Devin Bull (Dhama das) was Mike Gabbard's Campaign Manager for U.S. Congress in 2004 QuoteVera City: Hawaii Citizens for the Separation of State and ChurchDevon Bull was a hard-core "Gabbardite", who worked for Stop Promoting Homosexuality Hawaii, the Alliance for Traditional Marriage and Values, and Hawaii's Future Today, which were among Hawaii's most bigoted and h
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Tulsi Gabbard Listed by Pro Choice Emily's List The latest crazy wrinkle in the Tulsi Gabbard for Congress effort is that Tulsi has been listed by the Pro Choice Emily's List Tulsi is campaigning as Pro Choice and Pro Civil Unions As everyone knows, Jagad Guru Chris Butler, his cult, the Science of Identity Foundation and Tulsi's parents, Mike and Carol Gabbard are vehemen
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Honolulu City Council Discussion/Action on GMO Labeling Plus Involvement of Another Cult: Sukyo Mahikari The Honolulu City Council Meeting on December 7th, 2011 should be interesting for a couple of reasons. The council will be voting on a controversial bill (Bill 54) sponsored by Councilmember Tulsi Gabbard that will allow the city to remove personal property from city parks and sidewalks.
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Jagad Guru Chris Butler devotee Hesh Goldstein (Hanuman das) has a weekly radio show "Health Talk" in Honolulu on KWAI-AM (1080 kHz). This show is broadcast on Saturday mornings from 8 AM to 9 AM. The "Health Talk" radio program promotes vegetarianism, is highly critical of western medicine, and also promotes some quack "natural" cures such as organic sulfur crys
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Tulsi Gabbard now has a Wikipedia article of her own Tulsi Gabbard on Wikipedia I don't see any hint in the article of Jagad Guru Chris Butler or the Science of Identity Foundation Cult. But I find this line from the Tulsi Gabbard Wikipedia article very interesting: "Tulsi was homeschooled through high school, with the exception of two years spent at an all-girls missionary acade
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People may be aware that Tulsi Gabbard, currently a Honolulu City Councilwoman, is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Hawaii Congressional District 2, which is Hawaii outside of most of Honolulu. Tulsi is the daughter of long time Jagad Guru Chris Butler devotees Mike Gabbard, Krishna Katha das, and Carol Gabbard, Devahuti dasi. Tulsi is running as a Democrat. Her major Democr
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I recently checked the Honolulu Yellow Pages. The Science of Identity Foundation is still listed under "Yoga Instruction."
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"Gabbard has choco streak" The Honolulu Star-Advertiser has a feature every Friday: "5 Things We Love." The number one "thing we loved" on 06/10/11 was "Gabbard has choco streak," candies from "Hawaiian Toffee Treasures," a business run by Hawaii State Senator Mike Gabbard (Krishna Katha das) and his wife, Carol Gabbard (Devahuti dasi). Hon
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QuoteVoxVeritasVita Das who is Tulsi running against? Right now, Tulsi Gabbard is the only announced candidate for this office, to replace U.S. Representative Mazie Hirono in the Hawaii 2nd Congressional District (all of Hawaii except Honolulu). So she is the first. Right now they are talking about former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann, a Democrat, and former Republican Lt. Governor Duke
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Tulsi Gabbard, currently a Honolulu City Councilwoman, has announced today that she is running to replace U.S. Representative Mazie Hirono in the U.S. House of Representatives. If Tulsi were to win, she would represent the Hawaii 2nd Congressional District. The 2nd Congressional District covers rural Oahu and all the other Hawaiian Islands except for Oahu. U.S. Representative Mazie Hirono
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Honolulu City Councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo has announced that she is resuming the use of her maiden name. She is dropping her married name of Tamayo. She is now just "Tulsi Gabbard." Writing in a Honolulu Star-Advertiser blog entry, dated 05/02/11, B. J. Reyes writes: QuoteB. J. Reyes, Honolulu Star-Bulletin Gabbard said she and her husband, Eddie Tamayo, divorced “a f
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There is an article in today's 03/25/11 Honolulu Star-Advertiser about Honolulu City Councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo getting a Temporary Restraining Order against a man named Aniruddha Sherbow, 40, who made harassing phone calls and text messages to Tulsi. The article confirms that Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo is single. Here are excerpts from the article: Court orders man to stop harassi
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RadhaGovinda the property that I wrote about, that was turned over to Jagad Guru devotees at gunpoint, was not the market on Kauai. If a Kauai property was turned over to Butler devotees, then there would have been at least two of these incidents of property being turned over at gunpoint.
