Oh yes, hitler for sure achieved samadhi in his underground bhajan kutir. Butler will soon be playing with hitler in the spiritual sky. Jai ho! But yes, 99 years ago today, Mein Kampf was published, and India continues to be one of the top readers of the book worldwide. Presumably, Hinduttva has found a kindred spirit. I'm not sure what parts align with Aryan Vedic idealism, but it's
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The epitome of materialistic nonsense that has literally rotted the world's brain, AKA the Kardashians, is being paraded by the Hare Krishna's. The Hare Krishna personality cult has essentially been reduced to a photo-op cult: https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/news/internet-blesses-kim-and-khloe-kardashian-for-serving-langar-at-iskcon-temple-the-ambani-effect/ar-BB1q3OaB As
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And just like that Jagannath ji revokes his favor and Tulsi Gabbard is no longer inching any closer to a VP post: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-names-ohio-sen-jd-vance-his-2024-vp-pick/ar-BB1q26T6 God's mysterious ways...LOL... I mean HARIBOL! HARILOL! Whatever. Praise be. RUN
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Fucking delusional nut jobs: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/lord-jagannath-saved-donald-trump-iskcon-spokesperson-recalls-connection/ar-BB1pZqYn RUN, RUN, RUN, and then RUN some more.
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It looks like Jagad Guru Siddhswarupananda's top disciple, Tusli Gabbard, is praying hard to Krishna to protect Sri Trump Maharaj... "I'm praying for President Trump, his safety, and for our country," said former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. Meanwhile, maybe Trump Ji will lend a bloody ear now to an issue he exasperated? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signs-b
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Very relevant: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/india-s-godmen-how-a-rigid-caste-system-has-created-a-new-kind-of-deity/ar-BB1pTCJ6 It started with Vivekananda et al. Then Bhaktivedanta. Then everyone jumped on board. Now it's a multibillion-dollar bullshitting industry. RUN
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Interestingly, the only recent and timely news to hit the internet about this case of Tulsi Gabbard's aunt is seemingly being erased, with no other network/news outlet saying anything further. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/indexnowdelete/ar-BB1nssMi I've not seen any other news outlet say a word about it. The woman accused of the murder has been paired up with a controversial
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Relevant: https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2024/07/12/godmen-proliferate-in-indias-complex-and-ancient-tapestry-of-religion-spirituality-and-multiculturalism/ RUN
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Chaitanya Mission, an offshoot of Butler's Science of Identity Foundation in the Philippines (operational since I was a child in the cult) has an FB page that literally has NO quotes from hei own Vaishnva (let alone gaudiya vaishnva) texts. None. It is litered with quotes from the Christian bible and Butler's lectures. https://www.facebook.com/chaitanyamission/ I find this ironic.
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Starting them young: ?client=safari&sca_esv=686f8158a5bb30da&sxsrf=ADLYWIJqyHaDWOk-vVwjWD_0Kvb85YAsqQ:1720722018938&q=krishna+cartoons&tbm=vid&source=lnms&fbs=AEQNm0A-TSThzBStWy2iQzbzvM8E5ytGZgQarMcVdjSRMHEykQsJIIW3mMRcWfBgJOzPk-cPWvhXxL_F4H7OyCd1cT8FJpfyL5VNBOqrK8x_rXpRW3bNQ6bdCe9HWfVt2CFb3FjX8aBZzrmjzBF8K97Lo5tlbabTOvH2ybDz5nvSxUma5RCg07d8qpbQoLZoEqdnzwehLX_gpc-T6EqhAck-
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Crazy sad.
