendental Holy Name has the potency to pulverise these hellish boxes, nothing else can.
…The devotees need not be disappointed in the physical absence of the Lord, though they may think of not being associated with Him. The devotional process of chanting, hearing, remembering, etc., (either all or some of them, or even one of them) can give us the desired result of associating with the Lord by discharging the transcendental loving service of the Lord in the above manner.
Even the very sound of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa or Rāma can at once surcharge the atmosphere spiritually. We must know definitely that the Lord is present wherever such pure transcendental service is performed, and thus the performer of offenseless kīrtanam has positive association with the Lord….https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/2/4/15
…Even the very sound of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa or Rāma can at once surcharge the atmosphere spiritually….
This also applies to the use of Internet through the different new platforms. The Holy Name is transcendental at all times and it irradiates it’s Supreme potency and influence in all spheres wherever it is chanted without offences.
In the late 80s with the advent of personal computers, the webmaster of this site foresaw the importance of PC programming. He spend hours on end in a Computer shop renting a PC hourly and learning by himself how to program. This layed the groundwork for this and His many other websites. These websites are by now, 35 years later, a huge archive of Srila Prabhupada’s Original Books (and instructions) and some of His Predecessors.
In the same way 30 years on, in 2012, Gauranga Sundar Prabhu had realised where this IT train is going and has put the the hard work and time in to bring about the use of these new platforms for propagating Srila Prabhupada’s original teachings.
The materialistic, atheistic Kaṁsas with the help of unlimited watchful Pūtanās have lately established soundproof boxes over the minds of the deluded souls of this world.
But just as Kamsa was found to count without his host, we can see by the present success of Gauranga Sundar Prabhu’s online activities that Kṛṣṇa is able to upset all sinister designs of present day atheists.
“No human contrivance can prevent these Pūtanās from obtaining possession of the pulpits. This is due to the general prevalence of atheistic disposition in the people of this world…..But no adverse efforts of the empiricists, whose rule seems till then to be perfectly well-established over the minds of the deluded souls of this world can dissuade any person from exclusively following the Truth when He actually manifest His birth in the pure cognitive essence of the soul…..”
Now these are new preaching methods in addition to all other preaching efforts of devotees worldwide individually and collectively, on and offline, and it is the success of Srila Prabhupada’s determined and selfless endeavours in carrying out the order of His Guru Maharaja Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thakur.
We are tiny fallible soldiers but we are allowed to be part of something so big and so utterly amazing, namely taking part and observing the battle between Lord Krsna’s transcendental Holy Name and the godless Kaṁsa’s and Pūtanā’s desperate propaganda-fight over the minds of the deluded souls.
(Point 7)
But as soon as theistic disposition proper makes its appearance in the pure cognitive essence of the awakened soul, the Pūtanas are decisively silenced at the very earliest stage of their encounter with new-born Kṛṣṇa. The would-be slayer is herself slain. This is the reward of the negative services that the Pūtanās unwittingly render to the cause of theism by strangling all hypocritical demonstrations against their own hypocrisy.
(Point 8)
But Pūtanā does not at all like to receive her reward in the only form which involves the total destruction of her wrong personality. King Kaṁsa also does not like to lose the services of the most trusted of his agents. The effective silencing of the whole race of pseudo-teachers of religion is the first clear indication of the appearance of the Absolute on the mundane plane. The bonafide teacher of the Absolute heralds the Advent of Kṛṣṇa by his uncompromising campaign against the pseudo-teachers of religion.
https://www.prabhupadanugas.eu/news/?p=57546
Hare Krishna’s In Britain Podcast is in my understanding a recruitment drive for the Gaudiya Math!
If there is a “revival” it won’t be because of them but by REAL followers of Srila Prabhupada!
The Gaudiya Math promote Srila Prabhupada’s books ONLY AS A RUSE TO GAIN YOUR CONFIDENCE but have an alternate motive! Narada Das in a recent Podcast (# 71) interviews Geoffrey Guiliano (Jagganatha Das) who is an androgyne (FTM) and an “Actor” (in more ways than one!) who declares “Just follow Prabhupada!” which is great but why does he have a picture of “Swami” Yogananda on his wall and why are ALL the books Guiliano has written all about Androgynes? One has to be an androgyne to get a foot in Hollywood which is full of queers and perverts and Guiliano’s many photos suggest that he is sociopathic.
The interviewer Narada Das also looks like a transgender to me so there is a theme going on here which most people are completely oblivious to. There are many androgynes in the Gaudiya Math!
BV Madhava “Swami” was BV Narayana “swami’s” servant! BV Madhava walks with a female gait!
