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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Ask her. I'm sure she is all about jumping all over it to militarize it and keep spreading her fear-hate-mongering. It's how her guru taught her to roll. RUN.
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There are endless news outlets that have disproved and shown this trans/gay fear-mongering to be total nonsense. Tusli loves jumping on that shit. It's in her blood and roots growing up in the cult. She was literally raised by her father and guru to fear/hate/demonize gays and trans youth. All that aside, it's also symbolic of the deeper aspects of this cult, where they are quick to con
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As usual, and as per her Guru's rhetoric, Tulsi Gabbard is spreading rumors/lies/misinformation/hate https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/conservatives-are-freaking-out-over-rumors-of-furries-overtaking-school-biting-students/ar-AA1njtBV That hasn’t stopped the myth from spreading. Rightwing podcaster Joe Rogan shared a similar story to Johnson’s in 2022 when he claimed his “friend, his
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Putting this here. Not sure if this guy is a Butler disciple: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/19/letter-editor/ RUN
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I've posted this here before, I think, and ironically, this is actually written by a gaudia vaishnava devotee, but it shows the level of fanatical and fundamentalist, and ultimately completely made up aspects of this cult. RUN.
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It's all about the numbers, people, all about the numbers. God needs those numbers; otherwise, you ain't going back home. That's how much god really wants you back. You gotta basically ramble on beads for 24 hours to please "the supreme personality of godhead!!!!" https://www.harekrishnajapa.com/archives/242 fucking morons. Kids are taught this shit in Krishna schools.
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Hare Krishna's gonna build yet another 70 Million dollar temple project. How many is that now? 6? They have a bunch of these "never finished" projects that cost untold amounts of money: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/70-storey-skyscraper-temple-in-vrindavan-would-boost-indian-tourism-iskcon/ Ironically, the epileptic Chaitanya saint never had any motives or need to build temples
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Couldn't agree more. It's about this cult. XKRISHNA made it about politics and Texas by trolling this forum as he's done a billion times quoting his Prabhupada and trying to tell us what "he really meant". Again, you are more than welcome to ban my account. I have been dealign with Hare Krishna covert supporters on this forum for years. They can't help to pop i
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Speaking of preachers (not to XKRISHNA—gotta be proactive and clear that my posts are not targeted or meant for this guy) this is interesting: https://savitridevi.org/about_her/savitri-and-the-gaudiya-math/ A nazi sympathizer and aryan-race hindu nationalist hanging out at the local Math? Makes sense. Prabhupada didn't think hitler was all that bad and imagined a world where if people do
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You don't have to be KKK racists (tho Texas has over 80 white supremacy groups or which 50+ are directly tied to the KKK, so there is that) to show your racism. You just have to vote for laws that disadvantage certain races and minorities. Guess which race is most disadvantaged by shitty immigration laws and anti-abortion laws? And with Tulsi Gabbard being such a wishy-washy politician, it&#
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Fair enough. But as you pointed out, XKRISHNA, she's strategically doing this, not because she randomly likes Texas. It is difficult to avoid politics altogether, considering that this is a defining aspect of this particular cult, Rick. These guys have literally put a puppet in the political stratosphere. And ironically, one that has flipped-flopped on her stance politically to advance h
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It looks like Siddhswarupananda's top disciple, Tulsi Gabbard, has bought a house and settled right where she belongs: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tulsi-gabbard-ex-democrat-and-potential-trump-running-mate-buys-house-in-leander-report/ar-BB1l5mwz The white-supremacist, intolerant, conservative capital of the world (repeatedly voted one of the top worst states to live in). She
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Good for him: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/opinion/solar-eclipse-hare-krishna.html Happy eclipse day. RUN.
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Known websites that followers of Jagad Guru Siddhswarupananda have created to divert and distract attention from his cult-leader status: www.jagadgurusiddhaswarupananda.org www.jagadguruchrisbutler.com jagad-guru-chris-butler.net jagad-guru-chris-butler.org These and dozens of other websites, Quora/Reddit/Medium/X pages and posts were crea
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Tulsi Gabbards latest book, out soon from Regnery, a conspiracy theory, right-wing publisher https://www.regnery.com/9781684514854/for-love-of-country/ The publishing house is owned by another major misinformation/conspiracy/conservative fanatic publisher called Skyhorse Publishing. so once again, we have the expected: Gabbard and her nutjob guru finding the perfect publisher for her book.
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And, it's likewise not a leap to know who is controlling Tulsi Gabbard: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/tulsi-gabbard-says-it-s-not-a-leap-to-think-hillary-clinton-controlling-us-government/ar-BB1kzQzC
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The early evolution and history of Bengal Vaishnavism: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.68279/page/n169/mode/2up "... There was, however, no jealousy on the part of the Gopas towards Krsna for sporting with their wives, because through the Maya of Krsna, each had an apparent wife with him"..." It seems so goddamn twisted and unnecessarily convoluted by any standa
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On Bengali Vaishnavism: https://www.academia.edu/41873068/Vaisnavism_in_Colonial_Bengal_Beyond_the_Hindu_Renaissance Good book: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Origin_And_Development_Of_Vaisnavism.html?id=CDE8XwAACAAJ "The adoption of the principle of ahimsa and vegetarianism in Vaisnavism is explained in its social context. It is shown how Puranic Vaisnavism evolved in the pr
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On the origins of Radha goddess: https://perspectives-jdmc.in/re-orienting-mythology-sita-and-radha/ Indian pastoralism and the importance of the cow and why it became such a big part of Hindu culture over time (and no, it has nothing to do with them being "dear to Krishna "): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09719458211054593
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https://www.academia.edu/45112113/Science_Sanskritized_How_modern_science_became_a_hand_maiden_of_Hindu_nationalism?email_work_card=view-paper Leaving this one here mainly because Chris butler named his organization the science of identity foundation. And a lot of Hare Krishna propaganda throughout my years involved with them had to do with them trying to associate some kind of connection wi
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Leaving these where they belong. Siddhswarupananda fopremost disciple and cult devotee, Tulsi Gabbard, once again enjoying the pleasure of politics: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/tulsi-gabbard-says-it-s-not-a-leap-to-think-hillary-clinton-controlling-us-government/ar-BB1kzQzC https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/03/tulsi-gabbard-i-know-whos-really-running-the-white-house-and-its-not-jo
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It looks like Siddhaswarupananda's foremost disciple, Tulsi Gabbard, is cavorting with Beavis and Butthead (Trump's sons) and expressing her Vaishnava urge for power: “I’d be honored to actually be in a position to help President Trump execute his policies ... bringing the experience that I have had of being on the front lines of many of these battles and actually understanding what
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XKRISHNA, keep on rocking in the free world.
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This whole cult is based on the worship of the goddess radha. She represents the ideal devotion towards the god krishna. What no cult member will tell you though is that the goddess Radha is a recent and modern invention in Hindu lore. There is literally no mention of her in any verifiable scriptures more than 500 to A Thousand Years ago. And even then her position, status in the pantheon and so
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Cultthusiast. Why is it worth recalling this? By the way, it is worth recalling the 6th Canto of the Bhagavatam, where it is written that a brahmana who undertakes priestly activities loses part of his brahmanical achievements.
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I think it's a great disservice when victims don't speak up, and ultimately, it does precisely what the abusers and those in power want: Your silence and obedience. Think about how many people would be helped if he came forward on a forum like this (not this specific one, but on the cult forums site) or Reddit, social media, or in an anonymous contribution to a book, etc. It would sh
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You should see if he wants to contribute to the cult testimonials book. It's completely anonymous and he can make a difference to a lot of folks both in and out of the hare krishna groups.
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