Shout out to Christine Gralow: you’re my new crush! Thank you for your courage and professional diligence. My hope is for this thread to become more active, like, for QNET victims and insiders to contribute and help expose this racket that, just like the religious cult counterpart from where QNET got the inspiration and impetus from, destroy lives. Cults take advantage of people’s gullibility,
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Wouldn’t it be nice if Tulsi, once and for all, acknowledge that she is affiliated with the Science of Identity Institute. There really is nothing wrong with that. Everyone is entitled to his/her own belief. What the constitution is merely demanding is that there should be a separation between state politics and religion. In fact, it is a sign of maturity for a politician or anybody to conduct ea
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There’s only one perspective: The end justifies the means. Speaking of unethical, Tulsi has taken the mayavadis, the ISKCONs, the political left, and lately the atheists as bedfellows. I’ve yet to see her on the float with the gays and lesbians during Pride Parade. It’s coming. These are all diametrically opposed to Krishna theology, which, by their tenets, she should be condemned for hel
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You can hire Bertolucci and John Williams for Wai Lana’s music video, no way, she could ever be Julie Andrews. But that’s not the problem. The fact that it’s wrong or offensive for the devotees to say or tell her what she really is as a singer. Pity the children too. When they grow up to find the videos on Youtube … What the F--k! May the wrath of God do not befall on whoever listens to that s
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Yes, there is a limit to everything. As there is a limit to openness, the same applies to secrecy. Reason dictates what is considered sacred and a non-issue. It’s when the arcane becomes questionable and hurtful, that it must be subjected to inquiry and open debate. In an open society, you can hold certain knowledge as divine and is protected by the law. Gods and secret knowledge, just like trade
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> I think there can be good reasons for secrecy: > > 1. If you started on the topic of employment, > companies will try to secure valuable know-how. > > 2. A psychologist I know visited a professional > training course, where they were asked not to > disclose the content of some roleplaying > exercises, because a new person attending the > course in the fu
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Her Royal Hinduness Tulsi's new gig is hobnobbing with progressives. Sure, under the guise of diversity, Manchurian liberals are free to join and speak. I'm sure for her opening remarks it is ... In the Bhagavadgita, it says ... blah blah blah ... . Pitiful. Message   Tulsi Gabbard? Are you f---ing kidding me? I'm an ex-member of a Hare Krishna cult who, together with oth
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Haha, too late, Ian, I already complained. They are vetting her.
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Rama Das (slave name) Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A new documentary about the ongoing child abuse > and corruption within ISKCON and the Hare Krishna > movement. > > Cost Of Silence > > http://youtu.be/U > vlRAyM3p4Q The free mind and open society Most poverty resulted from bad governance. It’s unequivocal, wealthy na
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To Canada Girl: My heart goes to you and your children. Please go to your consulate and report what has happened. Canada is very protective of their citizens, especially children. A true guru is a guru for truth first. If your present guru, dickhead Bodhayan Swami is suppressing truth, he's not the person to seek shelter under, period. That NDA is a red flag, possibly criminal. The consu
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Perhaps, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard learn more from Hindu intellectuals before spewing out "non-secular" nonsense about Hinduism. A sensible Hindu intellectual dissects the Bhagavad Gita: Hinduism is in danger: Today Hinduism is in great danger of being hijacked by ignorant Hindu extremists. When responsible Hindus utter nonsense such as elephant headed Ganesha was a product of t
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Bodhayan Swami, after all what happened to Canada Girl still sees good in Jagad Screwball. How f—king saintly. What the hell is wrong with these Hare Krishna gurus? Had they not learned from the past? They condone evil based on their dogma. Bhaktivedanta knew full well about the sexual and physical abuses going on but did not do anything about it. Bodhayan Swami is at it again, and has brought
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The Hare Krishna movement also insists that in order to establish a proper relationship with Krishna it is absolutely imperative to accept for oneself a guru. The devotee’s initiation implies that he accepts the guru as his spiritual master and agrees to worship him as God; on the guru’s side it means that he takes on the karma, or sinful deeds, of his disciples on himself. P. 50 Modern Godmen i
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Bhaktivedanta As He Was Straight from the horse’s mouth More from: Radhika Bianchi When Bhaktivedanta brought his first American disciple, Kirtananda to India, Kirtananda's fantastical expectation was shattered. India was not the spiritual land he envisioned it to be. Everything was filthy and pathetic. The temples were in bad shapes, some abandoned. There was no fanfare to welco
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Aum Beep Beep - Book Review By Radhika Bianchi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwgB9AEqLP4 THE STORY OF HINDUISM BY VIPUL TRIVEDI Just because a book or books were written thousands and thousands of years ago does not automatically guarantee Truth. The fact is, ancient books are not sophisticatedly written as proponents make them out to be, including the Bible. If scrutinized and open