ONLY WOMEN WALK WITH A FEMALE GAIT AS THIS IS DUE TO THE Q-ANGLE OF THE FEMUR!
Narada Das probably has some connection to the BBC (I found on the website!) which is a “fake news” propaganda machine, which promoted Jimmy Savile!
Mohini Devi Prabhu:
…The devotees need not be disappointed in the physical absence of the Lord, though they may think of not being associated with Him.
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This is very true, as devotees come to the platform of understanding Paramatma (Lord Krishna’s localized aspect within the hearts of all living jiva souls) one realizes that the closest to us is the Supersoul Himself, directly along side us (the jiva soul) within our hearts. For the non-devotee who is covered by ignorance of this fact, Lord Sri Krishna seems to be the furthest away, seemingly unattainable or void, by the desire of the living entity, who is misusing his/her free will and ultimately suffering terribly as a result of forgetfulness (by their own unfortunate choice!).
The mood of vipralambha (separation from the physical presence The Lord) and the anxiety associated with it, is actually a very intense spiritual emotion which is expressed by Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in his many transcendental pastimes as He is the embodiment of both Srimati Radharani and Lord Sri Krishna.
As we are trying to follow in the footsteps of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu devotees should be aware that this vipralambha will greatly increase our attachment to The Lord and increase our realization of His divine presence everywhere, and in so doing ensure that Lord Sri Krishna will give us all protection and reciprocation in our eternal endeavors to serve His divine mission.
Pamho agtacbsp, whatever SRI KRSNA DO FOR US AS THE SUPREME PARAMATMA IS FOR OUR BENEFIT BECAUSE BY DOING SO HE IS SERVING HIS GROSS AND SUBTLE BODY BUT WE ARE SEPARATE FROM HIM AT THE MOMENT THROUGH I AND MINE WHICH IS THE CAUSE OF THE FALSE EGO AND IT’S THE PARAMATMA THAT APPEAR TO US AS A PURE DEVOTEE AS SRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU DID SPIRITUALLY WE ARE NEVER SEPARATE FROM KRSNA LIKE THE WATER IS NEVER SEPARATE FROM THE LIQUID BUT MATERIALLY WE ARE SEPARATE THROUGH BHINNA PRAKRTI ASTADA THE EXTERNAL ENERGY OF LORD KRSNA BUT WE CAN BE SITUATED TO HIS INTERNAL ENERGY THROUGH SRAVANA KIRTANA SMARANA VANDANA PADA SEVANA DASYA RE PUJANA SAKHIJANA ATMA NIVEDANA BY CHANTING THE DIVINE GLORIES OF THE YUGA DHARMA ONLY THEN WE REALIZED THAT OUR CLOSEST FRIEND IS EKO BAHU SHYAM THAT’S OUR BEST FRIEND SRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU.AGTACBSP YS HARIBOL
THERE IS NO NEED TO BECOME DISPONDENT
“…..We should therefore not be discouraged just because we cannot go to the forest and practice severe austerities. Our life is so short that we must strictly adhere to the principles laid down by the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas and peacefully execute Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There is no need to become despondent. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura recommends: ānande bala hari, bhaja vṛndāvana, śri-guru-vaiṣṇava-pade majāiyā mana. For a transcendental, blissful life, chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, come worship the holy place of Vṛndāvana, and always engage in the service of the Lord, of the spiritual master and of the Vaiṣṇavas.
This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is therefore very safe and easy. We have only to execute the order of the Lord and fully surrender unto Him. We have only to execute the order of the spiritual master, preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness and follow in the path of the Vaiṣṇavas.
The spiritual master represents both Lord Kṛṣṇa and the Vaiṣṇavas; therefore by following the instructions of the spiritual master and by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, everything will be all right.”
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/4/23/7
Yes! something may well be sanctioned by Srila Prabhupada and we may proceed on this basis but we also have to understand that certain elements may not be present regarding a different demographic, or time and place. One has to analyze, dissect and look at it very closely BEFORE EMBARKING ON AN ACTION so as to minimize the likelihood that WE MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY CRUCIAL TO THE SMOOTH OPERATION AND SUCCESS OF A GIVEN VENTURE!
One thing that is very important is that we don’t ‘beat ourselves up’ over an endeavour that didn’t go as planned as we can always learn from our experiences, or change quickly by having a plan B OR C! from the beginning so that it can be salvaged. One thing that I have taken on board over the years myself is that, YOU HAVE TO BE KIND TO YOURSELF because the material world is brutal, unforgiving and we are living in the middle of a mad-house! Although I am not ‘living in a forest’, I am still living in a “jungle” and surrounded by “wild animals” so it is alright to ‘live in the moment’ and be calm, thoughtful, measured and self satisfied.