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Just the lord protecting his sincere devotees... https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/accidents-fires/news/ratha-yatra-tragedy-victims-families-blame-organisers-3652301 Still no word on Tulsi Gabbards murdered aunt... Caroline Sinavaiana Gabbard Why? RUN
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And if you want a really fun one: https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/r4vhyk/sex_life_as_a_hare_krishna_iskcon_member/ RUN
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Love coming upon threads like this on reddit where Hare Krishna devotees are actually "thinking" and not just falling for the mindless ritualism and ideology: read and enjoy https://www.reddit.com/r/exHareKrishna/comments/1dqevtn/forcing_yourself_to_finish_japa_rounds/ Minds are freeing up. RUN
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The beauty of religious fanaticism hijacking the brain: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/stampedes-crowd-disasters-india-years-111624332
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Interesting and relevant here in how butler and his guru etc used assorted ritualism and self deprecation in followers to convince them that they are "purifying" themselves etc. The philosophy and krishna groups preach a lot about this idea of the outside world being untrustworthy and only the group/guru and it's ideology being factual... https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/l
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Dropping this where it belongs https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bill-maher-confronts-tulsi-gabbard-over-her-support-for-donald-trump/ar-BB1p7zKA RUN
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Good roundup: https://www.reddit.com/r/scienceofidentityinfo/
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Tulsi Gabbard is a snake politician who sheds her skin and becomes whatever gets her closer to a seat of power. That is it. I don't know what else to tell you if you cannot see through that. Donald Trump is a sleazy businessman who is rich and no different than any other rich asshole politician. He is gross towards women and has said/done things to women that are not the character of a world
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/hare-krishna-yoga-justine-payton.html “There’s very few Western, American people that are joining the Hare Krishna movement today,” said E. Burke Rochford, a professor emeritus of religion at Middlebury College who has studied the faith for decades. “Yes, they’re interested in yoga and yes, meditation, but not in what ISKCON is requiring of their members
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Interestingly, this site features an old "Jagad Guru Speaks" video. Dropping it here for context: https://www.veteranstodaynetwork.com/2022/05/05/why-outlawing-abortion-is-insane/ Sadly, much of the work done by Flashlight (on roaches) back in the day here was deleted because of a scandal that broke out related to their supposed identity. All that aside, it was pretty epic digging
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Here we go... https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/12/tulsi-gabbard-ex-hawaii-democrat-says-democrats-pu/ Can't help herself from saying the same exact shit as her guru. Just random statements of division and attacking rational systems of separation of church and state. There is religion and one's own spiritual journey and whatever idea of god you might have,and there is
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Yes, it's "non religious" and non sectarian, but just so happens to be prayers to very specific gods belonging to specific sects/cults. The fucking "quiet time" program. Kind of like SIFs "yoga nidra"...: https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/judge-approves-class-action-suit-against-chicago-public-schools-hindu-rituals RUN.
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It's very interesting, as per this Cults tactics, how this video has been scrubbed from the internet. This is the video of how Tulsi Gabbard started her campaign and basically in the video she is offering praise and obesenances to her guru siddhswarupananda paramahamsa. She then spent the remainder of her campaign crying Hindu phobia whenever people mentioned or posted this video and sho
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Whoops... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-trouble-with-tulsi-why-the-former-hawaii-congresswoman-is-trump-s-worst-choice-for-vice-president/ar-AA1nGkgb RUN.
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All of these Cults would have you believe that they stand for Unity. But even within the very small Hari Krishna group of cults, they can't muster cooperation. The founder of ISKCON left his guru's mission to start his own. Many other splintered off of that. And many others continue to Splinter, claiming Supremacy and uniqueness over all the others, even though they all fundamentally
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Butler's cult heiress, Tulsi Gabbard spreads her fear-mongering just like her spiritual master: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/23/tulsi-gabbard-repeats-false-hillary-clinton-grooming-claim https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-has-a-path-to-victory/ar-AA1nEnhk Gabbard's formative education all the way through her teens was within a highly controlled, closed
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Interesting also that cult followings like this tend to capitalize and gravitate towards places where people are ripe for their kind of rhetoric: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/why-is-trump-kicking-off-2024-campaign-in-waco/ And so, Butler's top disciple, Tulsi Gabbard, has positioned herself and chose her place of residence in a locale ripe for her message and rhetoric (sh
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A nice rational perspective on Hinduism that I can get behind, rather than the nationalist nonsense that pervades much of the fanatical religious impulse present in politics and practitioners of faiths these days: https://www.hindu-blog.com/2024/04/why-hindus-dont-believe-that-god-created-us-in-his-image.html#google_vignette In Hinduism, the divine is often perceived through a multitude of
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There is a God!
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