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I know a couple of people (and have heard many more) sued by the cult or members of the cult for speaking out. Jagad Screwball himself tried to sue a newspaper for the flimsy reason that an article associated them with ISKCON, but did not push true, perhaps Jagad Screwball realized or was advised that in no way his accusation made sense, let alone would hold water in the eyes of the law. Of cours
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I think this is appropriate here: Re: Hare Krishna sects not related to Chris Butler/SOI Posted by: dharmabum () Date: April 30, 2016 10:59PM “Let him be the monkey on a stick and let us have no more of that.” When a monkey breaks into a banana plantation in India, the farm’s owners kill the monkey, impale him on a stick, and leave him to rot outside the plantation. Other monkeys see h
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just-googling Wrote: > Whatever happened to the *God consciousness*? God consciousness means: To be always truthful To be friendly to people, even those who disagree To be lower than the straw on the street To be humble as a blade of grass To be always seeking the lowest point like “water” God controls everything (not sleazy lawyers) To have character not worth $25,000 To no
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Isn’t it weird, people who claim to represent God, therefore truth are the first to lawyer up when challenged. People who post here are protected by free speech; besides, all we post here are opinions. No one here claims to have the truth but to seek and encourage people to inquire and debate openly what truth is. It’s just too convenient for the people who are ardent critics of the system are th
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“Let him be the monkey on a stick and let us have no more of that.” When a monkey breaks into a banana plantation in India, the farm’s owners kill the monkey, impale him on a stick, and leave him to rot outside the plantation. Other monkeys see him hanging there and stay away from the bananas. Monkey on a Stick, Chapter 1, p. 17 At least, the Krishnas stopped impaling oppositions. The inter
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Corboy, haha! WHO LET THE BOAT OUT? Chris Nah, Chris Nah … Satan, Yah! Bernie or his team may have looked into Tulsi’s info online. Compared to Elizabeth Warren’s team, the Tulsibots are relentless in lobbying for her to be the VP. This is how truth works. It’s got a mind of its own. Truth is stealthy, rather than jingoism, it’s independent of popular opinion. George Clooney will not ch
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Haha, or … A vote for Tulsi is a vote for Jagad Almighty! I’ve got a Hindu Love for you, sweetie pie. Karmi, karmi, karmi ... come hear me all. I’m a Hindu, hear me lol! I ain’t get no, ksatriya faction. Tulsi in the Sky with Jagad, the Man! Make waves, here’s Tulsi-nami! If you don’t vote for Tulsi, go to hell, feel the burn!
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VoxVeritasVita Das wrote: I am going to take this as a possible good omen... Haha, I’m betting my neck this board has got something to do with that. Take that, Tulsibots. Remember, when it comes to info about the Butler cult this board is the numero uno source. CEI, 1; Tulsibots, 0 That done, more work to do. Reelection comes, the Tulsibots will surely rally Bernie’s follow
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Madana Mohana Academy. Educators or predators? Education is not just about maths and sciences. It’s doubtful, if the Madana Mohana Academy even provide them properly. Math, maybe, but Science opposes superstitious beliefs, all religious cults are made-up of. Math and Science are fine, they are essential in finding employment. Reading is another matter. Reading is like the portal to a
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Madana Mohana Academy. Education or indoctrination? Education let alone, quality education is about asking tough and essential questions. To base education on the teachings of Jagad Screwball is an oxymoron. First, Jagad Screwball has nothing essential to teach except for people to parrot tiring dogmas (You are not the body, chant the holy names, blah blah blah ... ; second, dogmas and auth
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Great point there, Corboy. The book, Monkey on a Stick by John Hubner and Lindsey Gruson sheds light on the insanity and depravity of Krishna theology. Behind the over-eagerness to propagate Krishna consciousness and to finance ISKCON’s ambitious humanitarian projects, outreach programs and temple building was an overarching mentality that "the end justifies the means". All things be
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VoxVeritasVita Das Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Instead we have accusations hurled at us for > speaking the truth and we are called religious > bigots on many blogs and forums. The Haribols are obviously capitalizing on the politically correct trend among social justice warriors that religious tolerance means you’re a bigot if you criticize a r
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I fail to see why is it the concern of this board whether Bernie/Tulsi ticket wins or not? Our business is to present Truth. Whether people buy that or not, it is beyond our control. What we could control is our facts, accounts and opinions. We have to be credible and rational. People are like herds, for whatever reason they vote, is not necessarily the truth or the right one, otherwise Bush woul
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The internet is flushing the woowoos out of religious cults that got so used to getting a pass for being esoteric. Not anymore. You can choose to be irrational but you have to debate it openly now. Those days are gone when gurus can hide in ratholes and be unaccountable for all the woowoos they are propagating. People will call you out in the open. If you can't answer to inquiries, it is to
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No need to apologize, Ian, we are all ranting here. I do enjoy reading your “rants”, they are not specific to the Butler cult but the “cult” mindset. I’m an anti-cult (superstition) first, it’s so happen I came from the Butler cult. I guess the issues we all share become the microcosm of generic cult culture that are relevant to people outside the Butler cult as well. I think it’s smart this w
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