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I have read that it is common in cults for devotees to turn over their possessions and money to a leader or guru. Sometimes everything that they own, cars, houses, etc. I've read that gurus even obtain property that their devotees don't actually own, such as cars that are actually owned by young devotee's parents. Devotees have been known to turn over all that they own to guru a
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Correction: It is "Yamuna Brennan" and not "Yamuni Brennan." The Epoch Times has locked down the two web pages with the stories about Mike (Krishna Katha das) and Carol (Devahuti dasi) on one of the web pages and Honolulu Councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo and Yumana Brennan on the other web page. If you try to access those pages now, it says that you need to login. But t
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January 14, 2011: An evening of Chinese culture and dance for the Gabbards, Carol, Mike, Tulsi and Tulsi's friend Yamuni Brennan. They all went to see the Shen Yun Performing Arts International Company, a performing company that is associated with Falun Gong. Falun Gong has been presenting these kind of Chinese cultural shows in Honolulu for awhile. The shows are actually presented by
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Someone mentioned homosexuality and Hinduism. In the Hare Krishna (ISKCON) religion, homosexuality is considered "illicit sex." The Hare Krishna religion, as well as Chris Butler's Science of Identity Foundation, are based on the ancient Hindu scriptures such as the Vedas and the Upanishads, etc. Hinduism is based on the same scriptures. I'll bet that homosexuality is also
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Chris Butler's group in New Zealand used to be the "New Zealand School of Meditation." This group is still listed in directories for "schools of meditation" in New Zealand. The website listed in such directories, doesn't seem to be functional. Has this organization gone out of business? Has it changed its name? Does Chris Butler even still have a group i
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Mike Gabbard, Krishna Katha das, is listing this "Shining World Leadership Award" on his website at Shining World Leadership Award - Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association (2008) It is not the first time he has received an award from another cult. Back in 2001 he accepted an award for the Alliance for Traditional Marriage and Values from the Unification church.
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We have pretty good evidence now that the group "Hawaii's Future Today," a group formed in the 1990s to fight against gay marriage in Hawaii, was a front for the Mormon Church. It makes me suspicious of Mike Gabbard (Krishna Katha das) group the "Alliance for Traditional Marriage and Values." I think we almost have to assume that this is actually a front for Jaga
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It looks to me like Kathy Hoshijo (Katayani dasi) has had at least three husbands. I know that the cult does not approve of divorce. The Honolulu Advertiser Walter Wright articles from August 21-23, 1977 say that at that time she was married to "former policeman" Larry Olsen. The Walter Wright articles say that she divorced her first husband to marry Olsen. I've been able t
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It's been awhile since I've been able to get in. It took me a long time to realize that it is my own firewall that was giving me problems. I'm back! In Waikiki, ISKCON has been having sankirtans on Saturday evenings starting around 8:30 PM on Kalakaua Avenue. Also, fairly recently, Scientology has been setting up a table along Kalakaua Avenue on Saturday evenings. All we
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I'd like to urge everyone to post everything they have that is relevant to understanding this cult leader and this cult. I have heard Chris Butler equate himself to Jesus. He calls Jesus a "spiritual representative of God" and he calls himself a "spiritual representative of God." I believe I have heard Chris Butler say that Jesus is not God. That
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I realize that the Fearful Leader taught against divorce and then divorced. And perhaps he promoted the divorce of Richard Windham-Bellord and Windham-Bellord's then wife, the ever-lovely Wailana. At best, Chris Butler is a hypocrite. Didn't His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada leave his wife and family to bring Krishna Consciousness to the U.S.? Is ACB
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The Honolulu Advertiser recently did a series of four articles about charities and regulation of charities in Hawaii. The first article titled: "Hawaii's rules lax on oversight of charities," September 19, 2007 is at: There is a summary page of the articles at: There is a searchable database of 700 Hawaii charities at The Science of Identity Founda
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I'm not sure why we are calling Chris Butler AKA "Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa," "FL" or "Fearless Leader." Isn't he afraid of lots of things? Germs, gays, the GBC, to start with. We know he is keeping a low profile and makes no public appearances. He has no new books out. A few years ago he was actually rem
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This caught my eye: QuotequotesmanHe is attached to the opposite sex, period. I've posted along these lines before. I think that people who are obsessed with homosexuality are often homosexuals themselves. Or, I suppose that they could be insecure in whatever sexual orientation they have. I would not be surprised if Chris Butler, Mike Gabbard, and throw in Hesh Goldstein, for goo
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Quotejust-googlingSiddhaswarupananda did encourage martial arts and boxing among his followers and disciples. However, methinks that fasting and vegetarianism do not mix with heavyweight boxing Sorry about this. I just spotted this quote on Page 113. Siddha devotee, and Honolulu radio talk show host, Hesh Goldstein teaches a type of martial arts called "Wing Chun."
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This cult and its reclusive guru have an interesting story. Somehow, it has flown under the radar of the mainstream press, mainstream business and religious press and TV/Video/Film media and book authors and scholars (except for Rick Ross) for more than 20 years. I think there's a big story here. A hippie surfer/druggie guru who sets up large and successful businesses. The guru and his
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Cultreporter, I would also like to ask you to keep www.cultofbutler.com up. There is a lot of good and useful information on the site. I just checked and the website is down. I've been emailing and posting a lot lately and often include a link to www.cultofbutler.com
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